Moon festival

Hi, Rosa

Yesterday it was the Chinese Moon Festival.Traditionally we eat moon cake. So I went to a Chinese shop to buy a box of cake which I don't like very much, because they are too sweet and too oily. In the evening we went out for dinner. All the Chinese restaurants were full. Finally, we had to go to Sizzler (not very Chinese, I know!) to celebrete the Chinese Moon Festival. Isn't ironic?




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Chopsticks

Chopsticks

Do you like Chinese food? Do you often go to the Chinese restaurants? If yes, you certainly know the chopsticks. Chopsticks were developed about 5,000 years ago in China. The earliest chopsticks used for eating looked like tweezers; they were made from one piece of bamboo that was joined at the top. By the 10th Century, chopsticks were being produced in two separate pieces.
Traditionally, chopsticks have been made from a variety of materials. Bamboo has been the most popular because it is inexpensive, readily available, easy to split, resistant to heat, and has no perceptible odour or taste. Cedar, sandalwood, teak, pine, and bone have also been used. The wealthy, however, often had chopsticks made from jade, gold, bronze, and silver. In fact, during dynastic times it was thought that silver chopsticks would turn black if they came into contact with poisoned food. It is now known that silver has no reaction to arsenic or cyanide, but if rotten eggs, onion, or garlic are used, the hydrogen sulphide they release might cause these chopsticks to change colour.

The city of Perth

The city of Perth

Perth is the capital of Western Australia. It is one of the sunniest cities in the world. Most of the cities are flat. There are also several museums and art galleries, cultural centre of Western Australia.
Perth is located in the south-west corner of Australia. The climate is warm to hot in summer (the average temperature is 29⁰C daytime, 17⁰Cnight). Nit cool and wet in winter (the average temperature is 18⁰C daytime, 9⁰C night). The average is 8 hours sunshine per day.
The population in Perth is 1,340,000. People are friendly, relaxed, love outdoors, sun and water. There are many kilometres of cycle track. Many people cycle around city on the weekends. There are many attractions in Perth, such as many clean, beautiful beaches, including excellent swimming, surfing, boating and fishing.
There are 4 major universities in Perth. There is large student population. There are many industries in Perth which include tourism, grape growing and mining.

Clothes

Andrew’s Clothes
Andrew is my English teacher who likes to wear black and white. He always wears black leather shoes, black socks and white shirts. In winter, he wears hounds tooth black and white coat which has 2 buttons and no zippers. Sometimes he wears a denim jacket instead of his coat. Andrew only wears plastic watches, because he looked ostentatious. He has a bad record of losing watches. He used to wear jewellery but his wife removed it, because he worries about people ripping them off his wrist. Another reason is that he jumped into the water and damaged the watch.


Alison’s woollen jumper
Alison wears black woollen oping jumper which has buttons. She has a pair of old shoes which she has worn for 9 years are very comfortable .She likes to wear long-sleeve T-shirt which is made by cotton and needs to hand-wash. She has 2 packs of earring which include diamond studs and studs. She likes to wear a scarf to match her T-shirt.