hi,everyone! i come on in the English Yard the first time. In order to improve my English, i set up the topic about "everyday English,togerther improvement". I hope more guys to come here.Thank you .
It is the 1st day of Dec,that is a good beginning. lol.
[beautiful sentence]
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
[one sentence one day]
I am terrible/horrible.
我今天刚学的句子，形容自己很糟糕，很不顺。你也可以说：
our professor is terrible.说明这个教授不怎么行。
也可以形容东西很糟糕，例如：
the food is so terrible. the coffee is so horrible.
基本上terrible和horrible是通用的。
[one sentence one day]
you can buy in any language but you have to sell in the lanugage of the buyer.
这句话说的是在商业领域要想畅通无阻就要学习买方市场的母语。
【useful phrase】
fit as a fiddle = healthy
play possum = pretend to be silly
beat around the bush = talk in a roundabout way
【2006 Doha Asian Games】
亚运会第一天中国队就囊括了20枚金牌中的16枚。可喜可贺呀。
DOHA -- Everyone knew China would dominate the Doha Asian Games, but few knew they could do in such an extreme way.
They swept 16 out of 20 gold medals on offer on the first day's official competition on Saturday, getting off to flying start towards its seventh consecutive feat of topping the medal tally since 1982.
Japan took three golds, including two from their traditional territory of judo and one from the swimming pool. Judokas Sae Nakazawa won the women's 78kg class while Muneta clinched men's over 100kg title.
Their other gold medal was from swimmer Sano Hidemasa in the men's 400m individual medley.
South Korea, fighting for the second place against Japan at the Games, managed only one from Jang Sung Ho, who claimed the men's 100kg judo title.
China claimed its first gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle team event early Saturday morning. Olympic champion Zhu Qinan, Li Jie and Liu Tianyou beat South Korea with 1,786 points to win the Games' first gold.
"It's a great start for the Chinese delegation," said Duan Shijie, deputy chef de mission of the Chinese delegation. "This gold is a perfect morale-boost for our fellow Chinese athletes to compete in this Games."
Little-known Liu Tianyou emerged as the hero of the defending Asian Games champions as the 24-year-old scored the highest 598 points.
Three Chinese shooters became double winners as China went on to clean-sweep all the day's six shooting gold medals.
Liu won his second in the men's 10m air rifle by collecting 700.8 points.
China's trap team, including Chen Li, Wang Yujin and Zhu Mei, beat DPR Korea to clinch the trap team event. Chen then added the women's trap gold to her team title.
Olympic champion Du Li grabbed the women's 10m air rifle individual gold before leading the Chinese trio, also consisting of Zhao Yinghui and Wu Liuxi, to win the women's rifle team title.
China's sweetest title came from the men's gymnastics team event. They overcame a 1.500-point deficit before the last rotation to beat Olympic champions Japan with 377.100 points, extending their men's team dominance for the ninth successive time at the Asian Games history.
Japan scored 4.050 points to finish second and South Korea totalled 371.500 to settle for the third. South Korean Yang Tae Young suffered a foot injury over landing of high bar, but he struggled to take the pommel horse and earned his team a bronze.
China took away all three weightlifting gold medals in the women's 48kg, 53rd classes and men's 56kg category. They also ruled the swimming pool, seizing five out of six gold medals to leave the remaining one to Japan.
World bronze medalist Wu Peng struck a brilliant victory to retain the men's 200m butterfly title under the pressure of two strong Japanese rivals.
Zhou Yafei and Pang Jiaying each had two gold medals to their names when defending champion Zhou won the women's 100m butterfly in 58.39 after Pang beat defending champion and teammate Yang Yu for the women's 200m freestyle gold in 1:59.26.
In the last event later Saturday night, the two rallied with Luo Nan (breaststroke) and Zhao Jing (backstroke) to bring in another gold for China in the 4x100m medley relay.
Asian champion Ji Liping of China took the first ever 50m breaststroke gold and set the Games record in 31.52. The 50m breaststroke was added to the Asian Games program for the first time.
In judo action, Tong Wen was the only Chinese winner, beating Tserenkhand Dorjgotov of Mongolia with ippon to take the women's over 78kg title.
A total of 28 gold medals will be decided on the second day's competition on Sunday.
[bilingual story everyday]
Money can buy happiness, up to a point
Can money buy happiness? Yes, claim the authors of a new study -- but only up to a point .
Psychology has shown that richer people generally rank the overall quality of their lives more favorably than poorer people do. At the same time, their actual happiness seems to be motivated less by their ability to buy more than by being able to keep up with those with comparable resources in their own age group.
"Our findings point to the possibility that, rather than promoting overall happiness, continued income growth could promote an ongoing consumption race where individuals have to consume more and more, just to maintain a constant level of happiness," writes Glenn Firebaugh of Pennsylvania State University.
The study was presented at the American Sociological Association's 100th Annual Meeting.
Whether the affluent are happier as a whole than their less well-to-do counterparts is becoming an increasingly hot topic for debate. In recent years, much has been written regarding the "science of happiness."
Richer people are happier because money can purchase goods and services and it is the consumption of these materials that increases one's enjoyment of life and one's sense of well-being.
As incomes in the U.S. tend to rise over the course of our lifetimes, individuals may find themselves on a sort of treadmill , consuming more and more just to maintain a constant level of happiness, they write.
Firebaugh and his colleagues measured the age, total family income, and general happiness of individuals aged 20 to 64, generally considered the working life span for most Americans.
Regardless of such criteria as physical health, education, and marital status, people's happiness was affected by what others earned. The higher the income of others in one's age group, the lower one's happiness.
最新研究表明：穷朋友越多越幸福金钱能买来幸福吗？能，但只能在一定程度给人们带来幸福。最近，有研究者经过调查得出这样的结论。
心理学研究表明：有钱人对总体生活质量的满意度通常比穷人要高。然而，事实上，他们之所以感到幸福并不是因为自己有钱买更多东西，而是因为自己与同龄人财力相当。
“我们的发现表明不断增加的收入并没有使人们感到更幸福，而只是使人们投入到一场旷日持久的消费竞赛中，每个人都不得不花更多的钱去消费，仅仅为了维持现有的幸福感。”来自宾夕法尼亚州州立大学的格伦·菲尔鲍在报告中这样写道。
这个研究报告在美国社会学协会第100次年会上提出。
从总体上来看，有钱人是否真的比“穷哥们”更幸福已经成为一个讨论日益激烈的话题。最近几年，有关“幸福科学”的研究文章层出不穷。
有钱人通常会更幸福，因为他们有钱购物，享受各种服务，这些物质消费使他们的生活更有乐趣，让他们觉得自己更幸福、更快乐。
在美国，一生中，人们的收入会不断增加，他们会发现自己就像在跑步机上跑步一样，花得钱越来越多，只是为了保持现有的幸福感。
格伦·菲尔鲍和他的同事们对20岁到64岁的不同人群的年龄、家庭收入和幸福感进行了调查。这个年龄段通常被认为是大多数美国人一生中参加工作的时间。
尽管有很多衡量幸福的标准，诸如：身体健康、受教育状况和婚姻状况，幸福感会受到周围人的收入的影响。自己所在群体中其他人的收入越高，你就越不容易感到幸福。
（中国日报网站）
Vocabulary:
well-to-do : 小康的，富裕的
treadmill: 跑步机
【useful phrase】
pull a gag on me = play a joke on me
[one sentence one day]
Take things as things come/are
既来之则安之，顺其自然。
Cherish your love and win free dinner!
Such is the bonus a western style restaurant in Fangcun district, Guangzhou, offers to couples who take love seriously.
A couple having dinner in this restaurant will be invited to take a free instant photo in two copies. One is kept by the couple and the other by the restaurant. If the couple backs to the restaurant together with the photo today next year, the restaurant will offer them a free set dinner.
There are already over 100 sweet pictures on the walls of the restaurant. 'Nowadays people like fast-food-style relationship, and do not cherish love as much as before. I want to do something to remind them what love should be like.' said Chen, the manager here.
Women are more likely than men to keep joint possessions when getting divorced, according to research.
Men on average wanted their ex to keep 19 items from a list of 24 including the home, photographs and pets, while women wanted the men to get just eight.
While women did not particularly want items including the television, CDs, DVDs, and toaster, they were keen their ex-husband did not get them.
YouGov polled 3,515 people in May and June. The poll found men were keen for their ex to keep items including the bed, television, wedding album, lawnmower and garden accessories, house plants, coffee machine and the family pet.
One item that men were determined to keep for themselves was the house - 32% wanted it to keep it outright , compared with 30% who were happy to wholly hand it over to their ex-wife.
The men also wanted the car, the laptop computer, digital camera and CD and DVD collections.
Half of women wanted the family home outright, but even more - 64% - wanted the dog or cat.
They were happy for their former husband to keep the bed, sofa, lawnmower, coffee machine, laptop, digital camera, PlayStation and any wine and drinks they had.
Ultimately 46% of women did keep the house, compared with 29% of men, with other couples selling.
Denise Knowles, a counselor, said: "These findings reflect the hugely different emotional attachment that divorcing men and women feel towards their shared possessions.
"Men are far keener than women to put their past behind them and want to move on, which is why they are happy to let their ex keep almost all of their shared possessions - apart from those items that provide entertainment such as the car, digital camera and music system.
"Women, by contrast, have a far greater emotional attachment to their home and its contents, seeing these things as the fabric of their lives and things that should be preserved both for themselves and any children as symbols of their family history and life."
离婚了，女性更在乎共同财产
一项研究结果表明，当夫妻双方劳燕分飞时，和男性相比，女性往往想要占有更多的共同财产。
在一份包括房子、照片和宠物等24类物品的清单中，接受调查的男性普遍希望把其中的19样留给前妻，而女性只愿意他们的前夫拿走其中的8样东西。
尽管女性并不是特别想要诸如电视机、CD、DVD碟片和烤面包机等，但他们仍然希望前夫也不要带走这些东西。
英国著名的调查公司YouGov今年五六月间对3515人进行了问卷调查。调查结果显示，离异男性希望留给前妻的东西包括：床、电视机、结婚纪念相册、割草机及园艺设备、植物、咖啡机和宠物。
而男性最想要的一样东西就是房子，在接受调查的男性中，有32％希望房子完全属于自己，而愿意将整座房子都拱手让出的男性只占30％。
男性离婚后还想要带走汽车、手提电脑、数码相机、CD和DVD碟片。
有半数的女性希望能够拥有整座房子，而想要宠物狗或猫的女性比例更高，达到了64％。
她们愿意让前夫把床、沙发、割草机、咖啡机、手提电脑、数码相机、游戏机和所有的酒都带走。
有46％的女性最终获得了房子的所有权，而男性的比例只有29%，剩下的一部分夫妇离婚时把房子卖了。
咨询顾问丹尼斯·诺尔斯说：“这些研究结果表明，离异男女对共同财产所寄托的情感大不相同。”
“和女性相比，男性更希望能够赶快告别过去、走向未来，这也解释了为什么男性更想保留诸如汽车、数码相机和音响等能为自己提供娱乐的物品，而愿意让对方占有绝大部分共同财产。”
“相比之下，女性对双方曾经建立的家庭以及家中的各种东西怀有更深厚的感情，她们把这些物品看成是生活的一部分。她们往往认为为了自己或孩子都应该把这些东西保留下来，那毕竟象征着曾经美好的家庭生活。”
（中国日报网站）
Vocabulary:
joint possessions :共同财产
ex : 前夫,前妻
outright :彻底地；完全地
fabric : 结构
[one sentence one day]
Do you take money?这个收钱吗？
因为天下没有免费的午餐，因此最好问清行情再消费哦。
如果是It's free.你就可以放心使用了。
Keep in mind there is no such things as a free lunch.
[bilingual story everyday]
Christmas will only come once a year, Santas insistSome 80 Santas from around the globe meeting at their World Congress debated establishing a second Christmas in July to ease their December workload, but finally decided that the holiday would be feted only once a year, the Danish Santa host said.
"There was a proposal from the Japanese Santa Claus that was hotly debated, but the delegates, even if they were in favour of the idea, did not want to adopt it because it risks upsetting the children of the world," Denmark's Father Christmas told reporters.
"The Christmas date of December 24-25 will not be changed, even though we are about to collapse from overwork. The tradition must be respected," he said.
Earlier, the spokeswoman for the convention had announced that the congress had decided to approve two Christmases, one on July 24-25 for the southern hemisphere and another one on December 24-25 for the northern hemisphere.
The 42nd annual convention was held this week at the world's oldest theme park, Bakken, north of Copenhagen.
On Wednesday, the Santas and their little elf helpers handed out gifts to delighted children at Bakken, after holding a parade in the streets of Copenhagen Tuesday. The Santas have been meeting in Denmark every summer since 1963.
One noticeable absentee, however, is the Finnish Santa, who has boycotted the event for years over his refusal to acknowledge that the one true Santa is the one from Greenland.
全球圣诞老人大聚会 一年只过一次圣诞节
来自全球各地的80多位圣诞老人欢聚一堂，在世界圣诞老人大会上讨论有关在每年7月份另设一个圣诞节的提议，这样可以缓解他们每年12月的工作量。不过本次圣诞老人大会的东道主、来自丹麦的圣诞老人表示，会议最终决定圣诞节每年只能过一次。
丹麦的圣诞老人告诉记者说：“日本圣诞老人提出的这个建议引起了大家激烈的争论。不过，即使与会代表们赞成这一想法，他们也不会采纳该建议的，因为全世界的孩子们可能会因此苦恼不安。”
他说：“12月24到25日的圣诞节是不会改变的，即使到时候我们都会忙得团团转。我们应该尊重这一传统。”
之前，大会发言人曾宣布，会议决定批准设立两个圣诞节的提议，即南半球的圣诞节设在7月24到25日，北半球则是12月24到25日。
第42界世界圣诞老人年会本周在哥本哈根北部的世界上最古老的主题公园贝根游乐场举行。
周三，圣诞老人和他们的小精灵助手们在贝根游乐场向欣喜若狂的孩子们分发了礼物。周二，圣诞老人们还在哥本哈根举行了大规模的游行活动。自1963年起，世界各国的圣诞老人们每年夏天都会在丹麦召开会议。
不过，有一位重要的圣诞老人缺席了此次会议，他就是芬兰的圣诞老人。因为拒绝承认真正的圣诞老人来自格陵兰岛上，他们已经连续多年抵制这一会事。
（中国日报网站译）
elf：小精灵
boycott：联合抵制，联合排斥
[bilingual story everyday]
Long working hours 'health risk'
Working long hours can greatly increase the risk of suffering injury or illness, a study says.
Workers who do overtime were 61% more likely to become hurt or ill, once factors such as age and gender were taken into account.
And working more than 12 hours a day raised the risk by more than a third, the University of Massachusetts found.
Report co-author Allard Dembe said risk was not necessarily associated with how hazardous the job was.
"The results of this study suggest that jobs with long working hours are not more risky merely because they are concentrated in inherently hazardous industries or occupations."
And he said the findings, published in the Occupational and Environmental Health journal, supported initiative such as the 48-hour European Working Time Directive to cut the number of working hours.
From the records, researchers found 5,139 work-related injuries and illnesses, ranging from stress to cuts, burns and muscle injuries.
More than half of these injuries and illnesses occurred in jobs with extended working hours or overtime.
The researchers concluded that the more hours worked, the greater the risk of injury.
But they did not find that lengthy commutes to and from work had any impact on illness and injury.
In the UK 14% of the working population - 3.6m - work more than 48 hours a week.
研究结果显示：长时间工作危害大
最近一项研究结果显示：长时间工作会大大增加受伤和生病的危险。
如果把年龄和性别等因素都考虑进去的话，加班加点工作的员工受伤或生病的可能性会增加61%。
马萨诸塞州大学研究发现，如果一天工作超过12个小时的话，出现危险情况的可能性会提高三分之一。
该研究报告的作者之一阿拉德·登贝说发生危险和工作本身的危险程度并没有必然的联系。
“这项研究的结果显示，长时间的工作之所以风险更大并不仅仅因为这类工作所在的行业或职业本身有危险。”
研究结果在《职业和环境卫生》周刊上发表。他说研究结果为《欧洲工作时间法》提供了依据。该法令规定了每周48小时工作制，旨在削减工作时间。
在报告中，研究者们发现了5139种和工作有关的伤害和疾病，从紧张到割伤、烧伤、肌肉拉伤，各种情况都有。
半数以上的伤害和疾病都是由于加班加点、长时间工作引起的。
研究者们得出的结论是：工作的时间越长，受到伤害的危险越大。
但是，他们并没有发现上下班长时间乘车对伤害和疾病有任何影响。
在英国，14％的就业人口，也就是大约360万人口，每周的工作时间超过48小时。
（中国日报网站译)
Vocabulary:
overtime : 加班地
inherently: 天性地，固有地
[one sentence one day]
I am in the pink.
我很健康。
[one sentence one day]
Let's work it out together.
I 'll figure it out later.
How do you figure it out?
以上句子中的figure out 和 work out 都表示解决问题的意思
这是美国人使用频率很高的词汇
Weird, wild and wonderful events of 2006
A selection of zany(1) events from the year just ending:
- In a new twist on the influx(2) of Polish workers to Britain, an ad appeared in newspapers serving Muslim communities in the east European nation asking for Polish halal(3) butchers to work in Britain.
- An 82-year-old Australian cartoonist who was expert at doing high-speed sketches of sports participants was able to do a quick drawing of a man who robbed his home. Police used it to arrest the burglar(4).
- The authorities in a Czech town on the border with Austria ordered an Austrian hotel to trim its roof, which was protruding(5) a few centimetres (inches) across the boundary.
- Ziggy Stardust, an indiscreet(6) parrot in England, blew the cover on its mistress's love affair by repeating her amorous(7) exchanges in front of her companion. The latter, named Chris, realised something was up when the bird started squawking(8) "Gary, I love you."
- A woman's handbag containing jewellery and cash worth some 110,000 US dollars was returned intact(9) to its owner in Melbourne, Australia, after she absent-mindedly(10) left it hanging on a shopping trolley(11). The extremely honest finder wished to remain anonymous.
- A Frenchman who had braved(12) lawsuits to deep freeze his dead parents' bodies gave up when his freezer system broke down. He had hoped to one day bring them back to life thanks to medical progress.
- A talentless street musician in the Dutch town of Leiden got local people so upset by his awful saxophone playing that they got police to confiscate(13) his instrument.
- New Yorkers were gripped by the story of a cat called Molly which got stuck between the double walls of an old building in Greenwich Village. It took 40 firefighters and two weeks of work to get her out, safe and sound(14).
年度荒诞趣闻盘点节选：
- 随着越来越多的波兰人进入英国工作，欧洲东部穆斯林社区报纸上出现招聘波兰清真肉屠宰师去英国工作的广告。
- 一位82岁的擅长快速素描的澳大利亚漫画家经常为赛场上的运动员作画。他画下了夜间入室抢劫的罪犯嘴脸，警察凭借素描抓到了罪犯。
- 捷克小镇政府要求边界另一边的奥地利旅馆重新修正屋顶，因为它超越出边界几厘米（英寸）。
- 英国一只名叫Ziggy Stardust的多嘴鹦鹉重复女主人对情人说的情话，败露了偷情事件。当男主人Chris听到鹦鹉说：“Gary，我爱你”的时候便明白了。
- 一位澳大利亚墨尔本妇女将手提包遗忘在购物车中。包中的现金和首饰共值11万美元，最终居然完璧归赵。这位拾金不昧的好人还希望能保持匿名。
- 一位法国男子将死去的父母深度冷藏，由于冷藏机坏了而败露，受到法律制裁。他说希望有一天医疗发展能让父母复活。
- 荷兰莱顿小镇上有一位没有天分的街头音乐家，每天演奏刺耳的萨克斯。当地居民不堪忍受，让警察没收了他的乐器。
- 全纽约的目光都被一只名叫Molly的猫所吸引。它被卡在格林威治一座老建筑的双层墙中。最终动用了四十名消防队员，用时两周才将它安全解救出来。
（中国国际广播电台 译 ）
Vocabulary:
1. zany：滑稽的
2. influx：流入
3. halal：清真肉，按伊斯兰教规规定的方式屠宰的肉
4. burglar：夜贼
5. protrude：突出
6. indiscreet：轻率的
7. amorous：多情的，恋爱的
8. squawk：鸟类咯咯地叫
9. intact：完整无缺的
10. absent-mindedly：不小心地
11. shopping trolley：购物手推车
12. brave：勇敢地面对
13. confiscate：没收
14. sound：健康的，彻底的
[one sentence one day]
where were we?我们说到哪里了？
that's the way it is.就是那样。
let's make up.我们和好吧。
[one sentence one day]
Let's hope for the best.让我们往好的方面想。
Something must be done about it.必选想出解决的办法。
We are in the same boat.我们的处境一样。
[one sentence one day]
you stood us up again.
你又放我们鸽子
[one sentence one day]
you need a vacation.
你需要休假
that's ridiculous.
那太荒唐了
[one sentence one day]
you need a place to stay.
你需要一个地方过夜。
how long did it last?
持续了多久？
[one word one day]
upstart: 暴发户；新贵
德国大众汽车全新中国市场发展策略--“奥林匹克计划”，其中明确宣布，大众将在2008年前停止在产能方面的投资，以改变其近年来在中国的市场份额一度下滑的局面，另外，德国大众首次明确表态，积极支持合资企业生产中国自有品牌产品。
请看外电中的这样一句话：Facing intense competition both from global rivals like General Motors Corp. and domestic upstarts like Chery Automobile Co., VW has seen its market share drop to 18 percent, from well over 50 percent in the 1990s.
文中的upstart 指的是"暴发户；新贵"。我国改革开放初期，在沿海地区涌现出一批一夜暴富的人，就是这里的upstart。Upstart作动词用时，意思是“突然跳起，突然发”，其“暴发户”的含义就是由此引申而来。此外，upstart还可作形容词用，表示“暴富的”、“狂妄自大的”。例如：an upstart interloper（无营业执照的暴发户）；He dreaded their upstart ambition.（他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。）
（中国日报网站编）
[bilingual story everyday]
Maradona owns up to 'Hand of God'
马拉多纳首次承认“上帝之手”
Diego Maradona acknowledged that he struck the ball with his hand in the famous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals.
Speaking on his local television talk show Monday night, Maradona called one of soccer's most controversial goals "something that just came out of me. It was a bit of mischief."
Maradona appeared to punch the ball into the net, and officials allowed the goal to stand despite protests by the English team. Argentina went on to win the 1986 quarterfinal match 2-1 and then win the World Cup.
In his most detailed comments yet, Maradona said he was unable to reach the ball for a header when he went up against the taller English goalkeeper, Peter Shilton.
Shilton "was very tall. He didn't see anything, and a teammate told him" afterward what happened, said Maradona.
After the score, Maradona said he quickly realized the line referee had allowed the goal but none of his teammates had rushed to celebrate with him -- themselves figuring the goal would be waved off.
"I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came," said Maradona, who was the team captain. "I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it."'
In his 20-year career before retiring in 1997, Maradona starred at Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors and in Europe. He also led Argentina to the 1990 World Cup final and won Italian and Argentine league titles.
In 1991, Maradona failed a drug test and was banned for 15 months. Nine years later, FIFA chose him and Pele as the best players in soccer history.
Recently, he was appointed vice president of Boca Juniors. And with his new TV show, Maradona, 45, has returned to the limelight after years of dealing with cocaine addiction and health problems.
阿根廷足坛巨星迭戈·马拉多纳最近终于承认，在1986年世界杯对英格兰的四分之一决赛中，他确实是用手打入了那著名的号称“上帝之手”的进球。
本周一晚，马拉多纳在当地电视台的脱口秀节目中谈到了这个足球史上最有争议的进球之一，他说：“确实是我做的，有点恶作剧的意思。”
当时，马拉多纳用手把球打进球门，尽管英格兰队提出了抗议，当职裁判仍然判这个进球有效。凭借“上帝之手”，阿根廷队在1986年世界杯上以2比1赢了四分之一决赛，并且最后一举捧得“大力神杯”。
马拉多纳对“上帝之手”做了至今为止最详尽的描述。他说当他跳起来面对比他高得多的英格兰队门将彼德·希尔顿时，他根本碰不到皮球，所以，头球是不可能的。
马拉多纳说：希尔顿“太高大了，他什么也没看到，后来还是其他队员告诉他的。”
用手把球打进球门后，马拉多纳说，他马上就意识到边裁判进球有效，但是没有一个队友冲上来为他庆祝，他们都以为这个球会被判无效。
“我在等我的同伴们和我拥抱，可是，居然没有一个人这样做。我对他们说：‘快过来，拥抱我，不然裁判会判这个球无效的。’”马拉多纳说，那场球他是场上的队长。
1997年，马拉多纳正式挂靴。在他长达20年的职业生涯中，无论在阿根廷青年队还是博卡青年队，以及后来去欧洲踢球，他都是场上的明星。他还把阿根廷队带进了1990年世界杯的决赛，并无数次带队在意大利和阿根廷足球联赛中夺魁。
1991年，马拉多纳在一次药检中被发现吸食毒品，并因此被停赛15个月。9年后，他和球王贝利被国际足联评为国际足球史上最伟大的球员。
最近，他被任命为阿根廷博卡青年队副主席，并开始主持电视节目。这使现年45岁的马拉多纳在深受吸食毒品和健康问题困扰多年之后又重新成为万众瞩目的焦点。
（中国日报网站译）
Vocabulary:
stand:有效的
header : 头球
Thanks to your supports, I'll go on my everyday English.I hope we all can improve it. Just please come on.
[one sentence one day]
I'll keep that in mind.我会记住的
I put my foot in my mouth.我说错话了
What's on you mind?你在想什么？
[bilingual story everyday]
“Weekend syndrome” plagues urban singles
“周末综合症”困扰城市单身贵族
For those who have been working hard for a whole week, the weekend is a happy time for them to relax and refresh. However, nowadays, many urban singles find that they don't know how to spend the two-day break.
Ms. Zhang is a manager at a public relations company. Her daily life is packed with numerous interpersonal activities, which makes her feel much stressed. Her way to spend the weekend is to turn off her mobile phone and cut off her contact with the outside world and then go to sleep. However, after two days of sleep, Ms. Zhang finds that she is even more depressed.
Ms. Han works in a government office. Every weekend, this young lady hangs out with her friends from many other circles. But even so, Ms. Han always feels like she has had a boring weekend.
Psychologists say that these young people are suffering from "weekend syndrome." The patients usually feel that they have no interest in doing anything. They become anxious when the weekend approaches and they don't know what to do during their time off. They may suffer from depression, insomnia and other psychological diseases.
To deal with the problem, experts advise single people to make more friends and develop their own hobbies. Meanwhile, they advise people to hold moderated expectations about the weekend break, and to avoid making a too tight of a plan for how to spend their time.
对于辛勤工作了一周的上班族来说，周末应该是放松和养精蓄锐的大好时光。然而，如今城市里的很多“单身贵族”却不知道该怎样打发这两天的休息时间。
某公关公司的部门经理张女士由于经常要和人打交道，所以觉得压力很大。每到周末，张女士通常会关掉手机，让所有人都找不到她，然后大睡两天。但张女士觉得自己睡了两天之后，心情更加郁闷了。
在政府机关工作的韩女士，每个周末都会和在其他行业工作的朋友一起出去玩。但韩女士还是觉得周末很没意思。
据心理学家分析，这种现象叫“周末综合症”。患“周末综合症”的人常会觉得做什么事情都没意思。他们在周末临近时会变得烦躁不安，到了周末又不知道该干什么。“周末综合症”的主要症状包括情绪低落、失眠和其他心理疾病。
为了解决这一问题，专家们建议单身青年多交朋友、培养一些兴趣爱好。此外，专家还建议人们对周末的期望值不要太高，也不要把时间安排得太满。
Vocabulary:
hang out : 闲逛
【2006 Doha Asian Games】
China dominated Asian Games swimming, clinching five out of six gold medals and delivering a heavy blow to Japan in the process.
亚运会游泳项目是中国队的强项，囊括了六金中的五金，给日本队以沉重一击。
China's women swept all four finals while China and Japan shared a gold medal each in the men's events.
中国游泳女队横扫全部四项，中国男队与日本各获一枚金牌。
Wu Peng, China's 19-year-old defending champion卫冕冠军, was never expected to trouble Japan's top two, Ryuichi Shinata and Takeshi Matsuda, in the 200m butterfly.
在男子200米蝶泳中，中国队中19岁的卫冕冠军吴朋夺得金牌，日本队拿下二三名。
"We studied videos of these Japanese swimmers and we found their weak point," said Wu.吴朋说“我们通过观看日本游泳选手的录像带发现她们的弱点”
"The Japanese slow down in the last leg, so I knew I had to speed up then."
日本选手在最后一圈会慢下来，所以我知道我必须加速
China was the dominant power at the last Asian Games in Busan釜山, South Korea, four years ago, winning 20 swimming titles to Japan's 11.
四年之前的南韩釜山亚运会上，中国队以20金的优势打败日本队的11金，保持泳坛的霸主地位。
But China owed its dominance to its women and Chinese men still lagged behind Japan in 2002. Wu's victory may signal a changing of the guard at the top of Asian men's swimming.
中国游泳队最坚强的实力当属女队，2002年的亚运会上中国男队依然落后于日本队。吴朋的取胜可能是亚洲男子游泳霸主地位的转变信号。
But Japan will not be surrendering that positon in a hurry.但日本队不会轻易地接受这种榜眼地位。
"Although we didn't get the gold medal, and this is regrettable, we still have five more nights of swimming to come," said a disappointed Matsuda.有些失望的日本队教练Matsuda说“尽管我们在男子200米蝶泳中没有拿到金牌，有些遗憾，但是接下来还有五天的游泳项目”
He knows the best is yet to come for the Japanese men in the shape of breaststroke 蛙泳star Kosuke Kitajima, who led a Japanese revival at the Athens Olympics in 2004 when the team won three golds to China's one.他知道最好的还没有上场。日本男子蛙泳名将Kosuke Kitajima，他带领日本队在2004年的雅典奥运会上打败中国队获得3金的好成绩，而中国队只有1金收入囊中。
Defending champion卫冕冠军 Zhou Yafei won the women's 100m butterfly in 58.39sec, just outside the Asian record.卫冕冠军周亚飞以58.39秒的成绩成功卫冕女子100米蝶泳，同时打破亚运会记录。
Zhou, 22, already one of the older performers and feeling the pressure from younger team-mates, beat compatriot Xu Yanwei, who took silver in 58.73 and Li Tao of Singapore, third in 58.96.
22岁的老将周亚飞抵住来自年轻小将的压力，打败同胞对手徐艳微和新加坡的李陶。
A bad night for Japan extended to Yuko Nakanishi, who won the silver four years ago in Busan but was fifth here.对Yuko Nakanishi来说也是一个悲惨夜晚，四年之前的釜山银牌变成现在的屈居第五。
However, she is expected to mount a stronger challenge for gold on Monday in the 200m in which she won the bronze at the Athens Olympics.但是她要向周一的200米金牌发起挑战，在2004年的雅典奥运会上她曾是此项目的铜牌得主。
Asian champion Ji Liping won gold in the 50m breaststroke, the first time the distance has been raced at the Asian Games, in 31.52sec. She held off Japan's Asami Kitagawa, who finished second, while rising star 后起之秀Wang Qun, only 13, claimed the bronze for China.亚洲冠军吉丽萍以31.52秒的成绩折冠女子50米蛙泳。此短距离赛事也是第一次在亚运会亮相。她打败日本的Asami Kitagawa和中国队的明日之星王群。
Great things are expected of Wang, who said she was upset by her slow time.
"I am not satisfied by my performance because compared to my personal best it was one second slower," she said. "I felt a little bit tired tonight because maybe I have been competing too much coming into these games."
被寄予厚望的王群，她因为不好的成绩而很伤心。“我不满意自己的表现因为相比个人最好成绩，现在的分数整整慢了一秒。”“今晚我感到有点累可能因为之前已经参加太多比赛了。”
(紫玉草译)
[one sentence one day]
No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate ,who regards pleasure as the highest good.
----(Cicero, ancient Roman statesman)
把痛苦视为生活中最大的祸害的人不可能勇敢；把欢乐视为生活中最美妙的人不会自我节制。 ----(古罗马政治家 西塞罗)
[one sentence one day]
"How long the lease is gonna be?" 租约签多久的？
Do I have to sign a twelve-month lease? 我要签十二个月的租约吗？
"Do I have to sign for a one-year term?" 是不是一定要签一年呢？
"Do I get an extra month free?" 是不是有一个月是免费的啊？
[bilingual story everyday]
Potter Daniel Radcliffe is youngest rich teenager
“哈利?波特”成为英国最年轻富翁
Daniel Radcliffe becomes the youngest person to make this year's Sunday Times Rich List.
The 17-year-old "Harry Potter" star's wealth raised 8 million in the past year, as royalties come through, taking him to an estimated 14 million, and placing him firmly among the list of the nation's 5,000 wealthiest people.
Philip Beresford, who put the list together, said Radcliffe - thanks to the ongoing Potter series would not have to worry about finance for a very long time.
"He is still at school but he is in a position where he will never have to work again. Money has been pouring in to his personal company, largely from royalties he is paid every time the films are shown on TV", said Beresford.
"If he wants to go to university, we can safely say he won't need to worry about a student loan", added Philip.
The youngest woman on the list is soul singer Joss Stone. The 19 year-old singer has only released two albums so far but has collected an estimated fortune of 6 million.
“哈利·波特”的扮演者丹尼尔·雷德克里弗日前荣登《星期日泰晤士报》本年度富豪排行榜，并成为其中最年轻的富豪。
这位17岁的“小魔法师”去年一年的个人资产增加了800万英镑，加上版税收入，他的总资产达到1400万英镑。丹尼尔凭此成功跻身“全英5000大富豪”的行列。
排行榜编制人菲利普·比雷斯福特说，随着《哈利·波特》系列电影的不断推出，雷德克里弗将财源不断。
他说：“丹尼尔现在还在上学，但以后他即使不工作，也不用愁钱花。他的收入都转入了他的私人公司，其中大部分是每部电影上映后得到的版税收入。”
“如果丹尼尔想上大学，大学期间的各种费用也一定不成问题。”
排行榜上最年轻的女富豪是灵歌歌手乔斯·斯通，这位19岁的歌手目前只发行了两张专辑，但她的个人财产已达到约600万英镑。
Vocabulary:
royalties : 版税
最后紫玉要补充几句关于文中译为灵歌的Soul。Soul音译为索尔，亦称“灵歌”。1969年用“索尔”来代替原来对“节奏布鲁斯”的称呼。它是由布鲁斯、摇滚乐与黑人福音歌混合而成的一种黑人流行音乐，演唱时较少演奏乐器。
[bilingual story everyday]
词曲：佚名 words:anonymity melody:anonymity
背包客 backpackers
那一年我正年轻， when i was young that year,
我离开了家去远方流浪， i was leaving home and wandering the utmost ends of the earth
我的心里面是希望和梦想，being instinct with hopes and dreams in my mind
我脸上汇尽风霜。 being full of hardships of a journey on my face
我背着我沉重的行囊， carrying my heavy backpack
走在一条不回头的路上， hiking on my no-turn-back way
照着我的圆圆的太阳， i feel warm in the round sun
让我暖洋洋。
春天有鲜花开放， a hundred flowers blossom in Spring
夏天有灿烂阳光， the bright sunshine in Summer
秋天叶子会黄， grow yellow in autumn
冬天白雪茫茫。 become white in winter
总是在路上， always on my way
我看到森林、沙漠和海洋，i can see forest,desert and ocean
它们总在不停告诉我， they always tell me insistently
那是我生活多年的故乡。 that is my home living for many years
总是在路上， always on my way
我看到他们纯真的脸庞， i can see the pure faces
从他们的双眼里， i get the hope from their eyes
我看到了希望。
我走过了很多地方， wandering many places
路过许多城市和村庄， passing trough numerous cities and villages
我静静地看着他们， i am looking at them just as they do.
就象他们看我一样。
我的行囊已经破旧， my backpack has been broken
我的路程还很漫长， but my way would never end
我走得并不匆忙， i am hiking by easy stages
我要弄清我的方向。 i should find out my way
东边有大海茫茫， in the east is huge ocean
西边高山长， in the weat is long mountain
南边有美丽姑娘， in the south are pretty girls
北边是黄河长江。 in the north are Yellow River and Yangtze River
总是在路上， always on my way
我看到森林、沙漠和海洋，i can see forest,desert and ocean
它们总在不停告诉我， they always tell me insistently
那是我生活多年的故乡。 that is my home living for many years
总是在路上， always on my way
我看到他们纯真的脸庞， i can see the pure faces
从他们的双眼里， i get the hope from their eyes.
我看到了希望。
（紫玉草译）
[bilingual story everyday]
In ancient times those who wanted to learn would seek out a teacher, one who could propagate the doctrine, impart professional knowledge, and resolve doubts. Since no one is born omniscient, who can claim to have no doubts? If one has doubts and is not willing to learn from a teacher, his doubts will never be resolved. Anyone who was born before me and learned the doctrine before me is my teacher. Anyone who was born after me and learned the doctrine before me is also my teacher. Since what I desire to learn is the doctrine, why should I care whether he was born before or after me? Therefore, it does not matter whether a person is high or low in position, young or old in age. Where there is the doctrine, there is my teacher.
Alas! The tradition of learning from the teacher has long been neglected. Thus it is difficult to find a person without any doubts at all. Ancient sages, who far surpassed us, even learned from their teachers. People today, who are far inferior to them, regard learning from the teacher as a disgrace. Thus, wise men become more wise and unlearned men become more foolish. This explains what makes a wise man and what makes a foolish man.
It is absurd that a person would choose a teacher for his son out of his love for him, and yet refuse to learn from the teacher himself, thinking it a disgrace to do so. The teacher of his son teaches the child only reading and punctuation, which is not propagating the doctrine or resolving doubts as the aforementioned. I don"t think it wise to learn from the teacher when one doesn"t know how to punctuate, but not when one has doubts unresolved, for that I find to be the folly of learning in small matters, but neglecting the big ones. Even medicine men, musicians and handicraftsmen do not think it disgraceful to learn from each other. When one of the literati calls another man his "teacher"and himself his "student" people will get together and invariably laugh at him. If you ask them why they are laughing, they will say that since he is almost of the same age and as erudite as another man, it would be degrading for him to call the other man "teacher" if the other man"s social rank is lower than his; and it would be flattering if the other man"s social rank is higher. Alas! It is clear that the tradition of learning from the teacher can no longer be restored. Medicine men, musicians and handicraftsmen are despised by the gentlemen. How strange it is that gentlemen are less wise than these people!
The ancient sages did not limit themselves to particular teachers. Confucius had learned from people like Tanzi2, Changhong3, Shixiang4, and Laodan5, who were not as virtuous and talented as Confucius. Confucius said "If three men are walking together, one of them is bound to be good enough to be my teacher."A student is not necessarily inferior to his teacher, nor does a teacher necessarily be more virtuous and talented than his student. The real fact is that one might have learned the doctrine earlier than the other, or might be a master in his own special field.
Pan, the son of Li"s family, who is only seventeen years old, loves to study Chinese classics of the Qin and Han dynasties, and masters the six jing6 and their annotations. He does not follow conventions and is willing to learn from me. I appreciate his ability to act in accordance with the old tradition of learning. Therefore I dedicate this piece to him.
师说[中英文对照] 作者：韩愈 罗经国译
古之学者必有师。师者，所以传道受业解惑也。人非生而知之者，孰能无惑？惑而不从师，其为惑也，终不解矣。生乎吾前，其闻道也，固先乎吾，吾从而师之；生乎吾后，其闻道也，亦先乎吾，吾从而师之。吾师道也，夫庸知其年之先后生于吾乎？是故无贵无贱，无长无少，道之所存，师之所存也。
嗟乎！师道之不传也久矣，欲人之无惑也难矣。古之圣人，其出人也远矣，犹且从师而问焉；今之众人，其下圣人也亦远矣，而耻学于师。是故圣益圣，愚益愚。圣人之所以为圣，愚人之所以为愚，其皆出于此乎？爱其子，择师而教之；于其身也，则耻师焉，惑矣。彼童子之师，授之书而习其句读者，非吾所谓传其道、解其惑者也。句读之不知，惑之不解，或师焉，或不焉，小学而大遗，吾未见其明也。巫医、乐师、百工之人，不耻相师。士大夫之族，曰“师”曰“弟子”云者，则群聚而笑之。问之，则曰：彼与彼年相若也，道相似也， 位卑则足羞，官盛则近谀。呜呼！师道之不复，可知矣。 巫医、乐师、百工之人，君子不齿，今其智乃反不能及，其可怪也欤！
圣人无常师。孔子师郯子、苌弘、师襄、老聃。郯子之徒，其贤不及孔子。孔子曰“三人行，则必有我师。”是故弟子不必不如师，师不必贤于弟子。闻道有先后，术业有专攻，如是而已。
李氏子蟠，年十七，好古文，六艺经传皆通习之，不拘于时，学于余。余嘉其能行古道，作《师说》以贻之。
About the author:
Han Yu (768-824) was born in Henan Province. His parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his sister-in-law. Through hard study he passed the highest imperial civil service examination at the age of twenty- five and held the office of Shilang. He was twice demoted from his office. Together with Liu Zongyuan, he was opposed to the flashy style of writing then, and advocated that writing was meant to convey truth, a teaching that largely influenced later Chinese writers.
关于译者：
罗经国，1930年生，上海人。先后肄业于圣约翰大学、清华大学，1955年北京大学英语系毕业，1961年北京大学研究生毕业，1978至1980年在美国任访问学者。自1961年起长期在北京大学英语系任教，讲授过“欧洲文学”、“英国文学选读”、“19世纪英国文学”、“20世纪英国文学” 等课程。曾先后任杨周翰等主编的两卷集《欧洲文学史》（1964，1971）的主要编者和李赋宁任总主编的四卷集《欧洲文学史》（1999）的第一卷主编。著作有《新编英国文学选读》、《狄更斯的创作》等，译作有四卷集的《世界文明史》、《人造人的故事》等。现为北京大学退休教授。
[one sentence one day]
What utilities am I responsible for?我要负责哪些公共设施？
Are utilities included?包括水电等公共设施吗？
Do you use electricity or gas for water heater?热水器是用电还是瓦斯呢？
I also need the cable (TV service), phone, internet connection service,what numbers do you think i should call?我还需要有限电视，电话和上网，请问我应该打什么电话呢？
[bilingual story everyday]
Study links lack of snooze to weight gain in women
睡眠不足的女性易发胖
A study conducted on more than 68,000 middle-aged US women suggests that females who don't get enough sleep may end up adding some extra pounds over years.
Researchers followed 68,183 middle-aged women for 16 years and found that those who slept 5 hours or less per night were one third more likely to gain weight than those who slept for 7 hours.
Moreover, researchers found that the weight gain was substantial with some women even gaining 33 pounds or more.
The associations between sleep duration and weight gain persisted even after controlling for factors such as physical activity and calorie consumption in both groups.
The findings, presented earlier this year at a medical conference and published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, furthers the evidence that sleep habits affect a person's weight.
The exact reasons for association between sleep duration and weight gain aren't clear but some research suggests that sleep deprivation alters hormones involved in appetite control and metabolism.
Also it's possible that people who sleep fewer hours either eat more or, because of fatigue, and exercise less often.
The research was led by Dr. Sanjay R. Patel of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
一项由68000多名美国中年女性参加的研究表明，长期睡眠不足的女性容易发胖。
研究人员对68183名中年女性进行了长达16年的“跟踪”调查，结果发现，每晚睡眠时间为5小时或不足5小时的女性发胖的几率比每天睡7小时的女性高三分之一。
此外，研究人员发现，有些女性的体重有较大幅度的增长，16年内增加了33磅甚至更多。
即便是在控制运动量和热量摄入等因素的情况下，睡眠不足仍是导致发胖的主要原因。
这项研究结果是在今年年初的一个医学研讨会上提出来的，并在美国《流行病学》杂志上发表。研究结果进一步说明，睡眠习惯会影响体重。
虽然其中的具体原因目前还不清楚，但已有研究表明，睡眠不足会改变体内影响食欲和新陈代谢的激素水平。
也可能是因为睡眠时间不足的人吃得较多，或者因疲倦而很少锻炼身体。
这项研究的负责人是克利夫兰凯斯西储大学的桑贾伊·R·帕特尔博士。
Vocabulary:
sleep duration : 睡眠时间
[one sentence one day]
那里视野好吗？
Is there a view from there?
Does it have a view?
房间的采光好不好啊？
Does the apartment get much natural light?
Does the room receive much sunlight?
[bilingual story everyday]
Macau
Macau may be firmly back in China's orbit, but the Portuguese patina on this Sino-Lusitanian Las Vegas makes it a most unusual Asian destination. It has always been overshadowed by its glitzy near-neighbour Hong Kong - which is precisely why it's so attractive.
Macau's dual cultural heritage is a boon for travellers, who can take their pick from traditional Chinese temples, a spectacular ruined cathedral, pastel villas, old forts and islands that once harboured pirates. A slew of museums will tell you how it all came about.
澳门
澳门已经如愿回归中国，但留在这个中葡式拉斯维加斯身上的葡萄牙色调却使它成为最独特的亚洲旅游目的地。澳门总是被其近邻香港的光芒所遮盖，当然香港确实极富吸引力。
澳门独特的中葡双元文化遗产对旅游者是一种恩赐。从传统的中国庙宇，庄严的教堂遗迹，美丽的庄园，古老的城堡和曾是海盗避难的小岛丛中，旅游者可以汲取澳门的精华。一系列博物馆会告诉你澳门是如何发源发展的。
（紫玉草译）
[one sentence one day]
I don't like my wife bitching around.我不喜欢我太太罗罗嗦嗦的。
It is a once in a lifetime chance.这是一生难得的机会。
[one word one day]
Wooden spoon: 末等奖
Wooden spoon从字面意思来看，非常简单，就是“木质的勺子”，但是人们往往用它的引申义——“末等奖”。这个引伸义的来历可以追溯到19世纪早期英国剑桥大学的奖励制度。
当时，在剑桥大学有颁发勺子作为奖品的惯例：金勺、银勺和铅勺都是荣誉的象征，在期末考试中获得前三名的学生分别被授予金、银、铅勺，而木质的勺子则颁发给那些在考试中成绩最差的学生。
这个短语很快就广泛流传开来，现在你经常可以在一些有关体育比赛的报道中看到这个短语，指得是那些在体育比赛中尽管成绩落后，仍然锲而不舍，坚持到比赛结束，最后一个冲过终点线的运动员。
来看两个例句：
Bob got a wooden spoon in the most beautiful Garden Competition.（鲍勃在评选“最美花园竞赛”中获最差奖。）
The person who finishes last in this competition will be granted a wooden spoon. （在此项比赛中最后一名的人将被授予最差奖。）
(中国日报网站编译)
[bilingual story everyday]
Kaiping:Modern Castles in the Land of Dim Sum
开平：点心王国（广东）的现代城堡
此主题相关图片如下：
They aren’t as old as the Mogao grottos of Dunhuang or as popular as Pingyao – but the diaolou of Kaiping in Guangdong Province are still a fascinating site to visit. The government of Kaiping has even applied for “UN World Cultural Heritage” status. Winter travelers will also enjoy the south’s pleasant weather, green trees and blossoming flower.
它们没有敦煌莫高窟古老也没有平遥闻名遐尔，但广东省开平市的碉楼依然是观光的绝佳去处。开平市人民政府已经提交“联合国世界文化遗产”申请。在冬日旅游者还可以尽情享受南国宜人的气候，苍翠的树林和似锦的繁花。
Kaiping is so special because of its fortified, multi-story, gray edifices, called diaolou, which vaguely resemble medieval castles. The diaolou are classified according to their main functions: night watch towers, residential towers and communal towers. Today, 1,833 of the 3,000 diaolou built are still standing, although they remain in scattered states of conservation or neglect.
开平因其星罗棋布，多元故事的古老建筑群而富有特色，这种类似古老城堡的建筑叫碉楼。碉楼根据主要功能的不同可以分为：烽火碉，家碉和寨碉。现存碉楼1833座，最多时达3000多座，现存碉楼零散得分布在城乡，有些被保护，有些被遗弃。
History
历史
This region of Guangdong has always had a high rate of emigration. One major wave to Canada and the US started in the 1800s, as workers were needed for mining and railway construction. When the Chinese emigrants saved some wealth overseas, they returned home or sent money to their families to build a diaolou. The peak period of diaolou construction was in the 1920s and 30s. A few are more than 400 years old, and the newest dates 1948.
广东省是有名的侨乡。在19世纪人们主要流入加拿大和美国作为煤矿和铁路工人谋生。当中国移民在海外逐渐积累了一些产业，他们陆续回到故乡并出资为家乡建筑碉楼。碉楼建筑的高峰期在19世纪二三十年代。一些古老的碉楼有400多年的历史而最年轻的可以追溯到1948年。
The styles of the diaolou vary greatly. As the emigrants went overseas, the styles of their new homes influenced the styles of their diaolou. They combine Greek, Roman, Gothic, Baroque, Muslim, Southeast Asian and traditional Chinese elements. The most recent diaolou were built with modern, imported materials such as steel and reinforced concrete. After the residents became affluent, their wealth attracted bandits and required new diaolou to be fortified. (not complete)
碉楼风格千姿百态。海外华侨兴建的碉楼，不免受到其新家园建筑风格的影响。他们把希腊式、罗马式、哥特式、巴洛克、穆斯林、东南亚和传统中式风格等各种元素融合在碉楼中。最新的碉楼就使用现代重要的建筑材料如钢筋混凝土垒砌而成。人们变得富庶的同时也招来盗贼，因此他们需要加盖巩固的新式碉楼。(未完)
（紫玉草译）
[bilingual story everyday]
Man recalls being first Disneyland visitor
迪斯尼乐园第一位游客忆往昔时光
Dave MacPherson may have been the first paying guest at Disneyland when the theme park opened its gates 50 years ago, but he didn't even have time for one ride. In a hurry to get back to campus for a college class, he instead visited a restroom after spending hours in line and left without as much as a souvenir.
Still, the honor of being the first paid admission came with a special perk: a lifetime pass for four to Disneyland and other Disney parks as they opened.
"I was the most popular guy at the college," said MacPherson, now 72, a retired journalist living in Monticello, Utah, about 240 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
He's taken full advantage of it scores of times, especially when he lived in California. Usage dwindled after he moved to Kansas City, Mo., to work for newspapers and radio.
But being closer to California has made it more useful, and he last made the trip a year ago with his wife, Wanda. He receives a VIP renewal every January.
In 1955, MacPherson was watching televised coverage of the opening of Disneyland for the media and invited guests on July 17, 1955, a day before the park opened to the public.
"I said, 'Boy, I sure would like to go out there,'" said MacPherson, who figured he might draw a prize for standing first in line.
He drove his Simplex motorbike to Anaheim, arriving shortly before 1 a.m. to take his place in line an hour before anyone else showed up.
The crowd steadily grew overnight to about 6,000 people, and MacPherson made sure no one got in front of him. When the admission booth opened, a photographer for the Long Beach Press-Telegram captured him buying the first ticket.
Looking at the photo years later, he realized he had his own camera but didn't use it.
"Why didn't I shoot some pictures?" he wonders. "I even forgot to ask Walt (Disney) for his autograph. I must have been balmy or something after staying up all night."
(Agencies)
50年前，当迪斯尼主题公园首次对外开放时，戴夫·麦克弗森可能是第一位买票入园的游客。但是，当时他连在公园转一圈的时间都没有。在排队苦苦等候了几个小时之后，他才进入公园，去了一趟公共厕所，就急急忙忙的赶回大学校园去上课。他走时甚至连一件像样的纪念品都没买。
尽管如此，这位第一位自己买票进入迪斯尼乐园的游客还是享有一些特殊的优惠：在他的一生中，他随时都可以免费游览迪斯尼乐园和其他迪斯尼公园，而且每次都可以免费获得四张门票。
“在大学里，我可是最受欢迎的人，”麦克弗森说。现年72岁的他是一位退休记者，住在犹它州的蒙蒂塞洛。这个小城位于盐湖城的东南方，相距约240英里。
他充分利用了自己的这一“特权”，曾多次光顾迪斯尼乐园，特别是他住在加利福尼亚时。后来，他搬到密苏里州的堪萨斯市为报纸和电台工作后，使用“特权”的次数才慢慢减少了。
不过，因为他住得离加利福尼亚州很近，这个特权就变得相当有用。他最近一次游览迪斯尼乐园是去年和妻子旺达一起去的。每年一月，他都会收到一张续签过的贵宾卡。
1955年7月17日，就在迪斯尼乐园对公众开放的前一天，迪斯尼邀请媒体和贵宾参加了乐园的开幕仪式。麦克弗森正好看到了相关的电视报道。
“我说，‘好家伙，我肯定得去逛逛，’”麦克弗森说。他想如果排在最前面的话，可能会得到点奖品。
他骑上自己的那辆新普利斯摩托车驶往阿纳海姆，不到凌晨一点就已到了那里，开始排队。直到一个小时之后，其他人才陆续出现。
一晚上，人数逐渐增多，最后约有6000人排队等候。麦克弗森始终排在第一位，没有人排在他的前面。当售票亭打开门卖票的时候，一名《长滩电讯日报》的摄影记者捕捉到了他购买第一张公园门票的镜头。
多年以后，当他看到这张照片的时候，他意识到自己当时也带着相机，却没用上。
“我怎么就没拍些照片呢？”他百思不得其解。“我甚至忘了向沃尔特·迪斯尼索要签名。肯定是因为站了一晚上累坏了，我当时变得稀里糊涂的，也许就是这样。”
（中国日报网站译）
Vocabulary:
souvenir: a token of remembrance; a memento （纪念品；纪念物）
perk: a perquisite （额外补贴）
autograph: a person's own signature or handwriting （亲笔签名或书法）
balmy: 愚笨的，傻气的，行为怪异的
or something: 或什么的，之类
[bilingual story everyday]
In Kaiping, a detailed map with all the sights is available at the local Xinhua bookshop. As the places of interest are scattered, it’s a good idea to rent a car for a day or two. Of course, the ?at terrain makes it easy for travelers with enough time to explore by bike.
在开平旅游，可以在当地的新华书店买一张旅游景点地图。因为开平各旅游景点比较分散，因此租车游玩一两天是个不错的选择哦。当然，因其平坦的地势，旅游者也可以单车骑行观光。
Must-see’ sights
推荐景点
Although the diaolou are everywhere, there are a few ‘must see’: Zili Village in Tankou township, Ruishi Lou in Jinjiangli of Xiangang township and Chikan.尽管碉楼星罗棋布，但是有些一定要推荐：塘口镇的自力村，蚬冈镇锦江里的瑞石楼和赤坎镇。
Zili village is famous for a cluster of several well-preserved diaolou. Two of the buildings offer a glimpse on how people lived 80 years ago. Traditional Chinese furniture is mixed with Western style objects and appliances – like a gramophone and a sea trunk marked with the label of a San Francisco shipping company.
赤坎镇以一系列保护完好的碉楼出名。其中两座向人们展示了80多年前居民的生活状态。传统的中式家具融合西式家居品――如留声机和标有旧金山船舶公司标签的远洋旅行箱。
On the ?rst ?oor, there is usually a kitchen and a reception room. Stairs run up on one side of the building and lead to the living quarters. Apparently, each of the owner’s wives was assigned one ?oor to share with her children. The top ?oor houses the ancestral shrine and features an open terrace-like space or a colonnade.
在一楼，一般是厨房和会客厅。楼梯由一边通向卧室。显然，每个妻子都有一个固定的楼层与她的孩子同住。最高层设成祖先的祠堂，那么是露天的平顶，要么是柱廊。
To encourage tourism, the local government encourages owners or their descendants to open them to the public. This is not always easy, because many live abroad and are dif?cult to locate.
为了发展旅游业，当地政府鼓励业主或者他们的继承者向公众开放。这其实并不容易，因为很多人生活在国外并不好找。
One of the two open diaolou was locked for decades until only two months ago, and there’s still one locked for which no key can be found. Nobody knows what’s inside.
两座已经开放的碉楼中的一座其实已经关闭了几十年了，是两个月前才开放的。现代还有一座因找不到钥匙而关闭的，没有人知道里面到底有些什么。
A riverside town
河边小镇
Chikan is a relaxed town on the banks of a small river. The town was once dominated by two families: the Guan family and the Situ family. They ?nanced construction of the commercial houses, which are built in a southern European style, and also two libraries. Walking around Chikan feels like walking through an old black and white picture postcard. The place has a very romantic atmosphere.（complete）
赤坎镇位于一条小河边，是一个悠闲的小镇。这个小镇曾经被两大家族掌控，他们是关氏和司徒氏。两大家族出资兴建了商号，一种南欧氏风格，当然也是藏书格。行走在赤坎小镇，仿佛置身于古老的黑白照片中。这里有一种浪漫的气息。(完)
（紫玉草译）
[one sentence one day]
We are not born for ourselves.人生天地间，并非为自己。
[bilingual story everyday]
Paris Hilton top Google searches in 2006
Google年度热门关键字排行出炉 希尔顿居榜首
Celebrity bad-girl Paris Hilton and social networking website Bebo were the hottest topics on Google in 2006, the online search engine revealed.
The "Year-End Google Zeitgeist" top ten lists showed global interest in online socializing and video viewing, as well as World Cup soccer, cancer, autism, celebrities and Hurricane Katrina.
Young people's socializing website Bebo, where users share videos, pictures and music and seek former schoolmates, ranked ahead of MySpace, another teen-oriented social networking site, in the Google list of most popular general searches.
World Cup soccer ranked third, with the remaining top-ten queries focused on video sharing, radio blogging, and wikis, which are websites open to editing by visitors.
Hilton, who starred in the reality television show "The Simple Life," topped the list of the most frequent Google news searches, with actor Orlando Bloom ranking second.
Hunts for cancer news ranked third, followed by podcasting, Hurricane Katrina, and bankruptcy in that order.
Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis was seventh on the news search list, ahead of autism, the US National Football League draft, and the television show Celebrity Big Brother.
MySpace topped the general searches and singer Janet Jackson the news searches at Google in 2005.
Goolge在线搜索引擎公布，“坏女孩”帕丽斯·希尔顿和Bebo社交网站成为2006年最为热门的搜索主题。
从Google Zeitgeist网站公布的“年度十大热门关键字”排行榜可以看出，在线社交、视频欣赏、世界杯赛、癌症、孤独症、名人以及卡特里娜飓风成为2006年全世界人们最为关注的主题。
年轻人的社交网站Bebo名列另一年轻人社区Myspace之前，它主要为用户提供一个视频、图片和音乐的共享平台，还可以帮助用户寻找以前的校友。
“世界杯足球赛”位居排行榜第三，入选前十名的还有视频共享、电台博客和维基百科。
出演电视真人秀《简单生活》的女星希尔顿高居Google资讯搜索热门关键字排行榜榜首，演员奥兰多·布鲁姆屈居第二。
“癌症”位居第三，排在其后的依次是“播客”、“卡特里娜飓风”和“破产”。
瑞士网球名将玛蒂娜·辛吉斯名列第七位，其次是“孤独症”、NFL美式橄榄球联赛选秀和真人秀节目《名人老大哥》。
Myspace和珍妮特·杰克逊分别是去年综合搜索和资讯搜索热门关键字排行榜的冠军。
（英语点津姗姗编辑）
Vocabulary:
social networking : socializing（社会交往）
reality TV show : 电视真人秀
[one sentence one day]
Can I renew this book?我可以续借这本书吗？
I thanked him an awful lot.我非常地感谢他。
[bilingual story everyday]
44% of British children aware what Christmas is
英国一半以上儿童不知圣诞来历
Less than half of British children between the ages of seven and 11 are aware that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus, according to a BBC poll.
Just 44 percent of 1,063 children questioned understood that Christmas returns each year for the birth of Christ.
Children from Northern Ireland were the most aware of the link, with 71 percent giving the correct response .
The vast majority of children -- 89 percent -- said they were excited by Christmas, and 63 percent of them said they were saving money to buy gifts for their close friends.
According to the poll, 15 percent of children said they spent more money on their mother, while seven percent said they spent more on their father. Some 66 percent tried to be fair and spent equal amounts on both parents.
Among the children questioned, 29 percent said Christmas was primarily about thinking of others, while 24 percent said it more about giving than receiving presents.
英国广播公司所做的一项调查表明，在英国7岁至11岁的儿童中，不到一半的孩子知道圣诞节是庆祝耶稣诞生的节日。
在接受调查的1063名儿童中，只有44%的人知道每年的圣诞节是纪念耶稣诞生的节日。
其中，北爱尔兰儿童了解这一来历的最多，有71%的儿童给出了正确答案。
89%的儿童说，圣诞节让他们兴奋不已；63%的孩子说，他们正在攒钱，要买礼物送给好朋友。
调查显示，15%的孩子为妈妈买礼物花的钱较多，7%的孩子为爸爸花的钱多。约66%的孩子不偏不向，为爸妈花的钱一样多。
29%的受访儿童认为圣诞节主要是一个关心他人的节日，24%的孩子说圣诞节的主题是送礼物，而不是收礼物。
（英语点津姗姗编辑）
Vocabulary:
correct response : 正确回答；正确答案
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Shanghai team targets smile shortage
上海 “微笑志愿者”小组在行动
According to a recent online survey by Extrawhite, a maker of chewing gum, a quarter of the people in China never smile or smile less than five times a day. The survey found that only 2 per cent of Chinese people are willing to smile at strangers.
To reverse this situation, a group of 40 students from the Humanities and Communications College of Shanghai Normal University launched a team of "smiling volunteers" last month. Their technique is simple enough: they smile at people.
They carried out their first "smiling task" on Saturday at the Shanghai Film Art Centre, where they smiled at all the visitors and asked if anyone needed any help.
"We started to prepare for this special team back in October," said Dai Ningning, a teacher at the college who is in charge of the team.
But the team's work is not all fun and games. Dai suggested that the team's work also had a professional component. "Most of our students will be teachers after they graduate. Smiling is necessary for good teachers. We hope they will learn how to smile at each other properly before they become teachers," she said.
Dai added that she had high hopes for the "smiling volunteers" team.
"The team will recruit more members in the future. We have no special requirements for the students who want to be members of the team. The only requirement is that they have sincere smiles and helping hearts, and are always ready to assist other people," she said.
Xu Xiaohong, a first-grade post-graduate student at the university, leads the team. She said that not all students found it easy to smile all the time.
"When volunteers help other people, smiling is the best way to make other people understand that the volunteers are ready and sincere," she said. "Smiles can also erase a sense of strangeness among people who do not know each other."
(China Daily)
益达口香糖公司近日开展的一项在线调查显示，四分之一的中国人从不微笑，或每天微笑不到5次。此外，只有2%的中国人愿意对陌生人微笑。
为了改变这一状况，上海师范大学人文与传播学院于上月成立了一个由40人组成的“微笑志愿者”小组。他们所需要的技能很简单：微笑对人。
上周六，“微笑志愿者”小组在上海电影艺术中心执行了第一个“微笑任务”：面带微笑询问来访者是否需要帮助。
“微笑志愿者”小组的负责人戴宁宁老师说：“我们10月份就开始筹建这个小组了。”
但“微笑志愿者”小组的工作并不只是笑一笑这么简单。戴老师说，这一工作对他们今后的职业发展有很大好处。“我们学校的大多数学生毕业后都会当老师。微笑是一个好老师的必备素质。我们希望他们在走上工作岗位之前学会如何得体的微笑。”
戴老师说，她对这个“微笑志愿者”小组抱有很高的期望。
她说：“这个小组今后还会招募更多的成员。我们对想加入这一小组的学生没有什么特殊的要求。唯一的要求就是，他们要有真诚的笑容和一颗乐于助人的心。”
“微笑志愿者”小组的学生负责人、研一学生徐晓红说，大家发现保持微笑并不是一件简单的事。
她说：“在我们帮助他人时，微笑是得到别人信任的最好方式。此外，微笑还能够缩短我们和陌生人之间的距离。”
（英语点津姗姗编辑）
Vocabulary:
strangeness : 陌生感