1、how do zhang ziyi and yao ming learn english? 章子怡和姚明是如何學習英語的？actress zhang ziyi, 27, is now not only a household name in china, but also the face of asian cinema in hollywood. although zhang received praises for her work in the oscar-winning movie crouching tiger, hidden dragon (臥虎藏龍), she didnt spe

2、ak a word of english 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 agent had taught her five minutes ago: hire (雇傭) me! she finally got the role, which meant she had to speak only engl

3、ish in the film. to improve her english, zhang listened 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) moments for zhang. i didnt always know what eminem was talking about, so i wrote down t

4、he lyrics (歌詞) and repeated them. later, i understood how rude they were. zhang said her favourite english idiom is to drive one up the wall. learning english is driving me up the wall, she said. like zhang, basketball star yao ming also had to learn english to help his career development. yao lande

5、d in the nba in 2002. his team the houston rockets found a translator (翻譯) for yao. to adapt (適應) himself to the new environment, yao used english as much as possible. on court, he had to use the language to communicate with his teammates. off court, he tried to have conversations in english with hi

6、s 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 consolidated (強化) when someone uses it later. now yao is good at english. he doesnt need a translator anymore. match point for new sta

7、r鄭潔：個子小怎么啦，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 sunscreen (防曬霜) and whitening cream in the summer, zheng jie stays in the sun all day long, without a

8、ny make-up. my goal is to play the best tennis, the 23-year-old explained. zheng jie is now one of the highest-ranking chinese womens players. she made it to the second round (輪) of the china open last week. zheng jie has achieved far more than many people expected. the moment she picked up a tennis

9、 racket, the girl from chengdu was told she was not suited to the game.?they said i didnt have much potential to develop. compared with other kids, zheng looked weak and she was also the shortest. she was very upset and thought about giving up. my height is my biggest disadvantage but it is somethin

10、g i cant control, said zheng jie, who now stands 1.64 metres tall. but she refuses to let this stand in her way. if others say i am not good enough, then i must get better. if i give up, it will prove they are right, she said. so zheng makes full use of what she can control. she has worked hard on h

11、er physical fitness (體能) and runs endlessly on court. now when someone 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 womens doubles (雙打) in january. but the staff (工作人員) thought

12、they were too short to be professional players and told them they were in the wrong place. but zheng and yan finally won the finals. they went on to pick up their second gram slam doubles title at wimbledon in august.however, zheng jie hasnt got time to relax and enjoy her success. if i am not in th

13、e 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 describing her hard schedule. but zheng admitted (承認) fame and success have changed some things. before, when i played a tournament abroad, the training court given to me was very far awa

14、y and inconvenient. but now i can have a better court and the staff pick me up after training, she said. your turn: everyone has confronted some kind of difficult times. what are your reactions when others say you are not good enough to deal with a task? do you give up?super girls first birthday一起來看

15、看李宇春、周筆暢、張靚穎同學一年級的期末成績單吧。last years super girl winners have just finished their final exams for their first year in the entertainment world. so, how are they doing?li yuchun, 22, has done a good job in developing her musical career. her first album the queen and the dreams (皇后與夢想) was released on se

16、ptember 13. singles (單曲) such as loving and the story of ice and chrysanthemum (冰菊物語) 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 latin steps and hip hop dancing. i know who i am and where i am going. those untrue sto

17、ries wont bother me, she said. li has no plans 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 was famous, and rumoured love affairs (緋聞), have made the head

18、lines. zhang complained life was hard as an entertainer (藝人) and said she couldnt focus on music because of the press attention. and, zhang hasnt yet taken any roles in films or tv dramas. but zhang is now considered as one of the top-level foreign language singers in china. she will release her new

19、 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 complained she wasnt offering anything new. zhou bichang, 21, has had more troubles than the other top winners. her care

20、er 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) of copying other musicians. she was the first super girl to release an album. who has touched my string (誰動了我的琴弦) came out in august. the album was a success but does

21、 not fully display the hip hop style for which she is known.besides her music, zhou also appeared in two films, mcdull the alumni (春田花花同學會) and the 601st phone call. she changed her boyish girl image for the role of a long-haired business woman.new prince of german footballhe is talked about as germ

22、anys answer to top england goal-scorer (射手) wayne rooney. but, while rooney is strong and powerful, lukas podolski has elegance (優雅) and a strikers instinct (本能). many young chinese became fans of the 21-year-old during the world cup this summer. he scored three goals in germanys run to third place

23、and picked up the fifa young player of the tournament award. his good form (狀態) didnt end there. he scored five goals in germanys record 13-0 win over san marino last week.podolski was first chosen to play for cologne (科隆隊), the club he loved as a boy, in 2003. the manager, hungry for goals to preve

24、nt relegation (降級), turned to the then 18-year-old. podolski did not disappoint him, scoring 10 goals in 19 games. this is a german record for someone so young. just six months before he had been watching games with other fans in the stadium. now they were singing his nickname prince poldi as he tri

25、ed to save his club.sadly, podolski was not enough to stop cologne going down to the german second division (乙級聯賽). usually, talented young players leave second division clubs in order to learn from stars at a major club. bayern munich (拜仁慕尼黑隊), a top german club, showed interest in him. but podolsk

26、i stayed loyal to cologne. it doesnt matter as i will stay with my friends, he said.in 2004 his 24 goals helped cologne back to the first division. it also earned podolski a place in the german national team. he became the first second division player since 1975 to play for the national side.with a

27、desire to compare with the best, podolski finally joined bayern munich after the world cup. if you want to cheer for him, check cctv-5 on saturday nights.new york towers rise again當自由大廈拔地而起的時候，曼哈頓又增添了一道別樣的城市風景。five years have passed since new yorkers saw the twin towers of the world trade centre, an

28、d many lives, destroyed by terrorists. however, four new buildings will soon rise again on the site, bigger and better than before. famous polish architect (建筑師) daniel libeskind, and american david childs were chosen by the public in 2003 to lead the project. they will work on the sites tallest bui

29、lding, the freedom tower, and several memorials (紀念碑) 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 (獨立宣言), said libeskind, referring to the year in which the us won independence from britain. work was started in

30、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 never forgotten.three other skyscrapers will be built on the site. normal foster, richard rogers and fumihiko maki have each

31、contributed a design. however, the buildings will be smaller than the freedom tower. the site will be developed by businessman larry silverstein who will work together with new yorks port authority (which controls the area). they will pay for the rebuilding costs. they want to fill the hole in the h

32、eart of the city with interesting buildings. and, they hope to make new yorkers feel proud in honour of the memories (紀念) of the heroes we lost.snails are off the menua 34-year-old man admitted himself to beijing friendship hospital in june complaining of nausea (嘔吐) and unbearable headaches. doctor

33、s 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 restaurants in the late 1980s. it soon became a fashionable dish.known as fushouluo, the snail was given its name as it was bel

34、ieved to bring good luck and longevity (長壽). but, the snail may also cause a painful disease, if eaten raw (生的) or partly cooked.in beijing, the number of people complaining of these symptoms (癥狀) had risen to 131 by september 5. the one thing that united the cases was that they had all eaten at the

35、 shuguo yanyi chain of restaurants.by serving half-cooked snail meat to customers, the restaurants had not ensured a dangerous parasite (寄生蟲) in the meat had been killed.ten days after they ate the snails, the diners became ill. the worms have attacked the diners nervous systems, causing fever, head

36、aches and muscle (肌肉) pain.the ministry of health punished the restaurants at the root of the outbreak for putting diners health at such risk. all dishes containing uncooked snail meat were banned. doctors said that cooking the snail at high temperatures for up to five minutes should be enough to ki

37、ll the parasites they contain. however, anything less than thoroughly (徹底地) boiling the snails may put consumers health at risk. freshwater crabs, shrimp, fish and shellfish may have the same health risk if not thoroughly cooked.recently, health inspectors visited 2,000 restaurants in beijing and fo

38、und no one serving uncooked seafood.sadly, the problem of dangerous seafood is not just found in beijing. guangzhou has recently reported a similar 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 foo

39、d lovers to be careful before they risk eating raw seafood.hong kong dreams高考狀元香港求學的自白：忙碌、新鮮而充滿希望。i never expected that i would be so busy. 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 provinces top scorer in this y

40、ears college entrance examination. after graduating from taian no 1 high school, she chose the chinese university of hong kong (香港中文大學), 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

41、是) journalism, so hong kong will surely help widen my horizons (開闊視野), liu said. it is two months since liu first set foot on hong kong. she missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and language problems.the canteen offers mostly western or guangdong food, but its convenient (方便的) to

42、cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. people speak cantonese and almost all classes are in english, liu explained.her 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 decision to study here. with a mix of

43、the eastern and western cultures, there is so much to discover and learn, she said.liu has 18 credit hours (學分) of classes 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 repor

44、ts and presentations (課堂發言) also take plenty of time to prepare. and, of course, there are various parties to attend.i wasnt a party animal before, but that may be the interesting part of college. i sense myself changing, liu said.scholarships and expenses four years of study in hong kong is not che

45、ap, costing at least 400,000 yuan, but many top students receive scholarships.liu is among the lucky ones. the chinese university of hong kong granted (正式給予) liu a full scholarship - hk$500,000.not all students are so fortunate. some poorer students are forced to give up dreams of a hong kong educat

46、ion if they dont win a scholarship. autumn guo got admission letters from both nanjing university and hong kong polytechnic university (香港理工大學) this fall. however, the hong kong university didnt offer the 19-year-old chongqing girl a scholarship. i hesitated a lot as 400,000 yuan is a huge amount of

47、 money for my family. but hong kong won my parents and me over with their english courses and chances to visit foreign universities on educational exchange programmes. i believe it will be easier for me to find jobs or further my studies abroad than it will be for students on the mainland, she said.

48、it drives me up the wallif you feel english sometimes means endless new words, 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中國未富先老，應對老齡化社會的挑戰需要我們奉獻

49、更多的愛心。along with the golden leaves and chrysanthemum blossoms (菊花) at this time 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.china has a long history of respecting th

50、e old, and this virtue (美德) is especially important as we have become an ageing society since 1999, said li baoku, leader of the china ageing development foundation (中國老齡事業發展基金會).an ageing society refers to one where 10 per cent or more of its population is over 60, or over 7 per cent of its populat

51、ion is older than 65. by the end of 2004, chinese over 60 years old 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 than 60 in the world, or every two in asia, one is chinese. it is expected that in 25 year

52、s time there will be one senior citizen for every four chinese. china is getting old before becoming rich, said cai chuang, a professor at the chinese academy of social sciences. unlike the developed countries china has become an ageing society at a speedy (迅速的) pace. its economy (經濟狀況) is not as go

53、od as the developed countries had while entering this stage. fighting poverty remains a big issue for the country. it does not have a highly developed social security network to support the old who cant make a living by themselves. when todays teenagers grow up, each of them will have responsibility

54、 for two parents and four grandparents.as more people grow old, china will experience 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 (勞動密集型制造業). this trend will certain

55、ly dull (使黯淡) chinas edge (優勢) in international 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無間道風云記錄黑白不同的人生軌跡cops (警察) and cri

56、minals (罪犯) have always played a cat and mouse 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 thrilling but dangerous game.this is what billy costigan and colin sullivan do in the new hollywood film, the departed. it opened in ho

57、ng kong and the us last friday and will arrive on the chinese mainland (內地) later this year.the movie is set in boston, where the police have been fighting against irish-american organized crime. young undercover (臥底) cop billy is sent to infiltrate (混入) the mob (匪幫) group run by frank costello. bil

58、ly quickly gains costellos trust. at the same time colin sullivan, a young criminal who has infiltrated the police department, is rising to a position of power in the special investigation unit (特別調查組). he works as an informer for costello. each man struggles with his double life, finding out information about the criminal or police plans?.but suddenly it becomes clear to both the mob group and the police that theres a spy among them. billy and colin are suddenly in danger o