Word of the Week

When India suffers from droughts, the farmers rely on "frog marriage" to bring monsoon rains. http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jul/29/today-int10.htm

What an interesting news! But I'm wondering-- Is Typhoon Morakot coming into being because there are many frogs marrying?

By the way, Happy Father's Day! May all the fathers and fathers-to-be have a great day!

Chin-Chi

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Vocabulary: monsoon

Definition:

Noun.

1. a heavy rain

2. a wind system that produces the wet and dry seasons in southern Asia

3. the season during which this wind blows from the southwest, usually accompanied by heavy rains

Sentence:

Several inches of rain fell during the monsoon.