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江雪柳宗元千山鸟飞绝,万径人踪灭。孤舟蓑笠翁,独钓寒江雪。Snowy RiverBy Liu Zong YuanHundreds of mountains leave no bird trailThousands of paths leave no human traceIn a boat only an old fisherman wearing his straw hat and bamboo cloakFishes alone in the cold river.About the author:Liu Zong Yuan(A.D.773-819),styled Zi Hou. He is an excellent ideologist and proser.His achievement of poem is also great.《Snowy River》which has always been praised by people,was made by Liu Zong Yuan after he had been demoted to the officer of Yo
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Summer is supposed to be for having a rest. Some of us rested from their labours, travelling and not thinking of their problems, while others continue to work or study, demonstrating willingness and pleasure, or not feeling much fun in that.After starting to work, we face different, often old, problems that puzzle us... How to cope with them? The answer is simple -- to do something interesting! This will help control your emotions! Doing sports, reading, watching anime, surfing the Internet, lea
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My Place in Summer...

My Orchard

My Orchard After Rain

The River I Bathed inIt has been raining almost for a week here in Ukraine and only today I suddenly realized that summer is over and I miss it so much, the time flew too quickly for me... bathing and playing in the warm water, splashing it over yourself when the heat is intolerable and feeling the wind blowing and sending little shivers down your body, lying in the sun, walking barefooted on the grass catching the morning due, listening to birds singing...Why I re
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Adjectives. Describe Yourself...

Write three adjectives which represent you best of all. Make sure that adjectives don't repeat (for example: if somebody used "generous" don't use it again, put "open-handed" )Tell us about yourself to get to know each other better :)Me: active, optimistic, hard-working
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The problem #1 in Russia

Hello to all!Today I want to tell you something about russian "tradition", that actually made us famous and.. hm.. unpopular all over the world. Of course, I talk about drinking alcohol, especially Russian vodka. Someone thinks it's normal, someone finds it funny, someone doesn't pay any attention to it. But facts are sad.Russians drink about 18 litres of alcohol in an year per person. The number of 8 litres per person is fatally dangerous for the nation, so the Russian nation has more than a do
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Hey Friends...

What do you think of a virtual relationship (a love relationship)?Is it always doomed to a crash?Is it really so that LOVE doesn't know what such words as: age, traditions, cultures, languages, distance mean?
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Translation Of A Tang Dynasty Poem(二)

七步诗曹植煮豆燃豆萁,豆在釜中泣。本是同根生,相煎何太急。A poem made in seven stepsBy Cao ZhiCooking beans by burning bean stems,Beans cry in skillet and whine,We are born from the same root,Now you are anxiously cooking me ,why?
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Translation Of A Tang Dynasty Poem(一)

游子吟
孟郊
慈母手中线,
游子身上衣。
临行密密缝,
意恐迟迟归。
谁言寸草心,
报得三春晖。

Song Of A Traveling Son
By Meng Jiao
Needle and thread in the hands of a dear mama
Makes clothes for her boy who is leaving.
Carefully she sews and thoroughly she mends,
Be afraid that her son will delay for home.
Even daylily also have love,
But how can they repay sun for three spring months of light?

About the author
  Meng Jiao(751~814),Tang Dynasty poem, the Han nationality, styled himself DongYe. Borned from WuKang(DeQing,ZheJiang province

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Photo's speaking - 2

The cloud in the middle part of the photo is very unique.

This one is good to be as a model of the oil painting someday.

The cloud in this one is also special.
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may be useful information for you

THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DOThere are a few things that can bedone in times of grave emergencies.Your mobile phone can actually be alife saver or an emergency tool for survival.Check out the things that you can do with it:FIRSTEmergencyThe Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.If you find yourself out of the coverage area ofyour mobile; network and there is an emergency,dial 112 and the mobile will search any existingnetwork to establish the emergency number f
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To upload photos or videos to your blog or comment is easy, but may take a while to discover on your own. I prefer to sometimes write in my text before the image so it will naturally be above the image. When you are ready for the image click the little camera icon in the little utility bar just below ENTRY it is in the image below with blue square around it. The ADD AN IMAGE window will then pop up.It usually works better to click the [Choose File] just below Upload an image.

That option will bro
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Natasha's Wordle Wednesday #1: September

There appeared a new language tool - a good and useful toy - for English language learners in My EC. We can use it for remembering:1. Useful Verbs2. Adjectives I Love3. Idioms I’ve Learned4. Phrasal Verbs5. Proper Nouns6. Favourite Quotes7. Words I often spell wrong8. Words I learned this week9. My favourite English words10. English Rules I need to Remember(don’t forget to use the ~ to keep words together)Useful toy

The words of this poem are in the Wordle Window.All the leaves are falling down,F
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Photo's speaking - 1

These photos I took on the begining of this Sep. in the east of Taiwan, which is the most beautiful area on the island. I really like the scence of magnificent mountains,lovely cloud and splendid flowers there. That was a great tour for me. Let's get started to let the photos express themselves.

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Attention...a Need or a Whim??

Why do we like to have attention paid to us? Is it a need or just a whim? Maybe a desire to be noticed and appreciated?Everybody likes to get attention, even trying to deny it you can't hide the smile from your face when a handsome man pays a compliment to you or your boss says you are one of the best employees. A huge wave of pleasant emotions surge up in you the moment you hear some nice words or just feel the appreciation of others (though some of us may blush and feel embarrassed but...what
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Confusing words 5

admit / confess (v.)AmE; BrE: /ədˈmıt/ - /kənˈfes/Admit means to say that you have done sth wrong or illegal, especially when someone asks or persuades you to do this:• Rachel admitted that she had made a mistake.• Paul admitted that he was angryConfess means to tell the police or sb in a position of authority that you have done sth very bad, especially after they have persuaded you to do this:• After two days of questioning, he finally confessed.• She confessed that she had killed her husband.
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The strongest prisons

1 - San Pedro Prison in BoliviaThis image of the prison from the outside

Either from the insideImprisonment is a small village where the houses and shopsAnd playgrounds. In order to be safe for the prisoner the same place to spend the night for him to buy his cellOtherwise, CeBIT in the street. Cell rate between 1000 and 1500 U.S. dollars

2 - Prison Cebu Prison in the PhilippinesPrison like Maicon Bastdio music. Prisoners are trained every dayThe collective dances to the music of the world-famous
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