A French meal

Today some of my friends and me had a big meal in a french restaurant which is called "Les 5 Sens".This restaurant's Chinese name is "Le Shang".I know this restaurant is because of XIXI who is my best friend recommend me that this restaurant's food is delicious and it's a good place to visit.We arrived at the restaurant at about 4p.m,and left at about 7p.m.What impressed me most is that the decoration and atmosphere in this restaurant,room was painted in harmonious colors,the candles lit up the room and everything was wine.

However, I am not very used to French food because some of the french dishes have got a strong smell.I really don't like it.As we all know,most Chinese have similar variety in their food.However French cuisine is extremely diverse.Personally,that is why Chinese people go to the french restaurant, to attempt different kinds of food.In "Le Shang",the boss and cooks are all from France.So that is why the food style is veritably like French, such as the traditional baguette plus cheese plus inexpensive wine.The other biggest difference from Chinese is that a french meal will last for several hours.So if you want to have a try of other countries food,this restaurant is a good place.If you just want to eat something good and you are not used to French food,then I don't recommend you to eat in this restaurant.

The exhibition of Chinese calligraphy

Today we went to a museum to see an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy.What impressed me most is that the author is a student from Nanjing foreign language school.That makes me proud because I am a student from that school too.China is one of the countries that has the longest history.Chinese calligraphy also has a long history.

Chinese calligraphy has a long history dated to 4000 years ago. No one can tell exactly when Chinese written language appeared. The oldest language discovered now is Jia Gu Wen. But Jia Gu Wen is a matures written language. The language discovered before it is Tao Wen. Tao Wen is a language far more from mature. Actually it's hard to be called a language. People think there should be some written languages between Tao Wen and Jia Gu Wen. But no supporting archaeological discovery appeared so far.

People don't know when Chinese written language appeared,but I can give an example to let people know that it has appeared for a long long time. We all know that Qin Shi Huang is one of the famous emperors.Qin Shi Huang united the old China in 221 B.C. The official language used in Qin dynasty is Xiao Zhuan. Calligraphy had already been an art at that time. Calligraphy works of Qin dynasty are always high evaluated by calligraphers in history.

Today we saw lots of kinds of calligraphy,such as JIA GU WEN,Zhen Shu and Cao shu.........I think calligraphy is not only an writing skill but also a kind of art,a treasure of Oriental arts.Every character in calligraphy is written like a beautiful flower.I love calligraphy,especially the Chinese calligraphy.I am proud of being a Chinese.

Go To Visit Beijing East Road Primary School

Yesterday,our class went to the Beijing East Road Primary School to teach the students from grade 5 a card game which is called "UNO".It was interesting because we didn't even know how to play the game before the planning class.There were also some vocabularies that we didn't know.We prepared the cards and learnt the vocabulary the day before going to the primary school.

Ms Bartell led us to the classroom when we arrived at the primary school.Each of us was arranged to one child.Most of us were too shy to talk,however the children were so lovely and active that they seemed to be our teachers and asked a lot of questions.After getting to know each other we got into the topic.At first we asked the child whether they know some of the vocabularies.Then we taught them how to prounce.Last but not the least,we introduced the game UNO to them and taught them the rules.We told them that there are 108 cards in UNO and the game is scored by keeping a running total of what each player is caught with in his hand.
We played the game in order to make them understand quickly.They didn't play very well at the beginning of the game.But they realized very well after playing for couple times.

The atmosphere was so vehement that most of us didn't hear teachers' voice even though they shouted.Time seemed like flying because we were so dedicated.One hour flied past in a flash that we should go back to our school.

I think this activity is meaningful and useful to us.We should speak English during teaching the children.This activity also seems like a quiz to test whether we are patient enough to be a teacher.A primary school teacher must be patient because the children are not old enough and they may make mistakes sometimes.The teacher should teach them patiently.I love this activity and I hope I could attend these kinds of activities in the future.