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1, startle

The fast pace of development of China startled many developed countries who initially have not pay confidence toward him.

Keep practicing.

Here is the revision/P>

another other excellent words/P>

1, startle

The fast pace of development of LACE w:st="on">ChinaLACE> startled many developed countries who initially (2)have not pay confidence(1) toward him.(1) Either "had confidence" or "pay attention to", but not "pay confidence to" (2) Chinese has a tendency to misplace their adverbs because of the way they are placed in a Chinese sentence.

The fast pace of the development of China startled many developed nations whom have had no confidence in it initially.

Uncle yeti,It's very kind of you to help me with those questions,I still have some more to ask.

1 does "swollen river" seem,to some extent,like a flood?

2 Can "furiously" be used like a "程度副词",as the word "very" or "extremely"? For example, is it right to say "furiously bad"?

3 Google may have some trouble and I couldn't go to its website. So I will search "thick fat raindrops" on Google later.

I had searched "thick fat raindrops" by google, then found great amount of informations. Due to limitation of time, I just had read a travel log on http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/epic/daily/7week/

And have some questions:

"Have you ever been out in a light, misty rain? Compare that feeling to the big fat raindrops during a thunderstorm."  "Still haven't seen any other ships out here."

I don't comprehend the two "out" in the upper two sentences, especially the first one.

Thank you for your energy pay to us!

Have you ever been out in a light rain= Have you even "gone outside"/"walked outdoors"/"gone out of your house"..when it was raining outside.

other ships out here." --> out there on the sea,on the river....

does "swollen river" seem,to some extent,like a flood? To some extent. Flood is when the river overflows. "swollen" is when it is fill beyound its normal level.

2 Can "furiously" be used like a "程度副词",as the word "very" or "extremely"? For example, is it right to say "furiously bad"?

I think so, but I am not sure. I know you are NOT supposed to say "furiously mad/angry" because "furious" means "very angry." (I.e. I am very angry, or I am furious. But not I am furiously angry.) But you can say "furiously fast", or "furiously bad"--as you have suggested.

It has been suggested that I should look for some alternate material for your "daily reading." For those of you who still want to do one reading per day, and don't mind going to another forum  while I am in the process looking for new materials for you, you can read the ones I have at:  http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=8&id=15724 and http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=11&ID=15393&page=1

some type mistakes on thehttp://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=8&id=15724

foreward>> foreword    At the first row of the 1st foor  ^_^

a horse rice>> race  hehe, this one in the 8th floor at the above website.

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It is good to have a goal to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end. literal translation: 为旅程建立一个目标的确有好处，但是，最终，这个旅程的过程才是最重要的。?

It is thoughtful of you!~ Thanks.

Thanks for finding those typos for me. Please keep checking. It is impossible for a person to find them. My theory is that one's brain has the correct version and fails to accept the incorrect version when the eyes are scanning through the text.

Re: translation. Yes, you have the essense of it."It is good to have a goal to journey towards,"=It is a good idea to have a goal to journey towards." 

The following is the first four paragraphs of the article found ina href="http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking-news-story.asp?submitdate=200591611346" target="_blank" >http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking-news-story.asp?submitdate=200591611346

It was syndicated (1) by my local newspaper with the heading of "China's Middle-Class Boom", and a sub-heading of "China's rapidly gorwing 'little buregois' are modern, hip and concerned more with economics than with politics."

(1) Syndicated means paid for the right to publish simultaneously.

Time to take notice of China’s ‘little bourgeois’ (see text) By Trudy Rubin Knight Ridder Newspapers

BEIJING – Visiting the Chinese capital for the first time since 1996 is a startling experience. Nothing you’ve read can prepare you for the overwhelming physical reality of China’s explosive growth, its leap from the bicycle age to the age of Audis, cell phones, and a middle class passion for fashion.

Wander through some of Beijing’s many malls and watch crowds of young Chinese chatting on cell phones, roaming in and out of Nine West, Mr. Klein, Givenchy, Rolex watch stores, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, or the local Cineplex, and you realize Americans have paid too little attention to the world’s biggest story.

While we’ve been diverted by events in the Middle East, China has been reinventing itself as a global power. A new generation of urban Chinese has emerged that is as crucial to the future of U.S.-China relations as disputes over textile imports or competition for oil.

The Chinese equivalent of yuppies(2), they have the name “xiao zi, or “little bourgeois.” This generation will shape the Chinese superpower that will emerge in the coming decades.

(2) Yuppies: (Young)(Urban)({Professionals)

For the complete article, go to the link on the top of the page.

Anyone interested in doing a rewriting exercise? Go to_: http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=8&ID=17580&page=1 I will give you the reference of what "rewriting" is all about later. (I cannot find the reference to a "Chinese" school-related Webpage or BBS that has explanations in Chinese (although the material is taken from another "English" website.)

Rewriting is not easy. It forces you to think of other ways to express the same idea. A Theasaurus will come in handy when you do rewriting. (The first thing students we asked to buy, when they enroll in an English course overseas, is a thesaurus.) Nowadays, you don't need to buy one since they are avaible free on line.

  E.g. http://www.rhymezone.com/

Today is the mid-autumn festival for Chinese! It is the day with the rounded moon, in which all members of a family will assemble altogether to enjoy the happy day. I hope you can also enjoy the festival day no matter whether Canada have it!~

I had done a practice for the material attached in the 8th floor at the address

http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=8&ID=17580&page=1

Recent years, the trend of entering into farther education is becoming apparent. I am also a participant in the array of pursuing a master’s degree.     

It is without doubt, in my mind, that enthusiasm should be paid to getting a post-graduate diploma. In this fast-growing era, the limited knowledge we learned in college cannot meet the demand of society. So we have to further our studies in order to get the latest information and skill to fulfill ourselves for taking the coming challenge.

In addition, many cases of historical famous people such as Confucius, Zhu Geliang and many other successful individuals witness that their great intelligence based on wide knowledge they collect persistently; therefore the employers commonly prefer to choose the more educated persons for their operation. Then, these people with higher degrees seemed to have more opportunities to gain accomplishments under such a fierce competitive atmosphere when the bachelor’s degree is prevalent to average young adults.

I am preparing for the post-graduate entrance examination because I deem the farther education to be an in dispensable factor for future undertaking.

Oh, it is a time-killing work!~

In recent years, the trend of entering into farther (1) further education is becoming apparent. I am also a  participant in the array of pursuing a master’s degree.     

It is without doubt, in my mind, that enthusiasm should be paid to getting a post-graduate diploma. In (this fast-growing era) (the era itself is not fast growing)(you need to say: In this era of fast-growing something) , the limited knowledge we learned in college cannot meet the demand of society. So we have to further our studies in order to get the latest information and skill to fulfill prepare ourselves for taking the coming challenge.

In addition, many cases of historical famous people in history such as Confucius, Zhu Geliang and many other successful individuals witness that their great intelligence is based on the wide knowledge they collect persistently; therefore the employers commonly prefer to choose the more educated persons for their operation. Then, these people with higher degrees seemed to have more opportunities to gain accomplishments under such a fierce competitive atmosphere (when the bachelor’s degree is prevalent=? to average young adults. )=? (please explain.)

I am preparing for the post-graduate entrance examination because I deem  farther further education to be an in dispensable factor for future undertaking.

time killing-->time consuming

(1) Farther is for distance, such as “The farthest distance in the world, is not between life and death, but is when I…”: The misuse of “furthest” for “farthest” and the missing verb “is” are clear indications of the popular poem that is being circulated on Chinese BBSes :“The furthest distance”, is NOT an English Poem at all. ( Sad to say, but many “teaching English forums” could not even tell it is NOT an English poem.) See, e.g. http://www.3nong.org/bbs/showtopic.asp?id=9369&forumid=31&page=9

original:　Last but not least, with the graduation of a large number of college students, competition for jobs becomes more and more fierce.

rivise: Then, these people with higher degrees seemed to have more opportunities to gain accopmlishments under such a fierce competitive atmosphere that a great college graduates have entered into talent market.

How about this way/P>

When the majority of young people are only going for the bachelor's degree, those with higher degrees will have a competitive edge in this fiercely competitive job market.

Excerpts  from: Storm Changed Americans' Attitudes

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050923/ap_on_re_us/katrina_changing_attitudes_hk4

As the Gulf Coast braces for another monster storm, a new Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows Katrina prompted a rethinking of some signature issues(5) in American life — changing the way we view race and our safety, how we spend our money, even where we live.

(5) Instead of always using "important", "hot", "hot button",...you can use "signature issue(s)"

The poll shows that issues swirling(1) around Katrina trump(1) other national concerns.

(1) "Trump" comes from the card game of "Bridge" where a suit is declared as "trump cards" These card can beat out any card of another suit. To trump something means to beat out/take precedence over that something.

Asked to rank eight topics that should be priorities for  President Bush and Congress, respondents placed the economy, gas prices and  Iraq high. But when Katrina recovery was added to the list, it swamped(2) everything else.

Like bands of the storm itself, Katrina's reach(4) in American life is vast: 1 in 3 Americans believes the slow response will harm race relations. Two-thirds say surging(3) gas prices will cause hardship for their families. Half say the same of higher food prices.

(4) reach= depth of influence. 

(1)(2)(3) A typical writing technique is to use words, especially verbs, adjectives and adverbs, that are related to the topic. In this case "swirl", "swamp", and "surge" all has to do with a storm.

Excerpts from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_yu/20041217.html

The new revolution brings smog and suburbs by Sylvia Yu of CBC

Sylvia is an author and journalist based in Beijing. Her varied career includes working as a broadcast journalist, TV producer, magazine editor and freelance writer in Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto. She helped establish the Asian Heritage Society in Victoria, B.C. She's currently writing a book on "Comfort women" or military s_e_x slaves used by the Japanese Imperial Army.

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I'm living in the middle of a revolution. It's something that only happens once every few generations. "China will soon become the centre of the universe," my friend Ted, visiting from Vancouver, tells me. His comment may sound a little over the top(=exaggerated), but it holds a lot of truth.

China watchers from Toronto to San Francisco to London predict the Middle Kingdom as the next great superpower. They speak of it not as a possibility, but as the inevitable. The Globe and Mail even devoted an entire weekend issue with section after section detailing the country's meteoric rise. Even then, journalist hacks living in Beijing say it's old news.

The revolution seems to be passing me by as I massacre the four very-difficult-to-master tones in Mandarin and still long for clean B.C. air. The smoggy dust-filled gritty streets of Beijing (make me nauseous) (more often than not.)

There are days the smog hangs over the city like an eternal fog; it's actually not all that different from the "London fog" common during Europe's Industrial Revolution. Back then coal was to blame(1). It's the same today  (1)The structure to be learned here is (time)+(something) (was to be blamed.)

I cannot comprehend the means you express on the sentences above.

time+sth.=any special strucutre?

note for the 21st essay

1.v.+once every few generations

exp.:Einstein is the very talent that emerges once every few generations.

2.They speak of it not as a possibility, but as the inevitable.

e.p.iming speak of Wanghua not as a common friend, but as his most intimate brother.

Scentists say the emergence of new energy resources not as a possiblity, but as the inevitablr.

3.modificationhe Globe and Mail even devoted an entire weekend issue with section after section to detailing the country's meteoric rise. Even then, journalist hacks living in Beijing say it's an old news.

4.make me nauseous

I am intolerant to his nasty behaviors and habits that made me nauseous.

5. ?it's actually not all that different from the "London fog" .?=It's almost same to the "London fog". ?& Why is the "that" posted on it?

6.long for= thirst for= aspire after

7.?meteoric rise?=prompt rise?=speedy rise

8.?Does the "Middle Kindom" represent the China?

Why is the color on the posts changing by themselves? 第 139 楼 and 第 140 楼 were in black when I put them in. Yesterday when I look at them again, they were blue. Today, they are red.