Welcome to our first issue of the Language Exepress!
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BY ANASTASIA KOSTINA
中国危机/CRISIS IN CHINA
BY LIBBY SWAN, TRANSLATED BY CHI CHEUNG
去年底，在我一邊无忧无虑地往大学散步，又在听听北京新闻广播时，我第一次发现了武汉冠状病毒的爆发。因为我住在北京时交了一些来自的武汉的朋友，所以我自然而然地有点儿着急，膽心朋友們的健康。隨後，病毒转播到中国不同的地区，以及我愛的北京。隨着越来越多人感染，我的每一个中国朋友都告诉我他们已得到指令，不得不留在家里：這就开始了中国公民长时间的隔离。
因为在这个境况开始時的时候，我还在大学忙着学习，但是我在中国朋有上的大学已经停課，也就没有作业了。所以我一直想知道他们如何逃避厌烦，因为整天又不出门又不学习毫无疑问会格外无聊吧？
不出所料，几个星期过去了以后，他们都百无聊赖。我的朋友喜欢打游戏，所以大部分的时候他们的娱乐就是电脑和手机游戏了。不过，一个人不能无时无刻都在打游戏，所以他们有什么别的事情做呢？首先，他们會跟父母再次聯系，因为他们长久在北京上学，所以一般来说跟爸妈聚少离多。他们也會每天帮妈妈做饭，学习如何做这些爽口的菜。因此，对于一些正在隔离的人来说，留在家里的情况并不那么糟糕！
我呢，因为我父亲是一个“关键”的工作者，所以他每天上班，工作得特别努力，公而忘私。不过，跟我一样，我母亲与姐姐都留在家里，所以她们伴随着我度过这个不稳的局势。除此之外，毫无疑问我很多时间都在复习，准备将近的考试。不过，我也开始种植物：生菜、萝卜、罗勒、欧芹及葵花。因为我从来都没有种过，所以觉得特别有趣！我很期待吃一吃自己种的菜。。。
不仅如此，为了保持身体的健康，我每两天在家里會跟妈妈锻炼。虽然这很廢功夫，但是是一个很好的娱乐方法。此外，我每周會给学校的同学打个视频电话；我们总是玩儿的开心，逗得我哈哈大笑。
总体上说，虽然这个隔离时间有点儿无聊，但是我和家人的身体都没问题，这才就是最重要的！
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At the end of last year, when I walked to the university while listening to the Beijing News broadcast, I discovered the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus. Since I made some friends from Wuhan when I lived in Beijing, I was anxious and concern about the health of my friends. Later on, the virus had spread to different parts of China and Beijing, which was my favourite place. As more people became infected, each of my Chinese friends told me that they had been instructed to stay at home: this began a long period of quarantine for Chinese citizens.
At the beginning of this pandemic, I was still busy studying at the university. But the university where my Chinese friends go to had been suspended, so there was no schoolwork for them. Therefore, I always wanted to know how they eliminate boredom, because without going out and studying all day, isn’t it extremely boring?
Unsurprisingly, after a few weeks passed, they were all bored. My friends like to play games, so most of the time their only entertainment is computer and mobile games. However, people cannot play games all the time, so what else do they do? First of all, they will contact their parents again because they have been to school in Beijing for a long time, so most of them haven’t been speaking to their parents for a long time. They will also help their mother cook every day and learn how to make delicious meals. So for some people who are in quarantine, staying at home is not so bad!
For me, because my father is a important worker, he goes to work every day, working very hard with dedication. However, like me, my mother and sister stayed at home, so they helped me through this unstable situation. Besides, there is no doubt that I spent a lot of time studying and preparing for the coming exams. However, I also started planting plants: lettuce, radish, basil, parsley and sunflowers. Since I have never done gardening before, I find it particularly interesting! I am looking forward to eating my vegetables...
Not only that. To keep my body healthy, I exercise with my mother at home every two days. Although I have to put in a lot of effort, it is a good entertainment. Besides, I video call my friends every week; we always have fun and they make me laugh a lot.
Generally speaking, although this quarantine period is a bit boring, my family and I are safe, which I think is the most important thing!