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The British government recently announced a proposal to introduce health care access fees for migrants and long-term visitors this year. The fees would affect some foreign students, who would for the first time have to pay for medical cover while in Britain. The proposal is part of an immigration bill now going through Parliament and does not expressly target students. But concerns are being voiced that it would set up yet another obstacle for international access to the British education system—one of the most prestigious in the world. "As a matter of principle, the charge is unfortunate and unfair," said Dominic Scott, chief executive of the UK Council for International Student Affairs. Foreign students who need to apply for visas—those from countries outside the European Union—will have to pay 150 pounds per year of study when they are issued their visa, according to the plan laid out by the Department of Health. The proposed charge is relatively minor compared with tuition and other costs that for a foreign student in Britain can easily reach ￡20,000 a year. Critics of the plan concede that it is unlikely, by itself, to turn many away. Still, they warn that it will add to a cumulative message that is increasingly unwelcoming. It comes during a controversial campaign for tighter immigration curbs and less than two years after the government eliminated a visa track, known as Tier-1 (post-study work), that allowed newly graduated foreigners to stay in Britain to work. "Tier-1 was the hammer blow, but it's just possible that people will see this as one unpleasant thing after another," Mr. Scott said. Daniel Stevens, the international students' officer at the National Union of Students, the country's largest student union, agreed: "You will see a shift in the attitude of international students toward other countries," he said. Daniel Obst, deputy vice president of the Institute of International Education, said he thought it highly unlikely that the fee would cut the number of students going to Britain. Still, "every time you have a new regulation, there is concern," he said. "You have to deal with the perceptions issue."
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各地火锅风格各异，所使用的火锅原料也不尽相同。
Earlier this year I met with a group of women in Matela, a small farming village in Tanzania, and we discussed something that's been on all of our minds lately: finding a safe place to save money. The women said their babies were getting sick from malaria (疟疾), and they could afford the drugs if they saved money over time—but with no access to formal savings accounts, they had a hard time safeguarding cash. So they saved in risky and inefficient ways. They made loans to each other, or bought goats or jewelry, then sold them if they suddenly needed money. The success of microloans has opened new opportunities for many poor people and has been a crucial factor in reducing poverty. But loans are not enough. Savings accounts could help people in the developing world with unexpected events, accumulate money to invest in education, increase their productivity and income, and build their financial security. Fortunately, this is a moment of opportunity. New policy ideas are uniting in ways that will lower the cost of savings and bring safe financial services to the doorsteps of the poor. One exciting trend is agent banking, in which stores and post offices serve as banking outlets. Banks still manage and guarantee the deposits, but they rely on the infrastructure (基础设施) of other outlets to deal with clients where there are no bank branches. The phenomenal growth of mobile phones in the developing world presents another opportunity. M-Pesa, the mobile-phone cash-transfer service in Kenya, has signed up more than 5 million subscribers in two years and recently expanded to Tanzania. This new idea is opening markets and transforming lives. A split-second M-Pesa transaction costs as little as 30 cents and replaces a day of risk and expense just to send someone money or carry earnings home. At the Gates Foundation, it has been committed more than $350 million to make financial services widely accessible to the poor because safe places to save can help break the cycle of poverty. If action is taken on this moment, then within a generation, billions of people will have the chance to build up their savings and live the healthy, productive lives that they deserve.
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsoncompanies'socialresponsibility.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words."Wemakebetterapologiesandexcusesthananyothercompanyinourindustry.I'mveryproudofthat!"
瓷器，和丝绸一样，是享誉海外的中国特产。
如今大学生的生活方式正在发生着变化。
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特别值得一提的是，司马迁不仅参考皇家的历史记录，还走遍中国求证信息的真伪。
As What's your earliest childhood memory? Adults seldom【C1】______events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four【C2】______retain any specific, personal experiences. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or【C3】______— one event follows another—as in a novel or film. But when they search through their mental files for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the【C4】______. It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary. Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new【C5】______for childhood amnesia. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use someone else' s spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly【C6】______impressions of them into long-term memories. In other【C7】______, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about theirs—Mother talking about the afternoon【C8】______looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean park. Without this【C9】______reinforcement, says Dr. Simms, children cannot form【C10】______memories of their personal experiences. A)words B)narratives C)spent D)pattern E)forgotten F)largely G)recall H)explanation I)cases J)rarely K)taken L)factor M)habitual N)permanent O)verbal
1．呼吁大家参加自助游社团组织的上海自助游2．参加自助游社团的好处3．如何加入自助游社团
Sarr Elyse took a sip from a plastic cup. Like a practised wine taster, she swilled the dark liquid around in her mouth then swallowed. "I love Coca-Cola and this is not Coca-Cola," she said with a slight grimace (鬼脸). It certainly wasn't and that's the point of Mecca-Cola—a soft drink named after Islam's holiest land and created to protest against US foreign policy in the Middle East. Senegal is one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to put Mecca-Cola on the market, and it's an obvious choice. The population is 95 percent Muslim and opposition to the war in Iraq has been more【C1】______here than elsewhere in the region. Thousands took to the streets to protest against the fighting in Iraq and now Mecca-Cola, which has sales of about five million bottles in Europe, will gives thirsty Senegalese a thought-provoking,【C2】______thirst reliever to the US brand. "Being a Muslim, I was attracted by the name Mecca-Cola," said Hassane Brahim Fardoun, the businessman behind the drink's distribution in Senegal. "I will do my best to【C3】______the Senegalese market with this new product." The drink's launch【C4】______with increasing popular opposition to US foreign policy and the first six-packs of Mecca-Cola were delivered to two shops in Senegal's capital Dakar the same week US troops stormed Baghdad. More will follow if it sells well. He says the advertising【C5】______has not yet started because posters have not arrived from France, but he has high hopes for word of mouth marketing. Elyse is one of the first to taste the new drink at a tiny shop in the city centre. Unfortunately for Fardoun, she is Catholic, and a little reserved about whole-heartedly【C6】______the political viewpoints behind Mecca-Cola's existence. Mecca-Cola has already found fans in Africa, as well as in Europe. The cola with a crusade (改革运动) is the【C7】______of French businessman Tawfik Mathlouthi, who launched the drink last November in France as a protest against US foreign policy. Mecca-Cola is not unique. There is a wide range of similar【C8】______drinks, like Muslim Up or British-based Qibla-Cola, whose website cries "Liberate your taste".【C9】______. the drink that typifies the American way of life was flavoured originally with cola nuts, widely prized in West Africa as a【C10】______and a dowry gift at weddings. A. injected B. alternative C. racially D. brainchild E. constituent F. vocal G. campaign H. ironically I. optimum J. backing K. coincided L. ideological M. penetrate N. stimulus O. inherently
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Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicturebelow.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthencommentonhowtoachieverationalconsumption.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words."Lesson1:Don'tspendmorethanyouearn.Lesson2:Don'tspendmorethanyouearn.Lesson3:Don'tspendmorethanyouearn.Lesson4:Don'tspendmorethanyouearn.Lesson5:Don'tspendmorethanyouearn."
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled My View on College Town following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1．大学城正在不断涌现 2．出现这种现象原因有…… 3．我认为……