may the good is rewarded 1 I was utterly dismayed and heartbroken when I was skimming through Weibo today. People say Chinese are cold-hearted. I mean, what kind of beasts would pass by a prostrate blood-stained 3-year-old little girl without doing anything! (For those uninitiated, google 'xiao yueyue' to learn the whole story). But Chinese people are too numerous to be put in the same bracket. There are brave people who are willing to give a helping hand to strangers. But good Samaritans don't always get praise and recognition, sometimes they even invite danger to themselves. This is a tragic story I'm going to tell. (I'm literally translating the news word by word) Presenter: next we are presenting a piece of saddening and shocking news. A few days ago, Li Juan, who was going home after work, saw two big dogs chasing a little girl. Li immediately went forward to help the girl to get rid of the dogs. The little girl fortunately fled without getting any harm. Li, however, was attacked by these two vicious dogs. After being madly bitten by the dogs, Li almost lost all of her flesh of her limbs! Blood was pouring out of wounds! (It's no exaggerating, click the link attached to see the video. http://www.wasu.cn/Play/show/id/6659404) To see the whole story, please see my next piece of article.

How to find language partners? How to get them to notice me? I'm here to advertise myself. I've been in italki on and off for some time but I just cannot find language partners. I'm an English major with adequate reading and writing skills( sometimes I make non-impeding mistakes though). I'm here to find someone who's willing to talk to me in English and of course I'm willing to help him/her with mandarin. Thanks!

An embarrassed English major Being an English major is embarrassing. Friends ask you to translate academic articles for free. Parents bombard you with questions like “Do you know what these laowai are talking about” when switching over to CCTV9 and make remarks along the lines of “How come you don’t what they are talking about! You’ve been learning English all your life!” when you remain silent. Annoying relatives badger you to help their kids with English homework every damn Spring Festival! And the worst of all, being an English major renders you confused about your future. As my graduation draws near, I get more and more rudderless and impatient. Anyway, I’m a resentful, grumpy English major with inadequate English skills.