China is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare. Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, I've found the opposite is true. There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bicycles to get around. For many, it's the easiest and cheapest way to travel today. Bicycles also come in different colors — silver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.
It's fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks. Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just can't provide.
Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather accompanied my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.
My first ride home was orderly (守秩序的). To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didn't want to get hit. So I took the ride carefully.
Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.
I finally made it home. The feeling on the bicycle was amazing. The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.
Summer Courses 2009
San Diego Seaside College is offering one and two-week English summer courses for high school students from all over the world who want to improve their English. Classes are offered at five levels, from basic to advanced. Students will be tested when they arrive and placed in the level appropriate to their language ability. Each class has a maximum of 14 students.
Tuition Fees(学费)
One-week Course (July 26—August 1) : $310
Two-week Course (July 26—August 8) : $ 620
The full payment must be received before the beginning of the courses.
Accommodations(食宿)
We provide housing, including breakfast & dinner, 7 days a week.
Single room : $ 250 per week
Twin room: $160 per person, per week You should reserve your accommodations before May 15 and all the accommodation fees must be paid in full before June 15.
How to Apply
Fill out an application form and send it to us at esc@sdc. edu.
Come to our college this summer and make yourself shine at English.
The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I'd been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt: “The trouble with you is that you won't put yourself in my place. Can't you see things from my point of view?” I shook my head stubbornly-and felt the ache in my tooth. I'd thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.
“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn't he as busy as the others?
In the dentist's office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don't worry. The dentist is very good.”
“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.
“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.
“The artwork?” I was puzzled.
The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!
I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, introduced us in New York City. When the studio didn't want me for the film - it wanted somebody as well known as Paul — he stood up for me. I don't know how many people would have done that; they would have listened to their agents or the studio powers.
The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV. We were respectful of craft(技艺) and focused on digging into the characters we were going to play. Both of us had the qualities and virtues that are typical of American actors: humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other — but always with an underlying affection. Those were also at the core(核心) of our relationship off the screen.
We shared the brief that if you're fortunate enough to have success, you should put something back — he with his Newman's Own food and his Hole in the Wall camps for kids who are seriously ill, and me with Sundance and the institute and the festival. Paul and I didn't see each other all that regularly, but sharing that brought us together. We supported each other financially and by showing up at events.
I last saw him a few months ago. He'd been in and out of the hospital. He and I both knew what the deal was, and we didn't talk about it. Ours was a relationship that didn't need a lot of words.
Planning before buying something is a good idea. For example, you are going to buy a pet dog, you still have to consider a few things and plan them well before you welcome it in the house. You will also have to train it well so that it does not misbehave in front of people. You should realize that it is a big responsibility.
Think about whether your pocket can manage the purchase, as well as different items for keeping the dog. If something goes wrong with the health of your pet, you will have to spend some extra money on it.
The next thing you need to consider is your home, You will also have to consider the family members. If your living place is already too crowded with people, getting a dog as an additional member of the house will not be a good idea.
Make sure nobody is allergic(过敏的) to the fur of the dog. Also make sure that you can easily find time to train the dog. Ensure that your family is welcoming to this idea.
When you are bringing this best friend in your house you must make sure everything is right for it. You should make life easier for it, as well as others who are living in your house.
A. Looking after your dog doesn't only mean taking it for a walk or playing with it.
B. A dog is supposed to be man s best friend.
C. Before you think about getting a dog, think about the afford ability(经济承受力).
D. The training should start as soon as the dog is in your care.
E. Once the dog has learned how to sit, you may teach him to shake hands.
F. You will also have to think about any health problems related to your family.
G. A small apartment will not be fit to house a large dog.
When a person is curious about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it. There is nothing 1with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad 2 on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is3silly or wrong. Some persons with nothing to do are4of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are5to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are bringing home or taking out or6they have come home so early or late. To be interested in these things is7 because they are not important at all. It is none of their8 to know what neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is9not only foolish but also harmful. For most probably, it 10 to small talk which often brings 11, shame or dis-respect to others and thus hurt their feelings.
On the other 12, there is a noble curiosity— the curiosity of the wise, who 13 at all the great things and try to find out all they 14 about them. Columbus could 15 have found America if he had not been 16. James Watt would not have made the steam engine 17his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid (水壶盖).All the great discoveries and inventions in human history have been made 18a result of curiosity. 19the curiosity is never about unimportant things, which have 20or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
Liu Sijiang(teacher):The Net improves the speed of communication， but there are many people who lie on it Therefore, it is natural that some people are (worry)about the girl in Nanjing, who made friends with an American teacher by email.
Xu Yong (student) : These days, (make) friends online is a part of many people's lives. I think we can make good and helpful friends online, just like the girl from Nanjing. So don't be afraid to do you think is right.
Ding Yixiang ( student ): As the most (importance) communication tool at present, the Internet helps us to know and understand world affairs. is also easy to make friends with foreigners through your keyboard , a “ friend” might lie to you. Only if young people can control themselves well and know what is good and what is bad, making friends on the Net should not be problem at all.
Zhou Jian( student) : It is hard to say or not it is good to make friends on the Internet In fact, some bad and harmful things have indeed happened. However, I like to make friends online. I often share my happiness and sadness my friends there. They can offer me some advice tell me how to solve problems when I am in trouble.
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Though great progress has made in science these years, there are still many people lived in poor conditions. They make their living by collecting and selling used thing. Their children cannot go to school because they have no enough money to send their children to there. Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now? The answer lies on the population explosion. A president of a developing country once said: “It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to produce child without limit.” Although these few words sound simple enough, but they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion.
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