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　　Host in Toronto, Canada

　　By：Mabel ＜Show E-Mail＞

　　Date：18 June 2009

　　Hi, I have a room to share in my 3-bedroom house．2 oriental females living in the house．The room is furnished with bed and mattress, a computer table and a closet．Cable and Internet not included in the rent but available if needed．If you are looking for a family style living in a safe environment, this is the right place．Close to subway, 15 min to downtown Toronto, grocery and restaurants．Available June 18．

　　Host Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

　　By：Frank ＜Show E-Mail＞

　　Date：18 June 2009

　　Hi! After having taught ESL for 12 years in Seoul, Korea(Sangmyung University)and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam(AUSP, ILA), we would like to invite students and business people to share our home in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada．

　　Please visit our website http：／／ww w．whitleyhomestay．com／

　　Contact us for more information．

　　We would do our best to make your homestay as pleasant as possible．Hope to hear from you soon．

　　Take care,

　　Frank, Uyen and Jennife

　　Host in Toronto, Ontario

　　By：Hoang ＜Show E-Mail＞

　　Date：15 June 2009

　　＄500 Shared Accommodation available at Keele St/Teston Rd．Includes Intemet and Cable Television．Option with Room and Board for ＄800．Location great for York University Students or Seneca College in King City．Contact 416-520-9502．

　　Maple Ridge, BC

　　By：Cindi ＆ David Holt ＜Show E-Mail＞

　　Date：17 June 2009

　　Hi! We are the Holt Family．We are currently looking for a homestay that would like to attend Maple Ridge College or Thomas Haney Secondary School．We are a large family of 6 that would like to open our doors to someone that is looking to stay．Room and board, breakfast, lunch and dinner included．＄700 per month．We are a fun, loving family．We live on 5 acres．Have an above ground pool and live 5 min from lake．It is quiet in a country setting．I can drive to school and sometimes home but there is a community bus that my children always take as they are very independent and go with their friends．If you are interested, contact me．

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　　It might have been a really bad stressful day, feeling trapped inside by the cold and snow which surrounded us．My husband was the first to shift his consciousness．He dressed accordingly and announced that he was going outside to build a giant snowman．

　　At first he stood alone, piling massive amounts of snow．Soon after a neighbor joined in my husband's quest to embrace the oortunity the winter presented．Maintaining less than desirable attitudes, we reluctantly put on out snow gear(用具)and headed outside．It wsan't long before we were smiling and enjoying the abundance of soow that Mother-Nature had rovided．Others came to our yard one by one to give a hand in the making of our giant snowman．

　　In the end we all stood back and marveled at what we had created．He was eleven feet high, twenty-five feet around at the base and decorated with many household items supplied by various families．There he stood, our glorious, gigantic(巨人般的)snowman．

　　People drove by and smiled．Some even stopped to enjoy his existence．The spirit that went into creating him seemed to catch on and we all enjoyed it while the cold temperatures allowed．

　　With the passing of time, the spring made its way back into our yard and the snowman changed form considerably．In a final effort to save what we created for just a little bit longer somebody stopped by and changed the snowman's remains to look like a rabbit．

　　As I prepared for the start of another week, I decided to check my email before going to bed．I found a curious message that contained the subject line：enjoy the snowman．I decided to read the message even though I did not recognize who sent it．The words it contained melted my heart．

　　The email said：…your neighbor looks on in disbelief! I am sure you people are enjoying the sounds and smells, along with sights of spring．The energy displayed in Mr Snowman or Ms, is filled with vigor and joyous energy．You and your family keep it up, as this is what the world needs now．Love sweet love．More power to you and your loved ones, kee sharing with the world around．

　　Perhaps it was more than a snowman we built that day．I'd like to agree that it was．The message seems clear．Our circumstances will turn out to be what we make of them．The possibilities are endless and the choice is ours．

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　　Around the world coral reefs(珊瑚礁)are facing threats(威胁)brought by climate change and great changes in sea temperatures．While ocean warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold events can also whiten corals．A new study by scientists compared damaged to corals exposed to heat as well as cold stress．The results show that cool temperatures can cause more damage in the short term, but heat is more destructive(破坏性的)in the long run．

　　Climate change is widely known to produce warming conditions in the oceans, but extreme cold-water events have become more frequent and serious as well．In 2010, for example, coral reefs around the world faced on of the coldest winters and one of the hottest summers on record．

　　During a unique experiment, corals under cold temperatures suffered greater damage in just days compared with heat treated corals．Yet the researchers found that corals were eventually able to adjust to the cold conditions, make their health stable and continue to grow．However, over the long term corals subjected to heat suffered more greatly than those in cold, with evidence of severe whitening and growth stoppage, which leads to death．

　　The coral's ability to adjust to cool temperatures surprised the researchers, who say the study's results show the complexities(复杂性)of monitoring coral health in response to different environmental factors(因素)．

　　“Global warming is associated with increases but also decreases of temperatures, ” said Deheyn, one of the researchers．“Not much has been known about the comparative effects of temperature decrease on corals．These results are important because they show that corals react differently to temperature differences, which is important for future management of coral reefs in the field of climate change．”

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　　Ernest Miller Hemingway(July 21, 1899-July 2, 1961)was an American writer and journalist．His writing style had a strong influence on 20^th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image(形象)affected later generations．Hemingway produced most of his works between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954．

　　Hemingway was raised in Illinois．After high school he reported for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers．In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home．In 1922, he married Hadley Richardson．The couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign journalist．Advised and encouraged by other American writers in Paris－F．Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, he began to see his work appear in print there, and in 1925 his first important book, a collection of stories called In Our Time, was published．A year later, he published The Sun Also Rises, a novel with which he scored his first solid success．

　　The writing of books occupied Hemingway for most of the postwar years．He remained based in Paris, but he traveled widely for bullfighting(斗牛), fishing, and hunting that by then had become part of his life and formed the background for much of his writing．Hemingway's love of Spain and bullfighting resulted in Death in the Afternoon(1932)．His position as a master of short fiction had been advanced by Men Without Women in 1927．The harvest of Hemingway's considerable experience of Spain in war and peace was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls(1940)．In the public view, however, the novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) overshadowed such works．

　　Shortly after he published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952, Hemingway went to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life．Hemingway lived in Florida and Cuba during the 1930s and 1940s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where ended his life in the summer of 1961．

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　　The New York Philharmonic(爱乐乐团)came to an unexpected stop on Tuesday night when an audience member's cell phone started ringing and wouldn't stop．

　　Conductor Alan Gilbert was nearing the end of Mahler's Ninth Symphony(交响乐)when the interruption began．As eh New York Times writes, the symphony, “contains some of the most spiritual and peaceful music ever written．”

　　As the cell phone continued to ring, the iPhone's signature ringtone, Gilbert stopped the entire performance．And yet shockingly the phone continued to ring．“Nothing happened, ” Gilbert told the Times, “Nobody was to blame for it．It was unbelievable．”

　　Gilbert said minor cell phone interruptions have become common and rarely interfere with a live performance．The Philharmonic does what it can to remind to audience to turn off their cell phones before the performance begins．But the audience and performers stood by in astonished silence as Gilbert asked the offender(肇事者)to silence the phone, only to hear it continue．

　　Mr Gilbert said audience pointed out two people sitting where the sound was coming from．“They were staring at me firmly, ” he said of the couple．Eventually, the man put his hand in his pocket and the ringing stopped．

　　The conductor said he asked the man if he was sure the phone was quieted．“Then he nodded his head, ” Mr Gilbert said．

　　People in the hall had been shouting for the sound to stop．Mr Pelkonen reported that they yelled：“Thousand-dollar fine! ” “Kick him out! ” “Get out! ”

　　Once the phone was finally silenced, Gilbert apologized to the audience．They responded with cheers and applause(掌声)．And the performance continued．

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　　Express delivery：How you can buy your groceries from a virtual supermarket

　　Aug, 1^st, 2011 Daily Mail

　　A “virtual supermarket” consisting of posters of goods put on platform walls is set to be introduced at London Underground stations．Passengers “shop” by scanning QR-Quick Response-codes of the items they want to buy using their smart phones．These goods are later delivered to their home address．Supermarket giant(巨头)Tesco successfully trialed the hi-tech store in a South Korean underground station and there are now plans to bring the concept to Britain．

　　NYPD to Scan Facebook, Twitter for Trouble

　　Aug, 11^th, 2011 Forbes

　　The New York Police Department announced it will form a new unit to search social media as part of its law enforcement(执行)efforts, responding to the criminals’ growing use of these sites to plan and celebrate illegal activities．The NYPD unit created particularly to comb social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry messenger for information on planned crimes and their criminals．

　　Space Junk(太空垃圾)reaching “tipping point”, report warns

　　Sep 3^rd, 2011 Toronto Sun

　　The amount of debris(碎片)orbiting the Earth has reached “a tipping point” for crashes, which would produce more debris that may be dangerous to astronauts and satellites, according to a US study．According to the US Space Surveillance Network, the number of orbital debris jumped from 9, 949 in December 2006 to 16, 094 in July 2011．

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　　A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps．One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men．

　　A good book may be among the best of friends．It is the most patient and cheerful of companions．It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age．

　　Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third．There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog．” But there is more wisdom in this：“Love my, love my book．” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带)of union．Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author．They live in him together, and he in them．

　　A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man's life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts．Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters．

　　Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort．Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive．Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago．

　　The great and good do not die, even in this world．Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad．The book is a living voice．It is an intellect(智者)to which one still listens．

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　　Until a relatively short time ago, traveling abroad was limited to rich tourists and wealthy businesspeople．Flying abroad was not common for the average person．In time, however, plane travel became safer, more convenient, and less expensive．As a result, people of different backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure and businesspeople fly to one country for a breakfast or lunch conference, and then fly to another country for a dinner meeting．

　　With the world becoming smaller, many young adults make the decision to study in foreign universities．It is an exciting, challenging experience to live in a foreign country．Anyone who can study abroad is fortunate; but, of course, it is not easy to change from one culture to another．One faces many difficulties．

　　The student who studies in a foreign country leaves behind a familiar, loving, comfortable environment．Back home, he has his family, friends, and acquaintances．He knows the language, politics, money, food, social customs, and so forth．He knows all the unclear aspects of his native culture, such as body language, and bargaining practices, etc．in short, he knows “the system” in his native country．Then one day he leaves all this behind and suddenly finds himself in a place where everyone and everything is strange, perhaps even confusing．All this strangeness is a major surprise to a person's self-confidence．This sudden change often leads to a reaction called culture shock．

　　Foreigners experience different degrees of culture shock．The symptoms range from being ill at ease to being seriously depressed．Feeling homesick, unhappy, and very sensitive are other signs of culture shock．It is easy to understand that the endless frustrations of the early days in a new country would produce dissatisfaction, and perhaps even hostility(敌意)．People are always at ease in a familiar environment．A mature, realistic person experiences mild, temporary symptoms; the insecure newcomer suffers more seriously from a culture shock．

　　During the unavoidable period of adjustment, the international student tends to complain about everything in the new environment．In fact, the student is likely to exaggerate(夸大)the problems．When the student meets another miserable person from the same country, he will pour out his unhappy feelings．Together they can complain in their native language．Although this complaining provides temporary satisfaction, it certainly does not help him adapt to a new society．Being negative will never get rid of the feelings of frustrations．The mature person understands that a positive attitude, determination, and flexibility are important in making the change successful．A sense of humor is a big help．

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　　Wall Street is the banking center of New York City．But how did the street get its unusual name? To find out, we must go back to the early years of exploration in North America．

　　New York City was first called New Amsterdam by the explorer Henry Hudson．He was working for a Dutch trading company when he entered what is now the lower Hudson River area in the year 1609．There he found an island that was a perfect trading harbor．The Manhattan Indians lived there．

　　Dutch traders built a town on the end of Manhattan Island．It became a rich trading center．But the British questioned the right of the Dutch to control the area．The two nations went to war in 1652．

　　The governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, worried that British settlers in New England would attack his town．He ordered that a protective wall be built at the north edge of Manhattan．The wall was more than 2, 290 feet long．It extended from the Hudson River to the East River．

　　The British never attacked New Amsterdam．So the wall was never tested in war．But the path beside it became known as Wall Street．Later, Wall Street became a street of banks and business．

　　Dealing in stocks and shares in the stock markets began in the 17^th Century．An informal market developed around the coffee houses in the City of London gradually．In 1773 “New Jonathan's” Coffee House became the informal Stock Exchange, and it was formally established till 1802．at that time London was the largest share market, and the growth of the Industrial Revolution helped the establishment of local share markets in other parts of the country-more than 330 of them when there were most．These markets first began moves towards combination in 1890, when the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges was formed．By 1967 all the “Country” Exchanges had got together themselves into six regional exchanges, and in 1973 all seven exchanges in the British Isles came together to form The Stock Exchanges of Great Britain and Ireland, and its member firms spread from Aberdeen to the Channel Islands and from Lancaster to Limerick．

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　　At least 77 were wounded when hundreds of army soldiers and anti-government protesters(抗议者)clashed(冲突)in Bangkok early Monday morning 14 hours after Thai PM declared a state of emergency in the capital city, Thai media reports．

　　The Nation quoted hospital reports as saying at least 77 people suffered injuries mainly from teargas, with five seriously injured．

　　At around 7∶20 a．m．, the government announced it was in control of the situation at Din Daeng, The Nation said on its website．

　　Some protesters had been arrested, and Army Spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd earlier said “Similar operations will be carried out in other areas．”

　　The clash occurred around 4∶30 a．m．Monday(21∶00 GMT Sunday)when some 300 so-called red-shirted protesters used a seized bus to crash soldiers at Din Daeng District in north Bangkok, Army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd told TPBS．

　　Soldiers fired warning shots into the air and used teargas to disperse the protesters after failing to persuade the red shirts to stop, Sansern said．

　　Earlier the Health Department of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced a total injury number of 68．

　　Army Chief General Anupong Paojinda refused to comment on the incident, adding that he will learn more about it first．

　　At about 6∶15 a．m．Monday(23∶15 GMT Sunday), former premier Thaksin Shinawatra told the Red-shirted protesters to continue fighting in a phone conversation with a main leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship(UDD)．

　　Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared on Sunday afternoon a state of emergency in Bangkok and some districts of five provinces nearby．

　　The latest round of the anti-government protests led by UDD has entered its 19th day．Red-shirted protesters on Saturday forced the summits canceled(取消)．

　　(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2009)

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