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Thuirsday, April 24th

　　We got to the clean, lovely city of Yangzhou early in the morning．This is our first trip to China．All the different smells attract our attention to the local food．We are going to try something special for dinner tonight．The hotel we are staying in is not expensive but very clean．We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to the Great Wall in the north．Sunday, April 27th

　　We visited the famous Slender West Lake which was crowded with visitors from all over the world, and bought a lot of toys for our friends outside the gate of the park．Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already!Later today we will do the famous foot massage(按摩)and then leave for the Great Wall．We will take the night train north, stay in Beijing for two days, and then catch a bus to the Great Wall．Wednesday, April 30th

　　Our trip to the Great Wall was long and boring．We visited a small village in the mountains．Hie village people here love the quiet life．They are the kindest people I have ever met．They always smile and say“Hello”．Ralph and I can only speak a few words of Chinese, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness．

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　　We interviewed the students in October First Middle School about studying English．Many said they learnt by using English．Some students had more specific suggestions．Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by 　　1　　 English magazines．She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also helped a little．When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “I never study grammar．It's too 　　2　　”．

　　Wei Ming feels differently．He's been learning English for six years and really loves it．He thinks 　　3　　 grammar is a great way to learn a new language．He also thinks that watching English movies isn't a bad way because he can watch the 　　4　　 say the words．Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly．

　　Liu Chang said that 　　5　　 the English club at school was the best way to improve her English．Students get lots of 　　6　　 and they also have fun．She added that having conversations with friends was not 　　7　　 at all．“We get excited about something and then end up speaking in Chinese．” she said．

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　　We use the Internet for many things：business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information, and so on．In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet．There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk．People don't like typing too much．To save time, they turn phrases(短语)into a few letters called acronyms(首字母缩略词)．Acronyms are often used in chat rooms．

　　Some of them are：

　　BTW(by the way)BRB(be right back)

　　LOL(laughing out loud)IMO(in my opinion)

　　People also use many abbreviations．They are shortened forms of words．Some common abbreviations are：

　　info(information)puter(computer)pic(picture) sec(second)

　　We usually don't see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings．Most people use their keyboards to draw “feeling”, such as：

　　：)(happy) ：-((sad);　　：P(joking)：O(surprised)

　　These days, many forums have picture feelings．For example：

　　happy　sad　angry　cool

　　There are even whole new words, like ‘newbie'(someone who is new on a chat board or forum)．When you write something bad about someone else, it's called ‘flaming' the person．

　　It takes time to get used to e-talk．Also, different groups in the Net have their own special ways of communicating．Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean．As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change．

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