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2020-11-14
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An extraordinary day
This morning I left home at ten thirty am. I took a bus from Best Town and reached Caicai's apartment. I brought some green vegetables in a plastic ...
2020-07-15
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Chapter 36 A smile
AT the beginning of term Sophie ran to school happily. This time she had brought a great pile of new manuscripts to share with her professor. Howev ...
2020-07-14
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Chapter 35 Dreams and future
It gave Sophie very uncomfortable dreams on Sunday morning. She dreamed about running in freedom on the mountaintop in the morning sunshine. She wa ...
2020-07-13
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Chapter 34 Hesitation
It was not until Sophie attended the Graduate School Application Meeting when she realized that the winter of her junior year was a cold season not ...
2020-07-12
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Chapter 33 Butterfly bow
HAVING experienced the baptism of the Eloquence Class, Sophie lead the life of the elegant plum flower in the poem. She faced her own problems with ...
2020-07-10
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Chapter 32 A plum
She felt so suffocated that she locked the door and wandered aimlessly on the campus. It was getting dark and many students on Big Bell Road drove ... -
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Chapter 31 Twist
The fourth Thursday was followed by troubles. At noon as soon as Sophie returned to the dorm, she heard Linda exclaiming: “Sophie, you did not pas ...
2020-07-09
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Chapter 30 A fortunate escape
On the third Thursday of the Eloquence Class there was an incident. However, Sophie had a fortunate escape. It was like this: The professor asked t ...
2020-07-06
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Chapter 29 Eloquence class
The next Thursday evening Sophie could not help to “steal” Professor Yue’s class a second time. This time the professor talked about the skill o ...
2020-07-05
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Chapter 28 A new class
Junior year THIS term Sophie was not so lucky. She failed to select her favorite classes, and she was not very fond of the class she must hav ... -
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Sophie wrote her novels
At the end of this term Sophie was the most proud of herself. The help of her professors and her own effort seemed to lead to the most delightfu ...
2020-07-03
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Chapter 26 The performance
At night, from the night talk, Sophie got the latest information of how everything was going on in each class. Lucy spoke high of Class 1’ s new id ...
2020-07-01
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Chapter 25 Betty's voice
A week latter the professor wanted to see how the performance was going on, so the class wanted to act it out for the professor on the balcony. Bef ... -
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Chapter 24 The girls were composing splendid works
AFTER Band Four Exam, the professor said there would be an Opera Class for the rest of the term. Each class in English Department shall plot an ...
2020-06-29
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Chapter 23 A classical movie
The next evening Linda did not return till the light was extinguished. The room was very dark and they could not see her expressions clearly. Howev ... -
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Chapter 22 A volcano erupted
If Lily’ s love was a stream, clear and mild, then Linda’ s was a volcano. Before the volcano exploded she was ignorant, until one day— ...
2020-06-28
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Chapter 21 Lovebird arrived
WHEN she got tired after studying for a long time, Sophie attended the dulcimer class in Eastern Art Department. Only six students got the qualific ...
2020-06-27
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Chapter 20 Sophie took Betty's sincere advice
HAPPINESS never lasts long. Soon all the lessons were over and it was time for the end-of-term exam. Sophie hated it very much. For this kind of ...
2020-06-26
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Chapter 19 Starry sky
At three o’clock in the morning, the professor began to knock at each door to wake up the students who were sleeping soundly. Three minutes latter ...
2020-06-25
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Chapter 18 It was an owl
The afternoon flew past. The professor stopped the students asking various questions and asked the class to return to the hotel and have supper. He ...
2020-06-24
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Chapter 17 Astronomy class
The astronomy class was also wonderful. Astronomy professor reminded one of the grandfathers in cartoon pictures. He had white hair and white be ...
2020-06-23
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Chapter 16 A snowy day
At the end of December, it got colder and colder. One morning when Sophie opened the window, she discovered frost had set in the night before! T ...
2020-06-22
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The girls were weaving
Soon winter came. In one winter afternoon Chu Chu met Helen in the dorm and they discussed about some matters in their class. While Chu Chu was ...
2020-06-20
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Chapter 15 A sweet smile
One day after class, the professor asked the class to hand in their homework to the teacher’s desk at the front. When the students sitting at t ...
2020-06-19
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Chapter 14 An impressive class
In this way Sophie enjoyed many happy Intensive Reading English classes. But then there came a class that gave her quite a kind of mixed feeling. I ...
2020-06-18
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Sophomore year: Shade of love
AT the beginning of the new term, Sophie checked the course table to discover that this term there would be a new Intensive English professor for h ...
2020-06-17
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Chapter 14 Chorus in green uniform
Of course, it was the most interesting to practise shouting in Yangliuqing. The real Yangliuqing was a hundred times more beautiful than what was r ... -
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The girls were wandering in green-colored joy
FOR several days the military training had been extremely boring. Every day the students had to stand in the sunshine, their sweat soaking the u ...
2020-06-16
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Chapter 12 The girls understood the professor
THE end-of-term exam was over, but no one returned home. On the summer holidays, all the students in the freshman year must take part in the mil ... -
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Chapter 11 The girls captured the inspiration of the New Millennium
THE New Year’s Day of the year 2000 was the most special. It was the beginning of the New Year, and what’s more, it was the first day of th ...
2020-06-15
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Chapter 10 Sophie heard a lecture
AT the end of the year 1999, Sophie was still leading the happy, free and dull freshman life. There were so few classes and so much freedom that sh ... -
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Chapter 9 A birthday party
Sophie tended to hate old things and love new things. So after she had played the guitar for one or two months, she was no longer interested in it. ... -
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Chapter 8 The girls were singing
AFTER mid autumn day, every one had restored their monotonous and peaceful life. November arrived quickly, and the end-of-term exam was approach ... -
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Mid-autumn Party
Evening came. The air was fresh and the moon was bright. The friends sat beside the window, cutting moon cakes and sharing fruits. A sense of happi ... -
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Past and future
ON Sunday it was Mid-Autumn day. At six o’clock the phone rang and Cathy rang to the phone in her pajamas. “Mum, Mum, you are so early? D ...
2020-06-13
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The girls chirped in foreign language
THE next day in the Oral English Class, Mat had a brain storm: “There is still something to be desired of your oral English. If you want to learn ...
2020-06-12
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Chapter 6 A secret garden
Sophie believed that the freshmen were the happiest students on the planet. They had just passed the College Entrance Exam and felt no pressure of ...
2020-06-11
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Chapter 5 The girls were musing Novel
IN the afternoon Lucy, the Love Nymph, came back excitedly announcing the latest news: Today it was the 80th anniversary celebration of The Academy ...
2020-06-10
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Chapter 4 The girls were chatting
AT the weekend there were only three girls left in the dorm: “Sophie, Lily and Helen. Linda and Cathy had left for the classroom in the early m ...
2020-06-09
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Chapter 3 Mat
The next class, much to her amazement, a professor arrived, looking not plain at all: oral English professor from America. The students all gaze ...
2020-06-08
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Chapter 2 The girls in the Academy My novel
First it was the Intensive English Reading Class. Sophie ran to the classroom in a hurry. The professor had not arrived yet. The students were keep ...
2020-06-07
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The girls in the Academy My English novel
Freshman year THE east grew rosy with the coming day. The early morning sun in the Academy was rising, its first stream shining through the ... -
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Rice fried with carrot and eggs
Cut a carrot into small pieces. Heat the wok and oil until it reaches high temperature. Fry an egg in a hot wok quickly. ... -
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A hateful mosquito
Yesterday I wiped the floor of my living room and bedrooms. I wiped all the dust off the floor with disinfectant. And I opened the window to let in ... -
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Dragonfly and fish
On Saturday when I was walking past the stairs of my university campus, at the location opposite to the silent musician statue，I noticed a dragonf ... -
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A flock of birds
swan, goose, geese, roasted goose, eagle, robin, egret, plumage, warbler, waterbird A flock of egrets flew in the sky, their wings flickeri ...
2020-06-06
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Cupid and Sun god
Cupid is winged god of love. His mother is the Goddess of Beauty, born from sea foam. Cupid would always take golden bows and arrows while flying i ... -
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He is snoring again
The old man upstairs snored again at midnight. He was snoring in his own bedroom on the third floor. But the sound transmitted through the ... -
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A man was snoring upstairs
Yesterday I went to bed at about 11 or 12 in the evening. I wrote a novel and I felt tired. And I wanted to have a good sleep. But someone ... -
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What languages do I learn?
English is spoken worldwide. It is an international language. Now English is widely learnt and used even in China. In eco city, toddlers have Engli ...
2020-06-05
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How to play the piano?
I play the piano. I press my fingers on the keys. I look at the notes of the musical composition. I press the white keys and black keys. For the no ... -
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Meat rolls
Ferment flour with bread machine. It takes one and a half hours to ferment the flour. The bread machine is automatic, completing t ... -
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Leaves and flowers
I would cherish every leaf and flower the children picked for me. I just tried to smile to them and talk to them softly. They gave ...
2020-06-04
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Shrimps steamed with egg
Get rid of the heads and shells of the shrimps. Get rid of the dark thread in the shrimp's body. It might contain mud or sand. ... -
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Eggplant stewed with pork slices
Choose eggplants with purple stems, the long, tender ones. Tear the eggplant into small pieces. Cut pork into th ... -
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A poor cat
This morning I had a walk outside our community, to take in some fresh air. Under a clump of green plants, I saw a cat. It was a large cat, looking ... -
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A naughty horse
All the horses were tethered in a stable. Sometimes the children would touch the horses. The horses had large nostrils and large, dark eyes. The ... -
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Riding a horse
There is a horse riding club in the outskirt of Best Town. They kept several horses and trained the horses to run around a field. I rode ho ...
2020-06-03
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Spring outing
We went spring outing. A wind picked up. The air was fresh. Tiny bright flowers were blooming among thick clumps. Pale green grasses were rippling. ... -
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A rich man
In the early morning, I waited for a bus. It was cold, and I waited impatiently. An aged man walked to the station. He looked strong. He spoke in ... -
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English names for girls O-Z
Name Meaning Ophelia Helper Oria soft breeze, dawn Olivia olive tree ...
2020-06-02
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English names for girls J-N
Names Meaning Jessica Wealth Jean God is gracious Jennifer White wave Ja ... -
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I had trouble with it!
This is a robe for my sofa in my living room. It is a thick, white cover wrapped around my sofa. In the thick white robe, the sofa ... -
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A strange passenger on a bus
This morning I took Bus 459 from Bestown Avenue to Service Center Station. I heard a man singing aloud in high spirit, and then he spoke aloud:"Luc ... -
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Roasted duck
I visited Beijing when I was six years old and I entered Roast Duck Restaurant for the first time in my life. I wrapped roast duck and swal ... -
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St. Patrick's Day
When I was in Shanghai, several years ago, I had a walk in the street, near Xintiandi. Xintiandi is a prosperous area in the city center of Shangha ...
2020-06-01
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How to speak?
Tone speak in a small voice, speak in a soft tone, lower his voice, muffled voice mumble, murmur, mutter, incoherent, whisper, drawl excl ... -
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A Sunday with Kanpu
I have never taken it for granted that one day I would meet a Tibetan Monk in person. In my opinion, Tibet has been another world where the monk ... -
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Morning of Wuzhen
I visited Wuzhen between 6 and 7 o'clock one morning in March because I did not have to pay the entrance fee at these early hours. I went there ... -
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Concrete jungle
Skyscrapers, high rise residential communities, cubicles in towering buildings, constructions of many stories… Merchants would expl ... -
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Saucers and afternoon tea
The westerners drank tea with cups. And they had no saucers. The Dutch transported tea saucers from China, when sailing on the sea. ... -
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Maple sugar
sugar snow In early spring, some snow on slopes remain pure and clean. The snow was untouched and there was not a single animal track on the ... -
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English names for girls E-I
Name Meaning Elianna Daughter of Sun Sounds gorgerous. Eleanor Light Ella All ...
2020-05-31
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Forbidden City
I visited Forbidden City when I was six, in 1986. I marveled at the architecture. We walked on marble stairs and entered a room paved with wooden f ... -
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A feast in a castle
In ancient Greece, there was no rice. People ate barley bread or coarse bread. In ancient Greece or Rome, until medieval times, they had no chop ... -
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Victoria's lunch
When I was working for a travel website, I worked with a girl from England. She had dark brown hair and brown twinkling eyes. She was not tal ... -
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Feast the eyes
Meat pork, lean meat, fat, pork slices, shredded pork, pork ribs, liver, roasted pig tail, meat rolls, fried meat balls, play with knuckles, po ... -
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My favorite English names for girls A-D
Name Meaning Adeline Noble, honorable Agate Agate Amia ...
2020-05-30
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Noting my journey to Yangzhou
People of Yangzhou shall be grateful to Li Bai, a famous Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty, who wrote in his poem: "Float downstream to Yangzhou i ... -
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Steamed cake
Take the flour. Spread the flour on a piece of clean cloth and steam the flour for 15 minutes with blazing fire. Take the ... -
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Traditional or modern?
On arriving at Beijing Wangfujing Bookstore, in the chilly wind, I wanted to have douzhi, a kind of fermented soybean milk, for breakfast. I am n ...
2020-05-29
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An infant was born on the train
July 21st, at dusk Green Express from North City to Capital “Attention! Attention! Passengers! Emergency! Anyone who knows how to deliver a ... -
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Sparrow and cobbles
A small, thin sparrow was hopping on the ground at the bus station near the library. On my seat, I saw several cobbles in white or gray col ... -
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Rambling in the woods
I was rambling in the woods, the crickets were constantly chattering in the grass, and the birds only cuckooed occasionally. I looked at th ...
