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Chinese Pinyin: wen2 ya3 de
(Source: about.com)
Archive for December 19th, 2009
Chinese Character – entle:文雅的
Saturday, December 19th, 2009Chinese Conversation – lesson 660
Saturday, December 19th, 2009法国人，男人也好女人也好，早上要花两个小时梳洗打扮。在夏天的营地，随便找一位法国男士，看看他剃须、修髭、沐浴花多少时间。待他做完这一切，就到喝开胃酒的时候了。
French men and women take two hours over their morning toilette. Watch any Frenchman at a campsite in the summer and see how long he spends shaving, trimming his moustache, and on general ablutions. By the time he has finished, it is the hour of the aperitif.
(Source: wwenglish.com)
Beijing Olympic – Bolt and Powell both in Jamaica’s Olympic athletic squad
Saturday, December 19th, 2009World 100m record holder Usain Bolt and former record holder Asafa Powell both head Jamaica’s athletic squad for Beijing 2008.
Bolt ran 9.72 seconds on May 30 in New York, beating Powell’s former world record of 9.74. On the women’s side, Veronica Campbell-Brown, the reigning 100m world champion and 200m gold medalist at Athens 2004, lost out on a spot in the 100m dash with a disappointing fourth place at the Jamaican Trials. But she will still be competing in the 200m and women’s 4x100m relay.
The Jamaican athletic squad for Beijing 2008 includes 27 female athletes and 25 male athletes.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
