star by jocelyn
eng | 24 三月, 2009 12:44It’s gazing at the stars that I miss the most. When I was a kid, I used to live in a small town, which offered fresh air, open skies and a pollution free environment. In summers, I used to sleep on the terrace with my family. The smell of the night air, the sound of crickets and other nocturnal creatures, the light summer breeze, and the clear view of the skies with millions of stars bring back pleasant memories. I would count the stars – small ones, big ones, some brighter than the others, some closer while some very far, some moving while others still – I would count myself to sleep. I would, often, draw an imaginary line connecting the stars at different locations, forming imaginary shapes and figures. The vastness of the sky, the limitlessness of the expanse above would infiltrate a feeling of awe and wonder in the mind of a child who had many miles to go, many dreams to fulfill.
I live in a big city now, and hardly ever get the opportunity to gaze at the night sky. I miss the days of my childhood, the clear skies, and the million of stars that would stare back at me, and pat me softy to sleep.
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merry-go-around, india by jocelyn
eng | 24 三月, 2009 12:22
Photograph of Merry-go-round at a fair in Bombay, India
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Interesting Facts About China by jocelyn
eng | 24 三月, 2009 11:39
Interesting Facts About China
China, the new emerging power has been the oldest continuous civilization on Earth, for the
last 4000 years. Chinese flag is red which represents the blood spilled during the communist
revolution. On the flag there is one large star, representing leadership, and four small stars which
represent four social classes: capitalists, bourgeoisie, workers and peasants all united under one
Communist Party. Some of the China’s inventions: gunpowder, paper, printing, compass,
porcelain, first paper currency, animal zodiac, cast iron, chopsticks, crossbow, toilet paper,
collapsible umbrella, fork and many other cool inventions. Interesting fact about China is that in
last three years growth of China’s economy was around 10% per year making China the
country with largest world economy. The funny fact is that China was in dispute with WTO (World
Trade Organization) because of the extremely low taxes on their exports. However, United States
was in the dispute with WTO because of the high taxes on U.S. imports. "We are committed to
challenging China's WTO-inconsistent practices that harm American workers and businesses," said
U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab.
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is a magnate a magnet for you ??? (by jocelyn)
eng | 24 三月, 2009 11:13
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Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:57 AM PDT 這兩個名詞的拼字和發音皆不相同。
magnate 意為「(工商界) 大亨，大王，鉅子」：” an oil/a steel magnate” (石油/鋼鐵大王)； ”a press/shipping magnate” (報業/航運鉅子)； ”a media magnate” (媒體大亨)。 magnet 意為「磁鐵；有吸引力的人或物」： ”The town has now become a real tourist magnet.” (該鎮現已成為非常吸引遊客的地方)。 當意為「有吸引力的人或物」時，magnet 後面經常接 for (有些字典標示還 可以接 to，但接 to 的情況已相當罕見)： ”Buckingham Palace is a great magnet for tourists.” (白金漢宮是個非常吸引遊客的地方)。 |
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