Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海湾). She stepped into the boat and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and beyond to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach1side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, 2and uneven; it became3difficult to row. If she4for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the 5.
She wasn't even halfway, but she was already tired and her hands 6from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). "I'm never going to 7it", she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and 8her head helplessly, then looked up as she 9the boat shift (晃动) against the tide. The east wind, which had swung (旋转) around from the south—west, came to her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be 10. Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn't feel as if it was about to burst11.
The lights of the town became12. One of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she seized it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just 13? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last 14on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves15and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.
Ticket Information
Dates: 28th January— 14th February Monday — Fri 10am, 5pm
Sat — Sun 9:30am, 3pm, 7pm Venue: Wuhan City Cinema Duration: 2 hours
Ticket prices: ¥25per child or adult (days shows)
¥40per child or adult (evening shows) Family Package：
¥100for 4tickets (10am 7pm)
¥120for 4tickets (3pm) Late comer policy：
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As courtesy to other audience members, children below three years old will not be allowed in.
I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him out the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet. I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and being of great strength making its way by face strokes (猛力地划) to the shore. I fled, but didn't succeed. He overtook me, pulled me hard, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys. "Do you know what you have done?" They said. "It's Amery: he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym. He has won his football award."
I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when he was wrapped in a bath towel and so small. He didn't seem pleased at all. So I added in a most brilliant word." My father, who is a great man, is also small. "At this he laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, expressed all was over.
Reading Oliver James' Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears. "I have to take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it, "she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following day I ask her how the test went and she just says "OK, I got a nine".
"Wow. Well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"
According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."
I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system (体制) of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.
For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.
This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.
As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感)is needed in geometry(几何学)just as much as in poetry", and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them.
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We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we're h for our table, two people come in and they go to the counter.
"Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended". They pay for their order, take the two and leave. I ask my friend:" What are those 'suspended' coffees?" "Wait for it and you will see."
Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee e, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was m by three lawyers — three for them and four 'suspended'. While I still wonder what's the d with those suspended' coffees, I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful v towards the square in front of the café. Suddenly a man d in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar c in through the door and kindly asks
"Do you have a suspended coffee?" It's simple — people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who cannot afford a warm beverage. The t with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has s all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwich or a whole m."
