1
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
2
all good things must come to an end
3
All's fair in love and war
4
All that glitters is not gold
5
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
6
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
7
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
8
A bad excuse is better than none at all
9
Beauty is only skin deep
10
The best things in life are free
11
Better late than never
12
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
13
Blood is thicker than water
14
Caveat Emptor
15
A change is as good as a rest
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A crust is better than no bread
17
Cut your coat according to your cloth
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Different strokes for different folks
19
Do as I say, not as I do
20
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
21
Don't burn the candle at both ends
22
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
23
Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise
24
Every man has his price
25
Everything in moderation
26
The eyes are bigger than the stomach
27
Few words are best
28
First come, First served.
29
A fool and his money are soon parted
30
Fortune favors the bold
31
Give the devil his due
32
A good conscience makes a soft pillow
33
The good die young
34
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
35
Great minds think alike
36
Half a loaf is better than no bread
37
He knows on which side his bread is buttered
38
He that fears death lives not
39
He who teaches, learns
40
His bark is worse than his bite.
41
Home is where the heart is.
42
Hope springs eternal.
43
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
44
If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
45
If you can't beat'em, join'em.
46
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
47
Ignorance is bliss.
48
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
49
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
50
It never rains but it pours.
51
Keep something for a rainy day　
52
Kill two birds with one stone
53
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.
54
Least said, soonest mended
55
Let bygones be bygones
56
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
57
Live and learn
58
Love me, love my dog
59
Make haste slowly.
60
Man proposes, God disposes
61
any hands make light work.
62
A miss is as good as a mile.
63
Moderation in all things
64
Necessity is the mother of invention.
65
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today
66
Never say die
67
No news is good news.
68
No pain, no gain
69
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
70
Old habits die hard
71
Once bitten, twice shy
72
One man's meat is another man's poison.
73
One picture is worth a thousand words.
74
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
75
Out of sight, out of mind
76
The pen is mightier than the sword
77
he possibilities are infinite.
78
Practice what you preach.
79
Revenge is sweet.
80
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
81
Seeing is believing.
82
Silence is golden.
83
Slow and steady wins the race
84
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
85
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
86
Take things as they come.
87
There is many a true word spoken in jest
88
There is no such thing as a free lunch
89
Time and tide wait for no man.
90
Time flies when you’re having fun
91
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
92
A true friend is the spice of life.
93
Two heads are better than one.
94
Variety is the spice of life.
95
Waste not, want not
96
A watched pot never boils.
97
What is worth doing is worth doing well.
98
When one door shuts, another opens.
99
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
100
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
101
Robbing the cradle.
102
The footsteps of fortune are slippery.
103
A beggar can never be bankrupt.
104
Clever people often miss their mark.
105
Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.
106
Waiting for the sky to fall
107
I am off the hook.
108
A bad woman is worse than a bad man.
109
A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
110
Call a spade a spade.
111
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
112
Nothing comes of nothing.
113
Don't cry over spilt milk.
114
It's raining cats and dogs.
115
All are not saints that go to church.
116
A little spark may kindle a great fire.
117
A cock is always bold on its own dunghill.
118
A little body often harbors a great soul.
119
A fool's haste is no speed.
120
Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
121
Beggars mustn't be choosers
122
Hide not your light under a bushel.
123
Money doesn't grow on trees.
124
The longest day has an end.
125
Dreaming of obtaining impossible pleasures.
126
Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
127
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
128
Still water runs deep.
129
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
130
The bait hides the hook.
131
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
132
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
133
(He) who receives a gift, sells his liberty.
134
By forgetting our injuries we show ourselves superior to them.
135
The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful.
136
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
137
Success is a relative term; it brings so many relatives.
138
We (sea folk) can live to be three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.
139
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
140
Experience is the extract of suffering.
141
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
142
Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
143
The absent are always in the wrong.
144
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
145
Between two stools you fall to the ground.
146
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
147
All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
148
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
149
Gold has more worshippers than God.
150
When God has his church, the devil will have his chapel.
151
Idle folk have the least leisure.
152
When fools make mistakes, they lay blame on providence.
153
Joy shared is joy doubled; sorrow shared is sorrow halved.
154
A burnt child dreads the fire.
155
Good fences make good neighbors
156
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
157
A rich man's joke is always funny.
158
An evil husband converts a family into a hell on earth.
159
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
160
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
161
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
162
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
163
He that has a white horse and a fair wife never wants trouble.
164
The golden age was never the present age.
165
In wine there is truth.
166
?Lookers-on see most of the game.
167
Crows are black the whole world over.
168
A crow is never the white for washing herself often.
169
Look on the bright side.
170
?He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.
171
Don't put the cart before the horse.
172
It's better to return home and make a net than long for fish on the edge of the pond.
173
Borrowed garments never fit well.
174
Pardon is the most glorious revenge.
175
While the weak wait for opportunities; the strong create them.
176
?When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
177
The man who loses his opportunities loses himself.
178
Three removes are as bad as a fire.
179
A bad padlock invites picklock.
180
Might is right.
181
The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.
182
The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
183
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
184
An enemy may chance to give good counsel.
185
A hungry dog and a thirsty horse take no heed of blows.
186
A hungry dog will eat dirty pudding.
187
Wise men think alike.
188
A cracked pot never fell off the hook.
189
A contented ass enjoys a long life.
190
Half a loaf is better than none.
191
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
192
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
193
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
194
A bad workman never finds a good tool.
195
A clear conscience is a good pillow.
196
A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
197
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.

Outline
I. Introduction
II. Parents’ carelessness about proper diet
A. Comply to their children’s needs
III. Insufficient knowledge of nutrition
A. High fat foods
a. Burgers
b. French fries
c. Ice cream
B. Extra desserts
a. Chocolate cakes
b. Lollipops
c. Potato chips
IV. Improper eating habits.
The increase of all-you-can-eat restaurants

V. The lack of exercise
A. Children spend more time on other things
a. Go to cram schools
b. Do homework
c. Surf on the Internet
B. Parents don’t have much time with their children
VI. Conclusion

Children Obesity
In this modern society, people lead a busy, hurried and flying life. Too many things constitute all the time of them. Therefore, various diseases strike people’s health. Obesity is one of the biggest problems that people suffer. Especially, there are increasing numbers of children getting fatter and fatter. Children’s obesity results from the carelessness of their parents, eating too much, and the lack of exercise.
First, parents’ carelessness about proper diet contribute to children obesity. Most children enjoy going to the MacDonald, Pizza Hut and all of the fast-food restaurants, but their parents just totally comply with their children’s needs without telling them the right and proper eating habits.
Furthermore, the insufficient knowledge of parents of nutrition is also a consequence of children obesity. That can lead to the next result. The overweight of most of children s results from their improper eating habits. They like to eat high fat foods, including burgers, French fries and ice cream. Furthermore, extra desserts such as chocolate cakes, lollipops and potato chips are their favorite. Moreover, the increase of all-you-can-eat restaurants is a consequence of overweight children. When they go to the restaurants, they can’t help eating until they feel that is worth it. Therefore, bad eating habits are the most important reason of the increase of overweight children.
The lack of exercise is also one of the reasons that cause the obesity of children. They spend most of their time on other things, such as going to cram schools, doing everyday homework, surfing on the Internet, etc. Parents are so busy at their works that they don’t pay much attention to their kids. Because of these reasons, the time that they spend on doing exercise is little. Children are getting fatter and fatter, and they even get problems on their health.
As a result, we can gain a clear picture that the overweight of children results from overeating, the lack of exercise and the neglect of their parents.

美國總統布希分不清楚主格與受格、單數與複數。
布希告訴記者，他和第一夫人籮拉討論英國首相布萊爾和夫人來訪一事。布希說： “Laura and I are looking forward to having a private dinner with he and Mrs. Blair Friday night.”布希顯然分不清楚主詞和受詞。在這句話中把「他」用成主格的 “he”，文法上應該用受格 “him.”

布希似乎也不搞不清楚該用單數或複數。有一次在被問到他對於政壇上活躍的家族成員有何忠告時，他說： “My guidance to them is to behave yourself. And they will.” 句中的yourself 應該用複數 yourselves.

布希在田納西州說： “You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test .” (讀寫能力測驗)。他又犯了老毛病，把she 說成 her.

這個文法錯誤立刻上了全美的報紙和雜誌，美國國家廣播公司(NBC)夜間節目主持人李諾把它放進「布希的每日一字」。(摘錄自p.11, 02/26/2001 聯合報)

04/26/01
美國總統又犯文法錯誤了，他在四月二十四號接受美國廣播公司(ABC)記者吉布森(Gibson)訪問時，
Gibson: With the full force of American military? (使用美軍一切力量防衛台灣?)
President Bush: Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself. (會盡其所能協助台灣。)
應該用 herself, 如果用複數，也因該用 themselves.
(取材自p.3, 04/26/01聯合報)

04/05/02

美國總統布希有閱讀困難症(reading difficulty)，因為他將 peacemaker(和平使者)說成 pacemaker (心律調整器)；將hostage (人質) 說成 hostile (敵意)；今天各電視台報導他在出席美國國務院一項說明會上將 Republic of China說成 Republic of Taiwan, 白宮官員立即表示是口誤。

http://www.ep66.idv.tw/bushh.htm

Seat No.13 范妤菁 Yu-Chin Fan (cathleen) 91659436,
Seat No.12 葉翠芳 Tsui-Fang Yeh 91659411
Ming Chuan University
TIME : 65202-Th 8:20-22:05
Presentation .10/09/2003


Source of material:
1.Sprague, Jonathan,
JULY-30-1999 VOL. 25 NO. 30 , “ Mine Your Language!” The Copyright 2001 Asiaweek. Retrieved (no date). <http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/0730/cover1.htm>



2.Wen-Yue, Lu, Apr-24-2003 ,“Should Kindergarten Teach English” The Copyright 2002 ECE. Retrieved (no date)
<http://www.ece.edu.tw/modules/news2/article.php?storyid=176>



3.Rowland , Rhonda, December-31-1998 Web posted at: 9:54 p.m. EST (0254 GMT), “Babies learn language lessons before they talk, study shows” The Copyright 2000 Cable News Network. Retrieved (no date)
<http://edition.cnn.com/HEALTH/9812/31/baby.talk/index.html>



4.An Introduction to Language, Sixth Edition, Boston, Thomson Learning Inc. 1974
Subject to be discussed: It would be better to learn English when one is a child.Thesis statement=subject+ verb+ controlling idea (adjective + noun) Subtopic sentence= enumeration of three major subtopics Controlling idea: the motivation of learning English
the advantages for young learner
the resources to learn Major subtopics: It's necessary and useful to learn English in this society. It's more effective to learn a new thing for a child than an adult. The plenty of materials and courses especially designed and used
for children are springing up.
English skills are one of the most important abilities to learn in this world. The younger you could start to learn, the more advantages you could get. And our society is in abundant in such resources.
OUTLINETitle: Young English Learnersparagraph 1:Introduction- Give necessary back ground material. Also include the thesis statement andsubtopics at the end of paragraph 1 It's better to learn English as young as possible. It would be analyzedthe trend of English studying situation.
Paragraph 2 The motivation of learning English the nation policy all parents' worrying Paragraph3 Timing expert theory research Paragraph 4 Methods the cram school and tutor public media

Young English Learners
Now a day, more and more parents require kindergarten to open English learning course. They hope their children can learn English as young as possible because they believe this will make their children having distinguished results of learning English. At present, there’re 65% of kindergarten principles supporting this idea. Furthermore, there’re over 60% of kindergartens teaching English now. In following, we will analyze the trend of English studying situation in Taiwan.

Why should children learn English? According to the information from National Children Education Information Website, Executive Yuan decided to create English living environment as one of the important policy in the following six years. Thus, the learning age of English is getting younger and younger. This results some children who never study alphabets of feeling frustrated and difficult to catch up with their classmates. This causes parents’ extremely anxiety that their children may leave behind from the others if their children don’t learn English while they are still kids.

When is the best time for children to learn English? The linguist, Eric Leeneberg submitted “the ability to learn a native language develops with a fixed period, from birth to puberty”. The research also discovered that “young children who are exposed to more than one language before the age of puberty seem to acquire all the language equally well. It should be reasonable to make children learn their second language before this critical age”. And thus, it gives most of the people a concept that it is more effective to learn a new language for a child then an adult.

Due to above reasons, plenty of material and courses are especially designed for children springing up rapidly. It’s generally saw that many English cram schools are set near elementary schools or kindergartens. In some elementary school, English has been included as a main subject. Some parents are rich enough to hire a tutor, some English teaching programs can bee seen on cable TV, some publishers launch audio or computer software, all these elements are also contributed to construct well studying atmosphere of English learning.

For parents, they hope their children can build a certain degree of English ability in order to be compatible with others from allover the world. As for the government, it is also an important step to build the image of internationalized Taiwan. No matter to the parents or the government, all their thoughts are focusing to one same purpose – expecting our children have better future. And the first step is having well prepared tool, by improving and cultivating children’s English skills as young as they could be.
Work Cited

1. Sprague, Jonathan,
JULY-30-1999 VOL. 25 NO. 30 , “ Mine Your Language!” The Copyright 2001 Asiaweek. Retrieved (no date).
<http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/0730/cover1.htm>

2. Wen-Yue, Lu, Apr-24-2003 ,“Should Kindergarten Teach English” The Copyright
2002 ECE . Retrieved (no date)
<http://www.ece.edu.tw/modules/news2/article.php?storyid=176>

楊 馨 ＃5 Jasmine
鄒安鵬 ＃7 Victor
National Central University
Time : 00064-Th 9:00~11:50
Presentation-10/8/2003

The issue in education that interests us is the problem about tuition. This issue was discussed by many people three months ago. We don’t know the increasing tuition is right or not. So we decided to find out what is the truth. Are we students victims or beneficiaries? We searched for our information by the internet、newspaper and the text book.

Outline:
Introduction-paragraph1
Whether the tuition should go upward or not? (Topic sentence)
If it rises, what problems will be followed?
1. The poor can’t afford it.
2. The liquidity of the social stratum.
How can we face these problems?
1. The beneficiaries. (Subtopic sentence 1)
2. Social stratum. (Subtopic sentence 2)
3. Tuition liberalization. (Subtopic sentence 3)
Paragraph 2
Topic sentence: Who benefit from the education should pay by themselves for satisfying social justice.
Bridge: The quantity of the colleges increased rapidly in recent years.
Example1: The tax rate in Taiwan.
Example2: The solution for the poor by the government.
Restatement: People who have the use of education should pay it.
Paragraph 3
Topic sentence: The graduates mismatch the structure of the society.
Bridge: Students can’t study for the purpose of application.
Example1: A waste of educational resources.
Example2: The phenomenon in Taiwan.
Restatement: higher tuition can ease the problem of the social stratum.

Paragraph 4
Topic sentence: Tuition liberalization can cause all the colleges compete with each other.
Bridge: The tuition won’t be too high if the government stopped regulating it.
Example1: Outstanding universities.
Example2: Competition will lead to a reasonable tuition.
Restatement: The competition between colleges will lead to a reasonable tuition.
Conclusion-paragraph 5
We agree with tuition liberalization. (Topic sentence)

An Issue about Tuition
An issue, whether the tuition should go upward or not, was frequently discussed by many people several months ago. This is a great concern to many people who are college students、students’ parents、educators、politicians, etc. The main reason they worry about is that higher tuition makes some people, especially for low-income family’s children, unable to go to college, even they have the qualification. Another reason is that higher tuition may obstruct the liquidity of the social stratum. How can we deal with this problem in the right way? We can understand this event in three aspects：Who benefits from the education? What is the social structure now? What if letting the tuition go free?
Who benefit from the education should pay by themselves in order to satisfy the social justice. Due to the amount of colleges increase rapidly in recent years, the funds for education became not enough and many colleges seem unable to make ends meet. So these colleges must increase tuition from students for keeping running the school. It is unfair if they take the money from the government’s tax revenue imposing on all the people. In addition, the tax rate in Taiwan is only 17 percentage which is lower than other countries like Europe having the tax rate of almost 40 percentage. The college education is not compulsory education in Taiwan. Therefore, people who have the use of education should pay it. But how can the poor do? The government will help them by many ways like scholarships or loans for education. Compare with the funds for all colleges, this part of money is much less.
The graduates mismatch the structure of the society. They can’t put into practice what has been learned. This phenomenon results in a waste of educational resources. In Taiwan, more and more masters and doctors became taxi drivers or cleaners after they graduated. Obviously, the waste will become more critical if the tuition don’t rise. People who really want to enter college can accept the higher tuition. Hence, higher tuition can ease the problem of the social stratum.
The tuition liberalization can cause all the colleges compete with each other. Besides, the tuition won’t be too high if the government stop regulating it. The outcome of liberalization is that some outstanding universities like Harvard in U.S. will come into being. Consequently, we don’t have to worry about the extent of the rising tuition. The competition between colleges will lead to a reasonable tuition or they’ll enroll inadequate students.
According to these reasons: fulfilling social justice、 matching social structure and letting the market mechanism to operate free, we agree with that tuition should go free by itself. We believe that tuition liberalization can improve the quality of education. Finally, the welfare of the whole society will promote indirectly.

Check out the students' samples

Students' samples on Ch 6
Ming Chuan University
#16Daisy Lin
Time: 65202-Th 6:30~8:15
Presentation-08/04/2004
Source of material: www.techamplainchannel.com/print/2069323/detail.html?use=print
www.whymilk.com/index_about us.htm
www.cdrf.org/news/mission.htm
Advertising & English by Ms. Chiu, Yu-Rong
Subject to be discussed: The successful strategies of the “got milk?”
Controlling idea: Creative advertisements
Promotion activities
Feedback to society
Major subtopics: Slogan and celebrity on ad
Milk model contest & vending machine selling
College scholarship & useful information about milk
A short and direct slogan with different celebrities has build a vivid version in
everyone’s mind in America.
The organization allows everyone to show off on their ad; and they start to
sell the milk by vending machine in schools.
They offers the college scholarship to high school students. You can find some special milk recipes on their website.
OUTLINE

Title: The successful strategies of the “got milk?”
Paragraph 1:Introduction-
Milk is a common beverage to people. Teenagers or adults would prefer to choose Coke or other soft drinks instead of it when they are thirsty. But there is a organization in the U.S. gets it a brand new look. “got milk?” is one of the famous slogans from it. Now milk is no longer a boring, old liquid, but as fancy as modern drink. The success of the institution credited to a serials creative advertisements, promotion activities, and feedbacks to the society.

Paragraph 2 Creative advertisements

Famous slogans

Different celebrities on ad





Paragraph3 Promotion activity

Milk model contest

Vending machine selling



Paragraph 4 Feed back to society

College scholarship

Useful information about milk on website

The Successful strategies of the “got milk?”

Milk is a common beverage to people. Teenagers or adults would prefer to choose Coke or other soft drinks instead of it when they are thirsty. But there is an organization in the U.S. gets it a brand new look. “got milk?” is one of the famous slogans from it. Now milk is no longer a boring, old liquid, but as fancy as modern drink. The success of the institution credited to a serials creative advertisements, promotion activities, and feedbacks to the society.



Speaking of a series victorious commercials, the image of a milk mustache on top of every celebrity’s mouth would be the most impressive one. The celebrity is also an important element of the successful advertisements. For example, Britney Spears, Jackie Chen, Austin Powers, even the carton character Garfield is one of the models. Furthermore, the copy written is eye catching. Jennifer Mantz, the copywriter said that there is a regulation on the ad to make the customers get used to it. Because of such an engaging selling tactic, they grab good attention from public.



As the promotion activities, milk model contest is the most popular one. Each person could have the chance to be the star as their idols do. whymilk.com is allowing everyone to show off their own milk mustaches in the got milk? printings. This attracts many teenagers to give it a try and of course they will be the loyal customers since then. Recently, they start to put the milk-vending machine in schools. According to their new release, they can almost not keep the stock because the milk is selling well.



Except above points, the board also understands the importance of giving feedback to society. They offer the college scholarship to high school students in the annual Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) awards. They are not only getting the advantage from the customers, but also contribute back to them. Besides, you can find milk recipes on their website and that has broadened the usage and added the value of their products. The updated information has been put on continuously.



According to what we have mentioned, the triumph of the “got milk?” comes from the successful advertisements, creative promotional activities. And they also get the good reputation when they give response back to their clients. All that makes people believe that there will be more interesting and charming strategies developed by them in the future. Milk business will rise day by day in their effort.

Students' sample on Ch 5
Ming Chuan University

#22 Hui-Hsien Amy Yen

Time:65202-Th 6:30~8:15





Title/Group to be classified:

Radio frequency identification (RFID)



Basis of classification:

application



Introduction-paragraph 1
Thesis statement:

Radio frequency identification (RFID) can be used in two groups: corporations and consumers.



Body-paragraphs 2, and 3
corporations

consumers.



Paragraph 2: Topic sentence=transitional expression + reference to thesis statement + subtopic 1

Although an electronic tag created over 20 years, corporations pay attention to adopt RFID until now for the reason of cost decrease.



Sufficient development of subject with supporting details such as specific examples, facts, illustrations,

Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, asks its top suppliers to attach RFID tags on pallets and product cases by 2005.



Paragraph 3: Topic sentence=transitional expression + reference to thesis statement + subtopic 2

Not only gains corporation advantages, but consumers as well
Sufficient development of subject with supporting details such as specific examples, facts, illustrations,

I-pass is being used in US.



Conclusion-paragraph 4



An amazing technology: Radio Frequency Identification

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is not new technology. It first appeared during the 1980s. RFID is an electronic tag that emits product information through radio frequency and can delivery detailed information to computers. This technology takes into account non-contact reading, that is, this wireless system can be effective in different surrounding where bar code labels could not survive. Therefore, RFID can be used in a wide range of applications. Simply RFID can be used in two groups: corporations and consumers.

Although an electronic tag created over 20 years, corporations pay attention to adopt RFID until now for the reason of cost decrease. Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, asks its top suppliers to attaché RFID tags on pallets and product cases by 2005. The most reason to use RFID is that they can immediately locate one pallet or box among thousand of others in a warehouse. According to Jhon Simley, a spokesman for Home Depot, Inc., “there’s no longer an army of people running around wondering where a pallet went.” Obviously, corporation, particularly those in retail, uses RFID in order to save time and reduce accounting errors.

Not only gains corporation advantages, but consumers as well. If every product with RFID tag via the checkout line, consumers would be not wait for a checkout clerk to swipe each product across a barcode reader by hand. Actually I-pass (Easy pass) is one of use RFID product. The Illinois Tollway Authority in US uses electronic tags for its I-Pass electronic payment system. Car’s windshield of users mounted a small device. When the driver goes through the I-Pass lane, money would transfer from the user’s prepaid account electronically to the toll booth. Therefore consumers save time and reduce accounting errors as same as retailers use RFID in warehouse.

One day, when you hurry on a supermarket on the way home from work, you may have no idea what you need to buy immediately. You can open your PDA or new cell phone and “ask” your refrigerator exactly what it contains. It supposed that every product in the refrigerator has an RFID tag on it. Naturally you can put RFID tags on your kitchen cabinets or similar places. Above will come true in the future, only the technology become more sophisticated to draw up specifications. If some standards is achieved, the market will very likely grow and consumer benefit greatly.



Work Cite



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