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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 14:40 GMT 15:40 UK

I am astonished by the paranoia expressed here about China. China is the workshop of the world, and it would be disastrous for our economy to seek a policy of confrontation with this country. On the contrary, we urgently need to tighten our links with China and forge a strong political and economic partnership before countries like Russia and India beat us to it. What is at stake is many thousands of British jobs! I have no time for the bleeding hearts who find faults in any nation. Grow up!
令我一场吃惊的是这里表现的这些对于中国的无需有的担心。中国是全球的工作室，如果抵制这个国家的政策实施，那对于我们自己的经济将是致命的灾难。反过来讲，我们急切地需要加强与中国的关系，我们需要赶在俄罗斯和印度前面，马上和中国结成政治上和经济上的联盟。我们可能会失去成千上万的就业机会。但是我已经没时间去让流血的心去归咎错误与其他国家，长大吧！
Mark La Vardera, Reading, United Kingdom

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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 13:18 GMT 14:18 UK

You think that in the west we are 'free' and in China they are not ? At least in China I can sit in a bar and have a smoke !!!
你就认为我们西方人拥有自由，而中国人没有自由？至少在中国我可以在酒吧里吸烟！
Chris, High Wycombe


Yes, when the sum of human history is taken into account, and audited for oppression of man by man, the terrible hardship and imposition of taking a few steps outside the door to have a smoke will surely be considered as worse than tianamen square and the cultural revolution combined.
是的，从人类历史的角度上看人对人的压迫，。。。。需要多走几步到室外才可以吸烟将会是比天安门广场事件和文化大革命加起来更严重的人对人的压迫。 （因为我不吸烟，这个我可没意识到！）
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 13:17 GMT 14:17 UK

"China has no deeds as dark as ours!"
中国不需要向我们一样的阴暗！
Ian Cheese.

Have you not heard of Mao's Cultural Revolution? It was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China that manifested into wide-scale social, political, and economic violence and chaos, which grew to include large sections of Chinese society and eventually brought the entire country to the brink of civil war. Millions of people had their human rights annulled and were forcibly displaced. It is estimated that 40 million died!
你没听说过毛的文化大革命么？它源自于党内势力的斗争，发展而危及国家范围的，社会，政治，经济。毛最终获得胜利，成千上万的人被害，4千万！
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 08:33 GMT 09:33 UK

My opinion is that the Olympics should not be held in China
我觉得奥运会不应该在中国主办。
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 14:35 GMT 15:35 UK

China: Ally or threat? China is a very big nation $tate; the 21st Century is their century... not the Amerikan century. We should try to get along with them... or else.
中国，21世纪将不再是美国世纪，而是中国世纪。我们应该尽量学会怎样和他们共处。
Also... when was the last time China sent their military forces overseas to bomb and invade distant lands... such as Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Iraq-nam, etc? When was the last time China sent troops and planes to bomb foreign capitals to assassinate the leaders there... such as Panama, Libya, Grenada, etc?
中国什么时候派遣军队到海外去爆破和入侵像朝鲜，越南，老挝，柬埔寨，阿富汗，伊朗之类的国家了？你什么时候看中国派军队去轰炸外国首都，暗杀别国领导人，例如：巴拿马，利比亚，关岛？
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 14:41 GMT 15:41 UK

China is a world threat to gobal warming and has the capabliter
to be a bullying world super power and would not concern it self with civilian lives or the rights of POW in any war or other Issues
中国队全球变暖和二氧化碳上升都是一个威胁。

BE very afraid if China becomes a super power ( like the USA or USSR) It would not think twice as striking at any country or person it does not like or who tells the most frighting thing THE TRUTH TO THE WORLD..............!
我很担心一旦中国成为前苏联或者美国那样强大，他会毫不犹豫地经济封锁他所不喜欢的国家或者人。我在这里告诉世界这个最令人害怕的真相。
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 20:45 GMT 21:45 UK

Even the Chinese government has admitted that the Cultural Revolution was unfortunate. Today, things are different, but not so different that people can be confident they will not face reprisals for pursuing complaints about problems and abuses. Why should it be a surprise that many in the West sympathize with those in Taiwan who do not want such a condition to spread to their island, or those in Tibet who wish to see it gone from where they liive?
连中国政府都承认了文化大革命是一个错误。今天，世界不同了，但是还不至于人民自信到他们将不会对他们曾经受到的责备和不公而进行报复。那就是为什么需要感到很吃惊有那么多西方人支持台湾和西藏DL。（这段翻译的不通 ）
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 14:41 GMT 15:41 UK

China: Ally or threat?

Without wishing to sit on the fence too much, there's 1.3 BILLION of them, my guess is that they could equally and simultaneously be both in equally extreme measures.
我不用过去亲自看就知道对于一个拥有13亿人的中国，他们同时既是盟友，又是威胁。
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 12:48 GMT 13:48 UK

"Is China an ally or a threat?"

I don't know. When was the last time China invaded or bombed another country?

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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 10:46 GMT 11:46 UK

Reg Rainmac, Kingsley & Steve Strongbow:
This "Have your say" is not asking about which countries are a threat, it is merely asking for your opinion on China. Why do people find it necessary to debate the Muslim/West issue in completely unrelated forums.
名叫发表你的观点，但实际上却没有问你哪个国家才是威胁，而是问你怎样看待中国。为什么大家都觉得有必要在一个完全不相关的论坛，去讨论穆斯林与西方国家的冲突？
I believe China is neither ally nor threat, just a country looking out for its own interests (Just like the rest of the world.) Also the fact that 86% of Chinese are happy with the direction the country is taking, shows that it is progressing
我认为中国既不是盟友，也不是威胁。而仅仅是一个向世界上其他国家一样的正在寻求发展的国家，而实际上有86%的中国人赞同国家的发展方向，认为这是一种进步。
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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 08:12 GMT 09:12 UK

I find it appalling the way the media, especially the BBC is whipping up anti China hysteria. Maybe we can learn a lot from the way China goes about its internal affairs. A little less press freedom may be a good thing in this country. Most of the press and Tv news in this country is just BULLS**T.
我觉得BBC传播反华攻势的方式是骇人听闻的，也许我们可以了解更多的关于中国如何处理其内政。也许少一点新闻自由对我们国家来说其实是一件好事，绝大多数的媒体和电台都胡说八道。
Brandon Taylor, Norwich

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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 18:04 GMT 19:04 UK

Be afraid, Be very afraid.

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Added: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008, 05:42 GMT 06:42 UK

Some Westerners have a kind of inborn prejudice when they face orient cultures and societies. They confuse all orient cultures togather from a European heliocentric point of view. How many of those people who critisize China hysterically have travelled in China themselves? Please comment on Cinese goverment's Tibet policy after you visit Lahsa. The gate is open to all of you.
一些西方人在评论东方文化和社会的时候有一点主观臆断。他们把西方的观点和东方的文化混淆，你们有多少人去过中国，请去过西藏以后再去评价中国政府和其西藏政策。西藏对所有人开放。
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Added: Monday, 4 August, 2008, 21:45 GMT 22:45 UK

They are an economic threat but that's the game we have have decided to play and they just happen to have decided to join in properly. I would like to see them more supportive on the environment.
I don't feel threatened in terms of their military might, the UK doesn't even register on the world radar anymore.
I applaud their efforts on population control.
Generally speaking the Chinese seem decent people with a magnificent culture and history.
A balance for the US, Russia and India.
在经济上是一种威胁，但是这正是我们制定的游戏，现在他们只不过是合法的加入了这个游戏的竞争。我当然更愿意看到他们会支持环保。
我不认为他们在军事上是一种威胁。
我赞赏他们在人口控制上所作的努力。
一般来讲，中国人看起来比较诚恳，有文化内涵
是对于美国俄罗斯印度的一种平衡。
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Added: Monday, 4 August, 2008, 21:26 GMT 22:26 UK

To paraphrase Churchill:-

"A mystery wrapped up in an enigma."

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Summer has gone fast hasn't it? Hard to believe that many of you will be heading back to school sometime in the next few weeks. That means it's time to get on a schedule and prepare yourself for another semester of boring lectures, homework and tests. Sure, there is a lot of fun to be had—but the party is going to come to a screeching halt when you get out there into the real world. That's why you have to apply yourself now so you can get a good job when all is said and done. Either that, or you have to learn how to cut corners more effectively. Since this is the Thank Giz It's Friday roundup, we are going with the latter.


Step 1: Get on a Schedule

Even if you set your own class schedule, chances are you are going to have to get up before noon. So, you are going to need an alarm clock that gives you that jump start you need in the morning. I can guarantee that no clock will satisfy on more levels than the Orgazmo. Just set the alarm and an invigorating female orgasm will gently coax you from your slumber. Available for $30. [Gobaz via Link]


Step #2: Dress For Security

If you go to a public school, you will probably find yourself caught in a crossfire at one point or another. Therefore, It is essential that you come to school with the appropriate bullet-proof protection.

Defender Hoodie: Features 2mm of Type IIA bulletproofing in the torso, which is enough armor to stop a 9mm full-metal-jacket round at a velocity of 1,090 feet-per-second. Too bad its only for police officers and security personnel in the UK. And the $845 price tag sucks pretty hard too. [Bladerunner via Link]

Backpack Shield: Made from 13 layers of K-29 Kevlar that could stop a round from a .44 Magnum. Available on a Back to School sale for $155-$180. [Backpackshield via Link]

Step #3: Dress for Success

Dressing up for school isn't all about personal style and deflecting bullets, it is also about getting an edge. No matter what subject you are in, there is an article of clothing that can help you cheat like a champ.

Math Equations Shirt: Available for $15. [Sanchez Circuit]

Calculator Belt Buckle: Available for $10. [BeWild]

Science Crib Sheet Shirt: Available for $25. [Computer Gear]

US History Cheat Shirt: Available for $17. [Snorg Tees]

Step #4: Get the Right Supplies

Sure, you need a decent laptop, calculator, notebooks and the like but may I also suggest:

Doggy Style Pencil Sharpener: Those pencils aren't going to sharpen themselves people. Might as well have a good time doing it. [Link]

LiveScribe Smartpen: This high-tech pen records the audio in the classroom then syncs it with the notes you take. All of that information can be indexed on a PC or you can play back specific portions of audio by tapping the corresponding section on your notepad. Available in 1 and 2GB sizes for $149 and $199 respectively. [Livescribe via Link]

                               
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You know all that sleep you are losing by getting up earlier? Catch up in class using some of these sneaky eyelid stickers. Your teacher would probably have to be legally blind to miss it in a small classroom, but in an auditorium you are golden. [Link]



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thanks a lot for that.

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我朋友说去过这家学校，你可以咨询一下
http://www.international.holmesglen.vic.edu.au/ie.cfm

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i want to see babies~

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American Dream
From the runway to the Oval Office, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE for Tyra Banks. Bazaar casts her as First Lady while she reflects on being a model citizen and the politics of fashion. Read the full-length article here.








Well, I like Tyra, I thin she's cool, very talented and real!

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谢谢楼上的。

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It was Time

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这是Ludacris为欧巴马歌功颂德的视频Obama Is Here, 他的真名是Christopher Bridges , 美国rapper , 曾三次赢得Grammy Award. 今年的大选将挑战我:谁得好莱坞青睐, 谁将输掉大选的说法, 拭目以待!

http://www.youtube.com/v/ulcGldJlKiA

Yeah, it's Obama time!

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It depends...on how many students and how many hours each session...and you own level and expectation

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from Neowin Back Page News

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Would you still watch your favorite television program if you had to cycle for an hour before you could view it?

Couch potatoes will be horrified, but fresh advances in human-powered technology -- where users power appliances through their own motion -- could one day see a 'workout-to-watch' scenario become reality.

Human power is rapidly gaining in popularity worldwide as businesses seek 'greener' methods of operating.

The profile of the technology is set to receive a further boost this month when a human-powered gym opens in Portland, Oregon, and again in September when the human-powered 'sustainable dance club', Club Watt, opens its doors in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Human power is already being used to run the 'California Fitness' gym in Hong Kong, and to power the recently opened 'Club Surya' in London.

Beyond all of this, further concepts have been developed for human-powered 'river gyms' for the waterways of New York.

But, how does your sweat and strain turn into power for lights, music and machines?

The general concept is known as energy harvesting, which simply refers to the gathering of energy from one source and applying it to power an object.

Italian inventor Lucien Gambarota, who designed California Fitness's method of storing energy and using it to power lights and music in the gym, told CNN the concept is straightforward.

"One of the oldest types of energy used by people is muscular energy -- so this is nothing new."

Gambarota said machines such as exercycles created a load, used as a counter-force by means of a resistor.

"I disconnected the resistor and started storing the energy into a battery... that is then used as power. It was a way to show there can be very simple solutions. It doesn't always have to be high-tech," he said.

Portland's 'green' gym will have spinning bikes connected to wind-generator motors. The users should generate enough electricity to power the gym's music system or run personal DVD players on the machines, the gym's manager Adam Boesel predicts.

While harnessing the energy from people working out at a gym seems logical, utilising the movement of clubbers at dance clubs is a little more complex.

Two methods have developed -- the first of which is piezoelectricity, used by Club Surya, where crystals in blocks under the dance-floor rub together with the assistance of dancers on the floor. This generates an electrical charge which is then fed into batteries.

A second method using wheels to generate energy under a slightly moving floor will be used at the soon-to-be-opened Club Watt. This model involves coils and magnets which move under the dance-floor to create a charge.

Vera Verkooijen, spokeswoman for Sustainable Dance Club, the company which is behind the floor for Club Watt and produces smaller, portable floors, said the human power would be enough to power about 30 percent of the club's requirements.

Verkooijen admitted the first floors were not very efficient, and said the designers were already working on new models to improve the amount of energy captured.

"This is just the first version. We are willing to take it further," she said.

At Club Surya the power shortfall is made up by solar panels and a wind turbine.

Putting the current buzz aside, how far could this human-powered technology develop? And how widely can it be applied?

Verkooijen told CNN she already had some indications of where the technology was heading.

"We receive a lot of requests from other companies for people who want to use the floors. We get many of these for bus and train stations -- places where there are lots of people."

Lights and display boards at those spaces could be powered applying the same concept as that being used in Club Watt, she said.

Evert Raaijen, technical director of energy conversion company Exendis, felt the technology could have a number of different applications. From pedal-powered computers on bicycles, to self-powered soldiers in militaries, Raaijen predicted human power would be developed widely in coming years.

"I think it's a science field which will be one of the future," he said.

Gambarota believed there were ways human power could be brought into practical use in the home.

He had generated an idea of using human-powered batteries for television or portable video game consoles.

"With so many kids not exercising enough, a battery could be created for these devices so they had to create the energy to use them. The same could be done for television sets.

"We could get the situation where people have to cycle so they can use it," Gambarota said.

Despite these potential developments, human-power is attracting its share of criticism.

Although he shows enthusiasm for the battery project, Gambarota, who now spends much of his time developing micro wind turbines, is sceptical about the future of human-power on a mass-scale.

He raises doubts about the efficiency of human power and questioned its economic viability.

The average amount of power one person could produce going about normal activities on any given day was about one kilowatt-hour (kWh), which only amounted to about

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英语美文：Life Is All About Choices                   
        来源: YuGong 于 08-08-01 21:42:01 [档案] [博客] [旧帖] [转至博客] [给我悄悄话]        
                     
       


Life Is All About Choices
[ 2006-06-08 09:47 ]


迈克尔总是乐呵呵的，你总能听到他说些积极上进的话。他似乎生来就积极进取。他这样告诉他的员工：“每天早晨醒来，我对自己说，迈克尔，今天你有两种选择，选择心情愉快，选择心情恶劣，我选择心情愉快；有不愉快的事情发生，选择成为一个牺牲品，或是选择从中吸取教训，我选择吸取教训。”

迈克尔从60英尺的大楼上摔下，却活了下来，当有人问及他当时的想法，他是这样回答的：“我告诉我的手术医生，‘我选择活着，我愿意做任何手术。’”

选择接受生活的积极面也许是人生中最为明智的选择，其实，每个人都有机会充实、健康的活着，关键取决于你的人生态度。


Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I'd be twins!" He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t get it. You can' t be positive all the time. How do you do it?"

Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right. It isn't that easy." I protested.

"Yes it is, " Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.

Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower.

After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "... the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me" said Michael. "She asked me if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled", 'Gravity'" Over their laughter, I told them, 'I'm choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.

I leamed from him that every day we have a choice to live fully. Attitude is everything.

（来源：中国英语学习网 英语点津姗姗编辑）

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glimps and learnt.

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俺现在就在上这个，说实话，这学期也就这门课有点难度，其他的课都跟玩似的 我感觉这门课跟会计理论没关系，是介绍澳洲的法律体系和商法的，法律么翻译成中文都有的琢磨半天了，表说英文。。。你被某一部分表象蒙蔽了  
我觉得不管在读书还是工作，脸皮厚一点，抓着人多说是个很好的练习方法，怕说错丢人的时候，心中默念“我是老外我怕谁”

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谢谢，推荐的都已经收藏了。

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不用担心

别人表示感谢时， 也可以 用，  表示 没关系。

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We hear a lot of those words every day during conversations. I guess they mean the samething, the former are used buy guys and the latter by girls?
What do u think?

最后发表： flora723
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好象俺的经验就是多练咯!

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罚规/faul，打手??，阻挡??/，运球/dribble，抢断/steal，投篮/shot，扣篮/slamdunk，助攻/assist，抢篮板/rebund，上篮/layup，盯人防守one one one，联防??，争球jump ball，技术罚规/technical faul……

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这个和M.B.A 差不多呵呵

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我已经上班一年了，但是英语很差，所以老板建议我去Insearch学习一下。。。

汗颜。。。。

我需要的是两方面，一个是发音纠正；一个是如何说话。听力提高也需要，但不是重点。

最后发表： yearshappy
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How about the 'Red Door' ?

最后发表： 我爱猫眯
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Athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics will face bigger mental issues than physical problems coping with China’s pollution, Netherlands soccer coach Foppe De Haan said on Monday.
De Haan told a news conference his players had undergone a rigorous training programme to get themselves in the best physical shape to handle the heat and humidity.
But he said nothing could prepare them for the psychological challenge of playing under a thick blanket of haze.“This is not a physical problem, this is a mental thing,” he said. “I heard today that you can’t see the (Beijing) stadium from 500 metres away. That’s awful I think, but there is no point complaining, it is the same for everyone.”The Dutch, who are playing a warm-up tournament in Hong Kong with the United States, Cameroon and Ivory Coast, were given a stark warning of the potential problems they face.De Haan ordered all the players to undergo a month of intense physical training, including spending time in humidity chambers that replicated the climate in Beijing, and two players, who had never had any previous problems with asthma, started to develop symptoms.
“We did a three-week programme with a lot of work on aerobic fitness,” De Haan said. “We took all the players to a hospital in The Hague for tests and most of them were fine but two players started to show signs.”De Haan said the two unidentified players had reported their conditions to the International Olympic Committee in case they needed to take any medication during the Games.
Cameroon coach Martin Mpile said he had no major concerns about the pollution although he conceded the humidity could force some of the more athletic teams to curb their natural instincts to conserve their energy.That’s why we have come here early, to adapt to the conditions,” he said. “I don’t know how the other teams will (cope) but we’re going to try and play our own game.U.S. coach Peter Nowak said he did not expect the conditions would make it any easier for his team to upset some of the top countries.There are no more miracles in soccer anymore,” he said. “Anyone can beat anyone on any given day. The conditions are the same for everyone. It’s not going to be easy, but we know that.”

最后发表： 我爱猫眯
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge expects up to 40 athletes to be caught doping at the Beijing Olympics, compared to 26 at the 2004 Athens Games.
Rogge based his prediction on the increased testing and the improved quality of urinalysis, according to an interview published in the weekend edition of the De Standaard daily.
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, there were 12 positive doping results from 2,500 urine tests. Rogge said at Beijing there will be 4,500 tests.
"How many positive cases will there be in Beijing? More than in Athens," Rogge said. "Based on the number of doping tests in Beijing, you can expect 30 to 40 positive cases."
In other comments, Rogge said he believes the Beijing Games have led to more media and personal freedoms in China as well as a tightening of child labor laws, but that there are limits to the Olympic movement's powers of generating change within the country.
"The IOC is not authorized and has no means to interfere in sovereign matters," he said. "China's relations with Taiwan, the situation in Tibet, those are matters over which the IOC has no authority and must be addressed by other institutions."
Rogge denied the Olympics legitimizes the Chinese government, which is widely accused of rights violations, saying the games "hold up a mirror [and] show what's happening" in the country.
"We bring the media to the games," he said. "I firmly believe the games have a positive effect."

最后发表： eliza
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朋友因签证快要到期，须提供亚斯考试成绩，但目前报名已到11月，有没有墨尔本的朋友转让G类考试名额的，非常感谢！

最后发表： xblues
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http://vimeo.com/373021

Cute boy, he's hot now. following the link above to find out those comments from girls. So many girls want him!

http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=373021

[ 本帖最后由 xblues 于 29-7-2008 00:20 编辑 ]

最后发表： lvguang2003
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谢谢谢谢

最后发表： xblues
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http://www.9types.com/newtest/homepage.actual.html

Any of you done an enneagram personality test? If so, what personality type are you?

[Once you finish the 36 questions, it'll give you a table of your scores in different collums and the collumn where you scored the highest is your personality type (a number). Then you can read up on your personality analysis + Wikipedia has articles on the 9 different personalities ranging from Reformers to Achievers to Peacemakers].

I'm a Type 4. What personality type are you?

最后发表： xblues
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也许你是对的，我只是看过了好多电影是关于天主教反对同性恋和堕胎的，估计是因为天主教比较流行的缘故。

最后发表： ecolina
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9:00am to 3:30 and then after 7:00pm...also, Sat and Sunday...and public holidays

pls let me know if I am wrong...I have not taken the public transport for a long long time...

applied only in QLD...brisbane...right??

最后发表： 127
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really, mate? i got 9 in G reading, but i only got around 7 in A reading exercises...

最后发表： Iced_moon
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三楼和四楼的，都很有用。。。

不过那个英语讲座听了一会，觉得中国人说的不算是澳洲口音。

最后发表： nizi
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shoot behind the arc：投三分球

最后发表： 采薇子
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    o(∩_∩)o...

最后发表： 采薇子
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One meets its destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.

This sentence reminds me of a word  "命中注定" ,  which in English could be "destiny takes a hand"

And I'd like to share some other words about destiny in Chinese :  

佛家有云"缘起缘灭"，既然缘起时未曾珍惜，缘灭时又何须悔！
可我却总在奢望缘起不灭的奇迹，没有经历过沧海桑田的变迁，也不懂得究竟何谓‘永远’。
只知道在心中有一种蠢蠢欲动的想法，假如这个世间真有永恒，那它会属于谁呢？应该是有情人吧！
实每个有情人都曾为一个‘缘’字所牵绊，那是因为这个字的意义在于它是一个又一个故事的起点。
悲也好，喜也好，追求的只是一种历程。然而，纵使我们再不在乎，可又有谁能真正的做到一切都无所谓呢？
也许我们在过着不同的生活，也许我们在做着不同的梦境，只愿千里一线牵的缘份能送给我们一个故事，
或者凄美，或者悲壮，只要我们经历过，就是美的！

最后发表： xblues
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Yes, show the best in front of our guests.

最后发表： xblues
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I am stumped by how to excerpt the language on message boards and blogs.

最后发表： ritz
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Enjoy your learning English, Don't make it feel like in school.
If you don't like the TV shows, leave it on and find something else to do, sometimes the speakings on TV will suddenly come to your mind.

Find anything you are interested in English, magazines, books, websites, blogs, and enjoy it.

If you can make fun when learning English, it's great chance that you'll learn faster and can stick to it longer.

Good luck!

最后发表： xblues
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俗话说的好，知己知彼，方能百战百胜嘛。
我先翻译标题，因为不看具体内容，很容易翻译错误，大家看到了，及时批评指正我呀。

• #103 Sweaters

白人爱穿毛衫

• #102 Children’s Games as Adults

把孩子的游戏成人化？成年人来玩孩子的游戏？

• #101 Being Offended

白人容易被激怒，容易被惹恼，容易发火？

• #100 Bumper Stickers

• #99 Grammar

白人爱语法？爱咬文嚼字？

• #98 The Ivy League

白人爱长青藤联盟,美国高校联盟

• #97 Scarves

• #96 New Balance Shoes

白人爱穿NB品牌运动鞋

• #95 Rugby

白人爱好橄榄球运动

• #94 Free Healthcare

白人热衷于免费医疗保健

• #93 Music Piracy

白人爱盗版音乐？

• #92 Book Deals

白人爱买廉价书？

• #91 San Francisco

白人有旧金山情结？

• #90 Dinner Parties

白人爱参加晚餐聚会

• #89 St. Patrick’s Day

白人喜欢过一个起源于爱尔兰的传统宗教节日

• #88 Having Gay Friends

白人喜欢有一两个同性恋朋友才够时髦，和证明自己开放

• #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes

白人喜欢户外运动服装

• #86 Shorts

白人喜欢穿短裤？

• #85 The Wire

• #84 T-Shirts

白人喜欢T恤衫

• #83 Bad Memories of High School

白人一般对高中的回忆都是不好的

• #82 Hating Corporations

白人憎恨跨国大公司

• #81 Graduate School

本科毕业？

• #80 The Idea of Soccer

白人喜欢足球这个主意？

• #79 Modern Furniture

白人喜欢现代风格的家具

• #78 Multilingual Children

白人喜欢教育下一代会讲多国语言

• #77 Musical Comedy

白人喜欢音乐剧

• #76 Bottles of Water

白人喜欢和瓶装水

• #75 Threatening to Move to Canada

白人动不动就威胁说要搬到加拿大去

• #74 Oscar Parties

白人热衷于奥斯卡典礼

• #73 Gentrification

白人爱当中产阶级

• #72 Study Abroad

白人喜欢到国外去留学

• #71 Being the only white person around

白人喜欢自己是唯一的一个白人（这个比较容易解释为什么那么多白人到非洲去，到亚洲来）

• #70 Difficult Breakups

白人倾向于那种很坏的分手？

• #69 Mos Def

• #68 Michel Gondry

• #67 Standing Still at Concerts

白人喜欢站着听音乐会

• #66 Divorce

白人爱离婚

• #65 Co-Ed Sports

• #64 Recycling

白人热衷于废物回收利用，环保

• #63 Expensive Sandwiches

白人喜欢买特别贵的三明治

• #62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People

白人乐于了解做什么才是最能够帮助穷人的

• #61 Bicycles

白人热衷于自行车运动

• #60 Toyota Prius

白人喜欢丰田普锐斯轿车

• #59 Natural Medicine

白人热衷于自然疗法

• #58 Japan

白人对日本痴迷

• #57 Juno

• #56 Lawyers

白人热衷于当/请律师

• #55 Apologies

白人动不动就爱道歉

• #54 Kitchen Gadgets

白人喜爱厨房小家电

• #53 Dogs

白人爱狗

• #52 Sarah Silverman

白人爱Sarah Silverman 这个人

• #51 Living by the Water

白人倾向于住附近有水景的房子

• #50 Irony

白人热衷于嘲讽

• #49 Vintage

白人喜欢古董

• #48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops

白人热衷于大卖场

• #47 Arts Degrees

白人一般都有艺术学位

• #46 The Sunday New York Times

白人喜欢阅读纽约时报周日版

• #45 Asian Fusion Food

白人喜爱亚洲美食

• #44 Public Radio

白人喜爱大声放广播？

• #43 Plays

白人喜欢电视剧？

• #42 Sushi

白人爱吃寿司

• #41 Indie Music

白人喜欢独立音乐

• #40 Apple Products

白人喜欢苹果品牌的产品

• #39 Netflix

• #38 Arrested Development

• #37 Renovations

白人喜爱翻修？

• #36 Breakfast Places

白人喜欢在固定的地点吃早餐?

• #35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report

白人喜欢看每日新闻（一个很流行的电视节目）

• #34 Architecture

白人爱好建筑

• #33 Marijuana

• #32 Vegan/Vegetarianism

很多白人是素食主义者

• #31 Snowboarding

白人爱好滑雪运动

• #30 Wrigley Field

• #29 80s Night

白人喜欢80年代风格的聚会？

• #28 Not having a TV

白人一没有电视而自豪

• #27 Marathons

• #26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
• #25 David Sedaris
• #24 Wine

白人喜欢喝葡萄酒

• #23 Microbreweries
• #22 Having Two Last Names

很多白人有两个姓

• #21 Writers Workshops

白人作家喜欢以工作室的方式创作

• #20 Being an expert on YOUR culture

白人通常感觉很自豪，如果他对别人的文化很精通

• #19 Traveling

白人爱探险和旅行

• #18 Awareness

白人通常都很警觉/自觉？

• #17 Hating their Parents

白人一般讨厌自己的父母

• #16 Gifted Children

白人孩子一般都是很富有天赋的

• #15 Yoga

白人爱好瑜伽

• #14 Having Black Friends

白人一般都喜欢有一两个黑人朋友

• #13 Tea

白人爱喝茶

• #12 Non-Profit Organizations

白人热衷于参加非盈利组织

• #11 Asian Girls

白人欣赏亚洲女孩

• #10 Wes Anderson Movies

• #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside

白人会努力劝说你到户外？

• #8 Barack Obama

白人喜欢奥巴马！

• #7 Diversity

白人喜欢不同的声音和不同的见解

• #6 Organic Food

白人热衷于绿色食品

• #5 Farmer’s Markets

白人喜欢农贸市场

• #4 Assists

• #3 Film Festivals

白人热衷于举办和参加电影节

• #2 Religions their parents don’t belong to

白人更倾向于信仰他们父母不信仰的宗教

• #1 Coffee

白人爱喝咖啡！

[ 本帖最后由 xblues 于 19-7-2008 00:01 编辑 ]