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cutecat

学习地震相关英语短句

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国家地震台网测定，北京时间5月12日14时28分，四川汶川县发生7.8级地震。灾区临近的北川县死亡超3000人，截至13日19时，四川汶川县地震已造成四川、甘肃、陕西、重庆、云南、山西、贵州、湖北8省市共死亡12012人，9404人被废墟掩埋，7841人失踪。 


请看中国日报网站消息： 


The Sichuan provincial seismological bureau said more than 1,180 tremors up to six magnitude have been recorded as of 5:00 am on May 13. 


四川省地震局称，截止5月13日凌晨5点，该地区共发生1180多次余震，最高震级达六级。 


In another badly-hit city of Mianzhu, which is less than 50 kilometers away from the quake epicenter, more than 1,000 people were reported dead and another 5,000 were buried as of 11:30 pm on Monday, according to the local government. 


距离震中不到50公里的绵竹是另一受地震重创的地区，据当地政府报告，截止周一晚上11:30，那里已有1000多人死亡，另有5000人被埋。 



在上述报道中，出现了一些跟地震（earthquake）相关的词汇 

比如：tremor（A shaking or vibrating movement, as of the earth）就是“振动、颤动”的意思，earth tremor一般表示“轻微地震”。 


magnitude（A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake, as indicated on the Richter Scale里氏震级中用以衡量地震强度的单位）就是“震级”，而epicenter（the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake）指的就是“地震中心”或“震中”。 


除此之外，还有几个表达需要提一下，“地震波”可以是earthquake wave 或者seismic wave，后者是更为专业的说法；研究地震的学科叫做seismology（地震学）；而地震之后的“余震”为aftershock。

2008-05-14 10:07:35 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

伊朗高官称芭比娃娃破坏社会文化

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Imports of Barbie dolls and other Western toys will have destructive cultural and social consequences in Iran, the Iranian top prosecutor was quoted as saying on Monday. 


Iran's clerical establishment often rails against the perceived dangers of US-inspired culture and consumerism, branding it "Westoxication." 


But young Iranians are often keen consumers of such music, films and other goods from the West. Iconic toy brands can be bought in children's shops in the capital Tehran and elsewhere. 


"The appearance of personalities such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and ... computer games and movies are all a danger warning to the officials in the cultural arena," said Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi in a letter to Vice President Parviz Davoudi published in the Mardom Salari daily. 


Najafabadi, a high-ranking cleric, said Iran was the world's third biggest importer of toys and suggested this posed a threat to the "personality and identity" of the new generation. 


"The unrestrained entry of this sort of imported toys ... will bring destructive cultural and social consequences in their wake," he wrote. 


He added many toys were smuggled into Iran and accused importers of concentrating on profits at the expense of cultural values.

2008-05-09 09:57:56 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

supreme

西班牙《国家报》：西方国家争先恐后学汉语

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数千年来，语言一直是帝国兴衰的晴雨表。历史上，拉丁语、法语和英语都曾盛极一时，成为政治家、商人和游客的通用语言。西班牙《国家报》27日就此刊发署名文章説，如今随着中国这个经济强国的崛起，汉语热在西方不断升温。这篇题为《西方国家争先恐后学汉语》的文章，要点如下： 

它的兴起是否会威胁到英语的统治地位？世界半数国家年轻一代热心学习汉语这门高深的"未来语言"的事实告诉我们，这个假设并非毫无理由。 

伯来大学工商管理系的大二学生塔尔·图尔格曼说："汉语是一门很有前途的语言，我相信它会给我带来很多机会。如果可以，我愿意到中国工作。" 

图尔格曼的开放跟父辈一代截然不同。过去的几十年，他们曾用恐惧和疑虑的目光看待中国。今日的以色列，年轻人对中国文化和语言怀着浓厚兴趣，成群结队地来游历这个东方大国。 

汉语风不仅限于以色列，它刮遍了大半个地球。美国人出自想要了解中国这个崛起的经济大国的欲望，对学汉语兴趣浓厚，并得到了政府的支持；在拉丁美洲，巴拿马议会讨论通过立法将汉语列为公、私立学校必修课，阿根廷许多学校都进行汉语试点教学；欧洲人为了在未来的全球竞争中占据中国市场的一席之地，也开始学汉语，新近刮起了汉语热的西班牙则出现了汉语教师严重不足的现象。 

中国正处于所谓的"第二次工业革命"阶段，它成为了巨大的世界工厂，向全球半数国家供应汽车、服装、家电、玩具和其他消费品。 

另一方面，能源的缺乏让这个上升中的经济大国越过国境，向全世界广泛延伸。截至2007年，已有5000多家中国企业在172个国家投资。 

经济实力的增强和汉语热在西方和其他地区的兴起使中国决定利用这个机遇。北京政府已经着手在一些国家的大学建立孔子学院，并且向提出申请的院校提供教学资料，派出教师。从2004年中国第一所海外孔子学院在首尔挂牌至今，拥有孔子学院的国家数目已经过百。到2010年，将有1亿左右的外国人学习汉语。 

部分专家认为，除传播中国文化外，汉语学院及教师网络的广泛建立是中国政府为重塑国家形象所制定的战略的一部分，汉语是中国发挥"软实力"的绝佳工具。

2008-05-09 09:15:45 | 0 评论 | 1 同感 | 我也有同感

Stella

Funny Dialog

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HU"S ON FIRST
By James Sherman
_____ 
(We take you now to the Oval Office.) 
_____ 
George: Condi! Nice to see you. What"s happening? 
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China. 
George: Great. Lay it on me. 
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China. 
George: That"s what I want to know. 
Condi: That"s what I"m telling you. 
George: That"s what I"m asking you. Who is the new leader of China? 
Condi: Yes. 
George: I mean the fellow"s name. 
Condi: Hu. 
George: The guy in China. 
Condi: Hu. 
George: The new leader of China. 
Condi: Hu. 
George: The Chinaman! 
Condi: Hu is leading China. 
George: Now whaddya" asking me for? 
Condi: I"m telling you Hu is leading China. 
George: Well, I"m asking you. Who is leading China? 
Condi: That"s the man"s name. 
George: That"s who"s name? 
Condi: Yes. 
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China? 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East. 
Condi: That"s correct. 
George: Then who is in China? 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Yassir is in China? 
Condi: No, sir. 
George: Then who is? 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Yassir? 
Condi: No, sir. 
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of
China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone. 
Condi: Kofi? 
George: No, thanks. 
Condi: You want Kofi? 
George: No. 
Condi: You don"t want Kofi. 
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N. 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N. 
Condi: Kofi? 
George: Milk! Will you please make the call? 
Condi: And call who? 
George: Who is the guy at the U.N? 
Condi: Hu is the guy in China. 
George: Will you stay out of China?! 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N. 
Condi: Kofi. 
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone. 
(Condi picks up the phone.) 
Condi: Rice, here. 
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. 
Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?

2008-05-04 14:20:54 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

annie

日本的就业机会很充裕吗？还要机器人...

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看到一则报道《日本机器人将填补350万职位空缺》，就觉得有些怪，日本那么缺人吗？都开始拿机器人来补充了？而且数目如此之大？

人，生产机器人，机器人来干活，人便失业。听起来，真是有点滑稽。

Robots seen doing work of 3.5 mln people in Japan 

Robots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in Japan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country's population shrinks. 


Japan faces a 16 percent slide in the size of its workforce by 2030 while the number of elderly will mushroom, the government estimates, raising worries about who will do the work in a country unused to, and unwilling to contemplate large-scale immigration. 


The thinktank, the Machine Industry Memorial Foundation, says robots could help fill the gaps, ranging from microsized capsules that detect lesions to high-tech vacuum cleaners. 


Rather than each robot replacing one person, the foundation said in a report that robots could make time for people to focus on more important things.

2008-04-10 09:54:03 | 3 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

Poem by an Africa...

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This poem was nominated by UN as the best poem of 2006, written by an African kid. 


When I born, I black 


When I grow up, I black 


When I go in Sun, I black 


When I scared, I black 


When I sick, I black 


And when I die, I still black 


And you white fellow 


When you born, you pink 


When you grow up, you white 


When you go in sun, you red 


When you cold, you blue 


When you scared, you yellow 


When you sick, you green 


And when you die, you gray 


And you calling me coloured?

2008-03-25 09:19:46 | 2 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

nancy

哪个混蛋翻译的《三十六计》？

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1.瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage 

2.围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei 

3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife 

4.以逸待劳waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy 

5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house 

6.声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west 

7.无中生有creating something out of nothing 

8.暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path 

9.隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river 

10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile 

11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing 

12.顺手牵羊picking up something in passing 

13.打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake 

14.借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse 

15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den 

16.欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him 

17.抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things 

18.擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers 

19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron 

20.混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters 

21.金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin 

22.关门捉贼catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route 

23.远交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy 

24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor 

25.偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers 

26.指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry 

27.假痴不癫feigning madness without becoming insane 

28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof 

29.树上开花putting artificial flowers on trees 

30.反客为主turning from the guest into the host 

31.美人计using seductive women to corrupt the enemy 

32.空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness 

33.反间计sowing discord among the enemy 

34.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man 

35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another 

36.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice

2008-02-25 14:20:55 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

He is Zheng Yaqi ...

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Zheng Yaqi, son of Zheng Yuanjie, the “King of Children's Tales,” looks like his peers in appearance, but his experience of growing up was different from others.

Homeschooling
Right after he finished his middle school entrance exam, Zheng Yaqi dropped out of school forever. After that, his father turned a spare room into a classroom and taught him at home.

His father wrote some interesting textbooks for him, like rearranging1 the 419 crimes in Chinese Criminal Law into 419 fairy tales. They had three classes every afternoon. At dusk, his father always took him for a walk along the riverbank, and discussed with him various topics from TV or books.

Zheng Yaqi finished the six-year middle school education in three years, and graduated from this special “school.”

“Black hole” in communication
His father once worried that, he might not be able to get along well with his peers. But at a cyber acquaintances'2 gathering, his father became confident of his social ability.

“The first gathering with cyber acquaintances happened a half year after I left school, and it was fantastic. They were all men, and a lot older than me. We talked about computers and discussed designing a website together. They pointed at me, saying that when I was 18, we would establish a company together, and I could be the boss.”Recalling things that happened, Zheng Yaqi can't help being excited, “That's more fun than staying with peers.”
Cyber acquaintances are the most important tie between him and the outside world, so 80% of his contacts listed in his address book are cyber acquaintances.

Grown up
When he was 16, his father “warned” him by saying, “I'll give you whatever you want before you turn 18. But after, I won't care much about you, and by contrast, you should give me whatever I want.” When his 18th birthday was approaching, he began thinking about applying for a job. Therefore, he sent resumes to many posts he favored via the Internet. “But, most got no reply,” he said. “Maybe they were surprised about my elementary school education.”
By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could work as an egg porter at the supermarket, for 0.5 yuan per box. Facing lots of difficulties in job hunting, Zheng Yaqi said, “I'll take this job. At least I can earn some for my petrol.” Then every day, he drove his Audi A6—his 18th birthday gift—to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.

Later, he heard that, a newspaper was looking for a network technician3, so he applied for it. But they were also worried about his elementary education. He practiced his technique right in front of the computer, and showed the employers web pages he had designed. He promised to make a website for the newspaper for free. He started work the next day, and was promoted to the director of network department in less than a year.

But now, 23-year-old Zheng Yaqi is a boss. In January 2005, he made an investment4 with his savings, and launched Pi Pilu, with himself as the editor in chief. And the only writer—his father, Zheng Yuanjie.

2008-02-22 09:54:29 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

In China, everybo...

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在中国，人人都爱许三多

Xu Sanduo is not a godfather. He is not a father. He is not even a lout. He is, however, a character whose mix of flaws and charms has made him an unlikely television phenomenon who seems perfectly crafted for his time. And his story -- violent, exotic, unlike the life of almost anyone watching at home -- has somehow emerged as China's national Rorschach test.

"Soldier Sortie," a dramatic series, premiered on Chinese state television in 2006. In the first episode, viewers meet Xu, the shy, simple son of a peasant. The father complains that the boy is too dim to plant crops. A drunk who spends most of his time smacking around his three sons, the father wants to pawn off the youngest, Xu, on the army, which seems like a singularly unsuitable fit. When the recruiter arrives to take a look, the father thrashes Xu for eating too fast and making a bad impression. Then he orders Xu to show off his physical strength ("Climb a tree!"). The recruiter takes pity on Xu and signs him up just to get him away from the father, proclaiming, "In one year, I'll turn your son into an awe-inspiring soldier."

Sure enough, the country boy blossoms and becomes a special forces star. Much of the series is spent following his training, showing him carry heavy logs and wriggle through the mud. At other moments, he fights valiantly against unnamed foreign foes. The pyrotechnics are impressively lifelike and modern, in contrast to other state-television war dramas that are hung up on the Red Army's victories half a century ago, with brooding Mao Tse-tung look-alikes in pancake makeup and stick-on hair, waxing nobly.

Where Soprano is cruel, Xu's flaw is dimness. But his determination to succeed through hard work seems refreshing in today's China, in which connections and canny strategy seem to guarantee success more often than simple perseverance.

A typical fan is Xu Bo, a 23-year-old college student in the eastern city of Hangzhou, who is facing uncertain job prospects with no clear way to get ahead. "It's not only me," Xu said. "My grandfather, my father, my classmates, we all love it. I watched it two or three times and cried over and over."

2008-02-18 10:03:15 | 3 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

cutecat

英语新闻热词：温总理看望“滞留旅客”

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湖南遭受了1954年以来罕见的雨雪冰冻灾害，造成车辆，旅客大量滞留。国务院总理温家宝十分关心灾区的群众，以最快的速度赶往湖南，并到长沙火车站看望了滞留旅客。那么，“滞留旅客”怎么说呢？ 


请看新华社的报道： 


Premier Wen Jiabao expressed "deep apologies" to the stranded passengers at Changsha railway station in Hunan, who are eager to go home for the Spring Festival holiday. 


"Early festival greetings to you," Wen said. 


报道中说，温总理对滞留在湖南火车站的旅客们表达了新春的问候，总理说，“给大家拜个早年”，同时，他对滞留在火车站，渴望回家过年的旅客表达了深深的歉意。 


这里，滞留旅客表达为“stranded passengers”；strand 此处为“搁浅，陷入困难或毫无办法的境地”。例如：The convoy was stranded in the desert.使团在沙漠中陷入了困境。 此处用来形容旅客被困在火车站、无法立刻回家过年的两难境地。

2008-02-16 21:23:47 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

supreme

Google之所以Google

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这是Google的十大信条，相信那一个企业，能做到这些，都必将卓越吧！人亦如此。

1. Focus on the user and all else will follow.
1.关注使用者，则一切将水到渠成。

2. It's best to do one thing really, really well.
2.尽力将一件事做到最好。

3. Fast is better than slow.
3.快比慢好。

4. Democracy on the web works.
4.网络的民主效应。

5. You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer.
5.您不一定要在桌子前找答案。

6. You can make money without doing evil.
6.不做坏事也能赚钱。

7. There's always more information out there.
7. “资讯”也无涯。

8. The need for information crosses all borders.
8.对资讯的需求没有国界。

9. You can be serious without a suit.
9.不用穿西装也可以很正经。

10. Great just isn't good enough.
10.精益求精。

2007-12-26 16:31:22 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

supreme

美国年度10大愚蠢礼物

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圣诞节即将到来，究竟该送怎样的圣诞礼物成了许多西方民众的心头大事。日前，美国一个名为stupid.com的网站评选出2007年度10大最愚蠢礼物，借此来提醒民众，千万不要送错礼！

据悉，stupid.com网站专门收集美国各地千奇百怪的小玩意，此次评选出的10大最愚蠢礼物中既有以政客希拉里、参议员克雷格为原型的玩具，又有一些先进的电子科技产品。网站创始人加里·阿普尔无奈地说：“这些东西真的非常弱智，但它们却能吸引成千上万的人去购买。”

2007-12-12 09:45:11 | 11 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

麦兜

休假调整传统节日有望成假日

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China may include some traditional festivals, such as Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as part of its official holidays, sources said.[Agencies] 

China may include some traditional festivals, such as Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as part of its official holidays, sources said. 

The Chinese government has formed a preliminary plan on the new legal holiday arrangement and the plan will be released "in the near future". After that, public opinion will be sought on the Internet. 


As an ancient country with a civilized history of more than 5,000 years, some traditional festivals represent part of the China's cultural heritage. However, current legal holiday arrangements only include the Spring Festival, traditionally held in January or February. 


Cai Jiming, a Tsinghua University professor and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said traditional festivals as legal holidays would help preserve the folk customs. 


"The nation's traditional culture will find ways to develop," he said. 


Feng Jicai, a renowned Chinese writer who champions folk customs, said the cultural meaning of Chinese traditional festivals should be restored and emphasized, especially with increasing globalization. 


Chinese people currently have 10 days of legal holidays. Three days each are given for the May Day, National Day and Spring Festival breaks, with one day for New Year's Day. 


The weekends on one side of the first three holidays are designated as two working days, and people enjoy two days off on the working days, making the holidays seven consecutive days. Millions of Chinese travel during the holidays, thus earning them the moniker of "Golden Week". 


Regarded as one of the most important days on the Chinese calendar, Tomb-Sweeping, or the Qingming Festival, which usually occurs on April 4 or 5, was established by a Chinese emperor in memory of a loyal official who sacrificed himself to save the monarch's life more than 2,500 years ago. 


The day gradually became a traditional time for paying homage to departed ancestors. 


The Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated for thousands of years to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet who lived in the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.). He drowned himself in the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province in 278 B.C., on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, hoping his death would alert the king to revitalize the kingdom. 


The tradition arose that on the day of his death dragon boat races would be held and people should eat "zongzi," glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. 


The Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, is considered an occasion for a re-union of family members and loved ones. On the day, they would eat moon cakes and light lanterns while enjoying the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. 


The festival was flavored by the legend of Chang'e, a "lonely fairy on the moon." According to legend, she was the beautiful wife of Hou Yi, a hero who shot down nine suns that scorched the earth. He was slain by his apprentice Feng Meng. Threatened by the murderer, Chang'e drank an elixir and "flew to the moon." 


China introduced the "Golden week" holidays in 1999 in a bid to boost domestic consumption. 


It was reported that tourism revenue had increased from 14.1 billion yuan (1.76 billion U.S. dollars) during the 1999 National Day holiday to 64.2 billion yuan during the recent Golden Week in October. 


Statistics revealed that in 2001 alone, tourist numbers reach 780 million, much higher than the 1999 figure of 240 million. In addition, outbound Chinese tourism rose to 12.13 million in 2001, a huge jump from 3 million in the early 1990s. 


But after several years of experience and complaints about overcrowding, poor service, a scarcity of hotel rooms and damage to scenic spots, especially historic sites, during the break, the Golden Week breaks have spurred debate over the merits of the week-long holiday concept. 


Last year, Tsinghua professor Cai proposed shortening the National Day and May Day holidays from three days to one day and distributing the days to celebrate four traditional festivals - the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day and New Year's Eve. 


Other scholars have also reiterated their belief that the important traditional Chinese festivals should be made public holidays. 


"The current holiday system does not accord with the long-standing customs of Chinese people," said Chinese Folklore Society President Liu Quili. 


Huang Tao, an associate professor at the People's University of China in Beijing, said the most effective measures to protect cultural festivals were to make traditional festivals legal holidays to enable more people to understand the importance of the tradition. 


On Monday, the Chinese government released draft regulations on paid vacations for soliciting public opinion. The regulations are believed to further protect a worker's right to rest. 


China has not fully established a paid vacation system until now. In 1991, a circular from the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council officially said employees were entitled to vacation of up to two weeks. 


However, in practice, some employees had not enjoyed paid vacations for various reasons and were not compensated as detailed measures were not in place. 


Thus, some of the public is worried that if the Golden Week holidays are adjusted or decreased, they would find it more difficult to take compulsory paid vacation. 


The draft regulations stipulate that legal holidays and weekends will not be included as paid vacation.

2007-11-12 19:25:26 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

yaoyao

Today 今天

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There are two days in every week about which we should not worry,two days which should be kept from fear and apprehension.

一个星期当中，我们有两天不应为之烦恼，这两天应远离恐惧和忧虑。

One of these days is Yesterday with its mistakes and cares,its faults and blunders,its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed forever beyond our contrlol.All the money in the world can't bring back Yesterday.We can't undo a single act we performed.We can't erase a single word we said.Yesterday is gone.

有着错误和烦恼、缺点和失误、疼痛和痛苦的昨天，便是其中之一。昨日已经永远地过去了，不再在我们的控制范围之内。全世界的金钱也无法将其挽回。我们无法抹掉曾经做过的任何一件事，也无法收回说出来的任何一个字。昨日已经逝去。

The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow with its possible adversities,its burdens,its large promise and poor performance.Tomorrow is also beyond our control.Tomorrow's sun will rise,either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds---but it will rise.Untill it does we have no stake in Tomorrow,for it is as yet unborn.

另一个不应为之烦恼的日子是明天，以及明天可能会有的不幸、重担、重大诺言或可怜成效。明天也不在我们的掌控之中，明天的太阳会升起来，不管是壮丽辉煌，还是乌云密布－－它总会升起。在它生气来之前，我们与它毫无关系，因为它尚未降临。

This leaves only one day---Today.Anyone can fight the battles of just one day.It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities----Yesterday and Tomorrow---that we break down.

这样就只剩下一天－－今日。任何人的任何斗争都只能在今天进行。只有当那两个可怕而永恒的昨日与明日给我们增加负担时，我们才会被压倒。

It is not the experience of Today that drives you mad---it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow will bring-------

迫使你疯狂的并非今天的经历，而是对发生在昨天的事的懊悔或者痛苦，以及对明天将会发生之事的忧虑——

2007-09-25 15:52:35 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

生活的乐趣

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Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside a mask. People who have this joy don’t need to talk about it, they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its sunlight into other lives as nature as a bird sings. 

生活的乐趣来源于良好的情绪，信赖这些情绪，并任由它们如鸟儿高飞于天空般的自由自在。生活的乐趣是无法靠姿态摆出来的，也无法用带上一张面具来伪装。拥有这种乐趣的人们无需挂在嘴上，他们自然会焕发出欢乐的气息。他们自己生活在快乐当中，也将这样的快乐自然而然的感染着他人，犹如是鸟儿就必将歌唱。 

We can never get it from working for it directly. It comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming at something higher. It’s a byproduct of great, simple living. The joy of living comes from what we put into our living, not from what we seek to get from it. 

直接追求生活的乐趣却只会使乐趣远离我们，它与幸福一样青睐胸有大志的人。生活过的高雅，简单就会产生出乐趣。它是我们对生活的投入，而非所求。

2007-09-21 13:52:53 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

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cutecat

学习地震相关英语短句

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国家地震台网测定，北京时间5月12日14时28分，四川汶川县发生7.8级地震。灾区临近的北川县死亡超3000人，截至13日19时，四川汶川县地震已造成四川、甘肃、陕西、重庆、云南、山西、贵州、湖北8省市共死亡12012人，9404人被废墟掩埋，7841人失踪。 


请看中国日报网站消息： 


The Sichuan provincial seismological bureau said more than 1,180 tremors up to six magnitude have been recorded as of 5:00 am on May 13. 


四川省地震局称，截止5月13日凌晨5点，该地区共发生1180多次余震，最高震级达六级。 


In another badly-hit city of Mianzhu, which is less than 50 kilometers away from the quake epicenter, more than 1,000 people were reported dead and another 5,000 were buried as of 11:30 pm on Monday, according to the local government. 


距离震中不到50公里的绵竹是另一受地震重创的地区，据当地政府报告，截止周一晚上11:30，那里已有1000多人死亡，另有5000人被埋。 



在上述报道中，出现了一些跟地震（earthquake）相关的词汇 

比如：tremor（A shaking or vibrating movement, as of the earth）就是“振动、颤动”的意思，earth tremor一般表示“轻微地震”。 


magnitude（A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake, as indicated on the Richter Scale里氏震级中用以衡量地震强度的单位）就是“震级”，而epicenter（the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake）指的就是“地震中心”或“震中”。 


除此之外，还有几个表达需要提一下，“地震波”可以是earthquake wave 或者seismic wave，后者是更为专业的说法；研究地震的学科叫做seismology（地震学）；而地震之后的“余震”为aftershock。

2008-05-14 10:07:35 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

伊朗高官称芭比娃娃破坏社会文化

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Imports of Barbie dolls and other Western toys will have destructive cultural and social consequences in Iran, the Iranian top prosecutor was quoted as saying on Monday. 


Iran's clerical establishment often rails against the perceived dangers of US-inspired culture and consumerism, branding it "Westoxication." 


But young Iranians are often keen consumers of such music, films and other goods from the West. Iconic toy brands can be bought in children's shops in the capital Tehran and elsewhere. 


"The appearance of personalities such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and ... computer games and movies are all a danger warning to the officials in the cultural arena," said Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi in a letter to Vice President Parviz Davoudi published in the Mardom Salari daily. 


Najafabadi, a high-ranking cleric, said Iran was the world's third biggest importer of toys and suggested this posed a threat to the "personality and identity" of the new generation. 


"The unrestrained entry of this sort of imported toys ... will bring destructive cultural and social consequences in their wake," he wrote. 


He added many toys were smuggled into Iran and accused importers of concentrating on profits at the expense of cultural values.

2008-05-09 09:57:56 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

supreme

西班牙《国家报》：西方国家争先恐后学汉语

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数千年来，语言一直是帝国兴衰的晴雨表。历史上，拉丁语、法语和英语都曾盛极一时，成为政治家、商人和游客的通用语言。西班牙《国家报》27日就此刊发署名文章説，如今随着中国这个经济强国的崛起，汉语热在西方不断升温。这篇题为《西方国家争先恐后学汉语》的文章，要点如下： 

它的兴起是否会威胁到英语的统治地位？世界半数国家年轻一代热心学习汉语这门高深的"未来语言"的事实告诉我们，这个假设并非毫无理由。 

伯来大学工商管理系的大二学生塔尔·图尔格曼说："汉语是一门很有前途的语言，我相信它会给我带来很多机会。如果可以，我愿意到中国工作。" 

图尔格曼的开放跟父辈一代截然不同。过去的几十年，他们曾用恐惧和疑虑的目光看待中国。今日的以色列，年轻人对中国文化和语言怀着浓厚兴趣，成群结队地来游历这个东方大国。 

汉语风不仅限于以色列，它刮遍了大半个地球。美国人出自想要了解中国这个崛起的经济大国的欲望，对学汉语兴趣浓厚，并得到了政府的支持；在拉丁美洲，巴拿马议会讨论通过立法将汉语列为公、私立学校必修课，阿根廷许多学校都进行汉语试点教学；欧洲人为了在未来的全球竞争中占据中国市场的一席之地，也开始学汉语，新近刮起了汉语热的西班牙则出现了汉语教师严重不足的现象。 

中国正处于所谓的"第二次工业革命"阶段，它成为了巨大的世界工厂，向全球半数国家供应汽车、服装、家电、玩具和其他消费品。 

另一方面，能源的缺乏让这个上升中的经济大国越过国境，向全世界广泛延伸。截至2007年，已有5000多家中国企业在172个国家投资。 

经济实力的增强和汉语热在西方和其他地区的兴起使中国决定利用这个机遇。北京政府已经着手在一些国家的大学建立孔子学院，并且向提出申请的院校提供教学资料，派出教师。从2004年中国第一所海外孔子学院在首尔挂牌至今，拥有孔子学院的国家数目已经过百。到2010年，将有1亿左右的外国人学习汉语。 

部分专家认为，除传播中国文化外，汉语学院及教师网络的广泛建立是中国政府为重塑国家形象所制定的战略的一部分，汉语是中国发挥"软实力"的绝佳工具。

2008-05-09 09:15:45 | 0 评论 | 1 同感 | 我也有同感

Stella

陶冶自己的一篇散文-FW

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I am the wind， the gentle wind； I am the clouds， the slow， drifting clouds； I am the water， the silent water； I am the mountains， the boundless mountains… If you so want， I will be the gentle wind that will wrap around your lonely spirit！ If you so desire， I will be the slow， drifting clouds that will unquestioningly be your support！ If you so wish， I will be that silent water， without a murmur，protecting you by your side. If you so will， I will love you unrelentingly， just like those boundless， unbroken mountain ranges and valleys！ But， I regret I am not the wind and not able to take care of you. I hate that I am not the clouds and not able to bring you warmth； I pity myself that I am not the water and not able to be so pure； I am angry that I am not the mountains and not able to have my love will be as immovable as I would like. I can only be myself this time， my mortal， earthly self， my only self， the only self that I can ever hope to be. I thirst for love but I do not understand her deep mystery. I strive for transcendence but I would rather be silent and nameless. I want to be mature but I would rather remain innocent. I would like that she love me， but I do not know even if I truly love her！ Endless searching， thirsting， striving， pursuing-where are my goals？ Where is my future？ In this mundane world， I am one lonely speck； in this universe I am a powerless particle of dust. My love， thought beautiful， is nothing great in itself. And so， I ask only to live as well as I can. In truth， there is no need to live one‘s life basking in glory， rising above men—— so long as one’s life has some value， has some security… Fearless and capricious， love will cause me great pain. Youth， transient and inconstant， will bring me loneliness. Work， busy and mindless， will make me lost. I am just searching for and waiting for some of that which shines， that which is radiant in life…

我是風，輕輕的風；我是雲，緩緩的雲；我是水，靜靜的水；我是山，連綿的山…… 如果你願意，我願做那輕輕的風撫慰著你寂寞的心靈！如果你願意，我就是那緩緩的雲從容地讓你依偎！如果你願意，我來做你身邊靜靜的水默默地將你守護！如果你願意，我將會不懈地愛你就象那連綿不斷的山川！ 我悔我不是風，因為我不夠體貼；我恨我不是雲，因為我不夠溫柔；我怨我不是水，因為我不夠清澈；我怒我不是山，因為我的愛不夠堅定…… 我只能做回自己，平凡的自己，唯一的自己，尋求中的自己。我渴望愛情但是卻不懂她的深奧，我嚮往不平凡但是卻甘願默默無名。我追求成熟但是我寧願單純。我但願她能喜歡我，但是我又不知道我是否喜歡她。尋求，渴望，嚮往，追求，哪里是我的目標和未來…… 俗世間我是孤獨的一粒，宇宙間我是無為的塵埃，我的愛雖然美好，但並不偉大…… 所以我只是想好好的活著…… 其實人生未必要過的轟轟烈烈，出人頭地，。只要過的有價值，活的很踏實…… 無畏的愛，會讓我很痛苦；悸動的青春，會讓我很寂寞；忙碌的工作，會讓我容易迷茫…… 我只是在尋找，我亦是在等待。生命中的璀璨光輝……

2008-05-04 14:22:38 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

Stella

Funny Dialog

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HU"S ON FIRST
By James Sherman
_____ 
(We take you now to the Oval Office.) 
_____ 
George: Condi! Nice to see you. What"s happening? 
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China. 
George: Great. Lay it on me. 
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China. 
George: That"s what I want to know. 
Condi: That"s what I"m telling you. 
George: That"s what I"m asking you. Who is the new leader of China? 
Condi: Yes. 
George: I mean the fellow"s name. 
Condi: Hu. 
George: The guy in China. 
Condi: Hu. 
George: The new leader of China. 
Condi: Hu. 
George: The Chinaman! 
Condi: Hu is leading China. 
George: Now whaddya" asking me for? 
Condi: I"m telling you Hu is leading China. 
George: Well, I"m asking you. Who is leading China? 
Condi: That"s the man"s name. 
George: That"s who"s name? 
Condi: Yes. 
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China? 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East. 
Condi: That"s correct. 
George: Then who is in China? 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Yassir is in China? 
Condi: No, sir. 
George: Then who is? 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Yassir? 
Condi: No, sir. 
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of
China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone. 
Condi: Kofi? 
George: No, thanks. 
Condi: You want Kofi? 
George: No. 
Condi: You don"t want Kofi. 
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N. 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N. 
Condi: Kofi? 
George: Milk! Will you please make the call? 
Condi: And call who? 
George: Who is the guy at the U.N? 
Condi: Hu is the guy in China. 
George: Will you stay out of China?! 
Condi: Yes, sir. 
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N. 
Condi: Kofi. 
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone. 
(Condi picks up the phone.) 
Condi: Rice, here. 
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. 
Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?

2008-05-04 14:20:54 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

小贝的老婆&阿汤哥的老婆

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Former Spice Girls star Victoria Beckham has denied she has fallen out with pal Katie Holmes, despite reports to the contrary. The pair has been close friends since Beckham moved to Los Angeles last year - but rumors the pals have drifted apart came to a head last week when the Mad Money star failed to show at the singer's recent 34th birthday celebrations. And internet reports suggest Holmes snubbed Beckham at a recent restaurant encounter. No reason for the fall-out has been given, and now a representative for Beckham has dismissed the speculation, claiming Beckham and her husband David, are still good friends with Holmes and her partner Tom Cruise. Beckham's spokesman says, "They all had a drink together, and Tom and Katie and David and Victoria were all out for dinner together last Friday."

2008-04-23 15:56:30 | 2 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

supreme

World Earth Day

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清晨，Google的logo变成假山石，上面有一片绿油油的青草，瀑布和大树，非常可爱。

今天是世界地球日—— World Earth Day .今年的主题是“善待地球——从身边的小事做起”。

推荐两个有趣的英文网站：
1、 http://ww2.earthday.net/  
2、 http://www.earthsite.org/

推荐一本书：
知名图画作家芭芭拉．库尼（Barbara Cooney）有一本美丽的书——花婆婆（Miss Rumphius）。故事中的小女孩对她爷爷说 ，我长大之後，要到很远的地方旅行，然後，我要住在大海边。她的爷爷说，这些都很好……但是，你还要再做一件事：让这个世界变得更美丽。於是，小女孩长大後，在海边种满了美丽的鲁冰花……

2008-04-22 09:46:26 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

annie

日本的就业机会很充裕吗？还要机器人...

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看到一则报道《日本机器人将填补350万职位空缺》，就觉得有些怪，日本那么缺人吗？都开始拿机器人来补充了？而且数目如此之大？

人，生产机器人，机器人来干活，人便失业。听起来，真是有点滑稽。

Robots seen doing work of 3.5 mln people in Japan 

Robots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in Japan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country's population shrinks. 


Japan faces a 16 percent slide in the size of its workforce by 2030 while the number of elderly will mushroom, the government estimates, raising worries about who will do the work in a country unused to, and unwilling to contemplate large-scale immigration. 


The thinktank, the Machine Industry Memorial Foundation, says robots could help fill the gaps, ranging from microsized capsules that detect lesions to high-tech vacuum cleaners. 


Rather than each robot replacing one person, the foundation said in a report that robots could make time for people to focus on more important things.

2008-04-10 09:54:03 | 3 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

Stella

The Mothers

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The Mothers（A good article）

A little boy asked his mother "Why are you crying?“ 
一个男孩问他的妈妈：“ 你为什么要哭呢？” 

"Because I'm a woman," she told him. 
妈妈说：“因为我是女人啊。” 

"I don't understand," he said. 
男孩说： “我不懂。” 

His mum just hugged him and said, "And you never will" 
他妈妈抱起他说：“你永远不会懂得”　　 

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?” 
后来小男孩就问他爸爸：“妈妈为什么毫无理由的哭呢？” 

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say. 
“所有女人都这样。”他爸爸回答。 

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. 
小男孩长成了一个男人, 但仍就不懂女人为什么哭泣。

Finally he put in a call to God; and when God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?“ 
最后,他打电话给上帝;当上帝拿起电话时,他问道：“上帝,女人为什么那么容易哭泣呢？” 

God said: "When I made the woman she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give comfort" 
上帝回答说:“当我创造女人时,让她很特别.我使她的肩膀能挑起整个世界的重担; 并且,又柔情似水。

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children" 
我让她的内心很坚强,能够承受分娩的痛苦和忍受自己孩子多次的拒绝。 

"I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining " 
我赋予她耐心使她在别人放弃的时候继续坚持,并且无怨无悔的照顾自己的家人渡过疾病和疲劳。 

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly" 
我赋予她在任何情况下都会爱孩子的感情,即使她的孩子伤害了她。 

"I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart" 
我赋予她包容她丈夫过错的坚强和用他的勒骨塑成她来保护他的心。 

"I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly" 
我赋予她智慧让她知道一个好丈夫是绝不会伤害他的妻子的,但有时我也会考验她支持自己丈夫的决心和坚强 

"And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed." 
最后, 我让她可以流泪. 只要她愿意。这是她所独有的。

2008-04-07 15:28:52 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

rest

英语报刊--英语学习者们的良师益友

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    阅读报刊可以同时在知识领域上及世界信息方面增加个人的视野，特别是英语报刊，更是一个学习英语不错的选择。他们不仅仅是我的英语老师，还是我的贴心的好朋友。 
    首先，在英语上， 我可以从这些英语报刊上的文章里学习一些地道的英语，而在阅读的时候会难免碰到一些不认识的单词会语句，通过自己去查阅字典或者是报刊自带的注释我们可以结合句子的意思记忆单词。
    其次，报刊的内容都是又综合性而不单一的，所以，我们能够从各种各样的内容里获得很多的流行的资讯和一些更为广泛的经验知识。比如，我自己有很大一部分的对于许多国家的文化及一些跟英语相关的习俗或者禁忌等这些方面的认识，都是通过阅读报刊获得的。因为，学习一门语言，除了学习这门语言本身，更重要的是学习语言背后的文化。所以，阅读报刊是学习外语过程中不可或缺的环节。
    另外，我觉得有学习就一定会有疲倦，而报刊跟课本最大的不同是课本上的都是有针对性的英语文章，而报刊上面还会有一些专门的“歇脚处”像趣味英语，开心天地，Funny time等等，供读者们在累的时候放松。
    英语报刊不时地探索读者的兴趣，了解读者的需求，他们一直在我的学习英语之路陪伴着我。

2008-04-07 15:20:05 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

aieven

永远的朋友-接上

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接上。。。
when you're down, 
当你失意， 

and the world seems dark and empty, 
当世界变得黯淡与空虚， 

Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world 
suddenly seem bright and full. 
你真正的朋友会让你振作起来，原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。 

Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,the sad times,and the confused times. 
你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。 

If you turn and walk away, 
你转身走开时， 

Your forever friend follows, 
真正的朋友会紧紧相随， 

If you lose you way, 
你迷失方向时， 

Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. 
真正的朋友会引导你，鼓励你。 

Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. 
真正的朋友会握着你的手，告诉你一切都会好起来的。

2008-04-07 14:58:46 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

aieven

A forever friend ...

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朋友是什么？就是那个在你的世界乌云密布时给你带来光亮的人，就是那个在你忧伤难过时给你勇气的人，就是那个在你迷路时，抓住你的手告诉你一切都会好起来的人…… 
如果你的身边有这样一个朋友，你应该感到幸运--他一定会是你一生的朋友。
A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out. 
Sometimes in life, 
You find a special friend; 
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. 
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop; 
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. 
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. 
This is Forever Friendship. 
when you're down, 
and the world seems dark and empty, 
Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world 
suddenly seem bright and full. 
Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times. 
If you turn and walk away, 
Your forever friend follows, 
If you lose you way, 
Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. 
Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. 
And if you find such a friend, 
You feel happy and complete, 
Because you need not worry, 
Your have a forever friend for life.

2008-04-07 14:57:52 | 0 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

annie

Tomb-Sweeping Day...

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All Souls' Day

Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival. 

Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated. 

AUo4MO清明节是一个纪念祖先的节日。主要的纪念仪式是扫墓，扫墓是慎终追远、郭亲睦邻及行孝的具体表现；基于上述意义，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。 清明节是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。扫墓活动通常是在清明节的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的扫墓活动长达一个月。

2008-04-03 16:52:40 | 3 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

Poem by an Africa...

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This poem was nominated by UN as the best poem of 2006, written by an African kid. 


When I born, I black 


When I grow up, I black 


When I go in Sun, I black 


When I scared, I black 


When I sick, I black 


And when I die, I still black 


And you white fellow 


When you born, you pink 


When you grow up, you white 


When you go in sun, you red 


When you cold, you blue 


When you scared, you yellow 


When you sick, you green 


And when you die, you gray 


And you calling me coloured?

2008-03-25 09:19:46 | 2 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

nancy

哪个混蛋翻译的《三十六计》？

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1.瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage 

2.围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei 

3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife 

4.以逸待劳waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy 

5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house 

6.声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west 

7.无中生有creating something out of nothing 

8.暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path 

9.隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river 

10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile 

11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing 

12.顺手牵羊picking up something in passing 

13.打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake 

14.借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse 

15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den 

16.欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him 

17.抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things 

18.擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers 

19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron 

20.混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters 

21.金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin 

22.关门捉贼catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route 

23.远交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy 

24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor 

25.偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers 

26.指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry 

27.假痴不癫feigning madness without becoming insane 

28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof 

29.树上开花putting artificial flowers on trees 

30.反客为主turning from the guest into the host 

31.美人计using seductive women to corrupt the enemy 

32.空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness 

33.反间计sowing discord among the enemy 

34.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man 

35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another 

36.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice

2008-02-25 14:20:55 | 1 评论 | 0 同感 | 我也有同感

sarah

He is Zheng Yaqi ...

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Zheng Yaqi, son of Zheng Yuanjie, the “King of Children's Tales,” looks like his peers in appearance, but his experience of growing up was different from others.

Homeschooling
Right after he finished his middle school entrance exam, Zheng Yaqi dropped out of school forever. After that, his father turned a spare room into a classroom and taught him at home.

His father wrote some interesting textbooks for him, like rearranging1 the 419 crimes in Chinese Criminal Law into 419 fairy tales. They had three classes every afternoon. At dusk, his father always took him for a walk along the riverbank, and discussed with him various topics from TV or books.

Zheng Yaqi finished the six-year middle school education in three years, and graduated from this special “school.”

“Black hole” in communication
His father once worried that, he might not be able to get along well with his peers. But at a cyber acquaintances'2 gathering, his father became confident of his social ability.

“The first gathering with cyber acquaintances happened a half year after I left school, and it was fantastic. They were all men, and a lot older than me. We talked about computers and discussed designing a website together. They pointed at me, saying that when I was 18, we would establish a company together, and I could be the boss.”Recalling things that happened, Zheng Yaqi can't help being excited, “That's more fun than staying with peers.”
Cyber acquaintances are the most important tie between him and the outside world, so 80% of his contacts listed in his address book are cyber acquaintances.

Grown up
When he was 16, his father “warned” him by saying, “I'll give you whatever you want before you turn 18. But after, I won't care much about you, and by contrast, you should give me whatever