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]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=31 <![CDATA[阳光下的四季Seasons in the Sun ]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2008-3-23 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=31 一个将死之人，用他最后的时间最后的话语向这个他仍无比眷恋的世界作最后的告别：再见了，朋友；再见了，爸爸；再见了，爱人……不是期待再次相见，而是永不能再见！生命是如此的珍贵，回忆是那么的美好。那些肆意挥洒青春的日子一去不返，那些叛逆张狂的日子徒留悔恨，那些浓情蜜意的日子永不再有。温暖的阳光下，四季更替如常，而他却再也没有季后去享受下一轮四季的更替，再也没有机会去拥抱温暖的阳光，只能无奈地叹息：it's hard to die。
心痛得无以复加，泪无声地流下。We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.副歌不断反复，犹如阳光下四季永恒的轮回。于是因为这首无比哀伤的歌，喜欢上了Westlife这个由四个阳光大男孩组成的组合。



Seasons In The Sun


Terry Jacks

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we're nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC's,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.

Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I get along.

Goodbye, Papa, it's hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Little children everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the wine and the song,
like the seasons, all have gone.

Goodbye, Michelle, my little one.
You gave me love and helped me find the sun.
And every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers ev'rywhere.
I whish that we could both be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the stars we could reach
were just starfishs on the beach
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=30 <![CDATA[Words of Wisdom(4)]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-31 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=30 A real loser is comebody that's so afraid of not winning, they don't even try.
-- From 'Little Miss Sunshine'

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the jugdement that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
-- From 'The Princess Diaries'

There's a moment in every relationship where romance gives way to reality.
-- From 'Sex and the City']]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=29 <![CDATA[Someone's watching over me]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-30 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=29 当我们孤独时，当我们遇到挫折时，请谨记，我们并不孤单，我们并不孤立无援，我们的父母亲友也许并不在我们身边，但他们无时无刻不在关注着我们，所以，think twice before you jump!
今天无意中听到这首歌，不禁热泪盈眶，在此，谨以此歌悼念逝去的生命，更希望此歌能给活着的每一个生命坚强走下去的勇气。

Someone's watching over me by Hilary Duff


Found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
Something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it's written in the sky tonight

So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me

Seen that ray of light
And it's shining on my destiny
Shining all the time
And I won’t be afraid
To follow everywhere it's taking me
All I know is yesterday is gone
And right now I belong
To this moment to my dreams

So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me

It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes
Believe in yourself and you'll fly
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself and follow your heart

So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
That I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even when it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
That someone's watching over
Someone's watching over
Someone's watching over me
Someone's watching over me]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=28 <![CDATA[Fast Reading(1)]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-26 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=28

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答案：
F T F F F

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=27 <![CDATA[Christmas words concerned]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-25 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=27
Christmas = Christ - Mass = "The Mass of Christ"
Christ = Jesus Christ
"Mass" = Roman Catholic religious Church service of "mass".

The word "mass" probably comes from the last words of the service of "mass", which are "you are dismissed" = "missa est" in Latin. From the Latin word "missa" comes the English word "mass"

** Why is December 24th called "Christmas Eve"?

In old times, days started at sunset. So the evening of the day, the "eve" happened first.

Then we changed to days starting at midnight. Now the "eve" is evening of the previous day. So "Christmas Eve" is the day before Christmas. [zy]

** What does the phrase "Boxing Day" mean?

The day after Christmas day when presents are given to extended family and friends.

Possibly dating from the Middle Ages when the householder would give presents to the servants and tradesmen. It is a public holiday in some Commonwealth countries.

** Why does the word "Bethlehem" refer to?

A small town in Judea near Jerusalem, where King David was born and the birthplace of Jesus.

** What are the Christmas songs called?

Christmas Carols - Carols, song used in celebrations and dances, written for and sung at Christmas.
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=26 <![CDATA[The story for the Christmas season ]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-25 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=26
The story for the Christmas season
(Contributed by Bing Wei, Granny Betty's Story Time )

Most people know that the simple meaning of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God in the Christian religion. The word Christmas originated from an old English phrase, "Cristes Masse", meaning the mass of Christ（基督弥撒） . The date, December 25, was established by Bishop Liberius of Rome in 354 AD. He selected the date to mark the official time for celebrating Christ's birth. Before then, the birth of Jesus was observed on different days and even to this day no one is certain the exact date of Christ's birth.[zy]

　Christmas celebrations

Cultural celebrations of Christmas include glittering light displays, the ever-present jolly oldSanta Claus（圣诞老人） , group celebrations and singing called carolling（圣诞颂歌）, baked holiday cookies and cakes, decorations of mistletoe（槲寄生，装饰性植物）and pine wreaths, lighted, ornamented Christmas trees with wrapped presents displayed underneath. The spirit of Christmas at its heart is a festival to celebrate family, love, gratitude to others and giving presents to show appreciation to friends and loved ones.

In Europe, typically, family and friends gather together on Christmas Eve, on Dec 24, for a big turkey dinner, completed with Christmas pudding (a rich cake with brandy source). Everyone shares their stories of the year or brings a newsletter to read out for what has happened during the past year. Games are played after the dinner. On Christmas day, Dec 25, a brunch （常用构词法： breakfast+lunch）with family is the norm, followed by some light sporting events, such as a country walk, to digest the heavy food.

Dec 26 is called Boxing Day（节礼日，往往在这一日大家互赠礼物） in the UK, which means everyone opens their box of presents - the most joyful day for the children. In the US, having just celebrated Thanksgiving with turkey, Christmas Eve dinner is more likely to have ham on the menu with a heavy dessert. Dec 25, the Christmas Day is normally the day all the presents are opened.

　Christmas trees & cards

The tradition of having a pine tree as a Christmas Tree is believed to come from Germany. Since the medieval time, lighting a candle on a tree is common to welcome guests. Such practice has evolved into the Christmas celebration.

The formal Christmas Tree was introduced to England about 100 years ago when Queen Victoria married German Albert. The evidence of Victoria's love for Albert is not only expressed through inheriting the German tradition of having a Christmas Tree but also through the gold Albert Statues that Victoria had ordered built for Albert, standing in many places in London. In America, the Christmas Tree idea was brought by German immigrants too.

The custom of sending Christmas cards was initiated in England around 1850. The first cards were decorated with elaborate designs of flowers, birds and landscapes.

　Santa Claus

As for Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, the story goes back to the third century.

Legend has it, Saint Nicholas dedicated all his life to helping mankind, especially children. He died on December 6, which marks the Saint Nicholas Day in many European countries and that was when gifts were given to children. St. Nicholas bears many different names, such as Father Christmas in the UK, San Nicolass in the Netherlands, Le Pere Noel in France, and Kriss Kringle in Germany.

He also arrives on different dates to deliver presents to children in different countries, typically from chimneys. The chimney story was this: Santa flew over house tops in a sleigh, he dropped coins by accident and they landed in some stockings hanging next to the fireplace to dry. From then on, red stockings were hung by the chimney in hopes Santa would fill them with gifts.

Most countries use fabric stocking while in others, wood shoes are also placed on earth for Santa's gift-dropping. In America, the image of Santa Claus was conceived by the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas", written by Clement Moor. Moor transformed the Santa character from a saint in a long robe to a chubby, rosy-cheeked elderly man in a red suit, riding on a sleigh pulled by a team of reindeer.

　Christmas carols

The tradition of carol singing originated from the carolling practised by the Waits in the fourteenth century. Waits were royal singers who were sent by the court to perform in selected homes for treats, pennies and/or fun. "Carol" means a circle dance accompanied by a song. Most Christmas carols we sing now were composed around 1400-1600's.

　Jewish Chanukah

The Jewish community celebrates Chanukah（光明节，为纪念公元前165年犹太人战胜希腊的叙利亚侵略者并夺回圣殿） instead of Christmas in December. Chanukah (Hanukkah) is celebrated on the 25th day of Kislev, the third month of the Jewish calendar, usually falling somewhere in December on the Gregorian calendar.

Chanukah commemorates the cleansing of the Temple after the Jews defeated their occupation by the Syrian Greeks and is observed by lighting the candles of the menorah for eight days, one on the first, two the second and so on so forth.

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=25 <![CDATA[Christmas celebrated around the world]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-25 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=25

Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik creates sand sculptures of Santa Claus and Jesus Christ on Christmas eve at a beach in Puri, close to the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar, December 24, 2007. Patnaik took 25 hours to create the 16 foot (5 meters) Santa and the 20 foot (6 meters) Jesus sculptures. ]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=24 <![CDATA[一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-12 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=24 A. bitten B. three times C. shy D. wise
这个成语的意思是不会再犯相同的错误，也就是汉语里常说的一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=23 <![CDATA[Words of Wisdom (3)]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-12 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=23
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. --Samuel Beckett (1906-89)

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another man has it for thirty days. But it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life. --Edward B. Butler

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. --Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. --Dennis Wholey

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=22 <![CDATA[Words of Wisdom (2)]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-12 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=22 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=21 <![CDATA[Words of Wisdom (1)]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-12 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=21 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=20 <![CDATA[Walk Your Way to Weight Loss]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-12 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=20
Find a Shoe That Fits

The only equipment you really need is a decent pair of walking shoes. Finding them is a cinch. What matters most is comfort. If it feels good, odds are it provides enough support. When you're shopping for shoes:

Wear the socks you plan to exercise in. That way you'll get the best fit.
Try on both shoes. Most people's feet aren't exactly the same size. Choose a pair that fits your larger foot.
Allow a little extra room. Feet swell when you walk, so buy a pair with about a thumb's width between your longest toe and the end of the shoe. Make sure the heel doesn't slip, though, or you could end up with painful blisters. [zy]

Check Your Form

Sure, walking comes naturally, and it's smart to go with the technique you've honed since you were a toddler. But these tips will help you stay comfortable and get the most out of your walk:

Stand up straight. Imagine a string pulling you up from the center of the top of your head. Let that string pull you up as straight as possible. Relax your shoulders.
Look ahead. Keep your neck straight and your head held high to avoid unnecessary strain to your neck and shoulders. If you have to look down to see where you're going, lower your eyes, not your head.
Move those arms. Bend your elbows and let your arms swing naturally at your sides. You'll prevent swelling, tingling or numbness -- and you'll burn up to 15 percent more calories by keeping your arms moving.
Don't carry that weight. Some people try to get in extra exercise by toting a couple of light dumbbells, but fitness-walking experts say that's risky: The weights can pull you off balance and strain muscles in your back or legs.

Stay Safe

Walking is one of the safest activities you can do. Still, it's wise to take a few precautions.

If you're walking at night, wear a piece of reflective clothing.
If the path is dimly lit, bring a good flashlight.
When the weather's warm, be sure to drink a tall glass of water before you set out and another when you return.
If your path is rugged or bumpy, protect your ankles, particularly if you have a history of twists or sprains. Consider wearing a comfortable elastic bandage for support, and keep your eyes focused on the path.
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=19 <![CDATA[这山望着那山高?]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-9 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=19 A. road B. fence C. wall D. garden

你知足吗？还是总是觉得别人的境况比自己的好？对于那些不知足的人，无论自己拥有了多少，爬上了多高的山头，还是会这山望着那山高呀！]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=18 <![CDATA[Greek Mythology(2)--Gaia 大地母神盖亚]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-7 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=18
Gaia, known as Earth or Mother Earth (the Greek common noun for "land" is ge or ga). She was an early earth goddess and it is written that Gaia was born from Chaos, the great void of emptiness within the universe, and with her came Eros. She gave birth to Pontus (the Sea) and Uranus (the Sky). This was achieved parthenogenetically (without male intervention). Other versions say that Gaia had as siblings Tartarus (the lowest part of the earth, below Hades itself) and Eros, and without a mate, gave birth to Uranus (Sky), Ourea (Mountains) and Pontus (Sea).

Gaia took as her husband Uranus, who was also her son, and their offspring included the Titans, six sons and six daughters. She gave birth to the Cyclopes and to three monsters that became known as the "Hecatonchires". The spirits of punishment known as the Erinyes were also offspring of Gaia and Uranus. The Gigantes, finally, were conceived after Uranus had been castrated by his son Cronus, and his blood fell to earth from the open wound. [zy]

To protect her children from her husband, (the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires, as he was fearful of their great strength), Gaia hid them all within herself. One version says that Uranus was aghast at the sight of his offspring so he hid them away in Tartarus, which are the bowels of the earth. Gaia herself found her offspring uncomfortable and at times painful, when the discomfort became to much to bear she asked her youngest son Cronus to help her. She asked him to castrate Uranus, thus severing the union between the Earth and Sky, and also to prevent more monstrous offspring. To help Cronus achieve his goal Gaia produced an adamantine sickle to serve as the weapon. Cronus hid until Uranus came to lay with Gaia and as Uranus drew near, Cronus struck with the sickle, cutting the genitalia from Uranus. Blood fell from the severed genitals and came in contact with the earth and from that union was born the Erinyes (Furies), the Giants and the Meliae (Nymphs of the manna ash trees).

After the separation of the Earth from the Sky, Gaia gave birth to other offspring, these being fathered by Pontus. Their names were the sea-god Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia. In other versions Gaia had offspring to her brother Tartarus; they were Echidna and Typhon, the later being an enemy of Zeus. Apollo killed Typhon when he took control of the oracle at Delphi, which Gaia originally provided, and then the "Sibyl" sang the oracle in Gaia's shrine.

It was Gaia who saved Zeus from being swallowed by Cronus, after Zeus had been born, Gaia helped Rhea to wrap a stone in swaddling clothes, this was to trick Cronus in to thinking it was Zeus, because Cronus had been informed that one of his children would depose him, and so to get rid of his children he had swallowed them, Gaia's trick worked and Zeus was then taken to Crete.

Gaia being the primordial element from which all the gods originated was worshiped throughout Greece, but later she went into decline and was supplanted by other gods. In Roman mythology she was known as Tellus or Terra.

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=17 <![CDATA[隔墙有耳？]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-6 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=17 A. listening B. ears C. to be thick D. a secret

中国人常说隔墙有耳，而老外却说墙壁有耳朵哦！答案是什么，不用我说了吧！]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=16 <![CDATA[Is packing important to you? 错过的幸福]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-6 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=16
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold.[zy]

Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.

With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… "PAID IN FULL".

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=15 <![CDATA[Attitude Is Everything]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-5 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=15
by Jim Rohn

The process of human change begins within us. We all have tremendous potential. We all desire good results from our efforts. Most of us are willing to work hard and to pay the price that success and happiness demand.

Each of us has the ability to put our unique human potential into action and to acquire a desired result. But the one thing that determines the level of our potential, that produces the intensity of our activity, and that predicts the quality of the result we receive is our attitude. [zy]

Attitude determines how much of the future we are allowed to see. It decides the size of our dreams and influences our determination when we are faced with new challenges. No other person on earth has dominion over our attitude.
People can affect our attitude by teaching us poor thinking habits or unintentionally misinforming us or providing us with negative sources of influence, but no one can control our attitude unless we voluntarily surrender that control.

No one else "makes us angry." We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test. If we select a volatile attitude by becoming hostile, angry, jealous or suspicious, then we have failed the test. If we condemn ourselves by believing that we are unworthy, then again, we have failed the test.

If we care at all about ourselves, then we must accept full responsibility for our own feelings. We must learn to guard against those feelings that have the capacity to lead our attitude down the wrong path and to strengthen those feelings that can lead us confidently into a better future.

If we want to receive the rewards the future holds in trust for us, then we must exercise the most important choice given to us as members of the human race by maintaining total dominion over our attitude. Our attitude is an asset, a treasure of great value, which must be protected accordingly. Beware of the vandals and thieves among us who would injure our positive attitude or seek to steal it away.

Having the right attitude is one of the basics that success requires. The combination of a sound personal philosophy and a positive attitude about ourselves and the world around us gives us an inner strength and a firm resolve that influences all the other areas of our existence.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=14 <![CDATA[World AIDS Day 2007世界艾滋病日]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-2 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=14
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By Carol Pearson
Washington
30 November 2007

Watch AIDS Update report


This Saturday, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. The idea of holding a special day to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS dates back to a summit of health ministers in 1988. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region of the world most affected by AIDS, but all countries suffer from the pandemic. VOA's Carol Pearson has more.


The AIDS Walk in San Francisco, California is not limited to a one-day event
AIDS awareness programs will be held in many cities around the world on World AIDS Day. In San Francisco, AIDS awareness programs are not limited to December 1st. [zy]

An estimated 25,000 people participated there in an annual AIDS walk in July. Mark Cloutier helped organize the event. He says, "It raises the issue. It raises awareness."

It also raises money to help those with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Programs like the AIDS walk, free testing and AIDS education are part of the reason the World Health Organization says the percentage of people living with HIV has leveled off.


Mark Cloutier
Still, 33 million people around the world are estimated to be living with HIV. This year, another 2.5 million people contracted the virus while two million more died from AIDS.

Eight African countries account for almost one third of all new HIV infections and deaths.

And the World Health Organization reports that HIV has increased by more than 150 percent in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the past six years. The data show the number of people living with HIV has more than doubled in Vietnam while Indonesia has the fastest growing epidemic.

The United Nations and the Chinese government estimate in a survey released Thursday that 700,000 people are infected with HIV in China. That is less than one percent of the population, but the report shows that between 30 and 50 million people are at risk because of high risk behavior.

More money is available for HIV/AIDS programs. President Bush has made the United States the world leader in its level of support for the fight against the virus. He said, "This investment has yielded the best possible return: saved lives."

Money has also poured in from private sources. And many governments have become more involved. The Thai government is cited for its efforts to de-stigmatize the disease through programs like Positive Partnership, where one person with HIV is given a small loan to start a business with a partner who does not have HIV. Both people benefit from the income and people who once shunned those with HIV become their customers.


James Wagoner
James Wagoner is president of Advocates for Youth, an organization that focuses on youth and sexual health. He says every day, 6,000 young people worldwide contract HIV. "The chief problem is denial -- denial by adult policy makers and politicians that young people need sex education to prevent HIV. Denial that the research shows that if you educate young people about sex, about condoms, about prevention, it does not cause sexual activity, despite the protestations of numerous governments and policy makers."

The theme of the 2007 World AIDS Day focuses on leadership, political and social, to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The irony is that Washington, D.C., the capital of the country that provides the most global funding for AIDS, leads the nation in the number of people with AIDS.
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=13 <![CDATA[Water: She Is In Hot Water]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-2 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=13
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Water: She Is In Hot Water (Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself)

来练习听力吧，VOA慢速听力是你练习精听的好材料哦！最好是一个单词一个单词的听写下来，就像我在听力课上要求你们做的那样，每天坚持写一部分，一段时间后，你会发现听力会有很大的进步哦！]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=12 <![CDATA[新视野大学英语网络学习的入口]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-2 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=12 http://english.zjxu.edu.cn:81/
或http://10.100.100.3:81/

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=11 <![CDATA[HIV/AIDS infections slow down]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-1 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=11
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The rate of new HIV/AIDS infections in China is slowing and the disease is now mainly transmitted through sex, Health Minister Chen Zhu said yesterday.

The country will have an estimated 50,000 new infections in 2007, compared with 70,000 in 2005, though groups like men who have sex with men (MSM) are increasingly at risk, according to The Joint Assessment of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care in China (2007), jointly released by the State Council AIDS Working Committee Office and the UN Theme Group on AIDS in China.

That will mean there will be about 700,000 people living with HIV/AIDS this year in the country, up from 650,000 estimated in 2005.[zy]

Of the new infections, 44.7 percent will come from heterosexual transmission, 12.2 percent from MSM, and 42 percent from intravenous drug use (IDU), the report said.

In the past, more than half the infections were caused by IDU.

The change is in line with the international trend of major HIV transmission modes, which is gradually shifting from IDU to unsafe sex, Chen noted.

The ratio of sexual transmission is surging each year, especially among MSM, Chen said.

The percentage of homosexuals infected showed a dramatic increase to 3.3 percent in 2007, compared with 0.4 percent in 2005.

Official estimates put the homosexual population in China at 5 to 10 million, but the HIV prevalence rate among them is many times more than the general population, which stands at 0.05 percent.

As many as 70 percent of homosexuals have multiple partners but only 30 percent use condoms, said the report.

In addition, a number of MSM are bisexual, which might further drive up the spread of the disease.

The assessment said by the end of 2007, there will be 85,000 AIDS patients.

The cumulative total of reported HIV positive cases is 223,501, including nearly 63,000 with full-blown AIDS and 22,205 recorded deaths.

These are also major risk factors behind the potential for the virus to further spread, said the report: Up to 70 percent of the total reported cases are among people aged between 20 and 39.

As the disease is so far incurable, prevention should be the top priority, said former vice-health minister Wang Longde, who now heads the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association.

"The youth should be steered away from high risk behavior and made more aware of HIV/AIDS containment," Wang said.

Questions:

1. What is the estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS in China this year?

2. Name two routes of transmitting the AIDS virus.

3. Seventy percent of the reported cases are from which age group?

Answers:

1.700,000.

2.Unsafe sex (heterosexual and men having sex with men or MSM) and intravenous drug use (IDU).

3.Between the ages of 20 and 39.

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=10 <![CDATA[ARE YOU AN OPTIMIST OR A PESSIMIST? ]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-12-1 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=10 当看到半杯水的时候，悲观主义者会说：“唉，只有半杯水了！”而乐观主义者却说：“太好了，还有半杯水呢！”
你是一个乐观主义者还是一个悲观主义者呢？想知道他们之间的区别吗？那就读读下面这篇短文吧。

By Chris Widener
I have been giving some thought lately to optimism and pessimism. Basically, these are attitudes. Attitudes that shape and formulate our entire existence. I mean, have you ever met a happy pessimist? Of course not.

In short, our optimism or pessimism is this:
The way we interpret the past
The way we experience and view the present
The way we imagine the future[zy]

Have you given much thought about how your attitude, whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, affects you business, organization or school? Have you thought about how it affects you personally? And what about the team you are a part of?

What is optimism? It is a belief that things in our past were good for us, even if that means they were hard and taught us lessons. It is also the belief that things will be better in the future.
Here are some contrasts between optimism and pessimism and how they affect us:

Optimism breathes life into you each day
Pessimism drains you

Optimism helps you to take needed risks
Pessimism plays it safe and never accomplishes much

Optimism improves those around you
Pessimism drags them down

Optimism inspires people to great heights
Pessimism deflates people to new lows

There is only one way that optimism and pessimism are the same and that is that they are both self-fulfilling. If you are an optimist, you will generally find that good things happen to you. And if you are a pessimist, you will find yourself in the not-so-good situations more often than not.

So can a person just become an optimist? Yes! We can choose to look at the world any way we want to. We can choose to look at the world and think the worst, or we can tell ourselves the good things about each situation. As you find yourself looking at your enterprise, begin to view it through the eyes of an optimist, and you will reap the rewards listed above, and so will the people around you.

There are tremendous benefits to being an optimist, as stated above. But there are some pessimists out there who will say, "But that isn't realistic." I say "Who cares?" If things go awry, at least I have spent my time beforehand enjoying life and not worrying about it. And, being an optimist, I would view the "negative" situation as an opportunity to grow and learn. So I can even look forward to my failures because they will be stepping stones, and learning tools to be applied to my future success.

Have you ever met a successful pessimist? Become an optimist and see your world change before your eyes!

Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and achieve their dreams.]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=9 <![CDATA[Who's Your Angel? [感恩节]谁是你的守护天使]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-11-22 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=9
God replied," Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

But the child wasn't sure he really wanted to go. "But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy."

"Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy." [zy]

"And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, "the child continued, "if I don't know the language that men talk?"

God patted him on the head and said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

But God had an answer for that question too."Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

"I've heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?"

"Your angel will defend you even if it means risking her life!"

"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore,"the child continued warily.

God smiled on the young one. "Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard. The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question, softly,"Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

God touched the child on the shoulder and answered,"Your angel's name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her Mommy."　

喜欢这篇文章吗？喜欢的话，试着来把它翻译成中文吧！]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=8 <![CDATA[The Story of American Thanksgiving]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-11-22 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=8
每逢11月第四个星期四，美国人迎来了自己最重要的传统节日感恩节。感恩节，原是清教徒为感谢上天赐与的好收成，同时，也表达了新英格兰“移民”对印第安土著居民最初的谢意。如今，这一传统节日更多意味着合家团聚。下文以历史为脉络，探究了感恩节的渊源，并把目光锁定在1621年翔实的感恩“盛宴”上。阅读完文字，别忘点击附带的小测试。

Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday and not celebrated in continental Europe. On the fourth Thursday of each November, families and friends gather together for the occasion to celebrate with a traditional turkey dinner, usually in the mid-afternoon. Thanksgiving originated as a celebration of the year's harvest and is similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. [zy]

The origin of the Thanksgiving Day

This American tradition started in 1621 before the United States of America was established. It was a huge celebration for a hard-earned harvest the first year after arriving in the New World.

On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower ship set sail from Plymouth, Devon, England, taking all the English Pilgrims （清教徒）to the New World. The English Pilgrims numbered about a hundred people, and left England to escape religious persecution. Their voyage to the New World was financed by Merchant Adventurers, an English investor group.

The Pilgrims sailed sixty-six days, arrived in the New World in November of the same year. They first settled in a cornfield abandoned by Native Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation.

They worked on the land with much difficulty and were beset by a devastating plague in which half of the Pilgrim died in the long winter of 1620. In the spring of 1621, an Indian brave named Squanto and her Wampanoag （瓦帕浓人，北美印第安人阿尔琴族一部落）tribe came to their help. The tribe taught the Pilgrims how to work the earth and plant corn, beans, pumpkins, squash and other crops.

The Thanksgiving feast in 1621

In late September 1621, the Pilgrims were pleased with their great harvest. To celebrate their first harvest, the Pilgrims wanted to thank God and the Native Indian. They invited Squanto and the entire Wampanoag tribe that celebrate together in a shared feast.

It was said about ninety Wampanoag turned up, much to the surprise of the Pilgrims, whose population had shrunk to no more than 50. The chief of the tribe had his men hunt five deer to bring to the feast. The first Thanksgiving dinner had an elaborate menu with venison, wild turkey, goose, duck, crane, swan, and other waterfowl; they also has local seafood: clams, lobsters, mussels, salmon, cod, bass, herring, shad, bluefish, lots of eel and oysters. They also cooked plenty of vegetables, among them squash, pumpkins and beans were the most popular.

They ate raspberries, strawberries, grapes, plums, cherries, blueberries, walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, hickory and ground nuts, wheat flour, Indian corn and corn meal and they made beer out of barley. The pumpkin pudding was later developed into the traditional pumpkin pie.

The first Thanksgiving dinner is said to have lasted from three days to one week with much food, beer and liquor. The Pilgrims and the Native Indian sat together on the ground, shared food with fingers or used rough plates made of wood or stale bread. They ran races, played old English games and staged parades during the festive, with marches, drums and firing of their muskets.

"Thanksgiving" related to the Bible

The phrase "thanksgiving" initially comes from the Bible. The Pilgrims of Plymouth, however, were mainly Puritans and strict Calvinist Protestants. They only observed three religious holidays from the New Testament: Sunday Sabbath, Days of Fasting and humiliation and Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving marked favourable ("mercies") in community life.


The first Thanksgiving festival was indeed a time of happiness, fellowship and rejoicing for the Pilgrims. They arranged a friendly treaty with the Native American Indians, built houses in the wilderness, and raised sufficient crops to feed themselves for the upcoming long winter. The Pilgrims had become the first generation of settlers in this new land holding so much promise.

From then on, Thanksgiving became a holiday for celebrating the harvest in the New World, dates varied from October to November each year over the next 150 years.

Thanksgiving, the National holiday

The first National Thanksgiving was declared by the Continental Congress in 1777. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington declared that the people of the United States should observe "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer" on Thursday, 26 November.

Many say the credit for the establishment of an annual Thanksgiving holiday should be given to Sarah Josepha Hale. Being the editor of Ladies Magazine and Godey's Lady's Book, she lobbied to the governors, senators, and presidents for a national holiday and published stories and recipes for that day in her magazine. After 36 years of crusading, she won her battle. In 1863, buoyed by the Union victory at Gettysburg, President Lincoln proclaimed that November 26, would be a national Thanksgiving Day, to be observed every year on the fourth Thursday of November.

In 1941, a Congressional Joint Resolution set the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday for Thanksgiving.

There you are - the brief history of Thanksgiving- a day in America for families and friends to gather together. The festival is also celebrated by Americans living abroad. Thanks to the Native Americans and the Pilgrims who created this idea of a day of Thanksgiving all those live in the New World can be thankful for all we have and share the joy with our family members and friends.

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=7 <![CDATA[Thanksgiving Rehearsal Diner Quiz]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-11-22 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=7
1. Which year did the most commonly recognized first Thanksgiving dinner/feast take place in the Plymouth Colony of the New World, hosted by the English Pilgrims?
a. 1609
b. 1621
c. 1777

2. The reason for the above Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth was to…
a. Celebrating the harvest, thanks the God and the native Indians
b. Thanks the God only
c. Thanks the weather of the New World[zy]


3. Who was the president that proclaimed in 1863 a national Thanksgiving Day to be observed every year on the fourth Thursday of November
a. President Washington
b. President Lincoln
c. President Jefferson

4. Which year was the Congressional Joint Resolution set the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday for Thanksgiving?
a. 1939
b. 1941
c. 1955


5. What was the main meat dish the native Indian tribe, Wampanoag, brought to the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving dinner/feast in Plymouth?
a. Swan
b. Wild turkey
c. Venison

（Answer: found in The Story of American Thanksgiving ）
]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=6 <![CDATA[Thanksgiving Day 感恩节]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-11-21 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=6 Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, so let's try to get some information about it.

Thanksgiving Day
Fourth Thursday in November
Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago. [zy]

In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in theNew World（新大陆）. This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring theIroquois Indians（美国纽约州东北部易洛魁族印第安人）taught them how to grow corn, a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.

In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn,barley（大麦）, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn.

In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks.

After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.

Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.

In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.

Symbols of Thanksgiving

Turkey, corn, pumpkins andcranberry sauce（酸果曼沙司）are symbols which represent the first Thanksgiving. Now all of these symbols are drawn on holiday decorations and greeting cards. The use of corn meant the survival of the colonies. "Indian corn" as a table or door decoration represents the harvest and the fall season.

Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows inbogs（沼泽）, or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and other New England states. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections. They used the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to cook the berries withsweetener（甜味佐料）and water to make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi" which means "bitter berry." When the colonists saw it, they named it "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry bent the stalk over, and it resembled the long-necked bird called a crane. The berries are still grown in New England.

In 1988, a Thanksgiving ceremony of a different kind took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. More than four thousand people gathered on Thanksgiving night. Among them were Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country and descendants of people whose ancestors had migrated to the New World.

The ceremony was a public acknowledgment of the Indians' role in the first Thanksgiving 350 years ago. Until recently most schoolchildren believed that the Pilgrims cooked the entire Thanksgiving feast, and offered it to the Indians. In fact, the feast was planned to thank the Indians for teaching them how to cook those foods. Without the Indians, the first settlers would not have survived.


]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=5 <![CDATA[Halloween 万圣节]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(Sophie) 2007-11-21 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=5 On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes（节日服装）knock on their neighbors' doors and yell "Trick or Treat" when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child a treat the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the masks.[zy]

Since the 800's November 1st is a religious holiday known as All Saints' Day（万圣节）. The Mass that was said on this day was called Allhallowmas. The evening before became known as All Hakkiw e'en, or Halloween. Like some other American celebrations, its origins lie in both pre-Christian and Christian customs.

October 31st was the eve of the Celtic（凯尔特人的）new year. The Celts were the ancestors of the present-day Irish, Welsh and Scottish people. On this day ghosts walked and mingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked food all that day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of the dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the new year.

Much later, when Christianity spread throughout Ireland and October 31 was no longer the last day of the year, Halloween became a celebration mostly for children. "Ghosts" went from door to door asking for treats, or else a trick would be played on the owners of the house. When millions of Irish people immigrated to the United States in the 1840s the tradition came with them.

Today' school dances and neighborhood parties called "block parties" are popular among young and old alike. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They dress up like historical or political figures and go to masquerade parties（化妆舞会）. In larger cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping malls early in the evening. Stores and businesses give parties with games and treats for the children. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more outrageous the costume the better!

Certain pranks（恶作剧）such as soaping car windows and tipping over garbage cans are expected. But partying and pranks are not the only things that Halloweeners enjoy doing. Some collect money to buy food and medicine for needy children around the world.

Symbols of Halloween

Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins（小精灵）and skeletons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. In the weeks before October 31, Americans decorate windows of houses and schools with silhouettes（轮廓）of witches and black cats.

Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lantern is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy（吝啬的）that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser（吝啬鬼）. He couldn't enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day（审判日）. The Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips（芜菁根）,beets（甜菜根）or potatoes representing "Jack of the Lantern," or Jack-o'-lantern. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today jack-o'-lanterns in the windows of a house on Halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodies（糖果）waiting if they knock and say "Trick or Treat!"






Halloween Treats

Dried Pumpkin Seeds

After carving your pumpkin, separate the pulp from the seeds. Rinse（冲洗）the seeds and spread them out to dry. The next day, add enough melted butter or margarine（人造黄油）to coat each seed. Spread the seeds onto a cookie sheet（甜酥饼干）and bake for 20 minutes in a 300 degree oven for 20 minutes or until they are slightly brown.

Caramel Apples

Take the paper wrapping off about 100caramels（饴糖）and put them in a saucepan（炖锅）. Put the saucepan over a pan of boiling water. Boil the water until the caramels melt. Put a wooden stick into the top of each apple, dip the apple into the caramel. Let them cool on wax paper and enjoy!

Scary Stories

No Halloween party is complete without at least one scary story. Usually one person talks in a low voice while everyone else crowds together on the floor or around a fire. The following is a retelling of a tale told in Britain and in North Carolina and Virginia.

"What Do You Come For?"

There was an old woman who lived all by herself, and she was very lonely. Sitting in the kitchen one night, she said, "Oh, I wish I had some company."

No sooner had she spoken than down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the flesh had rotted. The old woman's eyes bulged with terror.

Then two legs dropped to the hearth and attached themselves to the feet.

Then a body tumbled down, then two arms, and a man's head.

As the old woman watched, the parts came together into a great, tall man. The man danced around and around the room. Faster and faster he went. Then he stopped, and he looked into her eyes.

"What do you come for? she asked in a small voice that shivered and shook.

"What do I come for?" he said. "I come for YOU!"

The narrator shouts and jumps at the person near him!

]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=4 <![CDATA[Greek Mythology(1)--Chaos 混沌之神]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(刘雪燕) 2007-11-20 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=4
Chaos is from the Greek word Khaos, meaning "gaping void". There are many explanations as to who or what Chaos is, but most theories state that it was the void from which all things developed into a distinctive entity, or in which they existed in a confused and amorphous shape before they were separated into genera. In other words, Chaos is or was "nothingness." Though some ancient writers thought it was the primary source of all things, other writers tell of Gaia (Earth) being born from Chaos without a mate, along with Eros and Tartarus. Then from Gaia came Uranus (Heaven or Sky) which gave us Heaven and Earth. [zy]

Chaos has been described as the great void of emptiness within the universe from which Eros came and it was he who gave divine order and also perfected all things. In later times it was written that Chaos was a confused shapeless mass from which the universe was developed into a cosmos, or harmonious order. For instance, Hesiod's Theogony says that Erebus and Black Night (Nyx) were born of Chaos, and Ovid the Roman writer described Chaos as an unordered and formless primordial mass. The first Metomorphoses reads, "rather a crude and indigested mass, a lifeless lump, unfashioned and unframed, of jarring seeds and justly Chaos named."

The Roman writer Ovid gave Chaos its modern meaning; that of an unordered and formless primordial mass.

类似中国神话中创世之初的混沌哈！]]> http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=3 <![CDATA[收集的乐趣（三）—— Stargate Atlantis (1×01) ]]> liu_xue_yan@yahoo.com.cn(刘雪燕) 2007-11-19 http://blog.zjxu.edu.cn/lxy//readblog.asp?id=3
- Quite slim, actually.

- 拜托，我跟这些人有同样基因的机率有多大？

- 实际上，（机率）非常地小。

odds：The ratio of the probability of an event's occurring to the probability of its not occurring

又是odds，不过这次的意思是“机率”。[zy]

- We can say that the odds of winning the game are slim.

- We can also say that the chances of winning the game are slim.

4. You know, this isn't about you Sheppard. It's a lot bigger than that.

你要明白，谢珀德，这不仅仅是你的事情。这事要复杂严重的多。

- He thought it was only an accident, but it was a lot bigger than that.

5. I wanna do this, Simon, with all my heart.

西蒙，我是全心全意地想做这件事。

with all one's heart：adv. 全心全意地, 十分愿意地

- I wanna help you, with all my heart.

6. We're just waiting on Dr. McKay.

我们就等麦凯博士了。

wait on/upon: to await 焦急地等待

- They're waiting on my decision.

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1. Oh, clearly I am overcome with envy.

噢，显然我嫉妒得不得了。

be overcome with sth means to be overpowered or overwhelmed in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion

Dr. McKay说这句话的时候明显带有一种自我解嘲的意味在里面，如果我没记错的话，好像他自己没有古人的基因，无法使用这个古人的控制椅，而Dr. Beckett又不愿意合作，Dr. Weir说他因这个基因的问题而烦恼，所以他说了这样一句话，开玩笑说他非常嫉妒那些有古人基因的人。[zy]

Simple sentence, right? Now, let's try to use it.

Mary's grandma passed away yesterday. She was overcome with grief, and almost ate nothing for a whole day.

2. Well, with the amount of power you'll need to make this trek, odds are it'll be one way.

好吧，（你要知道）你们的这次旅途需要大量的能量，很有可能你们就回不来了。

Still remember the expression "chances are ..."? "odds" here means chances, so "odds are ..." means "chances are ...", which means it is likely that (there's no way back).

Ready to use it?

It is cloudy. The odds are that it will rain today.

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以下是《生化女将》第一季第一集中的两个句子：
1．Everyone has to sing for their supper around here.

这儿的每一个人都要为他们所得到的付出代价。

sing for one's supper: work for one's pay or reward[zy]

This metaphoric term alludes to wandering minstrels(吟游诗人) who performed in taverns(酒馆) and were paid with a meal. First recorded in 1609, it gained currency with the familiar nursery rhyme(童谣), "Little Tommy Tucker, sings for his supper"

What a wonderful sentence! Life is a struggle, so everyone inevitably has to sing for their supper.

2．Sooner or later you’re gonna have to make a choice. It goes something like this. Heads, you lose. Tails, You die.

迟早你都得做出选择。而现在的情况是：不论你做出什么样的选择，情况都对你不利。

According to 'E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.'：



Heads I Win, Tails you Lose.

In tossing up a coin, with such an arrangement, the person who makes the bargain must of necessity win, and the person who accepts it must inevitably lose.

Did you get that?

- OK. Now let’s toss up a coin. Here’s the deal: Heads I win, Tails you lose.

- What? It’s unfair!
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