每個方格裏的數等於它所在邊的兩個圓形內的數之和，請問三個圓形內的數是甚麼？
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
二子學弈 [孟子]
誦讀(粵語)
注釋
1. 兩個人一起學習圍棋，為甚麼其中一個學不好？試根據課文內容，在相應的方格內加。
A. 因為他根本沒聽老師講解。
B. 因為他太專心，給自己太大壓力。
C. 因為他學習時分心，想射下天鵝。
D. 因為他的智力、才能不如另一個人。
注釋
- 弈：[亦]，[jik9]；[yì]。下棋。
- 弈秋：一位名叫「秋」的棋藝高手。中國古代稱名有一種習慣，掌握某些技藝的人在名字之前往往冠以其職業名稱。
- 通國：全國。
- 誨：教導。
- 致志：集中意志。
- 惟弈秋之為聽：只聽弈秋的話。 「惟……之為聽」：「只聽……」，這是古代漢語強調賓語時所用的一種句式。
- 鴻鵠：俗稱天鵝。 鵠：[酷]，[huk9]；[hú]。
- 援：以手牽引、握持。
- 弓繳：弓箭的意思。
- 繳：[桌]，[dzœk8]；[zhuó]。有絲線繫在杆尾的箭，射鳥用。箭杆上因有絲繩，飛出時絲繩會作圓周擺動，能纏繞飛鳥，以便捕捉。
- 俱：共同、一起。
- 弗若之：不如他。
- 之：代詞，「他」的意思，指那個專心致志的人。
- 為：因為。
- 是：指示代詞，「這」的意思。
- 與：通「歟」，疑問語氣詞，相當於「嗎」。
- 曰：答道。以下「非然也」三字，是作者自問自答的話。 非然：不是這樣。
1. 兩個人一起學習圍棋，為甚麼其中一個學不好？試根據課文內容，在相應的方格內加。
A. 因為他根本沒聽老師講解。
B. 因為他太專心，給自己太大壓力。
C. 因為他學習時分心，想射下天鵝。
D. 因為他的智力、才能不如另一個人。
2. 文章中哪一個四字詞語，最能概括學習應有的態度？
3. 在課堂的學習中，要怎樣做才能表現這種學習態度？
3. 在課堂的學習中，要怎樣做才能表現這種學習態度？
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Fury Over ATV Attack on Student Protest Group
10,000 complain over commentary accusing Scholarism of being 'pawn' of pan-democrats
by Simpson Cheung and Laura Zhou, SCMP, September 05, 2012
An ATV news commentary attracted a record high of more than 10,000 complaints for claiming opponents of national education were manipulated by "destructive" politicians who had the backing of London and Washington in the Legislative Council election.
On Monday's episode of ATV Focus, the narrator said local student-activist group Scholarism was only a pawn controlled by the "destructive" camp to boost poll support this weekend.
These teens are very poor at playing politics. They are in fact merely willful young ruffians," said the narrator, whom the show did not identify. The programme carried a disclaimer saying it reflected only the host's view.
Last night, the show continued its attack on Scholarism.
The Monday clip was widely circulated online, with many web users urging people to complain to the broadcasting regulator. The communication authority said it had received more than 10,000 complaints that accused the programme of broadcasting untrue and biased content.
The authority's code of practice says free-to-air television licensees shall ensure their programes are accurate and impartial. Shows that air personal views should allow a sufficiently broad range of opinions to be expressed.
Ronald Chiu Ying-chun, chairman of the News Executive Association, said ATV had breached the code of practice on impartiality and he demanded an explanation.
Yesterday, and ATV reporter was booed as she covered the protest against national education outside the Admiralty government offices. Scholarism convenor Joshua Wong Chi-fung said he was disappointed with the programme for broadcasting falsehoods.
It is understood that the programme is under the charge of Louie King-bun, a former senior editor of leftist newspaper Ta Kung Pao, which ran a front-page report with a tone similar to that of ATV Focus yesterday.
An ATV spokesman said freedom of expression and of the press should not be infringed, and hoped everyone's views could be respected.
Glossary
by Simpson Cheung and Laura Zhou, SCMP, September 05, 2012
An ATV news commentary attracted a record high of more than 10,000 complaints for claiming opponents of national education were manipulated by "destructive" politicians who had the backing of London and Washington in the Legislative Council election.
On Monday's episode of ATV Focus, the narrator said local student-activist group Scholarism was only a pawn controlled by the "destructive" camp to boost poll support this weekend.
These teens are very poor at playing politics. They are in fact merely willful young ruffians," said the narrator, whom the show did not identify. The programme carried a disclaimer saying it reflected only the host's view.
Last night, the show continued its attack on Scholarism.
The Monday clip was widely circulated online, with many web users urging people to complain to the broadcasting regulator. The communication authority said it had received more than 10,000 complaints that accused the programme of broadcasting untrue and biased content.
The authority's code of practice says free-to-air television licensees shall ensure their programes are accurate and impartial. Shows that air personal views should allow a sufficiently broad range of opinions to be expressed.
Ronald Chiu Ying-chun, chairman of the News Executive Association, said ATV had breached the code of practice on impartiality and he demanded an explanation.
Yesterday, and ATV reporter was booed as she covered the protest against national education outside the Admiralty government offices. Scholarism convenor Joshua Wong Chi-fung said he was disappointed with the programme for broadcasting falsehoods.
It is understood that the programme is under the charge of Louie King-bun, a former senior editor of leftist newspaper Ta Kung Pao, which ran a front-page report with a tone similar to that of ATV Focus yesterday.
An ATV spokesman said freedom of expression and of the press should not be infringed, and hoped everyone's views could be respected.
Glossary
- accuse 指控
- biased 偏頗
- boost 提高
- code of practice 專業操守恆
- commentary 評論
- complaint 投訴
- convenor 召集人
- disclaimer 免責聲明
- infringe 違反
- leftist 左派
- manipulate 操縱
- narrator 旁述
- News Executive Association 香港新聞行政人員協會
- pan-democrats 泛民主派
- Ta Kung Pao 大公報
- ruffian 流民, 惡棍
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Parents decry national education
With the subject set to start in primary schools, thousands protest at government headquarters
(From SCMP, September 2, 2012) Tens of thousands of people opposed to national education lessons, due to begin tomorrow in primary schools, rallied last night outside government headquarters in Admiralty.
Among them, three teenagers were forced to bring their hunger strike to an early end on health grounds. But 10 others - university students, a parent, teachers and a professor - began a hunger strike due to last until tomorrow.
Organisers, who put the number of protestors last night at 40,000 called for another protest tomorrow at the same spot. Earlier, police put the crowd at more than 8,100.
Many parents, with children in tow, gathered outside the headquarters to make their feelings known on national education - a subject the government says will instil national pride but which protestors dismiss as a brainwashing tool.
Three members of protest group Scholarism were forced to bring a planned 72-hour hunger strike to an end 16 hours early, at midnight. The three, Lily Wong Lee-lee, Ivan Lam Long-yin and another student calling himself Kaiser, defied a request by Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to start eating again yesterday morning.
She told them they had made their point, and that the government was offering schools enough flexibility in teaching national education.
Campaigners used colourful games to argue against the national education programme, which will be compulsory at primary level from 2015 and in secondary classrooms from 2016.
Social worker Kung Si-man twisted ballons to resemble an assortment of animals. "We want children to know they have the freedom to choose what they like, and they don't have to accept everything that is forced on them," she said.
Volunteer Jenny Luk Mei-wai ran a booth that hung up questions on Chinese geography gleaned from the existing secondary school textbooks. One intermediate-level question was: what is the largest Chinese province that also shares a border with the most countries? Answer: Xinjiang. "We want to show that our current school curriculum already offers a lot of the topics that they say national education will teach," she said.
Hazel Pang Tsz-tsun, 10, explored a village made of card-board that was intended to remind visitors of a dark period in China's recent past. She was invited to shake one of the houses while her younger brother was inside, as an example of "tofu"buildings that collapsed, due to shoddy construction, in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
"Because there is brainwashing in China, when the earthquake struck people didn't realise that many deaths actually occurred because the government did not build the houses property," she said.
Other messages of protest were written on eggshells. "The children are like eggs, they young and have fragile shells," said 28-year-old Ivy Ip Wai-min, an architect who was visiting the gathering with her boyfriend.
Glossary
(From SCMP, September 2, 2012) Tens of thousands of people opposed to national education lessons, due to begin tomorrow in primary schools, rallied last night outside government headquarters in Admiralty.
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| Pictured by Joseph Lee |
Organisers, who put the number of protestors last night at 40,000 called for another protest tomorrow at the same spot. Earlier, police put the crowd at more than 8,100.
Many parents, with children in tow, gathered outside the headquarters to make their feelings known on national education - a subject the government says will instil national pride but which protestors dismiss as a brainwashing tool.
Three members of protest group Scholarism were forced to bring a planned 72-hour hunger strike to an end 16 hours early, at midnight. The three, Lily Wong Lee-lee, Ivan Lam Long-yin and another student calling himself Kaiser, defied a request by Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to start eating again yesterday morning.
She told them they had made their point, and that the government was offering schools enough flexibility in teaching national education.
Campaigners used colourful games to argue against the national education programme, which will be compulsory at primary level from 2015 and in secondary classrooms from 2016.
Social worker Kung Si-man twisted ballons to resemble an assortment of animals. "We want children to know they have the freedom to choose what they like, and they don't have to accept everything that is forced on them," she said.
Volunteer Jenny Luk Mei-wai ran a booth that hung up questions on Chinese geography gleaned from the existing secondary school textbooks. One intermediate-level question was: what is the largest Chinese province that also shares a border with the most countries? Answer: Xinjiang. "We want to show that our current school curriculum already offers a lot of the topics that they say national education will teach," she said.
Hazel Pang Tsz-tsun, 10, explored a village made of card-board that was intended to remind visitors of a dark period in China's recent past. She was invited to shake one of the houses while her younger brother was inside, as an example of "tofu"buildings that collapsed, due to shoddy construction, in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
"Because there is brainwashing in China, when the earthquake struck people didn't realise that many deaths actually occurred because the government did not build the houses property," she said.
Other messages of protest were written on eggshells. "The children are like eggs, they young and have fragile shells," said 28-year-old Ivy Ip Wai-min, an architect who was visiting the gathering with her boyfriend.
Glossary
- argue against 提出理據
- booth 攤位
- Chief Secretary 政務司
- compulsory 強迫性
- curriculum 課程
- flexibility 彈性
- fragile 易碎的
- hunger strike 絕食
- national education 國民教育
- province 省份
- Scholarism 學民思潮
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded Hong Kong's streets
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded Hong Kong's streets Sunday, shortly after the city's new chief executive was sworn in during a ceremony with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty.
Despite the humid weather, organizers reported that 400,000 protesters turned out for the annual July 1 protest against what they say is the ever-encroaching hand of the Chinese central government in the city's affairs and freedoms.
It was the largest turnout since the estimated 500,000 protesters who marked the same date in 2003. Police put the figure at a much lower 63,000 people.
In a statement addressing the July 1 march, the Hong Kong government said it "fully respected people's rights to take part in processions and their freedom of expression and would listen to their views in a humble manner."
It went on to say that the government will "uphold the core values of Hong Kong and protect the freedom and rights of the people."
Vocabulary
Despite the humid weather, organizers reported that 400,000 protesters turned out for the annual July 1 protest against what they say is the ever-encroaching hand of the Chinese central government in the city's affairs and freedoms.
It was the largest turnout since the estimated 500,000 protesters who marked the same date in 2003. Police put the figure at a much lower 63,000 people.
In a statement addressing the July 1 march, the Hong Kong government said it "fully respected people's rights to take part in processions and their freedom of expression and would listen to their views in a humble manner."
It went on to say that the government will "uphold the core values of Hong Kong and protect the freedom and rights of the people."
Vocabulary
- encroach 侵入, 超出通常界限
- estimate 估計
- flood 淹沒, 湧到, 充斥
- freedom 自由, 自主
- humble 謙遜的, 謙恭的
- procession 行列, 隊伍
- protester 抗議者; 反對者; 拒絕者
- swear (sworn) 發誓; 宣誓
- sovereingnty 統治權, 主權
- uphold 維護, 維持, 高舉, 支撐
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tycoon gives Tsang apparent bargain on flat
Feb 24, 2012, excerpted from SCMP
Vocabulary
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen appears to have found the bargain1 of a lifetime13, following disclosure6 by his landlord10 that he will be charging Hong Kong's chief executive only 80,000 yuan (HK$98,444) a month for his luxury12 apartment in Shenzhen15 despite spending more than 10 million yuan on its decorations5 and fittings.
But at that rate of rent, the landlord will need at least 10 years to recover14 his decoration costs alone, though Tsang has signed a lease for only three years. He had paid a million yuan in advance8 for the first year, Wong said.
Legislators have expressed concern3 over Tsang's possible conflicts of interest4 and have increased the pressure on him to disclose details of all the favours he has received from his tycoon friends.
The Democratic Party has urged the Independent Commission Against Corruption7 to investigate9 the lease, and has called on the Legislative Council to invoke its powers to force full disclosure6. Joseph Wong Wing-ping, former secretary for the civil service2, questioned Tsang's judgment.
- bargain 特價商品, 便宜貨
- civil service 公務員
- concern 關心的事, 利害關係
- conflicts of interest 利益衝突
- decoration 裝飾, 裝潢
- disclosure 揭發; 透露; 公開
- Independent Commission Against Corruption 香港廉政公署
- in advance 預先的, 事先的
- investigate 調查, 研究
- landlord 房東; 地主
- lease 租約, 租賃
- luxury 奢侈, 奢華
- of a lifetime 千載難逢的
- recover 挽回, 彌補, 取得(賠償等)
- Shenzhen 深圳
Friday, February 24, 2012
〈金庸俠客行〉 (吳宏一)
笑傲江湖1俠客行2，雪山3大漠4會群英。
神鵰5仙侶倚天6外，碧血7鴛鴦8入漢營。
書劍9何曾干鹿鼎10，天龍11自始價連城12。
更將越女13飛狐傳14，付與西風15送有情 。
神鵰5仙侶倚天6外，碧血7鴛鴦8入漢營。
書劍9何曾干鹿鼎10，天龍11自始價連城12。
更將越女13飛狐傳14，付與西風15送有情 。
Saturday, February 11, 2012
University places no longer assured
Feb 11, 2012, Excerpted from SCMP
Attending an elite secondary school will no longer be a guarantee of a university place, teachers warn.
As more pupils sit the new Diploma of Secondary Education, schools that have in the past enjoyed a university admission rate of close to 100 per cent say they expect to have to answer to parents disappointed when their children miss out.
Traditionally, only about a third of pupils continued their studies and took A-levels after the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination papers at the end of Form Five. Under the "3+3+4" system introduced in 2009, pupils will complete three years of junior secondary education and three years of senior secondary education. Those qualified to go on to university will take four years to complete standard courses.
Nancy Chan Woo Mei-hou, principal of King's College in Sai Wan, an elite government school, said it was difficult to predict how pupils would perform in the new exam or assess the strength of competition from other schools.
A study by the Federation of Education Workers which showed that pupils found subjects such as accounting, English and the new, compulsory liberal studies paper among the most difficult in mock exams. "What is also surprising is that people are telling us that even the Chinese language papers are hard," the spokesperson said.
Vocabulary
Attending an elite secondary school will no longer be a guarantee of a university place, teachers warn.
As more pupils sit the new Diploma of Secondary Education, schools that have in the past enjoyed a university admission rate of close to 100 per cent say they expect to have to answer to parents disappointed when their children miss out.
Traditionally, only about a third of pupils continued their studies and took A-levels after the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination papers at the end of Form Five. Under the "3+3+4" system introduced in 2009, pupils will complete three years of junior secondary education and three years of senior secondary education. Those qualified to go on to university will take four years to complete standard courses.
Nancy Chan Woo Mei-hou, principal of King's College in Sai Wan, an elite government school, said it was difficult to predict how pupils would perform in the new exam or assess the strength of competition from other schools.
A study by the Federation of Education Workers which showed that pupils found subjects such as accounting, English and the new, compulsory liberal studies paper among the most difficult in mock exams. "What is also surprising is that people are telling us that even the Chinese language papers are hard," the spokesperson said.
Vocabulary
- 3+3+4 system 三三四學制
- admission 許可入場[入學、入會]; 承認
- assure 確保, 保障
- competition 競爭
- compulsory 強制的, 必須做的; 必修的
- Diploma of Secondary Education 香港中學文憑
- disappoint 使失望
- elite 精華; 精英; 優秀分子
- Federation of Education Workers 香港教育工作者聯會(簡稱教聯)
- guarantee 保證; 擔保
- Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 香港中學會考
- mock 假的; 假裝的; 模擬的
- predict 預言; 預料
- qualified 具備必要條件的; 合格的; 勝任的
- spokesperson 發言人
- traditionally 傳說上; 傳統上; 習慣上
- warn 警告; 告誡; 提醒
Friday, February 10, 2012
黃蓉的算術 (解)
現以 A, B, C, D, E 來代表羊、牛、豬、獐和兔 5 種材料。
洪七公發現有部分肉條是用上了種材料來做的，用列舉法可得下列 10 種組合:
AB
AC
AD
AE
BC
BD
BE
CD
CE
DE
雖然小說中沒有提及，但估計當中也有用上種材料的肉條。再用列舉法，又可得下列 10 種組合:
ABC
ABD
ABE
ACD
ACE
ADE
BCD
BCE
BDE
CDE
再加上原來的 5 種材料，將所有有組合（變化）加起來便是:
10 + 10 + 5 = 25
原來黃蓉除了造菜有創意之外，數學也還不賴呢!
洪七公發現有部分肉條是用上了種材料來做的，用列舉法可得下列 10 種組合:
AB
AC
AD
AE
BC
BD
BE
CD
CE
DE
雖然小說中沒有提及，但估計當中也有用上種材料的肉條。再用列舉法，又可得下列 10 種組合:
ABC
ABD
ABE
ACD
ACE
ADE
BCD
BCE
BDE
CDE
再加上原來的 5 種材料，將所有有組合（變化）加起來便是:
10 + 10 + 5 = 25
原來黃蓉除了造菜有創意之外，數學也還不賴呢!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
黃蓉的算術
洪七公閉了眼辨別滋味，道：「嗯，一條是羊羔坐臀，一條是小豬耳朵，一條是小牛腰子，還有一條……還有一條……」黃蓉抿嘴笑道：「猜得出算你厲害……」她一言甫畢，洪七公叫道：「是獐腿肉加兔肉揉在一起。」黃蓉拍手讚道：「好本事，好本事。」郭靖聽得呆了，心想：「這一碗炙牛條竟要這麼費事，也虧他辨得出五般不同的肉味來。」洪七公道：「肉只五種，但豬羊混咬是一般滋味，獐牛同嚼又是一般滋味，一共有幾般變化，我可算不出了。」黃蓉微笑道：「若是次序的變化不計，那麼只有二十五變，合五五梅花之數，又因肉條形如笛子，因此這道菜有個名目，叫做『玉笛誰家聽落梅』。這『誰家』兩字，也有考人一考的意思。七公你考中了，是吃客中的狀元。」 《射鵰英雄傳》第十二回〈亢龍有悔〉
到底用 5 種肉做材料，是否真的可以拼湊組合出 25 種變化呢？ 請証明。(提示: 可用列舉法)
Monday, February 6, 2012
李煜 與《虞美人》
李煜 （ 937－978 ） 字重光 ，號鍾隱 ，徐州人 ， 南唐最後一個君主 ， 史稱南唐後主或 李 後 主 。 宋滅南漢後，為表示他不對抗宋朝，對宋稱臣，自稱為江南國主。宋太祖命他往開封時，故托病不去而觸怒了太祖，特派曹彬領軍前往攻打南唐，李煜 被俘後，疾在開封封為違命侯，拜左牛衛將軍，自稱李後駐，即南唐後主也。
《虞美人》是李後主降宋三年後，於他的生日(七月七日)晚寫的 ； 藉著詞作 ， 李後主委婉曲折地道出深藏在心底的故國之思和亡國哀痛 。 據 《樂府紀聞》說 ：《 虞 美 人 》中的詞句 『 問君能有幾多愁 ， 恰似一江 春水向東流 』 ， 使舊臣聽了下淚 ， 宋太宗讀了這首詞大怒後 ， 便命人將他毒死。 此詞如王國維所云「以血書者」（《人間詞話》），凝聚著後 主 的心血和生命。有人稱此詞為後主的絕命詞。
春花秋月何時了，
往事知多少？
小樓昨夜又東風，
故國不堪回首月明中。
雕欄玉砌應猶在，
只是朱顏改。
問君能有幾多愁，
恰似一江春水向東流。
注釋
- 了：完結，結束。
- 往事：指自己作南唐國王時的事情。
- 故國：過去自己的國家。
- 不堪：受不了，不能。
- 雕欄：雕花的欄杆。
- 砌：台階。
- 朱顏：紅潤的臉色。
- 幾多：多少。
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Callers praise, blame Tsang on budget
Excerpted from SCMP, Feb 02, 2012
Middle-class callers praised the new budget – and the poorest condemned it – when the financial secretary spoke with Hongkongers on a Thursday morning radio show.
John Tsang Chun-wah, who delivered his budget in the legislature on Wednesday, heard from one caller who was crying, saying she and other poor people had one more been ignored.
Many middle-class callers, meanwhile, thanked Tsang for the wide range of tax relief measures, which they said would ease their burden.
Some of them urged the government to roll out more measures to help the poor.
Tsang said they would be helped through recurrent government spending on such areas as education.
Vocabulary
Middle-class callers praised the new budget – and the poorest condemned it – when the financial secretary spoke with Hongkongers on a Thursday morning radio show.
John Tsang Chun-wah, who delivered his budget in the legislature on Wednesday, heard from one caller who was crying, saying she and other poor people had one more been ignored.
Many middle-class callers, meanwhile, thanked Tsang for the wide range of tax relief measures, which they said would ease their burden.
Some of them urged the government to roll out more measures to help the poor.
Tsang said they would be helped through recurrent government spending on such areas as education.
Vocabulary
- budget 預算
- burden 重擔
- condemn 責難, 責備
- financial secretary 財政司司長
- ignore 不顧, 不理會, 忽視
- legislature 立法會
- middle-class 中產階級
- praise 讚揚, 稱讚
- recurrent 定期重複的; 週期性的
- relief 緩和, 減輕; 解除; 救濟; 補助
- urge 催促; 力勸; 激勵; 慫恿
Monday, January 30, 2012
CE candidates hold first debate on air
Excerpted from SCMP, Jan 30, 2012.
The first face-to-face debate between chief executive candidates was held on Monday morning, but only two of the three contenders showed up for the radio broadcast discussion.
Henry Tang Ying-yen was not present, leaving Leung Chun-ying and Albert Ho Chun-yan to challenge each other’s policies on population policy, on a Commercial Radio programme.
Leung called for stricter measures to stop mainland women giving birth in Hong Kong.
But he rejected Ho’s call for a Basic Law amendment to prevent children born in Hong Kong of mainland parents from gaining the right of abode. Such a move was unprecedented and would not solve the problem in the immediate future, Leung said.
Vocabulary
The first face-to-face debate between chief executive candidates was held on Monday morning, but only two of the three contenders showed up for the radio broadcast discussion.
Henry Tang Ying-yen was not present, leaving Leung Chun-ying and Albert Ho Chun-yan to challenge each other’s policies on population policy, on a Commercial Radio programme.
Leung called for stricter measures to stop mainland women giving birth in Hong Kong.
But he rejected Ho’s call for a Basic Law amendment to prevent children born in Hong Kong of mainland parents from gaining the right of abode. Such a move was unprecedented and would not solve the problem in the immediate future, Leung said.
Vocabulary
- abode 住所, 住處
- amendment 修正; 改善
- Basic Law 政策法
- broadcast 廣播; 廣播節目
- candidate 候選人
- challenge 挑戰; 質疑; 指責
- chief executive
- contender 爭奪者; 競爭者
- debate 辯論, 爭論
- face-to-face 面對面地
- measure 尺寸; 措施; 手段; 基準, 尺度
- population policy 人口政策
- unprecedented 無先例的, 空前的
- Name the three chief executive candidates.
- Who was absent from the debate?
- Which word in the essay means "having no previous example"?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Maths Exercise 1
1. When 327 ÷ 27, the quotient is ______ and the remainder is ______.
Answer: Quotient = ( 12 ) ; Remainder = ( 3 )
2. Change
into a percentage.
Answer : ( 52 )%
3.Change 136% into a fraction and reduce it to its simplest form.
Answer : ( 1 9/25 )
Answer: Quotient = ( 12 ) ; Remainder = ( 3 )
2. Change
Answer : ( 52 )%
3.Change 136% into a fraction and reduce it to its simplest form.
Answer : ( 1 9/25 )
Thursday, January 19, 2012
買櫝還珠 [韓非子]
楚人有賣其珠於鄭者，為木蘭之櫃，薰以桂椒，綴以珠玉，飾以玫瑰，輯以羽翠，鄭人買其櫝而還其珠。此可謂善賣櫝矣，未可謂善鬻珠也。
注釋
注釋
- 櫝：[讀]，[duk9]；[dú]。匣子。
- 為：製造。
- 木蘭之櫃：用木蘭這種香木造的小匣。櫃：當為「櫝」字。
- 薰：同「燻」，指香料的氣味接觸物體，使之沾上香氣。
- 桂椒：肉桂和花椒這兩種香料。
- 綴：點綴。
- 玫瑰：紅色的玉石。
- 輯：點綴、裝飾。
- 羽翠：當為「翡翠」。翡翠，綠色的玉石。
- 鬻：[育]，[juk9]；[yù]。賣。
Dolce & Gabbana's apology too late
Dolce & Gabbana's apology too late
Jan 19, 2012 SCMP
After weeks of protests over its photo ban against Hongkongers, Dolce & Gabbana finally broke its silence early yesterday morning - as most of the city slept - to say it was "truly sorry".
But the delayed apology was not enough to appease some angry internet users, who suggested another photo shoot protest be staged on Sunday. The Italian fashion house issued a statement around 3am yesterday apologising for alleged criminal intimidation of a photographer outside its Harbour City store.
"We understand that the events which unfolded in front of the Dolce & Gabbana boutique on Canton Road have offended the citizens of Hong Kong," it said. "For this we are truly sorry and we apologise."
Internet users rejected the apology, however. "Although the company apologised, it did so for having offended Hong Kong residents. It did not admit that it was wrong ... to ban photos from being taken," said the creator of a Facebook page promoting another protest this Sunday. The company has offered no guarantee that it will allow photographs to be taken outside the store in future, and did not identify the security guard responsible for the discriminatory comments, the Facebook page said.
Vocabulary
1. alleged 被說成的
2. apology 道歉
3. ban 禁止
4. boutique 女裝商店
5. broke its silence 打破沈默
6. criminal 犯法的; 刑事
7. discriminatory 歧視性的
8. intimidation 恐嚇
9. offend 觸怒
10. security guard 警衛
11. statement 聲明
Local mothers in protest over beds shortage
Local mothers in protest over beds shortage
Monday, January 16, 2012 The Standard
Despite the rain, about 400 mothers-to-be, young couples and parents wheeling their infants in prams yesterday marched from Victoria Park to the Government Headquarters in Tamar to protest against the shortage of maternity beds.
With blue ribbons tied around their left wrists to signify unity and carrying banners proclaiming "Reclaim the rights of Hong Kong moms and children," "Defend order and culture of our home city," and "Stop the abuse of local public resources," the protesters, supported by 74,000 on Facebook, said it is time to say "no" to mainland parents giving birth in Hong Kong."
In response, Hospital Authority chief executive Leung Pak-yin said the authority will consider admitting fewer expectant women from the mainland during the Year of the Dragon.
Leung said some public hospitals have already stopped accepting advance bookings by mainlanders.
The spokeswoman for the protest group, Yeung Ka-lee, said local mothers are upset at the government's incompetence in formulating a long-term population policy.
Vocabulary
1. Chief executive
2. Government Headquarters in Tamar
3. Hospital Authority
4. Local public resources
5. Mainlanders
6. Population policy
7. Protestor
8. Victoria Park
Monday, January 16, 2012 The Standard
Despite the rain, about 400 mothers-to-be, young couples and parents wheeling their infants in prams yesterday marched from Victoria Park to the Government Headquarters in Tamar to protest against the shortage of maternity beds.
With blue ribbons tied around their left wrists to signify unity and carrying banners proclaiming "Reclaim the rights of Hong Kong moms and children," "Defend order and culture of our home city," and "Stop the abuse of local public resources," the protesters, supported by 74,000 on Facebook, said it is time to say "no" to mainland parents giving birth in Hong Kong."
In response, Hospital Authority chief executive Leung Pak-yin said the authority will consider admitting fewer expectant women from the mainland during the Year of the Dragon.
Leung said some public hospitals have already stopped accepting advance bookings by mainlanders.
The spokeswoman for the protest group, Yeung Ka-lee, said local mothers are upset at the government's incompetence in formulating a long-term population policy.
Vocabulary
1. Chief executive
2. Government Headquarters in Tamar
3. Hospital Authority
4. Local public resources
5. Mainlanders
6. Population policy
7. Protestor
8. Victoria Park
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