You often people talking about the generation gap between parents and their children. But it seems to me there is a gap between my sisters and me.

   My family is a large family, if compared with the average Chinese families with an only child. I have there youger sisters. Even though I feel I am quite close to them, sometimes, I just can't understand what they are thinking about.

   My feeling about the gap starts at the decision of thinking about quiting school and going to work in the factory made by my yougest letter. The reason for this would be as follows.

   First, she doesn't want to go to school and doesn't want to stay home either, for she doesn't feel the sense of belonging at home. I think the way my parents regulate maybe partly to blame. My father always chatters a lot and we don't feel very good about this; my mother always expects too much out of us, and if you do it wrong, she may scold a little bit. For my youngest sister, I think she is misled in the wrong direction. There are so many toxic, junk TV shows and serials, especially those pictured in Taiwan,  which showcase the excessive individualism and unreal ideal living style. In a family, no one is abolutely right. It involves a lot of give and take. For my sister, she always yells at others and says others don't care about her feeling; She probably learned these from the lines in the junk TV serials. But since when she cares about others' feeling, does she actually realize who would be hurt the most when she spoke that out loud???

   Second, she wants to stay with her boyfriend. Shocking? isn't it. She's only sixteen, yet she has a boyfriend and decides to go with him to work in the factory. Yet you have to accept the fact that it is true and you can not brutely interfere her own business. But you have to everything you can to control the damage and make the wrong thing right? When I was sixteen years old, I am foucsed on my study and my basketball and my TV shows. Although I admit I would feel atrracted to the opposite sex, I would never ask one out. Things change now. Not only do the 90s have their so called boyfriend or grilfriend, but also they fear nobody at home. They would think it doen't matter even if others they are well-behaviored. What is wrong with my sister? what is wrong the 90s? what is wrong with our education system?

    If my youngest sister is misled in the wrong direction, I will do everything I can to set it right. My family has done a lot to bring her back in the right course, which is to continue her high school study, especially my mother. I would never doubt that higher enduation is the basic path for one to develop. Now she is willing to go back to school, but still with some resistance sometimes. 

    We are a family. Nothing will tear us apart. 

   12月24日 Chiristmas Eve
  
   12：30 见黄宝琴导师，讨论论文的选题。
   “老师，我想写的题目是‘深圳旅游景区的公示语翻译’”，我说，然后霹雳啪啦的跟老师说明了我选这个题目的原因， 和我的研究方法。 “很好，很有现实意义；而且世界大学生运动会将在深圳召开，深圳政府也将会规范这些公示语的翻译，现在确实存在比较多的问题。”我暗自偷喜，以为老师会通过我的开题报告。 “你打算采用实证分析吗？”“是的”，我说的很有把握，“我打算去景区用相机把那些公示语的中英对照拍下来，然后回来进行分析，找出错误，再进行修改。”
“你会采取问卷调查的形式吗？”我有点晕了，我从来就没有想过这么复杂的事情。“问卷调查？我想不用。”“那你这个论文就没什么可信度了和创新了。”惨了，我只不过是想随便写很很很普通的一篇论文，然后获得一个很很很一般的分数，能顺利毕业就行了。有人说过，“别装了，你肯定是追求越高分越好了，你平时学习那么认真。”但是老实告诉你们，我对论文这个东西真的是提不起什么兴趣，能过就行。 最后是老师叫我回来重新思考，先不管它了，因为平安夜有节目，不能让它影响我的兴致。
   
  14：00 小睡了一下，被短信吵醒
  一看是猪仔的短信， 马上准备，今天的节目可是多多的，呵呵。 准备先去万象城嘉禾影院看15：40的投名状，然后马上回来学校附近的新月吃饭，再去欢乐谷看演唱会。 其实早就想和猪仔一起去看电影了，生日的时候计划得好好的，谁知道那时一过去就没位置了，要等到晚上11点才有，所以没看成，那时感觉有点遗憾。不管怎么说，今天一定要看成。 我还特意在走之前在网上确定了嘉禾影院有比较多的空位，因为是星期一下午的缘故。去影院之前先去了一趟银行，看学校退的电费到帐没有，都有点不好意思说了，今年又退762，前两年都退800，搞得其他宿舍都眼红了。去了银行之后发现还没到帐，然后猪仔强烈要求要去买零食。买了零食之后一看表，惨了，已经15：00，做地铁过去都要30分钟，我想，该不会又错过了，搞得还伤心了一下，不过赶过去的时候，刚刚好15：30，还好，终于可以和猪仔看电影了。说来惭愧，这是我和猪仔第一次去看电影，看得出来猪仔很开心，其实我也很开心。
 
  看的电影是投名状，第一次在电影院看电影，感觉效果还不错。

  18：00 看完电影，回到学校
  到新月点了比较喜欢吃的手撕鸡饭，感觉太咸了，不过还好。

  19：30 买了夜场的票，进了欢乐谷
  去欢乐谷，三年前平安夜也去过一次听演唱会，不过那一次是跟以前高中的同学一起去。这一次却是跟小呆猪一起去，意义肯定是非常的不同。 猪仔以前跟我说，她不喜欢浪漫，其实我知道她应该是很喜欢别人做事去感动她的，心里是挺喜欢浪漫的，虽然口里不说，肥桑也跟我说过。演唱会还算不错，不过我跟猪仔并没有陶醉于演唱会，我们在园里到处走，我想园里的气氛很不错，适合park talk， 呵呵。

 10：30 回学校，洗澡睡觉，充实的一天结束。

Heart Disease, Stroke Claim More Than 17 Million Lives a Year

The World Heart Federation says heart disease and stroke are commonly believed to be diseases of the wealthy, but studies show 80 percent of all deaths from these chronic illnesses occur in low and middle-income countries. The Federation's Chief Executive Officer, Janet Voute, says cardiovascular diseases are on the increase across the African continent. Much of this, she says, is due to increased urbanization.

"When people move from rural to urban, there are major changes in their life, such as a decrease in physical activity, a change in dietary pattern, an increase in fast food and a decrease in fruit and vegetable consumption, for example. There is also an uptake of unhealthy habits such as smoking. So a lot of society’s trends are going in the wrong direction."

Voute says obesity is another major risk factor. She says Africa bears a double burden of malnutrition, that of underweight children and of overweight adults. She says it's important to focus on improving lifestyles within an African specific context to get the message across that overweight and obesity can lead to life-threatening conditions.

世界心脏病联盟表示，人们一般认为心脏病，中风是有钱人才会患的疾病， 但是研究却显示这类慢性疾病的死亡总数的 80% 来自中低收入国家。 该联盟的首席执行官， Janet Voute ，称在整个非洲大陆，心血管病的发病率正在增加。 她称，这种情况跟城市化加速有很大关系。

“当人们由乡村搬入到城市的时候， 生活方式会发生较大变化。比如， 体力活动会减少， 饮食方式会发生变化， 一个明显的例子就是快餐的次数增多，对水果和蔬菜消费的减少。 于此同时，也会染上不健康的习惯，比如抽烟。 很多的社会潮流都向错误的方向前进。”

Voute 称肥胖是另外一个主要的威胁人们健康的因素，。 她称非洲承担着营养不良的双倍重担， 总量不足的儿童和超重的成年人。 她称在非洲这个具体的环境下集中改善人们的生活水平， 向人们传达这样一个信息， 超重和肥胖会威胁到人们的生命。

知识与总结

The World Heart Federation  世界心脏病联盟

Chronic illness 慢性疾病

Cardiovascular disease 心血管疾病

Uptake 染上 take up 的名词； 吸收； be quick/slow on the uptake 领会的快 / 慢

翻译体会

1 Much of this, she says, is due to increased urbanization. 中的 much 在翻译中处理为副词，“主要” 我自己翻的是“跟什么有很大关系”

2 lead to life-threatening conditions 在翻译时直接翻为“威胁生命安全” 而不用罗嗦成， “导致威胁生命的状况”。

US Public Diplomacy Chief 'Waging Peace' With New Initiatives

She said this boy came from the same neighborhood as the Casablanca suicide bombers, but that perhaps now, the youth had a reason to live rather than a reason to die. Hughes says she hopes this kind of programs will provide stability and opportunities for young people all over the world. She says the budget for these initiatives has gone up in her two years as Under Secretary of State, but she would like to have even more funding for more work.

"This kind of programs ought to be a national security priority, because I really believe that winning over populations, and winning over the ideological struggle is as important as the military side.”

Hughes, a close friend to President Bush, served as his White House Counselor during his presidency from 2001 to 2002. The president asked her to come back in 2005 after he was reelected for second term to serve in her current position. Hughes says she's trying to change the minds of those who dislike the United States, one person at a time, if need be.

休斯表示这个男孩跟卡萨布兰卡的自杀性炸弹袭击者来自同样的地方， 但是现在， 这个男孩有活下去的理由，而不是死的理由。 休斯称她希望这种类型的项目能够向全世界的年轻人提供稳定的环境和成功的机会。 她称在她担任副国务卿的两年里， 这些项目方案的预算都在增加， 但是她想要更多的资金，做更多该类的工作。

“这些项目应该是关于国家安全的头等大事， 因为我确信赢得人们的信任，赢得人民思想挣扎的胜利，跟军事方面的作用一样大。”

休斯是布什总统的亲密的朋友， 在其 2001 年和 2002 年就任总统期间担任白宫顾问。 总统在 2005 年胜利连任后，让她回来现在的岗位上工作。 休斯称她正努力改变那些不喜欢美国的人的想法。 如果必要的话，一次一个人。

US Public Diplomacy Chief 'Waging Peace' With New Initiatives

"It’s a small group of people who come to work everyday with the mindset of how can I advance the ideological struggle against extremism and terrorism across the world today."

Hughes says communications, cultural exchange programs and improving the lives of others through health, education and economic incentives can help to counter terrorism. She says reaching out to young audiences in other countries is the main target of this project. Hughes recently launched another program aimed at young people, aged 8 to 14 in 13, mostly Islamic, countries.

Speaking to members of the foreign press in New York recently, Hughes said that the Youth Enrichment Programs, or YEP offers sports, music, art and English classes to over 6,000 youngsters, including in the West Bank and Gaza.

"We try to focus these programs in areas of disadvantaged youth that are both vulnerable to radical recruitment but also where they don't typically have these kind of opportunities."

Hughes recalled a boy she met during a recent visit to an English class in Morocco. The youth told her that he had found work thanks to his ability to speak English.

该中心的成员每天都怀着如何推进意识形态的斗争，以防止世界范围极端主义和恐怖主义的想法上班。

休斯称通过医疗，教育和经济激励的交流，文化互动和提高其他人的生活水平， 可以帮助我们削弱恐怖主义。 她称这个计划的主要目的是向其他国家的年轻人提供帮助。 休斯最近启动了另一个项目，意在帮助 13 国家里面，大部分是伊斯兰国家，年龄 8 到 14 岁的青少年。

在最近对外国媒体成员的讲话中， 休斯称青少年充实项目， 向包括西岸和加沙地带的超过 6000 名的年轻人提供运动，音乐，艺术和英语课程。

“我们的项目集中在向生活贫困的青年的地区，这些地区很容易成为极端分子招募成员的场所，也没有机会让他们发展。”

休斯回忆起她最近去摩洛哥参观时说遇到的小男孩。 这个男孩告诉她，由于他会说英语，他找到了工作。

知识与总结

Advance 推进

Disadvantaged 社会地位地下的，贫困的

US Public Diplomacy Chief 'Waging Peace' With New Initiatives

Hughes travels the world, championing the causes of women, opening schools and clinics, establishing English-language classes and communicating with international media. It's her job as a U.S. government official, but she also calls it "waging peace". And she says the need to reach out to the rest of the world is more important now than ever before for the United States.

According to polls like the Pew Global Attitudes Project, formerly positive views of America have dropped significantly, especially in the Middle East. The U.S. government's actions overseas continue to be a key factor in anti-American sentiment abroad. Hughes says she hopes her new initiatives will prove to the international community that America does want to be friendly with every country.

One project Hughes created this past summer is the CounterTerrorismCommunicationCenter. She says the group of State Department experts who work in this program has an understanding of and is culturally sensitive to Muslim and Middle Eastern audiences. She says the center provides the intellectual framework for how the United States responds to terrorism.

休斯女士环游世界，为女权事业斗争，开办学校诊所， 建立英语课程和与国际媒体交流。 这是她作为美国政府官员的工作， 但是她同时称之为“缔造和平”。 她称现在美国帮助世界其他地方和国家的需要越显重要。

诸如佩尤全球态度计划之类的调查显示， 之前其他地区对美国的肯定的观点有很大程度的下降， 特别是在中东地区。 美国政府的海外活动继续在海外反美主义中扮演着关键角色。 休斯称她的新方案会向国际社区证明，美国希望跟每一个国家和平友好相处。

休斯上个暑假创立的一个项目是反恐交流中心。 她称国务院专家对此有共识，并且能意识到穆斯林和中东人民的文化敏感差异。 她称该中心提供了美国如何应对恐怖主义的智力构架。

知识与总结

Champion 为什么而斗争，捍卫，声援

Reach out to 为什么提供帮助

Wage 发动，继续 wage war, battle 本文 wage peace

Manilow says the biggest challenge he faced with the latest in the series was making acoustic versions of his own 70s' hits.

"It took two months to figure out how to do it. It sounded simple. We’d do an “unplugged” acoustic version of all these things. It was very difficult. I wound up doing two and three renditions of each one. But we finally got it. It's a beautiful album"

Music

Barry made his first appearance on the pop chart with “Mandy”. The song, which climbed the Number One in 1975, is one of six Manilow Hits from the 1970s that he added as acoustic bonus tracks on his new album.

Barry retired from the road in 2004 after performing his sold-out “One Night Live, One Last Time” tour. In early 2005, he began a long-term engagement at the 1,700-seat Hilton Theater in Las Vegas. Last year, the run was extended through 2008.

The first single from Barry's new album, the Greatest Songs of the Seventies, is his remake of Albert Hammond' Top five Hips from 1970s, “It Never Rains in Southern California”.

Manilow 称在他的最新系列专辑中，他所面临的最大的挑战是灌制他自己 70 年代经典歌曲的非电声乐器演唱版本。

“我们花了两个月时间去解决怎么制作。 听起来很简单， 我们要灌制‘不插电’的非电声乐器就行了。 其实是很困难的。 最终我每首歌都演唱了两三遍才成功。 但是之后我们成功了。 这是一张非常美的唱片。”

Barry 依靠他的 Mandy 首次在流行榜上露面。 这首在 1975 年上升为首位的歌曲， 是他加入新专辑的附赠的六首歌的其中一首。

Barry 在结束他的“一个激情夜，最后一次”的完美演出后退休了。 在 2005 你那早期，他加入了拥有能容纳 1700 名观众的拉斯维加斯的 Hilton 剧院。 去年，他把合同延长至 2008 年。

Barry 的新专辑， 70 年代的最伟大的歌曲， 的第一首歌， 是对 Albert Hammond1972 年 Top5 的翻唱， “ It Never Rains in Southern California ”。

Acoustic 非电传乐器的 反义词 electronic digital

Unplugged 不插电的

Wind up 结束 wind up dead

Rendition 演唱

Remake 翻唱

"How can you mend this broken man?

 How can a loser ever win?

 Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again...."

The Bee Gees' how can you mend a broken heart is one of twelve tunes Barry Manilow covers on Greatest Songs of the Seventies. He also recorded classics by Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles, Elton John, the Hollies, Carole King and other 1970s superstars. Barry says, “I sent a list to every NO.1 record in 1970s to everybody I knew and asked them to pick their favorites”. He tallied the results and found many to be the same songs he and co-producer Clive David plans to include on the project.

"I think what we did was that not only the greatest titles, the most popular titles. But for me, the most melodic songs I could find. These are the most melodic songs, songs like, you’ve got a friend and sorry seems to be the hardest word. You know, these are not the disco songs or the rock and roll. These are the most melodic songs that we could find. It’s a beautiful romantic representation."

"Sailing takes me away

To where I’ve always heard it could be

 Just the dream and will that carry me

 And soon I will be free

 I will be free"

Last year, Barry recorded his first two decade-driven albums, combining sales of Greatest Hits of 50s and Greatest Hits of 60, reaching nearly 2 million copies in the United States.

Music

Bee Gee 演唱的“你如何抚平受伤的心”是 Barry Manilow 选出的《 70 年代最伟大的旋律》的其中一首。 他也录制了 Simon 和 Garfunkel ，披头士， Elton John ， The Hollies ， Carole King 和 70 年代超级明星的经典歌曲。 Barry 说， “我给我所认识的所有人送了一张 70 年代的冠军唱片的列表， 叫他们挑选出最喜欢的。” 他合计了一下结果，发现许多歌曲是他和 Clive David 计划放进唱片里面的。

我认为我们所选的不仅仅是最伟大的歌曲，最流行的歌曲。 对我来说，是能找到的最优美的歌曲。 它们是旋律最美的歌曲， 比如“你有一个朋友”， “对不起，最难启齿的词”。 这些不是迪斯科歌曲或者摇滚乐。 这些是我们所能找到的最优美的歌曲。 这张唱片是美妙的浪漫的代表。

Music

去年， Barry 录制了第一批两张十年回顾专辑。 《五十年代最美的旋律》和《六十年代最美的旋律》在美国的销售量达两百万张。

知识与总结

Tune 歌曲，旋律

Tally 总计， 记账，得分

Melodic 旋律优美的

Title 歌曲，书目，图画等的名城

Hits 很受欢迎的人或事

Decade-driven 十年回顾

Bush Plans Key Meetings on Sidelines of UN Meeting

"And to this end, we are working with allies and friends to send a consistent message to the Iranians that there is a better way forward for them than isolation, financial isolation, and/or, economic sanctions."

And the ministerial-level meeting of the five permanent UN Security Council member countries plus Germany on Friday is expected to focus on a new sanctions resolution against Iran. President Ahmadinejad’s visit to New York includes a speech at ColumbiaUniversity and a video news conference with reporters in Washington. But it will not include a visit to the site of the WorldTradeCenter destroyed in the terrorist attack of 2001.New York city police blocked that visit.

President Bush says he understands why. “I can understand why they would not want somebody running a country who is a state-sponsor of terror down there at the site."

In an interview with an American television network before his arrival in New York, President Ahmadinejad said Iran does not sponsor terrorists and condemns violence against civilians. President Bush concludes his time in New York Wednesday with a meeting with Afghan President Hami Karzai.

“为此，我们联合我们的盟国和朋友向伊朗人民传递我方一贯的立场， 他们有更好的方式解决问题，而不是受到孤立，财政孤立和经济制裁。”

由联合国安理会五个常任领事国和德国一起召开的部长级会议集中讨论对伊朗的新的制裁决议。 Ahmadinejad 总统的访问行程包括在哥伦比亚大学的演讲和在华盛顿和记者的视频新闻会议。 但是行程不包括在 2001 年被恐怖分子袭击的世贸中心遗址。，纽约警方拒绝了这次访问请求。

布什总统称他能够理解纽约警方的行为。 “我能够理解他们为什么要阻挠一个为恐怖分子提供支持的国家首领，去访问这个地方。”

在来纽约之前， Ahmadinejad 总统接受了美国一家电视台的采访。 他称伊朗并没有赞助恐怖分子，并谴责其针对平民的袭击。 周三，布什总统安排他与阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊会晤以结束他的纽约之行。

知识与总结

To this end 为达成什么目的

Block 妨碍