[VOA News]Japan Files Protest as Anti-Japanese Demonstrations in China Spread

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Anti-Japanese demonstrations on Sunday spread to two southern Chinese cities following rowdy protests the previous day in Beijing. The Japanese government is calling the actions "gravely regrettable" and demanding action, and an apology, from the Chinese government.

As demonstrations flared in the Chinese cities of Guanghzou and Shenzen Sunday, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador here to protest Saturday's violent anti-Japanese rally at the Japanese embassy in Beijing.

Japanese officials say Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura told Ambassador Wang Yi that Tokyo wants an apology, compensation for damage to the Japanese embassy and assurances that Japanese citizens and property in China won't be harmed.

However, shortly after the meeting, there were reports of tens of thousands of Chinese demonstrating against Japan in the south of the country.

Hong Kong television on Sunday showed young demonstrators in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, gathering outside the Japanese consulate and shouting "Boycott Japanese goods." They also stomped on a replica of a Japanese flag and then burned it. Police could be seen observing the demonstrators but did not intervene.

Thousands of protesters also gathered for a noisy demonstration outside a Japanese supermarket in Shenzhen, the city directly across the border from Hong Kong.

The new protests came after the Japanese Embassy in Beijing also called on China to protect Japanese people and property in China. Embassy spokesman Keiji Ide said on Sunday that Ambassador Koreshige Anami had demanded protection from the Chinese.

"The Chinese authorities should make necessary measures to [protect] our other consulate-generals in other cities," he said. "And also, Ambassador Anami requested Chinese deputy foreign minister to take all necessary measures to protect Japanese citizens and Japanese companies [in China]."

The Chinese marchers are calling for a boycott of Japanese goods in the wake of new Japanese textbooks seen as glossing over Japan's brutal early 20th century occupation of China, and they do not want Japan to be given a permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

In the Beijing demonstrations Saturday, protesters threw rocks and bottles at the Japanese Embassy and the residence of Ambassador Anami. Japanese officials say some 20 glass panes were shattered at the embassy, while several glass windows were smashed at the ambassador's residence.

Stones also shattered the windows of a nearby Japanese restaurant, a Japanese bank branch was pelted with rocks and a billboard featuring Japanese-brand products was damaged.

Estimates of the number of protesters in Beijing ranged from 10,000 to 20,000 - a scale of public protest unseen in the communist country in years.

A Quote from Alexander the Great

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

如何翻譯最美？

「我來了，我所看見的，我都征服了。」

這個白話。

「我隻身前往，我明察秋毫，我旗開得勝。」

這一句翻譯的真美，字句工整和原句同，而且讀起來的味道、氣勢，更勝一籌。

"把我的ICRT還來"

http://forumosa.com/taiwan/icrt.php

偶然之下，發現了這個線上連署請願書。但我只想問，傑夫去哪了?

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Once upon a time, International Community Radio Taiwan (ICRT) was an oasis on the airwaves of Taiwan. For the newly arrived foreigner, long-time foreign resident, or global traveller, tuning into ICRT was a guaranteed connection to the world at large
It wasn't just the music... it was the news, the personalities, and the style that harked back to familiar surroundings. Naturally, ICRT became a center for the small, but vibrant foreign community in Taiwan.

Taiwan's rapid globalization, especially over the past 10 years, has changed the radio landscape of this country. ICRT was joined by savvy competition, who imitated ICRT's success in the past, except they did it in Mandarin and Taiwanese. However, ICRT's obvious and natural differentiation was untouched -- the station remained the haven for foreigner listeners, who starved for news and music from their own countries.

In an apparent move to shake things up and return to its No. 1 position in the ratings, ICRT has made a radical choice: become a Chinese radio station. No one would argue against going after a larger core audience. But ICRT has a unique history and a special mandate.

For abandoning us and its own special mandate, we ask ICRT to do the following:

1. Return to radio programming in English - at least for certain parts of the day, and consider using the familiar 2-person or clubhouse format that is common in drive-time hours in the west

2. Provide more on-air discussion of major news stories - there are no alternatives in Taiwan for English talk-radio. This may partly explain why Forumosa.com sometimes views itself not only as an online community about Taiwan, but as a discussion forum about what people in Taiwan talk about.

3. Resurrect the community message board, where announcements for the foreign community could be broadcast for free. This would include Taiwan-specific content, like where the best live music venues are and what are on the minds of people in Taiwan (local and foreign)

4. Seek funding from the government to support the English language programming hours. This has precedent in the new Formosa TV English news programming

5. Conduct cross-promotional efforts with Taiwan-oriented online communities like Forumosa.com that can offer fresh ideas

6. Explore and use alternative rating methods to measure ICRT's effectiveness and reach - it is widely believed that the regular ratings system does not poll foreigners, the very audience that makes ICRT special. GIO English funding could be used to pay for innovative ways to properly and fairly assess ICRT's true audience

TOEFL

The TOEFL is changing in September 2005. The Next Generation TOEFL test will include a new speaking section, twice the number of essays, and will be one hour longer.


-- Bruce (Austin and Abilene, Texas, USA)
(1) "If you are on the right path, you will find invisible hands are helping." (Joseph Campbell)
(2) "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." (Will Rogers)
(3) "Poco a poco se anda lejos." (Hispanic saying)
(4) "Love is one of the answers humankind invented to stare death in the face: time ceases to be a measure, and we can briefly know paradise."- Octavio Paz
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大學生英語僅國中程度 部分只能講兩三句 教師失望

【蘇岱崙╱台北報導】台灣大學語言研究所副教授張顯達等人去年八月調查發現，大學畢業生英語實際程度和大學教師期望程度相去甚遠。多數大學教師期待畢業生能以英文寫商業書信、透過電話簡短洽談業務，但實際上，教師認為大學畢業生的英文程度只能「用簡單兩、三句話自我介紹」。

不符期待

張顯達和台大語言所教授蘇以文、雲林科技大學教授周碩貴、文藻外語學院副教授陳美華等人，以「建立我國大學生英語能力指標」為主題，問卷調查一百五十七所大專校院行政主管、英語教師共兩百八十一人，並以張、蘇編寫的十二等級「共同英語能力指標」為評估基礎，詢問對大學畢業生英語能力的期望及實際程度，指標第一到四級為初階，第五到八級為中階，第九到十二級為高階。
調查顯示，七成大學教師希望大學畢業生的英語「說」和「閱讀」能力，可達到第八級，相當於可用英文書信往來、電話溝通、閱讀權益說明等。但多數老師認為學生實際聽、說、讀、寫能力都低於第五級，甚至有七成老師認為學生聽力只有第三級，相當於「在面對面情況下，可遵循由二至四個短句組成的指示，來放置物品」。


程度相差極大

雲科大應用英語研究所學生黃品璋認為，大學生英語程度相差極大，他聽過畢業自英語系、托福卻只考四百八十幾分的案例。台灣師範大學圖文傳播系二年級學生王正也承認，的確有些大學生英文只有國中程度。
世新大學人文社會學院院長李振清說，據統計，約三成大學生在念大學期間，英文並未進步，「的確有教師期待和學生實際英語程度相差懸殊的情形」。


可訂畢業門檻

張顯達建議，大專校院可訂定英語能力畢業門檻，減兩等級當成入學門檻，一旦新生達不到入學門檻，就可馬上施行補救教學，以提升學生英語能力。

[單字]Conclave, expat

相信大家都知道天主教宗「若望保祿二世」辭世的消息，以下這一個單字就和這有關。另一個單字是我常看到的，奇摩字典沒有收錄該單字中文意思，很奇怪，就只打個"n."(名詞)然後就空著。不過，英文解釋很簡單，所以 No big deal.
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conclave:

Yahoo!奇摩
n. ( 名詞 noun )

1. 【天主教】 選舉教宗的秘密會議(室);秘密會議,紅衣主教團

2. 【事】 【美】 (互助會等的)會議,集會

Webster Online
1 : a private meeting or secret assembly; especially : a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope

2 : a gathering of a group or association
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expat:

Webster Online

=>an expatriate person

expatriate:

Yahoo!奇摩 (請自行按這參考)

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