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Goodbye!

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Finally another semester is almost in the book. The writing course will come to an end and my college writing career will start authentically, which means another important writing learning stage in my life is done and it’s time to move on.  But let me say it was an amazing journey to meet with this class, it always excited me working with a group of people that have different culture background and know a variety kind of languages. Although we all sat in a small classroom and spoke English to each other, I can feel the whole world is inside the room. This was the first time I worked with people who knows that many different languages and that engage differences, never felt this before inside the college. I’m considering to recommend some of my friends who will take 101 next semester to chose this course if we still have the same section, especially for Chinese students who are not very familiar with global languages or didn’t feel the engagement of differences, this course is definite

Free writing about aviation communication

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       “PAN-PAN-PAN”, an urgency signal from French word—“Panne”, which originally means a breakdown or a mechanical failure. In aviation communication, this signal means “pay attention now” and “possible assistance needed”. It will be called by the pilot in the public frequency when something is tending to go wrong and they may need assistance and response by others such as require a specific altitude level or fly route. The urgency level of “PAN-PAN-PAN” is lower than “Mayday”, which is the most emergency call in the air.   When “Mayday-Mayday” is called by pilots, it’s a signal that they are declaring into a extremely emergency situation, such as serious mechanical failures, running out of fuel or fire and smoke in the aircraft. In this case, a emergency frequency will be set up immediately or ATC will ask for a radio silence to communicate with the plane in emergency, asking about what’s the problem and what they needed. At the same time, all other flights in the same area must