Chinese President Jiang Zemin has asked Chinese education circles to continue with educational innovation and production of high-quality talents.
The president said a nation’s international competitiveness is based on its ability to be innovative.
Jiang Zemin urged schools at every level to step up reforms and applications for educational resources.
The president made the call on the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Beijing Normal University, along with Premier Zhu Rongji and other senior Chinese leaders.
Beijing Normal University is to start a strategic reform plan this year to increase the number of practical courses and integrate different areas of study.
Founded in 1902, it is the top institution of higher learning and one of the few universities with a-hundred-year history.
Beijing Normal University has produced numerous outstanding teachers throughout the century including well-known scholars such as Liang Qichao, Lu Xun and Li Dazhao.
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The 2,120 delegates to attend the upcoming 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China or CPC have been elected by 38 electoral units.
The delegates, representing 66 million CPC members across the country, were elected from party members in provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, departments and institutions under the CPC Central Committee, departments and institutions under the State Council and the People's Liberation Army.
92 percent of the delegates have college degrees or above. Women account for 18 percent and those from ethnic minorities make up 11 percent of the total number.
The delegates were elected through secret ballots. All recommendations, nominations and elections were carried out under the principle of centralism on the basis of democracy. To ensure the quality of the nominees, electoral units also looked into their professional bacgrounds.
Statistics show that 98 percent of CPC organizations at the grass-roots level and 93 percent of CPC members took part in the elections.
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All the more than 2,000 deputies to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China scheduled for November 8 this year have been elected.
The delegates were elected from among Party members in provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, departments and institutions under the Party Central Committee, the State Council, and the People's Liberation Army.
More than 90 percent of the deputies have college degrees or above. Females account for 18 percent and those from ethnic minorities account for over 10 percent.
Officials involved in the work have described the election as highly democratic.
The delegates were elected through secret ballot. All the recommendations, nominations and elections were carried out under the principle of centralism on the basis of democracy. To ensure the quality of the nominees, the electoral units made thorough investigations of candidates under the supervision of the general public.
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US Vice President Dick Cheney says military action against Iraq remains a possibility, and the final decision will be made in the "next few weeks."
He says the Bush administration wants Congress to vote on the matter in October.
In a related development, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Fox News television that President George W. Bush is ready to act unilaterally against Iraq, even as he seeks international support to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Bush is to address the United Nations in New York on Thursday, following weeks of international debate on whether the United States should strike Iraq alone. Many American allies oppose unilateral US action.
Former UN arms inspector Scott Ritter, on a visit to Baghdad, warns that the United States will make a " historic mistake" if it launches war on Iraq. At the same time, he urges Iraq to accept an unconditional resumption of UN weapons inspections.
Meanwhile, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said Al-Sahhaf says his country is ready to implement relevant UN resolutions and respond to international calls to solve all pending issues through dialogue.
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At least 15 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in fighting between Afghan government forces and those of a warlord in the eastern city of Khost.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press reports that both government troops and soldiers of warlord Padshah Khan Zadran suffered casualties during the fighting.
China is to build a new tourist zone called Shangri-la in its south western mountain areas.
The new travel attraction will link a number of scenic spots across Sichuan, Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
It will include sections of the Lancang River, the main river in the southwest of the country, and a range of ecological sights on the snow-covered Tibet Plateau.
The Chinese government is preparing to construct airports and highways to connect the different sections of the huge tourist zone.
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Two Japanese companies, Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart, say they are planning to bring their 24-hour, one-stop shops to the Chinese mainland as early as next year.
Japanese business daily Nikkei Shimbun reports that Seven-Eleven Japan, which bought the U.S. franchise in 1991, plans to open 500 stores in the mainland over the next five years. It will open its first store in Beijing next year.
Japan's third largest chain, FamilyMart, plans to open 300 stores on the Chinese mainland by 2010, with the first planned for Shanghai.
Both companies want to tap the mainland's rapidly expanding market of private consumers.
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Noted American scientist Geoffrey Landis, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, given a public lecture on "Mars and Space" at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing.
Dr. Landis' lecture and showed slides about the features of Mars and America’s plans to explore it. He also took questions from the keen crowd of Chinese astronomy buffs.
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Chinese Actress Gongli has announced that she will cooperate with a young French Director in a science fiction movie. She will play the role of an psychiatrist, and will speak English.
1--Do you want black or white coffee?
2--White, please.
1--Look! There's a folk concert tomorrow evening.
Do you want to go?
2--I don't like folk music very much.
1--What kind of music do you like?
2--I like classical music. Do you?
1--Not very much. Classical music sends me to sleep.
2--I don't believe you.
1--It's true.
2--You are funny!
1--So are you! How about another coffee?
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注解：
1）black or white coffee：加糖或加牛奶的称作white
coffee.什么也不加的称作black coffee.
2）folk concert：民间音乐会。folk作“民间的”、
“具有民族传说的”解。如folk dance，folk music,
folk songs, folk tale等。
3）classical：经典的。如classical music, classical
literature等。
4）How about...?（你以为）...怎么样？征询对方的意见时
常用的句型。如，征询关于时间安排的意见时，可以说How
about tomorrow？征询活动内容时可以说How about playing
tennis now?征询人选意见可以说How about Jane?等
Sometimes Emily tries to act older than she really is. Sue teaches her a lesson about that!
Today's Mission
What does Emily want to do on her birthday?
Conversation A
(Emily is studying in the living room. Sue comes in.)
Sue : Emily, we need to talk about your birthday. Have you decided what kind of party you want?
Emily : I don't want a party this year.
Sue : Why not? You love parties!
Emily : I know. But I want to do something special since I'll be 14.
Sue : Oh? Like what?
Emily : Well . . . Greg asked me if he could take me out for pizza on my birthday.
Sue : Hmm, that sounds like a date to me.
Conversation B
Emily : It's not a real date. We're just two friends going out for fun.
Sue : No, Emily. You're too young to go out alone with a boy.
Emily : But I think 14 is old enough to go somewhere alone with a boy.
Sue : I don't agree. And I make the rules, remember?
Emily : Amber and Kelly are 14, and their moms let them go on dates.
Sue : And I'm not Amber's or Kelly's mom, am I?
Emily : No. Their moms are nice!
Conversation C
Sue : Emily, don't talk to me that way.
Emily : But it's not fair! None of my friends' moms are as strict as you are!
Sue : Emily, don't whine.
Emily : I'm not whining!
Sue : Emily . . .
Emily : I just don't see why you have to be so strict! You never listen to me! It's not fair!
Sue : I don't like your attitude, young lady. Go to your room and stay there.
Emily : Fine! (runs upstairs)
Key words:
argument (n)
Patty and Carl had an argument. Now they won't talk to each other.
pizza (n)
The only American foods I like are pizza and hamburgers.
date (n)
Leslie and Steve went to a movie on their first date.
rule (n)
We can't bring cell phones to class. It's a school rule.
to whine (v)
Now, Bobby, don't whine. If you want something, ask nicely.
Standards of"beauty"vary from culture.How do your culture's beauty standards compare to those of the rest of the world?
"Your skin is so white!" I've heard this comment many times, but with two very different meanings. When my American friends say it, they usually add, "You need to get a tan!" When my Chinese friends comment on my white skin, they often add, "You're so beautiful!" I must admit, I prefer the latter comment.
Why do Asians and Westerners see my skin so differently? Because those cultures have very different ideas about what is beautiful. Let's take a look at beauty standards around the world. You might be surprised by what some people think is beautiful.
Is Thin In?
Thin is in, right? Well, it depends on your culture.
"A friend of mine always said she wasn't married because she was too thin," says South African Adele Booysen. Some cultures, including many in Africa, consider fat to be beautiful.
Chinese and Western cultures value thinness right now. But in most cultures, a wide range of body shapes and sizes has been fashionable at some point in history. Why? It actually seems to be based on the economy. In times of famine, thinness signifies a lack of food, so fat is desirable.
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