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2008/12/15

下午 08:27:47

大寶

M

HI!
2008/12/15

下午 08:28:04

大寶

M

how are U
2008/12/15

下午 08:28:07

M

大寶

so how's that today
2008/12/15

下午 08:28:23

M

大寶

im upset today
2008/12/15

下午 08:28:49

大寶

M

.....what's that
2008/12/15

下午 08:29:36

M

大寶

u know.....i wake up 7:45 this am
2008/12/15

下午 08:30:11

大寶

M

so...u are tired now?
2008/12/15

下午 08:30:24

M

大寶

cause i have to deal with sth with my classmate
2008/12/15

下午 08:30:54

M

大寶

when i arrived, i found out that NO ONE is there
2008/12/15

下午 08:31:04

M

大寶

yes im tired now
2008/12/15

下午 08:31:41

M

大寶

and i have a 800 words assignment to write tonight
2008/12/15

下午 08:31:48

大寶

M

how about going to sleep now
2008/12/15

下午 08:32:01

M

大寶

i just wnat to sleep now but i cnat
2008/12/15

下午 08:32:03

M

大寶

so shit
2008/12/15

下午 08:32:31

M

大寶

school things are annoyed
2008/12/15

下午 08:32:44

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大寶

how abt u?
2008/12/15

下午 08:34:35

大寶

M

me2
2008/12/15

下午 08:35:15

M

大寶

ooops
2008/12/15

下午 08:35:49

大寶

M

i have to right an article on my blog...U know....about penpal
2008/12/15

下午 08:36:07

大寶

M

write
2008/12/15

下午 08:36:36

M

大寶

haha
2008/12/15

下午 08:36:49

M

大寶

dont worry too much abt it
2008/12/15

下午 08:37:28

M

大寶

u write it for what class
2008/12/15

下午 08:37:43

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大寶

composition?
2008/12/15

下午 08:37:50

大寶

M

i don't want to say...
2008/12/15

下午 08:38:19

M

大寶

why ur teacher ask to do so
2008/12/15

下午 08:39:06

大寶

M

i don't know...
2008/12/15

下午 08:40:10

M

大寶

then....do u kno what to erite already?
2008/12/15

下午 08:41:27

大寶

M

Uh...?
2008/12/15

下午 08:43:03

M

大寶

haha~ so u have to work hard this night too
2008/12/15

下午 08:43:27

大寶

M

OK
2008/12/15

下午 08:43:32

M

大寶

what's ur plan on christnas?
2008/12/15

下午 08:43:56

大寶

M

nothing....
2008/12/15

下午 08:44:14

大寶

M

maybe sleep at home...
2008/12/15

下午 08:44:19

M

大寶

REALLY?
2008/12/15

下午 08:44:34

大寶

M

yeah...
2008/12/15

下午 08:44:45

M

大寶

you dont go out with you friends?
2008/12/15

下午 08:45:00

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大寶

ITS CHRISTMAS!!
2008/12/15

下午 08:45:43

大寶

M

Xmas is not a big day in taiwan...
2008/12/15

下午 08:46:26

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大寶

i cant believe it
2008/12/15

下午 08:47:47

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大寶

anyway....still wish u a merry christmas!
2008/12/15

下午 08:48:21

大寶

M

merry Xmas
2008/12/15

下午 08:48:57

大寶

M

in...santa monica
2008/12/15

下午 08:49:06

大寶

M

<:o)
2008/12/15

下午 08:49:14

M

大寶

haha
2008/12/15

下午 08:49:25

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大寶

oooops!
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:00

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大寶

i think we have to go back to our worrrrrrrk
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:05

大寶

M

OK
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:20

大寶

M

bye
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:26

M

大寶

see you:)
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:39

M

大寶

bye
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:48

大寶

M

it's nice to talk with u
2008/12/15

下午 08:50:56

大寶

M

bye
2008/12/15

下午 08:51:04

M

大寶

me too

Traveling plan to Japan

I want to take a trip to Japan. Specially Hokaido. I have been to Hokaito in summer. But the winter in Hokaito is deffierent from summer. Hokaito is very cold in winter. There is a lot of snow here. And the milk here is very good. First I want to go Otaru(小樽). Taste 拉麵 here. Then I want to visit a music box museun. There are many types of music box. And you can buy some for friends. That will be good Souvenirs. The glass products here is very famous too. Then go to next place"Sapporo(扎幌)." And live in hot spring hotal. Take a hot spring in winter is a enjoyment. And visit a TV tour. It is a famous viewpoint here. Don't forget shopping. And buy some souvenirs.

When I graduate from college...(what I want to do next ten years)

Many classmates ask me: What are going to do when you graduate from college?
I always answer: I haven't deside yet...
Actually....I wanna go to Japan when I graduated. To learn some skill about interior design or construction. I like the construction in Japan. So....now I have to study Japanese hard...

About me...

HI! I'm Lin Yu-Chen. Come from TaiChung. TaiChung is a good place to lived. Many of my classmates in college come from TaiChung,too. We were schoolmate for five years,since high school. Now I live in Taipei. In order to study... 19 year-old now. The second year in college. I'm already getting used to be a college student now. The first year in Taipei...I such like a rookie. Don't know anywhere to go...even then go to the MRT station. But now I'm a half native here.^^

Online NEWS-Soil Erosion Threatens Chinese 'Breadbasket'

Soil Erosion Threatens Chinese 'Breadbasket'

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
A new study says almost forty percent of China is losing soil because of wind and water erosion. The Chinese government recently announced the results of a three-year study. The study was the largest of its kind since China became a communist nation in nineteen forty-nine.
A worker harvests rice in Yunnan province, in southwestern ChinaResearchers found that China has three and one-half million square kilometers of eroded land. Water has eroded more than one and one-half million square kilometers of that territory. Wind has damaged almost two million square kilometers.
The researchers blamed farming and the clearing of forests for much of the damage. Rural areas are not the only ones losing soil. Land is also being affected in cities and near mines and factories.
The researchers say that every year, four and one-half billion tons of soil are washed or blown away. At that rate, they say, grain production in northeastern China could decrease forty percent within forty to fifty years. The country depends on that area for grain; the northeast is often called China's breadbasket.
The research team estimates that erosion has cost China at least twenty-nine billion dollars in economic losses since two thousand. The team also says that seventy percent of China's poor live in areas damaged by soil loss.
Xinhua, the official news agency, reported that the team said China is in a worse situation than many other countries suffering from soil erosion. These include India, Japan, the United States and Australia.
Land sometimes becomes desert and can no longer support plants. This process is called desertification. A study published earlier this year suggested that climate change has been a major cause of this in China. The paper appeared in Earth-Science Reviews in June.
Scientists say more than ninety percent of grasslands in northern China have decreased in quality as a result of desertification. Dried lakes in the north produce most of the dust that affects life for people in cities like Beijing and Tianjin.
Still another problem for China has been flooding along the Yangtze River. Widespread flooding took place in the late nineteen nineties. After that, the government limited tree cutting along the sides of mountains near the river.
And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Archives of our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Jim Tedder.

Vocabulary

1.erosion 腐蝕,沖蝕

2.communist 共產主義者

3.territory 區域,領土

4.desertification 沙漠化

5.flooding 氾濫

Impression

It's a terrible news. Many Chinese people could be no place to live and no food to eat! Caused by soil loss. Chinese goverment should do something to save these people and the soil. They should processed it quickly. I don't want to see anyone died.