A girl visiting Beijing?

A girl, after graduating from high school, came to Beijing to travel alone. 18 years old, without a decent diploma, she naturally can't find any good job in Beijing. Finally, I asked my fellow villagers to find a small shop where I worked as a typist. I lived at 400 yuan for a month, which is not too far from eating and living. I rode my bike for 40 minutes and lived in a basement with several fellow villagers. A bed costs 8 yuan a night. ?

She has nothing to do except typing. The book she brought back from home is still the English book she read in high school. If you have nothing to do, just take it out and look it over. The edges of this book are all rolled up. She can recite the first page of the book with her eyes closed. In this way, she saved a year's money and finally took an English class. Roommate laughed at her. "It's no use learning so much." How many people have been trained? No one in the company is a fool. Do you want to train graduates? "She didn't speak, just smiled. ?

She goes to school while working. I have changed a lot of jobs in the past six years, and my salary is getting higher and higher. She started in 400 yuan, then in 600 yuan, soon in 800 yuan, then in 1.200 yuan, and then in 1.500 yuan. Her English has also been improved from Level 1 to Level 2, then to Level 3, and finally she has obtained the certificates of Level 4 and Level 6, so she can communicate with foreigners. Recently, she changed her job again, in a foreign company, with a monthly salary of 6000. She moved out of her old place and shared a two-bedroom apartment with another girl. Soon, she met a department head who had business dealings with her company. The young man is also a foreigner. After graduation, he stayed in Beijing to work alone. ?

Later, they got married and bought their own house. ?

On the street that day, she met a fellow villager who used to live in the basement with her-that fellow villager still lives there. The fellow villagers say nothing has changed, but the people in the bed beside her are different every year. ?

(Excerpted from Wei Xu, author of the August issue of Medicine and Health Care)?

Wolves are not role models for children?

Laos wrote in Changsha Evening News on June 29th that recently, it was reported that a primary school in Shenzhen set up a wolf sculpture on campus, with the "original intention" of introducing the traditional "sheep" education mode in the East to the "wolf" mode in the West. ?

When building this sculpture, the school seems to have thought it over. It wants to replace the children's "gentle, obedient and content with the status quo" with the "wolf" character of "flamboyant personality, dare to challenge and constantly surpass", and hopes that children can "learn to cooperate and become thoughtful, intelligent, problem-solving and strong people." ?

The sculptures of wolves, grabbing prey with their teeth and screaming, are easy to cause physical disgust. It is really difficult for the author to find out the advantages of "individuality, courage to challenge and constantly surpass". ?

On campus, for children with immature world outlook and values and little judgment, it is an ethical disaster: I'm afraid grandma wolf's story will be rewritten. ?

The story of the tiger and the mouse?

Rats and tigers are just two extremes in the animal kingdom, one is the weakest and the other is the strongest. A strange phenomenon appeared. The most powerful tiger family is on the verge of extinction, while the weakest mouse family is increasingly prosperous. Many years ago, the state legislated to protect tigers and listed them as first-class protected animals, but it has not increased. Rats were listed as one of the "four pests" in 1950s, which was condemned by the whole people and the whole party. In the past few decades, they have not been eliminated, but they have become more and more rampant in recent years. The law embodies its limitations here. The most embarrassing thing about the law is in Hengdaohezi Cat Research Institute, Mudanjiang City, China. Because the state promulgated the law that tiger bones are not allowed to take medicine, all 72 tigers starved to death at once. It turned out that this research institute was used as medicine by the old tiger, and it was invested by the bank to earn profits, so it propagated quickly. Tiger bones are not allowed to take medicine, and banks cannot continue to invest. These guys eat millions of dollars of meat a year. Who will feed them? They are starving to death because this law protects them. Later, the Northeast Tiger Forest Park in Harbin was established to feed them. It is said that it is difficult to make a living. ?

On the other hand, in mice, it is another scene. If you go to the countryside to have a look, rats are likely to sweep the world. They kill endlessly, killing more and more. After being fooled several times, all kinds of chemical rodenticides immediately spread all over the world of rats, and rats were no longer allowed to eat them, which made people's research results for many years completely ineffective within a few days. And invented the "electric cat", "electric snake", and what "electronic mousetrap", even the high technology is used, but it still doesn't work. The farmers complained bitterly, and the crops were eaten by mice, so there was nothing they could do. When I grow crops, mice never climb on the corn stalks to eat corn. Only when people cut down corn will they do harm. It's different now. They have the ability to eat corn stalks and start harvesting before others start. The evolution of mice in the past few decades is chilling. ?

(Excerpted from tonight's evening paper? Author? Sun Shaoshan)?

Cold? Desert?

There is an interesting experiment: American psychologists designed five kinds of artificial female monkeys for young monkeys in order to get clues about human behavior about love from animal experiments, and observed how the rejection of "mother" would cause reactions in young monkeys: the first kind occasionally blows young monkeys with compressed air; The second kind will shake violently, so that the young monkey can't climb on the mother monkey; The third type is equipped with a spring, which can bounce off the young monkey; The fourth "mother" is covered with nails. However, these four kinds of "mothers" failed to drive the little monkey away from its "mother". The fifth kind of female monkey filled with ice water made the little monkey hide in the corner and refused her mother forever. ?

Many people think that their Excellence has opened the distance with others. In fact, indifference is the reason for their loneliness. ?

(Excerpted from the 7th issue of Today's Digest? Author? Wei ke)?

Rational response?

A young Norwegian came to France across the ocean. He wants to apply for the famous Paris Conservatory of Music. In the exam, although he tried his best to play his level, the examiner failed to take a fancy to him. The penniless young man came to a busy street not far from the college, tightened his belt and played the piano under a banyan tree. He played one song after another, attracting countless people to stop and listen. The hungry young man finally picked up his piano box and the onlookers paid for it. ?

A rogue disdainfully threw money at the feet of young people. The young man looked at the rogue, and finally bent down to pick up the money on the ground and handed it to the rogue, saying, "Sir, your money fell on the ground." The rogue took the money, threw it at the boy's feet, and proudly said, "This money is yours. You must accept it." The young man looked at the villain again, bowed deeply to him and said, "thank you for your help, sir!" " ! You dropped your money just now, so I bent down to pick it up for you. Now my money has fallen to the ground, please help me pick it up! "The rogue was startled by the unexpected behavior of the young people, and finally picked up the money on the ground and put it in the young people's piano box, and then left despondently. Among the onlookers, a pair of eyes have been silently watching the young man. He is the examiner just now. He took the young man back to college and finally accepted him. The young man's name is Bill Sardinia, and he later became a famous Norwegian musician. His masterpiece is to stand up. ?

When we fall into the lowest valley of life, we often incur a lot of unreasonable contempt; In our struggle for life, we often meet people who trample on your dignity. Tite-for-tat resistance is our instinct, but it often makes those who lack knowledge and morality more tyrannical. We should treat it rationally and show and safeguard our dignity with a tolerant attitude. At that time, you will find that no evil can stand firm in the face of justice. ?

(Excerpted from Yangzi Evening News in September 17 by Wang Zhiming)?

How to test the history questions?

By chance, I found a topic of American world history: Wokuotai, the successor of Genghis Khan, what would happen to Europe if he had not died? Try to analyze it from economic, political and social aspects. ?

A student replied that if the Mongolian hadn't died, the terrible Black Death wouldn't have been brought to Europe. Without the Black Death, priests and nuns would not have died. If priests and nuns were not dead, they would not doubt the existence of God. If there is no doubt about the existence of God, there will be no Renaissance in Florence, Italy. Without the Renaissance, Spain and southern Europe would not be strong, and the Spanish Armada could not be established. If Spain was not strong enough, Italy was not strong enough, and Ongoronshaks had been strong 200 years earlier, the Germans would have controlled Central Europe, and the Germans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not exist. The teacher looked at it and said, great, good analysis. There is no standard answer to this question. ?

In contrast, our history education is very problematic. Open the textbook and the topic is as follows: When did the Sino-Japanese War break out? What is the name of the treaty? How much land was ceded? How much is the compensation? Every student tries to give an answer. People cultivate ability, and we instill knowledge. ?

(Excerpted from the eighth issue of Zhang Shouqing, the author of Hundred Essays (below))?

Pity and dignity?

Once, I went to the railway station to see my friends off. We called a taxi and put some heavy boxes behind it. When we got off the bus, a middle-aged man with a cane helped us open the car door. Then, he held out a dirty little basin to us. The washbasin is full of dimes and paper money. ?

I asked my friend if he had pocket money. The friend shook his head. I had to give the middle-aged man all the two yuan I was going to buy a platform ticket. The middle-aged man was shocked, his hands kept shaking the small basin, and he was so excited that he seemed to receive so much money for the first time. ?

We didn't care, so we went straight to the trunk to get the box. My friend had a hard time taking out one. Just as I was about to pick up the other one, a thick, dark hand reached in. "I will do it!" He picked up the box and insisted on helping us carry it to the gate of the station. "No, thank you. It's not convenient for you either! " My friends and I can't stand it. "No, you must!" He limped to the station with a cane in his left hand and a big box in his right. ?

Compassion and dignity sublimate love. ?

(Excerpted from Guo Liang, author of Sanxiang Metropolis Daily on September 20th)?

Two torches?

Two torches, ordered by Vulcan people, went to inspect all over the world. Two torches, one not lit and the other lit, gave off bright light. Soon after, both torches returned and both submitted their investigation reports to Vulcan. ?

The first torch said that the whole world was trapped in thick darkness, and he felt that the current world situation was very bad, even to the extreme. ?

The report of the second torch is just the opposite. He said that no matter where he goes, he can always find a little light, so he thinks the world is very promising. ?

After listening to these two different reports, Vulcan, who sent them out to inspect, said to the first torch, "Maybe we should ask ourselves how dark we have caused ourselves?" ?

Our view of the world is, in the final analysis, our own image orientation. When we are stingy with our own light like the unlit torch, we naturally feel that the world in front of us is trapped in rich darkness and naturally can't see hope; When we burn ourselves like a lighted torch, there will naturally be an immortal light before our eyes, and hope will rise in this light. "Maybe we should ask ourselves, how much darkness is caused by ourselves?" Yes, we should always remember that whether the world is bright or dark is our own responsibility. ?

(Excerpted from the sixth issue of Prose Grand View? Author? Zhang Feng)?

Two tigers? ?

There are two tigers, one in a cage and the other in the wild. The tiger in the cage has no worries about three meals, and the tiger outside is free. ?

Tigers in cages always envy the freedom of tigers outside, but tigers outside envy the comfort of tigers in cages. One day, a tiger said to another tiger, "Let's change." Another tiger agreed. ?

So the tiger in the cage went into nature, and the tiger in the wild went into the cage. But soon, both tigers died. One died of hunger and the other of depression. ?

Many times, people often turn a blind eye to their own happiness, but feel that others' happiness is dazzling, but they don't think that others' happiness may not be suitable for them. ?

(Excerpted from July Xin 'an Evening News 19? Author? Kong Debao)?

A thought-provoking "toilet effect"?

Why do strong and stubborn Serbs bow before American bombs? There is a saying. ?

At first, the bombing targets of the US Air Force focused on military targets and related transportation hubs, and later turned to destroy civilian facilities such as water plants and power plants. The paralysis of urban water supply and power supply system directly affects the sanitary water use of households. Without adequate psychological preparation, those urban residents who are accustomed to modern civilized life suddenly leave their accustomed toilets, spend many days outdoors or use other "extreme measures" to solve "daily problems", and the situation immediately becomes serious. Over time, people began to lose patience with the status quo, so that the public gradually reached a consensus: I'm afraid it's time to make some changes to national policies or high-level government. ?

What followed was the picture that the media showed the world: people's hearts floated, the alliance under the city was signed, the government changed after the election, and the former head of state became a "prisoner" of the international court, but people's lives tended to be normal. ?

It is still meaningful to suddenly interrupt this lifestyle, or the habit chain that has become an invisible part of daily life, and explain it with a logical framework of people's mentality and government policies. ?

(Originally published in The Economist Teahouse No.21,translated by Zhang Yuyan from study times on August 23rd)?

Are there many "lies" on the Lugou Bridge?

Liang wrote in China Youth Daily on July 2 that a TV station broadcasted a program of a man, a woman and two teenagers traveling on the Lugou Bridge on June 25, and the director's original intention was probably to introduce the Lugou Bridge to the audience through the children's dialogue. The idea is good, but there are serious mistakes in the program, which makes people very angry after watching it. ?

First, a thin old man, turning over two walnuts for fitness in his hand, said to his two children with a Shandong accent, "What happened to the July 7th Incident? It's been 49 days?

Secondly, the little girl among the two children said to the thin old man, "Grandpa, how did our Eighth Route Army fight Japan on the Lugou Bridge?" ?

Thirdly, in the post-production, the editor turned General Song, then the commander of 29 army, into "Sun Xx". ?

The real history is:1July 7th, 937, the first Japanese army stationed in Fengtai clashed with the 3rd Battalion of 29 army119 Regiment stationed in Lugouqiao. The battle started in the early hours of the morning, which opened the prelude to the eight-year war of resistance between our army and civilians. On 28th, Japanese military planes bombed 29 army's military headquarters in Nanyuan, and then broke through our position. Tong, deputy commander of 29 army, and Zhao, commander of 132 division, were all killed in this position. ?

Road to pick up?

One morning in Copenhagen, Denmark, I visited the National Museum alone. Suddenly I heard hurried footsteps behind me, accompanied by frequent shouts. At this time, passers-by looked at me with a strange look, and I was puzzled. Turning around, a young man ran towards me. "Sir, you lost your drink can!" I paused, shrugged my shoulders, spread out my hand and said to him, "I didn't lose it." But the young man insisted, "I saw a drink roll out of your feet with my own eyes." Seeing his serious accusations, I was even more puzzled and didn't want to argue with him. I immediately bent down to pick up the empty beverage can that rolled from nowhere to my feet and threw it into the garbage can on the side of the road. After making peace, a smile appeared on the young man's face. I was very wronged to explain to him: "Sir, I really didn't lose this drink can." But he said, "I know you didn't throw it, but if you see garbage on the ground, you should pick it up immediately and throw it into the trash can." This is everyone's responsibility. " I am speechless. ?

In the next few days, I often see citizens consciously pick up the waste or paper scraps on the roadside and throw them into the garbage bin. I think it may be the good habit of Copenhagen citizens to consciously pick up the road, which makes the streets here very clean. ?

(Excerpted from the author of People's Daily on August 27th)?

The Lemmings' Suicide Journey?

The brigade is the leader of the Arctic grassland. Their fertility rate is too fast. A child can keep up to 20 animals and mature in 20 days. If a pair of mice and people devote themselves to family planning from spring, they will produce hundreds of thousands of offspring in autumn. Every three or four years, the number of lemmings will be large enough to eat up everything that can be eaten on the grassland. At this time, they have to consider future generations. How to eliminate excess? Death! Active death is the best way. ?

At this time, lemmings suddenly changed from gray-black to bright orange, exposing their own places and attracting natural enemies to hold belly burials for themselves. But foxes and owls not only try their best to eat all the lemmings. ?

So the lemmings gathered together, and hundreds of millions of lemmings began the most miserable journey of their lives. They all went to the seaside, and the lemmings in front bridged the water: they filled the rivers and ponds with their bodies, and the lemmings in the back stepped on the bodies of the same kind to move on. Wherever the army went, all the plants were eaten up and the grassland became a wasteland. After their death team came to the seaside, millions of lemmings hugged each other and rolled in the water like hills ...?

The origin of lemmings' name is because of this death journey. Pitek of the United States explained the lemmings' suicide with the theory of nutritional recovery: when the number of rodents reached its peak, vegetation was destroyed due to overeating, food was insufficient, and hidden conditions deteriorated, and all but a few had to die. When the vegetation is restored, their numbers will rise again. ?

(Excerpted from the author of Youth Reference in June 16? Dreams are not)?

Buying and selling persimmons?

A film crew from the United States went to a rural area in China to shoot a documentary about the life of farmers in China. They found a persimmon farmer and said they would buy 1000 persimmons from him and let him pick them from the tree to demonstrate a storage process. The negotiated price is 1000 persimmons 160 yuan, equivalent to $20. ?

Persimmon farmers are very happy. He found a helper, climbed to the persimmon tree alone, looked at the persimmon growing well with a long pole tied with a hook, and twisted it hard, and the persimmon fell down. The next person found persimmons in the grass and picked them up with a bamboo basket. Persimmons keep falling and rolling everywhere. The people below quickly picked them up with bamboo baskets, and at the same time did not forget to chat loudly with the people in the tree. Americans thought it was very interesting, so naturally they filmed it all. Then they filmed the process of storing persimmons. ?

The Americans paid the money and were ready to leave. The persimmon farmers who received the money grabbed them and said, "Why don't you take the persimmons you bought?" Americans said that they had achieved their goal of buying persimmons and asked him to keep them for himself. So what?

The persimmon farmer said angrily, "My persimmon is great. You have no reason to look down on it. " ?

After explaining for a long time, the persimmon farmer nodded and agreed to let it go. He shook his head and sighed: "I didn't expect such a fool in the world!" " " ?

Persimmon farmers don't know that his 1000 persimmons cost 20 dollars, but those documentaries made by Americans can sell more and more money in the United States. ?

Usually, a persimmon can only be sold once, but if it is made into an "information product", it can be sold to Qian Qian 10,000 times. ?

(Zhang Youjun from Modern Women's Daily August 13 by Xu Xunlei)?

Selling sugar philosophy?

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When children go to the store to buy candy, they always like to find the same salesman. Because other salespeople grab a handful first, weigh it, and then take away the extra sugar one by one. However, cute shop assistants always catch a small amount and then add them one by one. ?

Although there is no difference in the amount of sugar finally obtained, children just like the latter. This "philosophy of selling sugar" tells people that in life, the same efforts are only due to different methods and different effects. ?

(Excerpted from Market News on June 29th)?

Every flower has a reason to bloom?

Watching the story report of "Top Ten Teachers" on TV, a female teacher surnamed Fang told the true story that happened to her. ?

Teacher Fang's husband works in other places. They have a four-year-old daughter. Teacher Fang teaches math in Grade Three and is also the head teacher of a class. Teacher Fang arrives at school before 6 o'clock every morning and can't go home until 10 in the evening. Children who go to kindergarten go to school with her every day, and then send them to kindergarten after she settles down to work; At 7 o'clock in the evening, she took the children home from kindergarten, unplugged all the electrical plugs, piled toys in front of her daughter, locked the door and went to school to help the students study at night. ?

One day, the school will have a mock exam. Early in the morning, my daughter said it was "very cold", and Teacher Fang didn't care. In the evening, she took her daughter home, and her daughter said that she was "very sleepy". Teacher Fang told her daughter to sleep and hurried to school to see the students studying at night. The next day, the child said that he didn't have the strength to get up and asked not to go to kindergarten. He stayed at home all day. She also agreed. On the third day, the child said that his eyes were out of sight. Teacher Fang took his daughter to the hospital for examination. As a result, the doctor said that the child was completely blind because of high fever and corneal softening and perforation ... Teacher Fang couldn't help crying at this point. But she calmed down and immediately said, "The students in that class lived up to expectations, and half of them were admitted to provincial key high schools. Although I paid a high price for their success, I think it is worth it! Their success is the comfort and pride of my life! " ?

My heart was broken at that moment! This great teacher Fang ridiculously thought that sending away a few excellent students could offset her mistakes against an innocent girl! She regards the poor girl as her private property and thinks that sacrificing the child is showing her mother's extremely noble sentiment! The most terrible thing is the judges. What do they want to flaunt through Mr. Fang's story, which makes people sad? ?

Our education should discard those inhuman things. Don't always boast that a teacher is seriously ill and ignores life and death. Don't always boast that a headmaster's exam season is coming and he won't go to the funeral for his old father if he is nervous at work; Don't always praise a mother for not delaying her child's study and not satisfying her mother-in-law's wish to see her grandson before she dies ...?

(From the 5th issue of Oriental Women? Author? Zhang Lijun)?

The value of fame?

After the American Civil War, Pacific Life Insurance Company planned to hire General Li, the former commander-in-chief of the Southern Allied Forces, as the company's chairman with an annual salary of 30,000 US dollars, but General Li refused because he had no experience in life insurance business. The person in charge of the company immediately said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have life insurance business experience. What we need is your name. " ?

"Well, you can see that my fame is very valuable," General Li said seriously. "Because of this, I have to tell you today that I want to use it in a place that matches its value." ?

Later, General Li accepted the position of president of a small-scale college with an annual salary of only $65,438+0,500. ?

30000 < 1500, this is a mathematical fallacy, but it is the value of fame for General Li. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to understand why General Li is highly respected in the United States, because truly great and intelligent people know what real value is and how to find the ownership of value. ?

? ? (From the sixth issue of the Literati? Author? ) week?

Name and virtue?

Fu Cong is a celebrity, and so is his father Fu Lei. Once I went to Fu Cong and learned that after his parents died angrily in the Cultural Revolution, the ashes were preserved by a girl I didn't know, posing as "Fu Lei's adopted daughter". This goddaughter lived normally for ten years until the end of the Cultural Revolution. Fu Cong came to Shanghai from England to thank her again, but she didn't even see Fu Cong and said, "Why thank you! Thanks to He Zu! " ?

I looked for her. Under my repeated entreaties, she was willing to tell the story of preserving the ashes of Mr. and Mrs. Fu Lei, but asked me never to mention her name in the report. I had to do this. I published a long report full of "her" Up to now, she still leads an ordinary life. ?

She doesn't seek fame for goodness, just as Robin in the Tang Dynasty said, "Don't take it?

Fame, not inferiority. She once said to me profoundly: "If I want fame and fortune, I won't risk my life to preserve the two' counter-revolutionary' ashes of those years!" ?

Fu Lei's translated works have the same status, and Fu Cong's piano is the best in the world. In terms of popularity, she can't compare with Fu and his son. But her kind and upright character is no less than Fu's father and son-"name" and "virtue" are not completely proportional. ?

(Excerpted from Ye Yonglie, author of Beijing Daily Courier, September 15)?

Mushrooms and talent?

Mushrooms grow in dark corners and die without sunlight and fertilizer. Only when they are tall enough will they begin to be noticed, and then they can accept the sunshine themselves. People call this phenomenon "mushroom effect". ?

The mushroom effect vividly explains most people's work experience: a person who has just joined the work always does something unremarkable first and is not taken seriously. When he works in obscurity for a period of time, if he works well, he will gradually be valued and reused; If the work is not excellent, it will gradually be marginalized or even forgotten. In a sense, this "mushroom experience" is not necessarily a bad thing, because it is a kind of training before talents shed their shells, which can eliminate some unrealistic fantasies, thus making people closer to reality, thinking and dealing with problems more rationally, and promoting the cultivation of people's will and endurance. ?

(Excerpted from Zhang Lizao, author of Economic Viewpoint on July 8)?

What kind of person do you belong to?

We often hear these familiar words: "It's time for lunch, please call back after 3 o'clock." "That's not my job." "I'm too busy." "That's Hanman's job." "I don't know how to help you." "We can't do it now." ?

Once, I went to a department store to buy things. I went to a counter I was looking for, but the clerk took me somewhere else. Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what? Before I found that thing, I was taken to four counters in the store. If someone can stick a motto of President Truman somewhere: "The responsibility lies here, we can't delay!" " How exciting it is! ?

There are two kinds of people who can never surpass others: those who only do what others tell them and those who can't do what others tell them. Which situation is more frustrating? It's hard to say. In short, they will be the first to be fired, or spend their lives in the same monotonous and humble jobs. ?

Do things in any of the ways mentioned above, and you may avoid it for a while, but you will never succeed. ?

What kind of person do you belong to? ?

(Excerpted from Shenzhen Business Daily on June 28th? Author? Anonymous)

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