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本篇内容，纯属大型门户网站开发经验之谈，

07年07-10月，我和公司同事一起接手了新浪网(Sina.com) 的外包项目开发，这是一个典型的门户网站级别的项目，新浪网要求我们对项目的各个环节必须严格控制与把握，本篇和大家说一说关于新浪网的大型网站开发的一个机制。

第一步，由需求方（新浪）给出总体需求文档，网站建设方确认需求文档内容。
第二步，网站建设方要根据网站需求方（新浪）提供的需求文档进行网站产品设计。
第三步，网站建设方根据网站产品经理的网站策划文档，安排美工设计人员进行网站美工设计。
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第五步，网站建设方页面制作人员根据页面美工设计人员的平面图进行HTML页面制作，CSS网站样式编写等，JS程序编写等。
第六步，程序员需要完成由网站建设方技术总监分配下来的各网站模块开发任务。
第七步，由网站建设方网站测试人员对网站单元进单项功能测试，然后再整体测试。
第八步，网站项目交由需求方（新浪）验收，项目从此进入运维期。

上面所说，是我们处理一个大型项目时的理论实现方法，如果这个项目是一个人完成，那么就遵循这种执行流程，但在实际操作中，一个大型网站开发项目有数十人并同工作，项目过程被分解了几个部分，尽管如此，归根到底还是这几个工作流程在并发进行。本篇在此作一个关于如何处理大型项目的理论实现图。

大型互联网项目开发理论实现图(仅作参考)：


大型网站开发工程实现图

根据此图，可以对一个项目的开发费用，人力资源，开发进度等进行评估。

大型互联网项目开发实际实现图(仅作参考)：

项目任务分配图


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Liyang's ListenStuff Sorted

Chapter One



My name is Li Yang.I graduated from Lanzhou University and majored Mechanical Engineering.I was once a poor student of English,and it was my biggest headache and trouble-maker.I got sick and tired of learning boring grammar rules and lifeless words.But through hard work in practicing speaking English and breaking away from the traditional grammar games,I found myself a totally different and exciting new world.Not only did I pass Band four and Band six College English Exams very easily with high marks,but importantly,I began to use English.

Finally,I developed a new Language Cracking System myself,I began to teach German not long after I started to learn this terribly difficult language in my own way.It was a miracle but I made it.To speak good English,I think one year of study should be enough for any dilligent and interligent person.

I'd like to share my learning techniques with you,and I will be very glad to answer your letters and be your friend.

Chapter Two



An Awkward Situation

A woman was singing.One of the guests turned to a man by his side and criticized the singer.

"What a terrible voice!"he said."Do you know who she is?"

"Yes."was the answer,"She is my wife."

"Oh,I beg your pardon,"the man said."Of course her voice isn't bad,but the song is very bad.I wondered who wrote that awful song?"

"I did."was the answer.



A letter

Dear Mother,

I'm writing to you from our hotel at Hawaii Beach.Stone and I am on vacation with the children for a few days. We're happy to be here, but to tell the truth, we're having a few problems.

The weather isn't very good. In fact, it's cold and cloudy. Right now I'm looking out the windows and it's raining cats and dogs.

The children aren't very happy. In fact, they're bored and they're having a terrible time. Right now they're sitting on the bed, playing cards and watching TV.

The restaurants here are expansive, and the food isn't very good. In fact, Stone is at the doctor's office right now. He's having problems with his stomach.

All the other hotels here are beautiful and new. Our hotel is ugly, and it's very, very old. In fact, right now a repairman is in our bathroom fixing the toilet.

As you can see, Mother, we're having a few problems here at Hawaii Beach, but we're happy. We're happy to be on vacation, and we're happy to be together.

See you soon.



Love Makes the World Go Round

What's wrong, Stone? Why are you so upset?

It's those new neighbors of ours. They play their stereo so loud at night that I can't sleep.

I've had it. I'm going to go over there and give them a piece of my mind!

Hold it! You won't accomplish anything by hollering at them. You're all worked up now. Why not wait until you cool down a bit? Don't you know that love makes the world go round?

I agree that the world would be a better place to live if people respected and loved each other, But right now...

Not another word! Let's try it my way. I'll bake some cookies, and later on we'll take them next door and introduce ourselves. We can casually mention the problem after we get to know our new neighbors, I'm sure they'll cooperate.



Asking about Likes and Dislikes

What do you think of Chinese fiction?

I like it --- especiallly books by Wang Shuo

Do you like detective stories?

Not much. They're all the same.

What about non-fiction?

I like to read biographies.

What do you think of that new book about George Bush?

I'm afraid I haven't read it yet.

What about music? Do you like music?

Yeah---POP Music.

What do you think of classical music?

I listen to some of it

What about modern jazz?

Modern jazz ? I can't stand modern jazz!

Stating Obligations

Why don't we go to a movie tonight?

I'd love to but I can't. I have to study.

But it's just a couple of hours.

No.I have a French test tomorrow morning. I have no choice. I have to study.

Can I help?

I don't think so. First I have to memorize some irregular verbs... then I have to read 20 pages of my grammar book.

Oh, your teacher must be a monster to give you all that works.

No.It's my fault. He told us about the test three weeks ago. I've been procrastinating...now I have to study!

Offering

Would you like some tea?

Yes please.

I'll plug the Kettle in. Would you like something to eat?

O.K.Would you like to watch some television?

No.Not really.

Would you like to listen to the radio?

Not particularly.

Would you like to listen to some records?

Oh yes! Um...I'm very fond of Mozart.

I don't have any Mozart.Would you like to listen to some Michael Jackson?

I guess so.

Apologizing

Miss Jones...Did you type those letters I gave you?

I'm sorry, Mr.White.I forgot.

Did you file those reports?

No, sir. I'm terribly sorry. I do apologize.

Did you make those phone calls?

I'm really sorry, I didn't...but I will soon.

Well, did you make those photocopies I gave you the day before esterday?

I'm sorry, Mr.White.I'm afraid I forgot.

And that fax to China?

I've lost it. I'm really sorry.

Complaining

Yes, sir. Can I help you?

I bought a television set here last week and now it doesn't work. I want my money back.

Do you have the warranty?

No.I've lost it.

Sorry, sir. We must have the warranty.

But this is ridiculous. You sold me the set...

What is the matter with it?

I don't know. When I turn it on, there's no picture and a strange smell. Can you fix it?

I'm afraid we don't do repairs here.

No repairs? This is unacceptable. I want my money back.

We don't give refunds.

But this is outrageous! My-YOUR-TV set doesn't work.

Bring the set in and we'll send it to Japan for repair. Without the warranty, you'll have to pay. It'll take three weeks.

Three weeks! That just won't do. I'll miss the football finals.

We can rent you another set while your old set is being repaired. The charge is twenty dollars a week.

Twenty dollars a week! That's outrageous! Let me speak to the manager.

I AM the manager.

Giving Advice

I can't decide whether to go to university or get a job. What do you think?

Well, you shouldn't neglect your education. If I were you, I'd continue studying.

I don't even know what I want to study.

If I were you, I'd study English.You're good at English.You could be an English teacher.

That's what my parents want me to do.

You shouldn't ignore their advice. They want what's best for you.

But my friends will have jobs and lots of fun while I spend all my time studying.

But if you go to university, you'll still have time for fun. And with a part-time job, you should have some money too.

What you say makes sense.

If I were you, that's what I'd do.

Expressing Regret

Why do you look so sad?

I failed my English examination.

Oh, that's too bad.

If only...if only...if only...

If only what?

If only I had passed!

Take it easy! Was it really difficult?

Not really...but I didn't study enough. I wish...I wish

I wish what?

I wish I had studied more!

Take it easy!

If only I had studied more! Oh!

Take it easy... take it easy.

Worrying

Let's have a party

Oh no...no no.

Oh, come on.

What if it's a boring party?

It won't be.

What if no one comes?

Of course they will.

What if the neighbours complain about the noise?

We'll invite the neighbours!Hey,let's have the party outside.

What if it rains!?

Don't worry.

Chapter Three

In this section of the test, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to understand spoken English. There are three parts to this section, with special directions for each part.

Part A

Directions: for each question in Part A, you will hear a short sentence. Each sentence will be spoken just one time .The sentences you hear will not be written out for you. Therefore, you must listen carefully to understand what the speaker says.

After you hear a sentence, read the four choices in your test book, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D), and decide which one is closeset in meaning to the sentence you heard. Then, on your answer sheet, find sentence you heard. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be seen.

Example I

You will hear:

You will read:

(a) Mary outswam the others.

(b) Mary ought to swim with them.

(c) Mary and he friends swam to the island.

(d) Mary's friends owned the island.

The speaker said,"Mary swam out to the island with her friends."Sentence (C),"Mary and her friends swam to the island."Is closest in meaning to the sentence you heard. Therefore, you should choose answer (C).

Example II

You will hear:

You will read:

(a) Please remind me to read this book.

(b) Could you help me carry these books?

(c) I don't mind if you help me.

(d) Do you have a heavy course load this term?

The speaker said "Would you mind helping me with this load of books?"Sentence (B),"Could you help me carry these books?" is closest in meaning to the sentence you heard. There fore, you should choose answer (B).

Part B

Directions: In Part B you will hear short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a third person will ask a question about what was said. You will hear each conversation and question about it just one time. Therefore, you must listen carefully to understand what each speaker says. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your test book and decide which one is the best answer to the question you heard. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Look at the following example.

You will hear:

You will read:

(a) Present Professor Smith with a picture.

(b) Photograph Professor Smith.

(c) Put glass over the photograph.

(d) Replace the broken headlight.

From the conversation you learn that the woman thinks Professor Smith would like a photograph of the class. The best answer to the question"What does the woman think the class should do?" is (a),"Present Professor Smith with a picture." These fore, you should choose answer (a).

Chapter Four

Part A

Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is in Japan on an Asian tour that will include visits to China and India. Mrs.Thatcher met briefly with Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki shortly after she arrived in Tokyo.She assured him that the Western alliance remains strong despite the disagreement between the U.S and Western Europ over supplying equipment for the Soviet gas pipeline. The 2 leaders will meet a gain on Monday.Talks are expected to cover the pipeline issue, policies towards the Soviet Union and China, trade, and the future of Hongkong.Mrs.Thatcher's six-day visit to Japan is the first by a British prime minister in 10 years.

What countries will Mrs.Thatcher visit on her Asian tour?

China, Japan and India.

Which country is she visiting now?

Japan.

How long will she stay in that country?

6 days.

With whom did she meet briefly in Tokyo?

Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki.

What are the two leaders expected to talk about when they meet again?

They will talk about the policy toward China and the future of Hongkong.

Part B

The most senior officaial of the Reagan administration to visit China, Vice-President George Bush, has arrived in the southeastern Chinese city of Hangchow.U.S-Chinese relations, he said, are strong, sound and fundamental. The Vice-President told reporters he hopes to play a major role in reducing misunderstandings between Washington and Peking over U.S.military equiment sales to Taiwan.

Who is George Bush?

Vice President of the U.S.

Which city in China is he visiting now?

Hangchow.

What did he say about U.S.-Chinese relations?

U.S.-Chinese relations are strong, sound and fundamental.

What does he hope to do about U.S.military equipment sales to Taiwan?

He hopes to play a major role in reducing misunderstandings between Washington and Peking over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

Chapter Five

What would you have done last night if ou hadn't had to study?

I would have gone on the picnic if it hadn't rained.

If you had gotten up earlier, you would have had time for breakfast.

If I had had time, I would have called you.

Would he have seen you if you hadn't waved to him?

If he had only had enough money, he would have bought that house.

I wish you had called me back the next day, as I had asked you to.

If you hadn't slipped and fallen,you wouldn't have broken your leg.

If I had known you wanted to go. I would have called you.

Had I known you didn't have a key, I wouldn't have locked the door.

She would have gone with me, but she didn't have time.

If I had asked for directions, I wouldn't have gotten lost.

Even if we could have taken a vacation, we might not have wanted to.

Everything would have been all right if you hadn't said that.

Looking back on it, I wish we hadn't given in so easily.

Chapter Senven

The Fourth of July Celebration

This Friday, Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July-Independence Day in the United States. A holiday will mark 210 years of independence. As in past years, July Fourth will be a day of traditional parades, speeches and firework shows. In addition some very special ceremonies will be held this year. The ceremonies will honor one of America's most famus sights: the Statue of Liberty.

The Statue of Liberty stands on an island in New York harbor. It was a gift to the pople of the United States from the people of France. The purpose of the gift was to mark the alliance between American colonists and the French during America's war for independence.

The Statue of Liberty was completed 100 years ago, just in time for the July Fourth holiday in 1886. During the years since then, the statue's metal parts became weak. A project was begun to repair it. Many people and companies gave money to the project. They did not want to see this symbol of America fall apart.

Now, the repair work is done… just in time for this year's July Fourth holiday. In some ways, the Fourth of July celebration has remained much the same since Americans first began observing the day. Most Americans see it as huge birthday party - a party for the nation.

But the parades, speeches and even the fireworks have a more serious purpose. They help citizens remember the events that led to American independence from Britain.

Senior English for High school for China,Specially for Mr Bitao

Unit 1 Disneyland

Lesson 1



Carl has left San Francisco and is now working at Disneyland. He is answering visitors’ questions.

A: Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the Sleeping Beauty Castle?

C: Yes. Go straight ahead till you see the entrance. It’s about four hundred

yards down this street.

B: Excuse me. How can I get to Bear Country?

C: Do you see the big gate over there?

B: Yes.

C: Go through the gate and you’ll find the entrance to Bear Country on the other side.

B: Thanks very much.

D: Excuse me . Are the horse-drawn streetcars free?

C: Yes, they’re free. But there’s usually a long line. You can join the line behind the clock tower.

D: Where is the Tomorrow Land Building?

C: The Tomorrow Land Building? It's behind the Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Just take this street round to the right of the castle. It’s about 400 yards from here.

E: Excuse me , please. Where’s the nearest men’s room?

C: Go down this street till you get to the clock tower.

Then you’ll see the sign for the rest room.



Lesson 2



Read the passage and answer this question:How did Disney get the idea for his first cartoon character?

Walt Disney

Walt Disney, the great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901. Disney’s greatest wish was to be a famous artist. When he was a young man, he went to a newspaper office in Kansas City where he was living. He had some friends who worked in the office there. He took along some of his pictures in the hope of getting a job there. However, he had no luck. They looked at his pictures and said, “Sorry, young man. We don’t think there is anything of interest in your pictures.”

Disney’s friends tried to encourage him. Don’t worry, Walt. We like your pictures. They’re very good. We ‘re sure you’ll be well-known as an artist before long.”

Disney did not lose heart. He continued to draw lots of pictures. His family was poor and he used to sit in the family garage and draw pictures there. One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor. Disney stopped drawing and watched the mouse. The mouse came towards him, so he gave the mouse a piece of bread. Then the mouse came and sat on his desk. Day after day the mouse came back and was given more bread. In this way over several days the artist and his mouse became good friends.

Some years later, Disney moved to the west coast of the USA. He tried to get work as an artist, but still he was unsuccessful. One day he remembered the mouse that used to come out in his father’s garage. He picked up his pencil and started to draw. Day after day he experimented and drew different pictures of the mouse that he had known. At last he was pleased with one of his pictures of the mouse. He called it Mickey Mouse.

Disney’s success as a cartoon-marker had begun. He soon drew other cartoon characters like Donald Duck and during the 1920s and the 1930s he made scores of cartoons about them. These cartoons were all short ones. Before the days of television, They used to be shown in cinemas all over the country before the main film was shown. Later Walt Disney made longer films. All of them were liked very much by children. Disney died in 1966. But the studios which he started are still busy today, producing more and more interesting films.

One (A) plays a newspaper reporter. One of others (B) plays the famous cartoon-maker - Walt Disney. Well, A is asking the following questions.

i. May I ask you when and where you were born, Mr Disney?

ii. Could you tell me what kind of family you were born in? What was your father’s job? What did your mother do?

iii. What were you most interested in when you were young?

iv. Did you think you would be a famous artist as a young man

v. When did you become well-known as a cartoon-maker?

vi. What’s your plan for the future?



Talk about the following pictures in pairs.





Lesson 3

Disneyland



The company that Walt Disney started does not just make films. In 1955 Walt Disney himself opened the first Disney park. This was Disneyland in Los Angeles on the west coast of the USA. Later, Disney World was opened on the east coast, in Florida, in 1971. It cost between $550 and $600 million to build.

Tokyo Disneyland opened in Japan in 1983, and Europe Disney opened in France in 1992.

All the Disney parks are operated by the same company. The workers have very strict orders. They must wear clean shoes and clean trousers. The men are not allowed to have beards. If the workers have long hair, it must be tied back. They always smile, and are always friendly and polite to visitors. The parks are the cleanest parks that you can imagine.

In Disneyland you can find all the characters from Walf Disney’s films. The Sleeping Beauty Castle is a favourite place for visitors. You get a wonderful view from the top of the tower. You can see as far as the coast. Many of the streets in Disneyland are built to look like streets in the USA in the 1890s. People walk around wearing ninetenth-century clothes.

The Tomorrow Land is very interesting. You can go inside a spaceship and drive one too. In the Future House, everything is worked by the computer.

If you press one button, a machine cuts the grass in the garden. If you press

another, your meal is prepared and heated for you; then it is brought on along a very small railway line to your seat in front of you television so that you don’t even have to stand up when you get what you need.

I considered that the park was good value for the money.

May I ask you where you were born?

Useful expressions

i. Take along

ii. In the hope of

iii. Lose heart

iv. Day after day

v. Bring on

Unit 2 No smoking, please!

Lesson 5



Wang Bing has just started working at a film studio. He’s in Hank’s office.

Wang Bing: Do you mind if I smoke?

Hank: I’m sorry, but it’s not allowed.

Wang Bing: Would yo mid if I smoked in the office next door?

Hank: I’m afraid all these offices are non-smoking offices.

Wang Bing: Oh dear! Where can I go if I want to smoke a cigarette?

Hank: You can smoke in the entrance hall. Or outside, of course.

Wang Bing: Thanks. I wonder if I could use your phone.

Hank: Sure. Go ahead.

A: May I borrow your bicycle?

B: I’m sorry.

A: It’s very important.

B: Why ?

A: I need to fetch a tape from a friend. I’ll be back in half an hour.

B: Oh, all right.

Lesson 6



Read the passage to see if these sentences are true:

Chinese people smoke more than British people.

In Britain more women smoke than men.



No smoking, please 1

At present about 38% of the Chinese population smoke. 89% of smokers are male.Every year, millions of smokers die because of illnesses which are caused by smoking tobacco.The Chinese government receives a lot of money from sales of tobacco; in 1989 it received about 24 billion yuan. But in the same year cigarette smoking cost the government even more money, about 28 billion yuan. Smokers cost the government ment a lot of money for two reasons. First, money is spent looking after people with illnesses which have been caused by smoking. Second, many fires are caused by smokers. People who smoke in bed often fall asleep while they are smoking. The bed clothes catch fire and the whole house may be burnt down. China produces one third of the world’s cigarettes. Each day, about 220 million packets of cigarettes are smoked by Chinese. This is good news for the tobacco campanies, but bad news for the health of the nation. Every year, tobacco companies must persuade new people to start smoking cigarettes. This is because each year millions of smokers die from the habit.

In Britain, which has a population of only 58 million people, 110,000 people die from smoking each year. The chance is that one smoker in four will die from smokig.

In Britain,sales of cigarettes have been reduced by 30% in the last ten years. Just under a third of the population now smokes, about 17 million people. In the 16-19 age group,32% of women smoke, compared to 28% of men. However, in the 20-24 age group, 39% of women smoke and 38% of men. The problem is that 300 people are dying each day from illnesses caused by smoking. Therefore, if the tobacco companies want to remain in business, they have to encourage more young people to start smoking.



Lesson 7



No smoking, please 2

In Britain, 70% of smokers say that they would like to stop smoking and of these smokers,83% have tried more than once to give it up. Why do smokers continue to smoke, even when they know that the habit may kill them or at least cause a serious illness? The problem with tobacco is that it contains a drug called nicotine. Nicotine is a drug that gets one into the habit of smoking. That means that once you start taking the drug, it is hard to stop.

When smokers who are used to nicotine go without it for an hour or two, they begin to feel bad. The body is calling for a new supply of the drug nicotine. So they say “ I must have a cigarette. In fact, they don’t need a cigarette. All they need is something to make them feel better at that moment. One thing that will stop them feeling bad is the drug nicotine, which is contained in cigarettes. And so their habit of smoking continues.



Grammar Noun Clauses as the Object and Predicative

They know that the habit may kill them.

The problem with tobacco is that it contains a drug called nicotine.

Useful expressions

1. Go ahead

2. Burn down

3. Compared to

4. Give up

5. Be used to

6. Get into the habit of

7. Compare with



Unit 3 Body Language



Lesson 9

The organizer of a conference is meeting one of the speakers at the airport.

Mr Lee: Hello. You must be Dr Yang. How do you do? My name’s David Lee.

Dr Yang: How do you do?

Mr Lee: It’s a pleasure to meet you. Can I take those boxes for you?

Dr Yang: Thanks. That’s very kind.

Mr Lee: What about your bag? Would you like me to carry it?

Dr Yang: No,thanks. I can manage it myself.

At the hotel

Mr Lee: Is there anything else I can do for you?

Dr Yang: No, thank you. Thanks for all your help.

Mr Lee: It’s a pleasure. I’ll see your tomorrow.



Can I help you?

Thanks. OR It’s call right, thank you.

Shall I help you?

Yes, please. OR I can manage.

Would you like some help?

Thank you for your help. OR No, thanks. I can manage myself.(S1)

Would you like me to do this for you?

That’s very nice of you. OR S1

Is there anything else I can do for you?

That’s very kind. OR S1



Would you like some help?

Yes, please.

Shall I show you how to use this electrical typewriter?

Thanks. I haven’t used this one before.

Would you like me to type your composition for you?

No. Thanks. I can manage it myself.



Lesson 10



Read the passage and answer this question: Do the Chinese and British have similar body language ?





Body Language 1

Although we may not realize it, when we talk with others we make ourselves understood not just by words. We send messages to the people around us also by our expressions and body movements. A smile and handshake show welcome. Waving one’s hand is to say “Goodbye”. Nodding the head means agreement, while shaking it means disagreement. These gestures ate accepted both by Chinese and English speakers as having the same meanings.

But not all body language means the same thing in different countries. Take nodding the head for example. In some Asian countries it means not “Yes” but “No”.

In many countries in the world, men kiss each other when they meet, for example in Russia, France, Arab countries and some of the South American countries. Men do not kiss each other in either China or English -speaking countries. In Britain, older people usaually shake hands when they meet someone for the first time; however,young people often do not shake hands. In France, it is the custom to shake hands with people in the office every morning. French people kiss each other hello and goodbye more often than British people.

Generally, people from English-speaking countries do not touch each other very much. If you touch an English person, you should say “Sorry”. Scientists have done some research on “Touch” in different countries. They watched pairs of people who were sitting in college coffee-shops for at least an hour. They counted the number of times that the people touched each other: England-0; USA-2; France-10;Puerto Rico-180.

In some Asian countries, you must not touch the head of another person. In Arab countries, you eat using the fingers of your right hand; the left hand is not used at all. In parts of Asia you must not sit with your feet pointing at another person. Foreigners should follow these customs when they are visiting these countries.



Lesson 11

Body Language 2

It is good manners for an Arab to stand close to his friend when they are talking. But English people do not like to be too close to one another unless there is a reason. It could be very interesting to watch an Arab and an Englishman talking together. The Arab who is friendly will stand close to his friend,but the Englishman will move back in order to keep a certain distance away. When they finish their talk, the two may be quite a distance from the place where they were standing.

People from the United States or Arab countries stand closer than people from Britain when they are talking together. City people in Britain and the United States stand closer than those who live in the country.

When one uses a foreign language, it is important to know the meanings of gestures and movements in the foreign country. Using body language in a correct way will help communicate with people and make the stay in a foreign country easy and comfortable.



Grammar The Infinitive

They don’t like to be too close to one another.

They will move back to keep a certain distance away.

Would you like me to do something for you?

Haveyou got anything to say?

It is a pleasure to meet you.

Waving one’s hand is to say “Goodbye”.

I don’t know how to communicate with foreigners.

Unit4 Newspapers

Lesson 13

Betty and Zhou Lan are talking in the students’ dining room.

Betty: Zhou Lan, can I have a look at your copy of China Daily?

Zhou Lan: Soure,go ahead.

Betty: I want to have a look at what’s on this weekend. Let me see now.

Zhou Lan: Is there anything good on?

Betty: “The Red Roses” are giving a performance at the People’s Theatre. Do you know what they are?

Zhou Lan: They’re a pop group. They’re said to be very good. What time does the performance start?

Betty: 7 p.m. Will you be free then?

Zhou Lan: Yes, I’ll be free. I’d like to go.

Betty: Let’s go together then. I’ll meet you at the theatre at six-thirty.

Zhou Lan: Good! See you then. Bye.



Work in groups of four. Ask each other these questions. Then report your answers to the rest of the class.

Which newspapers and magazines do you read?

Which newspapers and magazines do you buy?

Which part of the newspaper do you find most interesting?

Which part of the newspaper do you find least interesting?



Read the passage to find

Read the passage to find answers to these questions:

What does an editor do?

What do journalists do?

Lesson 14

How a newspaper in produced

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists. They discuss the main events of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.

As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephoe people and fix a time for a face to face intreview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework”.

At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs are needed for the next day’s paper. Photographers are then sent to take the pictures. Sometimes old ones are used from the newspaper’s own icture librar. Doing this can save a lot of time and money.

All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. For example, there might be a big fire, or an important person might die. In this situation, everyone has to move fast. Journalists have to stop working on one story and start working immediately on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. A photographer is sent immediately to take photographs.

Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor. Photographers return and the photos are quickly developed.

The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes. They also write the headlines for each story. Doing this is more difficult in English than in Chinese. In English space for the headlines they have written.

Finally,there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered by lorry, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.

Lesson 15



China Daily

China has its own English language newspaper, China Daily, which is published in Beijing. It appears from Monday to Saturday with a Sunday edition of Business Weekly each week. It has all the usual sections of a newspaper, including Home News - news about China, International News - news from abroad, Business News, Travel News and Sports News

There are plenty of pictures, and a weather report every day. There are reports on new plays, movies,books,new restaurants and so on. There are also longer articles about businesses, or people with interesting jobs, or about the weekend and the TB programmes in the coming week.

China Daily has plenty of advertisements, which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper. There are advertisements for computer companies, businesses, hotels, airlines, travel companies, jobs and so on.

Many foreigners like to read this newspaper. It is also popular with students of English, who read it in order to improve their English. Sun Yao, a student of English, Sun Yao, a student of English in Beijing, said,”I like reading China Daily. Learning new words and useful expressions is very important for me, so I read it every day. I can see how English is used in everyday life as well. Besides, I enjoy learning about news things from politics to sports and music.”

Pairwork. Join the two halves to make sentences.









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Movies dribs and drabs

史瓦辛格

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Oh,hello!

Hello! I thought I'd see you again, I just didn't know it would be do soon.

What's the point of waiting?

I agree.

So, you said your clients are looking for something for the lobby of the new property headquarters?

Yes, they would like something very dramatic.

That's a nice piece. And I talked to a number of people.

And they all said you're the one to see.

Really? Checking on me? So.. What did these people say about me exactly?

For example, they said you can read ancient Sanskirt without having to know the sounds of the words, and other art dealers and acheologists don't readlly like you very much.

It's just because I can use my diplomatic contacts to export cultural treasures from countries which tell them to take a hide.

The most of our pieces come from ancient Persia unfortunately ancient Persia sets twenty feet under the sand of Iran, Iraq and Syria, not the most popular places with us.

So I had to become an expert in international diplomacy. Well, Mr.Ranker? Do you see anything you like? Maybe.

辛特勒

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The unconditional surrender of Germany has just been announced. At midnight tonight, the war is over. Tomorrow you will begin the process of looking for suriors of your families. In most cases, you won't find them. After six long years of murder, victims have been mourned throughout the world. We survived. Many of you have come up to me and thanks me. Thank youselves. Thank your fearless Stan and others among you who worried about you but faced death at every moment. I am a member of the Nazi Party. I am a munitions manufacturer. I am a profiteer of slave labor. I am A criminal. At midnight, you will be free and I will be hunted.I will remain with you until Five minutes after midnight, after which time and I hope you'll forgive me and I have to flee. I know you have received orders from our commandant, for he has recieved from his superiors, to dispose of the population of this camp. Now would be the time to do it. Here they are. They are all here. This is your opportunity. Or, you could leave, and return to your families as men, instead of murderers.

闻香识女人

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Charlie, ah, we are here, come on up.

This is Donny.

Hey, Charlie.

Hi, Erm, Mrs.Rossy, I guess I finished screwed up.

Oh, you couldn't have.

That's a bad interview.

That was no interview, Charlie, you're in. You're the only one that showed up.You have to take the job. He sleep a lot, you can watch television and call your girl friend,…I promise you easy 300 bucks.

I don't get an easy feeling.

His bark is worse than his bite. You know, he's a great soldier, a real hero. The man grows on you By Sunday night you'll be best friends. Charlie, please. I want to get away with my husband for a few days, nor could Franco come with us. Six months ago he could some times tell light from dark, but now there's nothing. I just feel, better to have someone else around, just in case. Please ?

OK, Mrs.Rossy, sure.

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Mr.Simpson, I'm not quite through with you yet. One of the few purposes of this office is that I am empowered to handle certain matters on my own as I see fit. Do you unerstand?

Yes, sir.

Good. The Dean of Admissions of Harvard and I havean arrangement. Along with usual sheet of applicants submitted by Baird of which a fortunate two-thirds are guaranteed admittance, I add one name: somebody who is a standout and yet underpriviledged, still cannot afford to pay the board and tuition in Cambridge. Do you know on whose behalf I arafted the memo this year?

No, I…

You. You, Mr.Simpson. Now can you tell me who did it?

No, sir I can't.

You take the weekend to thin about it, Mr.Simpson. Good afternoon.

[File:We2.avi]

Sit down, Mr.Slay.

I'm not finished. As I came in here I heard those words: Cradle of leadership. Well, when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, and it has fallen here. It has fallen. Makers of men creators of leaders here, be careful what kind of leaders you're producing here.I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong. I'm not a judge or jury; but I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody else to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity. That's called courage. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damned hard. Now there's Charlie, He's come to the crossroads. He's chosen a path; it's the right path. It's a path made of principle, the least character. Let him continue on his journey. You're holding this boy's future in your hands. Committee. It's a valuable future. Believe me. Don't destroy it. Protect it. Embrace it. It's gonna make you proud one day, I promise you.

阿甘

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You can't sit here.

(You know it's funny what a young man recollects, 'cause I don't remember being born, I I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas, I don't know went I first when on my first outdor picnic, but… I do remember the first time. I heard the sweetest voice of all the world.)

You can sit here if you wanna. (I have never seen anything so beautiful I my life. She was like an angel.) You're going to sit here, aren't you?

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(College ran by a little fast, 'cause I played so much football. They even put me on the thing called the All Amerian Team, where you got to meet the President of the United States.) "President Kennedy met with the collegians of the All American Football Team at the Oval Office today" (Now the really gook thing about meeting the President of the United States is the food. They put you in a little room with just about anything you want to eat and drink. Says number one, I wasn't hungry but thirsty; and nuber two, they was free. I almost drank about fifteen bottles of them.)

Congratulations.How does it feel to be in All American's?

It's an honor, sir.

Congratulations.How does it feel to be in All American's?

Very good,sir.

Congratulations.How does it feel to be in All American's?

Very good,sir.

Congratulations.How do you feel?

I've got to pee.

Ha.. I believe he's got to pee.

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What's the matter, Mom?

I'm dying, Forrest. Come on in, sit over here.

Why are you dying, Mom?

My time, just my time. Don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life; soon we are all destined to do. I didn't know it but I was destined to be your Mama. I did the best I could.

You do good. Mom.

Well, but I haven't believed in making your own destiny; you have to do the best with what God gave you.

What's my destiny, Mom?

You're going to have to figure that out for yourself. Life's a box of chocolates. Forrest, you never know what you're going to get.

(Mama always had a way to explain the things I couldn't understand then.)

I will miss you, Forrest.

(She has got the cancer, and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it.)



Reports and Speechs and News

奥斯卡



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Thank you for dropping by on your way to the party. As the 29th President of the Academy, I welcome you all to our 69th Annual Award. There are over 6000 of us in the Academy who share at least one wonderful and fulfilling thing with over a billion of you out there: We love movies. We don't always love the same movie, nor do we always agree which are art and which are artless. But that's what adds spice to our Awards in the form of suspense, spirited discussion and emotional clashes. Still, going to the movies brings us together to share our humanity. In what sometimes feels like an ear of isolation, we find ourselves too often alone with our technology, sitting alone to read our computer screens, or listening to radio and watching television alone. Fortunately we still have our houses of worship, ballgames and movies to remind us that we are related by humanity, not machinery. So we in our Academy propose an agreement with you: you keep going to the movies, and we'll keep making them.

Ladies and Gentlemen, last year's best actor: Nicolas Cage:

Oscar Wield once pointed out that while we looked to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we asked the actress to give realism to romance. The immensely talented women nominated tonight for Best Actress do just that and more. The nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role are: Brenda Blethyn in Secrets and Lies, Diane Keaton in Marbin's Room, Frances McDormand in Fargo, Christin Scott Thomas in The English Patient, Emily Watson in Breaking The Waves. The Oscar goes to, the Oscar goes to Frances McDormand in Fargo.

It is impossible to maintain one's composure in this situation. What am I doing here? Especially considering the extraordinary group of women with whom I was nominated. We five women were fortunate to have the choice, not just the opportunity, but the choice to play such rich, complex femal characters. And I congratulate producers like Walking Teddler in Polygram for allowing directors to let, allowing directors to make autonomous casting decisions based on qualifications, and not just market value. And I encourage, I

encourage writers and directors to keep these really interesting female roles coming while you edit, even if you throw a few for men as well My family, friends and colleagues here tonight and all around the world, they know exactly who they are, you know who you are, and I hope you already know how much your support and your care means to me. I'm gonna name three: the co-writer director and producer of Fargo, Mr.Etha Coen who helped make an actor of me, his brother Mr.Joel Coen who made a woman of me, and our moon and our son, Mr.Pedrow McDormand Coen who's made a real mother of me. Thank you for acknowledging out work.

The parts the nominees for the Best actor in a leading Role played are all basically challenged in some way. I think there are time challenges, so why don't we just cut to the chase here and let us just give this lucky guy ad extra eleven seconds. Thus I'll go ahead, OK? The nominees for the Best Actor in a Leading Role are: Tom Cruise in Jerry McGuire, Ralph Fiennes in the English Patient, Woody Harrelson in the People Versus Larry Flint, Geoffrey Rush in Shine, Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade. And the Oscar goes to Geoffrey Rush in Shine.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our great actor Mr. Al Paccino: Ah,(thank you) well, we've come to the part of the show now that;s you've all been waiting for. It's the half -way mark. I thought and tried it. Anyway, ah, the nominees for Best Picture are:

The English Patient. Saul Zaentz producer, Fargo, Ethan Coen producer, Jerry McGuire, Jame Alburques, Lawrence Mark Brichencequet and Camenren Crow producers, Secrets and Lies, Simon Chelion Williams producer, Shine, Jame Scott producer. And the Oscar goes to The English Patient, Saul Zaentz.

Well, it's a pretty great night. Stay tuned for "Good Morning, America." I'm really glad to have been here this year. Thank you and good night, everybody.



克林顿

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Ladies and Gentlemen,the president of the United States of America, William Jefferson Cliton.

My fellow citizens, at this last presidential inauguration of the 20st century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our great, good fortune. The time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century and a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs, a moment that will define our course and our character for decades to come. We must keep our old democracy forever young. Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let our sights upon the land of new promise The promise of America was born in the 18th century, out of the bold conviction that we are all created equal. It was extended and preserved in the 19th century when our nation spread across the continent, saved the Union and abolished the awful scurge of slavery. Then, in turmoil and tryout , that promise exploded over the world stage to make this the American century. And what a century it has been. America became the world's mightiest industrial power, saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long Cold War, and time and again, reached out across the globe to millions who like us long for the blessings of liberty. Along the way, Americans produced the great middle class and security in old age, built unrival centers of learning and opened public schools to all, split the atom and explored the heavens invented the computer nad the microchip, and deepened the world's frame of justice by making a revolution in Civil Rights for AfricanAmericans and all minorities and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to women. Now for the third time, a new century is upon us and another time to choose. We began the 19th century with a choice to spread our nation from coast to coast. We began the 20th century with a choice to harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation and human decency. Those choices made all the difference.

At the dawn of 21st century, a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the infiormation age and the global society to unleash the limitless potential of all our people and , yes , to form a more perfect union.

When last we gathered, out march to this new future seemed less certain than it does today. We vowed then to set a clear course to renew our nation. In these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achievement.

America stands alone as the world's indispensable nation. Once again our economy is the strongest on earth, one agaion we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better education opportunities, a cleaner environment. Problems that once seemed destined to deepen now've bent to our efforts. Our streets are safer, and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to work. And once again we have resolved for our time a great debate over the role of government. Today we can declare government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the solution.

Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy, strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our common dreams in each new day. As times change, so government must change. We need a new government for a new century, humble enough not to try to solve all our problems for us, but strong enough to give us the tools to solve our problems for ourselves, a government that is smaller, lives within its means and does more with less, yet where it can stand up for our values and interests around the world and where it can give Americans the power to make a real difference in their everyday lives, government should do more, not less. The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity, not a guarantee, but a real opportunity to build better bives.

Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us. Our founders taught us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon responsible citizenship. And we need a new sense of responsibility for a new century. There is work to do, work that government alone can not do, teaching children to read, hiring people of wealthier roles, coming out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows, to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime, taking time out of our own lives to serve others. Each and everyone of us, in our won way, must assume personal responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation.

Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of community for a new century. For any one of us to succeed, we must succeed as one America. The challenge of our past remains the challenge of our future. Will we be one nation, one people with one common destiny or not? Will we all come together or come apart? The divide of racej has been the America's constant curse, and each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt clogged in the pretense of religious or political convictions are no different. These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plague us still. They fill the fanaticism of terror and they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all around the world. These obsessions crippled both those who hate and, of course, those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We can not, we will not succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them. And we shall replace them with the generous spirit of a people who feel at home with one another. Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a godsend in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together. As this new ear approches, we can already see its broad outlines. Ten years ago, the Internet was the mystical province of physicists. Today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of school children. Scientists now are decoding the blue print of human life. Cures for our most feared illnesses seem close at hand. The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps, instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries. Growing connections of commerce and culture give us a chance to lift the fortunes and spirits of people the world over. And for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship.

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Editorial writers gave President Bill Clinton's second Inqugural Speech average ardes for both presentation and content.

The New York Times, U.S. Inaugural Addresses often evoke a sense of triumph in a vision of battles to come. For lovers of such sailing rhetoric, president Cliton's was distinctly earth - bound.

Toronto star, Canada: Chastened by setbacks and scandals - and saddled by voters wit their Republican controlled Congress - the President retreated into lofty sentiments and vague generalities.

The Guardian, Britain: Mr. Clinton tried too hard for his memorable line. It was an uninspired inspirationalism. A Johnny Appleseed view of human progress and ultimately a disappointing speech.

Hong Kong Standard: Do inaugural addresses provide a clear foretaste of what the next four years will hold? Of course not. No president has ever lived up to these promises.

新兴市场



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Some money managers are looking at emerging markets like Hong Kong, Russia and India for winners. So far this year, 60 new emerging markets funds have been launched making the sector the fastest growing area for fund companies. But emerging markets funds have lagged the tolled pays of the US market, and that's just one of the many reasons the man considered to be the guru of emerging markets believes they belong in most portfolios. Mark Mobius, president of Templeton Emerging Markets Funds is normally speeding around the globe looking for bargain stocks. But he stopped in New York recently to publicize the latest edition of his book appropriately titled Mobius on the Emerging Markets. And he says the market he is most excited about right now is Hong Kong. While considering the free market British colony is about to be turned over to communist China, I asked him why he is so optimistic.

I realize that it is an opportunity there, ah, that is a , probably opportunity of a life time. Because if things go well, the market could move up substantially from where it is now. I also realize there is a risk, and we've signed about 25% risk of something going wrong with this transition. But the upside is very very good. And you have a situation where Hong Kong is a very efficient business - like environment, is the best place to be if you want to invest in China. To just give you one example, the largest infrastructure project in the world - the new airport in Hong Kong, and the fastest growing major economy in the world right at your door step.

Mark, how do investors choose which emerging market funds to buy? There are so many funds out there.

For the individual investor new to emerging markets, he or she is best to be in the global emerging markets funds where there are many companies, many countries, and diversification is very good. Because I may love Hong Kong but the market could change and you'd better offer a diversified portfolio because even if Hong Kong gets hit, you are in man other markets.

You have a Russia fund. What's your rush now investing in that country?

I was in Russian two weeks ago and an American businessman got shot. So I mean, sometimes you do find it difficult to justify being there. But it's a great country and has a great future in my view.

Should investors be scared of emerging markets, what should they expect?

Usually what I'd like to tell people is look at the fund you are thinking about investing in, and look at the last five years and see how far it's gone down in its worst periods. And if you are not willing to accept that kind of decline, don't invest. And in these emerging markets, you can look at as much as a 30% decline in one year.

So you've got to be ready for that kind of volatility.

Where are you investing personally?

In our funds? I've, I focus on the emerging market funds and also all the specialized funds. The most risky funds are the ones I like.

Are you100% investing in the emerging markets?

Yes. (As) a matter of fact, I am. Maybe I shouldn't say this on the air because that's something that we don't recommend people to do. You know, we recommend people to, to be in global funds, not only in the emerging markets funds.

But why, Why are you 100% invested in the emerging markets?

Because I think that there the growths will be the greatest. And I'd like to be with the growths.

I just want to point out that Mobius reiterated that he can afford to put money at risk. But for people who can't, he recommends avoiding emerging markets entirely.

里奇



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He was called the maestro of melo. He wroth the songs that made us feel so good. He even won an Oscar for this one.

Here I am bolding the Oscar. I have got the Golden Globe. This is 1986. You've decided to take a year off. Ten years later we are sitting here. Thank you very much. What happened?

To lionel Richie, the pop star at the top of this game, a short break turned into a lost decade filled with ersonal trogedies. We visited hime at his home high in the Hollywood Hills where he began story as he dropped out with a failing health of his father he so adored.

There is nothing harder than losing a parent. - Especially when you know them as well as I know my father. Lionel Richie Senior had been the tough retired military dad.

And then he threw a curve ball and told me, "Son, now you take care of me now, you hear?". He was the best in the worst times. And had a great, full life.

How did the death itself affect you?

Fortunately he didn't die suddenly. Ah, in fact, when I was growing up, ah, I used to always put my hand next to my father's hand to see if I was growing yet. - Oh.

And of course, he would always, his hand would always be larger.

Towards the end, Richie would have his father's hand clasping his cast in bronze.

And this is his hand? - That's his hand on the right and that's my hand on the left. It is the most amazing thing that some days when I just want to come I and I want to just be close. I'll come to hold his hand his hand, just can't go, you know. Dad, what should I do now?

Richie said for those three years he kept writing songs. He just wouldn't leave his father to record them.

But you know that industry was saying, "Lionel was lost." - I know. I know. But if someone said, you know, spending time with your father or your new album? There's just no contest.

Are you afraid of marriage? - I am not afraid, terrified is the word now. - Did your divorce cost you a lot of money?

Oh, yes it did. But at the same time, ah, I mean I make it. - But you're also notoriously frugal. - Well, for those friends of mine who said to me, Lionel has very dime he every earned. I can now tell them, now I don't.

Lionel had been a real rich guy. - Oh, did you say it? - I did. - OK. - I guess one can say, you know that all of us have traumas in our lives and we are all traumatized by these incidences we don't expect, like death of parents and divorces. But we don't all stop our careers.

Well, in most cases, most of us can't stop the careers, as I told one guy, I could afford my misery. You know I am finding out that right now I'm fourteen years old. I have got Nicol.

Nicol, his adopted daughter from his first marriage, healing his musical hand some melodies his latest release - Louder than Words .

Were you afraid you couldn't come back?

No. I wasn't afraid to come back. The challenge was that - will the music be accepted? And in this one new album with Climbing I had a chance to bury it if you will You know, write down my thoughts about this period of my life and put it away.

So what is Lionel Richie's destiny? - I think my job is to be the messenger of a very simple corny word - love. I think I was supposed to touch hearts.

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Expensive land and expensive labor drove many manufacturers out of the big cities during the 1970's and 80's, taking jobs and prosperity with them. But now business leaders, politicians and urban planners across the country are doing what it takes to bring industry back and keep it there. And as Betsy Karetnick reports from Chicago in this week's cover story, it looks like those efforts just might be working.

Chicago's city skyline reflects years of middle - western economic expansion. The city's financial services are thriving. The service sector is growing. The unemployment rate for the metropolitan area near a historic low. But even as a gleaming new sports stadium mirrors that city's good fortune there is one sector of the economy that hasn't kept up - manufacturing.

Jenkins: "Well, in the wake of the, ah, huge restructuring of industry, manufacturing industry in Chicago the late 70's,early 80's, we lost a couple hundred thousand manufacturing jobs."

Including a big chunk of the country's meat and food processing industries, and steel and metal manufacturing jobs. Say, economic renaissance in Chicago. And nobody thinks of the city's manufactures. But now there is a small but growing interest looking to preserve that manufacturing base. One of the results has been the creation of socalled industrial corridors like Goose Island.

In an effort to bring its economic miracle to tis factories, Chicago has created 22 industrial corridors which groups this base of manufactures by location. Cmpanies work in partnership with grass roots level developing groups and the city government to solve problems like transportation routes. Industrial corridors are part of Chicago's and other cities' efforts to revive local economy's heavy dependence on manufacturing jobs.

Bolton:"Manufacturing drives the service sector, the real estate sector, the insurance sector. No matter where those jobs show up, you need a manufacturing base in order to sustain it somewhere."

Sustaining and expanding the manufacturing base is exactly what the city government is trying to do. Not only with industrial corridors but with tax incentives and low - cost loans. City hall is also providing dollars for business family infrastructure. Consider Version, a few years ago the company that builds machinery to manufacture metal components for appliances and cars considered moving to the suburbs. But the city intervened, building roads and raising viaducts to make transportation easier. Version President Richard Metzger says the company grew,adding jobs along the way.

Metzger:"Employment of this company was approximately 400 people in, uh, 19891990, in that time range. Eh, today we are approximately 700 to 725 people."

Metzger says the company's location made it easy to find workers. Urban developers say that inner city work force gains importance as labor markets get even tighter.

Tilson:"There is an available work force, ah, often with, ah, with specialized skills, ah, that can be very attractive to, ah, many different, ah, employers."

Still, a dedication to the inner city can be challenging, as corrugated boxer maker Pride Container found out when he tried to expand.

Sharfstein:"There's not a balance in my opinion of good industrial space to support the total needs of the community."

Without a suitable city location, Pride Container opened a satellite in the suburbs. But there may be a bigger issue than space holding back manufacturing's renassance, and that's the widely touted labor force.

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Why Cisco?
1 - MONEY

Compensation @ Cisco consists of:

I) Stock

II)Bonus Plans

III) Salary

IV) Relocation

I) Stock

New hire stock: CONSIDER YOURSELF A STOCK WINNER!! NOT ONLY IS EVERY NEW HIRE GRANTED STOCK, BUT YOU ARE ALSO GIVEN THE OPTION TO PURCHASE STOCK. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS...

In order to provide a competitive compensation package to new hire employees, the Compensation Department recommends to the Board of Directors that employees be granted stock options according to their salary grades.

The program grants each employee the right to purchase a specified number of shares of the company's common stock at a specified price for a period of time. In accordance with the plan, 25% of the shares offered vest at the completion of 12 full months of employment, and the balance vests at the rate of 1/48th per month over the next 36 months. There are other vesting schedules and this schedule may not apply to all new hire stock grants for employees who are part of an acquisition.

The price of the stock is the fair market value on the date that the Board of Directors approves the number of offered shares. This is normally done at the first board meeting following an employee's date of hire.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

After 30 days as an active employee, you are eligible to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Participants may enroll and elect to have up to 10% of their total compensation withheld for the purchase of shares at a discounted price.

Purchase periods begin at the start of each calendar quarter.

Ongoing Stock Options

Cisco's ongoing stock option program offers stock options to eligible employees on an annual basis.

Option amounts are determined based on several criteria including relative worth of the employee's position, value of existing options, past performance, and salary grade. Funding for the program is determined annually at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

The timing of the Ongoing Program is set by the Board of Directors and typically occurs around the months of July/August.

Check out today's stock price now!

II) Bonuses

Company Performance Award Plan

The purpose of the Company Performance Awards (Quarterly Bonuses) is to acknowledge employees for their contributions to Cisco's success. Awards are presented quarterly. Employees are eligible for Company Performance Awards based on the following criteria:

Typically employees in grades 51-60 and 1-7

On board the first working day of the fiscal quarter for which the bonus is paid

Not on a sales commission or incentive plan

Not on a written warning or Performance Improvement Plan at quarter-end

Performance rating not equal to "N"

Awards are granted as a percentage of an individual's base salary. The percentage is determined quarterly per the Plan based on corporate profit and revenue achievement. In fiscal year 1996 the average pay out was 11.5% of base salary.

-Cisco Achievement Program

The Cisco Achievement Program (CAP) awards are used to encourage and reward exceptional contribution to the achievement of business unit and company goals and objectives. The intent of the program is to maximize positive reinforcement through immediate recognition and promote employee and group effort by including individual and team awards.

Areas of exceptional contribution can include one or more of the following performance categories: customer service, innovation, quality and process improvement, cost reduction, and superior performance typically above and beyond the scope of the job.

Employees and teams can receive cash and non-cash awards valued from $50+; awards beyond $2,000 require executive staff approval. Non-cash awards include gift certificates for Time-Out and the Cisco store, and getaways on Cisco. The award amount should be commensurate with the level of contribution.

Each business unit or sector is given funding equal to 2% of participant payroll at the beginning of each quarter.

Taxes and Deductions:

Cash awards are "grossed up" for taxes so that employees receive the total value of the award. Taxes relating to the award are calculated by the Payroll Department and paid on the behalf of the employee by Cisco. Employee 401(k) and ESPP deductions (if applicable) are withheld from any check awards issued in the amount of $200 or more, and are not included in the "grossed up" amount. If award is distributed by cash or certificate, 401(k) and ESPP deductions will no be withheld from award.

Eligibility:

Regular full-time, part-time, and casual employees of Cisco that are eligible for the Company Performance Award Plan with performance ratings of X or E are eligible. Consulting and Systems Engineers and their managers are also included. Managers in grades 12 or above may receive an award on an exception basis with Vice President approval. Under no circumstances can the initiator by the recipient of the award.

III) Salary

Salary is determined by your GPA, school you went to, previous work experience, current knowledge, and how you interview.

Salary increases at Cisco can happen at anytime. The targeted salary increase is 7% of your current base salary.

IV) Relocation

-30 days temporary living

-Travel to San Jose (via plane or reimbursement for mileage)

-Miscellaneous Cash Allowance (depending on where you live)

Academy overview
In 1993, Cisco embarked on an initiative to design practical, cost-effective networks for schools. It quickly became apparent that designing and installing the networks was not enough - the schools also needed some way to maintain the networks after they were up and running. Cisco Senior Consulting Engineer George Ward developed training for teachers and staff for maintenance of school networks. He soon discovered that the personnel lacked the time required to learn the material, so he moved to the next population of learners in the school - the students themselves. The success of these student seminars led to requests from participating schools across the country for Cisco to develop a curriculum that could be integrated as elective courses taught in a semester format. The formalized curriculum and support activities evolved into the Cisco Networking Academy Program.

The concept proved to be a powerful draw for students, many of whom initially volunteered for classes outside normal school hours. Today, thousands of students coast to coast are pioneering a school-to-work program engineered for a new global economy.

The Solution

Through the Cisco Networking Academy program, high school and college students can learn the information needed prepare them for the Cisco Certified Networking Associate exam. This certification positions them for immediate openings in a talent-hungry job market or for engineering- and science-focused college studies. In a nutshell, the Cisco Networking Academy is a complete, four-semester program on the principles and practice of designing, building, and maintaining networks capable of supporting national and global organizations.

Cisco provides course work for a complete range of basic through advanced networking concepts - from pulling cable, through such complex concepts as subnet masking rules and strategies.

The program uses Regional Academies as hubs, each of which supports a minimum of ten Local Academies. These Regional Academies teach the teachers who oversee programs at the Local Academies under their jurisdiction. The Regional Academies funnel input to Cisco on topics such as individual school performance, curriculum quality and effectiveness, and student progress.

The format for the classes reflects the content: interactive lessons stored largely on the classroom's Cisco Web server. The Academy design also accommodates diverse learning styles. For those who learn by reading, text is available. More visual learners can focus on the course material's extensive graphics and QuickTime movies. To promote development of the personal skills that underpin successful careers, projects require students not only to resolve technical issues but also to successfully address network users' needs.

Local Academies receive mentoring and technical support from the Regional Academies and are backed by SMARTnet™ services, a service and support program that provides round-the-clock access to assistance from Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and the Cisco Connection Online (CCO) Web site, plus major software and maintenance releases, product documentation updates, and next-day delivery of replacement parts.

Benefits and Results

The Cisco Networking Academy Program is in its first full year at schools. But the pilot semester at one site, Thurgood Marshall Academic High School in San Francisco, provides an indication of the potential impact: more than 25 percent of the students involved in the school's program in Spring 1996 secured summer jobs as a direct result of their single-semester experience.

And for teachers who have seen the early impact on students and their futures, the Academy stands as a model for school-to-work programs.

Dennis Frezzo, technology instructor at Thurgood Marshall says, "In one leap, Cisco has helped us have the most effective school-to-work program I've seen locally, and we're proud of that."

"The energy level of these students is so high, it's hard to find the words to describe it," says Barry Williams, who oversees Regional activities for the Round Valley School District in Springerville, Arizona. "Once, about half of my students had permission to leave school about 20 minutes early. But not a single one left. I talked topologies and media for 90 minutes without a break."

FAQ about academy
What are some of the benefits that the Cisco Networking Academy program can provide to schools and institutions of higher education?

The Cisco Networking Academy Program Market Report [PDF 95K] highlights the application of the Cisco Networking Academy program to high schools, technical schools, community colleges, and universities. The Cisco Networking Academy program provides the opportunity to obtain two levels of certification, Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) and Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP). Both certifications are designed to meet employment standards for the networking industry.

What are the requirements to be a Regional Academy?

Please download the Regional Academy Requirements Factsheet [PDF 19K].

What are the requirements to be a Local Academy?

Please download the Local Academy Requirements Factsheet [PDF 20K]

What is the difference between a Regional Academy and a Local Academy?

Regional Academies have administrative responsibilities for managing ten Local Academies; they designate a full-time employee to manage the Networking Academy Program; and they attend Cisco training and in turn train their Local Academy instructors. Regional Academies track the equipment inventory of their Local Academies and answer curriculum questions or refer them back to the Cisco Networking Academy team. They also deal directly with the Cisco Networking Academy team.

Local Academies are responsible for having trained instructors who teach the curriculum to students; these instructors supervise students as they design, build, and maintain their school's network.

Can a Local Academy exist without a Regional Academy to support it?

No. Regional Academies provide many services to Local Academies such that Locals cannot exist without a supporting Regional.

Why do Local Academies have to commit to four semesters of classes?

If they don't teach all four semesters, students won't learn all the skills needed to properly support a TCP/IP Ethernet routed and switched network. They also won't learn everything they need to be prepared to take the Cisco Certified Networking Associate exam. Cisco wants to avoid offering incomplete programs.

How are the Regional Academy instructors trained?

Regional Academy instructors are trained by Cisco. The first semester training is eight days, the second semester training session lasts five days, and the third and fourth semesters combined is six days.

Where is the training for the Regional Academy instructors held?

Current training sessions are held in Arizona, Minnesota, North Carolina, California, Florida, and Wisconsin.

How are the Local Academy instructors/teachers trained?

Local Academy instructors/teachers are trained by their Regional Academy trainers.

Who pays travel costs and expenses for the Regional Academy instruction?

The Regional Academy pays any travel costs and expenses for up to two instructors from their Regional Academy to attend training. These costs are passed on to the Local Academies.

May I see a sample of the curriculum?

A sample module of semester one as well as an outline of the four semesters of curriculum are available on the Web site (www.cisco.com/edu).

Do Cisco people install new hardware/software for the Academy, free of charge?

In the training that Cisco gives, Regional Academies are shown how to set up the equipment that is part of the next semester curriculum. The instructors are shown everything they need to install for that upcoming semester. Cisco also provides phone assistance in setting up the lab to Regional Academies who have attended training. Regionals in turn provide assistance to their Local Academies.

May we receive a list of the other pilot schools so we can contact them and see how they have made use of the materials and with what success?

Yes. Contact your local Cisco education account manager.

Are there any prerequisites for the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum, either for the students or for the Regional or Local Academy instructors?

The curriculum assumes no prior knowledge of computers or networks. An eighth grade reading and math proficiency is expected, as well as a desire to learn the curriculum.

What is the status of getting the Networking Academy curriculum approved by State Education Organizations?

Each state has different requirements for curriculum approval. Cisco is not currently engaged in any efforts on its own to gain statewide certification of the curriculum, but we are interested in working with a champion or champions in each state to help us achieve appropriate approval(s).

Are the four courses aimed at being three credits each, and are they sequential in nature; in other words, is the first course the prerequisite for the second, which in turn is the prerequisite for the third, and so on?

They are prerequisite based and are sequential. The courses are designed to be taught one hour a day, five days a week, but the setup can be changed to accommodate block class scheduling.

Are the courses designed to contain any particular number of students per section?

Cisco's only requirement is that there be no more than three students per computer. The optimum is 20 students, but it's possible to have 30, and some even have 35.

Are the students expected to print manuals from the Web, or do they purchase manuals separately?

You wouldn't want to print this curriculum from the Web, since so much of it is interactive with quicktime movies and animation. The materials that are on line are presently meeting teachers' and students' needs.

What kind of controls are there on course materials?

The Regional Academy has no way of controlling what a student does with the materials after they leave school property.

Are the materials copyrighted?

The curriculum is copyrighted. Course materials and handouts are treated like any other type of curriculum would be treated.

Is there any maximum on the number of sections of a Cisco course we can offer?

No. You can offer it as many times as you want, And if you decide that you need a second lab, you may purchase or lease one.

Can we use part of a Cisco course in some existing course that we already offer, such as a concepts course of some kind?

If it's to give an overview to solicit student interest, it's possible. Cisco doesn't want schools to say "We're going to take your curriculum and put it into already existing curriculum and call that the class." From an interest standpoint, it's fine to give some basic overview material, but it can't replace the need to teach the entire curriculum.

Can the Regional Academy use the materials for training its administrative or IS staff, or are the Cisco courses for academic use only?

It can't be the only use of the curriculum, but having IS staff that are trained using the same curriculum is ideal. Staff members familiar with the curriculum could act as mentors to the students.

Are there any restrictions on the use of Cisco courses as a standalone "certificate" vs. being part of the requirements for a two-year degree program (which would have additional requirements, of course)?

People who want to go into the training business are welcome to apply to be a Cisco Training Partner. Cisco's training group wants to add training partners. But Cisco doesn't want the academies to become competitors with local training partners by teaching accelerated courses. This curriculum has been specifically designed and task analyzed for delivery in an academic, semester environment; Cisco wouldn't want someone to try to re-engineer that setup into a five-day-per-week, eight-hour-per-day workshop. The courses in the training partner environment are specifically geared toward that.

What is the name of the Cisco certification that students who complete the four Cisco courses and pass the certification exam earn?

Cisco Certified Networking Associate.

How do we keep our grades and tests safe from students who are working on maintaining our network?

The Networking Academy tests are to be kept on a separate Zip cartridge and inserted in the Cisco Micro Webserver only on test day, and then removed. Also, it is assumed that any secure data within the school is kept on a computer that has security installed on it, such as user ID and password protection.

Do students do any wire pulling in this class?

Yes, students pull wire in the lab and within the school if union and insurance issues allow it. The students should get as much experience in this area as possible.

I am a high school student and I want this curriculum offered at my school; how can I get one started?

To get an academy started in your school, talk to your school's computer teacher, IS manager, principal, or vice-principal. Direct them to the Web site (www.cisco.com/edu) to get more information and to fill out the form to apply to become a Cisco Networking Academy.

I am a post-high school student and want to take these classes; how can I?

Call your local community colleges (computer science, career training, computer networking departments) to see if they are a Cisco Networking Academy. If not, tell them they should be one and direct them to the Web site (www.cisco.com/edu).

Thurgood Marshall Academic High School
Thurgood Marshall Academic High School (TMAHS) was established in 1994 in the economically underdeveloped southeast corner of San Francisco. Focusing on a math, science, and engineering curriculum, the magnet school gives students a rigorous course of academic study with an abundance of college-prep math, science, and English classes plus three semesters of computer and technology electives.

The Cisco Networking Academy curriculum has been integrated into one of three areas for concentrated study selected by all TMAHS students after they reach their junior year. Juniors take Cisco I and II, and seniors complete the program with Cisco III and IV, supplemented by projects and courses in related engineering disciplines. "This is above and beyond what we normally do, but we thought this was an incredible opportunity for the kids," says Frezzo.

According to Jai Gosine, another Academy teacher at TMAHS, "Certification is the biggest benefit" for the school's nearly 70 Cisco Networking Academy students, who are spread among three classes. "Potential employers of students who earn their Cisco Certified Networking Associate status will feel comfortable hiring them," he says, "because they'll know these students have acquired a set of practical, valuable skills."

The Academy is also project-based, with students addressing challenges drawn from the real world of networking - and finding solutions that work, not only in theory but in the model networks built and tested in the lab.

"A lot of people use these clichés, but they're really true," says Frezzo, "The old style of teaching was 'the sage on the stage.' Now we're trying to be the 'guide on the side,' helping in counseling and problem solving.

Senior Ricky Jackson notes, "The lessons aren't based on homework or tests so much. We do more hands-on work."

The project-based learning format helps truly instill skills that otherwise might be forgotten soon after the final exam, Jai Gosine explains. "A student's level of learning is determined by the form of assessment. In our case, it's not how much they can regurgitate, but how much they can do." Adds Frezzo: "Projects provide the ultimate in performance assessments. Was the job complete? Did the network work, with no excuses?"

For Jenica Lee, a TMAHS senior with tentative plans to pursue computer science in college, the interactive, project-based format of the Academy helps students develop into problem solvers. "I think you learn more, because you encounter problems and have to work through them to figure out the solution," Lee observes. "It's also more fun."

The pride is evident in Ricky Jackson's voice as he describes how during their first full semester in the Academy he and 23 fellow team members "wired the San Jose Convention Center for the California Community Colleges in Education Foundation Technology Conference. Die-hard students on the project began early on a Sunday, working eight hours with teachers and Cisco mentors to provide state-of-the-art high-speed Internet access to vendor booths and seminar rooms.

"Vendors, presenters, and the Foundation found it to be an invaluable service," remarked David Springett, the foundation's president. "Cisco's partnership with the high school students demonstrated how private industry's active involvement in education can advance students' skills and future prospects."

"In the advanced courses, the spirit of the curriculum is to make the network self sustaining and apprentice students to the school district," Gosine says. "There's no way school districts have enough money to hire the expertise they're going to need to maintain stable networks. This is a way to accomplish that goal. It's a win for everyone involved."

Academy students also will be applying their skills in local middle and elementary schools, which "makes the vision of 'Internet everywhere' more attainable," Frezzo says.

Cisco Academy Recent News
Cisco Kids: High School Networking Classes Pay off

Shanley Rhodes, InfoWorld Electric

Like many high school graduates about to embark on a four-year college education, 18-year-old Tameca Smith spent last summer earning money for the coming year's expenses. But unlike other recent graduates, Smith was not flipping burgers or watching over the pool. Instead, she was helping train high-school teachers from across southeastern North Carolina about the basic principles of networking. (1998)

Time Warner Announces First Corporate Sponsorship of Cisco Systems' Networking Academy Program

Company Press Release, Business Wire

Time Warner Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. have signed a groundbreaking agreement to establish programs at 10 New York City public high schools that will teach students to design, build and maintain computer networks, leading to high-paying jobs in the private sector. (9/28/98)

More Computer Experts Needed

Jason Blevins, Denver Post

As hundreds of rural and urban schools across the state merge onto the information superhighway, school administrators and principals are scrambling to find skilled personnel who can manage the often daunting networking systems. (6/17/98)

Cisco Plans Networking Academies In Philippines

Erwin Lemuel G. Oliva and Henry L. Pagauitan, Metropolitan Computer Times

Cisco has been working closely with the Philippine government, particularly with education agencies, as the company introduces the Cisco Networking Academy program to high schools in the Philippines. (5/19/98)

Garner High Trains Young Networkers

Chris O'Brien, The News & Observer

While most high school students are satisfied with surfing the Internet, students at Garner High School in North Carolina are learning how to build it through the guidance of the Cisco Networking Academy program. (5/7/98)

Vocational Education Goes High Tech

Yvonne Simons, WRAL Online

In addition to traditional vocational education courses in automotive mechanics, cosmetology, and carpentry, high schools are now giving students hands-on training in the computer networking industry. (5/6/98)

Everybody Learn Cisco

Randolph Court, Wired News

"What began as one man's effort to train staff for school networks has blossomed into an ambitious international program to provide professional training for an entire generation of students." (5/1/98)

New Computer Networking Youth Apprenticeship to Start in Fall

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, News Release

Gov. Tommy Thompson today announced an agreement by the State with Cisco to bring high-tech education and training across the state. The youth apprenticeship program is one part of that effort. (4/30/98)

Still in School? Check Out the New Shop Class.

Washington Post

The Post highlights the Cisco Networking Academy program in their "Guide to Going High-tech Guide." (4/22/98)

Marshall University and Cisco Systems Launch Regional Networking Academy

Cisco Systems, Inc.

The "Schools to Work" movement in West Virginia received a major boost with the announcement that Marshall University has been selected as the state's first Cisco Regional Networking Academy. (4/17/98)

Computer Giants Look to Students

Mary Ann Zehr, EdWeek

Student and teacher excitement surrounds information-technology training programs such as the Cisco Networking Academy program, which teaches students how to design and build computer networks. (4/15/98)

Internet High School

Jennifer Jones, Civic.com

San Francisco's Thurgood Marshall Academic High School is one of Cisco's first Networking Academies, a program that aims to equip inner-city and rural high school students with employable skills while stocking the information technology work force. (4/1/98)

Cisco Establishes Networking Academies in Inner City Schools

Robert Bellinger, Electronic Engineering Times

Cisco Systems establishes Cisco Networking Academies in inner-city high schools to train and certify students to design, build, and maintain computer networks. (3/16/98)

Vice President Gore Praises Networking Academies

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Vice President Gore praises Cisco Systems' commitment to place Networking Academies in all Empowerment Zones by end of 1998. (2/26/98)

Virginia Community College System Announces Partnership with Cisco Systems to Provide High-Tech Training

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Lieutenant Governor John Hager officially signs a Letter of Commitment to establish Cisco Networking Academies at community colleges and high schools throughout Virginia. (2/25/98)

The Skills Gap

Kelly Barron, Forbes Magazine

Companies in manufacturing, financial services, and high-tech industries are experiencing shortages of skilled-labor. To address the challenge, Cisco Systems has developed an educational program that teaches students information-technology skills. (2/23/98)

Action On IT Skills Gap

Karen M. Carrillo, Information Week Online

In an effort to increase the supply of IT workers, Cisco Systems and Oracle both launch initiatives to improve high school- and college-level training. (11/24/97)

Video News Release

Cisco Systems, Inc.

This two-minute video describes the Cisco Networking Academy program as the "Shop of the 21st Century." (11/4/97)

Cisco's Kids Dive into Labor Pool

Andrew Zajac, San Francisco Examiner

Cisco is training students to become Internet technicians which not only provides convenient, on-site skilled labor for maintenance of Cisco-installed school computer networks but also increases the nation's supply of network technicians. (10/19/97)

Tech Labor Pool Shallow -- Cisco Systems tries to reverse the trend by training future candidates

Casey Wian, CNNfn

Students at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles are learning theory, hardware, and applications of computer networking. Cisco now has 57 academies in high schools and junior colleges in seven states, and expects to have more than 400 nationwide by next year. (10/9/97)

Job-Training Initiative Aims to Fill High-Tech Slots

Joetta L. Sack, Education Week

Cisco Systems launches an education initiative which prepares students for the increasing number of available information-technology jobs. (10/8/97)

S.F. Students Network on Capitol Hill - Senator Boxer Leads High-Tech Forum with San Jose Firm

Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle

Students from Thurgood Marshall High School in San Francisco joined with San Jose's Cisco Systems in Washington yesterday to push technology in public schools. (10/2/97)

Press Release

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems Chairman of the Board, John Morgridge, announces the nationwide launch of the Cisco Networking Academy program at a press conference in Washington, DC. (10/1/97)

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Description:

Familiar with cable TV related technology such as HFC/SDH preferred TCP/IP or WAN or Access Server technology, with minimum 3 years engineering/installation/pre-sale experience.

You will work closely with the Cisco Account Managers, providing pre-sales technical and network design support to Cisco partners and customers alike. You will be called on to make technical presentations, answer technical questions regarding specific applications, as well as to support customer installations and configurations. As with all positions at Cisco, you will be a part of the company recently ranked (Fortune-Jan '97) as the 25th best company to work for in the U.S.

Contact: Sylvia P.S. Chong:

Posted to CCO: Dec 17

Title: North China Regional 2-tier Channel Manager
Location: Beijing

Dept/Division: Worldwide Sales-Asia

Requisition: 800131

Description:

To develop and sell through the 2nd-tier resellers in the North China area - 3 Provinces in Northeast China, Shangdong and Henan. Work with Territory AM in Enterprise to cover the above geographical area through 2-tier sales model.

2+ years sales experience in networking company, preferable in the 2-tier channel management; 2+ years experience in China IT distribution business; Sound sales record.

Contact: Sylvia P.S. Chong: schong@cisco.com

Posted to CCO: Dec 17

Assortment cool dishes
Warnings
Part I

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@Stay Connected! Overview
Unlimited Internet Access? Not!
Many netizens[fish2] , including myself, subscribed to a so-called unlimited Internet Access?modem dial-up plan provided by many local or national Internet Service Providers (ISP). However, such advertisement is often misleading. Every time I left my modem connection unattended for a certain period of time (roughly 15 minutes) and walked away from my computer, the moment when I was back to my desk to get ready to surf the net, I found that the modem connection is dropped[fish3] . Bad phone-line? Maybe, but how it occurred so frequently with such a consistent timing?

I decided to find out what has actually gone wrong with my phone line by experimenting with extended period of non-stop net surfing. To my amazement, never once I had a bad phone-line connection.

Another problem is even more irritating to me: trying to dial-up my ISP just to get a repeated busy modem signal. Once I got a connection, I don want to be disconnected. Ok I selfish, but I抳e already paid my subscription fee!

The truth Is ?Ok, it is time to check the Internet newsgroup for such weird behavior. After posting a mail to the newsgroup, I got a few responses. Many told me this was not the fault of my phone line though sometimes it might happen. The problem is mainly due to my Internet Service Provider (ISP). They have limited modem port, ranging from a ratio of 1:20 to 1:40, i.e. 1 modem serves 20 to 40 subscribers. During the peak hours, many subscribers have extreme difficulties trying to get connected: either the line is busy, or the TCP/IP protocol is not being established even after being connected.
Remedies
Now I got the whole picture. Immediately I thought about remedies. A sudden inspiration came to me one night: why not write a "hassle-free" program, place it in the startup folder every time the computer starts, and have it automatically placed in the taskbar (or tray notification area)? Spice it up with some animation to tell me the status of the connection, I l never have to see a dropped modem connection anymore! I can now surf with impunity with the utility working in the background to ensure I never lose a connection.

I have tested the program countless times running continuously for more than 24 hours without a dropped connection. A user even reported more than 300 hours continuous online without a dropped connection! Of course this program will not help if a bad phone line occurs or if you lose power, but this is rare, according to my experience[fish4] .



I hope that you find this utility as useful as I do. Just a friendly reminder, please register this program if you do. Thank you for your registration support!

@Confession of Cover girl
Choy Ying from Quinhai
"Where I live in Quinhai province, there are not many people. In particular there are not many girls. Everyone here wants boys to run the farms. Sometimes they leave girl babies in orphanages, or worse. Luckily, my parents wanted me, and now I'm one of the few girls in town."

"I'm not really a prostitute. I call myself a playgirl, because I like to have a good time with men. If they choose to give me gifts of jewelry or clothes or money, that's fine with me. I'm happy here in my sung little bedroom, with my nice comfortable bed, with plenty of men to kiss my lips, stroke my breasts, and fuck my pussy, with its peach fuzz hairs."

"Lots of men have wanted to marry me, but I don't want to get married. All marriage means around here is hard work. Women must fetch and carry and cook and clean and wait on me. No thanks! I like the easy life-and the way for me to have it is to have many boyfriends."

"The men here all love me-but the other women hate me. That's because I have a good time. I didn't fall into the trap they did. I love being a playmate. I love sex, and I'm good at it. I can bend my body into all kinds of wild positions for fucking. I love to spread my legs wide open and kind of sit up. This makes a cock go really deep into my almost hairless cunt and I cum like crazy."

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Shelly Zhu from Jiangsu
"The province I was born in is famous for its pretty girls. Ever since I can remember people have been raving about by [fish5] beauty. My parents saved up to buy me the right kind of clothes, and they entered me in every type of beauty contest they could find. I won lots of prizes and wore the crown many times."

"At first being recognized for my beauty made me happy and excited. I loved hearing compliments and getting applause. But in time the thrill wore off and I began to get tired of people always talking about my looks. They would treat me like an inanimate[fish6] object, a thing. Even one of the titles I won, "The Jewel of Jiangsu" describes me as something hard and cold-a shiny precious stone."

"I was always supposed to look and act perfect. My parents were so strict about who I dated that men didn't dare try and seduce me. They treated me like a doodad or statuette which they liked to be seen with in public. "I am a flesh and blood woman.," I wanted to cry out, "strip my clothes off and make love to me!"

"Finally I know I had to get away. In spite of[fish7] my parents' protests I took my prize money and moved to a place of my own. I enrolled in art school, and now like every other young girl I have a boyfriend and a sex life. I even shaved all the hair off my pussy as an act of independence. I posed for these photos to prove once and for all that I am a flesh and blood woman, not an object, and I hope you experience me as such."

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Kate Sing from Hong Kong
"I work very hard as an investment banker in Hong Kong. Not too many women are in this field. I was able to get into it because of my father’s and grandfather's influence. My work is very exciting, but it's nerve-wracking too. As a woman I have to constantly fight prejudices and stereotypes, and I have to constantly prove myself on the job front."

"By the time the weekend comes, I'm ready to jump out of my skin, my nerves are shot. I'm exhausted, but I'm too keyed up to sleep. The best way I've found to relax is to do sports. The second best way is to have sex. Since I don't have a boyfriend now, I have to do both all by myself."

"I go to my special weekend retreat in the country.[fish8] My grandmother left me a small cottage out in the middle of nowhere. It's perfect, because there's no one to see me or bother me. I go skateboarding for hours, and on hot days I skateboard in the nude! It's a fun way to get exercise and work up a good sweat. I love it!"

"Exercising in the nude gets me sexually aroused. At times I lie back on the grass and masturbate myself to a deep, satisfying cum. Other times I lay my wet, naturally hairless cunt down on the skateboard and literally skate my way to a wild, slippery climax! It's a good thing it's deserted here, or I'd probably get arrested!"

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Some Amativeness stories
CLUBISLAND
Peeping Guide
Reproduced from V-Man's homepage for your enjoyment

All material within this webpage is copywritten 1996 by V-MAN !!

OK, here's the UK Peeping Guide in full - and there's a lot of it! If you want to use extracts for your web page feel free.... If anyone wishes to *contribute* to the Guide they can e.mail me via the anon server at an284654.

The following are extracts from A PEEPERS GUIDE - The Why, How, Where and When of Voyeurism. UK EDITION. 1.4 - SEPTEMBER '95

TOPICS INCLUDE:

- What is voyeurism?

- "Accidental" peeping. Places Props Techniques

- "Planned Peeping" Equipment Places Techniques

- The Legal Position

1. The attraction of voyeurism.

What is the appeal of voyeurism? Why is it an undeniable fact that a woman taking her clothes off at a strip-show is entertaining but unlikely to inspire many erections? Strange but true. Yet if the same woman crossed her legs on the way home and inadvertently gave a brief view of her panties most men catching that fleeting glimpse would feel a distinct stirring of the loins?

The answer is, of course, that the glimpse of panty as a woman crosses her legs, the fleeting, unintended exposure of a nipple, is "forbidden fruit", a prize to be treasured all the more for the fact that it was given without consent. The stripper and the female nudist give consent for men to look at their bodies the woman who displays her panties by accident does not.

So a simple definition of voyeurism is "looking without consent". The following is an attempt to make those "looks" more frequent and better quality.

It may be obvious but the more you look, the more you see and the more you put yourself in good "peeping positions" the better the chances of a result. Every time I go to the bank to cash a check (and I always go INTO the bank a cash dispenser may be quick and efficient but until machines grow breasts the real live teller has the advantage every time!) I always try and pick the till which has the female cashier with the lowest neckline. Turning around to get the notes from the till, leaning forward to pass the money over they all provide the chance that the top of her blouse may gape a little and if you are in the right place at the right time.......

Some clothes stores still have those changing cubicles which have only a thin curtain to serve as a door and they never quite stretch all the way across do they? A hint hold a couple of garments in your hand and look as if you are waiting for your companion to emerge from the changing room. I've seen bare breasts, bare buttocks and endless numbers of women dressed only in their bra and panties. Shoe shops are perhaps the panty-spotters idea of heaven! The combination of a woman sitting on a chair constantly lifting her feet to put on and take off shoes and a wealth (if you're lucky!) of low-placed, angled mirrors mean that it is a poor day if you don't get a view of at least one pair of panties every five minutes or so. OBSERVATIONS: Slim women with small breasts are likely to show more and are good for "breast sightings" either "down the front" neckline views or side-on" armhole views because their breasts are higher and, when a blouse or top falls forward, their tits stay where they are and you can look into the gap created. Brassieres will spoil the view especially from the side but check for the outline of straps and if she seems to be bra-less your chances of a good view are greatly enhanced. Small busted women are also more likely to go "unsupported" than their bigger breasted sisters. Larger women find it difficult to keep their legs together when they squat down and are best for "panty sightings" look for the plump supermarket assistant squatting down to clear up a spillage or load the bottom shelf. Plump thighs are harder to keep together and I've seen plenty of panties in this situation. One voyeur sees up the skirt of an assistant in his local "Waitrose" almost every other week and she wears stockings too!! The older they get, the more careless they get. Women of 50 are much more likely to sit with their legs apart. (NB .. since writing this I got lucky with a woman of just that age who was sitting on a low wall by a bus-stop. A great view, up a knee-length red dress, of stocking tops, thighs and pale blue panties all because she was sitting with her knees higher than her bottom and her feet apart. She had her dress pulled modestly down over her knees and was quite unaware that I could see up underneath it. The bus didn't arrive for about 10 minutes!!) Light summer dresses become see-through when the light is behind them - just ask Princess Diana! Almost as good as an up skirt view. Surprisingly, long skirts can sometimes give better views than short ones. A woman in a mini-skirt sitting on the grass in the classic "knees up and together, feet apart" position will probably be aware that she could show her panties and will often hold her skirt against her. A short, tight skirt will cling to the back of her thighs anyway, blocking the view. A woman in a "below the knee", loose skirt, on the other hand, will often assume that the length of her skirt means that she is safely covered. Of course, although the front* of her legs may be covered to below her knees, the back of her skirt will be on the grass and the *back* of her legs often right up to her panties will be on view.

None of the activities in Part 1 of this guide could be construed as illegal but now we enter the murkier waters of "planned peeping" where the voyeur sets up the situation. Here we may be taking a few risks with the law but intent would have to be proved.

(see Legal Notes at end)

Equipment. Anyone can buy "peeping equipment" quite legally. The fact that you don't intend to go bird watching with your new binoculars or study astronomy with your recently purchased telescope is no-one's business but your own. So a brief description of what's available.

Telescopes

These range from ordinary "spotter" scopes with a magnification of up to x30 to large astronomy 'scopes with magnifications in excess of x1000. The spotter type is ample for spying on, say, the bedroom window of the house across the street and a reasonable quality one with zoom feature and tripod (vital unless you have incredibly steady hands) should cost no more than 150 pounds. The larger, astronomy 'scopes enable you not only to watch a woman over a mile away remove her brassiere but also enable you to see what size she takes by reading the label! Many of them will also enable you to capture the moment on film as they have the facility to attach a camera without interfering with your view. Unfortunately they often display the image upside-down and, in many cases, cost a lot of money. They are useless for peeping at anyone less than 400 yards away you'll get a great close-up view of her nipple but you'll never get a whole breast in view at one time because the magnification is just too great. Binoculars are available to suit all budgets the more you pay the better the quality. Go for a reasonable magnification x10 or x12 is ideal and look for ones that can be mounted on a tripod. A tripod is a must it keeps the binoculars steady (leaving your hands free for other things!!) and it means you can leave the binoculars aimed at your target for hours on end. A "zoom" facility is very useful cover the whole house with the smaller magnification and then zoom in to concentrate on the interesting window close in on the woman as she undresses close right in on her breasts as she removes her brassiere etc. A pair which will "zoom" from 7x to 25x can cost as little as 90 pounds. Binoculars also give a 3D image, unlike the flat image of a telescope. Night vision binoculars are now available. They are *very* expensive and only for the dedicated (and rich!) peeper. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get results. I once lived in a house that overlooked the back of a hotel which was some 100 yards away. It is a strange fact that women seem to think that once they are above the second floor they no longer need to draw the curtains before undressing they seem to be unaware of the existence of telescopes or binoculars. Anyway, most of the rooms at the back of the hotel were given over to staff quarters for chambermaids etc. During one summer season I saw countless women, mainly in their late teens and early twenties, stripping off without a care and, on one memorable occasion, I watched as one young lady bent naked over a chair while her boyf