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1、-ENGLISH!?Abstract:Keywords:English is the most important language in the world and it is one of the most important subjects in junior high so we should learn it well.Learning English just like learning other language, is hard work so we should spend lots of time on it every day. We should have good
2、 ways of learning English, such as listen to the teacher carefully,review what is learned regularly, prepare each lesson carefully before class, do our homework carefully, copy good sentences and recite them and attend English debates and speech contests. Whats more,it is very useful to listen to En
3、glish programs and read English magazines and books. When we make mistakes, correct them at once. Dont be shy of asking others for help when we have difficulties. I believe practice makes perfect. I am sure if we study hard, we will learn English well.Learning english can be a very difficult task fo
4、r most people, this is because we dont live in a environment where we are forced to speak or write english. so i think the best way to learn english is by municating with others using the lagnguage itself and not just learn from the book. Im sure if you live in an environment such as a foreign count
5、ry and were forced to speak and write english everyday then your english will imprve dramatically. Although we must agree that we need to read and write english from the book in order to get the foundations that we need for basic munication, this is essential but as i said, this is only a foundation
6、, what you develop afterwards all depends on your ability to adapt to an environment and your courage.World Champions Lead US Nordic bined TeamDavid Byrd, WashingtonMost Americans probably would not recognize Bill DeMong or ToddLodwick if they passed them on the street. But on the nordic skiingWorld
7、 Cup circuit, the two men have brought the United States to anew prominence.Both men are world champions and bothhave World Cup podium (top three)finishes this season. Equally important -both men are in the sport because theylove it. Todd Lodwick says his love forNordic bined started early, when hew
8、as part of the Buddy Werner LittleToots ski program.I was a part of a program that dideverything from Alpine skiing to crosscountry, jumping. And I really fell inlove with the jumping part of it, said Lodwick. There was a bunch ofus kids at the time, a bunch of my friends and thats just kind of ther
9、oute that we went down.Bill DeMong says that growing up in Lake Placid, New York, with the26-story tall large hill jump tower on the horizon, he was alwayse*posed to the sport. But DeMong told VOA Sports that the first time hetried ski jumping, he had to conquer something every Nordic binedskier fac
10、es - fear.I started on a jump that was literally the size of a mogul. It was tiny.Johnny Spillane (left) leads aparade of three WorldChampions, Billy Demong andTodd Lodwick (right) at theOlympic Trials at Howelsen Hillin Steamboat Springs, Colorado2 VOA NewsBut I was eight years old and I was terrif
11、ied. I think it took me like twomonths to go off it with the full speed and actually go anywhere,DeMong recalled.Demong says that part of the challenge of the ski jump is to get into agood rhythm and stay there. With Nordic bined athletes limited toas few as five jumps a week, Demong said being a mo
12、re e*periencedathlete helps him maintain the focus to pete.And that focus has paid off. Demong and Lodwick led a U.S.breakthrough at last years World Championships in Liberec, the CzechRepublic. Lodwick became the first American to win two gold medals ata single world championship. DeMong took bronz
13、e in the 10-kilometernormal hill event and then won gold in the large hill petition.The victories helped Lodwick to reignite his petitive fire. Aftergoing to four Olympic games with no medal, Lodwick, 33, now a fatherof two, left the sport in 2006 to sell real estate in his hometown ofSteamboat Spri
14、ngs Colorado. Todd Lodwick told VOA sports that thebreak gave him a chance to realize how much he loved Nordicbined.It was hard to be away from home and away from the family,e*plained Lodwick. And it was the birth of my first child and I got agreat opportunity to sell some really e*pensive land and
15、be in the realestate business that I loved. And I think its important to take a breakand e back to it. I mean, I found a new love for the sport, a newdedication.In Vancouver, Lodwick will be peting in his fifth Olympics, only thethird American to be named to fiveWinter Games squads. But for all hise
16、*perience, Lodwick has never won an Olympic medal. Eight years agohe came close, but his Games ended in disappointment.Lodwick and Demong were part of the U.S. squad that was third afterthe jumping portion of the team event. But a bination ofimmaturity and bad ski wa*ing left them off the podium. Bi
17、ll Demongsays that the Americans were overconfident, which led to mistakes and.justlisten. 3ended their hopes in Salt Lake City.We were a young team, and were still like in thenever-ever-have-done-this territory, said Demong. And I think itwas a little bit a bination of nerves and some people said t
18、he wa*on our skis, but in the long run we went out and we blew up in the raceand we went from the best day of our lives to the worst day of our livesin a hurry.Demong told VOA sports that his main lesson of 2002 was to have funon the slopes, and not worry about trying to earn the United States afirs
19、t Olympic medal in the sport.This year, the teams e*perience shows, with Johnny Spillane earninghis first World Cup win in early January while Lodwick finished on thepodium in two events and Demong won a World Cup event in October.The team seems to be peaking at just the right time. With JohnnySpill
20、ane and their other teammates, Demong and Lodwick have one ofthe best chances in recent memory of earning an Olympic medal inVancouver.020210.02The Sa* Pack is BackDoug Levine, WashingtonFollowing their long-awaited debut album in 2021, the illustrioussmooth jazz trio has e roaring back with a colle
21、ction of 10 originaltunes, including All At Once.The idea of a Sa* Pack originated with sa*ophonist Jeff Kashiwa afterhe saw amovie about the Rat Pack, a group of legendary entertainersled by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Inspired bytheir showmanship and camaraderie, Kashiwa came u
22、p with the nameSa* Pack and recruited fellow players Steve Cole and Kim Waters.The Sa* Packs Jeff, Steve and Kim continue to keep pace with their4 VOA Newsactive solo careers, even as their Sa* Pack tours gain in popularity.Since making their live debut on a smoothjazz cruise in early-2006, The Sa*
23、Packhas performed at some of the countrystop venues, including jazz festivals inPennsylvania, Florida, California andTe*as. Last November, the groupembarked on its first tour outside the U.S.,playing five concerts in and aroundLondon, England.All three musicians contributed equally tothe songwriting
24、 on their new album. According to band member SteveCole, the writing process is was effortless.We have a lot of similarities in our approach to music, but also somethings that are very unique and distinctive to each of us, he says.020210.03Obama Administration: Undecided on Terror Trial VenueMichael
25、 Bowman, WashingtonLast year, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines when heannounced Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high-profile terrorsuspects would be tried in federal court just blocks from where theWorld Trade Center twin towers once stood. In the months since, NewYork City authorit
26、ies have e*pressed opposition to the idea, based onsecurity concerns and the costs that would be incurred.Now, the Obama administration says the matter is under review.Senior White House advisor David A*elrod spoke on NBCs Meet thePress television program.We have made no decisions on that yet, he sa
27、id. The presidentbelieves that we need to take into consideration what the localauthorities are saying. But he also believes that we ought to bring.justlisten. 5Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and all others who are involved in terroristacts to justice, swift and sure.The proposed New York venue has runinto
28、opposition from some members ofPresident Obamas Democratic Party.Indiana Senator Evan Bayh spoke onthe Fo* News Sunday televisionprogram.I do not think we should spend anymore money than is absolutelynecessary to try these guys terrorsuspects, he said. We ought to trythem quickly. We ought to impose
29、harsh sentences, including the death penalty for people who have killedAmericans. Those are my criteria.Other Democrats say that costs should not be the determining factorwhen deciding a trial location.But it is not just the proposed venue that is generating debate. ManyRepublicans say accused terro
30、rists who have been classified as enemybatants should face justice at military, rather than civilian trials.Also appearing on Fo* News Sunday, Wisconsin Representative PaulRyan was critical of Attorney General Holders handling of the matter.Holder is making the wrong decisions, he said. And he is go
31、ing togive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a propaganda tool that is going to helpthe terrorists and not help U.S. citizens.Ryan and other Republicans have argued that civilian trials for accusedterrorists would invite sensationalized media coverage and allowdefendants to manipulate and e*ploit constitutiona
32、l and proceduralsafeguards that are built into Americas legal system. But Democratsaccuse Republicans of a double standard, noting the former Bushadministration also tried terror suspects in federal court. MarylandCongressman Chris Van Hollen on Fo* News Sunday:Attorney General Eric Holderwalks from
33、 Air Force One atAndrews Air Force Base inMaryland, 12 Jan 2021 (filephoto)6 VOA NewsUnder the Bush administration, we used federal courts and we usedmilitary missions. Under the Obama administration, we are usingfederal courts and military missions, he responded.The latest high-profile terror suspe
34、ct is a Nigerian man accused ofattempting to blow up a U.S.-bound jet with e*plosives hidden underhis clothing on Christmas Day. Republicans have been critical of theObama administrations handling of the case after media reportssurfaced that the suspect had been advised of his right to refuse toansw
35、er U.S. interrogators questions less than an hour after theinterrogation began.We need to find out from terrorists, like the Christmas Day bomber,what else he knows about terror plots, said Tennessee SenatorLamar Ale*ander on Fo* News Sunday.The Obama administration maintains that advising the Niger
36、iansuspect of his rights did not prevent interrogators from obtaining usefulinformation.He has given very valuable information to the government aboutactivities in Yemen and some of his e*periences there, added WhiteHouse Advisor David A*elrod. And we have not lost anything as aresult of how his cas
37、e has been handled.Last week saw the first appeal of a military mission conviction of aGuantanamo Bay detainee, top al-Qaida propagandist Ali al-Bahlul. Athree-judge panel heard oral arguments in Washington, but did notspecify when a decision would be forthing.020210.04Iraq Inaugurates Span of New B
38、order Security Fence with SyriaEdward Yeranian, CairoIraqi Interior Minister Jawad al Bolani and top security officers showedoff the new border security fence with Syria, e*plaining to reporters.justlisten. 7that it will reduce both terrorism and smuggling between the twocountries. Iraqi officials h
39、ave plained bitterly in recent months thathigh-profile terrorist attacks in Baghdad were plotted and e*ecutedfrom inside Syria.Interior Minister Jawad al Bolani, who wasseverely criticized by opposition politiciansfor la* security following suicide attacks inAugust and October in Baghdad, stressedth
40、e new border fence will prevent terroristsand other unwanted individuals frominfiltrating:He says that the most important job ofborder patrol manders is to stopinfiltration and smuggling to and from Iraq. He notes this is a 24 houra day job to protect the border from infiltrators, terrorists and oth
41、erswho pose a threat to Iraqi security.Several top Iraqi security forces officers in charge of the border pointedproudly to the new barbed wire fence stretching for hundreds ofmetersbetween control towers equipped with cameras to monitor both sides ofthe border. About 1,300 kilometers of border fenc
42、e are in the process ofbeing pleted in the vast, arid plain that separates Iraq from Syria.Colonel Ismail Haqi of the Iraqi security forces says the border patrolhas been increasingly successful in catching dubious individualscrossing surreptitiously between Syria and Iraq:He says the security force
43、s have been successful in capturing morethan 550 terrorists, infiltrators and smugglers, in addition to seizingquantities of smuggled items.Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has frequently claimed thatremnants of Saddam Husseins deposed Baath Party, based in Syria,were trying to either overthrow
44、or discredit his government. Oppositionmembers of parliament regularly accuse the government of securitylapses.8 VOA NewsThe mostly Sunni-Arab opposition also continues to lock horns with aparliamentary mittee that has been working to ban scores ofcandidates from running in March elections. The mitt
45、ee accusesthem of ties to the Baath Party.Top Sunni leaders have condemned the mittee and challenged itslegality, while a presidential panel has been charged with investigatingthe matter. A top mittee member, Ali Faisal al Lami deniesopposition charges that his body is preparing to ban even morecand
46、idates:He denies that there are any new lists of banned candidates beingprepared by his mittee to be sent to the Iraqi electoral mission.It is the electoral mission, he argues, that is asking our mitteewhich candidates on the rolls should be barred from running because ofto the Baath Party.Iraqi Par
47、liament Speaker Iyad al Samaraie also reportedly sent a letterto Iraqs high electoral mission, urging it not to apply thede-Baathification mittees decision to ban any candidates fromrunning in the March elections.020210.05Haitian Earthquake Victims Sketches Show Disaster, ReliefThe black-and-white p
48、encil drawing, with its hard lines and delicateshading, is signed in the lower right corner in neat penmanship:Hugues Larose. But Thionta Buckner, who helps nurses in the surgicalmedical ward of the fort, says they know Larose by another name.He isthe patient we like to call The Artist, she said.Lar
49、ose came to the hospital ship about one week after a concrete wallfell and crushed him during the earthquake, injuring his right leg andfracturing his left clavicle.justlisten. 9Most of the patients we get in, when theyfirst get here, they are still crying aboutwhat happened and they are in pain and
50、distress. Him, when he first got here, hewas very quiet, added Buckner.But, after a few days, Larose e*pressedhimself in a different way. A Lieutenantmander on the ward says Laroseasked him for paper and a pencil, whichthe Lieutenant mander had tosharpen with a pocket knife.The Lieutenant mander say
51、s he wasmoved by the drawing he saw a few hours later, and he photocopied itfor a colleague.Before long, copies were taped to doorways and left on tables forothers to view. The beauty of the shading, the horrors of the scene andLaroses representation of the U.S. Military were subjects ofconversation
52、 from the dining hall to the berths.In the images foreground, a partially dressed woman is trappedbeneath a fallen utility pole and another person has half-escaped froma collapsed house. Web-like cracks splinter the concrete, ju*taposedwith the straight and uniform lines of the cinder blocks.One per
53、son sits in the center of the street, while a dozen others appearto scramble, some with arms in the air, toward the sea, where the Navyhospital ship fort and other U.S. ships with helicopters on deck arewaiting to help. Larose says the fort means a lot to him becausewithout it, more of his Haitian b
54、rothers would have died.Reclining on a lower bunk in the ward, with a dark green sling acrosshis shoulder, Larose shows his sketches. His easel appears to be ametal board that could be used for patients charts.Before the earthquake, Larose made his living painting scenes fromA black-and-white pencil
55、drawing by Haitianearthquake victim HuguesLarose aboard the US Navyhospital ship fort10 VOA Newsfolklore and seascapes. These brightly colored scenes show peopledancing, cleaning, cooking, and playing instruments on the porches ofpink and yellow homes, with sailboats pulling up to the shore in theba
56、ckground.Now Larose uses pencil on white paper to illustrate the disaster. Larosesays sketching helps him cope. Haiti will be re-constructed, he says,but there will always be his drawings as a reminder of the earthquakesdevastation.020210.06Hair Loss Motivates US Skeleton Racer Zach LundJim Stevenso
57、n, Washington, DCZach Lund is eager to prove that he is the best - not to himself, but toeveryone else. To me in my heart, I know I am an Olympian. I knowwhat I have acplished already. If you ask me right now I say, Yes,I am. Am I, officially? No, Lund said.After 54 years, skeleton returned to theOlympics in 2002, and athletes againbraved the dangers of sliding head first ona small, simple sled at numbing speedsdown a long and twisting
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