Monday, April 23, 2007

Movie Review

The movie name is called "TMNT". This is a cartoon style movie. And "TMNT" means Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The story describes four green ninja turtles and their friends fighting against the evil power. There are many famous movie stars to dub the characters including Zi Yi Zhang. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. That's a wonderful movie!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Melbourne


Melbourne is located in the south-east of Australia and is also the capital of Victoria. And it's a large port on the coast where many ships visit each day. The city has 3,345,000 inhabitants.

As to climate, in summer the average temperature is 21-35 degrees. In winter the minimum is 2-3 degrees. Snow is very uncommon but the weather is often very cold. The temperature changes quickly.

There is a large and wide river, called the Yarra River running through the city centre. Many cafes are alongside the Yarra River.

Melbourne is a multicultural city in which many Chinese, Vietnamese, Greeks and Italians live. The main language is English but in some suburbs Vietnamese or Chinese are the first language. English is the second for many residents.

Melbourne has a very large and new Crown Casino in the city centre. There are many art galleries and museums in the city. It's a music and arts centre of Australia. Most of Australia's famous animals and birds are in the zoo. On the beaches, there is very clean and the water maybe is cooler than Sydney. Also Melbourne Cricket Ground is very famous. There are many clubs and bars where they play live music. In the city, there're a lot of colourful cafe shops and different tasty food from around world.

It has a large public transport system including trains, buses and electric trams in the city centre. And the fees are so cheap.

Melbourne has different kinds of industry, such as car manufacture, clothing manufacture and so on. However, clothing manufacture is decreasing as imports from China are increasing.


Monday, April 2, 2007

Australian native flower



Australian native flower is Wax Flower. It has the long-leaf and white colour. It likes as lili.


They grow along the east coast of Australia.

The first flower's name is Rose, the third is Frangipani.