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Chinese Conversation – lesson 661

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

两周之后
朗恩:我的体检轻松过关!
莎拉:太好了!我们去吃麦当劳庆祝吧。
朗恩:你要我们用堵塞动脉庆祝?真有意思咧。
莎拉:我会带阿敬来,你可以给他看看你的检查结果。我有把握他能从里面找出问题。
朗恩:呃,其实,嗯……我还是不要拿给他好了。
莎拉:哦?你想隐瞒什么吗?
朗恩:呃,是有几个红字。不过没什么大不了的。
莎拉:是吗?那么我们绝对要打电话给阿敬了!我们去他的办公室。
朗恩:不会吧!可别又要在医院待一天!

Two weeks later
Ron: I passed my physical with flying colors!
Sara: That’s great! Let’s go celebrate with some food at Mcdonald’s.
Ron: You want us to celebrate by clogging our arteries? That’s pretty funny.
Sara: I’ll bring Jin and you can show him your test results. I’m sure he’ll find fault with some of them.
Ron: Well, actually, umm…I’d rather not share them with him.
Sara: Huh? Do you have something to hide?
Ron: Well, there were a few red flags. Nothing too serious, though.
Sara: Oh really? Well, then we’re definitely calling Jin! Let’s go to his office.
Ron: No! Not another day at the hospital!

(Source: wwenglish.com)

Cir – Lesson 543

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Visitors view a piece of wood-carving during the 2006 Hangzhou International Folk Handicrafts Exhibition opened on Sunday in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 28, 2006.

(Source: xinhuanet.com)

Beijing Olympic – US-based Zambian runner vows to book Olympic ticket

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

US-based Zambian middle distance runner Prince Mumba has vowed to book an outright ticket to compete in the Being Olympic Games by running faster than the 1 minute 47 seconds standard qualifying time, according to Times of Zambia.

Mumba said in an interview from his base in Los Angeles that he determined to surpass the 800-meters qualifying time before the deadline of July 23.

His fastest time in 800 meters is 1:46.8 and he is positive of matching that time before July 23.

The former Zambian police runner said he decided to move from Oklahoma to Los Angeles three months ago in order to intensify his preparative campaign for the Olympics.

“I moved here because I wanted to train hard. The weather here is better than where I was in Oklahoma. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, when it’s hot, it is very hot and it’s humid. Here it’s dry. When it’s cold in Tulsa again it’s very cold,” he said.

Mumba alongside sprinter Carol Mokola represented Zambia at the Athens Olympics four years ago as wild card entries.

(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)