The responsibility of companies in preserving water resource With the technology improvement and industrializatio, our lives have been improved largely to the better. However, there are also some problems facing the society nowadays remain to be addressed. The protection of water resources is a pressing issue arousing attention from environmental organizations. Major companies are responsible for the water protection due to their huge water consumption. It is undeniable that there is a dramatic rise in water usage compared to the consumption in the past and a large portion of water resources has been consumed by major companies in clothing, drinks, food and technology industries. Tale technology giants such as Amazon and Apply as examples, they rely heavily on water for cooling the computers and their extensive data center. Regarding food industries, a significant amount of water is involved in manufacturing process and growing ingredients. As the vice president of Coca-Cola said, the water-intensive agricultural ingredients used for its products use vastly more water to produce than the actual manufacturing process. In light of this situation, the responsibility to safeguard water resources for the sustainability should rest with those corporations. There is an urgent need for those companies to improve their practices regarding water preservation. A nonprofit environmental group Ceres ranked seventy-two companies from four industries mentioned above based on their seize and water usage. Few of the business are close to achieving the 2030 goals set by the group. Those companies were assessed and tested based on several factors, including their contribution to improving access water and sanitation in local communities where they conduct business, and commitment to protecting the quality and quantity of the water they use and the environments that supply it as well. None of the businesses managed to score above 70% in the evaluation.

Indefinite classifier and measure units in Chinese Do you know how to express an amount or number of something that is not stated or not known in Chinese? Do you know to express one year or one meter in Chinese? If you do not know, you are strongly recommended to watch this article and explore more about the indefinite classifier and measure units. INDEFINITE CLASSIFIER When we want to express indefinite quantities in a sentence. We often use 些 to replace original classifiers. Only the number one 一 can be added before this indefinite classifier. Here are some examples: 一支笔 A pen 一些笔 Some pens 二些笔 (wrong expression) 五本书 Five books 一些书 Some books 五些书 (wrong expression) When there is a determiner like 這(this/these) and 那(these/those) which are used before nouns to refer to particular things or people. The pattern should be “這/那 + Number + Noun”. It should be noted that When there is a determiner before 些 (some), the number 一 before 些 will be omitted. For example, we can say 這一支笔 (this one pen) and 這些笔 (these pens), but we rarely say 這一些筆 (these pens ), here are more examples below: 這一張床 This bed 這五張床 These five beds 這些床 These beds 這一個人 This person 這七個人 These seven people 這些人 These people Measure units Length 米 Meter 一米長 One meter long 厘米 Centimeter 兩厘米寬 Two-centimeter wide 毫米 Millimeter 五毫米高 Five-millimeter high 千米 Kilometer 兩千米高的山 Two thousand meters high mountain Area 平方米 Square meter 三平方米 Three square meters 平方千米 Square kilometer 四平方米 Four square kilometers Volume 立方米 Cubic meter 七十立方米 Seventy cubic meters 立方厘米 Cubic centimeter 八十立方厘米 Eighty centimeters 升 Liter 十升水 Ten liters of water 毫升 Milliliter 六毫升酒 Six milliliter of wine Time 年 Year 十年的時間 Ten years 天 Day 七天 Seven days 小時 Hour 五小時 Five hours 分鐘 Minute 三十分鐘 Thirty minutes 秒 Second 六十秒 Sixty seconds Thank you for your corrections! If you are interested in learning Chinese, please visit my site: https://untanglechinese.com/blog/!

HOW TO USE CHINESE NUMBERS After gaining a preliminary understanding of the Chinese numeral system, we can use it to express percentages, fractions, decimals, multiples, and discounts in Chinese. If you are unfamiliar with the Chinese numeral system, it is strongly recommended to go through the article “HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN CHINESE” first. (https://untanglechinese.com/how-to-count-numbers-in-chinese/) PERCENTAGE The expression of 3% in Chinese is 百分之三. 百分之means out of every 100, equivalent to the symbol %. The pattern is 百分之+ number, here are some examples. Pattern: 百分之 + Number 百分之十 10% Ten percent 百分之二十五 23% Twenty-five percent 百分之七十七 77% Seventy-seven percent FRACTIONS The pattern for fractions is the same as that for percentages： Denominator分之Numerator. Unlike English, we always say the denominators first and the numerators are expressed second. Pattern: Denominator分之Numerator. 三分之一 1/3 One-third 三分之二 2/3 Two-thirds 四分之三 3/4 Three-quarters 十分之九 9/10 Nine-tenths DECIMALS The decimal point in Chinese is 点. The rule for expressing decimals in Chinese is like that in English. Pattern: Number + 点 + Number 0.5 零点五 Zero point five 6.7 六点七 Six points seven 3.45 三点四五 Three point four five 77.706 七十七点七零六 Seventy-seven point seven zero six MULTIPLES We use 倍 to express multiples in Chinese. Pattern: Number+倍 两倍 Double 四倍 Four times 十倍 Ten times 苹果的价钱是香蕉的两倍。 The price of apples is double the price of bananas. DISCOUNTS 折扣 means discount. For a 10% reduction in English, we would say 九折 in Chinese, which means ninety percent of the original price. Pattern: Number+折 七折 A thirty percent discount 九五折 A five percent discount If you are interested in learning Chinese, please visit my site: https://untanglechinese.com/blog/.

CHINESE RADICAL AND RELATED WORDS：目（EYE） 目 means eyes. Its shape is like an eye with an eye frame and a hole inside. It must collocate with another radical when it is used as a radical. The main function of the eyes is to watch different objects, so when it is used as a part of Chinese characters, these characters are largely related to watching. Besides relating different actions of watching, it can also be associated with body parts and organs. related to the eyes. Words related to eyes: 目=Eye: 目+光(light)=目光(eyesight) 眼=Eye: 眼+鏡(mirror)=眼鏡(glasses) 盲=Blind: 盲+人(person)=盲人(the blind) 瞳=Pupil: 瞳孔(hole)=瞳孔(pupil) Word related to watching: 盯=look 他盯著我。 He is looking at me. 眨=Blink 他眨眼睛。He blinks 瞪=Stare 這隻貓瞪著我。The cat is staring at me. 看=Watch 你在看什麽？ What are you watching for? Thank you for your correction! If you are interested in learning Chinese, please visit my web to explore more: https://untanglechinese.com/.

How to count numbers in Chinese Number 0-9 0 零 1 一 2 二 3 三 4 四 5 五 6 六 7 七 8 八 9 九 Note: The number 2 has two forms. When it indicates the exact number in a noun phrase like two pieces of paper, it becomes 两. For instance, 两本书（two books）. When we just simply count numbers within 100, we use 二. Number 10-99 The number 10 in Chinese is 十. Can you guess what the number 二十 (literally “two ten”) represents? The answer is twenty. If you know how to write 20 in Chinese, then you should be able to write the other numbers. 10 十 20 二十 30 三十 40 四十 50 五十 60 六十 70 七十 80 八十 90 九十 In English, the number 22 is twenty-two which is the same way how Chinese write 11 to 99. Here are some examples: 11十一 23 二十三 37 三十七 49 四十九 51 五十一 64 六十四 72 七十二 86 八十六 99 九十九 Number 100 AND HIGHER Besides the number 10, there are different characters for multiples of 10 ranging from 100 and 1,000 to 10,000 and 1,000,00,000. 100 百 235 二百四十五 1,000 千 1521 一千一百二十一 10,000 万 442,367 四十四万两千三百六十七 1,000,00,000 亿 9,600,00,000 九亿六千万 Note: If the number is above 100 like 222, we use 二十二 for 22 but 两百for 200, for the 222 should be 两百二十二. The vital zero（0） English speakers use one hundred and on to indicate the number 101. Chinese is a little different. We will put 零 (0) in. Adjacent zeros will only write one zero, and the zero(s)at the end of a number will not be indicated. 101 100(一百) + 0（零）+1 (一) =一百零一 （101） 900,202 900000（九十萬）+200（二百）+2（二）= 九十万零二百零二 960,000,000 900,000,000（九亿）+60,000,000(六千万)=九亿六千万 Quick test How to write the following numbers in Chinese? 83 438 7,092 334,471 998,387 5,094,600 70,500,255,700 Thank you for the corrections! If you are interested in learning Chinese, you could visit my website: https://untanglechinese.com/blog/

CHINESE RADICAL AND RELATED WORDS：心（HEART） 1. CHINESE RADICAL：心（HEART） The shape of 心 originates from the form of a heart. The ancient Chinese believed that the heart was in charge of people’s thoughts and emotions so Chinese characters with this radical are mostly related to mental activities. 心 is an essential radical, it can be used as the bottom part of the word like 思. It can also be written as 忄in left-hand sides of the words. 2. WORDS WITH心 心= Heart 心+臟(organ)=心臟(heart) 志=Ambition 志氣= Ambition 悲=Sorrow 悲+傷(injure)=悲傷(sad) 恐=To afraid 恐+怖(terror)= 恐怖(terrible) 3. WORDS WITH 忄 情=Passion 情+侶(companion)=情侶(lovers) 怪=Odd 怪+病(disease)=怪病(strange disease) 悔=Regret 悔過自新=To repent and start afresh (idiom) 悅=Please 喜(delight)+悅=喜悅(happiness) Thank you for your correction! If you are interested in these types of articles, you can visit my website: https://untanglechinese.com/blog/

pratique le français Que pensez-vous de l’épidémie de covid, des inconvénients et des avantages ? Que faite-vous passer du temp en général pendant l’épidémie ? Quelle est ton activité préférée ? Quel est le plus grand changement dans votre vie　? Quand vendez-vous voyager avec vos parents ? Qu'est-ce que tu as faire le week-end dérêner？ Ｏù est-ce que il préfère manger ce déjeuner ? Aaimez-vous aller passer le temps où? Comment elle écrit ses livres chez elle ? Est-ce qu'il y a un magasin de vêtement ? Avec qui, visitez-vous Paris Je mange rarement aux restaurants maintenant, et je préfère prendre les repas chez moi par ce qu'il y a l'expédié.　 Je vais à la gare a cote de ma maison a pied. Ensuite, je y prendre le train pour mon l'université. Je téléphone mes amis parfois pour parler des vies. Mais je leur en parle sur le Zoom. Il n'y a pas beaucoup d'installations de divertissement dans la ville, j'écoute plutôt de la musique à la maison. Je commence à pratiquer la calligraphie, c’est difficile. Je m'apercevoir de la nouvelle table dans la maison. Cette épidémie change de me vie beaucoup. Les modes des vies dépendre des les mentalités. Je dois assister à la fête pour jouer avec mes amies. Je participe rarement à des activistes de l'université car je suis timide. Je m’habitue à l'épidémie.

Bonjour, voici un reportage sportif. Qu'est-ce qu'un athlète fait les jours de la semaine ? Gilles Simon est un joueur de tennis français de 36 ans. Il est championne de France de tennis. Mais une vie de championne est difficile ! La semaine, il se réveille tous les matins vers huit heures. Il fait s'habiller et se brosser les dents. Ensuite, il prend le petit-déjeuner. Il mange de pain avec du lait du café. À huit heures, il fait du tennis sur un court jusqu'à 12 heures. Au déjeuner, il mange beaucoup de viande blanche et de poisson avec des légumes et du riz. Il ne mange pas de hamburgers, il ne boit pas de la vodka. À 14 heures, il continue de jour au tennis. Sa journée se termine vers 18 heures 30. Il rentre à son apparemment pour le dîner. Il mange de la viande rouge, des œufs, des frites avec du vin rouge. Il prend un bain et se raser. Puis, il lit des livres. Il se couche vers 23 heures. Il dort neuf heures par nuit. Le samedi matin, il lit ou écrit à des amis. Alors, il va au restaurant avec sa famille pour manger le déjeuner. Ensuite, il joue de la guitare avec son fils. Le soir, il fait du shopping avec sa femme. Le dimanche, il passe l'après-midi avec des amis. Ils jouent aux jeux vidéo. C'est sa semaine de vie. C'est le rapport, au revoir.