Unit Eleven

Things that changed the world

Which picture is Tobacco, Sugar Cane and Cotton?

Unit Eleven Vocabulary

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1. Which of the three plants has most changed history? How?

2. Which plant has done the greatest good? Which has done the greatest harm?

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squall // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:49 pm

A1 I think sugar is. because it is the useful thing in our life.
A2 the greatest god one is cotton and bad one is tobacco.
GOUTA FUKUDA // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:53 pm

1Cotton did. for example, We can wear many warm cthothes.
2Cotton is good
Tabacco is harm.
Taichi Ishiyama // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:55 pm

1.cotton
Becouse American Civil　War started by cotton.
2.The greatest plant is sugar.
The greatest harm is tobacco.
Imaruoka Mai // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:57 pm

1. I think that yhe tobacco has most changed history. Because tobacco had very big influence as for good and bad.

2, The greadest good is cotton. Because if we don’t have cotton, we don’t have many clothes.
fortunately,the greadest harm is tobbaco. Because Ithink that tobacco is very harmful for us body.
Yamazaki Takafumi // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:57 pm

1.Cotton.cotton was very luxury.
But meny workers were needed.
Cotton producution was a fall in the price.
I think good for workers.

2.I think rice is very nice food!
Because rice changes riceball ,risotto and cake…etc.
Greatest harm is Tobacco.
Because absolute　chain-smoking.
Many people are dying of lung cancerin great numbers!
mutou // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:58 pm

1 I think sugar is great spice.
because all most sweets use to be.
2 I think smoking cigarrets personal liberty but they should keep defence smoking place.
Yasuko Yoshimura // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:58 pm

1.Cotton was making more money .

2.Cotton has done the greatest good.
Tobacco has done the greatest harm.
hiroki terada // Dec 14th 2008 at 11:59 pm

1
I think tobacco changed our life becouse chain smoking become lung cancer.

2
Good plant is SAKURA becouse it is very beautiful.
BUt plont is a cedar becouse it is an allergy to cedarpollen.
Tkimoto // Dec 15th 2008 at 12:00 am

1 Cotton. It is bring wars
2 The greatest good is sugar.
The greatest harm is tobacco.
okamura // Dec 15th 2008 at 12:00 am

suger! if there arenot suger,No dentists work in this world.

cotton is the greatest good.cotton keep people from cold.
tobacco is the worst in the world.bad smell,no good for health,be an addict.
Shun Ishiai // Dec 15th 2008 at 12:03 am

1.I think that the clothes changes because cotton appeared,and changed most.

2.I think suger.
It is a cotton.
Because there was American Civil War and a lot of people dies.
ISSEI // Dec 15th 2008 at 12:05 am

1. I think cotton has most. It caused american civil war
2.I think　sugar is good and tobacco is bad. because I like sugar, hate tobacco
kuwahara mika // Dec 16th 2008 at 11:25 pm

1 I think cotton is. Because cotton is cause of the American Civil War.

2 the greatest god one is suger and bad one is tobacco.

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