1、How do Zhang Ziyi and Yao Ming Learn English? 章子怡和姚明是如何學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的？ Actress Zhang Ziyi, 27, is now not only a household n ame in China, but also the face of Asia n cinema in Hollywood. Although Zhang received praises for her work in the Oscar-winning movie Crouchi ng Tiger, Hidde n Drag on （臥虎藏龍）,she did

2、nt speak a word of En glish at that time. When she met director Steven Spielberg for the title role of American film, Memoirs of a Geisha （藝伎回憶錄）,Zhang could only blurt out a few words her age nt had taught her five minu tes ago: Hire （雇傭）me! She fin ally got the role, which meant she had to speak o

3、nly En glish in the film. To improve her En glish, Zhang liste ned to and repeated words and phrases she heard on music CDs. One of the artists she was listening to was Eminem, which obviously led to some embarrassing （尷尬的） mome nts for Zhan g. I did nt always know what Eminem was talk ing about, so

4、 I wrote dow n the lyrics （歌詞）and repeated them. Later, I understood how rude they were. Zhang said her favourite En glish idiom is to drive one up the wall. Lear ning En glish is driving me up the wall, she said. Like Zhang, basketball star Yao Ming also had to learn English to help his career deve

5、lopment. Yao Ianded in the NBA in 2002. His team the Houston Rockets found a translator （翻譯）for Yao. To adapt （適應(yīng)）himself to the new environment, Yao used English as much as possible. On court, he had to use the Ian guage to com mun icate with his teammates. Off court, he tried to have con versati o

6、ns in En glish with his teacher just to practise. Yao Ming also had to memorize （記住）lots of new vocabulary. Sometimes I learn a new word but quickly forgot it. But I find my memories are con solidated （強(qiáng)化）whe n some one uses it later. Now Yao is good at En glish. He does nt n eed a tran slator anymo

7、re. Match point for new star 鄭潔：個(gè)子小怎么啦，我一樣行。 ZHENG Jie is not like other girls her age. While most girls struggle to stay slim （苗條）,Zheng wishes she could put on some weight and pack on more muscle. And, while other girls wear sun scree n （防曬霜）and white ning cream in the summer, Zheng Jie stays in t

8、he sun all day long, without any make-up. My goal is to play the best tennis, the 23-year-old explained. Zheng Jie is now one of the highest-ra nking Chin ese wome ns players. She made it to the sec ond round （輪）of the China Open last week. Zheng Jie has achieved far more than many people expected.

9、The moment she picked up a tennis racket, the girl from Chen gdu was told she was not suited to the game.?They said I did nt have much pote ntial to develop. Compared with other kids, Zheng looked weak and she was also the shortest. She was very upset and thought about givi ng up. My height is my bi

10、ggest disadvantage but it is something I cant control, said Zheng Jie, who now sta nds 1.64 metres tall. But she refuses to let this sta nd in her way. If others say I am not good eno ugh, the n I must get better. If I give up, it will prove they are right, she said. So Zheng makes full use of what

11、she can con trol. She has worked hard on her physical fitn ess （體能）and runs en dlessly on court. Now whe n some one says I am too short for the game, it will not hurt me anymore. It only stimulates （刺激）me to try harder, she said. Zheng Jie and Yan Zi signed in for the Australia Open womensdoubles （雙

12、打）in January. But the staff （工作人員）thought they were too short to be professional players and told them they were in the wrong place. But Zheng and Yan fin ally won the fin als. They went on to pick up their sec ond Gram Slam doubles title at Wimbledo n in August. However, Zheng Jie has nt got time t

13、o relax and enjoy her success. If I am not in the training centre, then I am on the court. If I am not on the court, I am on the way to it, she said, humorously describ ing her hard schedule. But Zheng admitted （承認(rèn)）fame and success have changed some things. Before, when I played a tourn ame nt abroa

14、d, the training court give n to me was very far away and inconvenient. But now I can have a better court and the staff pick me up after trainin g, she said. Your turn: Everyone has confronted some kind of difficult times. What are your reactions whe n others say you are not good eno ugh to deal with

15、 a task? Do you give up? Super Girls first birthday 一起來(lái)看看李宇春、周筆暢、張靚穎同學(xué)一年級(jí)的期末成績(jī)單吧。 LAST years Super Girl winners have just finished their final exams for their first year in the en terta inment world. So, how are they doing? Li Yuch un, 22, has done a good job in develop ing her musical career. Her f

16、irst album The Queen and the Dreams（皇后與夢(mèng)想）was released on September 13. Singles （單曲）such as Loving and The Story of Ice and Chrysanthemum（冰菊物語(yǔ)）have topped the China Music Radio chart （排行榜）for two weeks. Li has also practised hard to improve her dancing skills, such as Lati n steps and hip hop dancin

17、g. I know who I am and where I am going. Those un true stories wont bother me, she said. Li has no pla ns to become an actress for now. She said she is focused on her music. Zhang Liangying, 22, has been written about more than any other Super Girl. The story about her singing in a pub before she wa

18、s famous, and rumoured love affairs （緋聞）,have made the headli nes. Zhang compla ined life was hard as an en terta iner （ 藝人）and said she could nt focus on music because of the press atte nti on. And, Zhang has nt yet take n any roles in films or TV dramas. But Zhang is now con sidered as one of the

19、top-level foreig n Ian guage sin gers in China. She will release her new album called The One in October. She hopes for a breakthrough after she was criticized for her previous songs. Although the songs displayed her unique singing techniques, critics compla ined she was nt offeri ng anything n ew.

20、Zhou Bichang, 21, has had more troubles than the other top winners. Her career looked in doubt after a contract dispute （合約糾紛）.And, although her two singles Biji and Swan（天鵝） are popular, she is accused （指責(zé)）of copying other musicians. She was the first Super Girl to release an album. Who Has Touched

21、 My String（誰(shuí)動(dòng)了我的琴弦 ）came out in August. The album was a success but does not fully display the hip hop style for which she is known. Besides her music, Zhou also appeared in two films, McDull The Alumni （春田花花同學(xué) 會(huì)）and The 601st Phone Call. She changed her boyish girl image for the role of a Iong-hair

22、ed bus in ess woma n. New prince of German football HE is talked about as Germanys answer to top England goal-scorer （ 射手）Wayne Rooney. But, while Rooney is strong and powerful, Lukas Podolski has elegance （優(yōu)雅）and a strikers instinet （本能）. Many young Chin ese became fans of the 21-year-old duri ng t

23、he World Cup this summer. He | scored three goals in Germa nys run to third place and picked up the FIFA young player of the tourn ame nt award. His good form （狀態(tài)）did nt end there. He scored five goals in Germa nys record 13-0 win over San Marino last week. Podolski was first chosen to play for Colo

24、gne （科隆隊(duì)）,the club he loved as a boy, in 2003. The manager, hungry for goals to prevent relegation （降級(jí)）,turned to the then 18-year-old. Podolski did not disappo int him, scori ng 10 goals in 19 games. This is a Germa n record for some one so young. Just six mon ths before he had bee n watch ing game

25、s with other fans in the stadium. Now they were singing his nickname Prince Poldi as he tried to save his club. Sadly, Podolski was not eno ugh to stop Colog ne going dow n to the Germa n sec ond divisi on （乙級(jí)聯(lián)賽）.Usually, talented young players leave second division clubs in order to learn from star

26、s at a major club. Bayern Munich （拜仁慕尼黑隊(duì) ）,a top German club, showed interest in him. But Podolski stayed loyal to Colog ne. It does nt matter as I will stay with my frien ds, he said. In 2004 his 24 goals helped Cologne back to the first division. It also earned Podolski a place in the German natio

27、nal team. He became the first second division player since 1975 to play for the n ati onal side. With a desire to compare with the best, Podolski fin ally joined Bayer n Mun ich after the World Cup. If you want to cheer for him, check CCTV-5 on Saturday ni ghts. New York towers rise again 當(dāng)自由大廈拔地而起的

28、時(shí)候，曼哈頓又增添了一道別樣的城市風(fēng)景。 FIVE years have passed since New Yorkers saw the twin towers of the World Trade Cen tre, and many lives, destroyed by terrorists. However, four new buildings will soon rise again on the site, bigger and better tha n before. Famous Polish architect （建筑師）Daniel Libeskind, and Amer

29、ican David Childs were | chose n by the public in 2003 to lead the project. They will work on the sites tallest building, the Freedom Tower, and several memorials （紀(jì)念 碑）to the victims （遇難者）of September 11. The tower will be 1776 feet （541.3 metres） high. It represents the Declaration of Independence

30、 （獨(dú)立宣言 ）,said Libeskind, referring to the year in which the US won in depe ndence from Brita in. Work was started in April this year. The skyscraper （高樓）should be completed by 2008 and ready to use by 2011. A museum on the ground floor will make sure those who died on September 11, 2001 are n ever f

31、orgotte n. Three other skyscrapers will be built on the site. Normal Foster, Richard Rogers and Fumihiko Maki have each contributed a design. However, the buildings will be smaller than the Freedom Tower. The site will be developed by bus in essma n Larry Silverstein who will work together with New

32、Yorks Port Authority （which controls the area）. They will pay for the rebuilding costs. They want to fill the hole in the heart of the city with interesting buildings. And, they hope to make New Yorkers feel proud in honour of the memories （紀(jì)念）of the heroes we lost. Snails are off the menu A 34-year

33、-old man admitted himself to Beijing Friendship Hospital in June complaining of nausea （嘔吐）and unbearable headaches. Doctors rushed to identify this mystery sickness, and soon found the root of the problem in a snail （螺）. Originally from South America, the Amazonian snail （亞 馬遜螺） was imported by | r

34、estaura nts in the late 1980s. It soon became a fashi on able dish. Known as Fushouluo, the sn ail was give n its n ame as it was believed to bring good luck and Iongevity （長(zhǎng)壽）.But, the snail may also cause a painful disease, if eaten raw （生的）or partly cooked. In Beijing, the number of people compla

35、ining of these symptoms （癥狀）had risen to 131 by September 5. The one thing that un ited the cases was that they had all eate n at the Shuguo Yanyi cha in of restaura nts. By servi ng half-cooked sn ail meat to customers, the restaura nts had not en sured a dan gerous parasite （寄生蟲）in the meat had be

36、en killed. Ten days after they ate the snails, the diners became ill. The worms have attacked the diners nervous systems, causing fever, headaches andmuscle （肌肉）pain. The Mini stry of Health puni shed the restaura nts at the root of the outbreak for putti ng din ers health at such risk. All dishes c

37、ontaining uncooked snail meat were banned. Doctors said that cook ing the sn ail at high temperatures for up to five minu tes should be eno ugh to kill the parasites they contain. However, anything less than thoroughly （徹底地）boiling the snails may put consumers health at risk. Freshwater crabs, shrim

38、p, fish and shellfish may have the same health risk if not thoroughly cooked. Recently, health inspectors visited 2,000 restaurants in Beijing and found no one serving un cooked seafood. Sadly, the problem of dan gerous seafood is not just found in Beiji ng. Guan gzhou has recen tly reported a simil

39、ar case. Fortunately, the illness is fully treatable if found within ten days, according to doctors in Beijing. Hopefully, the case will be a warning to food lovers to be careful before they risk eati ng raw seafood. Hong Kong dreams 高考狀元香港求學(xué)的自白：忙碌、新鮮而充滿希望。 I NEVER expected that I would be so busy.

40、Why cant there be 25 hours in a day? complained Liu Ran in Hong Kong as mid-term exams were going on. The 18-year-old was Shandong Provinees top scorer in this years college entrance exam in ati on. After graduati ng from Taia n No 1 High School, she chose the Chin ese Un iversity of Hong Kong （香港中文

41、大學(xué) ）,although both Peking and Tsinghua University promised her a place. I want to experience a more international school and social life in Hong Kong. Im majoring in （專業(yè)是）journalism, so Hong Kong will surely helpwiden my horizons （開闊視野 ）,Liu said. It is two mon ths since Liu first set foot on Hong K

42、ong. She missed home a lot at the begi nning, because of the food and Ian guage problems. The can tee n offers mostly Wester n or Guan gdo ng food, but its convenient （方便的）to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and almost all classes are in En glish, Liu expla in ed. He

43、r English and Cantonese are now both improving, but she still needs more time to adapt to the new environment. Im happy that I made the right decisi on to study here. With a mix of the Easter n and Wester n cultures, there is so much to discover and lear n, she said. Liu has 18 credit hours （學(xué)分）of c

44、lasses every week and 23 non-credit hours every other week. She has signed up for four associations including the Chinese Languange Debating Team and the drama club. Essays, book reports and presentations （課堂發(fā)言 ）also take plenty of time to prepare. And, of course, there are various parties to attend

45、. I was nt a party ani mal before, but that may be the in teresti ng part of college. I sense myself cha ngin g, Liu said. Scholarships and expenses FOUR years of study in Hong Kong is not cheap, costi ng at least 400,000 yua n, but many top stude nts receive scholarships. Liu is among the lucky on

46、es. The Chin ese Uni versity of Hong Kong gran ted （正式給予）Liu a full scholarship - HK$500,000. Not all stude nts are so fortun ate. Some poorer stude nts are forced to give up dreams of a Hong Kong educati on if they dont win a scholarship. Autu mn Guo got admissi on letters from both Nanji ng Un ive

47、rsity and Hong Kong Polytech nic Uni versity （香港理工大學(xué) ）this fall. However, the Hong Kong uni versity did nt offer the 19-year-old Chongqing girl a scholarship. I hesitated a lot as 400,000 yuan is a huge amount of money for my family. But Hong Kong won my pare nts and me over with their En glish cour

48、ses and cha nces to visit foreig n uni versities on educational exchange programmes. I believe it will be easier for me to find jobs or further my studies abroad tha n it will be for stude nts on the mainlan d, she said. It drives me up the wall IF you feel English sometimes means endless new words,

49、 difficult grammar and strange pronunciation, you are not the only one to struggle. Do you know that many celebrities （明星） have the same frustrations （挫折）as you? Getting old fast, getting rich slowly 中國(guó)未富先老，應(yīng)對(duì)老齡化社會(huì)的挑戰(zhàn)需要我們奉獻(xiàn)更多的愛(ài)心。 ALONG with the golden leaves and chrysanthemum blossoms （菊花）at this ti

50、me of year comes the yearly grandparents holiday. The Double Ninth Festival, which we celebrate today, is a day for young people to show how much they care for their older relatives. Ch ina has a long history of respect ing the old, and this virtue （美德）is especially importa nt as we have become an a

51、geing society since 1999, said Li Baoku, leader of the China Ageing Development Foundation （中國(guó)老齡事業(yè)發(fā)展基金會(huì) ）. An age ing society refers to one where 10 per cent or more of its populati on is over 60, or over 7 per cent of its populati on is older tha n 65. By the end of 2004, Chin ese over 60 years old

52、 have accounted for （占）10.97 per cent of the nations total population, and those older than 65, for 7.7 per cent. For every five people older tha n 60 in the world, or every two in Asia, one is Chin ese. It is expected that in 25 years time there will be one senior citizen for every four Chinese. Ch

53、 ina is gett ing old before beco ming rich, said Cai Chua ng, a professor at the Chin ese Academy of Social Scien ces. Un like the developed coun tries China has become an age ing society at a speedy （迅速的）pace. Its economy （經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況 ）is not as good as the developed countries had while en teri ng this st

54、age. Fight ing poverty rema ins a big issue for the coun try. It does not have a highly developed social security network to support the old who cant make a living by themselves. When todays teen agers grow up, each of them will have resp on sibility for two pare nts and four gra ndpare nts. As more

55、 people grow old, China will experie nee a lack of labour resources. This has already occurred in some coastal （沿海的）regions since 2004. Currently Chinas economic growth depends largely on labour-intensive manufacturing （勞動(dòng)密集型制造業(yè) ）.This trend will certainly dull （使黯淡）Chinas edge （優(yōu)勢(shì)）in international

56、trade, said Cai. Everyone will turn old someday. Each of us should try our best to take care of the aged. This is also important for ourselves in the future, said Dou Yupei, Vice-Minister of Civil Affairs. Police secrets 無(wú)間道風(fēng)云記錄黑白不同的人生軌跡 COPS （警察）and crim in als （罪矛犯）have always played a cat and mou

57、se game of chase. But what if the cat pretends to be one of its own enemies and a mouse does the opposite? It could be a thrilli ng but dan gerous game.| This is what Billy Costigan and Colin Sullivan do in the new Hollywood film, The Departed. It opened in Hong Kong and the US last Friday and will

58、arrive on the Chinese mainland （內(nèi)地）later this year. The movie is set in Bost on, where the police have bee n fighti ng aga inst Irish-America n orga ni zed crime. Young un dercover （臥卜底）cop Billy is sent toin filtrate （混入）the mob （匪幫） group run by Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costellos trust.

59、 At the same time Colin Sulliva n, a young crim inal who has in filtrated the police departme nt, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit （特另U調(diào)查組 ）.He works as an in former for Costello. Each man struggles with his double life, finding out in formati on about the crim inal

60、 or police pla ns?. But sudde nly it becomes clear to both the mob group and the police that theres a spy among them. Billy and Coli n are sudde nly in dan ger of being found out by the en emy. Each must race to discover who the other man is in time to save himself. Dont be surprised if the plot sou