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Chinese Pinyin – cao (操)

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

操   [cāo]

国标码:B2D9 部首:扌 笔画:16 笔顺:1212512512511234

to hold
to drill
to exercise
to act
to do
to take in hand
to keep
to manage

例句与用法：

  1. 别为我操心，我一切都好。
    Don’t bother yourself about me; I am doing quite well.
  2. 叫他保持冷静，不要操之过急。
    Tell him to keep calm and not to crowd the mourners.
  3. ＂请给电脑编制一个程序，以便进行这项工作代替手工操作。＂
    Please program the computer to do the job instead of manual operation.
  4. 他操一口流利的德语。
    He speaks fluent German.
  5. 讲一口流利的英语需要多年的刻苦操练。
    It took years of hard work to speak good English.

(Source: dict.cn)

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Beijing Olympic – What’s new on stage

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Taiwan pop star Jolin Tsai is a popular performer. Her albums Dancing Diva, Dancing Forever and others have stirred audiences with their rhythmic moves, easy-to-follow lyrics and fast songs. Her latest song, The Prologue, marks her debut as a composer.

7:30 pm, April 4, 5

Workers’ Gymnasium, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District

6501-6655

The Huangmei Opera Huizhou Women is coming to the capital. A local opera in Anhui province, Huangmei Opera is derived from local dancing and singing. Huizhou Women looks into the married lives of young people today.

7:30 pm, March 30-April 1

The Great Theater of China Nationalities, 49 Fuxingmennei Dajie, Xicheng District

6602-2530

Have you ever tried to watch a show that lasts 10 hours, or spend four nights at the same show? Now Shanghai Kunju Opera Troupe will give you this opportunity. It’s latest production The Palace of Eternal Youth will be presented in Beijing at the Poly Theater, with one full-length Kunqu Opera (pictured right) play over four days.

Written by Hong Sheng (1645-1704) in 1688, the Palace of Eternal Youth, based on the love story between Emperor Li Longji and his concubine Yang Yuhuan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), is a masterpiece of Kunqu Opera. However, the play, which consists of five acts and 50 scenes, has rarely been staged in its entirety. Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe has spent three years on the new production, which omits only a few parts.

The show will feature renowned artist Cai Zhengren as Emperor Li and rising actress Shen Yili as Yang.

7:30pm, April 31 – May 3

No 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie Street, Dongcheng District

6506 5343, 6506 5345

The Chinese Acrobatics Group, established in 1950, has toured more than 80 countries, won numerous international awards and has helped foster friendships between China and other nations. Its performance includes traditional acrobatics, a circus show, magic, old Beijing folk plays and more. The show blends music, dance, local opera and martial arts.

7:30 pm, daily

Tiandi Theater, Dongsi Shitiao, 100 m north of Poly Theater, Chaoyang District

6416-9893

(Source: ebeijing.gov.cn)

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Cir – Lesson 642

Monday, March 29th, 2010

TORONTO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — Some 35,000 kids, about 16 percent of the eligible junior and senior kindergarten students in Ontario’s educational system will be offered full-day learning next September, announced Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on Tuesday.

“By giving our kids an early start in school, we’re setting them on the road to success and building a stronger Ontario for us all,” Mcguinty said.

According to the plan announced Tuesday, four- and five-year-olds will learn under the guidance of a teacher and an early childhood educator. Parents may also enroll their child for extended hours for a reasonable fee, before and after regular school hours. This will make it easier for parents to get to and from work and will ensure their children have an integrated learning program for the whole day.

The plan will make Ontario the only place in North America that will offer full-day learning for all four- and five-year-olds.

But the goal is to have the program fully implemented in all schools by 2015-2016 that will put it behind British Columbia, which plans to introduce full-day kindergarten for all five-year-olds by 2011.

McGuinty had previously warned that it could take more than three years to implement the plan.

Ontario has set aside 500 million Canadian dollars (about 476 million U.S. dollars) over two years to phase in optional, all-day kindergarten, despite a deficit that’s expected to reach 24.7 billion Canadian dollars (about 23.5 billion dollars) this fiscal year.

Similarly, British Columbia plans to spend 151 million Canadian dollars (143.8 billion dollars) to start up its all-day kindergarten for five-year-olds next year.

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec offer all-day kindergarten for five-year-olds. Ontario has part-day kindergarten for four-year-olds, but school is not mandatory until Grade one.

(Source: xinhuanet.com)

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