Fiction: Group 3
While they were talking, Bruce said nothing. He just looked at the calendar on the wall. There were
crosses from 1 to 29. On the top right hand corner of the calendar, “December” was written. At the
bottom, “2014” was printed in black.
'Your Majesty, it is time to go home.' Bruce said.
'Our aircraft is broken...' Lovely murmured.
'Why don't you stay here?'
'Can I?'
'Sure.'
At night, they all slept except Bruce. He borrowed Carol's laptop and searched: “STAR (planet)” but there
was no record of it.
'Did I really come back to 2014?' Bruce wondered.
It's time for breakfast!' Carol announced.
Lovely woke up and got dressed but she looked sleepy. After eating breakfast, they had an idea...
'Do you want to go out?'
'Yes, we can go out and have a look.'
How about you? Bruce?' Lovely asked.
'No, thanks. I need to repair the aircraft.'
'We will go out now. Dad, Bye!'
They walked along the path, slowly. Lovely seemed very curious about the scenery. On her right, there
were so many farmers planting crops on their farms. All greenish vegetables, different kinds of fruit and the
livestock drew her closer to the farm. She picked up the fruit and ate it. Feeling happy, she smiled. She
walked further and then turned to the left. On the other side, the view looked different. Commercial
buildings and factories were built up.
'This is the difference between paradise and hell,’ Lovely murmured.
Carol smiled.
Because of her curiosity, she asked Carol, 'Why are the two places so extremely different?'
'As you know, we live in Guangzhou and it is one of the provinces in the Pearl River Delta. Over the past
few years, the development in the Pearl River Delta has been rapid. The only way to develop the economy
is to build more and more buildings and factories but they cause pollution.'
'Pollution?'
'The growth in the establishment of more industrial plants has resulted in an increase in the discharge of
gases and pollutants and this has had an adverse effect on the surrounding neighbourhood.
Lovely's face was expressionless. 'The...the fruit I ate was toxic...'
'No worries. It's safe.’
While they were having dinner, Dad asked Carol: 'Where did you go today?'
To our village.'
'Uncle, may I borrow your laptop so that I can know more about the Pearl River Delta?'
'No problem.'
After dinner, Carol and Lovely sat on the sofa and turned on the laptop. They typed in 'Pearl River Delta'.
'I don't know the Chinese word.' Lovely said.
'Guangdong can be divided into four climes, and one of the climes is the Pearl River Delta Region. Its
climate is different from other places. Since the Pearl River Delta Region is a subtropical zone, it will be
rainy in summer and it stays warm and wet in spring.'
Carol mused. She went to her room, opened the cabinet and took out the box. She removed a piece of
paper from it. It was a map. She examined it carefully before she drew a triangle on the map. The triangle
contained Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Foshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Zhaoping,
Hong Kong and Macau.
