The young man, who is from northeast China, had to work 12 hours every day, ___ his protective suit three times a day. While working, he couldn’t ___ anything or go to the washroom. He also had to be close to infected patients, which is risky. Dalian was afraid of getting infe...
Taking your dog for a walk can be fun. But it can also be a danger to others. The World Health Organization reports over 10 million people in China are bitten by dogs every year.The Shanghai government has already asked people to keep their dogs on a leash (绳子). A similar new law...
” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “Good morning”. The following weeks we were more surprised. Our friend was dressed in a nice old suit with the thin hair carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other. One...
Similarly you can say that a plane, ship, train, or bus is carrying passengers. We passed tankers carrying crude oil. The aircraft was carrying 145 passengers and crew. Take can be used in a similar way, but only if you say where someone or something is being taken to. You can say,...
a nightmare if the two of us finished half a bag together in one sitting. When this poem was written in 2007, finishing half a bag by myself was what I considered out of control. By 2009, as my course load picked up, half of the bag would have been considered a good night, ...
The first choice is what kind of bag to buy. There are many choices these days. What will the luggage be used for will it be dragged from the plane to the coach to the ship or perhaps pulled around on your back? A hard case offers maximum security against damage and theft when it ...
and land on the stage set up across the track from the stands—about a 100-yard flight. As evening approached, I could feel my pre-game jitters. Time to fuel the Belt and get into my flightsuit. I’m to fly in the dark—all lights will be out except one spotlight that will be ...
Three mins into the ride and the adrenaline was still pumping the sweat through my suit, my helmet liner soaked, and then came the slightest respite. A hard left hand 90 onto an access road. While still fast it was less chaotic and I could gather my senses. Then a 90 right and back...
Menstruating ladies: tackle period poverty and its associated embarrassments by foregoing sanitary products altogether and spending one week out of every month dressed in a white boiler suit whilst carrying around a brush with red paint on it. Added bonus, you might get hired to do someone’s li...
When my dad died five years ago from lung cancer, and much like the time thirty-one years earlier when he left, he decided he’d had enough and checked out before any of us could get on a plane to see him one last time. He’d often stated in the past that when he died he want...