Archive for December 18th, 2009

Chinese Conversation – lesson 659

Friday, December 18th, 2009

朗恩在跟女友莎拉说话
朗恩:我刚找到一份工作。
莎拉:太好了!你何时开工?
朗恩:下星期,但如果想取得居留证,我需要去体检。
莎拉:既然如此,你何不顺便做个完整的健康检查?
朗恩:不错的主意。我上次做健康检查已经是好几年前的事了。
莎拉:你还很年轻。你应该没啥好担心的。
朗恩:但我的日常饮食习惯蛮差的。而且我都没有足够的运动。
莎拉:喔,别无病呻吟了。你听起来跟我老哥阿敬一样。
朗恩:怎么会有医生成天觉得自己有病?
莎拉:我不知道,但他真是个奇葩。

Ron is talking to his girlfriend, Sara
Ron: I just got offered a job.
Sara: That’s great! When do you start?
Ron: Next week, but I have to get a physical if I want an ARC.
Sara: While you’re at it, why don’t you get a complete workup?
Ron: That’s not a bad idea. It’s been a few years since I’ve had an exam.
Sara: You’re still pretty young. You should have nothing to worry about.
Ron: My diet is pretty poor, though. And I don’t exercise enough.
Sara: Oh, stop whining. You’re sounding like my brother, Jin.
Ron: How can a doctor be such a big hypochondriac?
Sara: I don’t know, but he sure is a piece of work.

(Source: wwenglish.com)

Cir – Lesson 541

Friday, December 18th, 2009

BEIJING, May 30 — A 103-year-old grandmother surnamed Xie eats zongzi, or glutinous rice dumpling, at the Yantian Social Welfare Center in Shenzhen City yesterday as a soldier from the frontier inspection force in the district looks on. Soldiers took food including zongzi, milk, oranges and apples to the elderly people at the social welfare center yesterday, two days before the traditional Dragon Boat Festival, which falls tomorrow.

(Source: xinhuanet.com)

Beijing Olympic – USA Olympic trials: defending 400-meter champion outpaced by Merritt

Friday, December 18th, 2009

The 22-year-old sprinter LaShawn Merritt flashed through the 400 meter qualifier in just 44 seconds on the seventh day of the USA Olympic trials being held in Eugene, Oregon. Merritt ran 0.2 second faster than Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner, who finished the race second.

Merritt, the 2007 World Championships silver medalist in 400 meters, turned out his best performance of 43.96 seconds in Stuttgart, Germany last year.

This was the second time Merritt chalked up a faster time than Wariner this year. Merritt also outpaced Wariner in the IAAF Golden League race in Berlin.

Both sprinters have qualified to join the US Olympic team traveling to Beijing in August.

After placing first in the Olympic qualifier, Merritt was quoted on the official USA track and field web site as saying: “When I got to the curve, I was smelling Beijing and victory, so I just wanted to bring it home. My focus was to cross the line first. I had to prove to myself that I could make this team and compete in Beijing and that’s what I did.”

“I feel blessed to make it to these games. I have been coming in second in the U.S. for the past couple of years, but after today this moment is over,” Merritt added.

Wariner said after the Olympic qualifier: “Everybody wants to come out and win. My main goal was to have fun and make the team. You win some, you lose some.”

“I’m happy to be on the team and I’m happy for the LaShawn (Merritt). I’m going to fly home tomorrow and train harder. I’m going to meets in Rome, Paris and Stockholm, so I have chances to bounce back,” he added.

David Neville also secured a place on the American Olympic team. He ran the 400-meter qualifying race in 44.61 seconds

(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)