Teaching & Learning English
In Japan, soba cold noodles carry countless stories. Long ago, especially during sweltering summers, they became a regular on people’s dining tables. When everyone discovered that chilled buckwheat noodles had a brilliant taste, this cool and delicious dish was passed down through generations. I still remember the first time I met soba cold noodles—I was … Read more
In this seminar, tania and I were elected as leaders. Through a scenario in the ppt, we discussed whether we should participate in dark tourism and the influence of the Internet on it. First of all, I think my leader this time is a little better than the last one because I was quite nervous … Read more
Legends and stories about Lanzhou: 1. The Legend of the “River-Taming Divine Beasts” at the Yellow River Iron Bridge The Zhongshan Bridge (Yellow River Iron Bridge), the first modern bridge over the Yellow River in Lanzhou, has a legendary tale. During its construction, German engineers allegedly faced severe challenges and offered sacrifices to the river … Read more
How I fell in love with tinky tofu As a foodie, I tried a highly controversial dish a few years ago(but not exactly exotic)—stinky tofu. I first tried it at a snack street very close to my home. That day, while shopping with my mom, a peculiar smell caught my attention. “What’s that smell?”I asked, … Read more
History of Natto Natto, Japan’s sticky fermented soybean dish, has a long history. It likely started over 1,000 years ago, possibly in the Yayoi period (300 BC–300 AD). Legend says it was discovered by accident when cooked soybeans wrapped in rice straw fermented naturally. The straw had bacteria called Bacillus subtilis, which turned the beans … Read more
Last week, we did a thorough two-day seminar regarding dark tourism during which the seminar leaders guided with a totally unique and extraordinarily effective strategy of revolving the questions around a storyline which gave us very much to discuss and debate, and at length the discussion was quite in-depth. We took Chernobyl as the setting, … Read more
Just yesterday we did a seminar discussion on our whole MYP journey. Looking back, I’ve been staying in ELL for over 2 years. It’s a bit astonishing to know I’ve stayed in this class for so long, and a bit frightening and sad that this is going to end soon… 😭 ELL has a huge … Read more
The ancient Greek myth of Pandora’s Box helps explain modern environmental issues. When Pandora opened her jar, she accidentally let out all the world’s problems , sickness, greed, and destruction. This is similar to how human activities like pollution and overusing resources are damaging our planet today. Just as Pandora’s mistake affected everyone, environmental problems … Read more
It is a normal Wednesday, but Mark is abnormally exciting. His dream is to travel through the galaxy and he is going to achieve it today because after ten years of training, he finally get the chance to be an astronaut. Mark arrived at the launch pat, sitting in his spaceship listenning to the countdown. … Read more
In this seminar, we mainly discussed elements a good blog includes. This seminar led by Kitty and Vinci was quite unique from the other ones, the main impact to this was their style. Different than the past few seminars which only had questions on their PPT, this one involved comparison between text or pictures. I … Read more
Alright guys, I’m going to write a sci-fi story about two people who try to discover the truth about the technological world, where every has changed. If you have any suggestions, feel free to talk to me on Mushroom or find me at E201 in school.
The first time I’ve ever heard of the word “dark tourism” was when I was preparing for WSC… I never thought travelling to such places around the world had a specific name to them 🕷️. You could guess the (slight) excitement I had when I heard we’ll be doing a seminar on this. If … Read more