Siqi – Admirable Migrant Construction Workers: Building Beijing One Step at a Time for the Olympics

On July 19th, Mrs Xu, Steven and I went to the Yuan Da Du Park to discuss some blogs and we did some interviewing there.  On the way there we were taking photos.  Then I saw some workers building the construction for the subway.  I saw a group of rural migrants with all kinds of tools.  I lookeded at my watch. It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon! It is the hottest time in the day. I looked at them far away, they were trying hard to dig a hole. Their bodies were all wet and they looked like they had taken a shower just but really they were sweating.  You could never imagine my feeling at that moment. I respected them. They were working hard to help us to build a more and more beautiful Beijing. Thanks my friends! Here’s the picture I took when they were building the the road.  Did you see the new road?

Steven – My Community: A Small City

I live in an apartment near the fourth ring road. There are many shops under our building. My mother always buy some cookies at one of their shops.

If you go across the street, you can see a huge shopping mall.  It is humongous!  There are hundreds of shops in this mall including three big shops, a big sports club, a theatre and a supermaket.  On the fifth floor of this building, there are many different restaurants, you can eat Chinese food, Japanese food, Korean food and some western food.  And the Chinese food restaurants are the most popular, so you can eat many different Chinese meals.  In another word, you can eat the food from everywhere in China! I think it’s really fantastic! I love the mall very much.

In addition, there are also some schools, and the elementary school attached to Renmin University of China is one of the best schools all over Beijing.

What’s more, there are many lawns near our community.  In summer, old pepole and children are often playing on the lawns.  My parents and I always go there to take a walk after supper.

In a word, it is really a good community.

The place I live.This is a garden in front of my house. It says, “No pets. No sliding. No riding.” Just for people has a safe place to take a walk.

Linda – Our Trip to the Karokee Place

My friends and I took a trip to sing some karokee.  First, let’s see the map to make sure we know the way to our destination.  Yes.  It’s here!  We will sing songs here.  How exciting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now we are here!

Great! There has a computer.  I can check my blog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well. The keyboard is special. Pay attention! If I can have one I will be very satisfied.

 

Linda – Olympic Site: We are So Proud

 Although this is a stadium, it is beautiful. It looks ductile.  I will pay much attention to the Olympic Games. What about you ?   We all want to be a volunteer.  But the process to become a volunteer is very competitive.   Our citizens work hard. They will try their best to guarantee the Olympic Games.  Look at the beautiful scenery.

Welcome you , anytime

 

 

 

Kelen – My Tutoring School: The New Oriental

It is obvious that English is the most popular language in the world. English is really useful in our daily life. Therefore China is running fast with this language. There are more foreigners in Beijing now that in the past, so we must learn well it.

Having a great job depends on the level of education that we have, and because of this Beijing has been the home of many new English schools. The most famous is THE NEW ORIENTAL.

I’m a student of this after-school training program for English.  I enjoy it very much.  This is a training school that I go to on the weekends for additional tutoring.  The teachers in the Neworiental are all very popular. They are humourous and cool!

In the class we have a cheerful time and learn a lot.

The New Oriental School’s motto is “Language is Power~!” This is picture below is my English teacher and I after one of my classes.

E-mail – The Olympics is Coming! Clean Streets

The Olympics will be held in Beijing next mounth. I belive everyone is waiting for this Olympic Game  - it is all so exciting.  Now we are already in July!  You can see many changes in Beijing everywhere.  Everyone is taking great care of the environment around themselves.  No matter when and where they see rubbish on the road, they pick it up and put it into the dustbin.  You can see workers coating the stockade at the side of the road, fixing the street light, and  cleaning the ads on the wall.  You can also see many tourists taking picutures everywhere.  Beijing is getting more and more beautiful.  Here is a picture taken outside of the”Nest.”  We all belive it will be a really successful event. 

 When I asked a street cleaner, “do you like your job?” He answerd in a proud voice, “Yes ,I like it very much!  If I can do more for the Olympics, I’ll try my best!  My job is not clean the street, my job is to beautify the environment.”

Linda – The Concordant City: We Welcome You

We has just finished our exams. We are all feeling very relaxed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I on my way home I always find our road is very clean.You can flowers everywhere. It’s really a feast of the eyes.  Ahhh flowers and trees~   Soo wonderful!

 

 

 

 

 

The street is very clean!   Welcome you here!

Linda – The Rush to Learn English in Beijing: Even Grandmas are Learning!

If you are in Beijing, I can bet with you that there is a storm to learn English here. You can find people learning, speaking English no matter how old they are.

These even is a university in Sichuan where the students study English all at one time on the ground!

One day I went to Wangfujing by subway and bus. On the subway I found a granny learning English by reading an  English book. And on the bus I found a child asking her mother about English words. So I could win the bet.

We welcome people all over the world!

 

Steven – Pollution in Beijing: We’re Fighting It!

Now that the 29th Olympic games is coming, Chinese people are preparing for the games. Every who people lives in Beijing wants a fantastic game. So it is important for Beijing to have blue skies, green grass and beautiful flowers.

But the pollution problem is still the biggest problem in Beijing. So less pollution must happen! The government has been working on the pollution problem since 2001.   But there are more than 20,000,000 cars in Beijing and they are making the air so polluted. We had a very big company for steel-making, that’s SOUGANG GROUP. And discharged lots of bad gaes, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. But now there is no SOUGANG factories in the Beijing city proper. That’s one of our achievement in pollution problem.

Iris – Transportation in Beijing – Impossible to Avoid

The 2008 Olympic Game has been the most cheerful and anticipated event throughout Beijing ever since Beijing was rewarded the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Now, let me to introduce transportation construction in Beijing.

For longer distance travel, basic public transportation around Beijing consists of taxis, subways, and buses. Taxis are conveniently available everywhere in the city, and taxi costs can quickly accumulate as it is by far the most expensive method of transportation.  People who don’t mind crowded conditions will do well for their travel if they use a combination of the subway and bus systems.

We can purchase an IC (Intelligent card) card and card readers are present in all subway entrances and buses.  The IC card can be used as a ticket for both bus and subway systems. They also provide another type of IC card for students at a lower price. Now my home is far away from my high school, so I live in the dorm during the weekdays and therefore there is no need to use transportation for myself.  My parents usually drive cars to work.

The subway is extremely fast compared to other forms of transportation as it can avoid traffic jams above and below. Buses on the other hand service every corner of the city, but it is impossible to avoid  avoid rush hour traffic congestions.