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th的发音必须准确是因为很多词听起来很接近，老外就靠那开始的一顿分辨，你再把舌头吃了，人家也听不出来。
最近某祖籍山东的筒子还跟我pk了口语，结果么

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　　对于每一个雅思考生和有意留学的学生来讲，每年年底的雅思考试考情发布会是备考次年雅思的最好机会。记者在近几年的雅思考情发布会上看到，考试时间和地点的安排，考试易错题和考点解析以及雅思考试和留学的关系等都是考生关注的重点。由雅思运营管理中心和环球雅思教学委员会联合主办的“2009年中国雅思年会暨考情发布会”本月起在北京、上海、广州、深圳等全国二十几个城市陆续展开。

　　闯关海外选好路子

　　在美国多数高校认可雅思考试成绩和美国留学热潮的推动下，雅思考试规模近几年来飞速发展，目前已被全球超过6000所机构认可，其中包括大学、教育机构、移民机构、企业等。截至今年9月，已经有超过2100所美国院校认可雅思考试成绩，其中不乏中国学生青睐的美国顶尖院校，美国的全部8所常青藤盟校对雅思考试也给予了高度认可。中国内地的雅思考生人数更是逐年大幅递增，一举突破26万，专家预计今明两年将超过30万人次。

　　有关专家表示，雅思考生数量的大幅增长一方面反映了雅思在全球受欢迎程度在不断提高；另一方面作为我国留学人员数量的“晴雨表”，它也在一定程度上反映出目前我国出国留学的规模。雅思考试的参考人数在短期内大幅增长对考生报读海外院校形成了一定的竞争压力，但短期内还不会构成太大的影响。
　　考情就是一张备考单

　　据雅思考试官方公布的信息显示，2010年雅思考试共安排有48个考试日期，比2009年多安排了2个考试日期，在分布于全国32个城市的35个考点进行。今年下半年开设的呼和浩特、南昌、石家庄以及上海的新考点已经投入使用，为考生带来更多选择和便利。除周六考试之外，为了满足不同考生的需求，2010年全年共安排了9个在周四的考试日期。英国大使馆文化教育处考试部中国业务总监ＪａｍｅｓＳｈｉｐｔｏｎ表示：“由于考生人数众多，未来几年可能会引入机考模式。”
　　在雅思考情发布会上，雅思考试专家将针对备考不同地区（学校）和不同入学时期的考生提出“合身”的备考方案。环球雅思总校长张永琪表示，雅思成绩从0分到9分，没有所谓合格与不合格，一般来讲6分是入学标准，但也有学校要求偏高或低一点，具体要看哪个学校和哪个专业，所以不同需求的学生备考方式可能略有不同。

　　注意失分陷阱

　　记者从环球雅思教学委员会有关专家了解到，考生备考雅思首先要对之前的考试真题进行预热，熟悉题目，掌握命题规律。对于部分考试的重点难点要彻底攻克，同时也要注意在考试中所隐藏的失分陷阱，这些题目对于初次参考雅思的考生来讲是个不小的“绊脚石”。

　　专家认为，对于中国考生来讲，口语和写作是最大的难题，考生应多锻炼口语，对于考生中非英语水平的加分亮点要尽量把握。雅思考情发布会上，专家将对各种考试陷阱和加分要素进行讲解，以便考生更好备考。
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1月19日，新东方教育科技集团与雅思考试在华主管机构-英国大使馆文化教育处（The
British Council）正式签署了深度合作备忘录，双方的强强联合，将进一步推动雅思考试在中国的推广和发展，并在未来新东方的课堂中，为广大考生提供更新、更为权威的考试信息及备考方案。

按照协议，英国大使馆文化教育处承诺将通过介绍实用的沟通性教学理念和资源来提高新东方雅思教师的教学技能，并及时回答新东方关于雅思备考的常见问题，为新东方提供雅思考试最新信息和相关的宣传文字和材料。此外，英国大使馆文化教育处还将不定期向新东方提供学术文章、访谈和英语学习资料，派出代表参与新东方的活动。

中文音译为"雅思"考试的IELTS考试，全称International English Language Testing System(国际英语测试系统)。由剑桥大学地方考试委员会（The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate-ULCES）、英国文化委员会（The British Council）和澳大利亚高校国际开发署（IDP Education Australian）共同管理，是到英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰等英联邦国家留学或定居所要求的考试，目前全世界共有105个国家设有251个IELTS考试中心。（转载于北京新东方）

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作者：李琼      来源：广州日报 2009-11-11
　　雅思报考人数增长迅速 国外知名院校对雅思分数的要求也水涨船高
　　
　　记者了解到，从1989年中国引进雅思考试以来，雅思考生人数持续增长，雅思培训市场也保持稳步增

长。据预测，明年有三类人群的雅思培训需求会增加：一是在读初中及高中的学生，这类学生希望趁早赴

海外读高中或本科，学习外语和感受外国多元的文化，同时提高自身英语综合素质；二是由于国内就业形

势不佳，希望尽早出国的在读或应届大学毕业生；三是工作时间在3年到8年间，想趁此时汇率低，以“低

成本”出国充电以突破职业瓶颈的职场人士。
　　
　　认可度不断提高全国已有35考点
　　
　　据介绍，雅思考试刚进入中国是作为公派出国的考试，全国只有一个考点在北京。今年，全国有32个

城市共开设了35个雅思考点。近几年，中国内地的雅思考生人数逐年递增，2008年，全国共有超过26万考

生参加了雅思考试，与去年同期相比，2009年依然保持着两位数的强劲增长势头。2009年底，英国驻华大

使馆文化教育处官方宣布，2009年雅思考生将超30万。
　　
　　业内人士表示，雅思不断升温，主要因为雅思认可度不断提高，目前留学英联邦国家（英国、加拿大

、澳大利亚）都需要雅思成绩。同时，已经有超过2100所美国院校认可雅思考试成绩，其中不乏中国学生

青睐的美国顶尖院校。所以，目前不少有留学意向的学生在报读英语培训的时候首选雅思。
　　
　　6分及格标准已难申请世界名校
　　
　　随着报名人数的增长，国外知名院校对雅思分数的要求也水涨船高，以往总分6分的雅思及格标准如今

已很难申请世界名校或热门专业，硕士课程更是难上加难。如澳大利亚的悉尼大学、墨尔本大学、新南威

尔士大学等大学基本上都要求总分达6.5分以上。如果要报考排名比较靠前的大学或专业，有可能被要求提

交7分的雅思成绩。
　　
　　中国考生口语和写作最薄弱
　　
　　据官方网站公布的数据，中国考生的考试成绩从2000年到2005年一直在略微提高，但2005~2007年却出

现了下滑，2008年开始止跌回升。中国内地A类考生2008年的平均成绩为5.46分，在40个考生人数最多的国

家中排名倒数第六。中国考生目前最薄弱的环节在写作和口语两个方面。
　　
　　英国大使馆文化教育处考试部有关官员表示，对于这些排名需要客观看待。比方说有些国家的考生成

绩比较好，他们可能会有很强的语言背景。万昌明则认为，中国考生低龄化也拉低了中国考生的平均分，

他建议学生，参加雅思培训要实实在在提高英语水平，而不是一味掌握考试技巧。
　　
　　未来引入机考纸笔考试亦不取消
　　
　　2009年雅思考试最大的亮点，就是雅思考试将引入机考模式，但是，未来一两年雅思考试不会有太大

变化，即使引入机考模式，也不会完全替代笔考，考生仍有权选择笔考或机考模式。这意味着，机考与笔

考并存的年代即将到来。
　　
　　在中国纸笔考试还是占主导地位，因此，短期内还不会完全被机考所取代。此外，“机考”具体推出

时间一直没有确定。英国大使馆文化教育处考试部有关官员表示，推出机考之后纸笔考试也是会保留的，

那些愿意参加机考的同学可以参加机考，而那些倾向于参加纸笔考试的考生还可以参加纸笔考试。另外，

机考和纸笔考试的内容是一样的，在难度方面、考题方面都会保持一致的。即使将来有一天推出机考了，

和考官面对面的口语考试方式还是要保留的，而不会采用人机对话雅思报考人数增长迅速 国外知名院校对

雅思分数的要求也水涨船高
　　
　　记者了解到，从1989年中国引进雅思考试以来，雅思考生人数持续增长，雅思培训市场也保持稳步增

长。据预测，明年有三类人群的雅思培训需求会增加：一是在读初中及高中的学生，这类学生希望趁早赴

海外读高中或本科，学习外语和感受外国多元的文化，同时提高自身英语综合素质；二是由于国内就业形

势不佳，希望尽早出国的在读或应届大学毕业生；三是工作时间在3年到8年间，想趁此时汇率低，以“低

成本”出国充电以突破职业瓶颈的职场人士。
　　
　　认可度不断提高全国已有35考点
　　
　　据介绍，雅思考试刚进入中国是作为公派出国的考试，全国只有一个考点在北京。今年，全国有32个

城市共开设了35个雅思考点。近几年，中国内地的雅思考生人数逐年递增，2008年，全国共有超过26万考

生参加了雅思考试，与去年同期相比，2009年依然保持着两位数的强劲增长势头。2009年底，英国驻华大

使馆文化教育处官方宣布，2009年雅思考生将超30万。
　　
　　业内人士表示，雅思不断升温，主要因为雅思认可度不断提高，目前留学英联邦国家（英国、加拿大

、澳大利亚）都需要雅思成绩。同时，已经有超过2100所美国院校认可雅思考试成绩，其中不乏中国学生

青睐的美国顶尖院校。所以，目前不少有留学意向的学生在报读英语培训的时候首选雅思。
　　
　　6分及格标准已难申请世界名校
　　
　　随着报名人数的增长，国外知名院校对雅思分数的要求也水涨船高，以往总分6分的雅思及格标准如今

已很难申请世界名校或热门专业，硕士课程更是难上加难。如澳大利亚的悉尼大学、墨尔本大学、新南威

尔士大学等大学基本上都要求总分达6.5分以上。如果要报考排名比较靠前的大学或专业，有可能被要求提

交7分的雅思成绩。
　　
　　中国考生口语和写作最薄弱
　　
　　据官方网站公布的数据，中国考生的考试成绩从2000年到2005年一直在略微提高，但2005~2007年却出

现了下滑，2008年开始止跌回升。中国内地A类考生2008年的平均成绩为5.46分，在40个考生人数最多的国

家中排名倒数第六。中国考生目前最薄弱的环节在写作和口语两个方面。
　　
　　英国大使馆文化教育处考试部有关官员表示，对于这些排名需要客观看待。比方说有些国家的考生成

绩比较好，他们可能会有很强的语言背景。万昌明则认为，中国考生低龄化也拉低了中国考生的平均分，

他建议学生，参加雅思培训要实实在在提高英语水平，而不是一味掌握考试技巧。
　　
　　未来引入机考纸笔考试亦不取消
　　
　　2009年雅思考试最大的亮点，就是雅思考试将引入机考模式，但是，未来一两年雅思考试不会有太大

变化，即使引入机考模式，也不会完全替代笔考，考生仍有权选择笔考或机考模式。这意味着，机考与笔

考并存的年代即将到来。
　　
　　在中国纸笔考试还是占主导地位，因此，短期内还不会完全被机考所取代。此外，“机考”具体推出

时间一直没有确定。英国大使馆文化教育处考试部有关官员表示，推出机考之后纸笔考试也是会保留的，

那些愿意参加机考的同学可以参加机考，而那些倾向于参加纸笔考试的考生还可以参加纸笔考试。另外，

机考和纸笔考试的内容是一样的，在难度方面、考题方面都会保持一致的。即使将来有一天推出机考了，

和考官面对面的口语考试方式还是要保留的，而不会采用人机对话。

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来源：转载于北京新东方   日期：2010-01-11
　　对于初次准备雅思考试的考生来说，雅思听力可能是最令人头疼的问题，因为它和国内的英语四六级听力有着天壤之别。这给不熟悉雅思听力的考生提出了很大的挑战。乐训雅思名师结合多年来雅思听力教学经验给雅思考生提供以下有效提高雅思听力的学习策略。  

　　第一、找出自己听不懂的原因。

　　雅思听力考不好，究其原因，都是没有找到自己听不懂的原因。当听了两遍还没有听懂时，就要停下来找原因——是否有生词，是否有语法问题，自己的读音准确吗等等。如果能解决这些问题，英语基本功也就提高了，听力水平自然随之上升。

　　第二、针对不同题型使用不同的听力训练策略。

　　细节题可以通过做note-taking来提高答题正确率，也就是，将听力录音从头放到尾，不要暂停，将所有的考点词写下来，一定要多写，考试时出40个题，我们练习时要写至少80个考点词，这样，真正考试时才会游刃有余。另外一类题型的训练要从理解大意入手，具体做法是，将试题录音放开，不暂停，听题与题之间的界限，培养理解话题转换的能力和段落归纳的能力。

　　第三、选择最接近真题的雅思教材。

　　雅思的真题是不公布的，考生在市面上买不到真题。剑桥大学出版社出版了剑桥雅思系列教材1-7其中剑桥4全部是以往的真题，剑桥5包含60%以上的近几年的真题，剑桥大学ESOL Examinations就是现在雅思真题的研发机构，也是剑桥雅思系列教材的出题机构，这7本教材和雅思真题可谓一模一样，是考前训练的好教材。

　　另外，献给大家一道 “听力五从五忌”的妙计：

　　五从：读题：知道题目问什么，大概是什么答案(3-5秒你需搞清结构意思)；猜题：知道缺什么成分就听这个内容，如WHO ，WHERE相对应的部分；听题：一句一句听，一边听一边写(是技术活)；写题：简写省时但应当可以还原，多做听写练习(2-3遍容易，尽量听出答案)；查题：看看有没有SPELL等错误

　　五忌：一忌：听radio，cctv-4，cctv-9(听不懂，没用)；二忌：听太难的材料(打击我们的自信)；三忌：一心多用(没那么厉害)；四忌：每天超过两小时(累！麻木了！)；五忌：断断续续(感觉才来又跑没了)。
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感谢！！·

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剑七听力部分简单的来说，可以看到四点重要变化，简述如下：
　　1. 题型结合度增加
　　这个苗头其实在过去2年考试中已经逐步的体现，剑七出版后算是验明正身。需要说明的是，填空类题型仍将占据整个Test较大的份额，但会较少出现题型单一的情况（如一整个Section都是句子填空），大部分情况下，各种题型是结合在一起出现的，以剑七Test 4为例：Section 1-信息表+简短回答问题， Section 2-单项选择+地图题+表格， Section 3-句子填空+配对题+表格， Section 4-单项选择+摘要。（对于Test 1-3， 有兴趣的同学可以自己去做个总结。）这种情况下，大家要在一个Section中完成特点和要求不同的多种题目形式，相对题型单一的情况来说，更加需要大家熟练掌握各题型的解题方法，灵活的在各题型中频繁转换。
　　2. 老题型回归，小题型强势
　　很久以前，雅思考试中有一种特别的题型叫做SAQ(Short Answer Question)-简短回答问题，后来他们神秘的消失了，现在他们又回来了。
　　长期关注听力机经的同学会发现，从去年考试，SAQ就已经有增多的趋势，在剑七当中，我们同样可以看到这样一个情况：Test 2 Section 2 Question 19 and 20， Test 4 Section 1 Question 7-10.
　　简短回答问题之前最好注意题目上的斜体字，如Test 2 Section 2 Question 19-20: NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER， 它的意思是，答案有三种情况：不多于三个词，不多于一个数字，和不多于三个词+一个数字。
　　一直以来，雅思考试中有一种题型默默无闻，它的名字叫做Matching-配对题，现在它崛起了。
　　这一点在近2年的考试中也早有显示，配对题出现的频率不但增加，而且还经常出现在题目的要害处，如2008/8/21-英法隧道(Section 4)，2009/12/10-亚历山大图书馆(Section 4)，2009/01/27医疗调查(Section 4)等。
　　在剑七中，Test 1， 3 & 4都存在配对题，而且都是相对少见的‘选项重复题’（选项数量少于题目数量，因此需要有选项被重复选择）。
　　配对题属于选项类题型，难度比起最常见的选项类题型－单选题－普遍要高，所以要引起高度的重视。

　　3. 图形题增加
　　图形题是一种特殊的题型，它的外表是某种图形，而实质则可以灵活的在填空和选择之间转换。图形题中最多出现的是地图题，一般出现于Section 1 & 2， 尤其是Section 2。但是自从去年开始，图形题就脱缰了，四处狂奔，相信2008/6/21参加考试的同学都会对Section 4的‘报纸生产’记忆犹新－一道流程图形式的填空题。而近2年考试其它几个Section出现过的图形题更是不胜枚举。　剑七中，Test 2， 3 & 4都可以见到图形题，尤其是Test 3 Section 3， 形式新颖。需要指出：图形题在一个Section中出现，它本身不会包含所有十个questions， 还会有其它题型配合出现，而由于图形题往往难度不高，为了维持Section的平均难度，配合出现的题型难度就会偏高，这一点不可忽视。
　　4. 场景发生细节变化
　　Section 1 – 4各自有自己常见的场景范围，Section 1偏重日常生活，Section 2偏重风土人情，Section 3偏重学习生活，Section 4偏重学术研究。
　　最近几年，这四部分的场景，在大的范围上一直比较稳定，但在一些细节上，却可以发现一些变化，比如Section 1的场景出现一些新的形式（如Enquiry场景中的workshop），Section 2中频繁出现旅游场景（很多包含地图题），Section 4出现一些新的学术话题（如History & Astronomy）
　　在剑七中，可以发现相同的几个特点和一个不同的特点：
　　1) 相同的特点：
　　Section 1中出现一些新的形式，如Test 2 & 3的Section 1，一个是咨询汽车保险，一个是咨询培训课程。
　　Section 2中旅游场景频繁出现，剑七的四个Section 2全都是旅游场景，而且其中两个tests都出现地图题。
　　Section 4出现较新的学术话题，Test 1的岩画涉及考古，Test 4的味精涉及科技发明史。

　　2) 不同的特点
　　这个不同的特点让人深感不安，因为剑桥系列的风向标性质，很有可能这一点会成为考试中真正的考点：Section 3 学术化。
　　Section 3 原本包含三个大方面：Tutorial， Assignment & Students’ Discussion， 只属于学习生活范畴，并不涉及过多学术内容（当然偶尔也会涉及）。
　　但在剑七的Test 1， 2 & 3中发现它们的Section 3大量的涉及到了商业和环境科学方面的学术内容。
　　针对此，大家应该做好心理准备，将来的考试中Section 3很有可能出现大量学术内容，涉及的范围也应该不只限于商业和环境两大类，这样以来，难度也会随之提高。转载于北京新东方。

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谢谢分享！

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那样得找私人的英文补习机构了。。。

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强烈支持你复议写作，
我在墨尔本呢考了两次雅思，写作都是5.5
我同事复议了，结果都变成了6.5
祝你成功。

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动名词和一个词同时可以作动词和名次在用法和含义上还是有不同的。
我不是学这个的，不过仔细体会，你就会发现它们的不同。

She's crying.
She had a little cry inside.

He's fighting for his rights.
He couldn't understand why his girlfriend had such a big fight with him over this trivial matter.

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常用于英美幼儿语言文化启蒙教育的著名英语短诗与歌谣举例。这些歌谣，母
亲咏诵的时候，充满着音乐美。
Famous Short Poems and Nursery Rhymes
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A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak
Themore he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can''t we all be like that wise old bird?
Falling Snow
See the pretty snowflakes
Falling fromthe sky;
On the wall and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.
On the window ledges,
On the branches bare;
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all the air.
Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.
Now the bare black bushes
All look soft and white,
Every twig is laden, --
What a pretty sight!
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Jane Taylor
Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
How I wonder what you are!
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Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the glorious sun is set,
When the grass with dew is wet,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
When the blazing sun is gone
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
In the dark-blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep;
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star!
The New Moon – Eliza Lee Follen
Dear mother, how pretty
The moon looks to-night!
She was never so cunning before;
Her two little horns
Are so sharp and bright,
I hope she''ll not grow any more.
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If I were up there,
With you and my friends,
I''d rock in it nicely, you''d see;
I''d sit in the middle
And hold by both ends.
Oh, what a bright cradle ''t would be!
I would call to the stars
To keep out of the way,
Lest we should rock over their toes;
And then I would rock
Till the dawn of the day,
And see where the pretty moon goes.
And there we would stay
In the beautiful skies,
All through the bright clouds we would roam;
We would see the sun set,
And see the sun rise,
And on the next rainbow come home.
My Books
I love my books
They are the homes
of queens and fairies,
Knights and gnomes.
Each time I read I make a call
On some quaint person large or small,
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Who welcomes me with hearty hand
And leads me through his wonderland.
Each book is like
A city street
Along whose winding
Way I meet
New friends and old who laugh and sing
And take me off adventuring!
The Wind
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies'' skirts across the grass.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so long a song!
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid,
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all.
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so long a song!
Truth – Barrie Wade
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words can also hurt me.
Stones and sticks break only skin,
while words are ghosts that haunt me.
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Slant and curved the word-swords fall
to pierce and stick inside me.
Bats and bricks may ache through bones,
but words can mortify me.
Pain from words has left its scar
on mind and heart that''s tender.
Cuts and bruises now have healed;
it''s words that I remember.

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影片挺浪漫的，基本靠想象力，觉得那些都不算什么真正的与性有关的接吻，拥抱，暴力，血腥。

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chatswood 哪个教堂有组织英语口语角或英语课？

听说在CHATSWOOD好几个地方都有。。。

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非常感谢 naughtybaby 以及 alan.
naughtybaby 解答了我由此隐身出来的问题.
就是什么时候用's什么时候用of
看来是没有生命的 用of了. 星球 世界什么的 可以看作是有生命的.

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对的，民政部

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i have tv,,,but i dont know which channel would transfer

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[size=1.5em]Lessons to avoid human trafficking
[size=0.85em]By Chen Jia in Beijing and Li Yingqing in Kunming (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-20 07:48

Migrant workers外地打工者 are getting free classes warning them about the dangers of child abduction拐卖儿童 and human trafficking贩卖人口, said an official with the Ministry of Public Security公安部.
In an exclusive interview with China Daily, Yang Dong, deputy chief of the criminal investigation department, revealed that free classes on protecting children would be offered to migrant workers.
"Only a few missing persons cases would turn in to trafficking cases if we could get more cooperation from the community and if migrant families could provide more information to help trace the children before they are too far away," Yang said.
From 30,000 to 60,000 children are reported as missing every year, but it is hard to estimate how many trafficking cases that includes, he said.
The pilot project, launched yesterday with the assistance of the National Federation of Women and Children (NFWC) and the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF), will be conducted in the villages of Kunming, Yunnan province and Dongguan, Guangdong province.


Landlords and factory owners have been enlisted to inform workers about the classes, because transient families are typically hard to reach.
The classes are part of a national crackdown on human trafficking打击人口贩卖 launched in April, and if successful, they will be rolled out across the country在全国范围内展开.
"I might have lost my 4-year-old twins if I decided to work full time," Guo Caiyun, a 35-year-old housewife who moved to Kunming of Yunnan province months ago, told China Daily yesterday.
"I want to earn more money to support my husband to finish his postgraduate study in Yunnan University, but I changed my mind after participating in the community lessons," she said.
Guo is among the increasing number of migrants in the country whose children face a greater risk of abduction.
"Isolated living conditions in big cities cause urban people not to care about the floating population of migrants living in neighboring houses people do nothing even if they have doubts about strangers who talk with neighbors' children," said Guo Ye, the chief of the division of complaints and appeals under the NFWC.
"In rural areas在农村 the situation gets worse, as people don't always cooperate with police," he said.
Lei Meihua, a senior official with the provincial department of NFWC in Guangdong, told China Daily more than 60 percent of the population in Dongguan are migrant workers, and most work for local factories.
"That's why we need to encourage local entrepreneurs to join in our program," she said.
Bi Yonghong, a 39-year-old landlord in Shageng village of Kunming, told China Daily yesterday she promised to cooperate with the program.
"A missing child is a tragedy for any family, so I have the social responsibility to do a favor for my tenants if they are unaware about children's safety," she said.
To combat child trafficking为打击人口贩卖, the Ministry of Public Security also set up a DNA database to link all the country's 236 DNA laboratories so they can share information.
The database includes DNA of missing children, given by their parents, and samples will be taken from children suspected of having been abducted or vagrant children流浪儿，行乞儿 with an unclear history.
"The national DNA database is particularly helpful for the big migrant population," lawyer Zhang Zhiwei, a volunteer with grassroots NGO Baby Come Home, told China Daily.

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[size=1.5em]Flights grounded at Beijing airport during parade
[size=0.85em]By Xin Dingding (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-25 07:41

The Beijing capital airport 北京首都机场 will shut down 关闭 for three hours starting from 9:30 am on Oct 1 for the National Day parade 国庆日阅兵, affecting some 180 flights and thousands of passengers.

The capital airport is the busiest airport in the country, with at least 1,000 flights taking off or landing per day, or at least one flight every minute.
A spokesman for the Beijing Capital International Airport said yesterday that it will close its three runways 跑道starting from 9 am, and restart runway lights and navigations systems 导航系统 at noon.

An Air China spokeswoman said that all its domestic flights to and from Beijing during the three hours have been cancelled, but all its international flights will be rescheduled to other times in the day.
"We will rearrange planes to guarantee enough transport capacity and reduce troubles for passengers as much as we can," she said.
She declined to disclose how many Air China flights will be affected.

Air China is based at the capital airport, accounting for nearly 80 percent of the operations in the airport's largest terminal building.
China Southern, another major airline based in Guangzhou, said at least 40 of their flights will be affected.
"But only very few passengers will be affected, as tickets for affected flights stopped sales quite early," a China Southern spokesman said.
Major airlines, including Air China, China Southern and Hainan Airlines, said they will refund or reissue the tickets without charging extra fees for passengers who bought tickets for flights during those three hours.

Similar restrictions were adopted on the opening night of the Olympic Games last year, as more than 300 flights were cancelled or postponed from 7 pm to midnight.
"It is wiser to simply travel at another time. I want to sit in front of the TV and watch the live broadcast of the parade that morning anyway," Beijinger Wang Yingchao said. She planned a trip to Hainan province during Golden Week 黄金周 and has now decided to leave on Oct 3.

Meanwhile, Beijing will see large-scale traffic control 大规模交通管制 on Oct 1 to make way for the National Day parade, officials said.
Since more than 200,000 people and 8,000 vehicles will descend on Tian'anmen Square from all corners of the city for the parade that day, traffic on main streets and ring roads 环线 in downtown Beijing will be affected, said Shao Jie, head of Beijing's traffic command center.
Some 7,000 traffic police will be dispatched onto the streets that day from the wee hours until midnight, he said.

In some areas, such as Tian'anmen Square, Olympic Green, the Summer Palace, Fragrant Hill and along the Badaling expressway, traffic control measures will continue until the end of Golden Week, but trucks will be affected the most, according to a notice issued by the municipal traffic control bureau.
On National Day, some 10,000 residents who live in communities near Tian'anmen Square will also be affected, as they are required to hold temporary passes 持临时通行证to go in and out of their communities on Oct 1.
The special passes will be issued to residents in nine communities of Dashila area until Tuesday at local community committees. Residents should provide their identification certificate to get the passes.

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你在哪呀？

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今天想写点自7月5日以来我内心的感受--悲痛!悲哀!(文章已经被删除过,应该很快又要被删除了.昨天,维族人已经在澳洲"恶人先告状",扮无辜的在街上游行了,博外国人的同情!也在昨天,中国ZF已经放了很多参与打砸抢的维族学生,说给他们机会,谁又能给被这些畜生杀害的汉族同胞重生的机会!中国对待维族的软弱政策也另人发指!)
就在7月5日20点,新疆美丽的首府乌鲁木齐市遭受了东突恐怖袭击!官方现在说死150多人,伤1000多人,但并未说明是汉族,维族还是其他民族的同胞!在这里,我不是想煽动民族情绪,我想把事实说出来而已!因为最近我听见身边有人为此在骂中国政府,有人因为同情维族人说中国没有人权,屠杀维族人(这些都是黑白颠倒的).这些话都让我感到悲哀! 经过这次几乎发生在我身边的噩梦,我彻彻底底明白了一个道理:不能打着所谓人权的旗号,妄加评论任何事情!
我的很多朋友都生活在乌鲁木齐,他们是最有发言权的!从7月6号,我就在和我的乌鲁木齐朋友们通过手机联络(其他通讯设施都不能用),他们都逃过此劫,但还在惊恐中,上班都随身带着"武器"以防万一.可是不是所有的汉族同胞都这么幸运的,我的一个也在澳洲的朋友(新疆人),他朋友的手筋被维族恐怖分子挑断,亲哥哥失踪到现在,估计已经遇害了! 我想很肯定的告诉大家,在医院的伤者,在停尸间等家属认领的死难者,他们决大多数是非维族人的!西方媒体早在7月6号就进入乌鲁木齐采访了,另人气愤的是,有很多西方媒体还在黑白颠倒的向着恐怖分子说话,甚至夸张的说死伤都是维族人,他们是在广场和平游行被警察打死打伤的,说法另人发指,他们和杀人凶手的帮凶有什么区别!大家想想去年在西藏的暴乱吧,那个时候我们就已经看清西方媒体的嘴脸了!请永远都不要对他们抱以厚望!我们都会对中国ZF有不满,但在这个时候,请不要再被西方媒体洗脑了,我们要的是和平和谐的社会!不要被那些看热闹,惟恐中国不乱的家伙所利用!我们这个受苦受难的国家走到今天不容易! 试想如果你的家人现在在乌鲁木齐经历了这场屠杀,你还会叉着腰骂都是中国政府的错,为那些杀人犯抱不平,去可怜暴徒吗?这是所有中国的敌对势力想达到的效果!还在自以为尊重人权和不明白事理的无知者!你们开开窍吧!你也是中国爹妈生的!中国人不能再一团散沙被反华势力左右摆布了!
听听国内大多数民众的心声吧!特别是新疆受到伤害的同胞的心声吧!不要被恶毒的人蒙蔽了!那些对CHINESE G不满的还是中国人的同胞,请你们先放下这些不满,就事论事!为死难的汉族同胞哀悼!
最后我只想说一句话:不能因为维族恐怖分子的历史遗留问题作为借口,来说他们的暴行是对的,值得同情的..他们中落网的一部分会得到中国法律公平严格的制裁!只可惜不是全部暴徒! 为他们申讨所谓公平的人只有两种,一种是他们的帮凶!一种是不明事理的无知者!
大家可以不相信不去看国内官方的新闻,以下是一些国内朋友BBS上文章和网友评论的网址,读读他们的心吧!
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5 ... =rela_articletagpub
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http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4 ... =rela_articletagpub(杀汉族同胞的魔鬼!)PS:文章已经被删除过,应该很快又要被删除了.昨天,维族人已经在澳洲"恶人先告状",扮无辜的在街上游行了,博外国人的同情!也在昨天,中国ZF已经放了很多参与打砸抢的维族学生,说给他们机会,谁又能给被这些畜生杀害的汉族同胞重生的机会!中国对待维族的软弱政策也另人发指!

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《花花公子》十大派对大学出炉


Playboy magazine on Friday named the University of Miami as the top party school in the United States based on five criteria that included a nod to brainpower.



Playboy magazine on Friday named the University of Miami as the top party school in the United States based on five criteria that included a nod to brainpower.

The adult magazine, which has only occasionally published the party college list in the past but will now turn it into an annual feature, ranked the schools on campus life, sports, sex and academics, or "brains," as Playboy put it.

As a last criteria, Playboy included "bikini" which combined weather, guy-to-girl ratio and cheerleaders.

But absent from the credentials were college bars and parties that exist on the fringe of campus life.

"In order to make the list, you had to be a school where fun happens, so we threw that out and went to other criteria," said Playboy Assistant Editor Rocky Rakovic.

Rakovic also said it was hard to quantify just exactly what made a good bar scene from campus to campus, because each location had its specific attributes.

"You can't say keg party at Arizona State is much better than bar crawl at (University of) Wisconsin," he explained.

On the subject of brainpower, Rakovic said that criteria was important because, after all, "you are in college for a reason, to get an education."

Judging the intelligence of U.S. university students turned into a rather scientific equation, too, using things like grade point averages, freshman retention and Princeton academic reviews, then giving them a numerical weight and averaging results.

The one surprise, Rakovic said, could be the No. 6 school University of Wisconsin because the "bikini" ranking favored schools with warm weather climates.

Playboy began ranking party colleges 20 years ago. The full list is in the magazine's May issue and on the Internet at www.playboy.com/partyschools09.

The top 10 party schools are below in order of rank:

1) University of Miami

2) University of Texas (Austin)

3) San Diego State University

4) University of Florida

5) University of Arizona

6) University of Wisconsin (Madison)

7) University of Georgia

8) Louisiana State University

9) University of Iowa

10) West Virginia University

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Teen tries to ignite chemicals at police station
Paul Bibby
July 6, 2009 - 10:09PM

A 14-year-old boy attempted to ignite a concoction of chemicals at a police station on the NSW north coast this afternoon, police say.

The teenager allegedly walked into Port Macquarie Police Station at about 1.20pm and attempted to light a bottle containing a mixture of chemicals.

Officers immediately arrested the boy, set up an exclusion zone around the station, and called in NSW police's hazardous chemicals team. No police personnel were injured and the area was declared safe at about 3pm.

The type of chemicals involved in the incident is not yet known, but the teenager has been charged with possessing a dangerous thing with intent to injure, and intimidating police.

The 14-year-old was denied bail and is currently undergoing a medical assessment.

He will appear in Port Macquarie Children's Court tomorrow morning.

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正常

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TAfe就可以啊

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这是我刚聊的结果:
scenario1
A: Hi
B:Hi
A: m or f?
B:...
B: m
A----disconnected


scenario2
A: Hi
B: Hi
A: Where are you from?.
B: Wales, you?
A: China
A: I've been following the snooker competition recently. Do you like playing snooker?
B: I hate it.
B-----------disconnected

The 1st one only cares if you've got enough holes in you...
It's useless talking to the 2nd one as that type of moran always makes the freaking ice breaking job miserable...

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Residents unaware of Jiao Dan’s terrible fate

8th April 2009, 6:00 WST

The short scream was enough to bring two Innaloo residents to their windows to peer into the dark.
   
Minutes later they turned away, unaware that just metres outside their warm homes a woman was about to be murdered.
   
Jiao Dan, 22, had been brimming with plans for her future when she arrived from China in December 2006.
  
Bright and hard working, she juggled her first year of a commerce degree at Edith Cowan University with a late-night cleaning job to repay her parents the money they had lent her.
   
Tragically, the overseas stint her parents hoped would enrich their only child robbed her of her life.
Dannie Adam Wright had been out of jail just one day and was returning by train to his aunt’s Gwelup home after an alcohol and drug-fuelled evening when he spotted Jiao Dan about 11pm on October 8, 2007. What happened next was detailed during Wright’s murder trial. Jiao Dan had missed her usual train after finishing her cleaning job. Taking a later train, she got off at Stirling station and started walking to her Oswald Street duplex.
   
Her pace quickened as the footsteps behind her failed to drop back and the light of the train station fell into the distance.
   
She had sometimes worried about walking home alone but always decided against troubling her friends for company, telling herself the frightful night that lay in the back of every woman’s mind would not come.
   
Tonight was that night.
   
She was just metres from home when Wright caught up with her.
   
Thick drops of Jiao Dan’s blood fell to the pavement after the first strike.
   
A slim woman, Jiao Dan didn’t stand a chance as Wright pulled her across a wide, dimly lit verge to the dark veil of a tree and continued the horrific beating.
   
A single, truncated scream was all she could manage before Wright broke the bones in her face, pulled her to the ground and began strangling her.
   
In a nearby house, that scream prompted Sarah Urquhart to instinctively check the time before going to her window and staring out into the night.
   
She was not the only resident to do so. Nor was she alone in ruling out further action after she saw nothing sinister in the sometimes noisy street.
   
At that moment, hidden in the shadows, Jiao Dan may have been clawing desperately to release the pressure of the killer’s hands around her throat.
   
It’s possible she lost consciousness before Wright pulled off her clothes and subjected her to a brutal sexual assault.
   
He left his young victim bleeding on the grass as he finally buried the Corona beer bottle he had used in the attack deep inside one of the wheelie bins that lined the street waiting for the next day’s rubbish collection.
   
Severely injured and alone, Jiao Dan remained alive for hours after the assault. Her body fought hard against the death closing in, desperately trying to heal the horrific damage.
   
But as a light rain began to fall, she lost the battle and succumbed to the pneumonia that rapidly took hold as she lay weakened and exposed to the cold night.
   
It was not until 6am that her pale body was found by a man as he came to collect a colleague for work.
   
The man lay a bedsheet across Jiao Dan’s semi-naked body, giving back some of the dignity that had been brutally taken from her, as his friend called police. Officers were spilling into cordoned-off Oswald Street as Wright awoke on October 9 thinking he would get away with his sickening crime.
   
He was wrong.
   
Within hours, forensic police came across a bloodied bottle in a nearby wheelie bin that, as fate would have it, never made it to rubbish collection that morning.
   
On that bottle police would find a bloodied fingerprint matching Wright’s left index finger.

CHRISTIANA JONES

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All fools around the world, united!

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Storm clouds build for providers and software vendors as Microsoft plans change of license fee pricing sending a cold chill up the back of the industry

Many providers are seeing the proposed increase in price of almost 4 times the current not-for-profit rate as a money grab without any visible productivity improvement or value enhancement.
Price increased associated with any product or service is usually coupled with some form of productivity improvement or value adds which justifies a moderate price increase. These increases are sometimes indexed to reflect an increase in the cost of production. The fuel level in the airline industry is a clear example of an understandable increase in travel cost. But when an increase of around 400 percent is not explained and is presented in a ‘take it or leave it’ manner in an environment where alternatives are limited, then the big chill forming across the industry could turn technology investment into an ice age experience.
The impact of Microsoft’s initiative will create significant loss of trust between respected global giant who boasted support for the most vulnerable in our society and the aged care providers who genuinely and directly provides that support. Many providers will be shocked when they realise the extent of the increase in license costs and will wonder what in the world could possible justify such a significant increase.
Many feel betrayed and insulted at the November press release by Microsoft that questioned the integrity of some providers insinuating they had deliberately flaunted the long standing license agreement conditions to make company gains.
Once this trust is broken the winds of change will blow for many providers who will reassess their whole of business planning to ensure they are no longer held to ransom in such a manner. But the ramification for the aged care industry is far more that the increase of license fee upon an individual provider, it extends to the software vendors and their viability as dedicate suppliers of efficiencies tools created over years of engagement with providers.
The reality of the aged care technology market is such that if any vendor with a dominant position (in this case Microsoft better than 85% penetration) increases its price by such an inordinate percentage the other vendors, the majority of which have built their applications on the Microsoft platform, will not escape being impacted.
This impact will come in two ways; firstly, their prospective buyers – the aged care providers, will have a lesser amount to spend and the decision to spend will be extended as they revise their IT strategy. Secondly, the cost of their product will either rise or they will have to absorb the increased cost of production. So a best case scenario for the vendor is a slower decision making environment and an increased sell price. Worst case scenario is slower decision making, increased cost of production and fewer sales.
All sounds like the ingredients for turmoil, mayhem and ultimately consolidation.
Among this turmoil and mayhem alternative solutions will emerge and they are likely to come from the Open Source environment. This environment has matured in leaps and bounds in recent years and is now a genuine alternative for those wishing to through off the Microsoft shackles and manages their IT risk differently.
Very soon the industry will need to have a discussion about what constitutes a viable software vendor landscape and retain the variation of ideas whilst continuing to stimulate innovation and the excellence which we have come to expect from our dedicate vendors.

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In English:
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and co-operation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and travelled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and ploughed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defence, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the spectre of a warming planet. We will not apologise for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the fire-fighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have travelled. In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people: “Let it be told to the future world…that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive…that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].”

America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

And in Chinese (complete and uncensored):
各位同胞：
　　
今天我站在这里，为眼前的重责大任感到谦卑，对各位的信任心怀感激，对先贤的牺牲铭记在心。我要谢谢布什总统为这个国家的服务，也感谢他在政权转移期间的宽厚和配合。
　　
四十四位美国人发表过总统就职誓言，这些誓词或是在繁荣富强及和平宁静之际发表，或是在乌云密布，时局动荡之时。在艰困的时候，美国能箕裘相继，不仅因为居高位者有能力或愿景，也因为人民持续对先人的抱负有信心，也忠於创建我国的法统。
　　
因此，美国才能承继下来。因此，这一代美国人也必须承继下去。

现在大家都知道我们正置身危机核心，我国正在与四处蔓延的暴力和憎恨作战。我们的经济元气大伤——这既是某些人贪婪且不负责任的後果，也是大众未能做出艰难的选择，对国家进入新时代做准备不足所致。许多人失去房子，丢了工作，生意萧条。我们的医疗太昂贵，学校教育让人失望。每天都有更多证据显示，我们利用能源的方式壮大我们的对敌，威胁我们的星球。

这些都是得自资料和统计数据的危机指标。比较无法测量但同样深沉的，是举国信心尽失——持续担心美国将无可避免地衰退，也害怕下一代一定会眼界变低。

今天我要告诉各位，我们面临的挑战是真的，挑战非常严重，且不在少数。它们不是可以轻易，或在短时间内解决。但是，美国要了解，这些挑战会被解决。

在这一天，我们聚在一起，因为我们选择希望而非恐惧，有意义的团结而非纷争和不合。

在这一天，我们来此宣示，那些无用的抱怨和虚伪的承诺已终结，那些扭曲我们政治已久的相互指控和陈旧教条已终结。

我们仍是个年轻的国家，但借用圣经的话，摆脱幼稚事物的时刻到来了，重申我们坚忍精神的时刻到来了，选择我们更好的历史，实践那种代代传承的珍贵权利，那种高贵的理念：就是上帝的应许，我们每个人都是平等的，每个人都是自由的，每个人都应该有机会追求全然的幸福。

再次肯定我们国家的伟大，我们了解伟大绝非赐予而来，必须努力达成。我们的旅程从来就不是抄捷径或很容易就满足。这条路一直都不是给不勇敢的人走的，那些偏好逸乐胜过工作，或者只想追求名利就满足的人。恰恰相反，走这条路的始终是勇於冒险的人，做事的人，成事的人，其中有些人很出名，但更常见的是在各自岗位上的男男女女无名英雄，在这条漫长崎岖的道路上支撑我们，迈向繁荣与自由。

为了我们，他们携带很少的家当，远渡重洋，追寻新生活。
为了我们，他们胼手胝足，在西部安顿下来；忍受风吹雨打，筚路蓝缕。
为了我们，他们奋斗不懈，在康科特和盖茨堡，诺曼地和溪山等地葬身。
前人不断的奋斗与牺牲，直到双手皮开肉绽，我们才能享有比较好的生活。他们将美国视为大於所有个人企图心总和的整体，超越出身、财富或小圈圈的差异。

这是我们今天继续前进的旅程。我们仍旧是全球最繁荣强盛的国家。这场危机爆发时，我们的劳工生产力并未减弱。我们的心智一样创新，我们的产品和劳务和上周或上个月或去年相比，一样是必需品。我们的能力并未减损。但是我们墨守成规、维护狭小利益、推迟引人不悦的决定，这段时期肯定已经过去。从今天起，我们必须重新出发、再次展开再造美国的工程。

我们无论朝何处望去，都有工作必须完成。经济情势需要大胆、迅速的行动，我们将有所行动，不光是创造新工作，更要奠定成长的新基础。我们将造桥铺路，为企业兴建电力网格与数位线路，将我们联系在一起。我们将让科学回归合适的用途，运用科技的奇蹟来提高医疗品质并降低费用。我们将利用太阳能、风力和土壤作为汽车的燃料和工厂的能源。我们将让中小学及大专院校转型，因应新时代的需要。这些我们可以作到。我们也将会作到。

现在，有人质疑我们的雄心，暗示说我们的体系无法承受太多的大计画。这些人的记性不好。因为他们忘记了这个国家已经完成的成就，当创造力朝同一个目标发展，不受约束的男男女女可以完成何等成就，必要的是勇气。

怀疑者无法理解的是他们的主张已经站不住脚，长期以来折磨我们的陈腐政治争议已经行不通。我们今天的问题不是政府太大或太小，而是有无功效，是否能帮助家庭找到薪水不错的工作，支付得起照顾费用，有尊严的退休。哪个方向能够提供肯定的答案，我们就往那里走。答案是否定的地方，计画就会停止。所有我们这些管理大众金钱的人都将负起责任，花钱要精明，改掉恶习，正大光明作事情，只有这样我们才能重建政府与人民间最重要的信任。

我们眼前的问题也不是说市场的力量是善或恶。市场创造财富和增加自由的力量无与伦比，但是这场危机提醒我们没有监督时，市场发展将失控，当市场只偏爱有钱人时，国家无法永续繁荣。我们经济成功的依据，不只是国内生产毛额的规模，还有繁荣可及的范围，以及我们将机会拓展给每个愿意打拚的人，不是因为施舍，而是因为这就是达到我们共同利益最稳健的途径。

至於我们的共同防卫，让我们必须在自由和理想之间作一抉择，是错误的，我们拒绝接受。我们建国诸父在我们难以想像的危难之中。拟具了确保法治和人权的宪章，被一代代以鲜血扩大充实的宪章。这些理想依然照亮这个世界，我们不会为了便宜行事而扬弃它。同样地，今日在观看此情此景的其他民族和政府，从最宏伟的都城到家父出生的小村庄，我要说：任何一个国家、男、女、和孩童，只要你在追求一个和平且有尊严的未来，美国就是你的朋友，我们准备再次带领大家。

回想先前的世代力抗法西斯主义和共产主义，靠的除了飞弹和战车之外，还有强固的联盟和持久的信念。他们知道单单力量本身不足以让我们自保，也不能让我们为所欲为。相反地，他们知道我们的力量因为谨慎使用而增强，我们的安全源自我们理想的正当性，我们所树立楷模的力量，以及谦逊和克制所具有的调和特质。

我们是这些遗产的保存者。在这些原则的再次指引下，我们可以面对那些新的威胁，这些威胁有赖国与国间更大的合作与谅解方能因应。我们将开始以负责任的方式把伊拉克还给它的人民，并在阿富汗建立赢来不易的和平。我们会努力不懈地与老朋友和昔日的对手合作，以减轻核子威胁，和地球的暖化。我们不会为我们的生活方式而道歉，也会毫不动摇地保护它，对那些想要藉由带来恐怖与杀害无辜以遂其目的者，我们现在告诉你，我们的精神强过你们，无法摧折，你们不可能比我们长久，我们必定打败你们。

因为我们知道，我们拼凑组合而成的遗产是我们的强处，而非弱点。我们是由基督徒和穆斯林，犹太教徒和印度教徒，以及非信徒组成的国家。我们由取自世界四面八方的各种语文和文化所形塑。而且由於我们曾尝过内战和种族隔离的苦果，并且在走出那黑暗时期之後变得更坚强和团结，这让我们不得不相信旧日的仇恨终究会过去，部族之间的界线很快就会泯灭。随着世界越来越小，我们共通的人性也会彰显，而美国必须扮演引进新和平时代的角色。

对穆斯林世界，我们寻求一种新的前进方式，以共同的利益和尊重为基础。那些想播植冲突并把自己社会的问题怪罪於西方的领袖，须知你的国民藉以判断你的，是你能建立什麽，而非你能毁坏什麽。那些靠着贪腐欺骗和箝制异己保住权势的人，须知你门站在历史错误的一边，而只要你愿意松手，我们就会帮忙。

那些穷国的人民，我们保证会和你们合作，让们的农场丰收，让清流涌入，滋补饿坏的身体，喂养饥饿的心灵。而对那些和我们一样比较富裕的国家，我要说，我们不能再对国界以外的苦痛视而不见，也不能再消耗世上的资源而不计後果。因为世界已经变了，我们也要跟着改变。

在我们思索眼前道路的此际，我们以谦虚感激的心想到，有些勇敢的美国同胞正在遥远的沙漠和山岭上巡逻。今天他们有话要对我们说，就和躺在阿灵顿（公墓）的英雄们世世代代轻声诉说的一样。我们尊荣他们，不只因为他们扞卫我们的自由，更因为他们代表着服务的精神；愿意在比自己更大的事物上找寻意义。而在此刻，能够界定一个世代的此刻，必须常驻你我心中的，正是这种精神。

即使政府能做和必须做，这个国家最终仍得靠美国人民的信念与决心。在堤防决堤时，是人们的善心，让他们招待陌生人。是工作人员的无私，让他们宁可减工时，也不愿看到朋友失业，陪伴我们度过最黑暗时期。是消防员的勇气，让他们冲进满是浓烟的楼梯间。是父母心甘情愿培育孩子，最终决定我们的命运。

我们的挑战也许是新的，我们迎接挑战的工具也许是新的，但我们赖以成功的价值观─辛勤工作和诚实、勇气和公平竞争、容忍和好奇心、忠实和爱国心─这些都是固有的。这些价值是真实的，是我们历史上进步的沉默力量。我们有必要找回这些真实价值。我们现在需要一个勇於负责的新时代，每一个美国人都体认到我们对自己、对国家、对世界负有责任，我们不是不情愿地接受这些责任，而是欣然接受，坚信没有什麽比全力以赴完成艰难的工作，更能得到精神上的满足，更能找到自我。

这是公民的代价和承诺。
这是我们信心的来源，体认上帝召唤我们创造不确定的命运。
这是我们的自由和信条的真谛，为什麽不同种族和信仰的男女老幼能在这个大草坪上共同庆祝，为什麽一个人的父亲在不到六十年前也许还不能进当地的餐厅用餐，现在却能站在你们面前做最神圣的宣誓。

让我们记住这一天，记住我们是谁、我们走了多远。在美国诞生这一年，在最寒冷的几个月，在结冰的河岸，一群爱国人士抱着垂死的同志。首都弃守，敌人进逼，雪沾了血。在那时，我们革命的成果受到质疑，我们的国父下令向人民宣读这段话：

“让这段话流传后世，在深冬，只剩下希望和美德，这个城市和这个国家，面临共同危险，站起来迎向它。”

美国，面对我们共同的危险，在这个艰困的冬天，让我们记得这些永恒的话语。怀着希望和美德，让我们再度冲破结冰的逆流，度过接下来可能来临的暴风雪。让我们孩子的孩子继续流传下去，说我们受到考验时，我们拒绝让旅程结束，我们不回头，也不踌躇；眼睛注视着远方，上帝的恩典降临我们，我们带着自由这个伟大的礼物，安全送达未来的世世代代。

愿上帝保佑你们，上帝保佑美利坚！

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Some positive news on the Australian economy just in from the ANZ released in a presentation to their board on the 19th January by their Chief Economist Saul Elsake:

Q: Will Australia experience a recession in 2009?
A: Saul Eslake:
"ossibly not, if a recession is defined as ‘two or more consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth’
      Australia’s faster rate of population growth than most other countries makes negative real GDP growth less likely, everything else being equal
      everything else isn’t equal as between Australia and other Western economies
      the Government is likely to time its fiscal policy initiatives with a view to reducing the likelihood of consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth
       we currently expect only one quarter of negative real GDP growth (in the June quarter), although some others will come very close"

Our Commodity markets have been noticeably resilient to the stream of bad news regarding industrial activity and trade.
Industry data points to an abrupt downturn in the commodity intensive sectors of the Chinese economy, yet markets appear to have taken the grim news largely in their stride, suggesting most of it had already been priced.
Australia’s housing market and household finances are in better shape than America’s. Australia’s economy has thus far held up considerably better than America’s.
Demand from first-time homes buyers is rising, but growth in housing supply is likely to slow further. Monetary policy is ‘working’ more effectively in Australia than in the US, in part because the banking system is in better shape

Q: Is Australia just lagging the United States, or are there some more fundamental differences?
A: Saul Eslake:
Australia’s economy is yet to feel the full effects of the downturn in the US, European and north Asian economies
in particular, the impact of the 11% decline in (US$-denominated) export commodity prices has yet to be felt, let alone the further ~32% expected over the first three quarters of 2009 (as contract prices are renegotiated downwards)
most businesses have been taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to their headcount

There are nonetheless some fundamental differences between Australia and other overseas economies -
Australia has not had a banking crisis in the same sense as the US and Europe
Australia’s housing market has thus far proved to be more resilient than those of the US & Europe – for good reasons (shortage of stock relative to underlying demand, relatively low number of ‘forced sellers’) – and should remain so provided

unemployment does not rise sharply
Policy responses have been more effective than in other countries
the RBA has cut rates more quickly than most other central banks (partly but not only because it had more room to)
more importantly, cuts in official interest rates have for the most part been reflected in
lower rates paid by end-borrowers (unlike the US and UK in particular)
fiscal policy has responded more quickly and in a more targeted fashion
The sharp fall in the A$ (with more to come in 2009) has provided an additional ‘buffer’ against contractionary external forces
for example commodity prices have actually risen in A$ terms since last July
Australia’s population growth rate is 0.6pc pa above that of the US, 1pc pa above Europe’s and 1½pc pa above Japan’s

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praying for peace...