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Hand Fan
When I was a kid living in the countryside, summer was very hot and we had no electricity.
The only way to cool down was a hand fan, which was made from the leaves of some kind of plant, I guess.
Since it was made of leaves, it was cheap and very light to hold, but it broke easily.
Every summer, families in the countryside would buy a few new hand fans, and it was common to see people waving a fan to fight the summer heat.
Behind my village, there was a woods where the tree canopies blocked out the sky, casting deep shade. So when the villagers had nothing to do, they loved to go to those woods to enjoy cooler moments.
Sometimes at night, villagers also loved to find a spot with a strong breeze and stay there to cool off.
I have air conditioners now, but I rarely use them because I don’t feel comfortable staying in a room with the air conditioner on for too long.
I prefer to be outside, feeling the natural wind, which is very comfortable.
May 20, 2026
Spam Calls
In the last several days, I have been receiving an unusually high number of spam calls on my phone.
Thanks to an anti-nuisance call function, all of the spam calls were automatically blocked, but since they are shown as missed calls on my call list, I get fed up just seeing them.
Whenever I see an unknown number for the first time, I'll search it on Google and check where it's coming from.
Some are from Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
I never return phone calls from numbers that seem to be nuisance callers.
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May 20, 2026
L’Histoire de la chirurgie plastique
Quand on pense à la chirurgie plastique, on pense généralement aux rhinoplasties, aux abdominoplasties, au Botox et aux fillers. Mais en réalité, la chirurgie esthétique est seulement une petite partie de la chirurgie plastique. En fait, je pense que la chirurgie plastique est une des branches de la médecine la plus méconnue. Je pensais qu’aujourd’hui je pourrais faire ma part pour dissiper ce mythe. D’abord, la chirurgie plastique est étonnamment ancienne. En 800 avant JC le chirurgien indien Sushruta a réalisé des percées en utilisant les lambeaux cutanés pour reconstruire les nez. Les romans utilisaient les techniques basiques de la chirurgie plastique pour réparer les oreilles en 100 avant JC. En 1000 après JC, le chirurgien et chimiste Al-Zahrawi a introduit l’utilisation des sutures en soie pour créer un meilleure effet cosmétique, parce qu’elles créent moins de cicatrices. Le chirurgien américain John Mettauer à pratiqué la première opération pour guérir la fente palatine en 1827. Comme on peut voir, les chirurgiens essaient de perfectionner ce domaine depuis longtemps. Mais la chirurgie plastique a vraiment commencé à gagner en terrain pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Le « père » de la chirurgie plastique moderne est globalement considéré comme le Néo-Zélandais Harold Gillies. Il a appris les techniques des greffes de peau du chirurgien maxillo-facial français Hippolyte Morestin. Ensuite, il a fondé un service hospitalier pour les blessures faciales. Il a visé de guérir la défiguration faciale dans les soldats. Il a fait de nombreuses percées, comme les greffes de peau « ambulatoires ». Ses patients ont formé « Le Club des cobayes », pour rassembler tous les soldats qui ont reçu ses nouvelles techniques. On profite encore de ses progrès. De nos jours, la chirurgie plastique est vraiment plus raffinée. Elle englobe une vaste gamme de maladies : les cancers de la peau, les brûlures, la reconstruction après un cancer, les anomalies congénitales et les maladies de mains (par exemple, le doigt à gâchette). Quand les gens ont besoin de réimplanter les doigts, c’est les chirurgiens plastiques qui font ça. L’invention de la microchirurgie a permis des opérations plus en plus précises. Qui sait ce que l'avenir nous réserve ?
May 20, 2026
Salvar la distancia requiere solo una pequeña sorpresa
Contexto: Los dos personajes son chicas de la secundaria.
"¿Qué pasa? Pareces un poco deprimida."
Clare ha salido su grupo de amigas y de repente se le acercó a A. A vaciló al principio, ella nunca ha hablado con Clare, pero le ha mirado un largo tiempo. Esta acción impulsiva fue típica de Clare, y tenía celos de Clare por ello, pero eventualmente se ablandó y empezó a hablar.
"No es algo que entiendas Clare."
"Inténtalo. Puedo soprenderte."
"Entiendes, eso es lo que quiero decir. No te importa lo que la gente piensa. Puedes hablar conmigo y no te pasará nada malo. No puedo hacerlo. A todo el mundo, soy solo 'fulana A o B', nada más."
Ella ha dicho más de lo que pretendía. No se acostumbraba a este tipa de conversación, estaba siempre a la distancia. Estaban de dos mundos separados, y no servía de nada cambiar eso.
"No es verdad. No eres 'fulana A o B', eres Ximena."
Ximena quedó un poco estupefacta.
Clare sonrió.
"Dije que te sorprenderé, ¿no?"
Preguntas: ¿Es el cambio de "A" a "Ximena" tiene sentido en español? ¿También es la forma de escribir diálogo donde quien está hablando no se revela explícitamente suena natural?
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Elephants´ behavior
(Please feel free to not only correct my (grammar) mistakes, but also to give me more suitable phrases / vocabulary. I need to improve my English to C1-level.)
Elephants have strong social connections. The females never leave their family herd. Unlike the male, they "move out" when they´re teenagers. They "move in" with other male elephants and build a "bachelor-herd". The calves get raised by their whole family: grandmothers, aunties, brothers, sisters and mother.
Furthermore, elephants communicate through two different ways. On the one hand they use sounds that we humans can hear. On the other hand they use infrasound, a low frequency sound. Infrasound can travel many kilometers, that leads to the fact that elephants can stay in contact within a long distance.
Evidence shows that elephants have feelings like grief. A clear example of this is a situation happened 1986 in Africa, where a man witnessed a sick calve an it´s mother. The calve was laying on the floor and the mother tried to help them. Later the day the calve died and the mother still stayed by the calves´ side. Other elephants tried to comfort the mother.
Elephants comfort each other. When one elephant is sad or grieving another tries to comfort them via body contact. This is similar to humans hugging.
May 20, 2026
急に料理する夕飯
午前4時ぐらい、妻からメッセじを受け取りました。「昨夜、肉を解凍したか」と書きました。
ああ、しまった。私たち今朝チェックするを忘れました。
「いいえ、今スーパーに行く」と返事しました。妻は6時ぐらい帰宅するから、簡単な肉料理は必要です。だから、今夜の夕飯はご飯とサラダとローストチキン。もちろん、鳥全身を焼くことは時間をかけて過ぎてから、「drumstick」だけ（鳥の足）を焼きます。
材料は 鶏肉足、しょうゆ、料理用ワイン、砂糖、黒コショウ、中国五香粉、シナモン、脂（小さじ）。肉以外の料理を混ぜた後で、鳥を加えて、30分を待っています。鶏肉が耐熱トレーで20分オーブンに焼きます。それだけです。
いまオーブンに焼きます。妻がメッセじを置くなかったならば、私たちはご飯を危ないになりますね。感謝します。
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May 20, 2026
Practicum
In the second year of my technical secondary school, my classmates and I attended a tractor plowing practicum at a state-owned farm in another city, over 100 kilometers from our school.
The school hired a bus to take us there at the beginning of October.
The farm headquarters looked like a small village, with several workers' houses and a headquarters office.
The farm was different from where I grew up, where villages were densely clustered. There were no villages here—only endless fields as far as the eye could see.
Our task during this practicum was to drive Dongfanghong crawler tractors to plow the fields day and night. Of course, we took turns working in shifts.
When we took the night shift, we had a break at midnight and were served delicious mutton soup—something we always looked forward to.
The land was vast, the night pitch-black, and the tractor’s headlights extremely bright. With a veteran driver sitting beside me, I steered the tractor steadily forward, and all we could hear was the roar of the engine.
In the morning, a thin layer of mist hung over the fields, and morning glories, heavy with dewdrops, climbed over the fences around the workers' houses—such a beautiful idyllic scene.
We finished the practicum at the end of October and returned to our school. Since then, I haven’t had a chance to go back. I often wonder if everything there has changed a lot.
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Verwirrendes ß
Beim Vorlesen stellte sich bei mir noch ein interessanter Aussprachefehler heraus, und zwar die Frage, ob man vor dem "ß" das Vokal lang und kurz aussprechen soll. Es gibt ja eine feste Regel, dass alle Vokale, die vor diesem Buchstaben stehen, lang ausgesprochen werden sollen. Dennoch gibt es ein kleines Problem, das darin besteht, dass die Buchausgabe, die ich gerade lese, vor der Rechtschreibreform 1996 veröffentlicht wurde. Folglich werden viele Wörter in diesem Buch mit "ß" anstatt "ss" geschrieben, was mich als Lernenden ein wenig verwirrt. Als Beispiel kann ich das Wort "näßlich" geben. Ich weiß zwar, dass im Wort "nass" immer "ss" geschrieben wird, und man könnte daraus die Schlussfolgerung ziehen, dass es eigentlich "nässlich" sein und daher man das Vokal kurz aussprechen soll. Doch es fällt mir schwer, diese Manipulation beim schnellen Vorlesen einfach so auf Anhieb duchzuführen, bevor ich das Wort ausspreche. Das Gute ist, ich korrigiere mich häufig selber gleich danach, ehe meine Sprachpartnerin sich's verseht. Das ist wirklich eine gute Nachricht, da ich dann auf lange Sicht auch allein lesen könnte, ohne solche Fehler zu machen.
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May 20, 2026
History of the French Language
In the 1st century BC, the Romans invaded Gaul.
They naturally brought their own language, Latin, with them.
The Gauls soon embraced Latin.
From the 3rd century to the 6th century, the Franks gradually occupied the territory of Belgium and the northern part of present-day France.
Frankish was absorbed into the early French.
The grammatical genders of the French language were inherited from Latin.
The French language spread among the countries colonized by France.
How many Francophone countries are there in the world?
According to the data from the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), there are 29 countries where French is the official language.
May 20, 2026
My Family
When I was a child, my family had six people: my parents, my siblings, and me.
My father worked for the local government. He was from a farming family and started working for the local government in his late twenties because he had a better educational background than his peers.
My mom was from a relatively wealthy family in the town. Her family was later classified as "rich peasants," which was not considered a good family background in the People's Republic of China.
My mother made a living by farming, and so did my siblings and I.
My eldest brother joined the army after graduating from high school and was promoted to a cadre within three years.
My second oldest brother took over my father's position after graduating from middle school and worked in the local tobacco company.
My younger sister only studied up to middle school. After graduating, she had several temporary jobs before settling down in a collectively-owned mall.
I secured a government job due to my good performance in the middle school exit exam and have been working for the government to this day.
Now, my parents passed away years ago, and my siblings and I have grown old.
My eldest brother lives in Shanghai with his family, and so do my second oldest brother and his family. My younger sister lives in Hangzhou with her daughter, and I am the only one who still lives in my hometown with my family.
May 20, 2026
Les verbes sont très importants
J’ai trouvé que pour moi les verbes soient le type des mots plus importants à apprendre. Je pense qu’on peux faire des phrases plus variées si il sait plus des verbes que des noms, mais si il sais beaucoup de noms et seulement quelques verbes alors les phrases seraient beaucoup plus limitées. Bien sûr, chaque type de mot est important, mais quand je ne sais pas beaucoup des verbes, je me sens qu’il y n’a pas grand-chose(?) que je peux dire.
(Je pense que j’utilise le mot « beaucoup » trop souvent. A-t-il mieux mots que je peux utiliser au lieu de cela ?)
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少子化を変わるのために、政府が金銭的なインセンティブをあげるのほうがいいですか
ヨーロッパも日本も少子化がニュースにたくさんほうこくしています。最近、解決が考えて、人がよく「子供がいると、政府がお金をあげるのが簡単なソリューション」と言えます。その提案は一理あるが私の考え方が違います。確かに、子供の最初の一年にそのインセンティブが便利になります。しかし、後で、子供が成長してるにしたがって、お金が少なくなります。赤ちゃんのことが高すぎますから一番大切なときでお金を払うのがよいそうものの両親にとって,一生に子供を育てるのためにお金がなかったら、まだ子供が産みません。人口が減少し続けるでしょう。経済的な解決が必要です。
May 20, 2026
誠信的な人をしましょう。
誰かがあなたの本を汚れたら、おそらくかなり怒るでしょう。しかし、Aさんは自分の誠実と真誠によって汚れた本でBさんとの真っ白の友情を収めました。
先月、AさんがBさんに対して大切な小説を借りてきました。便乗に守っても、家に出った時、5歳のいもうとがその本を壊れてしまいました。Aさんは発現したばかり時、Bさんにものごとが隠せぬるのに、真面目にきれいにしり、自分で新しく表紙を描いてそれを上に付けました。最後に、Bさんに帰えた時、彼は怒らず、むしろ驚きと感動に満ちた笑顔を見せました。
「誠信は、人が世の中に立っていく上での根本である」とよく言われます。誠信があってこそ、人と人の関係をよくし、豊かな社会が築けます。これからも、誠信を自己の成長の道のりの旅の友にしましょう。
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