In recent years,dust storm have happened more and

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more often in north of China．They have brought

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quite a lot of trouble to people's life．The strong

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wind blows up the dust,made the air very dirty．

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It also keeps many people go out．In the past,

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people raise a large number of sheep,which ate

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off a great deal of grass and the land became sandy．

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Now the bovernment has begun to pay an attention to

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the problem．Each year,a large sum of money are

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spent in the improvement of the environment．

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We are glad to announce winners of the final stage of the

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summer written competition organized by the 21st century．

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The readers' enthusiasm（热情）for English writing reached their

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highest point in this edition with over．1,000 letters sent us．We

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felt especial pleased as you chose to touch a variety of topics．

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Moving love story helped us recall the beauty of first love;

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meaningful summer moments give us the chance to share an

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experience it was well described;and exciting

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experiences of visiting the spaceship helped us appreciate the inventions

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The winners of the competition at the final stage are being printed

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below and three prize— winning articles are published on this page．

When I first learned to write in English．I ran into many

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diffculties．The main problem was in that I always thought

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in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English．

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My teacher advised me to keep my diary．I followed her

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advice and should put down 100 words or so each day．

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Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on papers I was

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learning to express me in simple English．One day I wrote

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a little story and showed to my teacher．She liked it

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very much and reads it to the class．All said the story was

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a good one．Their word were a great encouragement to me．

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Thank you so much for your party at Christmas Eve．All

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of them enjoyed it very much．We liked the dishes you had

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cooked but we were happy to learn the English songs you taught

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us．We hope you'll teach us a lot many songs in the future．

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We're leaving from our hometowns to spend the winter

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vactions．It seems that many of us are homesick after

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being away from home for such a long time．What are your

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plans?Will you join in the tourist group organized by our school?

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We're busy prepare for our trips．Please excuse us

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for not able to say goodbye to you．

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We hope you'll have a good time．

I a summer night in a city in Taiwan,Mary was going

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on her way to school happily then suddenly she felt

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the road was strong shaking．The trees were torn up

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and many buildings were leaning down to the ground．

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Even a car was destroyed by falling buildings．She

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was knoched down by a tree before she knew．Doctors

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carried her to safe and she was settled down in a tent

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for treatment．After some time,she had got over．Seeing

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so much goods from Mainland China and other countries

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sent there,she believed all the houses would be built．

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Last month,I took bus to visit the Great Wall．On the way,two

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foreigner stopped our bus for help because they didn't know how

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to get to the Great Wall．Instead of offer warm-hearted help,many

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passengers showed impatient．Some even shouted,“Leave them

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alone!”and“Go on driving!”Thank to the kind driver and the

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conductor,the two got on the bus．To my surprise,I find that I

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was the only passenger who could speak English among over 20．

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Which should we present to the world in 2008?Rude manners

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and diffcult communicaton?Certainly not so．We must work hard

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together．Luckily,we still have enough time improve ourselves．

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I belive the world will see a new country and new Games in 2008．

I bought my wife a recorder for her birthday present．

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At the party,she suggested that I unpack it opened and

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put on some records．I set it up and it refused to work,

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so I decided I would try to fix．Soon a crowd

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gather to watch me,and I could hear all sorts of

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helpful suggestions．All of sudden I realized the

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problem and I felt very stupidly- I had not plugged

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it in,but now I had to wait until nobody was not looking．

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Before the music started,I heard someone say

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to my wife,“your husband's a genius!He foxed it!”

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Anne lives in a small town．She is fond of

surfing the Internet．In general speaking,she

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spent about an hour a day on line．To her,it is

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a wonderful place because you never know that

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it may have in store for you．Last Firday,she

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found an e-pat,that called himself“Future”．

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They promised to keep touch with each other

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and she was warned against him by her parents．

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“What will it lead to?”she asked．“A happy ending,”

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Anne answered and continued typing,paid no

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attention to them．One month past,and a man

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called“Future”was arrested by the police!

It is a plasure for me to write this letter to tell how much

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I enjoyed my stay in your whole family last week．This was my

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first visit to a English family．At first,I was worried about my

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poor English．And when I saw your wife and children waiting for

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me with warm smile of welcome on their faces,I immediately knew

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that everything would be all right．There are many more happy

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memoreies of the week that I will keep with me forever．I particularly

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enjoyed driving through the countryside with you and saw the

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changing colors of the leaves on the trees．I also like the

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fishing trip．It was such much fun．

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I was a high school student then,from low-income

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family．So I have to work to support my family．My

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first one job was to clean the tables in a small restaruant．

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I still temember going there carly and felt anxious about

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the new world．I worked harder because I was afraid of

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losing the job．At night,I was sometimes very tired to do

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my homework．And I came to understand that was not

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easy to earn money,and that knowledges could change

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my life．So what I leamed from the job,in a hard

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way,was much more important as what I earned．

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