The Bank Clerk

Who hasn't dreamed o!having so much money that it runs throughthe fingers like sand?The only way most of us could ever do this wouldbe to work in a bank.If you start as a junior bank clerk,you will begin inthe book-keeping department and you will have minor responsibilitiesconnected with the handling of cheques.You will learn the routine of thebranch and the banking industry as a whole.You will most likely besent to the bank's school for special tuition.Within a short time,youmay be working as a cashie,and then you will be handling the public'smoney.By the time you have worked your way up to the post of branch     

爱情童话如何拥有(英文)

Growing up we all dream of the perfect relationship. Our dreams are reiterated over and over in the childhood classic movies and books we watched and read. But, once we hit the "real world", it seems that those dreams we've tried so hard to keep, always end up breaking in pieces all around us. This often leads to the viewpoint that finding and maintaining that fairy tale romance is futile and hopeless. There is one exception that loving couple who seem to have everything together. How many times have you questioned, "Why can't we be like them?"The truth is, every couple can be like this by following the traits of the characters you formed your dream relationship from. Start living your life the way you want to by applying the following traits of a fairy tale couple today!     

一九九六年下半年河北省高等教育自学考试 英语综合技能试题

Part one Ⅰ. Read the following passages and answer questions according to the requirements of each item. (35 points) A. The Bank Clerk Who hasn't dreamed of having so much money that it runs through the fingers like sand?The only way most of us could ever do this would be to work in a bank.If you start as a junior bank clerk,you will begin in the book-keeping department and you will have minor responsibilities connected with the handling of cheques.You will learn the routine of the branch and the banking industry as a whole.You will most likely be sent to the bank's school for special tuition.Within a short time,you may be working as a cashier,and then you will be handling the public's money.By the time you have worked your way up to the post of branch manager,you will have learned how to deal with customers and how to cope with the difficult ones.     

瞥见《来自星星的你》

＂I used to freeze the time and said ＇I love you＇ for thousand times when you didn＇t know. I feel it the way that if l say it in the river of time, it will flow as time flows and eventually vanishes. So instead, I said it when time was frozen. I love you, Cheon Song-yi. I love you.＂ Spend less than one second to figure out its origin？ Know exactly in which episode the line is？ You must be a straight-A fan of the drama!     

易错情态动词精练(英文)

1.When he was there hego to that coffee shop at thecorner after work every day.A.would B.shouldC.had better D.might2.-Could I use your com-puter?-Yes,.A.you couldB.you mightC.of course,you canD.of course,you could3.I was shocked that shethat sort of thing to you.A.should sayB.would sayC.ought to have saidD.could said4.I talked for a long time, and in the endI make her believe me.A.could B.mightC.must D.was able to5.This pen looks like mine, yet it isn’t.Whose it be?A.must B.mayC.wou…     

万无一失

Nov. 15—You've lost your laptop1 at the airport.How in the world2 are you going to find it? Orperhaps you're worried your prized new homeentertainment system is vulnerable3 to theft? Or thatyour child's pricey new bicycle might go missing inthe neighborhood?No problem, say some in the burgeoning4business of electronic tracking. A built-in chip canlocate them for you.In the future, for instance, you may be able tobuy a laptop with a built-in device that enables youto keep track of its wherea…     

我相信……

For you my friend... I believe-that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I believe-that no matter how good a friend is they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I believe-that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. I believe-that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.I believe-that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.I believe-that you can keep going long after you can't.I believe-that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.I believe-that either you control your attitude or it controls you. I believe-that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.     

George Washington ’s Farewell Address

The period for a new election of acitizen to administer the executive gov-ernment of the United States beingnot far distant, and the time actuallyarrived when your thoughts must beemployed in designating the person whois to be clothed with that importanttrust, it appears to me proper, es-pecially as it may conduce to a moredistinct expression of the public voice,that I should now apprise you of theresolution I have formed, to declinebeing considered among the numberof those out of whom a choic…     

The Answer is 9 or 10?

Below is Problem 9 in Singapore MathematicalOlympiad 2001:Five people jointly bought a lottery ticketwhich won the first prize.They decided to keeptheir ticket in a locker installed with a number oflocks.Each person may hold the keys to more thanone lock.What is the minimum number of locks nee-ded to serve the purpose that any 3 together will beable to open the locker but any 2 of them togetherwill not be able to open it ?A.6 B.9 C.10 D.12     

ENGLISH GAMES I think I''''m going dotty

Can you make sense of the black and white dots in these two pictures?Before you look, just be aware that once you have found the hidden images, you will not be able to 'unsee' them.(If you can't see them, try looking from a distance.)     

Time

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."时间是什么?是一种像金钱一样可以…     

眼睛识别

Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone＇s eyes are different. So in the future you won＇t have to remember a secret code （密码 ） when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You＇ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.     

E-mail（初三适用）

Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it? With e-mail you can just do that. Electronic mail (e-mail) is a way of sending messages to other people. Using a computer you can send e-mail quickly and easily. The post is much slower and dearer than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds.     

Views on Marriage and Happiness in Pride and Prejudice

At the very beginning of the book-Pride and Prejudice,the author said"It is universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be want of a wife."From this line,we can find that marriage is the most important thing to women.Sometimes it even equals to men’s career at that time.It seems like once a woman married to a rich single man,she succeed in her lifetime"career".The question is what is the standard of that"succeed"? Married to a rich man,or the man you really love,or a man you had a crush on? Everyone keep these questions in mind since very early time,and different people have different opinions.In her short life,Jane Austin,the great novelist,composed six novels and created lot of female characters.Women in her novel had different attitudes toward marriage.Speaking of marriage,Pride and Prejudice must be the most representative work of it,and it is also Jane’s masterpiece.Through the different type of marriage of Mr.Bennet’s daughters,we can find the Jane’s atti tude towards marriage.In this article the author will discuss this issue based on Pride and Prejudice.     

The “Prototype and Stereotype” Theory in Lexical Semantics Teaching Methodology

Cognitive linguistics studies the relationship between language and cognition,which claims that semantics structures reflect the mental categories which people have formed their experiences of growing up and acting in the world.The lexical and semantics combined together to be the foundations of language which makes into people’ s communication.As the main branch of cognition,the prototype and stereotype theory have a close relationship to the lexical semantics.Thus,it is essential and useful to make a research on the lexical semantics under the influence of the "prototype and stereotype theory" and it will help a lot in teaching methodology.     

Music and Speech Based on Human Biology

Each of the four neighbour boys had found a job from one of the neighbourhood adults, including Mrs. Wilson,and the four worked together to make fast work of the chores, one of which was cleaning a car. Given the following clues, you should be able to decide which job each found and for whom the work was done.     

放松(英文)

What does it mean to relax? Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course of our lives,very few people have deeply considered what it's really about. When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax,most will answer in a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to do later—you do it on vacation,in a hammock(吊床),when you retire,or when you get everything done.This implies,of course, that most other times (the other 95 percent of your life) should be spent nervous,agi-     

为什么要加班?

Many office personnel are so accustomed to working overtime that it has become a habit. But have you ever asked yourself why?Is it because your colleagues except you are all working overtime, despite the fact that you arrive at work earlier, not loafing on the job, even bringing your documents home to complete; only to have your boss still think that everyone is very busy but you! So you join in the overtime bunch to avoid being the subject of your colleagues' gossip, and at the same time, earn some overtime wages.     

畅游主题乐园四步走

Choose a theme park you might want to go to.Choose your parks carefully.You don't want to be bored at an amusement park.If you're happy at a theme park,you will have the best time ever.You may want to ask your friends'opinion and facts about the park. Print out a direction map for the theme park.The benefit of getting a map is that if it shows a busy 1)route,you can find another route to go to,so you can get there earlier.     

RINGING idioms

To ring a bellWhen something rings a bell, it means that we find it familiar. It is especially used when reminding someone else of a shared experience.'Dont you remember the little bar on the comer with the red and white table cloths? Surely that rings a bell?' It can be applied to people too. 'His face rings a bell, but I can't remember the name.' No one seems to know the origin of this idiom.