The Shenzhen Bay Park (part 1) - Writing Challenge Day 9 (Description) Describe a famous park or recreation area in your home country. The Shenzhen Bay Park One of the most famous parks in Shenzhen is the Shenzhen Bay Park, which is located in the east of Nanshan district. The park is a narrow piece of land that's about 5 kilometers in length along the Shenzhen Bay, which encompass a small gulf that separates Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The park has a well-maintained road and beautiful view. There is a bike path meandering along the coast, and beside it, a pavement extends out on the embankment. On the coastal side of the passage, there are a large number of rocks piled to prevent erosion and there are mangroves in the water near the land here and there. On the other side of the passage, there are some palm trees and grass planted. On the lawn, there are multiple gravel paths criss-crossing. Thank you for your review.

The second man might be cured of HIV - Writing Challenge Day 8 Today, CNN reported that there might be the second patient to be cured of HIV. The patient, so-called the London patient, had been HIV infected before he was diagnosed with lymphoma. In order to cure lymphoma, he was treated with stem cell transplants. Unexpectedly, after the treatment, without taking any other therapy, he is in HIV remission for a continuous 18 months. It's likely that he was cured of HIV. That's exciting news, it gives hopes to new treatments of HIV.

Which on is correct? "lead to your being jaded" or "lead to you being jaded" I've listened to a BBC programme. And I had a question about phrase lead to. Here's the sentence. "And that can lead to your/you being jaded, which is a feeling of dissatisfaction and boredom with something that has been going on for a while." I can figure out whether it's the word "your" or "you". Could anyone explain the usage of the phrase "lead to" here, and should I use your or you from the perspective of grammar?

A hurried journey to catch a train - Writing Challenge Day 7 Today, I made a business trip to Guangzhou. I got up at 6 o'clock. After washing and having breakfast, I set off to the railway station by subway. I did not book a ticket online beforehand, because when I was intended to last night there was not a single ticket of the second-class coach left and those of the first-class coach were pricey. So I decided to try my luck on the ticket selling machines in the station. However, after boarding the subway train, I checked online again and, luckily, I found there were plenty of tickets of a high-speed train in about 40 minutes. Although it was a bit rushed to get there in 40 minutes, I booked the ticket as I could change to another train for free if I missed it. It took me 30 minutes to get to my final subway station and only 10 minutes was left for me to hurry to the railway station. So I rushed out the subway station, jogged along the passage which was between 100 and 150 meters long. At the end of the passage, there was an escalator down to basement level one. I walked downstairs on the escalator, and passed the security checkpoint and finally entered into the waiting room. Now the train was checking and the broadcast was noticing the closing of check gates in 2 minutes. I went to a check gate, put my ID card to the sensor area on the gate to validate my ticket, and then the gate opened. I went on the platform. The train was standing there and I successfully got on it. It's a really hurried journey to catch a train with too little time for redundancy. Fortunately, there were not as many people as I expected to take trains in the early morning and I did not have to pick up a paper ticket to check in. Those saved me some time and I did catch the train. But next time, I should arrange a longer time when planning a trip.

找英语交换伙伴 Finding language exchange partners for English and Chinese

大家好，我是来自中国的余鑫 Kevin。我住在深圳。我的母语是普通话、粤语和客家话。

Hey, guys. I am Kevin from China and live in Shenzhen. I am a native Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka speaker.

我目前在学习英语，我想提高我的听力和口语。所以我想结交一些说英语的朋友，同时我可以帮助你学习中文。最好是英语母语人士。

I am now studying English and I want to improve my listening and speaking. So I would like to make friends with English speakers, and I can help you with your Chinese. A native English speaker would be better.

我的兴趣爱好包括旅游、爬山、徒步、露营等户外活动以及学习外语，我还喜欢电影和美国流行音乐，我偶尔也会玩电动游戏。当然我们也可以谈论你感兴趣的话题。

My hobbies are traveling, hiking, camping and learning foreign languages. I also like movies and American pop music. I play video games from time to time. We could talk about anything you interested in, of course.

周末的时候我通常都有时间，我想在这两天和朋友们学一两个小时外语，比如一个小时中文对话，一个小时英文对话。

I am usually available on weekends. I like to plan a 1 to 2 hours practice on these two days. Like 1 hour for Chinese, 1 hour for English.

如果你也在找练习中文的伙伴，你可以在italki，微信或者 Skype 上添加我为好友

If you are looking for partners to practice Chinese, please add me on italki, WeChat or Skype.

WeChat ID: wangyuxin4415

Skype ID: chhyx2008

Should we travel by cheap air? - Writing Challenge Day 6 This is a translation from Chinese. (Question) Many people think cheap air travel should be encouraged because it gives oridinary people freedom to travel further. However, others think this leads to enviornmnetal problems, so air travel should be more expensive in order to discourage people from having it. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion. (Answer) With cheap air, people can travel across borders cost-effectively. We can take advantages of cheap air, although there is a need to cut needless trips. Some people are strong advocates of cheap air traveling because it provides people with opportunities to travel to different countries, expose to diverse cultures and broaden their horizons. Cheap air makes it possible for people to work in other countries and earn more. It also helps businessmen make more profit by importing and exporting goods. If the price of air travel rose, they may lose their chances. However, it is sometimes argued that, by rising prices, we can reduce pollution caused by airplanes. Because people are likely to delay or cancel their travel plan when there is a higher ticket price. With fewer airlines, there will be fewer emission of exhaust gas. Some other problems related to the airline industry, such as noise pollution, environmental destruction induced by building airports and other infrastructures, will be solved too. In my view, there is no need to raise prices, because people have the freedom and rights to go traveling and enjoy themselves. Nowadays, people are busy and stressful especially those working in metropolises. With cheap air, they can go somewhere further and have a relaxing vacation. For example, Chinese like to visit tropical countries on their holidays. They can enjoy delicious food there rather than stay at home. In general, my view is that it is unreasonable to limit the development of cheap air. In most cases, it's profitable for ordinary people to take a trip by cheap air. Airline companies should make an effort to decrease the strain on the environment through technological innovation.

Affect of economic slowdown (Question) Write a paragraph using these words or phrases. economic slowdown, heavy workload, gap, circumstance, dismiss, dilemma (Answer) Affect of economic slowdown The economic slowdown in recent years has led to a climbing unemployment rate. People with a heavy workload before found a reduction in the amount of work and lost their jobs gradually. In the depression, consumption at home is decreasing and companies cannot make profits. Without a prosperous economy, the government has problems in collecting as many taxes as it used to be. Therefore the government doesn't have enough money to close the enlarging gap between rich and poor and to stimulate the economy. It has raised a dilemma for the country: whether to spend more money in supporting the poor or stimulus. Although most people's circumstances have been reduced, essentials like foods and clothing cannot be dismissed.

Tell about a time when you lost something. - Writing Challenge, Day 4 I lost my keys in my apartment last year. It was a chain of three keys, two metal keys for my bedroom and one plastic card key for the apartment's front gate. At a noon, after having lunch, I went back to my apartment to have a snap. If I remember correctly, I put the keys on the desk just after I entered the bedroom. Then I laid down on the bed and fell asleep shortly. I didn't know how long before I noticed there were some clicking and clinking noises. I couldn't tell whether they were from my dream or the outside world because at that moment it was a total blur of my mind. Half an hour later, I woke up feeling energetic and was going to the library. But I could not find my keys. They were not on the desk, not on the hook stuck on the wall, not on the dinner table and not at any other corners I had searched. Then I realized that it could be my cat who hide the keys. She was always like playing keys, and hide stuff she was fond of. And the noises were certainly made by her playing them. Unfortunately, there was still no trace of the keys in the places she usually stored her treasure. So I had to stay at home until my roommate was back, and took his keys to reproduce new keys. Until now, there is nowhere I can find the keys. It is just like there was a small black hole appearing occasionally in my bedroom swallowed them. Maybe they will pop out in the future.