why The United State of America is 美利坚合众国 in Chinese ? Do you know the Unite State of America is “美利坚合众国“ in Chinese？Usually we call it “美国”.（by the way, there is a super cute name that Chinese people like to call, that is “鹰酱”, which cute and popular. “鹰”means Eagle in Chinese.“酱“is “jiang” that sounds “qiang”in Japanese. So “鹰酱“ in Chinese is “Cute Eagle or Little Eagle”.)

In history, there are more than 10 Chinese translations of the nation’s name.

It’s heard that the first one was translated by Cantonese. In 1602, they gave America (not a nation at that time) a translation “亚墨利加”，which sounds like” A-ME-LI-GA”. After the independence of the Unite State of America, they added a word which means a nation to first translation, so the second translation was “亚墨利加国”. and also, “花旗国” was a well-known Chinese translation name, which Vietnam has still used it until now. I guess people came up with this idea because at that period they were not very familiar with the young country, but they did have a deep impression about its flag. so they called the new country“flower flag nation”.

In the Qing Dynasty, people translated the US into “大亚美利加合众国” , which started to be similar to “美利坚合众国”. in this translation, they put “大” at first place, because “亚” in ancient Chinese means second-class, and also they thought the new translation should match “大清国”.

Nowadays, the official translation is“美利坚合众国”, which is equal to “中华人民共和国”. this translation still sounds like “Me-li-ca” and includes nice-meaning Chinese words.(The same with other countries.)

美 means beautiful or cute, 利 means that everything goes well, 坚 means tenacious or brave.

Interestingly, in Japan, America is written into “米国” ,which is also from Cantonese. So some Japanese people asked us that why we call America Beauty country(美国), and we also like to ask them: “ why do you call it Rice country(米国)？”

I think we can learn a lot from many things. This time I could have a deeper understanding of two countries’ histories.

What is the difference between 18th April and April 18th? A sentence of my listening text is " there's one in three weeks'time which is April the eighteenth."

The reference answers they issue are April the eighteenth and April eighteenth.

But I have written 18th April on the form and It said I was wrong.

What is the meaning of this sentence in Chinese ? I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life “, and making the alternative move into “downshifting “brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.

Is "after" here a verb?

and I have looked up some words that I didn't know but I still don't understand the sentence's meaning.

It turns out that means "原来” in Chinese ? like this Chinese sentence "原来我拼命实现的，是自己的愿望。 "

It turns out that the dream I am desperate to achieve is my own dream.

What about finally and eventually ?

My experience in America #

I’ve got to write an essay about the experience in America for getting a credit and a recommendation letter. But that did remind me a lot, of friendly people and interesting things.

Actually I had a chance of visiting to America last year or even earlier but I didn’t wanna go to this country that much at that time.

However, an Anime character who is connected with America made me have an idea of going to America firstly.( you can’t believe how much I am fond of him, HE IS MY LIFE!) Then what impressed me the most was, the scene what I saw when I was out of the airport and into the streets. I will never forget that scene. The bright sunshine shined at this wide city, dyeing the low white buildings light gold. I had never got such excited at any other countries. It was significant for me,and a voice in my heart said:”this is him! “

In the following trips, I knew a lot about the US different from the report in my homeland. Though I can’t say all the details in English, what impressed me was that many people in CA are proud of obeying the law. There are few cameras on their highways, and all the local people are willing to buy tickets to enter the museums from entrances although there is nobody guarding the exits.

I went to different places in America, met and had a talk with many different people of different jobs. Some people perhaps can be met only once over lifetime, but I am really grateful that they emerged in my life.

I really enjoyed the trip, and I like this country. I will visit another place of the US Next time.

CarvedChapter Here is my carved chapter. It was the first time that I made a carved chapter. I made it myself in an art class. The writing in the carved chapter is “静候灵归”. I wrote them in qinzhuan calligraphy. “ 静” means “ serenely” in English, “ 候” means “ wait “, “ 灵” is an abbreviation name “张起灵”. it is Zhang Qiling, an important character of a famous fiction called The Graver Robbers' Chronicles. “归“ means “ come back”. So the meaning of the sentence is “ waiting for Zhang Qiling back serenely.” In The Graver Robbers' Chronicles, Wu xie and Zhang Qiling experience many thrilling adventures with their friends, they find behind everything there is a huge and terrified secret around them. In the end of the story, Zhang Qiling replaces innocent Wu xie to guard the Bronze Doors ( located in Changbai Mountain) for ten years and keep that secret. Wu xiemade a arrangements with Zhang Qiling to meet in ten years. In August 17, 2015, thousands of fans of the story went to Changbai Mountain to take Zhang Qiling home. Because that day was the day Wu xie and Zhang Qiling met again.

Please correct my sentences Ivan said Santa Claus has a granddaughter called princess Snow in Russia. So it’s snowing every Christmas. And in each snowing Christmas I will stay with you.

伊万说在俄罗斯圣诞老人有个孙女叫雪公主，所以圣诞节都会下雪。而所有下雪的圣诞节我都会在你身边。

A program I am unsure that whether I should take part in a program called Social Research in America on my summer holiday. In the planning of the program, we will go to Los Angeles in July fifth and stay in America for 21 days. On weekdays, we will have classes in the morning and visit the local police station,Fire department, welfare and so on in the afternoon. On weekends, we will join in the local family parties. Besides, we will spend 3 days to travel in San Francisco. The most biggest problem is that I will have electronic practices on my summer vacation. I don’t when they will start. if they start in July, then I can’t go to America. because it will take more than half of a month for me to attend the extra classes. I asked teaching service for the specific time of electronic practices. Disappointingly, they haven’t made the decision because our training program is different from the old training program. The second problem is that we need to live with a local family in SRA in order to learn easily about America culture. I am a little shy and I don’t have many communication skills. That is a challenge. In a word, If I can't take part in SRA this time, I will take part in SRA or another programs next semester!

DuGu Family I watched a costume drama about DuGu family which is known for having three outstanding empresses in history.The empresses are sisters. Their father's name is DuGu Xin, a premier in The Northern Zhou. His first daughter DuGu Banruo was the empress of the Northern Zhou. She passed away very early and compared with her other sisters, she's not very famous like them.But she was a good empress. His third daughter DuGu Jialuo was the empress of the Sui.The Sui was very famous in Chinese history,Because Yang Jian, Jialuo’s husband got the north and the south reunified and changed the Northern Zhou to the Sui. Interestingly, Yang just had a wife in history while other emperors in ancient China had many wifes in their whole life. However, the Sui was very short. after about 50 years, the Sui was ended by the Tang.The Tang was the most brilliant dynasty in Chinese history, it’s also China’s second golden age after Han. the Tang’s first emperor Li Yuan was DuGu ManTuo’s son.She was DuGu Xin’s second daughter. And emperor Xuan Song was her grandson. Duaring emperor Xuan Song’s reign, he devoted all his efforts to make the country prosperous, which is the famous period Zhenguan Times of Peace, when politics, economy, culture and etc. achieved the leading status in the world.