Three Great Russian Writers

Hello Everyone! Today I went to my mum's museum. I learnt about the three most famous Russian writers; Aleksandr Pushkin, Leo Nikolay Tolstoy & Mikhail Sholokhov.

Aleksandr Pushkin Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин:

Pushkin was a noble, born in (1799-1837). On his father's side he was descended from an ancient noble family and on his mother's side he was a great-great-grandson of a black Abyssinian, Gannibal, who served under Peter the Great. Pushkin himself had black hair and swarthly complexion. In his childhood the future poet was entrusted to nursemaids, French tutors, and governesses. He learned Russian from household serfs and from his nanny, A,rina Rodionovna. Pushkin started to write poems from an early age. Pushkin married Natalya Goncharova in 1831, who was the most beautiful woman in Russia. Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into greater and greater debt amidst rumors that his wife had started conducting an unknown affair, Pushkin challenged Georges d'Anthès ( a french noble) who had fallen in love with Natalya, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded by a Duel Flint Pistol and died two days later.

Leo Nikolay Tolstoy Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й:

Leo Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, in Tula Province, the fourth of five children. The title of Count had been conferred on his ancestor in the early 18th century by Peter the Great. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought up by relatives. In 1844 Tolstoy started his studies of law and oriental languages at Kazan University, but he never took a degree. Dissatisfied with the standard of education, he returned in the middle of his studies back to Yasnaya Polyana, and then spent much of his time in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1847 Tolstoy was treated for venereal disease. After contracting heavy gambling debts, Tolstoy accompanied in 1851 his elder brother Nikolay to the Caucasus, and joined an artillery regiment. In the 1850s Tolstoy also began his literary career, publishing the autobiographical trilogy Childhood (1852), Boyhood (1854), and Youth (1857). Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina; in their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of realistic fiction. As a moral philosopher he was notable for his ideas on nonviolent resistance through his work The Kingdom of God is Within You.

Mikhail Sholokhov Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Шо́лохов:

Sholokhov was born in the Kamenskaya region of Russia, in the "land of the Cossacks" - the Kruzhlinin hamlet, part of stanitsa Veshenskaya, the former Region of the Don Cossack Army. His father was a member of the lower middle class, at times a farmer, cattle trader, and miller. Sholokhov's mother came from Ukrainian peasant stock and was the widow of a Cossack. She was illiterate but learned to read and write in order to correspond with her son. Sholokhov attended schools in Kargin, Moscow, Boguchar, and Veshenskaya until 1918, when he joined the side of the revolutionaries in the Russian civil war. He was only 13 years old.
Sholokhov began writing at 17. The Birthmark, Sholokhov's first story, appeared when he was 19. In 1922 Sholokhov moved to Moscow to become a journalist, but he had to support himself through manual labour. He was a stonemason, and accountant from 1922 to 1924, but he also intermittently participated in writers. His first work to appear in print was the satirical article A Test (1922).
In 1924 Sholokhov returned to Veshenskaya and devoted himself entirely to writing. In the same year he married Maria Petrovna Gromoslavskaia; they had two daughters and two sons.

All these writers have now passed away, but their memories, wisdom & creative imagination is still left within us. Many may not know who these people are, but they were all treated with respect before or after their deaths.

Joke Time 2 !!! 笑話時間到了2 !!!

Hello Everyone!大家好!
Welcome again to Joke Time! 很歡迎你又來到了笑話時間!
我有一個中文的笑話哦!

小白兔的故事
從前, 有一隻小白兔. 它很喜歡吃紅蘿蔔. 有一天, 市場沒有賣紅蘿蔔. 這隻小兔子不知道為什麼, 就跑進了市場對面的药房. 它就問櫃檯後面的護士說 '護士, 護士, 你有沒有賣紅蘿蔔呀?' '對不起, 這邊沒有賣.' 所以呢, 這隻兔子就蹦蹦跳跳的回家了. 第二天, 兔子又去找護士了. 它還是問一樣的問題. 護士就對著它說 '喂, 你不懂嗎? 這裡是药房噎, 不是蔬果店!'兔子十分難過, 就慢慢的走回家. 護士从後面說'你別擔心, 可能別的地方有賣.' 就這樣子, 護士就回去工作了.

過了一個禮拜, 這隻小白兔的微笑的臉就像太陽一樣有出現在药房門口. 護士很驚訝的問' 你怎麼又來了呢???' '我是來問你說你現在有近紅蘿蔔了嗎?' '當然沒有的. 你是不時講不聽呀?真是首不了, 如果你下此在來的话, 我就会把你的耳朵剪掉!!!

听完这句话, 小兔子很伤心的回家了. 它过了很久才回来着家药房. 着一次它没有问有没有卖红罗卜, 但问说有没有卖剪刀!裁户士想说他是不是疯了!!!户士就回答说' 没有呀. 你想买来做设么?' 兔子高高兴兴的说' 你上次说如果我在问你有没有卖红落卜的话,你回把我耳朵剪掉的. 但我着一次来问你时, 你说你没有卖剪刀, 所一我现在要问你说你有没有卖红落拨!'
说完, 一看, 户士已经倒在椅子上了.

Here's a few more funny ones ...

What do you give to a sick pig?
Oinkment & pigment!

Why aren't there any medicine left in the forest???
Because the parrots-eat-them-all.

Who is the queen of hares & rabbits?
Hare Majesty.

What's the worst thing to find in the second-hand shop?
Toilet paper.

What's the key to a banana?
A monkey.

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Handsome.
Handsome who?
Handsome keys through the letter box or let me in!!!

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Boo.
Boo who?*
Now then, there's no need to cry its only a joke.

What's white when dirty & black when clean?
A blackboard.

That's all for today. Thanks!

* Boo Hoo 是在英文中假哭的声音.