Tacos

On December 31st, 2008, the last day of last year. We have a dinner with grade 12 students in tacos on Zhujianglu. First I met Connie at the school gate and we went together. It was really a lot of traffic at that time because of that is the exact time for people to go home, so we waited Angle from grade 12 for a long time, because of the hunger, we started to looking around the list and find maybe this or that is more delicious… but at last, we wait until Angle came.
“Tacos” is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a maize or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. The fact that a taco can be filled with practically any meat, fish, shellfish, vegetable, and cheese allows for its great versatility and variety. A taco is generally eaten out of hand, without the aid of utensils, and is often accompanied by a garnish such as salsa and often vegetables such as cilantro, onion, cabbage, tomato, or lettuce.
After that dinner , I know some tips about eating Mexican food.
Tell your server not to bring fried tortilla chips to the table.
Ask for low-fat sour cream or use salsa to add flavor.
Veracruz or other tomato-based sauces are better than cream or cheese sauces.
If you order a taco salad, don’t eat the fried shell.
I have eaten a big pizza during dinner time, and because of the super size of the pizza, I did not eat it all, but just left the food there is not very frugal so I asked for a package and bring them all. So the next morning, I still had yesterday’s dinner for breakfast.

Critique

Critique worksheet
1、 What is the title of the exhibition? Wu Weishan Cultural Figures Sculpture Gallery of Nanjing Museum.
2、 What kind of are is being shown? Sculpture
3、 Is the art work made by one artist or by several artists? One artist.
4、 Is the artwork traditional or contemporary? Contemporary.


Artist Wu Weishan
Title: Sleeping baby
Date: 2006
On a sunny Thursday morning, our class with Ms.Hadly went to Nanjing Normal University to have a view of Wu Weishan’s artwork. Before this trip, I have never heard about him, so I feel very excited to see him.
First, I want to introduce a kind of artwork to you. It is sculpture. A sculpture is a three-dimensional art object which can represent animate (human, animal, botanical, aquatic) or inanimate forms, communicate the sculptor’s interpretation of abstract ideas, or express, or evoke certain emotions. They can be created singly or in groups. In essence, sculpture is the assembly of a mass of ordinary material so that it expresses something that transcends its parts. Although most sculpture involves shaping or re-shaping materials, this is not strictly necessary. A sculpture may consist of a collection of objects or material that may not have been altered but are instead arranged in a meaningful way.
Then, among all the artwork, a small sculpture reminds me. It is a baby’s head made by metal. The color is brown with a little red. The lines are not very smooth. If you touch it you’ll feel the sculpture is very hard and uncomfortable. The artist used copper to do it.
The subject of the art work is baby sleeping deeply. I can see the profile of the art work and the you can see the baby’s mouth was opened and nostril is up, everything seems to be omission but the snoring of the site, it is very specific. So it is emphasizing how deeply the baby sleeps.
It makes me feel tired and I think it is also gives me a sense of humor. Also, it makes me think about my little sister. She is such a lovely baby and she is only 8-month-old until last summer. For most of the time, she is sleeping, when she is sleeping, she also has slobber on her small round face around her small mouth. Sometimes she smiles in my grandmother’s arms, maybe she dreamed of the rainbow or the secret Santa. Maybe the artist likes children very much and enjoy staying with them. During day times, they are playing and laughing and do everything happily, in the evening, they sleep deeply and become very quiet. That’s also interesting for me.
I really like this sleeping baby and want to know what is he dreaming about and I think they have no worries about anything else. Like us, we are secondary school students, so we should pay attention to our studies and relationship between friends, parents or teachers. Sometimes, it is really hard to make a decision. So, because of their young and know nothing, they are happy and no worries. Also they are most like angles too.

guest artist

On Monday afternoon Nov.11th , during the last class, we had a big meeting with Mr.zhao from Nanjing Forestry University in the big Ladder classroom . He is a great professor . First he introduced what is Gardon in Chinese and then explained in western countries ，that means a environment full of flowers and trees around .



In '21 World Book Encyclopedia color' the definition of the word Gardon is a living room that designed by plants, rocks, water. In our society ,the most common definition for Gardon is a open space for people and the reality of life throughout the Mid-Autumn domain with plants, rocks, water and construction material .


Caught,first started in the 11th century BC during the early Western Zhou Dynasty, is a place that one of the places of animal husbandry. The porpose for this is to show this to people and protect the animals.


Court，first started in Qin and Han Dynasty .


Talk about some other earliest form of Western garden: West has written garden produce embryonic earlier, 27, BC century murals in the pyramids of Egypt and contents inscribed planting around the temple in the Sacred grave .And it was used for Worship the gods.


In the 11th century BC during the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the early Garden has appeared in China .


Some different styles of Garden in China :1,Royal Garden 2.Private gardens. 3.Temple Garden. 4.Scenic Garden .


And now in Suzhou the garden is covered by water and hills .

The colours of the Suzhou Garden is wonderful and amazing . Especially for the many different kinds of bridges . The most interesting things in the Garden any where you see ,it's a Completely picture . If you watch it carefully ,you will see almost everything in it are Symmetrical，but it was all made by nature .

I have been to Suzhou with my parents and relatives when i was 9 years old , in that age , i almost knew nothing about the Garden. But after the meeting with Mr.zhao i knew more about the Suzhou Garden and knew more knowledge , so i hope to go there again to find out more interesting things .