Online Class Notes (Mike)

Homework

A year after China adopted a 30-day cooling-off period for divorce seekers amid climbing divorce rates, marriage registration authorities have seen a drop in marital dissolution that many local governments claimed was because of the controversial measure.

The civil affairs bureau in western China’s Chongqing municipality said earlier this month that over 50,000 estranged couples decided against divorcing each other during the one-month waiting period last year, contributing to a 44 per cent fall in divorce numbers since 2020.

Eastern China’s Qingdao city, Shandong province, witnessed the lowest divorce number in a decade with just 16,000 break-ups in 2021, down 33 per cent from the previous year, the government said.

In Guiyang, Guizhou province in the southwest, local authorities found roughly a quarter of the couples seeking a divorce “ended up cooling off during the ‘cooling-off’ period”, the Guiyang Daily reported, quoting a government official.

Nationwide, there were over 1.58 million divorces in the first three quarters of 2021, down by over 1 million from the same period in 2020, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In January 2021 China introduced a law requiring couples seeking a divorce to wait for 30 days before the process could be finalised, a move the government said was aimed at improving social stability, however many people regarded the rule as an interference with the freedom of marriage.

Writing exercise

Making exercise is not only sterngthen our muscle and bons, it is but also improve our intelligence. In addition, food is also impact our health. There are 7 nutrition element in our body, such as fat,water,vitamin. you choose healthy food which will improve our life quality and apperance


Exercising not only strengthens our muscles and bones, but also improves our intelligence. In addition, food also has a huge impact on our health. Our body needs seven nutritional elements, such as fat, water, vitamin, minerals, fat, protein, carbs, fiber. We should choose healthy food because it will improve our life quality and appearance.

Exercise is good for us because when we exercise, our heart rate goes up and our blood circulation goes faster. Also, we burn a lot of calories and extra fat when we exercise. Plus, our poor posture can be corrected.

Vocabulary

flu (n) 流感
cold (n) 感冒

exercise (n)

tremendous (adj.)

mine (n) 矿
mineral (n) 矿物质

carbohydrates = carbs (n) 碳水

circulate (v) 流通,循环

posture (n) 姿势,体态

polls (n) 民意检测,投票

spark (v) 激起,引起
This event sparked a lot of discussion among the public.

social phenomenon 社会现象

Speaking exercise

I think everybody hold different views on marriage.
Different people hold different views on marriage.
People’s view on marriage differs.

I also agree with a girl in the video, she said marriage also part of the life you can forgive its or not.
I agree with wha a girl said in the video, which is that ….

Divorce rate is getting higher every year.