Ecovolunteer in Russia Wolves

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We aim to trace wolves after their return to nature and to monitor their interactions with wild animals. This includes radiotracking of released wolves and bears, locating and following wolf trails, faeces and prey remains. When footprints are sighted, the number of animals, their ages and sex is recorded. We study the local migration routes and the size of the home-ranges so as to understand better the travelling patterns of these highly social and intelligent animals.

Since 2001, similar studies are carried out on wolves. In 2002-2007 seventeen wolves were returned to the wild.

Black Day

Jajangmyon is eaten by lonely singles in Korea on “Black Day”

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The opposite of Valentine’s Day in Korea in April 14th called, "Black Day." It's means people who haven’t found a sweetheart dress in all black, eat black food, and generally feel bad about themselves and their lack of love for an entire day. Traditionally, in South Korea women give gifts to their men on Valentine’s Day. If they are failed, women only identified that I had a miserable time on Valentine’s Day, felt even lonelier on White Day and now I’m crying over a bowl of black noodles.”

Food - Kimchi

Kimchi is one of the traditional food in Korea. Koreans serve kimchi at almost every meal, even become the symbol of Korean.


Origins of kimchi

Many Koreans at the time of Si-Kyong lived in the Manchurian region, and it is believed that they made kimchi to preserve the vitamins and minerals in vegetables for the long, cold winters in Manchuria.

It can takes four period of kimchi:
1.Three Kingdoms Period: Spreading of pickled
2.Koryo Dynasty
3.Chosun Dynasty
4.Current Time

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1.Pickle - to preserve or steep in brine or other liquid.

Bustling City 2 - Busan

Busan (Pusan) is Korea's second largest city with close to 4 million people. It also serves as the country's main port for international cargo, as well as passenger ferries to Japan and Jeju Island. The city is famous for its seafood and beaches. Busan's close proximity to the ocean give it milder winters than other places in Korea, enabling people to enjoy the night life in more comfort than other areas. As a major port of call for international shipping, the harbor area has a thriving district that caters to the thousands of sailors and other visitors who pass through each year.

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1.Ferry - the legal right to ferry passengers, cargo, etc., and to charge for the service.
2.Harbor - such a body of water having docks or port facilities.
3.thriving - to grow or develop vigorously.

Language

Korean Language History

There is a consensus among linguists that Korean is a member of the Altaic family of languages, which originated in northern Asia and includes the Mongol, Turkic, Finnish, Hungarian, and Tungusic (Manchu) languages. Although the Korean and Chinese languages are not related in terms of grammatical structure, more than 50 percent of all Korean vocabulary is derived from Chinese loanwords.

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Dialects

Korean has several dialects (called mal (literally speech), bang-eon, or saturi in Korean). The standard language (Pyojuneo or Pyojunmal) of South Korea is based on the dialect of the area around Seoul, and the standard for North Korea is based on the dialect spoken around P'yongyang. There is a very close connection between the dialects of Korean and the regions of Korea, since the boundaries of both are largely determined by mountains and seas.

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Grammer

Korean is an agglutinative language. The basic form of a Korean sentence is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV), and modifiers precede the modified word. Unlike most European languages, Korean does not conjugate verbs using agreement with the subject, and nouns have no gender. Instead, verb conjugations depend upon the verb tense and on the relation between the people speaking.

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1.Consensus - General agreement or concord.
2.Dialect - A provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the
standard language, esp.
3.Conjugate - To join together.