宁静，思远，志在千里

Obama announces his national security team

President-elect Barack Obama takes questions from reporters during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, with, from left to right: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder; Homeland Security Secretary-designate Janet Napolitano; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Vice President-elect Joe Biden; Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; National Security Adviser-designate Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones; and United Nations Ambassador-designate Susan Rice.
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今天参加了第七届全国外国语学校英语教学研讨会，是由全国外国语学校工作理事会和上海教育出版社联合主办的。主要聆听了外校教材主编的报告和一些专家的讲座，收获颇丰。

印象比较深的是上外附中副校长赵jn的报告《突破语言层面，走上文化之旅—关于外国语学校特色的思考》。报告中，赵校长介绍了上外附中的特色，其中提到了三个“便知”：开口便知外校人、落笔便知外校人、登台便知外校人。对比这个要求，发现我们学校还有很大的差距可以追赶。赵校长还介绍了“7-Ex”教学模式（examine, expose, explore, explain, exercise, express, exceed），该模式是上外附中经过数年实践探索而总结出来的教学经验，听后让我有顿悟的感觉，感觉自己就是一个井底之蛙，外面的世界很精彩。听君一言，胜读十年书！

另一个印象比较深的是香港中文大学Andy Curtis教授作的报告“The VIVO Approach: Using Visual Input to Promote Verbal Output”。学了一招视听课的教学法，以后可以尝试一下，感觉90秒的输入却能有一大堆的产出，值！可惜的是，talkative的老师们做了学生之后也喜欢sitting silently，Curtis教授一再问“Any Question？”，NO response, silence, deafening！教授只能苦笑。。。但视听后，在接下来的Q&A中，我们这些老师学生们回答问题非常积极。看来中国学生只擅长回答问题，不喜欢提问的现象就不足为怪了。

今天的科研培训中，教发院的贺老师主要向我们介绍了教育经验总结法。贺老师讲到目前科研存在“穿靴戴帽”“空话套话”的问题时，联系到了不久前，前驻法大使、外交学院前院长吴建民发表的文章：中国官员不会“说话”。值得深思。

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http://blog.hjenglish.com/xuhuafei/archive/2008/11/05/1213446.aspx

麦凯恩败选感言演讲稿(中英) —莫以成败论英雄

Complete Text of Sen. John McCain’s concession speech: The End Of A Long Journey

Complete Text of Arizona Senator John McCain’s concession speech, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 4, 2008

(UPDATE: In a conversation late Tuesday night McCain’s top aide, Mark Salter, who’s collaborated on McCain’s books, told The Times’ Maeve Reston that the Arizona senator instructed him to craft a concession speech that captured the historic sweep of his Democratic opponent’s victory, McCain’s promise to work with him and another sympathetic mention of the passing of Obama’s grandmother.

(Salter began the writing at 6 p.m. By 8, he had a draft of the 10-minute remarks completed for the senator’s review. And the world heard those words soon after.)

MCCAIN: Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

[APPLAUSE]

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http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTE1NzEwNDg=.html  中英字幕视频

http://news.sina.com.cn/z/2008mgdx/index.shtml

美国民主党总统候选人贝拉克•奥巴马十一月四日在总统大选中以338：155击败共和党对手约翰•麦凯恩，当选第五十六届和四十四任美国总统，从而也将成为美国历史上首位非洲裔总统。四十七岁的奥巴马将在明年一月二十日正式宣誓就职。

You can see the videos via:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTEzNzgyNDA=.html [完整版]

http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/17065866-1290078633.html [完整版]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzT76yKOx2M  part1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avmyK7CASwQ  part2

or via: http://www.cnn.com

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2008年美国总统第二场辩论

http://putclub.com/article.php?articleid=10179

2008美国大选第三场辩论

http://www.putclub.com/article.php?articleid=10178

文本参考：
SCHIEFFER: Good evening. And welcome to the third and last presidential debate of 2008, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. I’m Bob Schieffer of CBS News.

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Unit 7 The Glory of Sports (I)

Part I

Hemisphere

Charter

Ideal

Amateur

The opening ceremony

   Millions of TV viewers throughout the world were attracted by the grand opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympics from start to finish.

Motto

Era

Host

Abide by 遵守

Monarch

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