Describe a kind of bird.

Magpies enjoy great popularity in China because they are often regarded as the symbol of happiness in Chinese culture.

Often regarded as the symbol of happiness in Chinese culture, magpies enjoy great popularity in China.

Describe an embarrassing experience.

Describe a city you have visited.

There are numerous attractive scenic spots in Sydney, with the Sydney Opera being the most impressive in my opinion.

Describe a band group that you like.

I like a band group called May Day from Taiwan.

Influenced by my sister, I started to be interested in a band group called May Day from Taiwan.

Influenced by my sister, who is crazy about pop music, I started to be interested in a band group called May Day from Taiwan.

Influenced by my sister, who is a crazy about pop music, I started to be interested in a group band called May Day from Taiwan, whose members are all passionate young men

Influenced by my sister, who is a crazy about pop music, I started to be interested in a group band called May Day from Taiwan, whose members are all passionate young men, with one group member Nicknamed Monster being my favorite one.

What’s your name?

My Chinese name is Yu Weiguo, which was given by my grandfather, meaning a great and prosperous country in Chinese.

Where are you from?

I am a local resident in Shanghai, where I have been living since I was born.

I am from Dalian, which is a coastal city in the north east China famous for seafood.

Tell me about your hometown.

Well, I think today’s Shanghai is totally different from what it was hundreds of years ago.

In the past, Shanghai used to be a small village on the east coast of China whose incomes exclusively come from fishing.

Nowadays, however, as one of the biggest cities in China, Shanghai has become the financial hub in the country and boasts for its convenient transportation and services.

Well, as you can probably guess, I come from Beijing, where I have been living all my life. Although at the moment I am studying in another city-Tianjing.

I suppose if I have to describe Beijing, the first thing I would say is that it is absolutely enormous, maybe even one of the biggest cities in Asia I guess. It is so big that even the locals have problems finding their way around.

Another significant characteristic is that it offers examples of both classical and contemporary architecture. Actually some of the China’s most renowned landmarks like Forbidden City are ‘slap-bang’ in the middle of Beijing.

Are you a student or are you working now?

I am a senior majoring in Chinese in Shanghai University, which is also the school where current mayor of Shanghai graduated.

What are you studying?

Well, you know as a college student majoring in legal English, I have to study both English and law courses.

For English courses, I study listening, speaking and translation courses, in which I believe I’m doing quite well because I have been interested in English since I was kid.

(In fact, representing my university, I took part in the national English speech contest and managed to finish the competition as the runner-up, which might be seen as a proof of my English level.)
(To be more specific, I am quite confident of my pronunciation, which is commented as authentic British accent by my friends from UK.)

Where in contrast, I must admit that my performance in law courses, which include international law and domestic law, is quite unsatisfactory due to the fact that I find it hard to make myself interested in this section, which is actually quite boring from what I see.