February 12, 2014

Newspaper Clipping - My Brand New Hobby

I never was a newspaper reader. Just a little while ago, local newspapers started to show up on my front lawn automatically, I began to read them. Surprisingly, I found them interesting and informative, much better than those Chinese newspapers I once read back in China.

As I receive them daily,  they began to accumulate and I have to throw lots of them away. However I wanted to keep desperately those articles interest me particularly. So I started to wonder how and at the same time a word that I never bothered to get into details jumped in my mind: "newspaper clipping". But how to preserve all those fragile pieces? Easy, I "asked" google, and immediately got idea. An album that was used to collect prints of my art works seemed to be perfectly for this purpose. I found the album at the bottom of my bookcase, took all prints out, cut those articles off from newspaper carefully, inserted each of them into perfectly transparent sleeves. The pleasure was immediate and long lasting.

I used to collect stamps. Now this newspaper clipping seems to bring me the same kind of joy. Plus, it will improve my English reading, no doubt.

4 comments:

  1. That sounds like a pretty good way to preserve those clippings Yun Yi. And it's a cheap hobby, since there is no cost and it keeps you very happy. I'm sure you've collected some very interesting articles too.

    Enjoy the rest of the week, we've had so much rain over the past week and I don't like getting wet in the cold.

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    1. Thanks RPD! I found my collection is revolved around history, psychology, and some technology.
      We are having huge snow storm yesterday. Today snow is still more than half foot high. Beautiful though.

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  2. Yes, reading newspapers and magazines is a great way to familiarize yourself with a particular language. My father spoke at least seven languages fluently, and says that reading magazines was really helpful. Glad you're enjoying your new hobby!

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    1. thanks kris! your father sounds like a extremely talented person with languages! that's fantastic!

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