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Some people think sports occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions. I agree with part of this opinion, to my point, I prefer using 'probable' to 'essential'.

As we know, sportsmenship has no boundary among the countries all over the world. Every aspiring athelet is focus on improving their skills in order to make their sports dream come true. Without considering of politics, religion, and race, people just enjoy in sports! Also, countries which are involved in the sports occasions are eager to get their best achievements with the equal standerd in a harmonious environment. As the result, people have precious chances to realize each other peacefully. I do believe that situaion is all people and countries' hope with nature. 

About the successful example, here is it. A famous diplomacy called 'PingPang diplomacy', which was proposed by ex-president and most brilliant leader of China Mao Ze Dong, started a new age of diplomacy relationship between China and United States. Chinese players of table tennis went to visit America for teaching and communicating skills with American players. In fact, that's really a remarkable turning in histories of China and America. Despite two countries still had a lot of different opionions inevitably, Americans started to read new china again with throwing the old minds. 

On the other hand, some opponents claim that sports occasions will cause new arguments even voilences or riots because of over releasing patriotic emotions for being winner. Honestly, that's definitely a problem. However, is there any diplomacy could guarantee of resolving all the international problems without any negative impact? I don't think so, please let sports diplomacy be a option of easing international tensions. At least, it's better and safer than military intervention or other forced way.

In conclusion, every coin has two sides, building sports occasions for easing misunderstanding and strengthening communication is really a enforceable method.

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As chinese proverb, "spare the rod, spoil the child" , most elder parents do not doubt it make sense.

However, as the times change, more new problems show up with the crude methods of education. In view of this situation, people have to pay more attention on these new education problems, in particular, the educators. So, must we do punish to children for helping them tell from the so-called right and so-called wrong? If you ask me, my point is the appropriate punishment even including physical punishment is necessary.

 

Before I start my argument, please let me tell a story first. Long long time ago, in fact, when I was a pupil of Fifth Grade in elementary school. I had a bad manners of biting my finger nails and I knew that it was harmful to my health and I should quit, epescially, after my mother took a lot of examples to explain why it is bad habits. But, it was difficult for me to quit and I still bit my nails unconsciously. Being Difficult of quiting a habit is the same with most of people even adults.Anyway, telling sense didn't work so that my mother beat my hands when she found I was biting, in order to impress me with forbiding of biting nails . Unfortunately, I had a tough bad habit, finally, my morther covered my finger nails all with gentian violet as a physical and mental punishment. The end of thise stroy, I will never bite my nails and I thanks my mother when I ever bring it in mind.

 

Could we learn some from this real story? By all means, I don't mean that punishment is the only effetive way to help children correct their mistakes, it needs depent on different situations or/and a variety of characteristic children.Just in general, punishment works well apparently.

How could I articulate that punishment works well in general? Personally,I think that here three reasons  can support my argument probably.

First, most parents love their children (except so extrem and special situations) and they know how to deal with punishment is better. I do believe they won't do so serious physical punishiment that it would be harmful to their children's health, and appropriate physical punishiment impress children on wrong and right things and also prevent children from more serious bad things in future.

second,most children love their parents(except extrem charateristic children) and they will forgive their parents who punish them for love. Though children was punished by their parents, they would know that all parents' expectations were good for them in one day, sooner or later. Being threaten with punishment, children learnt to tell difference from wrong and right, build good mannars , act with appropriate way, live with positive attitude and so on and so forth. Some people may bring forth opposition that 'wrong'and 'right','good ','appropriate', are all so-called and those what parents told us and taught us are their way to think and live and may inhibit the development of our own characteristics.

I totally agree with that point, but I must remind a little bit. Don't you really think that children could know their really needs and what is the special good way for them without any basic knowledge. More precisely, it is easily to stray away from the path which you want to reach without knowing the general or special choices, especially, when you are anxious to look for and not calm enough to comtemplate more.The answer, I think, is no. So, punishing seems a little crude, especially physical punishment, but is totally better than regreting for the stupid action because of being spoiling by your parents.

The last but not least, we need to admit that oral eduation does not usually work well,and other new ways to educate may not work and also take other negtive effects at the same time. Like my story said, I knew my mother was right while I had to quit my bad habit, but I couldn't and the oral education failed. In addition, some parents reward privilege to encourage children do the right things.That's a good idea, and children could through the positive rewards impress the right things so that parents could get the expected achievments.Whereas, the negtive effects is getting into the habits of doing right things for rewarding or with rewarding. That is not good, they should know they have responsibility to do right things and they are may well be punished if doing the wrong things in society.

 

All my points are below, I think right way to punish is still worth attemping.

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In modern society, particular ,in modern urban society, plastic packaging has been widely uesed as far as possible in the early years, there seemed that every daily necessary had been made of plastic materials.In conclusion, we have to face the harmful impact (even 'white polluted' disaster) which was caused by too many plastic manufatures on our evironment and health.

In my opinion, it is not justly to attribute all the faults to plastic manufatures though it seems truth on the surface.How to monitor and regulate the qualities of plastic manufatures, and what should people deal with the plastic wastes, they are the key problems.

When we complained the plastic bags and rubbish are full of the world we live, shouldn't we recollect how this situation become ? Most of the plastic pollutions are thrown out or dumped by our hands, which we should be ashamed though maybe not be deliberate.Thus,changing our way to deal with plastic rubbishs like plastic packageings which are common to seen and used is increasing urged.

However, it is not pragmatic to totally depend on civilians' consciousness,other solutions should be figured out and implemented.

Personally ,there are some proposals ,such as ,improving the standers of the quality of plastic products which will be circulated in markets for manufaturers ,promulgating the promatic policy to monitor and regulate plastic product's quality by government ,and studying and implementing a kind of effective recycling and collection system by relevant institute, etc.

As far as I know, China's National Development and Reform Commission has cooperated with Japan's International Cooperation Agency to research the advanced and effetive classification and recycling systems for China. That's a good news for us, I am looking forward this system chould be opertated in Beijing.

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Everyday, we received a plenty of information from a variety of media channels ,such as,TV,radio,newspaper, etc.We are so overwhelming by these large number of information that cannot distinquish facts from fiction, or cannot assure ourselves' opinions when we face the facts because of being confued by too many convinced opinions on these facts.
So, I couldn't help asking how much the information we chould trust and how could we catch ourselves' standpoints so that avoiding be misled or used by ulterior motives of allegations and opinions.

In my opinion,the faked information are most entertainment information. The information providers make some faked information which are known the truth by public finally for attracting more concerns,or enhancing certain status.So,the faked information is not the big problem for us ,but the facts which are mixed with biased opinions and allegations are big problem.
As we known, everyone is entitled for opinion and so do media organizations.These organizations could express their opinions freely ,reasonable ,objectively and also could take a side on issues because of working for some groups or governments .In fact, through controlling media to manipulate people is kind of popular way and is proved to be effective by experiences.Indeed, we separate facts from opinions,rather than facts from fictions.That's really a more difficult work we have to do for seeking opinions ourselves' but not (the opinions) others give us.
Meanwhile, there is a question that what kind of qualities should information providers such as journalists have? I assume that are objective,resonable, emotionless and good at writing by succinct sentences for expressing the information exactly and their opinions clearly.
All in all, the benefit of getting the massive information the media presented is obviously while the negative impact is apprently also.I don't doubt all the information and even be willing to believe ,but there is always a warning in my mind warn me don't be fooled by information.
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In general, sending children to the day school is most of parents' choice , however, in recent years, the boarding schools have become more popular than before .Some parents bewildered which one is better for children ,should I send my child to a boarding school instead of traditional school ? In my opinion, there is no definitely better one , but have a fitting one for each different family.

The boarding school's feature is to strictly manage the calendar of student's study and living with professinal methods and advanced facilities. In addition, children have more time to play ,study ,conmunicate with classmates ,and parents don't worry about they are alone when they are focus on work ,and have no time to accompany with them. Away from families' care, children have to learn to be independent on living and thinking ,after all, teachers in school are not able to attend each student carefully enough.

Theoretically speaking, boarding school's advantage is more than day school .

But, the costs of boarding school is too hight to afford for normal families and it will take less time to stay at home with parents that cannot be accepted by a lot of children and parents. The two reasons significantly lead people to choose the day school except that some parents are too busy for work to take care of their children.

On the other hand, the day schools' cost is more appropriate and parents could have more time with their children.Moreover,the same with the boarding school or ever better than(some day school were supported by government),most of the day school still have the capability of using profession way to educate children with good facilities.

All in all, which type of school should be chosen according to the different families' real situations. We cannot assure the better one but the fitter one.In fact, brilliant person are not from the same type of school or education form , success are attribute to individual hard work.

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This morning ,i found a litter of kittens which were newborn by a wildcat  by accident.

The mother cat choose an empty wooden discarded box on the platform front of my window as its litter.

I must admit that place is hidden enough for avoiding to be found , in oder to keep its babies away from risk.

I stood and stared at this litter,observed the mother cat and babies.

Meanwhile,I felt I was lucky to find such these lovely tinny tiny things , and it was so warm and moving scence of licking and feeding babies by the mother cat.

But things didn't stick at the wonderful moment, some suggestions about how to care with these wildcats jumped out and made me nervous and confused after I noticed my sister and boyfriend this glad news of kittens.

 

My sister wants to take one of kittens back to home and fed it as a pet ,then,it will not a wildcat again and have a better life. She calls that 'reverse the wildcat's fate from poor to wonderful' .I have no hesitate to refuse this suggestion because I have not prepare to fed a pet and I don't think wild life is so bad for them ,I mean that human's way to think not cats' way.

I prefer to leave it alone, not to affect its' life.

However, My boyfriend didn't agree with me and criticized my kind is not enough for these poor fragile wildcats, in addition, told me a lot of examples which were shown the tragic fate of wildcats.

At last , I was persuaded to give some cat food for them every day.

I don't know if it is appropriated way to show my kind or just leave them alone is a better way.

After all, they are wildcat. I am afraid human's action will have negative affect on them.

I wonder that should I feed the wildcate which has a litter of kittens ?

 

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i just skim over some blog in EC, some of them are really  impressive .

they are so impressive that i can help to write myself's blog at once and also bring back my passion to write.

 

 

i like writing , but recently i felt powerless to insist on writing english blog everyday for improving my written english.

it is my fault ,i know, my english is not good enough to express my real mind exactly.

i  bewildered how to write down my mind clearly ,and that's really make me disappoint myself .

then, i lose the confidence of writing , and forget the motivation of learning english.

 

For finishing an blog , it will takes me a lot of time to look up words in dictionary and contemplate the tense and grammar. it is boring and awful for me , and my patience disappears gradually.

i used to try my best to keep calm and whisper to myself to insist on , however, the giant gap between my mind and my article's meaning is really hard to accept by myself.

i try to recall the situation which i learnt my mother togue language when i was a child and tell myself the situation now is the same with that time. But , i couldn't ignore i am an adult and have complex ,meaning mind , i have accustomed to the maturing way to think and express by using complicated,accurate,rich words or phrace . what's more, i enjoy the feeling to write down my idea conheretly ,but they all can not be achieve when i write english article.

 

in fact ,i still doubt if i could be proficience in english one day , because it seems too impossible.

Fortunately,i am not alone because of being accompanied by many learners here , though we don't know each other , i still could felt the power from your enthusiasm and insistence on english.

 

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3rd . Apr to 5th. Apr 2001, there is a short holiday for Ching Ming festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)in china.

 

1、Qing Ming Jie(All Souls' Day)

Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.
Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.
清明节是一个纪念祖先的节日。主要的纪念仪式是扫墓,扫墓是慎终追远、郭亲睦邻及行孝的具体表现;基于上述意义,清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。 清明节是在仲春和暮春之交,也就是冬至后的106天。扫墓活动通常是在清明节的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的扫墓活动长达一个月。


ORIGIN(起源)

Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Zhui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality, he invited his faithful follower to join him. However, Jie declined his invitation, preferring to lead a hermit's life with his mother in the mountains.
Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire. To his consternation, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death. To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the "cold food feast", a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.
The "cold food" festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming festival. As time passes, the Qing Ming festival replaced the "cold food" festival. Whatever practice is observed,the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember one's elders by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets. To make the visit even more meaningful, some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Zhui who choose death over capitulation.
谈到清明节,有点历史知识的人,都会联想到历史人物介子椎。据历史记载,在两千多年以前的春秋时代,晋国公子重耳逃亡在外,生活艰苦,跟随他的介子椎不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来,重耳回到晋国,作了国君(即晋文公,春秋五霸之一),大事封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从,惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏,他带了母亲隐居绵山。
晋文公无计可施,只好放火烧山,他想,介子椎孝顺母亲,一定会带着老母出来。谁知这场大火却把介子椎母子烧死了。为了纪念介子椎,晋文公下令每年的这一天,禁止生火,家家户户只能吃生冷的食物,这就是寒食节的来源。
寒食节是在清明节的前一天,古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明,久而久之,清明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。无论以何种形式纪念,为了使纪念祖先的仪式更有意义,我们应该让年轻一代的家庭成员了解先人过去的奋斗历史,当然,还要学习介子椎宁死不屈的气节。

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  1. there be结构的主谓一致

    在英语里表示什么地方或时间存在什么事情就用此结构,句子的结尾往往带有地点状语或时间状语。其中there是引导词,本身没有词意,be是谓语动词,be后面的名词是主语。be的数与后面的名词一致,若be后是两个或多个并列的名词,be则与靠得最近的那个名词的数一致。如:

    There was a meeting yesterday. 昨天有个会议。

    There is a pen, two books and many pencils on the desk. 桌上有一支钢笔、两本书和好些铅笔。

    比较:There are two books, a pen and many pencils on the desk.


    2. there be与have的比较

    (1) 用法不同:there be 表示某个时间或地方“存在”某人或某物,而have表示主语“拥有”某人或某物,作宾语的某人或某物属主语所有。

    (2) 结构不同:there be + sb./sth. +时间/地点(副词或介词短语);sb./sth. + have +sb./sth. else

    There are some children in the garden.花园里有几个孩子。

    She has three cars. 她拥有三辆汽车。(汽车是属于她的)

    注:若是部分与整体关系时,有时用两种表达方式都可以。如:

    A week has seven days. =There are seven days in a week. 一周有七天。


    3. there be的否定和疑问

    (1) 否定式:be后面加not(any)或no。如:

    There are not any boats on the river. 河上没有船。

    (2) 疑问句:是把be移到there的前面来。如:

    Are there any boat on the river? 河上有船吗?

    Yes, there are..(No, there are not.) 有。(没有。)

    注:若有别的助动词时就不一样了,请看:

    There won’t be a football match tomorrow, will there? 明天没有足球赛,对吗?

    There usedn’t to be a tall tree here, used/didn’t ther? 以前这里有棵高树,是不是?

    There seems to be something wrong with you, doesn’t there? 你好像有些不舒服,对吗?

    There happened to be a well there, didn’t there? 那里碰巧有口井,是不是?

   
    4. there be结构的时态

    there be结构有不同的时态,而且可以和各种助动词或情态动词连用。如:

    There was a sport meeting in the playground yesterday. 昨天运动场举行了一场运动会。

    There will be (=There is going to be) a new film show on Monday. 星期一将有一场新电影放。

    There is to be a concert at the school hall. 学校礼堂有场音乐会。

    There have been a lot of accidents round here. 这里已经发生多起事故了。

    He told me that there had been an argument between them. 他告诉我们之间发生了一场争论。

    There will have been a definite result by Friday. 到星期五前就已经有明确的结果了。

    There must be a mistake somewhere. 一定在什么地方有错误。

    There must have been a rain last night, for the ground is wet. 昨晚一定下了雨,因为地是湿的。


    5. there be结构的变体

    该结构中,有时be还可以被live, exist, lie, stand, seem, rise, remain, happen, come, go等动词代替。如:

    Once there lived an old fisherman in a village by the sea. 从前,在海边的一个村子里住着一个老人。

    There remained just twenty-eight pounds. 只剩二十八英镑了。

    There seems little doubt that he is insane. 似乎没有多少疑问他的神经不正常。


    6. there be的非限定形式

    there be的非限定形式是there to be和there being,主要用来做介词或动词的宾语、主语或状语。如:

    Have you ever thought of there being so many interesting films for you to choose from?没想到过有这么多有趣的电影供你选择吧?

    John was relying on there being another opportunity. 约翰相信另有机会。

    There being a bus stop so near my house is a great advantage. 有公交车停在离我房子这么近的地方是很大的优势。

    There having been no rain, the ground was dry. 由于没有下雨,地上很干燥。

    It’s unusual for there to be so few people in the street. (=It’s unusual that there are so few people in the street) 这条街上这么少的人是不寻常的。

    It was too late for there to be any subways. 太晚了,不会有地铁了。

    Would you like there to be a meeting to discuss the problem? 你们要开个会讨论一下这个问题吗?

    I don’t want there to be a simple mistake in the article that I have written. 我不想我写的这篇文章中有错误。

    I except there to be no argument about this. 我期限望对此事没有争论的。

    注:there to be常做like, expect, mean, want, intend, prefer, hate等的复合宾语。

   
    7. there be的固定句型

    There be +名词或代词+to do (+介词) 有某事要做

    There be + some/no+ trouble/difficulty ( in) doing sth/with sth. 做某事(没)有困难

    There be + some/no + doubt about/as to sth / that… 对某事(没)有疑问

    There is no sense/use/good/point (in) doing sth 做某事没有道理/用处/好处/意义

    There is no need (for sb.) to do sth/that… (某人)做某事没有必要

    There is no chance/possibility to do sth/of doing sth./that… 没有做某事的机会/可能性

    There was no arguing with her. 没法和她争辩。

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1st April - April Fool's Day

 

Today is Fool's day,  but I am not interested in fooling anybody because of my fever and allergy.

Today is the first day i could use internet freely after resigning my work, undoubtedly,it is so uncovenient without internet.

After connecting to the network, i repay my credit card online at once for avoiding the damned Late Fees. Then, I search some useful links about learning english for creating more changes to use english .

Learning english by only myself is really a boring and inefficient way because that it isn't  interesting and useful without communication and interaction ,I always think learning english is not just for getting higher scores for better future but for realising more cultures,histories,views from all over the world mostly. If we want to know the exact truth of the other contries ,shouldn't we read their book ,talk to the residents,listen to the news in their language but not just get information from translations which is easily edited or changed by translators?

But, purpose is good while reality is crule.

If learning english is not for a better job , everyone wonders why you learn it without any substantial benefit? Over time, I become to be confused and afraid .

This kind of bewilderment becomes to more serious when I have to recite boring words , write articles about some topics behind the times, brainstorm for inexplicable oral topic.

 

I contempleted how to save my passion for english ,and figured out, maybe.

I should try to express my real mind of my interesting topic in english,and of course , find chat friends who are something in common with me.  The solution may be work for raising my interest and improving my english.

 

La winded winded a lot,  I don't know what the main point I want to say, but this is blog ,right? I don't have to afford any responsibility for anybody even myself .

 

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