NGOs get state money for poverty projects

2005-12-27

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[ 记住该记住的忘记该忘记的 ] [ 改变能改变的接受不能改变的 ] Remember what worths remembering and forget those forgettables; Change what can be changed and accept those unchangeables. 首页最后更新最新评论存档我的链接 2005-12-27 Zhongshan Fire -[ 个人原创 ] Zhongshan police have arrested four brothers for operating an unlicensed Tanzhou township bar where 26 people lost their lives and 11 were injured in a fire on Sunday night. Police were quoted by Xinhua as saying that three of the four brothers, namely Lin Hanwen, Lin Hanzhong and Lin Hanlong, were detained early on Monday morning while a fourth, Lin Hanwu, was receiving medical treatment for injuries sustained in the fire. Police said the brothers should shoulder the main responsibility for the blaze because they ran the bar illegally and paid little attention to fire prevention, according to Xinhua. But some nearby residents yesterday (TUES) wondered how the bar could have operated for at least three years without a license. * The Zhongshan municipal government confirmed yesterday afternoon that the casualty number remained unchanged and the 11 patrons were still being treated in hospital. Refusing to disclose any further details, the authority said Guangdong had sent a special group to investigate the fire and would announce any progress. The Zhongshan government said 21 of the 26 people killed in the fire were male and just three of the 11 injured were female, Xinhua reported. The news agency said 16 of the dead had not been identified because most of the victims' identity cards had been burned. * There was no official information released about the victims’ ages but some local papers quoted nearby residents as saying that most of the casualties were students from local schools, including the Tanzhou Middle School and the Tanzhou Technical School. But the information office of Zhongshan municipal government yesterday (Tuesday) said the reports were "not objective" and nobody yet knew the ages of those who died. The Zhongshan Fire Department said it was still trying to determine the direct cause of the fire. * Xinhua reported that more than 100 people were crowed into the 241 square meter bar when the fire broke out and there was no room to move. The state Ministry of Public Security has warned every local government to learn from the incident. Guangzhou officers assessed fire prevention in public venues on Monday night. 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-28 00:09:28 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 Zhongshan Murder Follow-Up -[ 个人原创 ] 今天上午10点多的时候，在新华网上看到中山酒吧大火烧死26人的新闻～～以为香港会让我去，后来还是让深圳的同事去～～后来被告知今天assignment是follow up 这个香港女人被杀害的新闻～～都不知道编辑如何想，怎么可能不去现场？在广州打电话打到下午4点多还是毫无头绪～～负责调查的公安分局也说没有任何东西可以透露，后来想着试试中山市的公安局～好在最后试了这个电话（本来想着公安肯定什么都不说，不打算找他们的了), 宣传科说正在写通稿，已经破案了～～这篇稿子完全靠这个通稿～所以还是一句话：尝试一切途径。因为下午5点多他们才写完通稿，也没有发给媒体，希望明天会是个独家～～ Zhongshan police yesterday (MON) confirmed they had arrested a 29-year-old Hunan man on suspicion of murdering a Hong Kong woman found in a pool of blood on Christmas Day. * The Zhongshan Public Security Bureau did not disclose the victim’s age or the time she was killed but said she was found in the kitchen of her Zhongshan villa at 10.20 am on Sunday. * Her throat had been slit and she had been stabbed in the neck with a sharp knife. * The Gangkou Hospital yesterday (Mon) confirmed the women had been sent to hospital but died from blood loss. * Police said the suspect confessed to the murder during questioning and had killed the woman during a burglary. * According to police, the suspect broke into the woman's house at the Zhongshan Morning Star Villas, a popular residential area for people from Hong Kong, about 11pm on Saturday (24th) and tried to loot the house. * The man robbed the woman at knifepoint after she returned home about 3am on Sunday and then held the knife to her neck when he discovered a safe in an upstairs room. * The victim said that only her husband knew the safe’s combination and he was in Hong Kong. Her attempts to call her husband failed so she tried to contact him through a friend about 9:10am Sunday, police said. * Her friend thought she sounded “unusual" on the phone and called around to the villa 20 minutes later and discovered the woman was being held against her will. * Police officers soon arrived and tried to persuade the suspect to give himself up but the man was "uncooperative", the police bureau said. * The bureau said the suspect moved the woman into the kitchen and tried to ignite a gas cylinder when he noticed he was surrounded by police. * The cylinder failed to explode and he stabbed the woman in the neck and throat when she resisted. "The police took the chance to capture the suspect when he went out of the kitchen, but found the woman was already in a pool of blood," police said. * The suspect is believed to have broken into several apartments in the area last week and stolen about 1000 yuan. * The murder has raised serious fears about safety among the villas ’ 6,000 residents, of whom 5,000 are from Hong Kong. * A meeting between owners' representatives and the management company was held yesterday to discuss the security situation on the estate. * Some residents complained there had been a significant decrease in the number of security guards in the complex in the past few years. They urged the property management company to recruit more guards and install more surveillance equipment. * Morning Star Villa said it employed around 200 security guards. But some residents said the company had cut the number from about 300 to around 100 at present, leading to deteriorating security in the area.

牛八戒发表于 2005-12-26 23:37:48 阅读全文 | 评论(1) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 Around The Nation 2005-12-21 -[ 个人原创 ] BEIJING China will its double efforts to provide 100 million rural residents with safe potable water during the country's 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010), Xinhua reports. The Ministry of Water Resources will give priority in 2006 to treating water contaminated with fluoride or arsenic . About 300 million rural people do not have safe drinking supplies and excessive fluoride affects water delivered to 63 million people in north, northwest and northeast China. China's top information officer pledged on Tuesday to make it more convenient for foreign journalists to cover the country, Xinhua reports. According to State Council Information Office director Cai Wu, the country hopes more international journalists will come to China to cover achievements as well as problems "in an objective manner". About 42 per cent people oppose plans to ensure mobile phone subscribers register for cell services using their real name, a policy set to be introduced on the mainland next year to help clamp down on illegal or spam text messages , according to a survey conducted earlier this month. Xinhua reports public concerned focused on whether real names would ensure authenticity and how service providers would protect subscriber information. Japan, South Korea and Singapore have adopted real-name mobile phone policies. Young Chinese are facing with fierce competition in the job market with 15-22 million young people added to China's labor force annually in the past few years, Xinhua reports. The number of young people looking for jobs is greater than demand. Chinese crews are working "round the clock" to finish building a temporary dam to reduce the impact of a river-borne chemical spill heading for the Russian city of Khabarovsk, Xinhua reports. Work began on Friday on the dam on the Fuyuan waterway off the Heilong River, and it is hoped the project will channel the slick away from water pumps in the Russian border city. A former official of the Beijing branch of Agricultural Bank of China was sentenced to death on Tuesday for accepting bribes and embezzling public funds totaling about 15 million yuan , Xinhua reports. Wen Mengjie, former director of the bank’s science and technology department, used the money to buy houses for himself and said he would appeal to the Beijing High People's Court. A 31-year-old man dubbed the "kindergarten killer" for murdering a teacher, a 5-year-old boy and three other people was executed on Tuesday in Beijing, the China Daily reports. Fu Hegong was put to death on Tuesday in Beijing after being convicted in September of murder, rape, molestation and theft. In October 2004, Fu smothered and raped a Beijing kindergarten teacher with a quilt and fatally beat the 5-year-old boy with a fire extinguisher after being spotted sneaking into the kindergarten. NORTH/NORTHEAST JILIN - Jilin police are still trying to track down the hackers who attacked the Jilin municipal government website, Xinhua reports. The attack on Saturday forced the website to be shut down. After a half-day's re-open, the website closed again on Tuesday without giving clear reason. The main function of the official website is to make governmental information and notices public. INNER MONGOLIA – The President of Inner Mongolia University was abducted off a Hohhot street and held to ransom for 13 hours before being rescued by police early yesterday (WED), the China Daily reports. Professor Xu Rigan was abducted by four kidnappers Tuesday afternoon and his family was asked to pay 5 million yuan in ransom . Four people were arrested over the kidnapping. LIAONING - Part of a Dalian-bound passenger train derailed on Tuesday night in Liaoning’s Tuchang County following a collision with a freight truck, Xinhua reports. No casualties were reported and local authorities said the accident occurred when the truck tried to cut across the rail line ahead of the approaching train. EAST/SOUTHEAST Suspected rumour-mongers SHANGHAI - Two students from vocational schools in Shanghai have been arrested on suspicion of spreading rumors that thieves were threatening to inject people with a needle full of AIDS infected blood if they did not hand over their belongings, the Shanghai Daily reported yesterday (WED). Police said they have investigated the stories about needle attacks and found them to be baseless. The two suspects have been detained on charges of disturbing social order. CENTRAL/SOUTH GUANGDONG – A rat is believed to have attacked a one-year-old baby in Shenzhen last week, leaving more than 20 bite wounds on the child’s head chest and arms, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. The infant’s mother said rats often appeared in their home and she had tried to kill a 30-cm long rodent with boiling water the day before the attack. She said she suspected the rat attack was in retaliation for the scalding incident and she regretted trying to kill it. GUANGDONG - A 19-year-old Dongguan man stabbed his 9-year-old half-brother to death on Sunday to make his father suffer for not giving him enough attention, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. Lu Baisong turned himself in to police after the murder and said he thought of killing his father but the parent was too tall. HUBEI – At least four people were killed in on Tuesday night in a fire in a seven-storey residential building in Wuhan's Hanzheng Street. Xinhua reports an infant had to be lowered to safety on a rope and two people were taken to hospital after they jumped from the building to escape the blaze. WEST SHAANXI – A heater gas leak killed seven people and sickened 14 others on Tuesday morning in a downtown Yulin apartment in Shaanxi Province, the city's emergency medical center confirmed yesterday (WED). China Daily reports the seven dead - six waiters and a security guard – were all hotel employees who shared one room. Preliminary medical results indicated they died of acute gas poisoning.

牛八戒发表于 2005-12-21 23:19:34 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 Around The Nation 2005-12-20 -[ 个人原创 ] BEJING NGOs get state money for poverty projects China's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will, for the first time, receive funding directly from the state to help the poor, China Daily reports. The nation's top poverty relief office and its Jiangxi branch announced they would allocate 11 million yuan to NGOs for projects in 22 poverty-stricken villages. It is hoped the new approach will overcome the problems with the existing poverty alleviation system such as funding delays and appropriation by government units. China’s 2005 tax revenue set to rise China's tax revenues are expected to exceed 3 trillion yuan this year, up more than 15 per cent over last year's 2.6 trillion yuan, Xinhua reports. About 2.89 trillion yuan flowed into the central government’s coffers in the first 11 months of the year, up 18.5 per cent over the same time in 2004. Total government expenditure in the past 11 months stood at 2.5 trillion yuan, up 17.3 per cent. Squeeze put on officials’ with coal mine stakes State authorities have pledged to step up efforts to expose officials and state-owned enterprise leader s still holding on to stakes in coal mines , China Daily reports. By early November, about 4,600 officials had admitted to investing in coal mines, involving a combined 653 million yuan. Job program to help keep lid on unemployment China aims to help an additional 9 million urban people find jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate below 4.6 per cent next year, Xinhua reports. At a conference in Beijing, Labor and Social Security minister Tian Chengping also said China had exceeded its employment target for 2005. Applications surge for post-grad exams A record 1.27 million people have registered for national post-graduate school entrance examinations this year, up 9 per cent from last year, according to China's Ministry of Education. The candidates will take the exams on January 14 and 15 and the ministry has warned of severe punishment for cheats and any examiners who help them, Xinhua reports. EAST/SOUTHEAST Father in spotlight over deadly gas leak SHANGHAI - Shanghai police were questioning a man after a mysterious gas leak on Monday morning killed his wife and 10-year-old son before exploding and damaging dozens of apartments in a Zhabei District community, Xinhua reports. The mother and son died three hours before the blast and the family had argued loudly the night before. Some office air systems may harbour bacteria: survey SHANGHAI - About a quarter of all office buildings in Shanghai may have serious problems with bacteria in their ventilation systems , according to a survey by the indoor environment branch of the Shanghai Environmental Protection Industry Association and Donghua University. The investigation revealed that the ventilation or central air-conditioning systems in one-fifth of all local office buildings have never been cleaned, Xinhua reports. CENTRAL/SOUTH Senior party official on trial for graft HAINAN – Former Gaoyuan County party chief yesterday (TUES) faced trial in the Haikou Intermediate Court on corruption charges, the Nanguo Metropolis Daily reports. He is accused of accepting 1.45 million yuan in bribes. WEST Bus crash kills six passengers NINGXIA - A bus with 34 passengers on board crashed into a deep roadside ditch in Guyuan on Sunday afternoon, killing six and injuring 25, Xinhua reports. Local police said the accident was the result of brake failure . The bus was heading to Shagou Township from Guyuan’s Xiji County at the time of the accident. Four workers killed by factory fumes NINGXIA - Four people lost their lives from suspected gas poisoning on Monday afternoon at a rare earth chemical plant in Zhongning County, Xinhua reports. A worker fainted and died while cleaning a tank and three co-workers, including a factory manager, died going to their colleague’s aid. Survival hopes small for trapped tungsten miners YUNNAN - Six workers were still trapped underground yesterday (TUES) after a tungsten mine in Gejiu city caved in on Sunday, Xinhua reports. Local officials said hopes for the survival of the trapped workers were slim and the privately-run mine was operating without a business license. Ex-boyfriend holds woman hostage in city centre YUNNAN - A man took his ex-girlfriend hostage and held a knife to her throat on Monday “for love” in downtown Kunming, the News Express reports. The kidnaper was subdued after an 80-minute standoff and the woman was freed unharmed. Court axes family’s scalpel compensation claim YUNNAN – A Kunming court has rejected an application for 500,000 yuan in compensation lodged by an elderly man’s family after they found a surgical scalpel among his cremated remains , the Yunnan Daily reports. Wang Jiagu, 74, died in January following four months of treatment at a local hospital. The family found the scalpel in the man’s ashes and sued the hospital but the Kunming Intermediate Court turned down the compensation request because of "insufficient evidence". 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-20 23:35:40 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 Around The Nation 2005-12-19 -[ 个人原创 ] 今天网上用MSN开了个会, 讨论小组在新年期间的假期~~基本定下来~~我元旦要上班~~不过元旦这一天以后补三天假~~年28工作完就放假~~没搞错的话是到到2月6号年初9才上班了~~好在过年不用在这里吃快餐~~~ BEIJING More mainlanders sign up for phone services China has 746 million telephone subscribers, of which nearly 400 million are mobile phone users, Xinhua reports. The Ministry of Information Industry said the number of mobile phone users had increased rapidly in the past 12 months, growing by an average of five million new users every month. National survey to log nation’s antiquities China plans to conduct a third nationwide archaeological survey ( 文物普查 ) in the coming five years to create an inventory ( 详细目录 , 财产清册子 ) of the country's cultural relics, Xinhua reports. Modern techniques such as computer technology would be widely used in the survey. China carried out a similar survey in the 1950s and 1980s. Spring Festival travelers expected to make 2 billion trips The number of passengers expected to travel during the peak Lunar New Year transport period in 2006 is estimated to exceed 2 billion, a rise of about three per cent over last year, the China News Service reports. The Ministry of Communications said that as usual, students and farmer workers would be the biggest groups of travelers. The transport peak period would begin on January 14 and end on February 22. China to phase out heating subsidies Urban residents in northern China will have to pay out of their own pocket to stay toasty over the winter when the central government stops subsidizing heating costs over the next two years. The China Daily reports the government will promote a commercial heating system to help alleviate problems such as energy wastage, outdated equipment and fee payment delays . Heating has been free for urban residents working in State-owned enterprises or governmental organizations in northern China since the 1950s. The National Headquarters for Bird Flu Prevention and Control has urged local governments to immediately remove any unreasonable obstacles and restrictions against normal marketing of poultry products to allow public demand for the birds to be met . The China News Service reports that some local governments have blocked the free import of poultry products to protect the local industry against bird flu. But the state authority expects demand for poultry to rapidly increase as the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches. The gap between Beijing rich and poor continues to widen and has already "seriously" exceeded the international warning limits, the China News Service reports. Zhang Chewei, a professor from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Beijing's “gini” coefficient( 基尼系数 ) of equality was about 0.5, higher than the internationally accepted warning level of 0.45. The orbital module of Shenzhou VI has been aloft for more than 60 days and has completed about 1000 laps around the Earth, the China Youth Daily reports. The Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center said scientific experiments in the module were progressing well and the equipment was expected to stay in space for more than six months. NORTH/NORTHEAST Hackers target Jilin city site JILIN – Hackers attacked the Jilin city government website on Saturday, forcing the service’s temporary closure, Changchun’s New Culture View reports. The director of the website management office said it was not the first time for their site had been targeted. One person still missing in sewerage plant collapse HEBEI - Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of five people buried in the rubble of a collapsed section of a Shijiazhuang sewage treatment plant and the one remaining missing person is not expected to have survived, Xinhua reports. The half-finished plant suddenly collapsed on Wednesday night when 10 workers were on the site. Four were rescued soon after the accident. EAST/SOUTHEAST ZHEJIANG - More than 20 Wenzhou billionaires have paid a multimillion yuan membership fee to join a private flying club, the China Youth Daily reports. The fees give the members “free” access to a private aircraft and hangar. ANHUI – At least four people were killed and six injured on Sunday afternoon by a sulfuric acid spill at a copper mine in Tongling, Xinhua reports. Local authorities said mechanical failure ( 机械故障 ) led to the accident but did not mention the direct cause of death. CENTRAL/SOUTH HUBEI - A former Hubei University professor was sentenced to six months in custody last week, for writing a novel defaming 13 other professors in Wuhan, the Legal Daily reports. The novel implied the professors were evil, cruel, had low moral standards and chaotic sex lives. GUANGDONG - Guangdong kicked off three railway construction projects on Sunday, the Southern Metropolis News reports. One new line will be built between Guangzhou and Shenzhen and eventually extended to Hong Kong by 2010, cutting travel time between Hong Kong and the provincial capital to 40 minutes. The two other projects will link Guangzhou and Zhuhai, and from Cenxi to Maoming. WEST Sichuan sets limits on official wining and dining SICHUAN - Sichuan has issued regulations ordering its provincial leaders to spend a maximum of one hour attending banquets connected with foreign affairs . The Chengdu Economic Daily reports the regulations also call for leaders to attend as few banquets as possible. Local authorities said the new rules would free up the leaders from social obligations, leaving them more time to devote to their work. SICHUAN – Eight Taiwan pilots will take to the skies today (TUES) aboard Sichuan Airlines aircraft as the first group of pilots from the island to be employed on the mainland, the China News Service reports. The flyers have gained mainland certification and will be paid wages on a par with their local counterparts. 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-19 22:20:02 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 English Reading (SCMP) 2005-12-19 -[ 个人原创 ] SCMP-Shanwei Defence 1. acted with restraint and exercised maximum patience with residents 2.laid blame for the violence on "a few instigators 3.It sidestepped the issue of whether the ...... 4.body was left in the morgue . 5 .dispute the casualty figure 6. disperse the crowd 7.the government had done everything it could in accordance with state regulations and demonstrated "greatest sincerity" in explaining the situation to the villagers. SCMP-Electricity reform was doomed, says watchdog 8.Reforms of the mainland's electricity sector aimed at breaking the monopoly of the power conglomerates have failed because of inadequate government support and an ineffective regulatory system 9. Only marketisation can prevail , while maintaining the old practices is doomed to fail SCMP-Weekly newspaper with outspoken record shuts down 10.A trend-setting weekly newspaper launched last year in Hunan has closed amid speculation of financial problems 11.attracted attention in recent months for running profiles of outspoken people 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-19 22:03:27 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑发几张图片 -[ 个人原创 ]

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六月，离校前的宿舍~~相里的鸟人自从去了东莞就没有什么消息牛八戒发表于 2005-12-16 21:33:56 阅读全文 | 评论(7) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑一切为了反恐 -[ 个人原创 ]

可怜的卢总, 这段时间日子不好过了~~以后的仕途估计也被他新反恐模式给毁了~~ * http://news.163.com/special/t/0001139T/terrorist051213.html (网易专题) * A Guangzhou subway chief’s unprecedented policy of giving free passage on the system to staff relatives to help the cope with the aftermath of a terrorist attack has backfired, generating an outpouring of public and media criticism. * At a price hearing on Tuesday, Guangzhou subway head Lu Guanglin said he came up with the idea of giving unlimited metro access two relatives of each staff member out of “the need to counter terrorism ”, the Guangzhou-based Information Times reported. * "As is well known to all, international terrorism is rampant and the subway is the terrorist's favored target. We must strengthen our anti-terrorist efforts in stations, on platforms and in the cars," the newspaper quoted Mr Lu as saying. "We only have a limited number of employees but we hope there would always be someone who could help with emergency rescues. These employee relatives would undoubtedly assume the responsibility [of emergency rescues].” The subway company did not say how long the policy had been in place. Mr Lu's remarks have earned him unsparing ridicule and criticism from the public and media since then. "What ridiculous logic. He supposes the public are real fools," a contributor to a Xinhua chatroom said. "Should airlines offer free trips and hospitals offer free treatment to employee's relatives as counter-terrorist measures?" Another respondent said: "How could Guangzhou choose such a fool as the subway chief who doesn’t know how to defend his privileges? He has caused Guangzhou to lose face." A posting on Guangzhou’s dayoo.com suggested the company should offer free passed to all citizens so everybody in the city “could gloriously exert themselves in anti-terrorism”. Many media outlets were also quick to pour cold water on the scheme , including Xinhua. A Xinhua commentary published on Wednesday considered the concept to be "startling" and described the policy as an example of the common phenomenon of abuse of privileges based on family connections. ( 滥用裙带特权 ) The article said the policy could add about 13 million yuan to the subway’s costs and the additional expense would eventually become a public burden. The subway is a government-invested public utility funded by taxpayer contributions and the subway chief had no right to implement such policy, an opinion piece in Guangzhou’s News Express said. "We really have to gasp in admiration （叹服） at the chief for offering such a ridiculous explanation after abusing his authority." Some deputies to the local people's congress also aired criticism. Zhu Lieyu, deputy to the Guangdong provincial people's congress, questioned the chief’s reasoning and said the subway should rely on trained forces. Professor Dong Jianxin, an administrative management specialist from Guangzhou’s Ji Nan University, defined the policy as corruption of certain privileged sectors which were mostly free of supervision. “ This kind of corruption is still common in privileged sectors which have government support,” said Professor Dong. 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-16 00:29:01 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 2005-12-14 Karaoke Bars -[ 个人原创 ] Guangzhou authorities yesterday (WED) unveiled plans to create a fee-based pool of copyrighted audiovisual material for karaoke bars to tap into through an optical fibre network.( 不得不服编辑 , 改过的导语和原来的对比如下 ) Guangzhou is to put out a united karaoke system to protect copyright of audiovisual products in karaoke bar, in which the city will establish a centralized song resources platform that karaoke bars will tap on. Guangzhou's press administration and copyright protection authorities said the scheme was designed to clamp down on the widespread, unauthorized use of copyrighted songs in the industry. Zhou Qingxin, the director of Guangzhou’s Copyright Bureau, said: "The use of pirate music disks and unauthorized use of MTV products is still very serious in local karaoke bars now." Mr Zhou said the new system could effectively protect the copyright of audiovisual products used by karaoke operators, safeguard the operators against accusation from disc producers, as well as to create a good image for the city. Municipal authorities said the idea was a first for China and that if the system worked well in Guangzhou, it may be rolled out throughout the rest of the province. But they did not say whether the karaoke operators would be required to join the system or could sign up voluntarily. Authorities were also unable to say exactly when the system would be implemented and what fees would be charged. "What I can say is that we will implement the system in experimental areas in the city within next year," Zhou Xianhua, vice chief director of Guangzhou’s Copyright Bureau, said. Mr Zhou said it was hoped could be in place across the city before the Asian Games in 2010. "We are still doing research on charging models and standards," he said. The plan was warmly welcomed by producers of the audiovisual products but less eagerly embraced by karaoke bar operators. "We really look forward to the introduction of the system because it may help reduces our losses from copyright infringements ," said Li Xianmin, vice chief of the Dealer Association of the Guangdong Audiovisual Sector. Hong Kong movie producer Raymond Wong Bak-Ming also said he strongly supported the plan. But the manager of a Guangzhou karaoke chain said the scheme would heavily increase the cost of karaoke and hurt the industry. "They (the government) even didn't tell us about the plan until we read about it in the newspaper," the manager said. "I think they should hear our opinions and ask for our suggestions before introducing the system." Lian Guangsheng, secretary-general of Guangzhou Association of Culture and Entertainment, also said it would be premature to implement such a system now because many disputes over copyright were still uncertain under existing law. Guangzhou has about 1000 karaoke bars and many use pirated disks. * * 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-14 20:00:28 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑美国杂志300强及其网址 -[ 网络转载 ] 太长了，链接一下，有兴趣可以去看看 http://www.wlub.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=427#427 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-13 21:02:08 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 Around The Nation 2005-12-11 -[ 个人原创 ] 今天忙到中午都没有空吃饭～好在办公室抽屉有些存货～现在才觉得做ATN比做STORY还累～ BEIJING Corrupt officials Chinese prosecutorial authorities have investigated and punished about 50,000 corrupt officials in the past two years, according to Wang Zhenchuan, deputy chief procurator of the state Supreme People's Procuratorate . As the China News Service reports, a number of those found guilty were high-ranging officials at ministry and provincial level. Mr. Wang also said on Sunday the country was enhancing its efforts to crack down on transnational corruption by establishing an anti-money laundering law and signing extradition treaties with other countries. Funding for businesses China’s finance and commerce ministries plan to arrange a special fund of 700 million yuan next year to help businesses build their brands . As the People's Daily reports on Sunday, the money will be used to support enterprises so they can attend famous exhibitions, subsidize advertisements in target markets, set up marketing branches and perfect their after-sales service systems . Millions contract Hep B At least 36 million people in China have contracted Hepatitis B( 乙肝 ) while receiving shots from used needles, Xinhua reports on Sunday. The China Alliance for Safe Injection, an organization aiming to minimize the infection risks associated with injections, plans to launch an awareness campaign . Every year, more than 390,000 people die throughout the nation after contracting a disease from used needles. New paint job for planes The body of Air China’s planes flying to and from Taiwan during the Chinese Lunar New Year will be covered by a coloured 2008 Olympic Games logo, instead of the usual national flag and the character for "international". As taiwan.com reports on Sunday, the airline is hoping to avoid any form of controversy. Last year, the company was criticized for planning to fly to and from Taiwan with its usual fleet. Air China then had to borrow planes from other companies. Sub-standard food About 40 per cent of mainland food contains excessive levels of lead, according to an inspection recently conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention . As the China News Service reports yesterday (Sunday), levels in food were 2 to 9 times that of the national standards. NORTH/NORTHEAST Rabies resurfaces TIANJIN - Three people died from rabies between October and early November in the municipality -- 11 years after the disease was last recognized in the area. As Xinhua reports on Sunday, the trio were bitten by dogs and died about three months later. Local doctors have warned people to seek medical help after being bitten by dogs. CENTRAL/SOUTH Library extension starts GUANGDONG – An estimated half a billion yuan will be spent on enlarging the provincial library, the Sun Yan-sen Library in Guangzhou, the China News Service reports. The extension work started on Saturday and is tipped to be completed in 2010 . The total area of the library is to be trebled. The library has about 4 million books and welcomes 6-7,000 visitors every day. Walt Disney Co taking maker to court GUANGDONG - The Walt Disney Company claims a garment factory in Shenzhen is infringing on its trademark and illegally using images of Mickey Mouse , according to yesterday’s (SUNDAY) Information Times. The factory’s owner, Shenzhen Mickeyle Industrial, had registered "Mickey&CO" and "Mickey Unlimited" as its brand in China. But rather than just using the name, it is alleged （注意保留着句话，否则可能惹官司） the company also printed profiles of Mickey Mouse. The Shenzhen Intermediate Court has accepted the case, but a date for its commencement is not known. GUANGXI - The death toll from a horrific traffic accident in Nanning Mashan county had increased to seven by yesterday (Sunday), Xinhua reports. Another 17 people were still in hospital. They were on a bus traveling from Guangdong to Sichuan that crashed into electric poles and trees, and then rolled. Most of thepassengers on Friday’s trip were farmer workers from Sichuan. An investigation is continuing. Six people had initially died. Party boss gets 10 years HAINAN – The secretary of the Party committee of the Hainan Provincial Party School has been sentenced to 10 years’ jail for accepting about 200,000 yuan in bribes from 2001 to 2003. According to Xinhua's Sunday report, Ye Bin had appealed the decision to the Hainan Supreme People's Court. But it stood by the original sentence. NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST Map collector SICHUAN - A college student in Chengdu has collected more than 3,000 maps of various shapes and different places, Xinhua reports yesterday (Sunday). Wang Lei, who studies at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, has the maps piled up in his dorm . Some of them are made of silk. The oldest is a world map made in 1928 and the biggest is an army map, which covers 30 school desks when rolled out. New airport opening soon TIBET - The third civil airport in the autonomous region is expected to start commercial operations after the Chinese Lunar New Year in late January. As Xinhua reports on Sunday, a trial flight will be held soon at the Nyingchi Airport. The airport, with 3 kilometres of runway , is expected to handle 120,000 passengers each year. Construction of the airport, costing 780 million yuan, started towards the end of last year. The airport is at 2,954 meters above sea level, which is lower than the other civil airports in Lhasa and Qamdo. Pandas to be released into wild SICHUAN – Giant pandas bred in captivity will be released back into the wild in the near future in order to improve the genetic diversity and quality of the species . As Xinhua reports, 98 pandas are living at the Wolong center in Sichuan and by 2008, their population is expected to reach 300. Local forestry chiefs say they will be able to set free some of the pandas as their number increase. Life in jail for mine chief GUIZHOU – The province’s supreme court recently sentenced Zhunyi County coal chief Zhao Dawu to life behind bars for accepting 4.35 million yuan in bribes from 1999 to 2003. As the Guizhou Metropolis News reports on Sunday, the situation was labeled the top corruption case in China’s coal mine industry by local media outlets . Zhao helped cover up local, unsafe coal mines. He accepted 1.1 million yuan at a single time. Ends.... 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-12 00:16:16 阅读全文 | 评论(1) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 English Reading 2005-12-07 -[ 个人原创 ] 今天看不下东西，简单看了一两篇，只有 6 条笔记 ~~ HK tries to stop the sale of counterfeit fashions during WTO summit 1.in this bustling city of skyscrapers and shopping malls. 2.all for just a fraction of what the real ones cost. 3.Hong Kong calls itself "Asia's World City" - a cosmopolitan place with a strong rule of law. It sets the territory apart from cities in the mainland, where counterfeiting is rampant . 4.Hong Kong recently enlisted two of the world's biggest action film stars in its campaign against fakes 5.Chiu, the customs official, said the vendors have elaborate systems that help them avoid arrest. They employ lookouts and frequently relocate storerooms. Sometimes, shoppers are led to back alley showrooms full of fakes. 6.Hong Kong has tried to dissuade people from buying fakes by branding them as uncool. ( 违反标准或习俗的 , 不合道德习俗或标准的 ) 这几模型车就是在香港买的，却是内地生产的假货，真的买不起，一辆都要几百块。我这几个每个10块港币~~ *

牛八戒发表于 2005-12-09 00:08:32 阅读全文 | 评论(4) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 English Reading 2005-12-07 -[ 个人原创 ] SCMP=Redundant oil workers stage sit-in 1. laid-off workers from Shengli oilfield have maintained a peaceful sit-in outside the company's office, in a bid to convince the employer to rehire them . 2.Delegates for the protesters said they would maintain non-violent negotiations SCMP=Bin laden alive, leading holy war 3.The turbaned ( 戴头巾的 ) Islamist also called on Al-Qaeda fighters to attack oil installations in Muslim countries 4.US officials believe that Bin Laden, the Western world’s most wanted terror mastermind , and other key Qaeda militants have been sheltering somewhere along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan 5.A bespectacled （戴眼镜的） Zawahiri appeared in good health in the new videotape, wearing a traditional white robe and black turban which observers say is an apparent sign of allegiance to the ousted Taliban militia in Afghanistan. China Daily=Premier Wen in France 6.Wen arrived in France on Sunday for a four-day trip, which has seen the signing of a cluster of commercial and cultural agreements , including a record order for 150 A320 aircraft worth nearly US$10 billion. 7.On Monday, Wen announced at a joint news conference with his French counterpart Dominique de Villepin that 400 young French people would be invited to China next year as part of efforts to boost Sino-French youth exchanges in culture China Daily=China confirms new human case of bird flu 8.A 10-year-old girl in southern China has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus. 9.People who have had close contact with the girl have been under medical observation , Xinhua said. So far, none has shown any symptoms, it said. 10.Experts have warned the virus could mutate （变异） and become more easily passed between people , sparking a global pandemic （“疫情暴发”根据规模有三种表达：从小到大是 outbreak, epidemic, pandemic, 听老板说的 ~~ ） that could kill millions. 11.The World Health Organization said this week that China's public still needs to be educated about how to spot early signs of bird flu in poultry to prevent a spread of the disease among birds and people. China Daily=Iran plane crashes into building, 116 dead 12."I was sitting at home when the windows suddenly smashed and flames came pouring in , " a woman in her fifties with cuts on her neck, told Reuters. "There was smoke everywhere." 13.the building which was hit, located in a densely populated area of south Tehran, housed about 150 people. 14.The Air Force plane was bound for （以 ~~ 为目的地） the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas 15.Minutes after take off the pilot reported engine trouble and requested an emergency landing 16. said a journalist from the ISNA students news agency who declined to be identified Ends........... 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-07 22:13:30 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑走路去纽约 (转猫blog的) -[ 网络转载 ] 走路去纽约曲：张蔚源 | 词：林秋离 | 编：吴庆隆每一次我想见到你就要飞无论地球上哪一角我一天就到用飞的原因不外乎时间太少你想拥有我每一秒你今天就要我飞的机会太多有时因为你有时为自己我飞过好万哩不觉得那会是距离突然很想不要飞想走路去纽约看看这一路我曾经忽略的一切走路去纽约也让感情在时间里有机会沉淀自己牛八戒发表于 2005-12-07 00:26:55 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑博弈后的伤~~广州报业 -[ 网络转载 ] 今天转发一篇帖子～～报业今年遭遇广告寒流，各大报业集团普遍日子难过。代表全国报业最高水平的广州报界，在连续多年的高速增长之后，今年也进入增长停滞期。临近年底，广州各报高层发生很大变化，更令未来发展增添变数。广州日报新社长戴玉庆上月正式上任，新社长来自人民日报华南分社，甫一上任，立即开始推行社内思想解放大讨论，喊出“学习南方都市报”的口号，这在层层围堵南都，必欲除之而后快的黎元江时代是不可想象的。戴在内部讲话中也要求广日集团抓住机遇，在战略层面拓宽思路。广州日报的地铁报将在本月底正式面市。广日今年广告和发行大幅跳水,形势严峻。戴是体制内出身，究竟是否适应激烈的报业市场竞争尚有待观察，而应对新对手——网络媒体的蚕食，力保广州日报的市场分额，更是其任内的艰巨任务。羊城晚报新任总编辑张宇航上任近四个月，之前任省纪委秘书长，只有过办《党风》杂志的经验，此点令晚报人频生疑虑。张对官场规则自是谙熟，对于打通关节，改善办报环境会有心得，但对媒体运作则是完全陌生，上任立即推行的人事大改革，有人誉之为晚报近年难得的大手笔，也有人称之为“一次以官本位的心态和方式实施的改革”。南方都市报今年疲态顿显，无论采编还是营销，均乏善可陈。原本大规模扩张的进程大大延缓，一份深圳的新日报、一份新的时尚周刊、一个新闻网站……各项计划不同程度修改了时间表。程益中离去后，南都精神领袖一直处于真空，据悉近期内部斗争开始加剧，更是雪上加霜。分管要闻的编委方三文，在毫无预兆情况下突然转投网易，并声言不再回传统媒体。有猎头公司受各网络媒体委托，盯上南都的管理层，多位高层都接到了猎头公司的电话，很可能还会有人才流向新媒体。新快报今年突然锋芒毕露，重大策划接二连三，发行量上升颇快，是今年广州纸媒一大亮点，投资方侨鑫集团与羊晚集团也续签了新五年协议，显然对新快报的赢利前景看好。但年底有传总编辑张洪潮可能高升，进入政界发展，一名管采访的编委也有可能年后去职，令其内部近期军心不稳。好不容易稳定局势的新快报，如果内部又生变数，重新整合的困难不少，前景不容乐观。牛八戒发表于 2005-12-05 23:33:02 阅读全文 | 评论(8) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 English Reading (CNN and SCMP) 2005-12-04 -[ 个人原创 ] 今天香港又要搞大游行，明天看看报纸有多少人～～去年在香港时， blog 贴了张七一游行的照片，没想到 blog 审查也这么厉害，急忙把我的相片给删除了～～今天 comment 探讨一下香港实行普选的可行性～～发到论坛的帖子，顺便贴这里了。个人观点是反对香港在未来几年内进行普选的～～原因如下：首先，香港没有普选的政治基础。九七回归之前，香港一直是个殖民地，也从来没有过任何民主政治～～而是殖民地政治～～因此香港的政党在政治上还是羽毛未丰～～被嗤为保皇党的民建联与标榜民主自由的民主党，算香港比较成熟的两个政党～～但前者虽为香港社区做了很多实事，但却没有自己的政治思维～一味跟着政府，至于民主党，只会喊，却从来没有做过什么实际的事情～～而且到了关键时刻变得及其“小人”，上届区域会选举，被誉为民主之父的那个李蛀民，还为了自己的选票出卖前线的同党～～这样的政党执政情况让人担忧～～至于自由党，太为商界代言，都是一群商人，执政了香港老百姓就可以全部移民大陆了～～前线那些则是“垃圾”，一个执政党必须要又冷静的头脑和清晰的思维，象前线这种极其偏激的政党，只可能搞垮香港～～由此可见，香港目前根本没有可以带领这个特区的政党，另外政治环境也不成熟，以上是本人反对的最主要原因。其次，香港直选，对内地的影响很大。这是中央政府不得不考虑的问题。这也是我们的胡温对香港问题时强调要“顾全大局”的原因～～ cepa ，国债，航天员刚跳出飞船就象“演员”一样要到香港“访问”，方方面面来说北京对香港的优惠已经够多，如果香港再搞出直选，邻近的几个省的人民肯定会受到影响，也要求选举什么的那就麻烦了～～当然，香港实行普选也有好处。首先，普选可以解决政府认受性问题。香港回归之后经济低迷，政府在八万五目标和母语教学政策上的出尔反尔、振兴经济与解决财赤措施时的闭门造车、在 SARS 期间的犹豫不定和问责官员互相推卸责任，使市民对政府失去信心和认同。实行普选未必能选出最优的领导人，但却一定能提高政府的认同性，因为领导人优劣都是市民自己选的，而且普选提供了一个撤换无能领导的机制。通俗点说就是“搞不好只能怪自己，不要怨中央”。所以结论是：不要这么快搞普选，但这肯定是方向。普选？ 2015 年比较合适～～

SCMP-Anson Chan poised to join D-Day march for democracy 1. mark a watershed ( 标志着 ~~ 的分水岭 ) in the debate 2.who relinquished her post ( 放弃 ~~ 职位 ) in April 2001 3.Mrs Chan intends to attend the rally to show support for the election of the chief executive and legislature by " one person, one vote ( 一人一票选举，也就是“普选” ) ". 4.Mrs Chan urged the government to persuade Beijing to give a clearer account of its plans concerning universal suffrage （敦促港府劝说北京方面就普选给出更为清晰的计划） 5.She also spoke at length （详细地） on universal suffrage and the accountability system （问责制） 6. I will be very heartened to see Anson considering herself one of us and walking with us at this crucial hour for ( 在这 ~~ 的关键时刻 ) democracy 7.She described today's protest as the definitive battle for the democratic movement. 8.Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying, ex-commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC ，一幢很矮的楼，但却很威严 , ICAC 派人员在所有大学毕业班讲述关于腐败的法例和反腐常识，让人敬佩 Hker 做事的认真 ). 9.his superiors ( 上司 ) had earlier asked him not to join rallies against the chief executive 10.mainland officials have been taking a relatively low-key approach ( 低调处理此事 ). 11.the proposal by the chief executive is a realistic and feasible one , But he said political reforms could not be accomplished through staging marches SCMP-Opposition KMT sweeps to victory in local elections 12.Taiwan's main opposition party swept to a clean victory yesterday in local elections, in what analysts view as a no-confidence vote （投不信任票，或者说 vote against ） in President Chen Shui-bian. 13.In a crushing victory over the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, the Kuomintang captured 50.9 per cent of the votes, giving them 14 of the 23 city and county magistrate posts （文职工作） . 14.He stopped short of saying whether the defeat was related to corruption allegations levelled at officials of the DPP government. 15.Mr Ma, a frontrunner （领跑者） for the presidential elections in 2008. 16.A total of 66.22 per cent of 13 million eligible voters turned out to vote yesterday 17.The victory has made Ma Ying-jeou invincible ( 无敌，或者战无不胜 ) in the party's future nomination of its presidential candidate 18.But Mr Ma must live up to his promise （实践诺言） to reform the KMT and overcome its corrupt image SCMP-More heads to roll over chemical spill 19. many officials at Sepa headquarters felt their minister was being made a scapegoat ( 替罪羊～看来我昨天 comments 里面估计的原因一是正确的啦～～ ) 20.He nonetheless praised Mr Xie for his contribution to the state 21 .his achievements cannot compensate for his fault （功不掩过） 22.Sepa was responsible because it failed to collect information on the contamination of toxic chemicals from local environmental bodies in a timely manner 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-04 11:06:29 阅读全文 | 评论(1) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑点名，写下八个你理想伴侣的条件： -[ 个人原创 ] 被伟哥的妻点名，写下八个你理想伴侣的条件： 1.不花心~~或者有点点花心但却是个有责任感的人~~ 2.不要太过独立,有点大男人主义的人，还是喜欢自己的MM粘自己一点～～工作成功一点没所谓，最怕生活中碰到的问题都一个人搞店～～既然在一起，所有问题都是大家的～ 3.开始交往时互相有感觉，我还是比较相信一开始的感觉，靠后来“感动”回来的感觉，基础不会好到哪里去~~~~这也是我不喜欢死缠烂打的原因，认为死缠回来的~~有一天出现一个比自己强的人追求她，她还是会跑的~~~ 4.朴实~~没有心计~~不喜欢和有心计的女人生活~~整天在计算着如何弄多些钱, 计算着如何帮老公出点子升官发财的人恐怖 5.长得漂亮~~如何才算漂亮? 我也没有标准, 要看感觉~~ 6.勤快一点的人~~我觉得自己还是个勤快的人~~不太喜欢懒惰~~ 7.爱笑~~爱笑的女生多是比较善良~~i think~但是不要假笑那种～～ 8.有爱心，这也属于“善良”那个标准吧~~比较感性，或者说“重感情”~~ 回答比较短～～不要意思～～当然这是“理想”条件，现实和理想总是存在距离的～～不点名了，点了有的人也不做～～大家帮我留意啦～～发现有赶快通知我~~不要耽误了我的婚姻大事～～牛八戒发表于 2005-12-03 21:51:16 阅读全文 | 评论(2) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 ENGLISH READING 2005-12-03 -[ 个人原创 ] 今天新闻的一个焦点就是国家环保局局长解振华下台，昨天晚上的新闻联播发布这条消息时，是将其藏在一条讲“国务院发文要求各地重视突发事件处理”方面的新闻里～～刚才看了看解的照片，觉这家伙是个老实相～～估计是替罪羊了～～个人认为此次松花江污染事件，在中国的官员问责制成熟程度下，还不至于要总局老大下台～～之所以下台，还被中央媒体大肆宣传～～估计可能性有二：一，刚才说的替罪羊。二，这家伙以前一直为吉林石化撑腰。据说松花江污染问题由来已久，黑龙江方面已经抗议了几年，吉林石化却牛B得不但不改进，还死赖没有任何污染，而且可以拿到国家环保部门的检测合格书～～结果后来炸穿煲～～ SCMP-Protesters demand to know about toxic river & HK constitutional reform 1.about 80 prominent Hong Kong figures attended 2.The 2-1/2-hour session was held behind close doors （闭门会议） 3.It is an impossible mission to bundle a timetable with the proposal for the 2007 and 2008 4.complained of the secrecy surrounding the accident 5.The pollution slick ( 也可用 spill ) was expected to pass the city on Tuesday, three days later than previous estimates because ice in the river has slowed down the flow of the toxins China Daily - China sacks environmental minister after toxic spill 6.SEPA has failed to pay sufficient attention to the incident and underestimated its possible serious impact ( 没有给与足够的重视 , 低估了事件可能造成的严重影响 ) 7.It should bear due responsibility for the losses caused by this incident 8. lamenting that ( 责备 ) the blind pursuit of economic growth in China had led to 25 years of worsening environmental degradation. 9.It indicates that the country's accountability system for officials ( 官员问责制 ) has become more mature. China activated the accountability system during the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) crisis in 2003 10.More than 1,000 officials, including then Health Minister Zhang Wenkang and Beijing Mayor Meng Xuenong, were ousted for their attempts to cover up the epidemic situation, and incompetence in prevention and control. 11.Taipei 101 is a building with a lot to boast about ( 有很多东西可以夸耀 / 吹水 ) CNN-China mine flood traps 42 miners 12 .the discovery of three more bodies brought the death toll of an explosion last week to 169 13.The government has unveiled one initiative after another to try to stem the carnage.( 意译 : 一次又一次地尝试阻止类似惨剧的发生 ) , promising to step up safety inspections and punish mine owners who put profits over lives Ends......... 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-03 21:03:42 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 ENGLISH READING 2005-12-02 -[ 个人原创 ] *SCMP-Everything included. * 1. air their grievances over the rape of a family member ( 将冤情公之于众 ) 2.yesterday's press conference was organised by the media-savvy （有新闻嗅觉，新闻头脑的） Mr Feng to turn the international spotlight on his family's plight 3. abruptly cancelled his conference room reservation yesterday 4.they managed to shake off （甩掉） the police only by making a big scene （当众吵架） on the street and then quickly jumping into a taxi. 5.primary and junior secondary school students 6.students did not have much time to read because they were inundated with （被 ~ 淹没） schoolwork 7.We should reconsider the overall approach of teaching Chinese 8.Residents lined up with jugs and buckets to get water from trucks yesterday 9.In Yilan, news reports showed police and party members in red armbands （臂章） going door to door in freezing weather, handing out leaflets and giving cases of drinking water to the elderly and the poor 10. Riverfront （河边的区域） parks were closed in the city, which lies at the confluence of the Songhua and Mudan rivers （ ~ 河与 ~ 河的交汇处） 11.China is working with Russia to mitigate the effects as the toxic slick flows towards the Heilong River 12. Water monitoring devices and 150 tonnes of activated carbon （活性炭） were sent to Russia *The New York Times-4 U.S. Troops Killed in Push Against Iraqi Rebels 13. military commanders have pressed a series of intensive sweeps to disrupt insurgent networks 14. that area is a manufacturing center for car bombs and the kind of homemade explosives that have bedeviled troops （困扰 ~ ） and caused thousands of casualties since the invasion 15. in an effort to destroy the insurgency's system of smuggling routes, supply lines and safe houses for fighters 16. emphatically denied that there had been a coordinated guerrilla attack *The New York Times-South Africa's High Court Rules in Favor of Gay Marriage 17.effectively making the nation one of just five worldwide that have removed legal barriers to gay and lesbian unions. 18.African nations are generally intolerant of gay relationships and many South Africans are conservative on social issues * 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-02 11:09:30 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑 ENGLISH READING 2005-12-01 -[ 个人原创 ] 1.mainland's volatile relations with Japan ( 不稳定的关系 ) 2.China's objections to the Japanese prime minister's repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine made a meeting between Mr Wen and Mr Koizumi almost impossible before or during the summit ( 靖国神社 ) 3.President Hu Jintao met the Japanese leader on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa summit 4.The Songhua River is a tributary of the Heilong River. 5.The pollution would become a good thing if it prompted policymakers to review the causes of the pollution and make some changes * 6.This matter has alerted us to the need for perfect contingency plans and the effective implementation of those plans when faced with an emergency ( 应急预案 ) 7.urged the central government to make concerted efforts ( 齐心协力 ) to introduce integrated river basin management, which would help deal with pollution that crossed provincial or national borders. 8. it was an uphill task ( 艰巨的任务 ) to prevent large-scale pollution from happening again, as toxic pollutants were being discharged into rivers across the country every day. 9.The government should also ask chemical factories to set up man-made wetlands as environmental buffer zones ( 生态缓冲区 ) 10.The Central Disciplinary Commission has ordered an investigation into a multimillion yuan medical bill paid by a family in Harbin, Heilongjiang, for a cancer patient's two-month stay in a local hospital. * 11.I've been appealing for a thorough investigation for nearly four months 12.the public hospital's intensive care unit ( 重症监护病房 ) 13.Dr Wang said the lack of information given to patients about their medication and treatment as well as poor internal hospital governance was to blame. 14.Since a haemophiliac patient in Zhejiang province was confirmed as the mainland's first HIV case in 1985, HIV/Aids has spread to every part of the world's most populous country. 15.After Sars, the Chinese government learned a harsh lesson and looked for the next possible epidemic that could be equally risky, and they think it could well be HIV/Aids 16.the stigma against aids patients still exists. The phenomenon even prevails in hospitals 17 .Grass-roots activists also complain about limits on their organisations' growth, the result of being in legal limbo for years 18.because China does not have a civil society, it needs real non-governmental organisations to act as a bridge between the upper hierarchy and the lower strata * 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-01 13:26:00 阅读全文 | 评论(0) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑不好笑的笑话 -[ 个人原创 ] 在一个笑话论坛里面看到这篇笑话，觉得一点都不好笑，倒是挺有哲理的，穷有穷乐法，生活关键是找对自己需要的生活方式周而复始老王在树下休息，老李走过来对他说：“嗨，为什么不去上山砍柴？” 老王说：“砍柴干什么？” 老李说：“好卖钱啊。卖到钱就可以买驴，再沿家挨户卖柴。挣了钱就再买卡车，然后买木厂卖木器，再买更多的卡车，那样就可以发大财了。” 老王问：“发了财干什么？” 老李答：“发了财就可以逍遥自在地享清福嘛。” 老王说：“那你以为我现在在干什么？” 牛八戒发表于 2005-12-01 00:52:00 阅读全文 | 评论(1) | 引用Trackback(0) | 编辑分页模板设计： Danger