I have been thinking of writing my English diary for a long time, but I do have no idea what I should write down. I have been studying English in Dalian for almost one and half a month and I really don’t know whether I’ve made any progress in English. Now, I have a feeling that there are a bunch of things for me to study, such as classic English sentence patterns, a huge amount of unfamiliar words, one-minute VOA headline listening practice, and so on. There is a saying: no pain, no gain. Although the process of English studying is a little boring, I must study English well, for me, for my career, and for my future.

I extremely agree with Li Yang, who is the inventor of the theory of ‘Crazy English’. I am reading the ‘Crack Series’ books written by Li yang and they’ve been very helpful. According to his theory, the English studying should be a sentence-centralized process and you can learn grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation from sentences; moreover, Li Yang has a special way to correct your pronunciation, which is called ’3-most’. Li Yang suggests that when you practice pronunciation, please speak most loudly, most quickly and most clear, and he is sure that you will make a great achievement if you can insist on doing as many practices as you can in that way. It does make sense. I notice that I get a little progress in my pronunciation. It’s not much because I have insisted on practice in this way for only 3 days.

It has been sunny for several days in Dalian and it’s very hot and it sucks. Everyday I have to take a cool-water bath to make me comfortable. I wish it would be cooler tomorrow.

I started to read ‘Harry Potter’ yesterday. The day before yesterday when I told Alex I was going to read ‘Harry Potter’, He looked at me surprisingly and said “Really?” I guess that in his opinion the book is for teenagers rather than people of the same age as me. Now I have read several pages of that book and I found that it is still not that easy for me and I can still learn lots of knowledge from the book. During the reading I write something as my reading notes and I’m going to share these notes on my blog someday. I want to thank J.K. Rowling, the author of ‘Harry Potter’, very much for her giving us such a great story.

I’m sorry that I haven’t updated my blog for a long time. The ‘lost-blog’ event has made me very disappointed these days. And so far many logs of July have still not been recovered. I have to wait, wait, and wait. Blogbus! Help me, please!

来到大连之后只是到过Free的星海公园和星海广场玩过，大连最有名的海洋馆和极地馆我和GF还没去过，今天的计划就是到大连一著名的旅游景点老虎滩去玩。

大连的天气多变，早上起来，外面还是雾气蒙蒙，看起来要下雨的样子，出去的时候还弄了一身雾水。不过不管它了，也许中午太阳出来后，雾就能散去呢，不过大连真的是有大雾一天都散不去的情况。我们住在育明高中附近，去老虎滩得转车，不过很方便，只需在育明高中这坐533中巴，然后再到奥林匹克广场转4路bus即可。大连的中巴比沈阳的那些4开头的小巴要好上不是一点半点，中巴也和一般大公交车一样可以刷卡、有报站服务等等，很是舒服。在大连中巴是大巴的补充，一般大巴走干线路，而中巴就穿居民区。

昨晚到超市买了很多食品和水，预备好在老虎滩享用，整整装了满满一包：

满载食品和水的背包

一路无话，顺利到达老虎滩乐园，由于正逢暑假期间，这里真是人山人海亚。刚一下车就有人主动和你搭讪，说提供便宜门票，一般都说他们是通过旅行社买票的，由于以前上过类似的当，所以我们一般在第一次去一个新的景点时都是在正规窗口购买门票。排了一会儿队，轮到我们了。一打听，原来所有的票都是套票，我们选了极地管+鸟语林+珊瑚馆+大门门票，每个人150大元，也真够贵的了。

冲入乐园，首当其冲的就是极地管，人很多，毕竟这是招牌项目，毫不犹豫，刷卡进入管内，内部很暗。我们先在门口处用相机试拍了几张，效果不是很好，不知道是我们的Sony T5是傻瓜型的原因呢，还是我们设置不对的原因，尝试了几种场景模式都不甚理想。最终选择了自动模式，管它呢。

按照顺序，在一层馆入口处首先是一些静态模型和实物展区，包括爱斯基摩人的雪橇、南极石、南极探险装备等，看看这些就当长长知识吧。

往里面走进入极地动物展区了，首先映入眼帘的就是极地馆的招牌菜-白鲸，也是我最喜欢的海洋生物了，两条白鲸真是可爱，在大水槽中游来游去，摆出各种姿势和表情，好像天生就是一模特儿，尽情享受着游客们的拍照，由于有玻璃相隔，所以一旦打开闪光灯，水槽里面的东西就都看不清了，我们只能舍弃闪光灯，这样反倒能看到泳姿优美的白鲸：

极地馆招牌菜-白鲸1

极地馆招牌菜-白鲸2

看了关于白鲸的介绍后，像鲸这样的海洋哺乳动物越来越受着人类活动的影响，像日本这样变态的国家每年捕的鲸鱼不计其数，真TMD没人性。就该把日本人都扔到大海里，然后拿捕鲸炮轰才解恨，多么可爱又可怜的鲸鱼亚。

在白鲸的旁边有海豹、海狮、海狗、海濑等，这些动物可没有白鲸那么可爱，其中一只海狮就在里面一直怒吼着。相反在旁边的北极熊和南极帝企鹅倒是显得很安静。

南极帝企鹅

北极熊

帝企鹅安静的出奇，几只企鹅在那里一动不动，不知道的会以为里面都是模型呢，要不是一只企鹅从屁股处排泄出一种乳白色的液体我们还真会认为里面的都是假企鹅。不过也难怪背井离乡几千公里来到温带，天天被人观赏，心里真不是滋味。两只北极熊则在那不停的散步，现在的北极熊毛呈淡黄色，估计也是久久离开北极了，其保护色的机能有所下降了。

一层的极地动物看完后，我们上了2楼，楼上是海洋动物展示区，各种各样的鱼类，奇形怪状的。这里仅拍了一个草海龙：

草海龙

在二层逛了一会儿后，鲸豚表演开始了。我们遂跑到中心表演厅看表演，中央表演厅被黑压压的人给挤满了。在极地馆仅仅进行白鲸和海豚的表演，其他的海兽表演要到其他馆才能看到，不过鲸豚表演应该是最精彩的。由于离得很远，拍了几张照片，效果不是很好。

极地馆招牌菜-白鲸3

极地馆招牌菜-白鲸4

海豚顶球

海豚呼拉圈1

海豚呼拉圈2

鲸和豚都是最最聪明的海洋动物了，在驯养员的驯养下他们变得更加聪明和可爱了，整场表演掌声不断。

出了极地馆，我们沿着海走，这时候正如我的预料，雾散了，火辣辣的太阳在头顶上炫耀着其强大的威力。之后我们到了’鸟语林’，这是一座依着一座山包建的人工鸟禽类园区，整座园上空都用大网罩住。林区中有很多珍禽异兽，大部分我都不认识。我们在里面又恰好看了一场’鹦鹉表演’，鹦鹉在人的驯养下也是很聪明的。

进行算术表演的金刚鹦鹉

进行轮滑表演的白鹦鹉

如果你想整个走完’鸟语林’还是很费体力的，我们走了估计一半的林区就放弃了。林区内的东西很贵，一瓶康师傅矿泉水要3元钱，要知道在加乐福一瓶最低的时候是0.64元。

珊瑚馆是我们最后去的主题馆区，里面的展示以珊瑚为主，还有一些以珊瑚为家的小海底生物，如一些虾、蟹等。在入口处有一个大海龟池，其中有一个很大的海龟，估计有很大龟龄了，被人摸来摸去，龟背上铺满了人们投掷的人民币，甚至有100元的大额钞票。这头龟也真够可怜的。在离出口处不远有一处室内潜水的娱乐项目，每人100元/10分钟，蛮贵的，没看到有人玩。

拖着疲惫的身体出了老虎滩