【每日阅读训练第四期——速度越障10系列】【10-2】文史哲

映雪瑶渊

我错了我错了。。我昨天忘了。。好吧。我不是故意发些很尖锐的文章上来的= =。求不举报求被请不喝茶


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SandyVictims in Staten Island Get Help from Near and Far

NEW YORK — One of the places hit hardest byHurricane Sandy last week was the New York City borough of Staten Island, wherehundreds of homes were devastated when sea water flowed into low-lyingneighborhoods near the shoreline. But help is flowing in from near and far.
AlongStaten Island's oceanfront, for several blocks in from the shoreline there arepiles of trash mounting in front of homes and businesses devastated by floodwaters.

Workersfrom the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, are providingdisplaced people with temporary shelter and explaining procedures for filingclaims.Stateand local officials are also providing assistance.

Governmenthelp is arriving, but many victims are being aided by neighbors, friends, andfamily.

Peoplewho lost homes can find a free meal at this food truck normally operated inManhattan by hometown entrepreneur Dominic Tesoriero. "I am a nativeStaten Islander and I definitely felt a need to reach out to the communityhere," he said.

Mostpeople on Staten Island did not suffer devastation and they are donating tonsof food, clothing and other items to the people who did.

Sixteen-year-oldCorey Rettle and his soccer club friends collected donations. "It hurts.My stomach is in a knot thinking about it. All my friends' houses got ruinedand stuff," he said.
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Helpis also pouring in from other parts of New York and nearby states.

Thatis a welcome sight for people like Damon Rosario, a local artist whoseground-level apartment filled with water when the storm struck.


"This isthe first water line, you can see it comes up to my neck and goes all the waydown," he said.

Rosariolost all of his furniture, appliances, clothes and precious mementos, includingsome family photos and childhood art work. "All my early stuff from when Iwas growing up, my first experiences in art, the first things that I did, theyare all gone, they are all gone," he said.


DamonRosario has a place to stay with relatives, and clothes to wear thanks to thesewomen bringing him donations from a nearby church.

Hesays this disaster has provided both grief and inspiration. "Right now, ifyou look around the neighborhood you are seeing both the best and the worst ofwhat can happen to people. You know, people are here helping and that is thebest, but there are also people out there who lost every article of clothing,all their possessions, all their things and some people lost their lives,"he said.

Recoveryfor people like Damon Rosario will take many months, but the way will be easedby the charitable spirit of friends and neighbors in this close knit community.
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ChineseUniversity exams：Fighting for privilege
Residents clash overplans to let the children of migrants sit exams in the capital

OF THE many reforms that China’s new leaders will be expected to tackle when theytake over in mid-November, one of the most urgent yet potentially divisive isgiving migrants and their families the same opportunities in the cities as anyother citizens. Recently in Beijing mere talk of allowing the children ofmigrants from the countryside or other cities to sit university exams in thecapital has triggered fierce debate and a heated exchange in public betweenrival groups.

The heart of the problem is China’s system of household registration, or hukou. Itforms the basis by which local governments define the privileges to whichresidents are entitled. Beijing has a large migrant population and is also hometo many of the country’s best government-funded schools and universities. Thecity is not keen to make it easier for holders of non-Beijing hukouto grab ashare of these spoils. Even private schools set up specifically for thechildren of rural migrants are routinely razed by city officials. In effect, akind of apartheid is at work.

Even if they were born in the capital, children must take the hukou of one or otherof their parents. Bad luck if neither of them has the coveted Beijing document.It is hard enough for “different-place people”, as those without Beijing hukouare known, even to get on the capital city’s educational ladder. For those withuniversity aspirations it becomes nearly impossible to stay on. This is becausestudents must sit the gaokao, or university entrance exam, in their place ofhousehold registration. Never mind that this may be somewhere in the sticksthat children have rarely if ever visited, and where they may have no closerelatives. To make things worse, the gaokao syllabus varies from place toplace. So children usually have to leave home and spend their seniorhigh-school years in the place where they will eventually sit the exam. Thosewho leave Beijing to sit the gaokao have little chance of qualifying for highereducation in the capital, since the city’s universities allocate adisproportionate number of places to holders of Beijing hukou.
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Officials have hinted at change. In August the government asked local administrations toproduce “concrete plans” by the end of the year for allowing students to sit thegaokao where they actually live. Parents are sceptical. Ominously, thedirective calls on local governments to come up with ways to preventgaokao“migration”: moving to a city in order to a have a better chance ofgetting into its universities. The directive implies that cities can still sethigh hurdles for students wishing to sit the exam, such as proof of theirparents’ employment and of their tax payments and contributions to localsocial-security funds. Many migrants lack such documents. “It shouldn’t bebased on what parents can prove”, says one angry mother, who along with severaldozen like-minded parents has been visiting the city’s education commission topetition for less stringent requirements.

On October 18th the group encountered a group of Beijing hukou holders, equallylarge and upset, outside the commission’s office. During a four-hour standoff,the migrant parents were sworn at. “They keep blaming outsiders for everythingthat’s wrong in the city”, including traffic jams and crime, says one migrant.In recent months, activists say, they have collected tens of thousands ofsignatures in Beijing in support of the migrants’ campaign, but have receivedlittle love in return. The capital’s police have warned them to stop theirpetitioning.One was detained and roughed up. But migrants remain defiant. “Nowis the time to test their sense of historic responsibility,” says one father,of the country’s incoming leaders.
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Eastern United States Struggles to Recover from Huge Storm

Thisweek, a huge storm named Sandy brought death and destruction to Caribbeancountries and the eastern United States. Sandy started as a tropical storm inthe Caribbean, where it left at least sixty five people dead.
Sandy'snext target was the eastern United States. The storm caused damage up and downthe coast, from North Carolina to Maine. There were damage estimates of up tofifty billion dollars.

American officials have blamed Sandy for at least ninety deaths. Police say at leastfifty-nine of the victims were in New Jersey and New York. The number will mostlikely increase as rescue workers find more bodies.
OnFriday, New York's main power company said it hopes to return power throughoutManhattan island by Saturday.

Thestorm also affected telephone service. As a result, many New Yorkers witnesseda rare event -- people standing in line to use pay phones on the street.


Thosewith phone or Internet service used websites like Twitter and Facebook to sharehow they were dealing with the storm, both good and bad. Some governmentagencies used Twitter to keep people informed on the storm and recoveryefforts.
NewJersey appeared to suffer the most damage. Workers in Hoboken are pumpingmillions of liters of polluted water from the city's streets. Tens of thousandsof people lost their homes and belongings in coastal areas of the state.
Widespreadfuel shortages are reported in both New Jersey and New York. Some people waitedfor hours in hopes of being able to buy gasoline. The long lines increasedtensions and led to fights. Some gas stations refused to open without policeprotection. One driver, Betty Bethea, explains.

"It'sterrible. You can't even get there. The police have blocked everything off. Youcannot get no gas. Everywhere I went the police said 'no gas.'"

Thestorm forced New York City to close its popular subway system. Many undergroundareas were flooded and have not been cleared of water. On Thursday, the subwayre-opened with limited service. But it could be weeks before all the trains arerunning again.
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Thestorm also closed the New York Stock Exchange for two days.

PresidentObama ordered the military to assist with the recovery efforts. He approveddisaster declarations for New York and New Jersey, freeing up federal aid tohelp with property damage.

"Myinstructions to the federal agencies has been: do not figure out why we can'tdo something, I want you to figure out how we do something. I want you to cutthrough red tape, I want you to cut through bureaucracy. There's no excuse forinaction at this point."

Thepresident suspended election campaign events for part of this week so that hecould deal with Sandy.

Thisweek, Mr. Obama went to New Jersey to witness the damage. New Jersey GovernorChris Christie, a supporter of candidate Mitt Romney, praised Mr. Obama for hisefforts.

On Tuesday, Mr. Romney changed one of his campaign events to raise money forvictims of Sandy. He also suspended campaign events and has urged Americans tohelp with the recovery effort.
"Iappreciate your generosity, it is part of the American spirit, the American wayto give to people who are in need."

The presidential race continues to be close. It is not clear if or how Sandy willinfluence the vote.
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Florida：Let's stay together

IT TURNS out you really can get tired of an Al Green song. I thought the Reverendwas one of those rare singers (Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Willie Nelson) totranscend saturation points: an automatic stop to the radio shuffle whiledriving. But listening repeatedly to "Let's Stay Together" whilebaking under the midday Florida sun started to feel like a ClockworkOrange-esque experiment in behaviour modification. I expect to never be able tohear that flutey "I'm so in love with you" again without instantflop-sweat. The unofficial crowd estimate I've heard bandied around for today'sevent—Barack Obama's last in Florida—is 30,000. From the field of McArthur HighSchool in downtown Hollywood, that seems high. But add in the hangers-on, thosewho tried to get in but could not, and the clatches of hawkers, demonstrators,placard-wavers and assorted forms of media life and the number starts to soundplausible.

Frederica Wilson, Hollywood's congresswoman, took the stage first, resplendent in a trulyextraordinary yellow-suit-and-cowboy-hat ensemble. Ms Wilson's speech amountedto an exhortation to get out the vote—a plea echoed by the next speaker, MeghanHardy, who chairs Organising for America in Florida. They were speaking to acrowd that needed no persuasion. Florida's southern counties are heavilydemocratic, and for Barack Obama to win Florida he will need a very strongturnout, particularly in Broward County, where he defeated John McCain morethan two-to-one four years ago. As we wrote a couple of months back, Florida isa swing state by virtue of having a handful of swing counties. In most of thestate, the proverbial cake is baked: Mr Obama is as unlikely to lose SouthFlorida as he is to win up north. There will be some questions about Mr Obamadeciding to make his final Florida appearance in the safe south, rather thanthe hotly contested I-4 corridor, where Mitt Romney will be tomorrow morning.Perhaps he is fighting for a draw in those central counties and a southerntorrent overwhelming the north.

FollowingMs Wilson was Florida's party-shifting ex-governor, Charlie Crist, widelybelieved to be preparing to challenge Rick Scott, Florida's unpopular governor,in 2014. Should he win he would be the first governor in Florida's history toserve two terms with two different party affiliations. If he loses, and if thisrally is anything to go by, it will not be because of any lack of enthusiasmamong Florida's Democratic voters. Like Mr Scott, Mr Crist has a vaguelynon-human affect, but in Mr Scott's case it comes off as alien and robotic,whereas Mr Crist has something of the lost, astounded forest creature abouthim. The crucial question regarding Mr Crist's future is less whether he canbeat Mr Scott, but whether Florida's Democratic establishment is ready toembrace a turncoat. Aside from Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, who presumably has noextra-congressional ambitions in 2014, the only Floridian with statewide appealto precede Mr Obama was Pitbull.

Asfor Mr Obama, as my colleague noted last week, it finally looks as though he ishaving fun on the campaign trail. He entered through the crowd, working theguardrail as adroitly as Bill Clinton (okay—almost as adroitly as BillClinton). He sounded hoarse, and even from where I sat he looked tired, but hewas loose and the level of empathy he projected while discussing the aftermathof Hurricane Sandy was in fact fully Clintonesque. As for the speech itself, ifyou're reading this blog you've probably heard it before, and even if youhaven't heard it before, you've heard it before. That is not a criticism of MrObama: at this stage of the campaign there should be no surprises from thecandidates, no unforced errors. But making what's old sound new, what'srehearsed sound fresh, what's canned sound spontaneous is not easy. Mr Obamaseems to have traded the electricity of the 2008 campaign for a level ofcomfort and trust among hometown crowds like this one. Will it be enough to win Florida? That's what elections are for. Tomorrow in Orlando I'll see how theother side is faring.
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attractg

沙发~！！！  抱歉，亲们.... 我习惯了...不要打我啊~~~555

雪儿辛苦~~  教育那篇文章很好~    这次我的越障写得完全没有结构可言...  大家就略过吧

速度：
1’44’’(219) Hurricane Sandy hurts American’s Staten Island. People who are suffering from the Hurricane have already received helps from neighbors, friends and families. Government assistant is also arriving.

1’15’’(234) An artist ,who is called DR, survived from the storm. His apartment was full of water after the storms hit. All his early artworks … are gone. This disaster brings both grief and inspiration. You can see the best and the worst happened to people. The best thing here is people helping each other. The worst is some people lost all possession, even lives..

2’49’’(354) Chinese University exams——fighting for privilege. The issue of whether giving migrants the same opportunity of learning in Beijing has risen fierce debate. Migrants’ children found them hard to enter Beijing schools because they have to get at least one of Hukou from their parents. Students have to take University Entrance exams in which they have household registered.

1’58’’(256) The government ask local administrations to produce “Concrete plans”——Allowing students to sit GaoKao at where they actually live in. This is the government action to stop “GaoKao Emigrants” : Moving into the city to get a greater chance of entering the universities. The parents of emigrants have to prove tax-pay … to demonstrate the contribution to local ..Parents say it is not right. People collect tons of signatures to petition.

2’33’’(349) The Hurricane hit the Caribbean countries and Eastern America. New York and New Jersey suffered the most. Americans are blamed for Hurricane for ninety deaths. The number may rise as the rescue works find more bodies. People are report efforts and messages on Facebook and Twitter. Telephone services are influenced. People cannot buy gas from the gas station. It’s still need a week before all trains running.

剩余：
1’37’’(212) The New York stock Exchange closed for two days. Obama came to New Jersey to witness the damage of Sandy. The vote campaign is suspended so Obama can do efforts to rescue works. He organized military force to help. It is still not clear whether the Sandy will affect the vote.

越障：
7’04’’ (689)
Theme: Obama came to Florida for the Campaign.
Author’s attitude: Neutral
Structure:
Obama to win Florida needs a strong turnout….
Ms.Wilson (Congress Woman in Florida) said Obama is unlikely to lose South Florida as he is to win the North Florida.
Following Ms. Wilson is CC(ex-governor) to challenge R.S. (unpopular gov.) …
Looks as though Obama is having fun on Campaign trail..
To make what’s old new, what’s rehearsed sound fresh is not easy. Obama seems to transfer electricity of 2008 Campaign to comfort and trust in…
Will it enough to win Florida ?

2012Michelle

锤地啊，只剩下板凳了。。。辛苦映小雪了，很好的文章。

今天不吐槽你，我很喜欢这几篇文章，尤其是关于教育的那一段，准、狠。

黄子华在栋笃笑中说：如果你到现在还不能接受现在的你（包括优缺点），那你势必很难再有进步的。

1'22"
Hurricane Sandy hit NY last week, and FEMA sent help to the people around Manhattan area.
1'10"
The post-disaster recovery takes people a lot of time. And the disaster itself has both good and bad facets to people.
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Migrants have difficulties to get good education in big cities, because they are facing different situation than those who are born natively.
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The migrants feel unconfortable about the unfair treatment on them. Some of them call up for changes on the regulations. But so far there is nothing responded.
2'01"
Storm Sandy hurts a lot of things in NY. People are suffering from the lacks of electricity, cell phone connections, gas...and the storm destroyed people's lives around Mahattan.
Rest 1'12"
Obama ordered the military to help with the recovery from the storm. So far no knows how much the storm will effect on the U.S. president selection compain.

Obstacle 5'50"
Main Idea: It is not clear yet to know whether Obama can win Frlorida
Author attitude: Negtive.
Article structure:
1) Emphasize the importance of Florida in Obama's champion of the president election.
2) Introducction of the members and analysis of the points of both sides of the champion.
3) Conclusion: there might be nothing new about Obama's speech for the last shot in Florida debate.

映雪瑶渊

楼上两只不要这么荡漾，只给苦逼的楼主我跪地板。。

LZ错了！！！

2012Michelle

楼上两只不要这么荡漾，只给苦逼的楼主我跪地板。。

LZ错了！！！

-- by 会员 映雪瑶渊 (2012/11/5 17:27:07)

乖乖，有得看我已经蹦跶着谢天谢地了，辛苦了哈。嗯嘛！

映雪瑶渊

楼上两只不要这么荡漾，只给苦逼的楼主我跪地板。。

LZ错了！！！

-- by 会员 映雪瑶渊 (2012/11/5 17:27:07)

乖乖，有得看我已经蹦跶着谢天谢地了，辛苦了哈。嗯嘛！

-- by 会员 2012Michelle (2012/11/5 17:32:41)

讨厌的大米~~~看文章吧。。。

o0miracle0o

被些乱七八糟的事中断了gmat复习。。。也好久没来小分队了。。速度和理解力完全不行了。。泪奔TT

速度：
1’57
1’43
2’55
2’01
2’40

越障：看了七八分钟还是云里雾里。。再去多看几遍

ps：单词有点粘连。。看起来有点吃力~~~楼主辛苦啦！

fpd

谢谢楼主。
1:47
1:22
2:57
2:15
2:31
越障，看完第一遍看不懂，再反攻一遍

fpd

还是看不懂。。。。

skipper2012

谢谢小雪，就等这一篇呢。
1'38, 1'32, 3'14, 2'08, 3'32