grade 10 memory

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religious service

I went to Jiming Temple in the afternoon on May 3. I had been there with my aunt. I attended at one o’clock p.m.
I chose to go to Jiming Temple because it is Buddhism which the most popular religion in China. Jiming Temple has been built for hundred years. It is also a famous temple in Nanjing. I chose buddhism because it is influent the live of some of Chinese people. It is also fit the traditionally culture and history in China.
Jiming Temple is located near Xuanwu Lake, East Beijing Lu. The temple was built on the hill . The buildings in the Temple were all Chinese traditional buildings which are very old but beautiful. There are four halls in the temple. The first hall is DA XIONG BAO DIAN which has four numens who control the weather. They help people work successfully. The biggest hall is where the kwan-yin is. Kwan-yin prevent us from dangerous and bring us safety and peace.

I like the religous service very much. People bring joss sticks and burn them to worship. There were many people to the temple. Jiming Temple is one of the temples in nanjing that people go to most. The Boda in Jiming Temple gives safety and peace to everyone. Though there were a lot of people in the temple, but the temple was calm and silent. I felt vey quiet in my mind. I told the Boda my wishes. I felt happy to make wishes.
I fell down almost every Boda in the temple and donate some money for the temple.I will help people who need money. Treating others well is also treat ourselves well. I learnt to be nice to everyone from here.

volunteer/work experience

Working ability is very important or maybe more important than study. I did volunteer works which are guide Danish students, teach English for elementary school students ,help in the library, painting for GCA fashion show, did volunteer work in welfare house.I learnt about the welfare house where is located in Qingxi Lu, Nanjing. The welfare house looks like a kindergarten. The children who live there are very happy. There is also a hospital in the welfare house. Some of the parents who abandoned their children in the welfare house because their child had diseases which might cost them a lot of money. The hospital in the welfare cure the children and the welfare will send them to a new family to make the children grow healthier. The children are divided by their ages. The oldest child is five years old.On March 14, Candy and I guided some Danish students to look around our school.On Saturday morning, I came to school and guided the Danish students who are very kind---Lena and Katharine. After we looking around the whole NFLS and talking about the school life in China and Denmark. Lena, Katharine and their friends wanted to know more about the Chinese people‘s daily life. So, we decided to go to the market near the school. Then I led them go to the German bakery. When we walked past the military camp. I was walking in front of the Danish students. Suddenly, Lena cried urgently behind me’ Joanne, come and help us.’ As I looked back, I saw a soldier dragged Lena‘s camera .Lena and her friend didn’t loosen their hold, too. The soldier wanted to grabbed the camera because Lena‘s friend just took a photo of the dustbin which is in the front of the military camp. He said the photo which is include the military camp need to be totally destroyed, so Lena’s memory card which contains all her photos she took in China would be confiscate. They couldn’t neither listen nor speak in Chinese. They felt angry but vexatious. We were the only people could help them.
I tried my best to translate between the soldier and Lena. Lena said she could delete the photo, but the soldier refused to do so. They thought the photos could come back if they wouldn’t destroy the memory card. Then, a lot of people came to us and stood around us to see what happened. I felt embarrassed and frightened. I still negotiated with the sodier. At the same time I let Candy call our teacher and the Danish teacher. Lena’s cheeks went red and tears wet her face. I gave the cell phone to Lena and she called her teacher.
Luckily, we found the number of a Chinese teacher who was charged with these international students. We told him the exact location and the situation here. In five minutes, both the Chinese teacher and the Danish teacher arrived. As the result, Lena bought a new memory card and copied the photos from the old card except the one which was taken on front of the military camp.From this volunteer experience, I learnt that when I have some difficulties or in some bad situations, worry might not work. I need to calm down and face the problems. I also learnt that before we go to another, we need to research about the country. Even we study abroad for at least four years. We need to know the culture differences, politic differences, economic differences and so on.I think communication skill is required to work effectively and safely with others and to succeed as individual and collaborative workers. As the example that I guided Danish students, good communication and negotiation make me work efficiently. Another example, when I taught primary school students, I communicated with them. I need to make sure that every sentence which I said they understand.As a teacher, I think be responsible is very important. When I taught primary school students, I put most of my effort to teach them. More they learnt, more happier I am. They understand what I taught means I am successful. The students and I all spent time to study. I need to be responsible to them to make them really learnt things from me. Being responsible also benefits the community and me. Being responsible to my work make me work efficiently. Everyone being responsible may make the community works properly

go to a performence

I went to a performance THE TAMING OF THE SHREW which was held by GCA teachers and students on December 19 2008 at NFLS auditorium (3rd floor, over Cafeteria) 30 Beijing Dong Lu, Nanjing.
The show begins at 7PM. I went to the show with Candy. We attended at 6:20. I chose it because it was directed and performed by GCA student. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is also a famous play which was written by Shakespeare.

The beautiful and gentle Bianca has no shortage of admirers (Lucentio, Gremio and Hortensio) but her father insists that she will not marry until her shrewish sister, Katharina, is betrothed. Bianca's suitors persuade fortune-seeker Petruchio to court her. The suitors pay for any costs involved and there is also the goal of Katharina's dowry. Petruchio marries Katharina and he carries Katharina off to his country house with his servant Grumio. Petruchio intends to browbeat Katharina into submission and he denies her food, sleep and her new clothes, whilst continuously singing her praises. Katharina is tamed. They return to Padua where Lucentio has won Bianca. At a banquet they wager on who has the most obedient wife. Each wife is issued with commands but only Katharina obeys and promptly lectures everyone on the importance of wifely submission.

I not only watched the show,but also made one stage property for the show. So, I wanted to see this performance which was all made by GCA students.The Taming of the Shrew is an early comedy byW illiam Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594 . The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a drunken tinker named Sly is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord.I like the show because all performers acted very well. The clothes and the setting were beautiful. It was really very interesting. Some actins made audience laugh. The performers spoke very fluent English.

public events

On April 24, I went to the crab apple blossoms exhibition which was held by Mochou Lake Park. I went to the exhibition with Julia. We attended at about four o’clock in the afternoon.
I chose this exhibition because of the advertisement on the map magazine. My father also told me that the flowers were really beautiful. I have heard about crab apples, but I don’t know the flower deeply. I know that sakura in Japan is one kind of crabapples. I wanted to know the differences between Chinese crab apples and Japanese crab apples.

By reading the label of the crab apples. I learnt that the crab apples can fructufy. Different kinds of crab apple can fructufy different fruit.

The exhibition was in the garden of crab apples blossoms where along the Mochou Lake. The gate of the garden is beautiful which has a lot of red vivid crabapples blossoms. Unfortunately, when we walked into the garden, the crab apples blossoms got less and less. May be we went to the exhibition a little bit late. Many of the crab apple blossom faded. So, we walked around the garden quickly and read the introduction of the few blossoms.
The open time of the exhibition was from April 1 to May 3 . I don’t like the exhibition because there were not many flowers. I find it was boring because there were not many kinds of flowers. The exhibition was small. There were few people there. The introductions of the flowers are not specific. I can’t know the differences between flowers by reading the introduction of each flower. This year we didn't catch the florescence, but I will go there next year. The whole garden crabapple blossom will be beautiful. I am looking forward to visiting there again.

GO TO DINNER WITH MY PARENTS

I went to western restaurant on Feb.26.with parents. The name of the restaurant is ‘Greenery’. I chose this restaurant because the flavor of the restaurant is delicious and the chef of the restaurant has studied nutrition in Swiss. Firstly, we had soup and bread with grilled garlic and Florence oil. Secondly, we had vegetable salad .Then, I ate a steak with some particular sauce which has a flavor of vanilla. It is really amazing. Finall , I ate chocolate brownie, it was sweet and melt in my mouth when I ate it. This dinner is quite nice.

The waiters serivice is polite and fast,they change the folks and planets very quiet and keep the table always be clean.

When I was eating ,I found that there are a lot of differences between Chinese food and western food. Even though the materials are the same ,but the spice of food is quite different. I think there is not as many spices in Chinese food as in the western food. Spices can make different flavour. It is amazing. I realized that the cheese is used quite often in western food. There is cheese in the pasta ,even in the salad. Cheese can also used to make hotpot.
Different food represents different cultures. Some food style dependent on the geology, history ,religion and climate. From the food, we can learn a lot of the culture.

This restaurant environment was very nice,the music was soft and relax,and the lights was dreamly,it was all my taste,so I like there very much, I would recommend my friends to try it!