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  • homesickness

    2008-1-14

    Missing home?

    I do!

    Only a person far away from home knows what homesickness is.

    It is the welling-up tears in your eyes, the lump in your throat, the waving ands when the train is drawing out of the station and taking you away from home. It is the strength with which you walk the three miles to your home with heavy bags in your hands after a long tiring trip, and the halt, excitement, and hesitation at the doorstep.

     

    It is the impatience, anxiety, misery, fear, and wild guesses when you are waiting for a letter from home. It is the never fading joy of reading it again and again in bed.

     

    It is the unusual patience and indomitable willpower with which you do to the ticket office at midnight and stand in a long line before the small window, and the ecstasy when you at last get a ticket at ten o’clock the next morning.

     

    It is the sudden delight of closeness that strikes you when you meet a person from the same town, or even a stranger who has just been there. It is the eagerness to ask about everything, the trees, the hills, and your dear old folks. It is the sparkling eyes when you come upon a few words about your hometown in one corner of a newspaper.

     

    It is the fear to sing “Home, Sweet Home” in case of a burst of tears. It is the murmur of “Mummy” in your dreams. It is the mere thought of the homemade cake making your mouth water. And it is the small grocery next door and the shop owner’s friendly smile that keeps on appearing in your dreams.

     

    It is the sensitiveness you begin to develop. You cannot help daydreaming at the whistle of a train, and your eyes moisten at the sight of a house or even a tree that looks like the one in your hometown. It is the unspeakable sadness that creeps over you when you stand alone in the darkening dusk and see birds flying back to their nests and everybody hurrying home.

     

    It is the silent sigh ad faint pain in your heart when you begin reading the story, “That spring forty years ago, I waved farewell to my village and my dear mother…”

    So warm a word is home, and such a sweet sadness is homesickness.

    (from Handbook of Writing)

     

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  • how cold

    2007-12-05

    Winter is here.

    1. It's freezing out there!

    2. I'm chilled to the bone.It was bone-chilling this morning.

    3. I was feeling chilling.Please turn on the heating system.

    4. It's a bit nippy today,but i will still run my usual distance.

    5. There is a real nip in the air this morning.

    6. It is terribly chilly and i can't stand the cold here.Let's get inside.

    7. It must the wind that makes it so cold.I'm freezing!

    8. Why don't you get a hat and scarffor freezing weather?

    9. I wonder that the temperature is today.My blood has turned to ice.

    10. Tomorrow is supposed to be mind-numbingly cold.I need to get out my heavy winter jacket.

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  • call

    2007-11-29

    I got a phone call just now.A telephone interview.I have never expected that it would be an English one,i mean on the phone,fortunately enough i made no mistakes,at least fluently.After several questions,he asked that what is the exact time that i could graduate."Next July." "Oh,i am sorry.、、、”OMG,THEY NEED PEOPLE NOW,A FULL ONE.That's it.

    I am kind of scared to graduate actually,i am not prepared yet.I did not learn much.During the last three years,i sometimes even thought that i was wasting my time,true.The courses,some teachers,the rules,exams,so so、、、i cannot find a proper word for it.The most precious gift i got,i'd like to say, is the memory when i spent time with friends,and in the library with books.

    At the end the phone call,the HR gave his wishes that he usually does,i said"Have nice days,bye."They say that jod hunting is really a hard one,for me,thelong long journey have just begun.Hope tht i could get more opportunities.Anyway,have nice days,you all.

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  • Job

    2007-11-26

    Many of my classmates went to Xi'an for job-hunting during the last weekend.Today,they are back disappointedly,with no good results.So many students  crowded into the job fairs,hardly could they hand out their CVs, sometimes they did not think it proper to hand out,either the posotions were irrelated or they were not qualified to do that.My school is not a prestigious one,a very common one instead,and that made the whole thing harder.I have prepared my CVs,i did not go with them yet.Dare not go?The tiring trip?not prepare enough?i do not know.I sent out several copies on the net,and got some of the interviw-notes,i need to wait~need to know more about thw companies,i even cannot tell if the notes are true,since they are so far away.So,you know,i just try to be involved in the library ,to read more books,try not to be that sentimental(most seniors are easily become sentimenal~),and cheek my e-mail,that is it.Finally,best wishes to my buddies,especially those chose to take the postgraduat exam,they take so much efforts,they are so tired.Hope they will gain much,since they pay so much!

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  • Robert Frost's Poems

    2007-11-26

    The Road Not Taken

    Two  roads diverged in a yellow wood,
    And sorry I could not travel both
    And be one traveler, long I stood
    And looked down one as far as I could
    To where it bent in the undergrowth;

    Then took the other, as just as fair,
    And having perhaps the better claim
    Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
    Though as for that, the passing there
    Had worn them really about the same,

    And both that morning equally lay
    In leaves no step had trodden black.
    Oh, I marked the first for another day!
    Yet knowing how way leads on to way
    I doubted if I should ever come back.

    I shall be telling this with a sigh
    Somewhere ages and ages hence:
    Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference.


    It appears that most of Robert Frost' poems  are easy to read,but usually we may feel something deep after reading again and again,maybe that is why we say the "descepatively simplicity"of his poems.The first time i happened to know this  poem was two years ago,but it was not until we discussed that in class seriously last week did i truely found something under the superficial-stuff.True,we make choices everyday.Sometimes it is really hard,since there is noy any way back and we cannot choose both,or say three at the same time.We are doomed to miss something.Whatever kinds of choices we make,then we may have that kinds of life. Yeah,we make differences by making choices.The poet encourages us all to take adventures in life,but easily we can find that, to certain degree,he feels regretful ,as we human beings cannot have enough power to explore more in life,namely,the limitation of ability.If you have different interpretations about this poem,please do let me know~Thanks~

    Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

    Whose woods these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    He will not see me stopping here
    To watch his woods fill up with snow.

    My little horse must think it queer
    To stop without a farmhouse near
    Between the woods and frozen lake
    The darkest evening of the year.

    He gives his harness bells a shake
    To ask if there is some mistake.
    The only other sound's the sweep
    Of easy wind and downy flake.

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

    I like this one as well,many of us have to strive through the earthly struggles that we tend to ignore the beautiful nature around us easily,we tend to be materialistic.When the narrator stop in the dark and deep wood,the owner of the house as well as the horse both feel queer(odd,strange).They do not think the cold wood attractive,and ther eis no warm house near,everything is covered by snow,etc.,but the narrator does,he really enjoys a lot.

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  • Something Missing

    2007-11-15

        Sometimes when i am at a loss or,say,feel extremely frustrated,i may dream that i can have a long long sleep,and when i wake up,everything is ok,more importantly, i could be brave enough to face that all.That would be fantastic!Fortunately i know daydream is daydream,more fortunately enough i know that if i choose to sleep,namely,to escape on the way,something might get missing.And that would be bad,a big misfortune for me.Recently we are required to read a novel titled Rip Van Winkle which is written by Irving Washington.I like it ,i mean the style,the satire and humor,but i do not like the ending that much.Maybe Rip(the protagonist)owns the different view.Generally speaking he is a good guy,easy going,good tempered,and ready to help others.If there indeed exist a problem,it might be that he has a "deligent" and hot tempered wife.Worse more,he tends to be content to easily.After  he realizes the inn in the village actually is not a good refugee,he,together with his only domestic adherent,the dog Wolf,goes into the woods for hunting.One day,Rip offers a hand to a darwf,and agrees to take part in a party with him.At the party,he has a kind of magic drink,of course Rip then does not think it "magic",guess what,he falls a sleep after that,a total 20-year sleep!When he goes back the village,he is not recognized at the very beginning.He even finds that he could hardly follow people around him.The Independce War,democratic,republic,etc.,everything they talk about seems to be strange to him,his old buddies have died,Wolf dies the moment he recognizes his owner as well.Rip could live a quiet and peaceful life afterwards,since his wife also dies,and it seems he enjoys himself a lot by telling his kind of adventure story,yet i myself do not like it.Rip misses too much,something important as well as the trival ones, if we compare life to a circle,with the 20 years taken out,it is not whole and perfect at all,on the other hand,life itself is short and precious,all we need to do is to cherish and live fully.The obstacles on the way are meant to be conquered and defeated.To surrender and escape is not a wise policy.

        (Sometimes when i feel frustrated,i do not dream,instead i try in this way:we come across difficulties all  the way,because God knows that we are capable enough to deal with them,to beat them.And it works!I may become  brave and ,come up with some idea latter ,and succeed finally~)

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  • Sad Times

    2007-11-14

        Nothing brings people together like sad times.Sharing the pain ,shouldering the road--it makes us all feel a little more human,our lives a bit more real.And we have words like"moved","touched","sympathy",just mention a few here.That is good.Two days ago a donation activity was warmly supported in my school.It is for a boy who suffered a blood-related disease for a long time.The words and pictures on the board,all of them rend my hearts,and some of my schoolmates' as well.We may do not know him,but we all tried to help him,and wish for him.That was a really amazing scene,i do believe everyone was warm in the heart though standing in the wind.

        And happy times may follow the sad ones.True.

        We do come across these situations frequently,on the streets,in the park,restaurant,etc.you know,there are slogans and a donation boxes,sometimes with a touching song in the air,we are suggested to give our hands,our love.Here,I do not want to include the homeless or somebody who cheats us,but just the needy ones.In those cases,i think,it does not matter how much we can help and give,once we have the awareness to be one part of it instead of being numb,that is enough.Anyway,where there is love,there is hope.

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  • TOEIC

    2007-11-08

        TOEIC,namely,test of english for international communication.

        Yesterday i decided to take this test,in order to,you know,get an extra point in the job market.After three years,i suddenly realized that i still have not some professional certificates
    ,dangerous!shameful!The test is going to be held in mid-December,so,one month left for me,at least i need to be famliar with the test-form~~

        I used to look down upon the  certificates before,"They are useless,costly,we are buying them to certain degree.Once we are capable,nothing else to be needed." That is what i thought for years,but now i know i was wrong,totally wrong.Certainly we do need some certificates!"You need to consider the job-kind-of stuff,since you are not going to take the postgrduate exam,what about your CV??"several days ago my elder brother called me,on hearing that, i was speechless.I've done nothing ye.The fierce competition ,sigh!I want to be a interpreter,i know it is hard ,yet i will have a try.And now i am preparing for the CATTI.I know it is a little bit late,well,everybode knows that  better late than never done.God bless me,heheh.

        Anyway,have nice days,you all.

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  • Take Care

    2007-11-05

       A girl lives next door fell and got injured badly yesterday.I feel so sorry for her and wish she could recover soon.I still remember how i was shocked when i opened the door and saw her face with dark-red blood and white paint(she fell and knocked to the wall),and her glasses on the floor,looking us innocently,so bad,i just cannot believed my eyes for a moment.She was sent to hospital as soon as possible,yet she lost much blood.Really i felt so hurt.Anyway,she is now lying in bed with band on her head,best wishes for her.

      Life is so frigile,we can never know what will happpen to us.We are safe and sound today,what about tomorrow? Nobody knows.So take care of yourself and people around you,especially the loved ones.

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  • Who Is the Greatest Woman of All?

    2007-11-01

    (This is a speech made by Ms.Anne Smith to celebrate International Women's Day,and i really like it,if we make a little bit change,it can be ours,for our mothers.)

    Good afternoon ladies,

    On behalf of all the foreign teachers working in Qingdao,may i take this opportunity to express our thanks t the manager and staff of Haitian Hotel for their welcome and hospitality this afternoon.Thank you for your hard and generosity,we appreciate your efforts very  much.Thank you too,to the city foreign affairs officers who have worked so hard in taking care of all foreign guests hee in Qingdao.

    We are here today t celebrate International Women's Day,but have you ever stopped to think who is the greatest woman of all?Could it be Queen Elizabeth I who had the body of a weak and feeble woman but the heart of king?Could it be Florence Nightingale whose hard work and dedication to the wounded soldiers help to revolutionize the greatest of professions?Perhaps it is Margaret Thatcher--the iron woman--or maybe Elizabeth Taylor--Reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world.The list is endless.No doubt you can add many names to this list of great woman.

    For me, the greatest woman is known only to myself.She has dedicated her life to caring for others.She is not a famous woman ,indeed she shuns the spotlight on many occasions,prefering to stay in the background unnoticed abd inconspicuous.She is no athlete or actress,no scientist or engineer.Her talents are simple yet highly respected amongst those who know and love her.In her lifetime she has known moments of great joy and and great sorrow.Whatever has come her way she has continua;;y shown courage,dedication,humility,patience,spiritual strength and determination.I speak,of course,of my mother.

    My mother has given me two of the greatest gifts,gifts that no amount of money can buy.These gifts are life and love.A mother's love is perhaps the greatest love of all.In the thirty-six years of my life,my mother has never deserted me.She has always been  there to share my moments of success,failure,joy,sorrow,and to offer comfort,support,love and laughter.For this i am truly grateful.

    A mother's love in life is by far the most difficult and yet i hope the most rewarding.It is through her children and grandchildren that she sees her concern for human life and happiness  grow and prosper.Yet life is beautiful when it is nurtured by a mother's love.

    And so today i would like ,if i may,to make one small adjustment to the theme of our celebrations.I would like to toast not ont the woman of the world,but also the mothers of the world.To my mother,and to all mothers,thank you for the gift of life.I salute you all.You are the greatest .Ladies,please join me in this special toast--to motherhood.

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