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Current Crises Faced by Humanity

Xuefeng

(Translated by Conglong)

The crises faced by humanity have been long-standing. There had been warnings in Bible, Koran and ‘the Book of Earth Mother’ (地母经) of Buddhism. In the recent twenty years, many scientists, ideologists, and spiritual leaders have all sensed the crises faced by humanity are getting more and more serious. They can be summarized as follows:

Water resource shortages, food shortages, rapid population growth, air pollution, widespread of str

My friends, your writing inspire me so much that I can’t help sharing my new nightmares with you! Hahaha! Are you ready? Well, first of all, I will explain the mistakes that made me roll on the floor laughing.

1. “She was wearing a blue shirt and white pant.” The word "pant" (singular) means short breath when a person breathes with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement. With the attribute "white" it may mean slight pant from excitement. Hahaha!
2. “To be in blue” means to wear blue

This is my father!

He is my father, very unsocial and carefree.  We are his two kids, a son and a daughter, me.  I know my father loves me more than he loves my brother.  I enjoy this privilege belonging to a daughter loving family.  I have pictures when I was a child, I see myself sometimes in his laps, sometimes riding on him and giggling.  I remember whenever by brother teased me or snatched my toys or color pencils or refuse to do anything asked, I used to phone my father and he always used t

Having a chance to travel back in time and to meet a historical person would be the best birthday gift to me, however I know, I know, this is just about my imagination… Well, to ask Jesus to show me walking on water wouldn't be a bad idea but I am not sure, if I would give him my hand in case he would start drowning... To meet Giacomo Casanova would be cool but I would be scared of catching some sexual dissease as he was such womanizer! :D To be sincere, I would meet Sigmund Freud – well known p

"Dad, I have to tell you something, but yaou can't tell mom."

"Okay. What is it?"

"Promise not to tell mom?"

"Promise."

"We're all gonna die."

Fathers and Sons

Wow! Pretty dark for a four-year-old. Don't ya think? Then again, can you blame him? Thirteen-year-old girls say they have "relationship" problems. Relationship problems? You're thirteen for fox sake! The only problem you should have must be your split ends! There are fourth graders who smoke and when you ask 'em why; they bare their teeth at y

Life is so busy now and we forget our health. We do not take care of it. We just care something like how to earn a lot of money, how to get a high score in diploma, how to take a good tour with our friend and something like that. Until one day our health says “I am not good”. Nothing we can do at that time when our health is not better. We cannot work to earn a lot of money, we cannot study to get high score for diploma, and we cannot have a trip with our friend when we do not have a good health

Well this is my first blog here... I already started write blogs since 2012 but I had no courage to publish and let people read it. But now, I find my self enjoy to write and publish it (I would love it if you correct the grammar/vocab). Frankly, I never want to let everybody knows this story but I need your perspective to help me open my mind :)

Love is something that will never run out for discussion. Even the famous people will raise the theme of love for their creation (song, movie, book, etc

The rise and decline of human civilization

In The Story of Mankind, a well-illustrated book, Hendrik Van Loon strings together the great historic events of mankind like pearls.

Based on his on-site interviews and investigations in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India and other countries,Yu Qiuyu wrote a book called A Sigh of Millenium Based on the on-site interviews and investigations in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India and other countries the Chinese author Yu Qiuyu wrote the book” A Sign of Mill

the story and its contents are fictional and are written by me , i hope you all would have a great time reading .

Jonathan , the big brother , who came under the responsibility of his four younger siblings , Alpha , Timmy , Marcus and Suzanne , after the death of their beloved parents they came under the supervision of their big brother Jonathan , who loved them like his own children . parents didnt left any heritage so they were in an apartment on rent , Jonathan didnt have much education so for

Well, I decided to go on explaining the sentence patterns although, to my great surprise and disappointment, almost nobody seems to be interested. OK, let it be EC heritage!

Today I will tell you about a few other patterns. I will start with “It is for you..” as one of the learners tried to use it in her reply and did it incorrectly. So, here is the pattern:

• It is + for + indirect object + infinitive +……..

This pattern may be followed by the direct object or the clause. Such a sentence means that a

Religion goes hand in hand with fatuity, while science keeps abreast with civilization.

My friends, today I have decided to tell you about a few sentence patterns as I saw such mistakes made by some upper-intermediate students and it is inadmissible because such sentences are commonly used.

The first pattern is

• It takes (+ indirect object) + time + infinitive

This sentence means a quantity of time usually required for anyone or a particular person to complete a task. We can use the verb in any simple or perfect tense as well as we can use this pattern with some modal auxiliaries. Here

It has been long time, I didn’t post any blogs here (I think almost 2 years, oh my….:D). Often times I missed this chance, but unfortunately I didn’t have any good idea to write it down besides the lack of my time, too. And right now, I have an inspiration from my own experience and want to share it with you. About the title, there was none in my head, the idea of the story was popping up immediately without I knew the correct title I should put here and here we go.

Couple days ago I had small re

Hey you!
Yes, you!
I am talking to you...

You are my life
This is not a lie:
I love you!
You've got all the hues;
I should call u a rainbow!

You are a part of me
But sometimes, it seems to me:
You are me!
You are the sky, I am the sea.
You see in me your reflection.
We both exhibit perfection!

When I see you,
I feel fairies smiling at me
Angels sprinkling dewdrops
The sun, the moon and the stars,
The larks, the waters and flowers--
This whole Universe dedicated to me!

You are a blessing for me --
The greatest blessi

I had been depressed for a month before and after my period. It is so hard to increase my mood. Then I realize I am not alone. My mum and my best friend always cheer me up. I return to my regular routine: writing my blog here if there is wifi.

I don't expect comment but I would appreciate what would you do if you depressed and have no desire???

First, we must know what religion is.

The Japanese era name will have changed since 2019. Normally, it changes when Japan's Emperor dies. You may think "why do you know the present Emperor will die in 2019?". I will explain the reason. Japan's Emperor Akihito announced last year that he wanted to step down from the throne because of his old age. He is eighty three years old now. He said that he wished he would be able to perform the constitutional functions of the emperor with all his soul but that he could not do them anymore. The