1、学英语写作文Youngsters may be left behind, but not forgottenBy AnbaijieandXiangmingchao (China Daily)Editors note: As the nation prepares to celebrate Childrens Day on June 1, China Daily traveled to meet youngsters growing up in the countryside, and the migrant worker parents forced to leave them behind.
2、 Zhou Jing sat in her yard watching a black cat play with two 10-day-old kittens. Her face was unable to hide her jealousy. Sometimes, it feels like Ive been abandoned by my parents, she said with a sigh. The 14-year-old sees her mother and father only once a year, if that. She said they dont even c
3、all on her birthday. Like millions of youngsters across China, Zhou is a left-behind child, a term used to describe the children of migrant workers who remain in the countryside and are raised by elderly relatives. In Zhous case, she lives with her grandparents, her half-sister and her cousin in Fus
4、han township of Henan province. Her parents, both factory workers, are several hours away in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. He Enfu, Zhous 68-year-old grandmother, said they work in the city to earn more money, whereas if they worked on farmland in the mountainous village they would hardly make any money
5、. There are nine people in my family, and we only had 4.5 mu (0.3 hectares) of farmland, from which we could just feed ourselves and seldom earn any money, she said. The mountainous region is not suitable for factories and there are not so many job opportunities here, said Qiu Zhouhe, deputy head of
6、 Fushan. As a result, most young people go to other places to seek better jobs. He said there are 31,000 people in the town, and more than 7,000 of them have become migrant workers.Unbearable feelingAccording to the All-China Womens Federation, roughly 58 million children were left behind in rural a
7、reas by migrant-worker parents in 2010 nationwide. That works out to about one in every four children in rural regions. About 79.7 percent of left-behind children are cared for by their grandparents, and 13 percent were left to their relatives or friends, while the remaining 7.3 percent live by them
8、selves, the federation said. Zhous parents were forced to leave their daughters in the village because they could not afford the childrens expenses in the urban region, where education fees, food and housing are more expensive, said He, the girls grandmother. By working day and night without any wee
9、kends, her parents can earn 4,000 to 5,000 yuan ($629 to $786) a month, He said. When they talk on the phone, Zhou said the main topic of conversation with her parents is if she is behaving and making progress in her studies. We seldom have any topics other than the two routine questions, the teenag
10、er said. Zhous parents declined to be interviewed, saying only they feel sad for failing to stay with their children. Xiang Yongjian, 33, left his daughter in the village when she was born seven years ago. Although he said he missed her very much, he explained that he and his wife could not take the
11、 girl with them to Foshan, Guangdong province, where they worked from 2003 to 2011. Both my wife and I worked around the clock without holiday in the factory, so we had no time to take care of a baby, he said. Our incomes added up to no more than 2,500 yuan a month, not enough to hire a babysitter.
12、The couple missed their daughter so much that they cried when they heard her voice on the phone, he said. The feeling became unbearable when we saw some other parents playing with their children in the park, he added. For nearly seven years, Xiang and his wife had to be apart from their daughter to
13、earn more money. No money, no happiness, he said. Maybe its short-term pain to be separated from my baby, but we have no other choice. None of us want to live in poverty.Unhealed scars Xiangs wife gave birth to a boy last year, and they decided to return home. The salary of Xiang and his wife reache
14、d 7,000 yuan a month before they left the factory in Foshan. However, he said he would rather give up the job in exchange for being with his children. I have already given my daughter a complete childhood away from her parents, and I do not want to do that to my son, he said. With the money he and h
15、is wife earned in Foshan, Xiang managed to build a three-story villa in his hometown, buy a car valued at 70,000 yuan and set up a restaurant near a primary school in the county. The economic reward has made him quite happy, but his 7-year-old daughter has become too disobedient, which made him worr
16、ied. The girl used to tell him that there was no homework after class, but her teacher told him that the pupils have to do homework every day. To punish her for telling lies, I used to lash her hands with a small whip, he said. I was too angry to hold my temper. Xiang attributed his daughters rebell
17、ion to the long separation. Anyway, I owe my daughter a lot, he repeated several times. Unlike the parents who miss their left-behind children very much, most of the left-behind children interviewed by China Daily said they do not miss their parents that much. I cant even remember what my dad and mo
18、m look like, said Zhou Jing. Zhou said she missed her parents when she was bullied at school by naughty classmates.The reportIt was recently reported that the life story of Chouw Yun-Fat,a super star in the entertainment industry,has been written into the textbooks for high school students in Hong K
19、ong.The event caused various responses among students.Some say it is a good thing to have a nice change after so many years reading traditional materials .Others claim that they like super stars but they dont like to read their life stories in their textbooks.Still others regard it as a nightmare in
20、 modern education A /Dear editr I enjoyed your story about the change in the teaching materials.Its good to write Chow into textbooks.His life is similar to ours and is no doubt popular with the young.My friends and I cant wait to see more textbooks like this.The old people that we learned from in t
21、extbooks are too distant from us .To be frank,we are tired of the traditional textbooks.If I had chance, I would chouse Zhao Benshan,who is famous for his chiese northeastern dialect and special sence of humor. Gao Yue B/Dear editor, I think chowsexperiences can encourage us. Howere,its not suitable
22、 to put actors alongside our national heroes,such as Yue Fei and Dr.Sun Yat-sen. Though we can learn from Chow,I would rather read aboult his life story in a magainze than in the textbook.It unbearable to always emphasize successful super stars.For ends dont always justify means.dont you tink so? Ga
23、o Yue feiC/Dear editor I think its a great idear to have chows life story written into the textbook.If we always learn old things,we will be fed up with them and lose interest in studing.but if we learn about people we know well,we will learn better.If I had a chance tochouse one,I would chouse Jay
24、Chou.He is a talented singer. Qi YananD/Dear editor I dont like the idear at all.The person whom we learn from must be worth to receive such honor.Chow doesnt meet this condition,although his exprisences,they are also successful.I dont think there is any Chinese star worth writing into our textbooks
25、.And people working in the entertainment industry dont tink much of them.Therefore,its rally unbearable to have to read and recited their life stories alongside ancient poems by Li Bai and Du Fu or prose by Fan Zhongyan and Zhu Ziqing. Ling Jinghui7 Reasons to Quit your JobIn October 2005 I received
26、 a degree in International Economics, and straight out of the university I went to work for a large multinational company. It is was the most obvious path for me to follow; my parents encouraged me to do so, and my friends were doing it also. After one year, however, I was not so sure that this was
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28、most of them related to the Internet. Below you will find 7 reasons that motivated me to take this decision. I had already written about those factors on another blog, but I decided to publish it on Daily Blog Tips as well because there are probably many bloggers on the same situation that I was, ch
29、eck it out:1. If I will need to work my arse off, Id rather do it for something that I own: I firmly believe that hard work is the foundation of success. Even if you consider supposed geniuses like great musicians or writers, history shows that behind each and every one of them there was an incredib
30、le amount of hard work. There is no easy way out and there are no shortcuts. So, if that is the case, it is clear that I will need to work damn hard no matter what I choose to do in life. Why not work that hard for my own self then?2. Should you hit the jackpot with an idea, its your company that wi
31、ll collect most of the profits: Most people think that working for an organization is less risky than having your own business. The reasoning is right to a certain extent. After all, a standard job offers a secure pay check at the end of the month. This means that your income has a lower boundary, i
32、t will not go below a certain level no matter what. The problem, however, is that this security comes at the expense of limited earning potential. This means that your income will also have an upper boundary. It will not go above a certain level no matter what. Should you come up with a brilliant idea that generate millions for your company, it is unlikely that you will share the profits.3. Companies
