My Role as a citizen of Earth

Being the citizen of earth there are several responsibilities. My role as a citizen of earth is to protect and save the earth which is most important and necessary responsibility. God has created the earth for human comfort. Humans have to develop friendly relationship with nature and not enmity. If we do not save the earth human life would be over. We should be concerned about the health of our planet and be humble to save the earth. We should save the earth because it’s home for innumerable living organisms.

 

Measures to protect our mother planet earth

 

  1. Avoid pollution:

It’s better to live in a clean healthy environment than a polluted one. Living organisms needs Atmosphere to survive. A gas like oxygen in atmosphere is required for the survival of living beings. Carbon dioxide is also needed to keep the plants alive. Pollution affects the life on the Earth. I will become an air pollution activist by joining local groups that work to avoid air pollution and find a way to get involved in my role.

 

  1. Afforestation:

Plant trees that help to clean the air. Develop forests which will provide habitat for many animals. Plants are also economically very useful. The wood from the trees are used in manufacturing furniture. There are some medicinal plants that are used in Ayurvedic products. Aim to plant trees which will grow taller and provide shade.

 

  1. Maintaining soil fertility:

Protecting the health of the soil by using cloth bags instead of plastic because it takes hundreds of years to decompose; as they decompose some toxins are released into the soil which reduces soil fertility. Use products which are renewable and reusable. Do not use chemical fertilizers it also hinders soil fertility instead use organic manures or bio fertilizers.

 

  1. Work to stop mining:

Blasting operations are planned for mine plan, due to this land becomes unhealthy and landscapes will be destroyed. It also affects the habitat of flora and fauna. Stop mining by being politically active to stop mining in restricted areas of earth.

 

  1. Resource depletion:

Social, economic and scientific developments of country are linked to energy sources. The conventional sources energy being used for long time are generally non-renewable. They include coal, petroleum, natural gas and electricity. We are using them so extensively that their reserves are depleting at a fast rate. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to discover new deposits. So they should be used in a controlled way.

 

Another problem which I see is poverty. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. As a citizen of earth it is our responsibility to contribute our share to ensure all possible ways to overcome poverty. I would try my level best to reduce poverty in my country. If we really want to throw poverty away, we should stop speaking about it and take some measures.

 

Measures to reduce poverty:

 

  1. Donations to poor people:

Donations are the best way to overcome poverty in small scale. I would open my own NGO to help poor people like providing food, clothes, education etc. By paying taxes which helps in the development of nations. Donating to trusted organisations so that it can be used in a useful manner. Live a simple life so that others can also lead a simple life.

 

  1. Educating young people:

Education is the most effective way to reduce poverty. Education strengthens the abilities of individuals and makes them skilled to work and gain income to satisfy his wants.

 

  1. Increase employment opportunities:

Unemployment is a situation in which a person is ready to work physically or mentally at a given wage rate but not getting employment opportunities. Hence increase in employment ensures a comfortable life.

 

  1. Learn about money management:

Savings is a better way for betterment in life of an individual. I would try to save my income by spending money wisely and leading a simple life. I would consult a financial institution to create savings plan.

If all these measures are implemented by all the nations of the world then poverty can be reduced from the whole world.

 

Student: Meghashree

 

hands, the young sprout and our planet Earth

 

http://californiagermans.com/tag/orange-county-california/

中国反腐

自习主席当选中国新主席之后,在习主席的领导下,政府出台了一系列政策法规和管理措施。其中,最令百姓拍手叫好的就是中国政府加大反腐力度。不少重量级的高管纷纷落马。6月11日,天津市第一中级人民法院依法对原铁道部部长周永康受贿、滥用职权、故意泄露国家秘密案进行了一审宣判,认定周永康犯受贿罪,判处无期徒刑,剥夺政治权利终身。除此之外,曾任十二届全国政协副主席,中央统战部部长令计划今日也因为严重违纪被双开。由此可见,本届中国政府的反腐绝不是作秀。

之前,西方媒体对中国反腐的新闻报道是十分少的,但是近段时间,随着中国“大老虎”的落马,西方媒体也开始对中国反腐这一话题进行大篇幅报道。一方面,中国在国际的影响力逐年上升。另外一方面,中国反腐对其他国家的影响也逐渐显现出来。因此,中国反腐话题不再仅仅是中国百姓口中的热议话题,更是国际热点话题。

除了抓捕在职贪污犯之外,中国政府也开展了“天网行动”,重点抓捕外逃贪污腐败分子。美国,加拿大等国均纷纷力挺中国反腐行动。据环球时报综合报道,美国移民执法部门当地时间28日证实,出逃海外的“中国第一女巨贪”杨秀珠在美国被拘押,目前正在等待遣返。

中国反腐,不仅仅是中国的社会热点问题,更是国际热点话题。在这背后,是中国的崛起。

 

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项刘宇

尤利乌斯•凯撒 威廉•莎士比亚

《尤利乌斯•凯撒》是威廉·莎士比亚创作的悲剧,是他最好的作品之一。这本书是根据历史事件和残酷的事实改编。

凯撒刚刚从庞贝凯旋而归。当典礼正在进行的时候,一个预言家警告凯撒:“谨防3月15日”。凯撒的朋友布鲁图和卡修斯担心凯撒成为国王。但是凯撒告诉他们他已经拒绝带上王冠。

卡修斯和西纳密谋反对凯撒并且决定去追随布鲁图去帮助他杀掉凯撒。布鲁图担心凯撒掌权会伤害自己的利益,于是他同意当密谋者到他家的时候参与密谋。

凯撒的妻子卡尔普蕊娜注意到很多不好的征兆,她试图去阻止他去卡匹托尔。他几乎同意不去卡匹托尔直到德西乌斯出现,并解释说这些征兆是好的征兆。在凯撒去卡匹托尔的路上,阿特米多鲁斯警告过他,但是他没有听进去。当他到了卡匹托尔,他被密谋者刺伤,最后一击是来自于布鲁图—凯撒自己认为的最好的朋友。凯撒在死之前哭泣:“竟然是你,布鲁图?”之后凯撒倒下。

这部戏剧的语言使用的是典型的莎士比亚式语言,这本书被翻译成很多语言。许多电影和系列节目都是根据这本书改编而来。

 

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劳怡楠

 

中国的资本市场

从今年3月份以来,中国股市进入牛市,股市迎来全民炒股的局面。就在2015年6月5日,上证综指开盘大涨,瞬间站上5000点。自2007年8月22日上证综指首次站上5000点以来,时隔8年,股市再现5000点。

然而,好景不长,仅半月之后,股市大跌,A股市场和创业板市场,大部分股票跌停。截止2015年7月8日沪指开盘暴跌重返3400点。就在几个月之间,中国股民的心情如同坐过山车一般。

与其他国家的资本市场相比,中国的资本市场的可预见性非常低。许多经济学家试图去用各种经济模型去解释中国的资本市场,但往往都是失败的。因为,在我看来,外国的各种经济理论和经济模型的前提和假设都是建立在“每一个人都是理性的经济人”,而中国的特殊国情是,中国人在投资或者做生意时都更加“感性”。因此很多中国的经济现象无法用合理的经济模型和经济理论来解释。在我看来,中国人炒股就像是一场赌博和盲目跟风,而不是理性的投资。在牛市的时候,大家听闻股市可以赚钱,便出售房产,将资金投入股市。更有一些毫无炒股知识和任何经验的人,借钱炒股。企图可以在短时间来,乘着“东风”,在股市大捞一笔。在熊市的时候,小股民也都是“草木皆兵”,有一点风声或者消息就盲目跟风,抛售股票以致亏损严重。让人更加气愤的是,不少险恶用心之人就是利用这一点,发布各种假消息,误导小股民,然后从中获利。

一般来说,股市是国民经济的“晴雨表”,经济形势好的时候,股市才会出现上涨,出现牛市。反之,在经济形势不好的情况下,人们则会更加谨慎投资,股市出现低迷现象。然而,在中国,股市的变化与国民经济的发展态势很难正相关,很多时候,甚至出现负相关的情况。也就是说,经济下滑,股市迎来牛市;经济上行,股市迎来牛市。

对于很多中国股民来说,他们不是在做投资,而是在赌博。正如一位网友所说:只有在经济下滑时,大家才去“赌博”。

 

A Chinese woman stands behind a glass panel near stock prices displayed on a board at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, Monday July 6, 2015. Shares in big Chinese state companies rose Monday following weekend promises of government action to halt a slide in stock prices but many others sank as jittery small investors looked for ways to cut their losses. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT

http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/the-fear-behind-chinas-stable-stock-market-000149

杜欣桐

动物庄园 乔治•奥威尔

《动物庄园》展示了权利如何是任何本性是善良的人变得腐败。尽管书的语言风格十分简单,奥威尔的《动物庄园》有很重要的象征意义。这部小说可以被看做是对共产主义失败原因的探讨。这是一个很好的故事,它证明了由于人的多样性和人的天性,想让所有人都平等和快乐是不可能的。

《动物庄园》是一个描述了当被欺压的动物们站起来反抗并赶走农场主(Mr.Jones),并建立在公平的基础上,动物们实现“当家做主”的故事。动物们想要这样一个时代,在这个时代下,每个人都可以根据自己的能力来工作,并且尊重其他人的需要。《动物庄园》的革命是失败的,因为动物庄院变成了一个被猪,最聪明但是也是最懒惰的动物,统治的地方。

奥威尔在这部作品中展示了极权政府的恐怖色彩。他以讽刺的方式分析了共产主义。这部小说也展示了极权政府是如何宣传和洗脑的。

这本书中的角色十分有趣,并且这本书的语言风格很轻松。因此,这本书也适合小孩字阅读。这本小说描述了权利可以变成独裁者的朋友。

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Student: 毛铭霞

 

An Amusing Day

Sometimes our day cannot be as much good as we want it to be. A day when right from the morning we feel like dear lady luck is very upset with us and doing just the opposite of what we want. I recall such a dreadful day of my life. I started my morning by falling off my bed. Apparently I was dreaming about having a sprint with Usain Bolt. Then suddenly a trench came in our way. I jumped, but instead of reaching on the other side of the track, I ended up on my floor. Waking up, stunned by the fall, I noticed that my alarm clock was dead. I had woken up half an hour late. I panicked and quickly went to dress up for my school. While packing my bag I kept getting this gut feeling that I was forgetting something. Then I realized, I have my Chemistry unit test today. In the lazy and joyful weekend that I had spent, I had completely forgotten that my tests would be starting on Monday. In sheer tension I screamed loudly and then out of nowhere a few pillows hit me on my face. It seemed that I had woken up my sister. But I couldn’t care less. I had to rush to the bus stop to catch my bus. By the time I reached there my worst fear had come true, my bus was gone. I had to wait for an alternative as nobody in my house had time to take me to school. Now, at 6’o’clock on a winter morning, finding another bus or auto in my area is like spotting a penguin in a desert (or even harder than that!). The whole area was silent and vacant, most of the people still in their dreams. Somehow I managed to get an auto and after continuously prompting him to drive faster and faster, I reached my school just as the gates were about to be closed. The school coordinator had started giving me his long speech about “the importance of coming on time”, but I ignored him and rushed towards my examination hall.

The exam had already started. To my shock, our batch was assigned the most rude and strict invigilator of the whole world. On entering the examination room, he gave me the speech about “the importance of coming on time” anyway. I started my paper in an instant but soon my interest dried down. It looked like a foreign language test to me, but I finished it anyway. To my relief the exam was over soon and was back in my own class. The very next period, our math teacher came in and asked us to submit our homework. As I couldn’t give it I had yet another scolding from my teacher. As this was not enough, in the games period while playing football someone pushed me and I fell and hurt my leg. Coming back to class tired, hungry and bruised I realized that in my hurry, I had forgotten to pack my lunch in the morning. I felt like banging my head on the table. Irritated, I began to think how someone’s day can go so bad. “Day…bad day….bad day….” I stood up with a start. Today was one of my friend’s birthday. He had invited me the other day for his birthday party in the cafeteria. I thought that I could still have some good moments on such an awful day. Fortunately, it was all well at his birthday party and I had something to eat too. The next period our physics teacher asked for our homework copy. Luckily I had finished that work earlier so I was saved. In the last period our Chemistry teacher came and discussed the paper. As I calculated my marks, I got 16 out of 20 in Chemistry, not bad for an exam I didn’t even study for. I thought “not a bad day in the end at least”. When I went to my bus while returning home, everybody congratulated me on my luck. Everybody told me that in the morning the bus got a flat tyre midway, so everybody had to wait in the cold and were late for the exam anyway. This cheered me up a little bit. Back home, I saw that my mother had laid down a grandeur meal for me as she thought I hadn’t eaten the whole day. Also my father had fixed up the alarm clock, so that I won’t be late again. I couldn’t complain at all. At the end of the day I was thanking my luck for such an amusing day.

This incident made me realize that our story, our day, our life may not have such a happy beginning. But that doesn’t mean it will be like this forever. It’s the rest of our story, our day, our life and the way we chose to lead it that defines how much we have succeeded in life.

 

Student:  Dhrubajyoti Narayan

Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered world records in the 100 and 200 meter races at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Shown here in the 200 meters at Beijing, he's looking to repeat this summer at the London Olympics and add another chapter to Jamaica's great tradition of sprinting.

http://www.wbur.org/npr/151956595/a-need-for-speed-inside-jamaicas-sprint-factory

辛德勒名单 托马斯•肯尼利

《辛德勒名单》是一本给我就下深刻印象的传记小说。  这个故事改编自世界第二次大战。它讲述了一个人如何和拯救水火之中的犹太人。

这个故事围绕一个叫奥斯卡·辛德勒的人展开。奥斯卡·辛德勒是一个德国人,因为他的善心以及聪明的谋划,他拯救了很多犹太人。在二战期间,辛德勒有意买下那个经营不善的搪瓷厂以生产食用器皿,供应军需.

在这期间,犹太人被德国社会隔离。因为种族原因,德国人杀戮犹太人。辛德勒伪造证书帮助犹太人进入自己的工厂工作,来避免德国人残杀。尽管辛德勒多次因为叛国被抓,但是他总能机智地救自己。

辛德勒,和犹太会计师伊扎克·斯泰恩制作了假的简历来证明那些犹太人是有能力在辛德勒的工厂工作的。他不留余力的去救犹太人。当他知道到大屠杀之后,他开始去从盖世太保那里买犹太人。

辛德勒在战后做出重要的决定,是冒着牺牲自己的精神去救别人,还是去救他自己。

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Student: 周炳文

秘密 朗达•拜恩

每个人应该都有听过一句话:“一切都在脑海中”。但是没人意识到这句话的重要性。事实上,我也是这类人中的其中一个,直到我读《秘密》这本书。这本伟大的书可以改变你的人生。它会使你焕然一新,教会你怎么度过一个平和的人生,和称为成功和幸福的大师。

这本书释放我们内心的能量。这股能量可以给我们的生活带来很多积极的改变。它教会我们如何调整我们的思维来促成事情。这本书已经改变我的人生,并且也有有潜力去改变你的人生。

思维决定我们的遭遇。如果我们适当的改变和调整我们的思维,思维可以改变一切。按照这本书,我们的思维是有磁性的。思维都有自己的频率,并且当你在想什么事情的时候,思维会接触到外界的信息然后反馈给自己。因此,思维决定事情结果。

尽管,这本书告诉我们的不是什么新的道理,因为我们经常被教育要“积极思考”。但是,这本书以一种十分创新的和实用的方法来告诉我们如何积极思考。如果这种思维模式运用到我们的日常生活之中,它可以改变我们的人生。

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Student: 林国伟


当腊月逼近,空气里便开始弥漫着年的香气,伴着雪的糯,橘的甜,爆竹的烟火气。于是我一年中最爱的日子缓缓走来…
农历腊月三十称作“除夕”,相传有个叫做“夕”的怪兽每逢这个时候就会到村庄里伤人,神仙“年”帮助村民赶走了夕,后人为了纪念他称腊月三十这天为“除夕”,正月初一为“年”。
除夕夜是团圆夜,人们在这天总会长途跋涉奔回家中与家人团聚一齐,吃饺子,唠家常,热热闹闹。而等十二点钟声敲过,便迎来了新年,这时人们会互相道一句“新年好”,晚辈也要给长辈拜年,等天亮之后便会陆陆续续走家串门迎接新年。这不只是个节日,或说习俗,而是每个人心中对新一年的期盼,对家的怀念,对一切美好的向往。
我喜欢年,因为每当这时,我总是能换上我盼望已久的新衣裳,和爸爸妈妈给家人们拜年;大家总是齐聚一堂,无比温馨;快乐的时间总是在年的怀抱下更暖,更长。我爱这寒冷的腊月,因为年的热闹,冰天雪地的东北介时倒格外温暖起来。
这就是我们的新年,有烟花烧红了天,挚爱的人们总会这时相见,新的生活也不断向前,也应了那句:年年岁岁,岁岁年年,阖家欢乐共团圆!

手机-优点

相比西方国家,中国,作为发展中国家,各项科技发展起步较晚,但是,在快速借鉴西方发展国家的科学技术的发展成果的基础上,中国的科技进步十分迅速。尤其是中国的电信行业的发展,其成就令人鼓舞。

记得在高中时期,能拥有一部手机就是莫大的荣幸。那时候,诺基亚还是手机行业的领头羊,无论班上哪一位同学使用一部智能手机,其他的同学都会向他(她)投来羡慕的眼光。相比北上广,我所在的城市只是中国的一个小小的三线城市,因此,学生们都不知道“苹果”手机。而那时,也没有花样繁多的社交软件,QQ就是大家使用最大的聊天软件,手机的主要功能也只是看视频,玩游戏和通话。

现如今,只要你身在中国,无论你走在那一个城市,放眼望去,你可以可以看到大家都在使用各种智能手机,而且,“苹果”和“三星”这样的国际品牌在中国已经家喻户晓。如今,手机的功能也不仅仅限于通话和看视频等基础功能。各种APP 的应用已经普及到大家日常生活的方方面面。购物支付,医院挂号,水电充值等等生活琐事都可以运用手机解决。从2G到3G,3G到4G,每次数据网络的提速用时不到一年。也就在这几年信息化浪潮之中,我们许多优秀的企业也渐渐崛起,例如“华为”“中兴”“小米”等,不仅在中国的销售市场十分火爆,在海外市场,我国的企业也都占有重要的一席之地。

 

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/chinese-technology-companies-huawei-dominate-world

 

 

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