Writing English as a second language——Thesis (week4) 1.community:a group of people,usually live in the same place.(a):share of values;(b):everyone cares what everyone else thinks. It has tremendous influence on one person,when he is deciding what to do or what not to do.and not violent. Population；10,000 beyond that you will have true strangers. 2.Society: In Chinese，社会（society）means a lot,it can be cultural\political\economic\artistic\… It’s a broad conception. In English, it’s more about cultural influence.and it is totally different from the government,sometimes even opposite(which is a main difference from Chinese language) 3.social:(a)social science:社会科学，it’s about the society; (b)社交的；interact with other people. 4.societal:a societal issue is a really big issue.e.g.crime. A social problem could be any size. 5.feminism;homosexual;issues like these are cultural issues,something to do with the society.The government may make homosexual marriage legal but changing people’s mind is really hard.The bias with females can’t be simply eliminated by the government when employers hire employees.The celling effect is invisible and the government can't do anything impactful. 6.It will sound more fluent if the word Chinese is used as a adjectival rather than a noun. E.g. I am Chinese.(yes); I am a Chinese.(no) 7.assertion: (a)predictions are hard to prove.try to avoid writing about future.experts are often wrong. (b)“something causes something”is really hard to prove. E.g. The plant died because no one watered it. You need to prove:the plant died;on one has watered it;the plant was healthy so there is on other reason may cause its death. (c)controversial assertions are hard to prove. E.g. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal-power.