Exercises V. Listen and write down what you’ve heard.
Bloggers are those who blog. They 1) ________________ the activity of blogging, 2) _______________ a blog site, with a unique web address. Blog is an abbreviation of “web log.” It is a bit like 3) _________________, or bulletin posting, which 4) ________________ for people to add their diaries or posts onto a webpage. People 5) ____________ their blogs daily, but some people even will do it several times a day. This personal diary, kept by an individual, tells 6) ___________________ about the blogger‟s activities, or interests and opinions and so on. There are also some blogs maintained by an institution, such as a radio station or a music store.
Jianguo: Yes, but don‟t you think for the citizens who have never been to the countryside it‟s a game that teaches people something? XiaoTian: I don‟t think it‟s a good game. It keeps people staying up very late and waking up very early just in order to steal things from others‟ farms. Jianguo: Maybe you‟re right. If the citizens want to learn something about farming, they can go to the suburb to rent a small piece of real land, and plant any thing they like. XiaoTian: Yeah, and you can also go traveling on weekends.