Spring
Festival is a joyous occasion for children, teenagers and young people; a
fortune-making opportunity for shopkeepers; also a
harvest season for me, a part-time scavenger, because at this period people
are inclined to discard many old objects for daily use. But it is catastrophic
for the environmental protection. The deafening explosions of fireworks greatly
pollute the clean atmosphere of the neighborhood and violently disturb the
quiet community. Moreover, setting off fireworks is dangerous and can easily
cause a fatal fire. The sanitation workers have to do more cleaning while some
people compete for the winner who has a longer and louder display of fireworks.

It would snow both on the morning and the evening in December in
Qinling Mountains. The children started for school just before daybreak. The
kids from the same village would go in company. The big yellow dogs of the
families would substitute for the parents working outside escorting their
little masters. They bustled back and forth loyally and vigilantly and never
returned until seeing their young owners enter the school.

After Morning
Reading, the school staff and the student body would go jogging on the country
road. Headmaster S said taking exercise outside was because there was no
playground at the school. In spite of the backwardness of the hardware
conditions, he added, the educational concept must keep pace with the times；keeping fit and safe both
physically and mentally would be of the first importance forever.

Suicide can be a heroic act sometimes. Xiang
Yu, the Conqueror, killed himself after failure for saving his dignity. Fan Wuqi,
a pursued enemy of First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, offered his head to Jing
Ke, an assassin who could carry it to call on and slay the emperor.

And self-destruction can be also
reasonable in the case to be related. She has been stricken with leukaemia
since the age of 4. All the money earned by her hardworking father and
grandmother has been spent in her medical treatment year after year. Recently part
of her lungs was detected rotten. She felt herself an intolerable burden to her
family. Her death will be the easiest way out both for herself and her father
and grandmother.

Finished
reading Adam Bede yesterday. To my disappointment, its final parts end too
quickly and simply in the marriage of Adam and Dinah. I had been attracted by its
beginning parts. Dinah is my favorite character in the story. She is graceful
and popular, helpful to her aunt with housework, friendly to Lisbeth and
devoted to Methodist preaching. She seems to have an inbred sense of duty for God.
She often feels as if God was near to her. She has a great influence with the
parishioners. The perfect concord between Adam and Arthur is only an
imagination of the author.

Recently according to some well‐informed netizen, Sister
Straw Hat has been forced out by the authorities on the screen.

最近有网友曝料，草帽姐已经被官方给封杀，

She has been hospitalized with rage for intolerance of the public opinion about her on the net.

因接受不了网上的人对她的评价，因此还被气的住院了。Xu Guihua, commonly known as Sister Straw Hat,
had been an ordinary farmer before success.

徐桂花，我们俗称“草帽姐”，在没成名之前是位普通的农民，However, in her finest hour she began to speak
indiscreetly.

不过随着走红她就开始了口无遮拦，Once in a program she said a great change had
taken place in her life after she became known; 草帽姐在一次节目中说过，出名以后自己的生活变化非常大，it was easy to make money for her now and tens
of thousands of yuan could be earned provided she opened her mouth.赚钱不但变得很容易，而且一张嘴就有好几万。

This aroused the abhorrence of a large audience.

让很多观众开始产生厌恶!

A Russian combat aircraft made a surprise flight over a NATO warship on manoeuvre on North Norway Sea. Russia said it is the high seas and its fighters have a right to fly there any time.
It was reported that in North Korea sexual offense against women is not taken as committing a crime.
In Beijing a stepmother was sentenced to sixteen years’ imprisonment for her maltreatment of her stepson.
Watched on TV the arranged meeting for a single gentleman and three single ladies sizing up a prospective mate in Fushun. The matchmaking ended in failure. Nevertheless, the handsome man gave me a good impression when he related his family tradition of sincerity and kindliness with examples.

Now that son has left, yesterday we began preparing for removing the ashes and soot out of the flues of the kang today. First I moved the quilts and clothes to the west room from the cabinet in the east room. Mother feared we would be burgled at night without her presence in the west room. So she decided to sleep there guarding against dangers in spite of my opposition and persuasion. I worried for her because both the room and the kang within were cool and she might catch cold. She has been getting used to warmth of the east room heated every day by the cooking stove. The effort to heat the west kang failed yesterday evening with a lot of smoke left in the room.

Long ago I took possession of a red jacket and
trousers of the same color by chance. They are clothes of quality and fit me well.

偶得紅衣裳，稱身質地良。

They have been put away since without being
worn just on account of the color.

但因其色丹，久置未見光。

It occurred to me putting on them to work. I
wish the clothing protective ensuring my safety on the road.

興來著之任，一路保無恙。

Soon after retiring last night, I heard the
eaves dripping outside, which lasted up to dawn.

秋夜聞雨聲，點滴到天明。A chilly wind was blowing yesterday. It’s
cold and drizzly today.

昨已覺風栗，今猶見霧濛。

A change of my job
Just before the third period Mr W hinted to me he would have a word with me as soon as I was free. Somehow I had a premonition of an unpleasant thing. Later he went to the classroom where I was conducting a class. Being aware of his intention, I walked outdoors to him. He conveyed discreetly principals’ new decision to me. I had been assigned to a new post, the sanitation worker of the schoolyard. He said I might accept or reject the assignment. I showed no disagreement on the matter. He added that from tomorrow I can start my new job and needn’t give any lesson at all.