Application for admission to the Graduate School at this university must be made on forms provided by the Director of Admission. An applicant whose undergraduate work was done at another institution should request that two copies of undergraduate transcripts and degrees be sent directly to the Dean of Graduate School. Both the application and transcripts must be on file at least one month prior to the registration date, and must be accompanied by a nonrefundable ten-dollar check or money order to cover the cost of processing the application. Students who have already been admitted to the Graduate School but were not enrolled during the previous semester should reapply for admission using a special form available in the office of the Graduate School. It is not necessary for students who have previously been denied admission to resubmit transcripts; however, new application forms must accompany all requests for reconsideration. Applications should be submitted at least eight weeks in advance of the session in which the student wishes to enroll.

After a 300 million yuan renovation project, Lidai Diwang Miao, or the Imperial Temple of Emperors of Successive Dynasties, was reopened to the public last weekend. Originally constructed about 470 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty the temple was used by emperors of both the Ming and Qing to offer sacrifices to their ancestors. It underwent two periods of renovation in the Qing Dynasty, during the reigns of emperors Yongzheng and Qianlong. From 1929 until early 2000, it was part of Beijing No. 159 Middle School. The temple"s Jingdechongsheng Hall contains stone tablets memorializing 188 Chinese emperors. The finzhuan bricks used to pave the floor, the same as those used in the Forbidden City, are finely textured and golden-yellow in color. According to Xi Wei, an official from the Xicheng District government present at the re-opening of the temple, finzhuan bricks were made in Yuyao, Suzhou, specially for imperial use. The renovation was done strictly according to that carded out at the orders of Emperor Qianlong, and only those sections of the temple too damaged to repair have been replaced.

Jack: ______ Mary: How are you going to be able to fall asleep if you keep on like this?

In 1985, the Coca-Cola company made the decision to change the formula(配方) of its leading soft drink. The change was based on the findings of many market studies. These studies had shown that the general response to the new product was good. However, the change of the traditional. Coca-Cola by New Coke was rejected by the majority of drinkers. In fact, the company had to step back and restart production of the old formula of Coca-Cola. The most important reason why New Coke was rejected was the emotional relationship that existed between drinkers and the old soft drink formula, Drinking Coca-Cola had become a tradition for many people over its 99 years of existence. The change made by the company was not only in Coke"s formula but also in the traditional values and memories that it represented to the drinkers. "We had taken away more than the product Coca-Cola. We had taken away a little part of them and their past". The drinkers rejected this "improvement" because "they believed that Coke stood for traditional value,…so they felt betrayed when the product changed completely overnight". Although a lot of research was done by Coca-Cola company, it didn"t show the depth of drinkers" emotion for the product. The studies took many forms, but none of the tests was able to measure the degree of personal and emotional reactions caused by the disappearance of the old, traditional Coca-Cola. The weakness of the research was that it was mainly quantitative in form. The result was only numbers that could not show the deep meaning the product had for many people. A more extensive study focusing on the qualitative aspects of the change would perhaps have been able to demonstrate the close relationship existing between drinkers and product.

I didn"t ______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.

If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain【B1】consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family【B2】he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance【B3】the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to【B4】old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to【B5】the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation【B6】and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be【B7】. He must either sell some of his property or【B8】extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low【B9】of interest, but loans of this kind are not【B10】obtainable.

Customer: Excuse me! Clerk: Yes, ma"am? What can I do for you? Customer: I have a problem with this coffee maker, and I want my money back. Clerk: ______? Customer: The problem is that it doesn"t work! I"ve only used it three times.

Why are mobiles so popular? Because people love to talk to each other. And it is easier with a mobile phone. In countries like Russia and China, people use the mobile phone in places where there is no ordinary telephone. Business people use mobiles when they"re traveling. In some countries, like Japan, many people use their mobile phones to send e-mail message and access the Internet. They use a new kind of mobile phone called "i-mode". You can even use a mobile phone to listen to music. Mobile phones are very fashionable with teenagers. Parents buy mobile phones for their children. They can call home if they are in trouble and need help. So they feel safer. But teenagers mostly use them to keep in touch with their friends or play simple computer games. It"s cool to be the owner of a small expensive mobile. Research shows that teenage owners of mobile phones smoke less. Parents and schools are happy that teenagers are safer and smoke less. But many people dislike them. They hate it when the businessman opposite them on the train has a loud conversation on his phone. Or when the mobile phone rings in a cafe or restaurant. But there is a much more serious problem. It"s possible that the mobile phone can heat up the brain because we hold the phone so close to our head. Scientists fear that mobiles can perhaps be bad for your memory and even give you cancer.

Science textbooks and technical and professional journals are usually made up of several parts and contain various special features, many of which have a standard format.【B1】usually contain a large number of these parts; journals and【B2】contain many, but not all of them. Knowing where to look for information and【B3】to expect in a book can greatly increase your ability to use all the information there. Explanations of and practice using some of these textbook parts and【B4】are covered in these even numbered lessons. The features in textbooks are【B5】into the following three categories. Front matter is the【B6】-numeral paginated section at the front of most books. The text is the main body of the book. The【B7】matter comprises the additional sections at the back of most books.【B8】our discussion of these three sections will deal mainly with textbooks, the practice provided will greatly【B9】your comprehension of scientific【B10】as well.

For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom(生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation"s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 40 years. By 2040, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. "In addition to the doctors, we"re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers". says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California"s (USC), School of Gerontology (老年学). Lawyers can specialize in "elder law", which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination(歧视). Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history. "Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money", one professor says. Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was "really bored with bacteria". So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, "I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying".

The first ancient Olympics were held in 776 B.C. The games got their name from Olympia, the Greek city where they took place. Like the summer Olympics of today, the ancient Olympics were held every four years. Thousands of people from all over the Greek world came to watch. The main stadium held about 45,000 people. "We have accounts of visitors and pilgrims setting up tents all around the site", Lisa Cerrato of Tufts University said. During the first Olympics, there was only one competition—a 200-meter race. But over time the games grew to include wrestling, chariot racing, boxing, and other sports. Women were not allowed to compete, but they had their own separate games. "The ancient athlete became celebrities(名人), just like today. They often lived the rest of their lives being treated to free dinners", Cerrato said. "City-states even tried to steal away each other"s athletes by offering them various awards". The ancient Olympics existed until A.D. 393. But the modem Olympics are still going strong.

Teacher; Richard, class begins at 9, and you are late. Student: I know, but I missed my bus. I"m sorry. Teacher; ______. You have to be here on time.

The coat I"m wearing now costs about ______ of that one hung over there.

Double Income and No Kids(DINK) becomes fashionable in China. The DINK couples are usually regarded as those who have higher educations and【B1】careers with higher incomes. The increase in DINK families has shattered the Chinese traditional idea of the family and【B2】typical. A survey conducted recently in Beijing by a market survey company【B3】that about 3.8 percent of 1,300 surveyed families in Beijing said they have【B4】plans to have children. It is estimated there are about 600,000 DINK families in large cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing. Why they choose such a lifestyle is concluded in【B5】reasons. Some are showing great worry for the rapid growth of population; some are indulged in building a more well-off family; some are showing sharp【B6】to get themselves free from the obligation of raising children. 【B7】, most people still believe it is necessary to bear a child to keep the family line on. As an old Chinese saying goes, there are three aspects in failing to be a filial son and the【B8】serious one is to have no heir for the family. So childless couples will suffer discrimination【B9】family members and neighbors. But it is clear that the new tide of ideas has come, which suggests young people【B10】to choose their own way of life They are installing modem ideas into traditional families and society. In the modernization process, personal choices will be highly respected.

Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man. They do not provide energy,【B1】do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for【B2】foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if【B3】is missing a deficiency disease becomes【B4】. Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements—usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and【B5】nitrogen. They are different【B6】their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin【B7】one or more specific functions in the body.【B8】enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional use for【B9】vitamins. Many people,【B10】, believe in being on the "safe side" and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well-balanced diet will usually meet all the body"s vitamin needs.

Speaker A: We"ve made an appointment with the students. We"ll meet at 7 in the morning. Can you come on time? Speaker B: I"m afraid ______. It"s too early.

Jane: ______ Tom: Well, it"s 250 dollars a month, including heat.

One thing almost everyone is agreed on, including Americans, is that they place a very high valuation upon success; Success does not necessarily mean material rewards, but recognition of some sort-preferably measurable. If a boy turns out to be a preacher(传道者) instead of a businessman, that"s all right. But the bigger his church is, the more successful he is judged to be. A good many things contributed to this accent on success. There was the Puritan(清教徒的) belief in the virtue of work, both for its own sake and because the rewards it brought were regarded as signs of God"s love. There was the richness of opportunity in a land waiting to be settled. There was the lack of a settled society with fixed ranks and classes, so that a man was certain to rise through achievement. There was the determination of an immigrant to gain in the new world what had been denied to him in the old, and on the part of his children an urge to throw off the immigrant onus(负担) by still more success and still more rise in a fluid and classless society. Brothers did not compete within the family for the favor of the parents as in Europe, but worked hard for success in the outer world, along paths of their own choosing.

A mother dolphin(海豚) chats with her baby over the telephone! They were in separate tanks connected by a special underwater audio link. "It seemed clear that they knew who they were talking with", says Don White, whose Project Delphis ran the experiment. But what were they saying? Scientists think dolphins "talk" about everything from basic facts like their age to their emotional state. "I speculate that they say things like "there are some good fish over here," or "watch out for that shark because he"s hunting,"" says Denis Herzing, who studies dolphins in the Bahamas. Deciphering(译解) "dolphin speak" is also tricky because their language is so dependent on what they"re doing, whether they"re playing, fighting, or going after tasty fish. During fights, for example, dolphins clap(碰撞) their jaws to say "Back off!" But their jaws clap while playing, too, as if to show who"s king of the underwater playground.