Worries About Air Pollution In Beijing

Winter is coming to us now…Nov. 8th is Beginning of Winter, one of the 24 solar terms in our lunar calendar,which marks the beginning of winter in China.  I can feel more and more coldness in the air, and more and more pollution as well. 
Usually,winter is a heavily polluted season in Beijing, as we use [...]

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Subway Line No. 5 And Beijing’s Subway System

At 2:00pm Oct. 7th, Subway No. 5 made its official debut in Beijing. The newly-built subway line stretches from Tiantongyuan in the north to Song Zhuang in the south, covering a distance of 27.6km. It takes nearly four years to complete this huge project( investment of 12 billion yuan)since its construction on Dec. 27th, 2003.
 
The [...]

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The Golden Week Is Nearly Over Now..

(Picture from www.chinanews.com)

How time flies! Already the fifth day of the long holiday. I think it is a good one this year. The whole family went to stay at a hotel in the suburb for one night and enjoyed the delicious food there. 
The hotel  nestled among the mountains and was named “ Chestnut Woods”, really [...]

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The Killer Game

We played Killer Game at our English Pub at noon. Honestly speaking, I am still a greenhand for this game ( It was my second time, though..).  But I found it quite interesting!
 
Twelve buddies sat around a table and each was assigned with a card. ( Accroding to the rules, A for judge,  K for  [...]

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Something in the waste book

We went to a Sichuan Restaurant nearby at noon to celebrate the birthdays of some colleagues who were born during June and July. It was a chain restaurant famous for its original Sichuan cuisine( It is called YUXIN, 渝信，and you can try it when you come to Beijing). It has been a rule for years [...]

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A Letter To Feather

First, I’d like to thank you for your visit to my place these days. I was delighted when you told me you had read through most of the entries in my blog. An English blog attracts fewer visitors due to some difficulties in understanding what I am writing here, and that was why I told [...]

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A Game Relay: My Answers to Some Questions

This Friday, my friend Anne asked me to answer some questions she raised in her blog, as is part of the game. I received similar requests before but I didn’t accept them coz I found some of them were either privacy-probing or too meaningless to answer.  Partly also due to my laziness. This time, there [...]

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A Letter To A Customer

One of our customers is going to retire this month. He is the vice president of the company and has been doing business with us for many years. At the time of his retirement, I wrote a letter to him on behalf of the whole team. Here comes the letter.
 
Dear Bill,
 
At this special moment, please [...]

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Replies To Cynthia’s Questions

Hi, Cynthia!
 
Thanks for sending those questions to me and I’d like to accept your invitation accordingly.  Here are my replies to your questions:
 
Q1:In your life,what you desire the most and least wanna lose?
 
I hope to be a hermit like Tao Yuanming, but I can never be.  A peaceful and meaningful life is always what I [...]

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The Sweltering Weather and The Entrance Exam

It is scorchingly hot in Beijing these days. It was said the highest temperature yesterday reached 37 celsius degrees, and, according to the forecast,the unbearable heat will be hanging over the city the rest of the week. It is really a Job’s news for all the students who will take the entrance exam these days [...]

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