<P>It’s difficult to me,It just like to write composition when in examination. I try my best. </P><P>Guoqing temple is lie in Tiantan.it has a long history which was built in Sui Dynasty.the difference between Guoqing and Lingyin is :the first one is a teaching temple.the latter is a zen temple (I don’t know if it is an accurate expression.) there are two copper lions in front of the gate.they came from the museum of the Imperial Palace several years ago.the Palaces there are same as the other temple.it’s is interesting that the Rulai has a baby face there.But nobody tell us why. if somebody here know it .please tell all of us.</P><P> <p></p></P>
Would you like a ride? <P>很多人都发现城市里的交通每况愈下，原因是大家愈来愈有钱；每个人都买车，每个人都自己开车。作为一个大方的车主，你上班时可以问问邻居，下班时可以问问同事，有没有人要搭便车。你可以这样问："Would you like a ride?" ‘你要搭便车吗？’ </P><P>对话
A：Which way are you going?
B：I'm going to the cinema.
A：Would you like a ride? I can drop you off there.
B：Oh, that's very nice of you.
A：My car is just around the corner.
甲：你去哪儿？
乙：我要去电影院。
甲：要乘便车吗？ 我可以让你在那里下车。
乙：噢，你真好。
甲：我的车就在转角附近。 </P>
<P>"Would you like a ride?" 无论是女生对男生说，或是男生对女生说，相信都会非常受欢迎。但要注意在澳洲跟英国不叫“ride”，他们叫做“lift”，所以如果你听见有人说："Would you like a lift?" 这个时候你就要赶快举手说：‘要，我要搭便车。’ </P><P>‘便车’英文美式叫ride，英式叫lift。在西方，偶然会见到公路旁有人翘起拇指向驾车者示意，或手持写了目的地的标示牌，那是请人家给他们搭便车，这种搭便车方式叫to hitch a ride / lift，例如：Tom's car ran out of gas, and he had to hitch a ride with a truck driver.（汤姆汽车的汽油用光了，他只有在路旁求搭便车，获得一位货车司机送了一程。）Hitch本来是 ‘钩住’的意思，to hitch a ride 有‘用拇指把汽车钩过来’含义。 </P><P>搭便车旅游叫hitchhike，例如：He hitchhiked his way all over Canada.（他搭便车遍游加拿大。）让人搭便车，是to give somebody a ride / lift，例如：Can you give me a ride to New York, please?（可以让我搭便车去纽约吗？）Women should not accept rides from strangers. 即‘妇女不宜答应搭陌生人的便车’。 </P>
<P>留意to give somebody a ride 跟 to take somebody for a ride 不同。To take somebody for a ride. 是‘欺骗某人’，例如：He found himself taken for a ride when the woman handed him over to the police. (那女人把他交给警方时，他才发觉自己上了当。） </P><P>在西方有些人会和邻居组成car pool（汽车共乘组织），彼此轮流开车送邻居上班、回家等，这种安排叫做carpooling，和搭便车有点儿相似。Carpooling is not only economical but also environmentally friendly. 即‘共乘汽车不但可以省钱，对环保也有帮助。’ </P><P>作者：古德明（香港） </P>
<P>I haven't seen such big snow for many years,everybody in the office feeled very excided.They always looked out of the window and said"woo,so white snow!".it makes normal life very special,I like snow!</P>
A Smart Housewife.<P> A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. She was very excited, and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!"</P><P> 精明的家庭主妇
Q: Which is the strongest creature in the world? <P>
A: The snail. It carries its house on its back.</P><P>
因为snail（蜗牛）的后背上总是背着一所房子，所以说蜗牛是世界上最强壮的生物是不足为奇的。你说呢？ </P><P>
Q: What do people do in a clock factory? </P><P>
A: They make faces all day. </P><P>
一看到make faces这个短语，你可千万别以为是在钟表厂工作的人整天都做鬼脸呀！因为除了这个意思以外，它还可以从字面上解释为制造钟面。 </P><P>
Q: How do you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep? </P><P>
A: Keep him awake.</P><P>
怎样才能不让梦游者（sleepwalker）梦游（walk in his sleep）呢？最简单的方法就是不让他睡觉。虽然这不是治疗方法，但如果让梦游者醒着呢，他的确就不会去梦游了。 </P>
<B>以下是引用<I>小蓝</I>在2004-12-29 9:52:25的发言：</B>
A Smart Housewife.
<P> A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. She was very excited, and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!"</P>
<P> 精明的家庭主妇
楼主: 小蓝
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发表于 2004-12-27 11:27
