Two Dogs

Presto the wizard （巫师） ran into the room with his magic ball and said, ＂I saw him! I saw Paws!＂＊ The others （其他人） were very excited＊. They came to look into the magic ball. ＂What are you looking for＊ in my ball？＂ asked Presto.＂Paws, of course＊!＂ they answered. ＂In my magic ball？ But I saw him through （通过） the window.＂ Paws walked through the door. ＂Paws, we are so glad to see you!＂ Everyone was very happy.     

Yu Haoming Defends his Melancholy in Acting

Because of its shocking effects,the TV drama Let＇s Watch Meteor Shower（ 《一起来看流星雨》）is described vividly as ＂let＇s watch a thunder storm. ＂ In the drama,Yu Haoming （俞灏明）plays the role of Duanmu Lei（端木磊）. He is dubbed ＂the son of a bureaucrat＂ for his luxurious dressing, and his pretending melancholy makes him look like an old womall.     

＂Turkish Five＂：Their Contributions to Contemporary Piano Music and Piano Education in Turkey

First musicians using polyphony and homophony in their compositions can be seen during the 19th century in Turkey. These talented amateur composers, who worked in simple forms, such as marches or educational music, were not actually professional composers but either orchestral or choral directors. Later, during the Republic period （after 1923）, ＂Turkish Five＂ emerged. ＂Turkish Five＂ consisted of professional composers who were educated in Europe and learned western musical forms. These musicians, according to their birth years, are Cemal Resit Rey （1904-1985）, Hasan Ferit Alnar （1906-1978）, Ulvi Cemal Erkin （1906-1972）, Ahmet Adnan Saygun （1907-1991） and Necil Kazan Akses （1908-1999）. ＂Turkish Five＂ achieved important accomplishments and did significant contributions to Turkish contemporary music in 30-40 years with their efforts. While doing this, they used over 500-year old musical legacy of the West. At the beginning, these musicians used Turkish folk tunes and their rhythmic and modal system, however, later, they began to use ＂impressionism＂, ＂neo-classicism＂ and finally ＂atonalism＂ in their music. In the current study, the contributions of ＂Turkish Five＂ to contemporary Turkish piano music and their approaches to piano education were examined via literature review. After an extensive research with the literature on the topic, the researcher has interviewed with six piano teachers from different music institutions in Turkey （including two schools of time arts, two conservatories and two music teacher training schools）. During these interviews, the contributions of the ＂Turkish Five＂ were examined based on ＂relativity＂ and ＂local to global＂ principles in education, and the researcher has searched for the ways to use more of their music in piano education through the interviews. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was to discover ways to implement more of the music by ＂Turkish Five＂ in piano education in Turkey and to ffmd solutions fo     

Andy Lau：The Most Diligent Heavenly King

Andy Lau（刘德华） ,Aaron Kwok（郭富城）,Leon Lai（黎明）,and Jacky Cheung（张学友） were referred to as the ＂Four Heavenly Kings＂（四大天王）by the media for their great popularity more than a decade ago.     

＂Cutting effect＂ of organoclay platelets in compatibilizing immiscible polypropylene/polystyrene blends

In this work, polypropylene （PP）/polystyrene （PS） blends with different organoclay concentrations were prepared via melt compounding. Differing from the results of previous reports, the organoclay platelets are mostly located in the dispersed PS phase instead of the interface. The dimensions of the dispersed PS droplets are greatly reduced and apparent compatibilization effect still exists, which cannot be explained by the traditional compatibilization mechanism. A novel compatibilization mechanism, ＂cutting＂ to apparently compatibilize the immiscible PP/PS blends was proposed. The organoclay platelets tend to form a special ＂knife-like structure＂ in the PS domain under the shear stress of the continuous PP phase during compounding. The ＂clay knife＂ can split the dispersed PS domain apart and lead to the dramatic reduction of the dispersed domain size.     

King for a Day

It was breakfast time. ＂Presto told me that it＇s an old folk custom to elect （选举） a king around this time of year,＂ Buzz said excitedly.＊ ＂And the others have to＊ grant（准予）the king all his wishes.＊＂     

父亲节的由来

World Environment Day is on June 5 each year. The theme （主题） of World Environment Day, 2005 is ＂Green Cities＂ and the slogan（口号） is ＂Plan for the Planet＂.     

Fostering Model-Based School Scientific Argumentation Among Prospective Science Teachers

The paper aims both to foster and to assess ＂school scientific argumentation＂ among secondary science teachers during their pre-service education. For these purposes, the paper uses the recta-scientific construct of＂theoretical model＂ （proposed by the so-called semantic view of scientific theories from contemporary philosophy of science） in three different and complementary conceptual levels. Firstly, the paper suggests teachers to argue using theoretical models （as opposed to propositional items） from science as a key component of their arguments. Secondly, the paper tries to scaffold teachers＇ argumentation practices modeling them with paradigmatic exemplars （which the author calls ＂epitomes＂）. And thirdly, the paper uses a four-component model of school scientific argumentation as an analytical tool to inspect how science teachers argue. The teachers＇ argumentative texts that are discussed in the paper arise from their participation in teaching-learning sequences designed to improve their argumentation skills via three synergic model-based operations： analyzing epitomes of arguments, （co-）constructing new arguments, and meta-theoretically reflecting upon them.     

通过模式进行CIM到PIM的模型转换

Model driven architecture （MDA） is an evolutionary step in software development. Model transformation forms a key part of MDA. The transformation from computation independent model （CIM） to platform independent model （PIM） is the first step of the transformation. This paper proposes an approach for this transformation with pattern. In this approach, we take advantage of ＂reuse＂ from various standpoints. Feature model is used to describe the requirement of the application. This can help us bring ＂reuse＂ into effect at requirement level. Moreover we use pattern to transform CIM to PIM. This can help us bring ＂reuse＂ into effect at development level. Meanwhile, pattern was divided into four hierarchies. Different hierarchies of pattern are used to help us utilize reuse at different phase of development. From another standpoint, feature model describes the problem of a domain while pattern describe the problem across domains. This can help us reuse the element in and across domains. Finally, the detailed process of the transformation is given.     

英文文摘

Social background changing greatly and problems existing in the housing accumulation fund （HAF）, HAF cannot support the ＂market supply and government guarantee＂ double-track housing accumulation system very well. The HAF reform should aim at supporting the cause of public rental housing （PRH）. As far as the government sup-ply, HAF should be the important source for building public rental houses, and as far as the ＂sandwich＂ people＇s renting and living demands, it is the important and steady source of rents, too.     

An Interesting Phrase

A bag is useful and the word ＂bag＂ is useful, too. It reminds us of an interesting phrase（短语）, i.e. ＂to let the cat out of the bag＂. In meaning it is the same as ＂to tell the secret＂. And there is an old interesting story about it.     

A Multicontextual Model for Broadening Participation in STEM Related Disciplines

This paper argues that the ＂pipeline＂, leading to the production and increase of undergraduate engineering and STEM （science, technology, engineering and math） related degrees by underrepresented student populations （which include female and AALANA （African American, Latin American and Native American） students）, has become more of a ＂fannel＂. After five decades of affu-mative action-oriented programs and laws, there is still a disconnect at most major research colleges and universities between the mnnber of these students entering into the various STEM related disciplines as freshmen and the total number that successfully complete the baccalaureate STEM degree. Current programs address superficial/peripheral issues related to diversity （i.e., recruitment）, but not the underlying sociological and anthropological aspects that lead to real solutions with permanent results （i.e., increased retention and graduation rates along with a more pluralistic campus environment where diversity is respected, celebrated and embraced in the STEM disciplines）. Thus, this paper suggests that a ＂multicontextual＂ model that emphasizes the latter will ultimately bridge this disconnect and achieve the more desirable ＂affirmative outcomes＂ that previous affirmative-action-oriented initiatives were originally put in place to accomplish.     

被动语态的将来时

In this month＇ s grammar fun section we ＇ll be looking at the passive voice with future tenses.To start with, look at these two sentences： a） She will direct the film. b） The film will be directed （by her）. The first sentence is an active sentence, with ＂she＂ as the main subject. We use an active verb to say what the subject does. Sentence ＂b＂ is a passive sentence. Notice how the object ＂the film＂ has become the subject of the sentence.We form future passives with ＂will be＂＋ a past participle. For example： Will be eaten, will be taken, will be shown, will be given, etc.     

Leon Lai：The Most HumBle Heavenly KinG

In the eyes of the public,of the＂Four Heavenly Kings＂ ,Leon：Lai＇s （黎明）status is the most embarrassing. Compared with the other three kings,     

The Magician and His Parrot

While working on a ship, a magician （魔术师） did the same tricks each week since he always had a new audience （观众）. The problem was that he had a parrot who saw each show and had figured out how the magician did his tricks. ＂It＇s in the pocket,＂ ＂It＇s in the pocket,＂ the parrot would yell.     

Fun Time

A mother mouse was out for a stroll （闲逛） with her babies when she saw a cat crouched （蹲） behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice. Mother mouse barked（咆哮）, ＂Woof, woof,woof!＂ The cat was so terrified that it ran for its life.     

Upgrading knowledge competitiveness is the new mission of higher education

In the era of knowledge economy today, social development and progress are much more relying on HEIS （higher education institutions） than ever before. Besides, the three familiar missions of＂training capable persons＂, ＂doing research＂ and ＂serving the society＂, in the tussle of knowledge race in East Asia, a new mission for HE （higher education） has been added, i.e., upgrading knowledge competitiveness. To attain this target, HEIs should aim at the innovation of HE, accumulation of knowledge capital, ability-building of human resources and blossom of boundless HE.     

An Investigation of Non-Thesis Master＇s Program Geography Teacher Candidates＇ Attitudes Towards Teaching Profession Regarding Several Socio-Cultural Features

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of non-thesis master＇s degree program： geography teacher candidates towards teaching profession regarding several socio-cultural features. The study was conducted in different universities with 218 geography teacher candidates enrolled in the geography education non-thesis master＇s degree program. The study was made by survey model. Data were collected by the ＂Attitude Scales Towards Teaching Profession＂ developed by ~etin （2006） and ＂Personal Information Form＂ developed by the authors. Data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA （the one-way analysis of variance） （F） and LSD （least significant difference） techniques. The results are given as follows： （1） The average of candidates＇ attitude grades are in favor of female candidates; （2） There is no difference between whether candidates work at a job; （3） According to variables of the types of high school graduated, educational level of the parents, occupations, income level and living place, there is no difference in candidates＇ attitudes scores; and （4） Candidates＇ enrolled in the geography education non-thesis master＇s degree program reason of preference influence on attitudes to teaching profession.     

在警察局

Thief（贼 ）--someone who takes something without permission ＂The thief walked offwith my bag while I wasn＇t looking.＂ ~ Theft（偷盗;偷窃 ）--if there＇s been a ＂theft＂, someone has stolen something. Robber（强盗;盗贼）--someone who takes something, often with violence or the threat of violence. We often use ＂robber＂ to refer to someone who robs a bank： ＂The robber stole a lot of money from the bank.＂