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| 牆上兩個洞，地下兩塊磚 |
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| 一隻不知名的鳥和另一隻不知名的鳥在天上飛，池塘上一條破船 |
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| 不知名的植物結著不知名的果子 |
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| 三枝電線桿，四隻飛鳥 |
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| 兩棵高高的棕櫚，像對筷子 |
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| 一條髒兮兮的狗也在散步 |
2013年12月23日 星期一
2013年12月4日 星期三
Practicing My Poor English (12)
My dear elder cousin Mei Lan,
A few days ago, I visited you and then we went out painting from nature.
While I was painting, I quietly looked at you painting at times.
You're a good painter.
I just don't compare.
I had learnt some painting techniques that day and I should thank you for your impressive hospitality.
Later on the same day, I saw some brick stoves under the beans canopy outside your house.
Are they for barbecue?
A few days later I'll go to Castle Peak Bay with my classmates.
We want to have a barbecue for lunch but don't have experience of cooking outdoors.
Could you tell me how to do it?
Wish you all the best!
Your younger cousin Cing Yi
The astronaut got out of the spaceship.
He was floating around in outer space which was full of stars.
What a marvellous feat!
Looking at the earth, it was tens of millions of kilometers away.
The dots were mountains; the lines were rivers.
Looking this part and looking that part, every part of the Earth was beautiful!
The majestic City Hall was erected on Edinburgh Place at the seashore of Central, Hong Kong.
We crossed the sea from Kowloon by Star Ferry.
After going ashore, we walked dozens of steps and entered a side entrance.
The view was very different from the outside.
There was a modern style garden.
A few short trees waving in the wind looked like greeting us.
Flower beds lay here and there.
The bright reds and vivid greens of the plants matched the mottled tiles of the path.
A stone bridge was built over a pond.
The structure was graceful.
The City Hall Low Block was in the east.
In the Low Block, there were exhibition rooms, lecture rooms, music halls and theatres.
Every day had new shows.
There were luxurious restaurants and coffee shops too.
The High Block was in the west.
It was grand, beautiful and stately.
There were lecture rooms, art galleries, exhibition rooms and a library inside.
The Library had a very good collection of books for the public's access.
After our visit, we went out of the back door.
Going through a tunnel, we saw an exquisite garden.
There was a fountain bright with many colours.
This beautiful place was called Statue Square.
Today is Lichun, i.e. the beginning of spring according to the traditional Chinese calender.
My father said: 'We Chinese have a common talk that eggs can stand on its end on the day of Lichun. Let's take a try.'
He gave me and my elder sister an egg separately.
We placed the eggs on the tabletop which was not so smooth.
We tried to make it stand carefully.
But every time we let go our hold, they fell over.
My sister was more careful and patient.
She tried again and again.
Finally, her egg stood actually.
She was glad.
She said to father: 'The common talk is true!'
Father smiled and said: 'Not only on Lichun, eggs can stand all the time, but no one try to do it patiently on other days. I told you the common talk, so that you would have had confidence in doing it. You did it patiently, so you succeeded.'
I asked Father: 'Why can the egg stand on its end?'
Father said: 'Let me put it this way. The shell of an egg usually has many small bumps and dimples. It can be made to touch a flat surface on three points at the same time. If the three contact points lies below the egg's center of mass, the egg will still stand after you let go your hold. But it is not easy to make it stand. You should be careful and patient. Some think that eggs won't stand in any case. It is unreasonable. If you're unreasonable, you won't find the truth. Some think that eggs can stand only on Lichun. It is superstitious. It goes against science.'
A few days ago, I visited you and then we went out painting from nature.
While I was painting, I quietly looked at you painting at times.
You're a good painter.
I just don't compare.
I had learnt some painting techniques that day and I should thank you for your impressive hospitality.
Later on the same day, I saw some brick stoves under the beans canopy outside your house.
Are they for barbecue?
A few days later I'll go to Castle Peak Bay with my classmates.
We want to have a barbecue for lunch but don't have experience of cooking outdoors.
Could you tell me how to do it?
Wish you all the best!
Your younger cousin Cing Yi
The astronaut got out of the spaceship.
He was floating around in outer space which was full of stars.
What a marvellous feat!
Looking at the earth, it was tens of millions of kilometers away.
The dots were mountains; the lines were rivers.
Looking this part and looking that part, every part of the Earth was beautiful!
The majestic City Hall was erected on Edinburgh Place at the seashore of Central, Hong Kong.
We crossed the sea from Kowloon by Star Ferry.
After going ashore, we walked dozens of steps and entered a side entrance.
The view was very different from the outside.
There was a modern style garden.
A few short trees waving in the wind looked like greeting us.
Flower beds lay here and there.
The bright reds and vivid greens of the plants matched the mottled tiles of the path.
A stone bridge was built over a pond.
The structure was graceful.
The City Hall Low Block was in the east.
In the Low Block, there were exhibition rooms, lecture rooms, music halls and theatres.
Every day had new shows.
There were luxurious restaurants and coffee shops too.
The High Block was in the west.
It was grand, beautiful and stately.
There were lecture rooms, art galleries, exhibition rooms and a library inside.
The Library had a very good collection of books for the public's access.
After our visit, we went out of the back door.
Going through a tunnel, we saw an exquisite garden.
There was a fountain bright with many colours.
This beautiful place was called Statue Square.
Today is Lichun, i.e. the beginning of spring according to the traditional Chinese calender.
My father said: 'We Chinese have a common talk that eggs can stand on its end on the day of Lichun. Let's take a try.'
He gave me and my elder sister an egg separately.
We placed the eggs on the tabletop which was not so smooth.
We tried to make it stand carefully.
But every time we let go our hold, they fell over.
My sister was more careful and patient.
She tried again and again.
Finally, her egg stood actually.
She was glad.
She said to father: 'The common talk is true!'
Father smiled and said: 'Not only on Lichun, eggs can stand all the time, but no one try to do it patiently on other days. I told you the common talk, so that you would have had confidence in doing it. You did it patiently, so you succeeded.'
I asked Father: 'Why can the egg stand on its end?'
Father said: 'Let me put it this way. The shell of an egg usually has many small bumps and dimples. It can be made to touch a flat surface on three points at the same time. If the three contact points lies below the egg's center of mass, the egg will still stand after you let go your hold. But it is not easy to make it stand. You should be careful and patient. Some think that eggs won't stand in any case. It is unreasonable. If you're unreasonable, you won't find the truth. Some think that eggs can stand only on Lichun. It is superstitious. It goes against science.'
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