HELLO, EVERYONE

I'm so glad to study with all of you this semester. Call class is a very creative class; we could improve our writing and reading skills here, also we could learn some technology things. In this new semester, you are new in this class; actually I am also new to be your helper. So let us do it together and we will make it.

MOVIES---- your favourite

Movies really have along history among us. I still remember that I saw the style of old movies on TV. It was so funny. One person should roll the films. When he rolled it quickly, the people on the screen will move quick. If he rolled it slowly, the people will act like a cat doing anything very slowly. In fact, I have never saw this kind of movies before. The oldest one I saw maybe the non color one, which just have two colors, black and white.

In China,we have some traditional movies, and one of them was called PiYing Xi. The images in the film are made of fur of animals, and then we need a white background, some lights. In fact, we performance it just using the shadow of these images and act them on the white background. In old times of China, it was just a kind of entertainment to attract children for fun.

Today, the movies are popular among all ages of people. It is a romantic way for boyfriend and girl friend. It is for couples to be in memory of their anniversary of wedding. It is for children to learn some knowledge. It is for tired people to relax and have a rest to enjoy life. Movies influence our everyday life and it have a great impact among all the people now. People now could not live without movies

Keeping healthy

Keeping healthy is a human hope all the time. How to keep healthy and how can be more active in life are always big questions in people's life, especially among the old people.Nowadays, the most popular place maybe not bars or restaurant any more, it may be the fitness centre. With the qualities of developing rapidly, more and more people realise that there is nothing could be superior to or compare with health.

When we are young, we always like to stay up late and do a lot of activities in midnight. It is so excited for us to take adventure and risk doing something unbelievable. At the same time, we rarely consider anything about the dangerous consequences. That is the nature for young. However, with the age grow, people will think twice when they do something seem dangerous. One begin to know how to treasure life.

In order to keep healthy, we should pay attention to our daily life every day. There are some healthy tips about how to lead a healthy life.

1, Do not smoke or use tobacco.

2,limit how much alcohol you drink

3,ear right

4,lose weight if you are overweight

5,exercise

6,Don not sunbathe or use tanning booths

7,Practice safer sex if you are having sex

8,control your cholesterol level

9,control high blood pressure

10,keep your shots up to date

11,ask your doctor about cancer screenings

Bush plans visit to southern Indiana on Tuesday

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is traveling to New Albany, Ind., on Tuesday to talk about the federal budget, the White House announced today.
Bush has criticized the Democrat-controlled Congress for not sending him the annual spending bills on time. He has threatened to veto most of them.
The president plans to speak at the Grand, a convention and banquet center, at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
No other details about his trip were immediately available.

The reason that I choose this news is not related to any polities things. It is just because that I find although different country has their own political policies, the status of presidents are all important in every country. Nearly all the countries or just a small organizations all need a leader to operate masses of matters every day. Presidents always may be thought that they are the different people from others and they are one of the most important persons in the life.

In China, the preseident is hardly saw ih their life. Just in some ceremonies or summits we could see them on TV. And most of time they wear a tidy suit with tie and do the same gestures to express their prepared presentation or speech. They are totally different from others. They have masses of matters every day and so many events need them to deal with. In the USA, maybe the presidents are more often seen in life. They hope to give their residents an impression that they are one of you.

of mice and men

Coming to American for more than two months, but during that time I really read so few books, just

"of mice and men" which is the

homework of reading class. However this time is the different, because in China I read some English novel, however, it had the Chinese lines beside. So sometime I was so lazy that just saw the Chinese lines and it could not practise my English skill.

"of mice and men" is a very good novel which describe a life in the old times when people have different valid level between each other and most of the poor led a very difficult life at that time. This novel does not express this kind of feeling so valid, however, it uses a very clever way to express it. The writer creates two common worker working in the ranch and they are different because they have a great future plan for themselves. They are different from the other workers who just work hard for their bosses everyday and have no freedom.

There are a lot of interesting characters in the novel and most of them are nice guys, like Slim who has a very good personality, Candy who owns an old dog and he loves him very much, Lennie who has a mentally disease, however, he has a warm heart and he loves mice so much, George is a short guy with bad temper and has a good planning for himself and so on.

The writer writes a lot of stories happening between them. Although sometime they have fun with each other; however, they are no happy in fact. So we could imagine that their dream of future really is hard to come true under the terrible society at that time.

It is a cool book, even though i have not finished yet.

California Residents Confront Results of Wildfires

NEWS:
SAN DIEGO, California (AFP) - Firefighters reported progress Friday in controlling wildfires in southern California, but the death toll rose to nine as President Bush toured the scorched US state.
As firefighters continue to battle blazes in Southern California, many San Diego residents returned to neighborhoods once in the fires' path. Mike Sullivan reports from Ramona, outside San Diego, that some people have found their homes destroyed, while others have suffered little or no damage.
This sign now marks the highway entrance to Ramona, California, 26 Oct. 2007

It is such a pity. Why does more and more wildfires come out in the recent years. I think it must be related to ourselves. If there are few people who smoke nearby the original forest and there are few pollution and bad materials which are easily to be fired, the wildfires maybe more hard to exist.

However, I also think at this area our Chinese should learn more from you. You have done it so well in protecting the environment. In China, because of the fast improvement in Economy, more official members ignore the environment and even sacrifice the environment for development. So I hope it will be changed in a few decades.

Traditional Chinese music

Music in China has a long history like our country herself. There are big distinctions between traditional Chinese instruments and the instruments all over the world. We almost sustain the regional characteristics of Chinese old style and also add into some fashion elements. So now we can find that the traditional Chinese instruments are playing an very important a role in the world. Owing to its striking features, more and more people all over the world hope to learn more about it.

I like many kinds of music, but traditional Chinese music give me the strongest impression. For my part, although Chinese musics are not more magnificent than America or west musics; However, When you devote yourself into it, you will find there is a stream passing by your heart. That kind of feeling cannot be described by words, but I hope you try.

To be honest, no matter what you want to learn is not an easy thing. When I was 14, I made up my mind to learn GuZheng which is a traditional Chinese instrument. Every week I just learn 50 minutes in a music school, and I must play 2 hours per day to practise it. At first, it was really hard and boring, because I cannot play a whole song, just some boring musical notes once and once again. And the string of GuZheng made my nails hurt so much. After one and a half years, I would prepare for my high school entrance examination, so the time is less and less. Finally, I had to give up my learning of GuZheng and worked hard for my examination. It was really pity.

At any rate, I love traditional Chinese instrument and music, in fact, now I cannot play a whole and long song in GuZheng because of lacking of practise. However, if I had more time and energy when I have a rest, I will continue to practise it. Hope for it.