I felt so sorry to have delayed entering my journal. During the stay at home, I couldn’t access the www.livejournal.com, so that the only way is to enter the two weeks’ journals until I return to the campus ( Read more... )

It has taken me quite long time to chose the topic of my research paper-what the Internet doing to our brains. My classmates select topics like poverty, economic crisis and even Wall Street, which I think is too serious and academic for me. Compared to those, Internet is more common and entertaining. Moreover, I have opinions to voice on Internet. ( Read more... )

It seems that my life is full of various presentations, in close reading lesson, in extensive reading lesson, in grammar learning lesson, in writing lesson, even in the selective management lesson. Each day in a week is fraught with one presentation.
The first time when I made the presentation came out in my mind, and that was in the freshman year ( Read more... )

Having kept writing listening journals for two weeks, I believe that I can stick to the end. As the teacher said, the test of professional four and eight level for English majors is becoming more and more difficult, where listening occupies a large part. Although exempted from the listening lesson, I am developing my habit to do listening exercise ( Read more... )

The first two week has passed in a leisure way, or I have spent it in a relaxing way, especially the 3-day Mid-Autumn holiday. I have to admit that I do enjoy the relaxing time, free from any annoying thoughts and academy. But to keep a fresh mind, I know it is not advisable because to some extent, it is a waste of time. During the stay at home, my ( Read more... )

  Usually the Western Culture is a meaningless class, where teachers form different language departments show some great culture and works of art, and masterpieces of the celebrities of that language. Actually it is a introducing class full of various facts and events. Unfortunately, the class happens to be at the first two in the afternoon, so ( Read more... )

  I have never had any taste for the academic reading, so I have not passed the exemption test of extensive reading. The offered reading material is about poverty, where the author has listed a lot of issues concerned with the global problem. As an academic essay, it is lengthy and boring. Since I have not been admitted to be exempted from the ( Read more... )

I must admit that I am not a diligent student so that I feel lucky to pass the listening exemption test. Maybe this  attests to the fact that my listening skill is over the medium level of the English majors, or just the fortune catches me. Finally, I still made up mind to be exempted from the class, following the teacher's advice of carrying out ( Read more... )

The Chinese traditional Mid Autumn Festival is approaching, and this time I decide to return home to reunite with my family. Usually on such big occasion, my parents and I will have a party with relatives, like my aunts, uncles and grandparents, enjoying a  banquet together. The value of the party lies not in the great banquet held in a hotel but ( Read more... )

Today is the 3rd of the second week of my sophomore year. As is popularly articulated, I doubt whether sophomore is equal to "suffer more". Since everything is not fresh, it seems that scarcely is there anything to capture my energy and interest, including going out with roommates. It has been one year since I came to Nanjing, which is no more ( Read more... )