First Encounter with Xishuangbanna

I fell in love with you, Xishuangbanna, at first sight,
A love I so deeply cherish.
I wish to pick a betel nut,
Yet fear that would take away a breath of fragrance from the rainforest.     

你在生活中应该铭记的10件小事

Publicly display way too much affection.
Blow 10 years of mileage points and fly first-class.
Ask your mom all those ＂Why did you？＂ and ＂didn＇t you＂ questions .
Make a wedding toast and knock it out of the park.
Learn all the forks.     

English Abstracts

On Dream of Red Mansions from the Perspective of New Mythology
DU Guichen （Shandong Normal University, Jinan Shandong, 250014）
Abstract： The Chinese classical novel Dream of Red Mansions has two narratives. One is mythological, the other is realistic. However, it is usually treated as a whole and considered as a sequel to a Chinese classical myth about sky goddess （Nvwa）, a sort of new myth extending from the heaven to the earth. The new myth is a kind of examination on earthly matters with its focus ＂love＂, and the theme can be summarized as that life is a dream and love is a fantasy.     

幽默与笑话

Peculiar Order
A visitor at a seaside hotel called over the head waiter at breakfast one morning and said： ＂I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it＇s runny, and the other so overcooked it＇s tough and hard to eat. Also grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it With a knife; butter straight from the deep freeze so that it＇s impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, lukewarm.＂     

Why Teachers Go Crazy

Teacher： Why arc you late？
Webster： Because of the sign.
Teacher： What sign？     

Expanding Opportunity for the American People

Hi, everybody. In my State of the Union Address, I talked about the idea of opportunity for all.
Opportunity is the idea at the heart of this country--that no matter who you are or how you started out, with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead.     

如果你忘记了我

I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is：
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,     

2014年高考阅读理解题选读——议论文11篇

（一）
（辽宁D篇）Travis is the manager of G＆G where he is responsible for forty employees（雇员）and profits of over$2 million per year.He＇s never late to work.He does not get upset on the job.When one of his employees started crying after a customer screamed at her,Travis took her away.＂Your working uniform is your shelter,＂ he told her. ＂Nothing anyone says will ever hurt you. You will always be as strong as you want to be.＂     

红宝石般的朝日

In the early morning hour,
just before dawn, lover and beloved wake and take a drink of water.
She asks, ＂Do you love me or yourself more？
Really, tell the absolute truth.＂     

ABSTRACT

The Core of the Historical Materialism by Marx and Engels： Society Puts People First WANG Xiao-zhe （Department of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230039, China）
Abstract： In the historical materialism Marx and Engels sought to clarify the core idea： society is taking people as the base, which means the three aspects as follows. First, from the perspective of social origin, social existence relies on human＇s existence. Second, human activities promote the development of society.