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　　TOKYO－The number of domestic(国内)infections cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Japan hits 42 on Sunday after a total of 34 people in Osaka and Hyogo counties were confirmed to have been infected, local media reported．

　　The total number of the infection in the country now stands at 46, including the first four cases contracted(感染)abroad．The country is now facing the risk of grass-root outbreak which could lead the WHO to raise its new flu pandemic alert(传染病预警)to the highest level of 6 from the current 5, experts has warned．

　　The 34 newly confirmed domestic cases, 11 in Osaka and 23 in Hyogo, included high school students, college students and teachers, the health ministry and local governments said on Sunday．Japan on Saturday confirmed the first eight cases of domestic infection on students of a Kobe high school．The later confirmed cases in Osaka are said to have contacted the Kobe students in a volleyball match．Osaka and Hyogo are neighboring in the Kansai region．

　　All of the 42 people had no record of overseas travel．Meanwhile, a total of 143 students at the Kansai Okura Senior High School where many infections in Osaka were found, have shown symptoms of influenza since around Monday, according to local media reports．The privately run school said it will be closed from Monday through Saturday．More than 1,000 educational facilities－kindergartens, and elementary, junior and senior high schools－in Osaka and Hyogo counties have decided to suspend(暂停)classes for certain periods following the confirmation of new flu infections in the counties, Kyodo News reported．

　　The two counties have requested private schools to follow suit．Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto held a meeting of a new flu task force on Sunday and decided to ask facilities such as movie theaters to suspend operations to prevent the spread of the flu．TV clips showed people in Kansai region started to wear masks in public spaces and rushed to drug stores for buying medicines．

　　The Japanese government on Saturday shifted the stage of its new-flu action program from“a period of overseas outbreak”to“a period of domestic outbreak”and called for companies and schools in the areas concerned to allow individuals to avoid commuting(出行)during rush hours．

　　The Kyodo News quoted Masato Tashiro, a member of the World Health Organization’s emergency committee, as saying that several hundred people in Japan already may have been infected with the new flu．

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　　For most Chinese university students, the US is a favorite destination for further education．But apart from obstacles such as the GRE and TOEFL exams, choosing a good graduate school is no easy task．

　　Admission is very competitive for international students, so it is important to apply to a number of institutions to have a reasonable chance of acceptance．

　　Since the application to most universities requires a certain fee, Chinese students usually choose seven to seventeen universities according to their own financial circumstances．

　　Wang Yuwei, a Zhejiang University graduate, sent applications to 15 US universities．

　　When the 24-year-old began looking for a US graduate school in her senior year, she took time to compare the various schools and find the ones most suiting her needs．Now, studying at the University of Washington, she knows that her hard work paid off．

　　“To broaden your chances, at least one third of the applications should be to less selective schools,”said Wang．“Applicants shouldn’t limit their choices to the most famous institutions．”

　　Furthermore, one shouldn’t rely too much on college rankings such as the Gorman Report or US News & World Report’s annual league tables．

　　The right school is the one that best meets your own personal needs and interests, rather than someone else’s assessment of an institution’s prestige(声望)．

　　“Usually choices are based on one’s personal interests and academic background, but it is important to make sure that your chosen subject is satisfied,”said Wang．

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　　I was born an albino．No one in my family had ever known what an albino was, what it meant to be an albino, and what had to be done differently because I was an albino．

　　My parents treated me just like they treated everybody else．That was just about the best thing they could have done．It helped me trust myself, so when the annoyances came along, I could deal with them．

　　True, my photo always looked like a snowball with two pieces of coal for eyes．Kids would tease me, asking if I was joining the circus and calling me“Whitey”．Like most albinos, I had terrible eyesight, and my grades suffered until eventually I overcame my feeling ashamed of myself and realized it was okay to ask to sit in the front of the classroom so I could see the blackboard better．People stared at me when I held reading material right at the tip of my nose so I could see it well enough to read．Even when I was eight or nine, movie-theater clerks started asking me to pay adult prices because I“looked older”．

　　The worst part for me was that because my eyesight was so bad, I couldn’t play sports very well．I didn’t give up trying, though．And I studied harder．

　　Eventually, I got better at school and loved it．By the time I got to college I was double majoring, going to summer school and devoting myself to every kind of extracurricular activity I could find．I had learned to be proud of being an albino．I did my best to make“albino”a positive word．And I decided to make my living with my eyes．

　　I couldn’t see well enough to play sports, but with a solid education and the drive to do it, I could make a living involved in the field I loved．I’ve done it now for more than thirty years in print and in video, and now in cyberspace．People make jokes about how I’m the only“blind editor”they know, but most of the time the jokes are signs of respect．And I make jokes about being an albino．

　　I was just a proud albino kid from the coal country of Pennsylvania．I now realize that being born an albino helped me to overcome difficulties, gain confidence, and be proud of my personal achievement and humble about my professional accomplishments．

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　　When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list．Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important．Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先)．This view is shortsighted．In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students．

　　Music tells us who we are．Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well ad the social environment it came influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions．Music expresses our character and values．It gives us identity as a society．

　　Music provides a kind of perception(感知)that cannot be acquired any other way．Science can explain how the sun rises and sets．The arts explore the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same phenomenon．We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason：No one way can get it all．

　　The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols．They are ways we human beings“talk”to each other．They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes．The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others．When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses．

　　Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human．The arts do．Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love．

　　So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize．

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　　We often use the words“growth”and“development”as if they meant basically the same thing．But this may not always be the case．One can easily imagine instances in which a country has achieved higher levels of income(growth)with little or no benefit coming to most of its citizens(development)．

　　In the past, most development policies were aimed at increasing the growth rate of income per capita(人均所得)．Many are still based on the theory that benefit of economic growth will come to all members of society．If this theory is correct, growth should encourage development．

　　By the early 1970s, however, the relationship between growth and development was being questioned．A major study by the World Bank in 1974 concluded that it is now clear that more than decades of rapid growth in developing countries has been of little benefit to a third of their population．

　　The World Bank study showed that increase in GNP per capita did not promise important improvements in such development indicators as nutrition(营养), health, and education．Although GNP per capita did indeed rise, its benefit came down to only a small part of the population．This realization gives rise to a call for new development policies．These new policies favor agriculture over industry, call for national redistribution(资源分配)of income and wealth, and encourage programs to satisfy such basic needs as food and shelter．

　　In the late 1970s and early 1980s the international macroeconomic crises(大规模的经济危机)of high oil prices, worldwide recession(衰退)and the third world debt, forced attention away from programs designed to get rid of poverty．however, the lesson remains：economic growth does not promise economic development．Efforts may be required to change growing output capacity(能力)into economic benefit that reach most of a nation’s people．

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　　Today, ultrasonic(超声的)waves are being put to work in laboratories and factories．If an ultrasound generator is placed in a liquid, the waves move the liquid back and forthhundreds of thousands of times each second．This causes materials to mix quickly or to dissolve(使分解，使溶解)in liquids．Paint manufacturers(制造商)use ultrasound to do a better job of blending colors．The companies that make film for your camera find that mixing chemicals by the use of sound waves will produce a more sensitive film．

　　The new lightweight(轻量的)type of washing machine uses ultrasonic waves to get clothes clean．Its special ultrasound generator is put into a pail of soapy water containing the soiled clothes．The sound waves drive the soapy water back and forth through the cloth so fast that everything is soon clean．There is also a new kind of dishwasher that works in much the same way．

　　Ultrasonic waves can shake a liquid so fast that tiny holes form all through it．The liquid is actually torn apart by this action．Almost as soon as these holes are made, they fall together again．The result is a powerful pounding action．In the dairy industry this is used for the double purpose of making homogenized(使均匀，使匀质)milk and sterilizing(使无菌)it at the same time．If you look at some raw milk with a microscope, you find that it is made up of little drops of butter fat floating around in a watery liquid．In order to make milk easier to digest, these fat droplets(微粒)may be broken up by forcing the milk through very small openings．The result is called homogenized milk．When the ultrasonic method is used, the sound waves not only break up the droplets but also kill the germs in the milk by pounding them to pieces．

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　　Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight．No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China．Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift－the book“Who Moved My Cheese?”

　　The book－a bestseller in the US－is being used by men and women to deal with

　　changes in their lives and work．Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes．

　　Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood－our jobs, the Industries we

　　work in, relationships and love as well．

　　With China’s official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face more changes and challenges．So what should we do once this“cheese”on which we are so dependent is moved?

　　“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely,”Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book．

　　Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agrees．“We should change ourway of thinking．The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us withgreat chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive．”

　　“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese．”Zhang smiled confidently．

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　　Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of a New Hampshire lake．On the day before bass(巴斯鱼)season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms．Then the boy tied on a small silver lure(鱼饵)and put it into the lake．Suddenly he felt that something very big pulling on the lure．His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank．Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water．It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass．

　　The boy and his father looked at the big fish．The father lit a match and looked at his watch．It was 10 p.m.－two hours before the season opened．He looked at the fish, then at the boy．“You’ll have to put it back, son,”he said．

　　“Dad!”cried the boy．“There will be other fish,”said his father．“Not as big as this one,”cried the boy．He looked around the lake．No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight．He looked again at his father．

　　Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed．He threw the huge bass into the black water．The big fish disappeared．The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish．

　　That was 34 years ago．Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City．He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place．

　　And he was right．He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago．But he does see that same fish…again and again…every time he has an ethical(道德的)decision to make．For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong．It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult．

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　　Sport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging．Criticism from coachers, parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create too much anxiety or stress for young athletes．Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout．Burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable．

　　The early years of development are critical years for learning about oneself．The sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place．Young athletes can, for example, learn how to cooperate with others, make friends, and gain other social skill that will be used throughout their lives．Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback to youngsters can greatly affect their children．Youngsters may take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find a fault in themselves．

　　Coaches and parents should also be cautious that youth sport participation does not become work for children．The outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons．In today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport．Following a game many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find fault with youngsters’ performances．Positive support should be provided regardless of the outcome．Research indicates that positive reinforcement motivates and has a greater effect on learning than criticism．Again, criticism can create high levels of stress, which can lead to burnout．

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　　I really hadn’t meant to yell at them．But that grey afternoon saw it just as my son and daughter were making a terrible mess on the floor in the kitchen．

　　With a tiresome report to write, I felt bothered at my desk．Suddenly, it occurred to me that me kids were at fault．A voice inside me insisted that I do something quickly“OK, you two here, but what an awful thing you are attempting!”Shouting angrily, I made for them, while it became evident that the boy wanted no part of me．“Get away from us!”he shouted back, there being expression of support from his sister．

　　All of a sudden, I found the fault in myself．Quickly I shaped my hands into pincers and crawled towards them,“Crabby Daddy is here．Ha, Ha, Ha, he likes to yell at children, and then eat them!”My son continued to keep me away, but now he was laughing an crying at the same time．My mission to repair the damage caused by my yelling seemed to work well．Still, I regretted not having controlled myself first in a right way that my children could do after．Need I let them know how badly they were acting by blaming?This is a lesson that serves myself．It only shows just how to get rid of something(ill-feeling, responsibility…)by blaming others．It’s not my“best self”．

　　We have to search for our“best self”when with our children．They don’t need perfect parents, but they do need parents who are always trying to get better．Here, I’m reminded of the words of a great thinker．“When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook…”Then, in our lifetime, couldn’t we always speak to our kids in such a sweet voice since most of us consider them as the most precious in the world?And before we reach this level, what should we do when we come across various difficult cases with our children?

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