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What’s the signification of the opening of Beijing Olympic?
2008年8月9日
The names of the artists who will lend their voice to the theme song at the Olympic Games opening ceremony are out.
West End star Sarah Brightman and Liu Huan, China’s most versatile singer, will regale the audience toward the end of the opening ceremony on Friday.
But whether it will feature white-winged doves or will they sing a song of sixpence is a suspense, still. 阅读全文…
Try your best to keep your romance
2008年8月7日
1. “Kidnap” him for a weekend escape to a quaint bed and breakfast. Secretively pack, and make all of the arrangements, including financial.
2. When he is performing a thoughtful gesture on your behalf, don’t complain about the quality of his actions. Simply express your appreciation (then fix it later!). 阅读全文…
Love needs leniency
2008年8月7日
In order to experience everlasting love in life, you ought to first figure out what is missing in your life and then fill in the gaps. People fall in and out of love because they expect their lovers to be everything to them and do everything for them. They then become dissatisfied when the partner fails to meet all their requirements. If you have a dream of achieving everlasting love you better create your very own life crowned by hobbies, interests and beneficial passions. This makes you a full lover when you enjoy a complete, interesting life on your own. Create a world of your own. On your to-do-list add forgiveness. It is always healthy to forgive while you can, disappointments and sadness is a part of life. 阅读全文…
Father’s eyes
2008年8月7日
Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart. Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played. This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. 阅读全文…
The Opening of Beijing Olympic
2008年8月7日
Love and Time
2008年7月27日
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,”Richness, can you take me with you?”Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.” 阅读全文…
April Fool’s Day
2008年6月12日
April Fool’s Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool’s errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.
The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Year’s was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Year’s Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560′s by King Charles IX, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.
Pranks performed on April Fool’s Day range from the simple, (such as saying, “Your shoe’s untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate’s alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool’s Day was a fairly detailed documentary about “spaghetti farmers” and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, “April Fool!”
April Fool’s Day is a “for-fun-only” observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their “significant other” out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It’s simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!
Each country celebrates April Fool’s differently. In France, the April Fool’s is called “April Fish” (Poisson d’Avril). The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends’ backs and when some discovers a this trick, they yell “Poisson d’Avril!”.
In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle”. In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long and you are called an “April Gowk”, which is another name for a cuckoo bird. The second day in Scotland’s April Fool’s is called Taily Day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. Taily Day’s gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious “Kick Me” sign.
Dabate over Electronic Voting
2008年6月10日
Because of a dispute in Florida, the winner was not declared for 36 days.Florida counted almost 6 million votes on Election Day.The Democratic Party candidate was Vice President AI Gore.The Republican nominee was Texas Governor George W.Bush.
The difference was so narrow,election officials had to count the ballots again. State law calls for a recount when the difference is less than one-half of one percent of the vote.
Some voters said their ballots were difficult to understand. Some ballots were also difficult for older computer systems to read. As a result, the Gore campaign requested that officials recount some disputed ballots by hand.
The Bush campaign blocked the hand recount in federal court. In time,the case made its way to the United States Supreme Court.
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