中国功夫

中国功夫
一提到中华文化,总少不了中国功夫,而正如华夏多少年历史的见证,中国功夫的故事可谓源远流长。
中国功夫:也称中国武术,是以技击为主要内容,以套路和搏斗为运动形式,注重内外兼修的中国传统体育项目,是中国人民长期积累起来的一宗宝贵文化遗产。
从原始社会氏族部落战争的萌芽到奴隶制社会的成型,再到近代成为中国体育的有机组成部分,最后到随着新中国成立的蓬勃发展,中国武术在五千年历史的篇章中熠熠生辉。太极、舞剑、八卦拳都是中国功夫种类的代表;李小龙、成龙、甄子丹又是宣扬展现中国功夫的名人;有关中国功夫的书籍和自然形成的帮派数不胜数……中国功夫无疑成为了中国在世界舞台上自成一派的闪光点。
我对中国功夫的印象是从八岁那年的射雕英雄传开始,郭靖黄蓉的精湛武功燃起了我心中的热血和崇拜,虽然是小说中虚构的内容,当中的武打动作已在我心中留下了对功夫第一股好感,我儿时曾练过的跆拳道这时又映入脑海随之而来的是对武将渴望统一中原的信念的赞叹和对在广袤的草原上骑马舞剑的向往。
中国功夫即是曾经人们保护自己报效国家的利刃,又是如今中华精彩文化的完美展现,是华夏历史不可或缺的重要一笔,我们应传承中华文化,弘扬中国功夫,让武之美永存心间。

美丽心灵 西尔维娅•纳萨尔

1994年10月的一个下午,最后一位数学家约翰·纳什在为他获得经济学诺贝尔奖而举办的普利斯顿的香槟派对上发表一个小演讲。但是,不是很多人知道他数十年来和他30岁就开始患的妄想型精神分裂症的斗争历史。

西尔维娅·纳萨尔给我们讲述了一位数学天才,博弈论的创立者,冷战策略师和诺贝尔经济得住的一生。他的故事不仅令人鼓舞也令人震惊。从30岁开始,约翰就保守妄想型精神分裂症的折磨。在19世纪90年代之后的数十年之后,他自发地痊愈。

他说他正是通过纯粹的意志力他才能够康复。1970年后,他不再服用抗精神病药,他必须不情愿地住入6人医院。

这本书展示了他如何在普林斯顿工作,就像爱因斯坦,诺伯特·维纳和约翰·冯·诺依曼。我们也知道了他和他室友的同性恋事件,他和为他生育一子的妻子的关系。但是他也追求过他的学生艾里西亚,之后他们在1957年结婚。他们的儿子约翰出生于1959年,并且也患有精神分裂症。在读完这本书之后,你会了解到一个男人在克服所有逆境后,活下来并取得成功的故事。这些逆境,我们没有办法去想象,并且一本书和一部电影能让你简单了解他的奋斗史。

 

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Student: 魏骏杰

河水治理

河水治理

都说碧水蓝天,可河水是绿的,不一定就是清澈的,有可能是藻类生物大量繁殖,污染了河水,是的其他生物无法得到充分的养分而死亡。河水的治理远比我们想象的要困难。

一座城,一条河贯穿其中,应是一道亮丽的风景线,有的地方却因为疏于保护,乱丢弃垃圾,乱砍伐植被,乱排放污水,从而造成河水发臭的结果。污染一条河何其简单,但是想治理一条河却不是一天两天。

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近段时间,学校忙于治理贯穿校园的河流,看起来工程庞大,工程也要分几期才能完工,连岸边都被挖开。虽然日夜运作的机器给原本宁静的校园添上了不和谐的声音,但是想到以后校园会更美丽,河水叮咚,内心是有几分期待和高兴的。古有诗云“明月松间照,清泉石上流”,今天我们仍然憧憬这般景象。我们赖以生存的世界应该是清澈明亮的,大自然是宽厚仁慈的,只要工厂处理好所要排放的污水使其达标,人们不再往河里乱扔垃圾,环保部门在河道两旁栽种大量的植被,相信在不久的将来,河水将重现往日的清澈。

薛雅娴

 

Fast Food in Thailand

 

Like in China, it is also well-known and widespread in Thailand those people who sell something in the street, either from a stall or van or with their goods laid out on the sidewalk. They offer various types of food especially those who sell rice-and-curry.

There is a popular fast food chain in Thailand named Pepper Lunch which is managed by Japanese.  It offers a hot dish which includes meat, vegetables, and rice. Various kinds of meat and vegetables are served.

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The version of Pizza Hut in Thailand is The Pizza Company, maybe because the franchisee of the said fast food in the past is Thailand Pizza Hut. Pizzas in Thailand are Thai flavor, specifically the tom yun gung pizza. Thailand has so much love with curry and that’s why every food in the country is filled with curry flavored dish especially pizza.

Burger King is not widespread in Thailand unlike KFC which is popular that serves spicy foods like a very spicy chicken wings called Wing Zaab and Hot’n’Spicy fried chicken. Including in their Thailand food is the curry sauce over rice.

Since Thai flavor is distinct, Mcdonalds balanced their menu.  If you happened to drop by and eat in McDonalds Thailand, you will normally find porridge made from rice called McJok which is served for breakfast and a peppery meat salad called McNamtok which is served for lunch and dinner.

X. Tran

心灵的脚步

心灵的脚步

吴博

天空阴沉沉,灰蒙蒙的。抬头望向窗外,初秋的雨如断了线的珠子般啪啪的打在地上,更加打在我的心上。心,跳得更快了,—半小时后,就要分班了。

手中的笔悬在空中,迟迟不肯落下。身后,是谁在小声哼唱着“长亭外、古道边……?”望一眼教室,心中涌起一阵酸楚:我还能属于这个让我投入了太多情感的一班吗?可就算是,身旁也会是一副副陌生的面孔,那个曾经的一班,是否已成为了永远的回忆?

雨,是天空在为我们的分别而哭泣吗?

老师急匆匆地让我们背上书包来到大厅,同学们紧挨着坐在台阶上,有的手拉着手,仿佛这样就会分到一个班级。大厅中,静得可怕,只能听见外面淅沥的雨声。

公布名单了,我紧握的双手冰凉着,却又沾满了汗,听着一个又一个熟悉的名字在耳边响起,看着一个又一个人默默离开,此刻,我只是一个人,孤独的一个人。

终于听到了我的名字,跟随者新的老师,来到了崭新却又陌生的八年三。坐在座位上,周围有隐隐约约的抽泣声,我咬紧了嘴唇,告诉自己:不能哭。

老师让我们依次读读她的寄语,这才发现,桌子上不知何时多了张纯白的卡片,上面有着她隽秀的字迹。18个人依次读了下去,每一句话都是那样触动我的心灵,诉说了我心中所有的紧张、忧虑,却又温暖着我。抬起头,老师清澈的目光中满是慈爱与理解,如一簇温暖的火苗,将心中的冰慢慢融化,只剩下希望与美好。

放学,迈出校门,发现心灵的脚步也迈出了一步。雨渐渐小了,清凉的雨丝拂在脸上,心情也变得明朗:人生中哪能没有离合悲欢?与其在不舍中沉沦,为何不放宽心,在坚强中面对新的生活,面对新的挑战?留恋于过去,倒不如把握好现在与未来。一下子觉得,自己长大了、成熟了。

迈出心灵的脚步,迈向成熟、迈向坚强。

 

 

Natural Resource Depletion

First, what do we understand by natural resource depletion? In simple words, natural resource depletion is basically consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Natural sources are available as renewable and non-renewable sources of energy however; use of any of these forms beyond their rate of replacement leads to natural resource depletion.

 

The problem of natural resource depletion has almost doubled in the last 100 years with the drastic increase in population which has even led to population explosion. To meet the needs of the human population, the rate of depletion of natural resources has become threatening for the environment. It is certainly a big risk for the survival of the future generation as well.

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The fast consumption of fossil fuels leads to emission of greenhouse gases, causing environmental problems like global warming and climate changes.

On the global platform, the awareness regarding this problem has spread among people and they are even making efforts to start using renewable sources of energy like solar, biogas, wind and geothermal energy. However, it must be understood by every individual that any form of energy should be used judiciously in order to make it last rather than exhaust to fulfill the needs of one generation.

C.Yan

China’s Illegal Fishing Expeditions Threaten World Waters

China’s Illegal Fishing Expeditions Threaten World Waters
Many unrecorded documents for goods are purchased and switched off the printed pages in China and this includes the fish. That’s an increasing responsibility for the coastal guards of China’s neighbors and other countries in West Africa as well as for the global environmental guards.
Throughout this year’s first nine months, the officials of South Korea grasp and penalized the two hundred sixty six fishing ship for running an illegal fishing in the territory of South Korea. This reported by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea. In addition, four thousand six hundred illegal Chinese fish vessels were captured within the ocean of South Korea, according to Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.
Those illegal fishing vessels stumble in an immense space, often under covered, dragged with force. During the time that China regularly report with disproportionately and emphasis their national marine catch to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), they immensely fail to report the weight in tons of stumbled fish by far off navy. This is based on the research conducted by the University of British Columbia and funded (PDF) by the European Parliament’s Committee on Committee on Fisheries.
According to reports, they measured that the Chinese fishing vessels in China that were seized within the foreign waters have a standard of 4.6 million tons of fish every year between the year 2000 to 2011, a total of twelve billion dollars. Part of this was the fish caught in the sea of Africa which was estimated 3.1 million tons and eighty percent of which was not able to report.
C. Larson

Japan must enhance surveillance system to protect territory

Japan must enhance surveillance system to protect territory
The action of China in breaking the terms of agreement to Japanese jurisdiction have been rolling. The government should construct a detailed statement that indicates an impending danger and secure protection system, taking into account that it will be a continuing struggle.
Ships of Japan Coast Guard have been organizing and carrying out regular patrols throughout the Senkakus and commanding Chinese vessels to depart from Japanese waters every time they put oneself deliberately into a place where one is unwelcome.
Organized body of Chinese air and maritime have reinforced and innovated their military paraphernalia and planned to build naval and air control in the East and South China seas.
The apprehension of central and local governments needs to share a sense of importance requiring swift action concerning the security of territorial solidarity.
The Japan Coast Guard organized to a certain limited extent in dealing with government vessels of China through assembling patrol boats throughout the country, but inside the present economic year it will also implement the process under which it will give way to run twelve huge patrol boats on a full-time jurisdiction.
It is significant to build a persistent aerial surveillance system at the earliest possible moment using the three jet planes.
The cooperation of Japan Coast Guard and Self-Defense Forces is very important in constructing a system effective of securing defense smoothly and continuously in expectation of different situations.
Y. Shimbun

高效能人士的7个习惯 史蒂芬•柯维

这是我最喜欢的自助图书中的一类。每次我阅读它的时候,这本书都给我一个全新的视角去看待生活。

《高效能人士的7个习惯》于1989年出版,在那之后,这本书一直保持在畅销书之列,并且这本书已经影响了上百万人的生活。这本书讲述的道理适用生活的方方面面,包括工作,领导力和管理能力。

科维在这本书中讲述的道理十分了不起。这本书给那些想过一个有意义的而美好的生活的人一个标准体系。这个体系不仅仅适用于我们日常生活中的商业和工作,也适用于其他方方面面。

以下是这本书讲述的7个习惯的总结:

  • “积极主动”:掌控环境而不是让环境掌控你。
  • “先定目标后行动”:先设定你的目标,然后专注在那些可以让你实现你目标的上的活动上。
  • “要事第一”:这是具体操作在第二点中设定的目标。第三点是第二点的实际行动。
  • “双赢”:科维说过成功很大一部分是建立在双赢的基础上。因此,他强调了“双赢”的观点的重要性。
  • “先了解别人,才能使别人了解自己”:这对于维护任何关系来说都是必须的。
  • “协同效应”:科维强调互相帮助的重要性。
  • “不断更新”科维激励我们要不断更新自己的生活各方面的知识储备。

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Student: 李安

出国留学低龄化

根据《中国留学生发展报告(2014)》指出,目前中国的留学生出现明显的“低龄化”趋势。18岁以下未成年的留学生每年成逐年递增的态势。针对这一现象,不同的人有不同的看法,有的人持支持观点,因为相比中国的教育理念,美国的教育理念更加侧重培养孩子的非学术方面的发展,例如领导力,观察力和分析能力等,这样的教育理念更适合孩子的成长。而另外一部分人则认为,孩子在很小的时候就出去读书,没有家庭环境熏陶,更容易养成孤僻的个性,和其他心里健康问题。在我看来,自己的小孩适不适合低龄留学没有同意标准的答案,具体的抉择取决于每个孩子的个性。

对于那些个性独立的,个性开朗的孩子来说,如果家庭的经济来源足够支持孩子出国读书,那么,我个人认为,这个做法是可取的。因为相比中国的教育制度,美国和其他国家的教育制度更加灵活,在升学的时候,参照的条件除了学习成绩外,还有很多其他非学术能力,例如参加公益活动的数量,课外活动和个人的创新能力。灵活的课程制度更加适合学生的学习和创造能力的提高。

另外一方面,对于那些个性不独立,而且个性孤僻的孩子来说,不尊重孩子的个人想法,盲目的将孩子送出国读书时十分不可取的。在国外,孩子不仅要克服语言困难,也要克服文化差异。很多父母盲目将孩子送到国外去,孩子到一个新的环境,因为缺乏家人和朋友的关心,又很难融入当地文化,这样会使孩子的个性更加孤僻,不愿意和其他人交往接触,也会使孩子对学习产生厌倦的情绪,反而使情况恶化。

总而言之,每个孩子的个性都是独一无二的,没有一套适用于所有家长和学生的方法和定论,因材施教才是可取的。

 

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http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/education-plus-development/posts/2015/02/24-early-child-development-mai-young

项刘宇

 

 

 

 

 

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