time and money into life after the NBA.
Yao said he did not only see his investment in the current CBA system in purely financial
terms, but also as a way to support the development of basketball in China and return the
favour to Shanghai for looking after him in his early days.
A few days before our most recent interview, Yao was asked to attend an award ceremony
for top athletes in China. He realised his superstar friends and fellow athletes were often forced
to take lowpaying jobs because they had little formal education.
As boss of the Shanghai Sharks, Yao has invited both teachers and mentors to help his players
better manage their financial futures.
Another of Yao"s problems has been balancing the knowledge he has gained in the NBA with
the traditions of home.
As head of the Sharks he has to consider what"s best for his team, even if it means hurting some
of his closest friends. Like his first coach, Li Qiuping, who was in hospital when Yao told him he
was going to have to replace him with an American coach.
Navigating traditional Chinese society, he said, can be tricky at times. He sometimes wistfully
thinks back to his early days, when he just played basketball. Even so, he never shies away from
the challenge.
When I think about these aspects of Yao"s life, I admire him as an example of someone who is
downtoearth and has not let fame go to his head.
As Yao will enter a new phase in his life, his 30s, fatherhood, returning to the NBA, and the
next step in his career as manager, he shows the courage to make a difference in the world.
Yang Lan One On One is shown on Shanghai Dragon TV, Sat.23:10 PM.
B. Yao pays his fellow athletes little money.
C. Yao has become a father of a boy.
D.Sometimes Yao has to hurt some friends for the profit of the whole team.
B.difficult
C.easy
D. special
B. runs after fame
C. is dependable
D.loves the earth
B.a novel
C.a memoir
D.an essay
paid parking at public hospitals.
Visitors had been paying up to $5 a day to park at Canberra and Calvary hospitals under the scheme
introduced in September, 2010.
Health Minister Katy Gallagher announced yesterday visitors would no longer pay these fees because
the idea had proved unworkable and unpopular.
The Government would also spend $29 million over two years to build a multistorey car park with
1,400 spaces at Canberra Hospital. But she could not rule out that visitors would be charged to park in the new structure.
Ms Gallagher said the Government had listened to the public concerns. "It is clear that, in spite of a
generous policy, many visitors to the hospitals don"t support the present system," she said.
The public would have access to twohour and threehour parking spaces from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
weekdays.
Opposition spokesman on urban services Steve Pratt congratulated the Government for "adopting"
Liberal policy to put an end to paid parking.
"Finally, the Stanhope Government has been forced to reduce the unfair burden that they put on ACT
residents," Mr Pratt said, "Why was it so necessary to put so many ACT residents particularly those who have to visit loved ones frequently or could hardly afford it through so much inconvenience and for so long before finally coming to their sense?"
Mr McGowan said the Government must come up with other ways to deal with problems such as
people parking at the hospital to avoid fees in Woden and Belconnen.
parking there.
B. likely
C. free
D. sure
B. new things are hard to become popular
C. the Government accepts public views
D. people park far away from the hospitals
B. the problem with hospital parking should also be solved in other places
C. the paid parking policy has not been supported by most hospital visitors
D. the Government"s latest decision is supposed to be still further improved
For many in the United States,Arab-Americans are an invisible part of the population.
Though Arab-Americans as a community have made great contributions to American
society in fields from literature to politics to medicine,many Americans know very little
about Americans of Arab backgrounds.
Arab history in the United States goes back to the late 1800"s when large numbers
of Arab immigrants first began making their journey to a land known simply as"Amreeka".
Historians generally describe Arab immigration to America in two waves.The first wave
took place between 1860 and 1924.The first wave consisted of Lebanese and Syrian,and
some Egyptian immigrants.These new immigrants,who were mostly Christian,came to
America in search of better opportunities.Even the doomed Titanic,which set sail for
America in 1912,had close to a hundred Arab passengers aboard.The majority of
Arab-Americans today are descendents of the first wave of immigrants;they are the third
or more generation Americans.
The second wave of immigrants followed after World War Ⅱ,caused by political unrest
in the Middle East.This second wave of immigrants consists of mainly Arab Muslims(穆斯
林)and continues to this day.
Arab-Americans make up 3 million of the population in the United States,according to
demographers.And quite different from popular belief,64 percent of them are American-born.
Eighty-two percent of Arab-Americans are US citizens.
Arab-Americans are beyond the national average in both education and income.Education
is important among Arab-Americans;82 percent have high school diplomas,36 percent have
bachelor"s degrees or higher,and 15 percent have graduate degrees.The-median(中位数的)
average income among Arab-Americans is $39 580,which is higher than the US average.
B.The Two Arab Immigration Waves to America.
C.Arab-Americans,Contributions to America
D.Arab-Americans,Education and Income.
B.Arabs wanted to hunt for a better development
C.the Second World War broke out
D.Arabs wanted to gain higher income
B.because Titanic became a well-known disaster
C.to show us there were many Arabs flocking into America at that time
D.to inform us that Arabs are brave enough
B.Arab-Americans are hard-working people
C.the higher education you receive,the higher income you will get in America
D.Arab-Americans play the most important role in the American average in both education and income
liability (法律责任) issues, but also covers many other legal and financial challenges that
might cause you problems. For instance, there is an IRS guideline that requires company
cell phones to be used only for business purposes. Personal use of these devices is
considered as a taxable benefit, which can be considered as part of your income and
therefore must be included in the income to be declared for tax.
Then how to make a good cell phone policy? Here are some tips for you to follow.
Make sure there are provisions (条款) in your cell phone policy for business and personal
use. You must make it clear what is allowed and what is not. A good Cell phone policy should
clearly show your managers and employees the company-wide rules for cell phone usage. This
will avoid some managers making their own decisions.
Employees should understand that cell phones are controlled not by them, but by a company
authorized (公司批准的) employee who is the only person authorized to order devices, assign
plans, manage devices and the like. This will prohibit employees from ordering whatever services
they want.
Another mobile device issue is liability for damage (赔偿责任). A good cell phone policy also
states responsibility for lost or damaged phones and how to report problems. This will prevent
confusion and help keep costs under control.
Once you have a company cell phone policy in place, make sure you read and discuss it
thoroughly with all of your employees. Have them sign the policy to ensure that they understand
the information contained within. Be sure to provide employees with a copy of the policy. This
will help reduce your company"s liability for any legal issue that may arise.
B. pay more tax if he uses a company cell phone for business purposes
C. pay less tax if he uses a company cell phone for personal purposes
D. pay more tax if he uses a company cell phone for personal purposes
B. be discussed and signed by all the employees of the company
C. be provided for employees in copies to make sure they understand it
D. prohibit employees from ordering any kind of service they want
B. How to make a good cell phone policy?
C. Reasonable rules are necessary in running companies.
D. Ways to make companies run well.
,属美国加利福利亚州), California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39. Bob had just
drawn up a "motherhood contract" - a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would
take over the care and feeding of the couple"s four children, plus all household chores. Although
he didn"t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident. (He though
t the experience would make a nice book.)
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up. "I was beaten down, completely humbled,"
admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press (also part of the bargain), stating,
"Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for
any normal human being."
Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as
a secretary to help pat him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling
coach at Palo Alto"s Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids.
Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley. "I had been around
children so much, "she sighs, "I couldn"t talk to a grown-up." She continued to run the house-hold,
however until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it. Although
Peters had consulted (咨询) with his school"s home economics teachers and the head of the
cafeteria (食堂), his meals were sometimes a disaster. "I tried to slip the butter I"d forgotten under
the eggs after they were frying," he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot sometimes
having Macdonald"s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean
if the bed is made. "I found an easier way I shut the doors," he says. Soon the kids were wearing
the same clothes for a week. I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick
up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean."
Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely (日常地)sharing the child-raising
and household tasks with Pat. The tentative (暂定的) tide of his book about the summer is taken
from something he shouted at the kids one day.
B. Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest
C. they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks
D. Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book
C. She was tired of the child-raising and household tasks.
D. She did not love Bob any longer
B. "I"m proud of you all, my dear!"
C "Wait till your mother gets home!"
D. "Motherhood: an impossible job for anyone."
B. Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.
C. Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work.
D. Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day.
evidence of life.
" Sharp new images received from their Phoenix lander convinced scientists that the
spacecraft " s thrusters (推进器) had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian
surface, " team members said.
That bodes (预示) well for the mission " s main goal of digging for ice that can be tested
for evidence of organic compounds that are the chemical building blocks of life.
Washington University scientist Ray Arvidson said the spacecraft" s thrusters may have blown
away dirt covering the ice when the robot landed one week ago.
Scientists said a detailed image taken under the lander shows one of the craft"s three legs
sitting on rough dirt and a large patch of what appears to be ice-possibly 3 feet(0. 9 metres) in
diameter(直径) -that apparently had been covered by a thin layer of dirt.
" We were worried that it may be 30-,40-,50-centimeter deep, which would be a lot of
work. Now we are fairly certain that we can easily get down to the ice table, " said Peter Smith,
a University of Arizona scientist who is in charge of the project.
The spacecraft is equipped with a shovel-like robot arm that will be used to dig into the ground
and collect samples for testing in the lander"s small laboratories.
The lander was sent to a spot on Mars" northern regions in hopes of finding frozen water, but
just how deep underground it would be found was unknown.
The robot arm is expected to begin its first digging operations after several more days of testing.
Once the arm starts digging, dirt and ice it scoops up will be deposited(存放 ) in several small
ovens to be heated. Measuring devices will test the resulting gases.
The University of Arizona in Tucson is leading and NASA"s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is managing
the three-month scientific mission.
B. To explore life in outer space.
C. To study the minerals in the soil.
D. To discover new resources in outer space.
B. Because it takes some time to deal with the large patch of ice.
C. Because it" s impossible for Phoenix lander to collect the ice.
D. Because it"s hard to carry the ice back to laboratories on the earth .
B. The ice table
C. The robot arm
D. The Phoenix lander
B. The goal of sending Phoenix lander to Mars is to look for frozen water.
C. The goal of sending Phoenix Iander to Mars is to discover new resources.
D. It takes some time to deal with the large patch of ice for Phoenix lander.
B. NASA sent another spacecraft to Mars.
C. NASA Phoenix lander finds frozen water on Mars.
D. Washington University scientists study Mars.
- 1Mary failed the driving test again.If she ______ harder, she
- 2——There are many ________between them.—— Yes. ________ peopl
- 3We went to our teacher. He gave us . [ ]A. so
- 4同时掷两个质地均匀的骰子,点数的和小于5的概率是______.
- 5已知:如图,△ABC中,D、E分别为AB、BC上的点,BD=BE,∠BDC=∠BEA,AE与CD相交于点O。(1)在不添
- 6定义方程f(x)=f′(x)的实数根x0叫做函数f(x)的“新驻点”,若函数g(x)=x,h(x)=ln(x+1),φ(
- 7函数y=(k≠0)与y=kx+k在同一坐标系中的大致图象[ ]A.B.C.D.
- 8He said he had seen that film ___.A.yesterdayB.the next dayC
- 9下列命题中,真命题的是( )A.∀x∈[0,π2],sinx+cosx≥2B.∀x∈R,x2+x=-1C.∀x∈(3,
- 10阅读《侏儒眼镜猴》一文,完成下列各题。(17分)侏儒眼镜猴毕役①1921年,当最后一只侏儒眼镜猴被制成标本收藏在博物馆,
- 1已知直线l:y=k(x+2)(k>0)与抛物线C:相交于A、B两点,F为C的焦点,若,则 (
- 2关于气温分布的说法,正确的是A.南部高、北部低B.低纬度高、高纬度低C.夏天同一纬度上海洋高陆地低D.山脚低、山顶高
- 3Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no long
- 4读我国某地区地形图,完成下列各题。(1)关于图中的地形类型,正确的是________。(双选,填字母)A.①处是山峰B.
- 5环境中影响生物形态、生理、分布的因素称为_________,它包括_________和___________。
- 6M,N分别代表四次多项式,则M+N是( )A.八次多项式B.四次多项式C.次数不低于四次的整式D.次数不高于四次的整式
- 7把我国建设成为富强、民主、文明的社会主义现代化国家,是我国社会主义初级阶段各民族的共同理想。它同共产主义最高理想之间是辩
- 8已知抛物线 上一点 ,若P到焦点F的距离为4,则以P为圆心且与抛物线C的准线相切的圆的标准方程为_________.
- 9下面有关Na2CO3与NaHCO3的叙述正确的是( )A.Na2CO3遇过量盐酸可生成NaHCO3B.在水中溶解度Na2
- 1015. It is often said that the joy of travelling is________in