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Invisible Racial Disparities 隐形的种族差异 One aftemoon when I was going out to do some errands (差事),I sew three young men,about 15 to 17 years of age,standing in front of a house in my neighborhood,chatting and laughing.I took a notice of them because they looked different and kind of out of place:They were not white.I continued on to run my errands without thinking too much of it.When I came back about an hour later,there was a police car parked in front of the house where these young folks were.After I drove around the comer,I saw a second police car,and one of the three youths was in the back seat of the car,handcuffed (带着手铐),with two officers questioning him.A thought shot across my mind:Are these young people members of a local youth gang,or are they just in a wrong neighborhood?     

Humour Page

Passsge 1:It was one of those days in the Wild West. A rugged cowboy with a horrible scar on his face and a shiny gun at his belt rode very slowly into a dusty town as if he was a dead man. He left his horse outside the bar and stepped inside. The bar was full of people. They all gave the stranger a look in a brief moment of silence before they went back to their own drinking and laughing. The stranger ordered a glass of cold beer, gulped it down and walked out slowly-only to find his horse missing.     

用一生交换

Everyone has those unforgettable memories they will keep for a lifetime. I've been to many places, from my motherland China to the other side of the world like Canada. But despite all the exciting travelings and all that, I moved back to China in the end, to attend high school. But in my heart, for some reason, Canada was the place I loved the most. Some people might just ask: Then why not go back to where you love? Well... I can't explain it in one sentence, but in a nut shell, you could say that it's a "made-up-my-mind, won't-regret-it" and because "I have to stay with wherever my family takes me" kind of thing. 　　……     

海外来鸿(英文)

Hi, dad, good morning! I have to do my homework today, it is reading. I n our English class, my classmates were read- ing some articles that our teacher gave them, and the teacher gave me the same one this afternoon, she wanted me to catch up with the others. I was interest- ed in the story, so I told her I would try my best. She was very happy. I n the sto- ry, there’re two kids, one younger brother and one older sister, they were the survivors of a plane crash. They were in a desert. An …     

悠闲英语（四十八）

In Groups——物以类聚 Yesterday, I took my mountain bike1 to the trails2. When I was passing by a pond, I saw a few Canada geese3 cruising on the water. Spring has come, and the geese are back from south and will soon be on their way farther north. The sight of the geese reminded me of a story our kindergarten teacher told us when we were very little. She said that men hunted wild geese for food and the geese didn＇t like them. So, the leader goose taught other geese to fly in the formation of ＂人＂ to remind everyone to keep away from men because they were the worst enemy of geese. Many years later, when I came to the United States, I saw geese fly in the same formation as they fly in the skies of China, and I was puzzled;     

There Was Nobody Available

I was going to bed the other night when my wife told me that I had left the light on in the shed.She could see from the bedroom window.As I looked for myself,I saw that there were people in the shed taking things.I phoned the police,but they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time,but they would send someone over as soon as they were available.I said OK,hung up,and waited one minute,then phoned     

初三英语4—6单元检测(英文)

Unit4whatwere they doing? 单项选择1 .It's a strong horse,isn'tit?A.too　　 B.quite　　 C.very　　 D.so2 .They apple this time yesterday.A.was picking　　　　 B.were pickingC.picked D.pick3.Wei Hua found difficult to learnJapanese.A.them　　 B.they　　C.it　　D.its4.There are two pictures in the room. ison the frontwall,and is on the back wall.A.Other,the other B.One,oneC.One,the other D.The one,the other5.She always comes into the classroom asmile.A.on　　 B.by　　 C.in　　 D.with6.…     

The Circus

Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression① on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. By the way they were dressed, you could tell they didn＇t have a lot of money, but their clothes were neat and clean.     

The history of Cat and Mouse

Long long ago,a cat and a mouse were good friends. They ate together, played and slept together. They were the best friends in the woods. 　But one day, they weren't friends forever. Fairies wanted to campaign for the 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle. The cat and the mouse both went to campaign at the appointed time. The morning in the second day the mouse was boring: Should I go to the campaign with the cat?And should I go to call him?The cat was a lazy animal: He was still sleeping now. And the mouse didn't want to call him up. Finally the mouse was the first animal in the 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle. But the cat was not. So today cats always want to catch mice and eat them. Because they remember this history: Mouse forsook cat!     

Bicycle or Bull?

A burly professional wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town and one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. Not wanting to drive they decided to walk home. As they were crossing a farmers field a bull charged them. The wrestler grabbed the bull by the horns and they went down in a snarling heap. Finally the bull jumped up and ran away. "Wow" said the friend "that was quite a tussle." "Yeah" the wrestler replied "and if I hadnt had that last drink I wou…     

A New Pattern to Research the Learning:From Phenomenography and Constructivism Perspective——The Case of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

This essay is trying to explore how the arts students experience the teaching and learning context in the English class of the col lege from the phenomenography perspective.The qualitative research methodology of phenomenography has traditionally required a man ual sorting and analysis of interview data.To study the teaching and learning context,the qualitative research method will be applied,and the data collection will base on the face-to-face interview.There are 8 sophomores were interviewed after they had one year study in col lege.The research findings reveal that most student in interview gradually get used to college English class,but never think about changing their learning approach even they study one year in a totally different teaching and learning environment.     

Charles Makes a Complete Apology

One evening a young man at Oxford who was known to be something of a poet read one of his poems to a small group of friends in his room. The poem was greatly admired, but as they came away one of the friends, Charles, said, "I was very much interested in Alfred's poem-but it was stolen from a book."This remark was repeated to Alfred, who was very annoyed and demanded an apology. “Well,”said Charles,“I don't of ten take back what I have said,but on this occasion I admit I was mistaken…     

Mesh parameterization based on edge collapse

Parameterizations that use mesh simplification to build the base domain always adopt the vertex removal scheme. This paper applies edge collapse to constructing the base domain instead. After inducing the parameterization of the original mesh over the base domain, new algorithms map the new vertices in the simplified mesh back to the original one according to the edge transition sequence to integrate the parameterization. We present a direct way, namely edge classification, to deduce the sequence. Experimental results show that the new parameterization features considerable saving in computing complexity and maintains smoothness.     

康乃馨

Carnations were first discovered in the Far East. These flowers are widely mentioned throughout Roman mythology(神话) and appear in the natural history records of the Roman writer Pliny, back in 50 B.C. Cultivation(培育) of the carnation began in the late 13th century, by Roman monks. They were very important to the Greeks and Roman and became the symbol for the Romans at their peak in civilization. They were also known as "Jove's flower" in Rome because Jove was one of their most admired gods. In ancient Greece they were the most adored flowers. According to a Christian legend, when Jesus was carrying the cross, Mary saw him and began to cry. Carnations began to grow where her tears fell.     

俚语秀

You are very tired. You waht to go to sleep.I require some rest and repose.I need to get some sleep.I need some shut-eye; I＇m gonna head off to the land of nod; I＇m gonna catch some zees; I need 40 winks, I＇ m gonna hit the sack,Your friends went out last night, drinking heavily.They went out partaking of alcoholic beverages.They went out drinking.They were out boozing they were on the razz; they were really knocking it back.Your friends had a party and drank a lot of alcoholLarge quantities of alcohol were consumed.They drank lots of alcohol.It was a real booze-up.     

短文五则(英文）

A A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said. TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were     

巴黎历险记

“Gosh!We havc just escaped the jaws ofdeath!And now we fall into the tiger's mouth!”Isaid to myself.The four sturdy men glared at uslikc tigers eyeing their prey.Fortunately they werenot gangsters, but unfortunately they wereplain-clothes policemen.They frisked us one byonc.My kitehen knife was found.but not my iden-tity card.“Who are you?Why are you here?Why doyou have a knife?”they asked me.“I am a Chinesestudent.I followed my French friends to discoverthe Catacombs in the tunnels.I brought a knifc,because I want to protect myself,”I answered.Myfriends in the adventure backed me up:“Yes.it istrue.We invited him to follow us and suggestedhim to bring something to protect himself.And weare students!Sorry.we forgot to bring our identitycards.”Obviously their faces were good enough toprove their identity and innocence.“Good,you     

A Trip to Qingdao

Last summer,I went to Qingdao with my parents.We took a high-speed rail and after an hour we got to Qingdao.It was a beautiful city.The sky was blue and the air was clean.On the second day after we got to Qingdao,we went to one of the most famous beach1.I was so careless that I lost our camera on the bus.We were very worried,so we got back2the bus station to look for it.To our surprise,we found a young man stand3beside the bus,with our camera in his hand.We were so thankful.     

五粒豌豆的故事

The shell burst,and the five peas rolled out into the bright sunshine.There they lay in a child's hand.The little boy said they were fine peas for his pea-shooter.And immediately he put one in and shot it out."Now I am flying out into the wide world," said the pea, "Catch me if you can," and he was gone in a moment."I," said the second, "want to fly straight to the sun." And went away."We will go to sleep wherever we find ourselves," said the two next, "We shall still be rolling onwards," They felt on the floor,and roll about before they go into the pea-shooter;but they were put in it. "We shall go farther than the others," said they."What is to happen will happen," said the last,as he was shot out of the pea-shooter;and as he spoke he flew up against an old board under a window of an old house,and fell into a little crevice.The moss closed round him,and there he lay.     

A Study on Connotative Meanings of “马” and “horse” from the Perspec tives of Intercultural Communication

In an attempt to understand different cultures in the use of idioms which related to animals,this study collected,compared,and analyzed Chinese and English idioms on"马"and"horse"by references to a large number of dictionaries.The results show that in Chinese,the idioms on horse has the following features:above all,it covers evenly in commendatory,neutral,and derogatory senses;more specifically,it has a direct link to war in the commendatory sense while in neutral and derogatory senses,its references have been broadened;another common phenomenon is that horses in Chinese idioms are usually a large collection.However,English idioms in the use of horse favors on the derogatory sense since they focus more on the nature of horse-stubborn,arrogant,and even condescending.If horses are praised,they mostly refer to the talented people rather than any other things.The similarities and differences in the use of"马"and"horse"help to probe into the color of culture between eastern and western countries.