New job chance I just started my new job one month ago. It's quite a different industry from my previous job. I need to put more effort into it at the beginning, so that I can do it well and be recognized by the company. I feel that there is space to move up in this company, so hopefully I can stay here long and have a chance to be promoted. If I can advance in this job and have a good pay , I may not consider starting my own business as I thought before.

Chinese New Year Is Coming Chinese New Year is approaching and will begin next week. Companies are starting to shut down, so people will have a holiday of minimum one-week-long to return to their hometowns. This is the only chance for most people to go back and get together with their family. Because during the year, people don't have enough time off. As plenty of people are back, there are fewer people on streets in this city, where there is a large percentage of migrant workers from other cities. Supermarkets and stores were less crowded than they are normally.

An apple cost 20 times as they do normally Yesterday was Christmas Eve. Christmas is not a traditional festival here in China, it is celebrated and becomes more and more popular though, especially among young people. I believe this is the means of businesses, who like to take advantage of this occasion to make much money. Apples' price on this day is a typical example. As the Chinese for the word "apple" is homophonic to that of "Christmas Eve", people are tempted to believe that eating apples on that day will bring you peace and good luck. Therefore, on this day, people buy apples for their loved ones. The apples sold at the fruit stalls and supermarkets are marked with words like "wish you peace", "love" and other propitious words, and are packed in exquisite boxes. Normally apples are sold by weight, whereas on this special day, it is sold by number. An apple, especially sleek one, cost as high as 50CNY, almost 20 times the usual price. It's sort of ridiculous. In spite of this, there are still lots of people buying them. It's a trend that you can't avoid. You may feel embarrassed if you don't buy one for your girlfriend while all other girls are receiving this "magical" gift.

My first fews days in college About eight years has passed since I graduated from university, but I still remember the first few days in college. I went to the college with my aunt and my cousin. I was disappointed at the first sight of the college, which was small and situated next to a villege. This was quite different or even contrary to what I had imagined before. I thought it was a large campus and around it were high streets. I didn't entrol or pay the tuition that day, because I wanted to return to high school, re-take the college entrance exam the next year in order to choose a satisfactory college. My aunt contacted my high school, but was told that they were no longer admitting new students. There was no other choice, I had to ajust myself to the new environment and over time I got used to it.

My unpleasent journey to work these two days Normally it is 30-minute bus ride from my home to my workplace. However, it took more than an hour yesterday morning, when the bus I took was stuck in heavy traffic.It went on for a few seconds, stopped, then drove a couple of mintues, and then stopped again. This drive-and-stop situation lasted for almost 45mintues. As it was peak time, everyone was in a rush and the vehicles were struggling to move their way for themselves, which made the traffic even worse. At last our bus drove out of the jam and got to the stop where I got off. Of course, I started work late. This morning, to avoid the same situation, I got up 20minutes earlier. The traffic was good and I arrived at my workplace early.

A large group of people came to our company today I haven't written an essay for some time. An event happened to our company and I would like to write about it. This afternoon, a large group of people taking three buses came to our factory. In fact, I knew there would be some people coming to our company today, but I didn't expect there would be so many people, totally 200, which shocked me a bit. They came to visit our company and intended to invest as a group. Actually before the event, we prepared a lot. Yesterday I helped with my colleagues with putting a bottle of water behind every chair in the conference hall. We got everything ready to make sure the conference and their visit run smoothly. The conference was finished when we got off work. We don't know how much the people will decide to invest, but hopefully there will be a good outcome.

How to pronounce "Bassil Dodosh ", a name. Could you please help provide the phonetic symbols? How to pronounce "Bassil Dodosh ", a name. Could you please help provide the phonetic symbols?