Hi Thuy,
You've done a great job! I suggest you should ask CNN or BBC for becoming their professional correspondent in VietNam. I strongly do believe in your talent ^_^ I'm also living in HaNoi. Nice to get acquainted with you *_^ Nam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nguyen Thuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 9:02 PM Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Q.Week #40: How is the financial crisis affecting you and what are you doing about it? > > Hi! > > After knowing your concern about the flood in Brazil it springs to my mind > to describe for you a similar flood happening not long ago in Vietnam. > People said that it was biggest flood in Vietnamese history. It rained > continuously in 3 days pushing Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam and many > Northern provinces submerge under water. I had to be inside my home for > three days, however, I was still much luckier than many other people who > couldn't go to work and had to live at home without electricity or enough. > Some my friends even had to stay in their offices because they were unable > to "swim" to their home. Worse still, my niece had to delay her wedding > which is often considered as the most important event in each life for a > week due to the destruction of flood in her village. > > The influences of flood remained terrible until now. 95% of vegetables and > rice died as the result of sinking too long under the water. Vegetables > become the "luxury" products for Hanoian as its price has increased by two > or even three times as much as normal. Besides, the flood also pushed many > families into difficulty. For example, it takes the farmers in my hometown > at least two years and a lot of money and effort to grow ornamental plants > to sell on TET holiday but now all their plants die due to the disaster of > flood, and most of them now become empty-handed. And all they have to now > is > to grow new plants and wait patiently for new harvest in next two years, > however, no one can be sure that everything will be smooth! > > Above is my brief description of historic flood in Vietnam. I also would > like to hear more interesting stories from both Vietnamese and Brazilian > friends about the terrible floods happening unfortunately in our > countries. > > > > Warm regards > > Nguyen Thuy > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
