【News】journal- iceland volcano

WEB: http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100416/8/240u7.html


Few days ago, there was a volcano eruption on the Iceland. With a large quantity of ashes and fluid magma, it has caused the disruption of many flights in Europe. However, it is still too far away from our lives, right? If you think in this way, then you are wrong.


On the one side, volcano eruption may affect our climate. A statistic shows that if the volcano keeps erupting, the ashes will spread to the whole globe and affect the climate – the temperature may drop. This phenomenon has happened once in Indonesia; the ashes with sulfur dioxide floated to the stratosphere and integrated with water, forming the acid fog which spread to the whole earth and leaded to a year 1816 without summer. So, this time, we can never confirm that whether these ashes will influence our climate.

On the other side, it may influence our economy also. Some economists point out that long-period influence will cause inconvenience on transportation and livestock’s unhealthiness. Then, the European’s economy may become depressed and affect Taiwanese’s investment and trades. In conclusion, volcano eruption of Iceland may affect both climate and economy. It means that it is an affair concerned by all of us and we should not keep ourselves out of this event.

【News】journal- drugs addiction

 web: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3BUAtFeG0

Taking drugs is a road that cannot return, and here is a best example warns us. The Taiwanese star is now caught thirdly taking drugs, and this time, there is no regret on his face. Being persuaded to take drugs at first time, many people are addicted to them and can never control themselves anymore. Some are persuaded because of some reasons which are not refusable, such as peer pressure or beneficial collusion; in this case, he is persuaded by friends. As a star, taking drugs not only harms his body but also ruins his career. He used to be very regretful at the previous two times, but now he is calm and even says “I have known that it will lead to this consequence.”

From this case, we can know that taking drugs will make people lose self-control and even ruin bodies. Besides, such a man like him, who does a job as celebrities, can never stop himself from taking drugs; then how can the normal people without star pressure prohibit themselves from drugs? In conclusion, we should keep ourselves away from drugs.

【Fun】journal- translation in Wuxia Novels

Web: http://onlyforwinds.pixnet.net/blog/post/30268908                                                                                                     Translation is usually a tough work, especially translate Chinese into English. Recently, I find an interesting translation about the modes of fist in Wuxia Novels. For example, it translates 太玄經 into “all fools’ daily” and 吸星大法 into “suck star over China”. These not only makes people burst into laugher but also indicate that Chinese culture can not easily spread out like western culture, because there are many meanings and backgrounds in Chinese words and phrases. Besides, the atmospheres Chinese want to convey tend to be too mysterious and hard to explain.


This kind of translation can only point out the literal meanings without further imagination. Majoring in foreign language, I can totally understand the difficulty in translating Wuxia Novels, but in another words, Wuxia Novels can also be said as an uncultivated field in literature; there is still a lot of space to develop.