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The girl above seems to be glad to show her scar on their face. But if she would like to apply the teaching jobs in the schools of Guangdong province, she would face awkward situation. Because in a recent regulation on physical requirements for teachers, the Guangdong provincial government stated that people with large scars, moles or other " facial defects" were not qualified for teaching positions in the province's schools. Inevitably, it led to a debate on the web. Many people accused the education authorities of " job discrimination ", arguing that it is the ability and morals that matter, not how perfect the face is. While, in the eyes of some people, the regulation may not be really "discriminatory" in the first place. Even if it does bar a small number of qualified people from teaching, it is done out of concern for the children. A scar-looking man may have a troubling, even traumatic, impact on the child's mind. However, it is not th...

China plans to issue new policies to punish celebrities and rich people for having more children than the state family planning policy allows, according to a senior government official. The move came as the government witnesses an increasing number of complaints from the public saying celebrities and rich people are having more children than ordinary people because they are not afraid of paying fines. Most of those rich people are private business ow ners with high income and not affiliated with any government organization, said Mu Weiyong ,vice director of the family planning commission in China's northeast Liaoning province. According to the state family planning policy, government workers will be published by the party and their administration if they have more than one child. But no effective measures have been invented to punish celebrities and the rich as most of them are not affiliated with government organizations. The majority of those public figures and rich peopl...

It is natural for humans to ssk attention, but the generation Y, born after the early 1980, are reveling in ( 沉迷于某物 ). They are used to being notices, and being showered with praise. "Society taught us money is glamorous and everybody wants to be glamorous," said Jason Head, a 26-year-old wannabe actor. According to a survey, 81 percent of 18-to-25 year-olds saying that getting rich is their most important goal", and 51 percent said the same about being famous. In the modern life, the culture is " the way we distinguish ourselves is by our stuff ." Generation Y have more pathways to fame. They can be celebrities in their own world by being on a reality TV show, posting a video on the Internet or creating an online reality show starring themselves. They are familar with MySpace, YouTube, and so on. Sometimes, they even present themselves on the Web insted of having the intimacy of real communication.

The contemporary culture advertise is achievement and accomplishment as the route to ultimate happiness. Once you do well, people always except you to do well. The culture had come to view teenagers as small adults. They were left feeling if they could not be a success by age 25, then they were failures. Therefore, you will find more of the overachiever culture in privileged areas because they are so driven toward getting into a prestigious school or university, but it transcends class lines. The problem is that driven children who don't know how to cope with stress may fall into risky behaviours or develop metal disorders. They are afraid they will lose their edge. They think they can get by with a little less sleep. Pretty soon they are skipping meals. They don't exercise. They have no recovery time. The only one thing they do is to run, run, run. In fact, much of the drive has been spurred by peer pressure. Peer pressure is one thing that all teens have in common. You can...

Have you heard of FilmAid International? The founder, Caroline Baron, is a movie producer. She convinced of the idea for Filmaid in 1999 when she heard a report on a radio program about refugees. The broadcast said people in refuge camps had food and shelter,but many of them were depressed because they had nothing to to. So Caroline brought movies to the camps from Kosovo , Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Many refugees have seen appalling sight. The movies gave them something else to think about. The organization chooses nonviolent, family-oriented films. Beside that, it also shows educational films about topics to refugee life, such as AIDS and so on. The movies communicate ideas to large groups much easier than fliers do. Caroline said " Of course food and shelter are the first need to be met, but people need more to survive. Seeing a film opens people's minds, inspires them and gives them hope." For more information, please refer to their website: filmaid ....

Street performing in the USA is a very popular kind of art. From the Wenes Bank in Los . to the Times Square in New York, it attracts part-time musicians, dancers and mimes in the towns of the USA, no matter or big. The performers often put a hat or opened instrument for collecting money from the watchers. In fact ,most of these performers are college students who are thirst to perform for audience. Although in some cities, it is forbidden to perform in the public like this, there is not such kind of law being obeyed whether it is full of hoax. When the performance is over, the performers will be rewarded zealous applause , and even some young girls will dance with the applause.Of course, the money is better.

From the beginning of this month, Hong Kong extended it smoking ban to all indoor areas--workplaces, public areas, restaurants, bars, and karaoke lounges a public living room, a lobby >. Those who break the rule could face serious punishment. In fact, smoking bans can be seen around the world, in South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland and some parts of the US. Plus, UK will introduce the ban in 2007. So, what about the mainland? Many no-smokers say they would welcome a decision to save them from passive smoking. While, it is obvious the smokers will say no to such a kind of ban. The smokers believe that it is their rights where to go and where to sit. The ban mean they on longer be any freedom of choice. What is more, heavy smokers are unlikely to give up. If they have no public place to go, they prefer to stay home and have bad effect on their children. Some even argue the business of entertainment places will be driven out of. However, it is on doubt that smoking is dangerous...

The idea of the robot was invented by a Czech (捷克） playwright ( a perosn who writes plays) called Karel Capek back in 1921. The word "robot" means "work" in the Czech language, and that is what they are intended to do. Back in 2004 there were two million robots in use worldwide. the International Federation of Robotics says this figure will rise to eight million by the end of 2007. The Japan Robot Association predicts that by the year of 2025 there will be a personal robot industry worth over US50 billion per year worldwide. By now, Japan is the biggest country to develop and purchase the robots. The year of 2006 was the year of the robot. We saw the development of robots that could taste wine, race a car, teach children how to move and stop old people from feeling lonely. If we look at the kind of projects already underway , we can predict that robots will be providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly,helping people with disabilities get...

Can there are be a global English for global people? Specifically, Globish could be called the dialect of the globalization class- the people from places like Finland or Greece who meet in Shanghai to do business deals in English with people from India or Brazil. Globish is an attempt by non-English speakers to work out a language –based on English –in which they can communicate. In fact, as long as the 1920s, the British academic and critic IA Richards formulated Basic English, an 850 words version of English for use in China. However, it did not take off. Languages are not invented by experts and handed down. They evolve, like living things. That’s why Globish is becoming popular. It was invented by its speakers to meet their actual needs. The Golbish vocabulary has around 1500 words, compared to the 615,000 words recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary. It consists of words that can easily be recognized by non-English speakers. More obscure and specific words are explained in simp...