What is a Dust storm? A Dust storm(or Sand storm) is a kind of weather phenomenon that often occurs in an arid or half arid area. Where does it come from? Most dust storms happened in recent dozens of years come from the prairie, and the dust storm is the symbol of over-cultivation and ecological degradation. How does it form? The gust on the ground is the main reason which causes the dust storm. If the velocity of the strong wind is over 30 meters per second(level 11), the coarse sand will fly off the ground about tens centimeters, the fine sand may fly up to 2 meters high, and the powder sand can reach a height of 1.5 kilometers. What could it affect? It could easily cause cardiovascular diseases and could be prevented by wearing a mask. Sandstorm in China(Beijing) On April 16th, 2021. Beijing was hit by a strong dust storm which is original from Mongolia. That is the strongest dust storm that happened in Beijing in 10 years.

### Daylight Saving Time ### What is Daylight Saving Time? Daylight Saving Time(DST) is a method that people try to save energy in Summertime. If a country tries to use DST. All the people in that country will adjust their clock one hour forward in Spring and will turn it back one day in Autumn. ### How does the DST save energy? - Explained Picture  During Summertime the daytime will be longer than that in wintertime in the northern hemisphere area on earth. People come out with a method that requires everyone to adjust the clock one hour forward so that people could get up and go to bed an hour early. The expected result is that we could save some energy by turn off the lights early. ### What is the history of DST? According to Wikipedia, George Hudson is the first person who proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895. German Empire and Austria-Hungary are the first countries to implement the DST starting on April 30, 1916(WOW during WWI???). ### Controversy of DST Adjusting the time may cause timekeeping problems and can affect travel, record keeping, and sleep patterns. Especially in the computer system, people may be confused by the automatic adjusting time The supporters of the DST said it could reduce energy consumption because people will go to bed earlier. But there are big disputes about the actual effect of DST implementation. **DST in China** China experimented with DST from 1986 but abandoned DST from 1992 onwards.

Fan BingBing is about to pay huge taxes and fines(Translated from a VOA news) China’s officials demand “X-men” actress - Fan Bingbing to pay about 130 million dollars taxes and fines. That explained why she’s disappeared from public for about 3 months. Fan Bingbing is one of the most famous actors in China. In 2016, Forbes recognized her as one of the highest paid actresses in the world. China state news agency - Xinhua says Fan Bingbing would not be charged for the crime of tax-avoiding if she can pay the taxes, fines and the late fees which are about 900 million yuan (130 million dollars) Xinhua reported that Fan Bingbing signed a secret 20-million-dollar performance contract with the movie “unbreakable …” to avoid paying tax. In China’s show business, it is a common thing that an actor signs a public contract with low pay and a secret contract with much higher pay. The report says the investigation gives a warning to all show business stars in China. Fan Bingbing apologize in Weibo, “ I’ve let down the trusty of the society and let down the fans” She wrote that she will accept the punish decision of tax officials. And will “do very best to overcome the difficulty to raise fund and pay the tax and fines” Fan Bingbing performed in many movies and TV series in China. Her most famous international works are “X-men” and “iron man”. Before she disappeared, she was about to show in the Hollywood movie “365” with Penelope cruize. And She also has a part in the upcoming movie “Airstrike” with Bruce Willis.

National Holiday of China National holiday passed quickly. In China, generally, the time of national holiday is between Oct. 1st to Oct 7th. Actually, the real holiday is 3 days. After adding two weekends, the holiday becomes a big 7-day national wide vacation. Many people use this opportunity to travel, on vacation domestic or abroad, or maybe just go back to their hometown visiting parents or friends. In Beijing, lots of people from all parts of China come here to visit famous tourist attractions. The result is thousands of people crowded in the Great Wall, Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, etc.

How to express something will happen in the future? Example: What do you want to say to yourself after ten years? I think the sentence above is not very good. Is it should be : What do you want to say to yourself in ten years? Or What are you going to say to yourself in ten years? Which one is the correct sentence?Or is there any better expression?