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纯粹的背单词太过枯燥无味，听VOA又不能不熟悉单词，今天为大家带来几款学习单词的小游戏，去试试吧，不难的。
这个很简单，把单词拖到解释的后面就ok了。这个是专门练习名词的。

还有一款，练习动词的。

超推荐下一个，非常有趣。

上面的图片居然都看不清楚，还是告诉你总站地址吧。点这里。

中午和Jiang说起主机的事情，趁着有闲，写了点。没想到计算机居然死机。前功尽弃！下面重新写。
我认识Jiang大概快两年了，从jiang的博客开始定型为关注赚钱，到盘古主机，再到现在的hostgator，我都是Jiang的拥趸。说起来还是有些故事的。
《史记》货殖列传第69有：
“夫纤啬筋力，治生之正道也，而富者必用奇胜。行贾，丈夫贱行 也，而雍乐成以饶。贩脂，辱处也，而雍伯千金。卖浆，小业也，而张氏千万。洒削，薄技也，而郅氏鼎食。此皆诚壹之所致。由是观之，富无经业，则货无常主，能者辐凑，不肖者瓦解。千金之家比一都之君，巨万者乃与王者同乐。岂所谓“素封”者邪？非也？”
做博客主机者非常多，但是只有诚实、有能力，能够坚持的人才能做的长久。Jiang做主机大概从盘古算起，大概1年了，中午和Jiang谈起，说还要建立一个关于虚拟主机的论坛。我说建论坛很费神的，他却信心满满，看来是要长久的做下去了。并且越做越大，一来是诚实之所致，而来也是比较有能力。
除此之外，Jiang还做了wordpress中文化的一些工作，加上他博客赚钱开展的如火如荼，从这一点上看，Jiang也会持续做下去。
Jiang也是性情中人，记得前段时间珊瑚虫的事情，Jiang就热血热心的报道。俗话说，买卖好做，伙计难搭，如果你认可商家的人品，那就没有理由不认可商家的商品。Jiang就是这样一个值得别人信赖的家伙。
现实中的Jiang是个瘦瘦的中原人，说话稍微有点口音。大概在我们北方呆的时间长了，竟然也有些江湖义气的感觉。说起话常常切中要害，记得第一次见面的时候，Jiang就告诉我，如何提高博客的订阅数(那个时候好像他的博客才不到500的订阅数)，很有意思，一点没有商家的精明感觉。
另外，其实让Jiang最自豪的大概是他的CvtCNKI，一个文献管理辅助软件。一个为技术着迷的人，总是有些单纯的。
最近，Jiang搞了一个博客专用主机举办一次抽奖活动，凡是参加者给予10元奖励，中奖者30元，虽然钱少，码上200个字，差不多就能转来10元了。哈！
活动细则如下：
活动形式：请大家在自己的博客以独立文章的形式介绍一下这个博客专用主机，并请在自己的博客适当位置添加博客专用主机网站的链接。
活动时间：3月23日到4月13日。4月14日到4月20日之间，择日抽奖。
活动奖励：这次活动的奖励分为三个部分。

参与奖：凡是参加本次活动的网友，都将获得10元人民币的现金奖励；
抽奖：我们还将从活动的网友里，抽出3位幸运者，每位奖励现金30元人民币；
鼓励奖：参加本次活动的网友，还将获得总统博客正文中链接两个（活动总结时^-^）。

其他说明：

此次活动是对主机用户回馈活动，仅限已经加入博客主机的用户参与（活动结束前加入的用户均可参与）。
文章以200字左右为宜，以适当文字链接到本文和博客专用主机网站。
文章和链接完成后，请发送 email 到 jiangzhanyong[at]gmail.com 确认，请在标题中注明抽奖字样。
若有可能，抽奖过程将公开（有可能而已，不能保证，呜呜）。
未尽事宜，可由本站进行补充。

This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT.

A new report says only about half of all students in the main school systems of America’s largest cities finish high school. The report notes higher rates of graduation — more than seventy percent — in areas surrounding the cities.

The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center prepared the report.

Researchers studied high school graduation rates from the two thousand three, two thousand four school year. They also identified the nation’s fifty largest cities. The largest, New York City, had a population of more than eight million. The smallest city was Wichita, Kansas. It had about three hundred sixty thousand people.

Researchers used a system of measurement called the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates. School officials in many of the cities studied say the resulting numbers were too low. That is because different areas use different methods to find graduation rates. Critics say many methods do not give a true picture of the number of students who leave high school before finishing.

Other studies have put the national graduation rate at about seventy percent. But experts agree that too many students are not completing high school. They estimate the number at more than one million each year.

The report was prepared for America’s Promise Alliance. The private group aims to help children receive services they need to succeed.

General Colin Powell was chairman of America’s Promise Alliance when it was formed in nineteen ninety-seven. He attended the press conference Tuesday where the report was released. He said studies have shown that the United States must do more to educate the leaders and work force of the future.

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings also spoke. She said the government will propose that states use the same methods when reporting graduation rates.

Alliance officials also announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates. It is to include a series of meetings to be held in every state over the next two years. The meetings will bring together elected leaders, business owners, students, parents and education officials. They will develop plans to increase the number of Americans who finish high school.

This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was written by Nancy Steinbach. I’m Steve Ember.

 

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