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The 8th Friendly Greeting From Shirley, China, Sun., Oct 16, 2005

Hi,Dear Friends

This is a friendly greeting from Shirley, China via a mail group.

This week, I re-designed some columns and started something new on the web site. In Community For You, you can ask and answer questions via the Forum. You can take part in "Shirley's World" via the Register System. In English Lessons you can publish your English lessons there if you are a native English speaker and you can learn English there if you are a no-English speaker. You can check my Newsletteron the web site no matter where you are. A Shirley's Creative Music has been there, I will focus my music creating on the Chinese Classical Poems for helping you to learn Chinese with an easy and relaxed way.

I am very happy that many friends responding my newsletters and some friends have started a communication in the Forum that opened last week. I do appreciate your friendly opinions, comments and suggestion and some of them have been published on the web site and I hope that you feel good for your name on it. If you would like to make a link with my web site or publish your works on it, you are welcomed.:-)

Chinese Xieyi-- 050(Flower & Bird): Hi
Xieyi -- Freehand Brushwork is the best chose for the people who have no much time to paint for it can be painted with brushes and colors directly instead of making a draft at the first. Also it is the best way as a composition of a picture practice. But, it needs a higher ability on the skills. This is my last Xieyi practice in my art lesson and hope to bring you a little relaxed feeling and a smile.:-)

Chinese Classical Poem & Created Music By Shirley--0012:
Da Feng Ge-- The Song Of The Gale

Han Dynasty and Liu Pang is one of the greatest times and emperors in the Chinese history. I love the poem Da Feng Ge ? The Song Of The Gale by Liu Ban for it expresses his happy, proud and ambitious heart after he found a new dynasty and the sad emotion that lacked the warriors to protect the country with only 3 sentences. I created the music to match it after writing about 10 times and my vocal music teacher played piano for me when I sang it. She played a wrong key for I wrote my music with a pencil at the end and my tone was also strange in the last sentence. Can you feel it clear? Do you enjoy the way to learn Chinese classical poem? .
Chinese Art Song--003: The White Rose By The Heilong River
(Frome Opera: AO LEI ?YI LAN)

After learning a new song every weekend for a while, both my vocal music teacher and I did not think that my singing level was improved, so, we re-started my art song training in my music lesson. I chose The White Rose By The Heilong River that is from opera Ao Lei Yi Lan for it makes me think of my second hometown. I had been on the frontier between Russia and China as one of the young corps soldiers from Beijing when I was younger than 15 years old according to Chair Mao's calling, I left there after the culture revolution was finished. How is it like now? Have you been to the Heilong River?
Chinese in Current Affairs--004: How to Say "China Launches 2nd Manned Spacecraft"
I have been exploring the way to offer the best Chinese learning way, this week, the best news in China and in the world is China’s second manned spacecraft was lifted into the sky. So, I tried to edit 3 sentences for you and hope you feel easy to remember the words and expression styles in Chinese. Also I hope to get your respond that how I should do to help you in your Chinese learning.
Chinese in Current Affairs--003: How to Say "South Asia Earthquake" in Chinese
I am so sorry for the earthquake has killed so many people and it has brought a huge disaster in the South Asia. I edited 3 sentences for you to help you to know how to speak it in Chinese. I do hope the people who are suffering the disaster are safe and luck and go out the bad situation as soon as possible. I do hope all of us who are still alive to cherish our lives, work, friends, family, friendship and love…
Friendly Responding From Friends--003: From Oct 15, 2005 to July, 30, 2005
As usual, I continue to get the friendly feedback from friends. Here I would like you to share them and also to get your questions, comments and suggestions. One of the best things is that I have got many friendly and helpful English lessons and I will make them to be shared on the web site via some way and to help the friends who are learning Chinese. You are welcomed to offer your opinions and English lesson on the web site as well..

I am just a learner no matter on art, music, English, Chinese language and literature and the work on the web site. Anyway, I would really like to do a little bit things with what I have learned to make this little web site to be An Electronic Bridge Of Culture Exchange, Friendship, and Language Learning. So, I really hope to get your help, support and directions on English language, cultures, music, art, skills, technology and anything else.

If you have any questions, requests, advice, comments, suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com. You are welcomed.

--Shirley

Written and Edited On Sun.,Oct 16, 2005

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