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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival~

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本周六（9月17日）免费英语角话题——hobbies 爱好，终于可以轻松一下，聊聊轻松的话题啦，感兴趣的朋友快来咨询呀~

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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
为了被爱而爱是人性，而为爱而爱是神性。

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Your inexperience is an asset and will allow you to think in original and unconventional ways.
你的经验不足也是种财富，能让你有新颖和跳出常规的点子

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Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
不管你去往何方，不管将来迎接你的是 什么天气，请你带着阳光般的心情启程。

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Only the road is right, do not be afraid of it is short or distant, because you will eventually arrive.
只要路是对的，就不要害怕它是短暂还是遥远，因为你终究会到达。

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今天说说continue, go on的区别
表示继续时，continue 和go on 基本可以换用，其中continue 比较正式。那么它们的区别在哪呢？

1. continue 后可直接跟名词作宾语，而 go on 后需借助介词再接名词作宾语。如：

He continued the story. = He went on with the story.

2. continue 后接不定式或动名词均可，含义大致相同，均表示“不停地做某事”；而 go on 后接不定式或动名词含义区别较大，即 go on doing sth 意为“不停地（不中断地）做某事”或“（中断后）继续做某事”，go on to do sth 意为“做完某一件事后接着或继续做另一件事”。比较：

The baby continued to cry/crying all night.

You can’t go on working all night without a rest.

She nodded, smiled, and went on stitching.

Go on to do the other exercise after you have finished this one.

注：按传统语法，continue doing sth 只能表示不停地做某事，不能表示中断后继续做某事，但现代英语似乎已不完全遵循此规则。如 1995年出版的《朗文当代英语辞典》就有这样一句：

They continued talking after the meal.

3. continue 可用作连系动词，go on 不可这样用。如：

The weather continued fine.

The boat continued east.

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今天是重阳节，说些和重阳节相关的习俗吧！
The "Chong Yang Festival" is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is as such known as the Double Ninth Festival.
重阳节(The Double Ninth Festival)农历九月九日，为传统的重阳节，又称“老人节”。《易经》中把“六”定为阴数，把“九”定为阳数，九月九日，日月并阳，两九相重，故而叫重阳，也叫重九。

今天说说重阳节的六大习俗：登高、赏菊、饮菊花酒、插茱萸、吃重阳糕、放纸鸢
Climbing Mountains
登高
People like to climb mountains on this festival, so Double Ninth Festival is also called “Mountain-climbing Festival “.
The 9th lunar month, with clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing. So people, both ancient and present, love to go sightseeing this month.
阴历9月这天，正值秋高气爽，适合旅行观光。所以，一到金秋九月，不论男女老少，都喜欢在此时旅行登高。
Apart from expelling bad luck and disasters, climbing mounting also indicates “climbing to a higher position”, and it is also an important reason why ancient people pay much attention about this custom. Another reason that climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the elderly is that is has a meaning of “climb to a longevous life”. Also for this reason people believe that climbing mountains can make people live a more longevous life.
登高可以驱除霉运，还意指“晋升高位”。这也是古人为什么很重视这一传统习俗。登高之所以受人重视，特别受老人重视，是因为人们认为登高还意寓“登顶长寿”。除此之外，人们还相信登山能使人健康长寿。

Enjoying Chrysanthemum Flowers
赏菊花
Chrysanthemum originated in China and was recorded in some Chinese books as early as the 5th century B.C. Chrysanthemum blossom in the ninth lunar month have a beautiful name of “flower of longevity”.
菊花产自中国，最早记载始于公元前5世纪。菊花在阴历九月盛开，它有一个美称“长寿之花”。

Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower Wine
饮菊花酒
The chrysanthemum flower wine is unique in brewing. In ancient times，people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and brewed the mixture of them and grains into the wine, which would not be drunk until the same day next year. The wine is said to have wholesome effects on sharpness of the eye, alleviation of headache, drop of hypertension, reduction of weight and removal of stomach trouble, thus contributing to longevity. It is said that the drinkers of the chrysanthemum wine would be free from evil and have strong physique against cold weather.
菊花酒的酿造十分独特。古时，人们在九月九日采摘新鲜的菊花和菊花叶，然后把它们和谷粒一起酿制成酒。等到来年的同一时候再打开品尝。据说，菊花酒具有清神明目，减肥降血压，治疗胃病的功效。因此，可以饮菊花酒可以使人长寿。另外，饮菊花酒还有驱邪抗寒的效用。

Wearing Dogwood
插茱萸
The dogwood is a species of evergreen arbor; it is heavy-scented plant whose fruit is edible and stock and leaves can be medicinal materials. They can expel insects, get rid of the humidity, help digestion and cure inner heat. It puts out purple flowers in spring and bears, in autumn, purplish-brown fruit that is sour, puckery and mild in nature.
茱萸为长青乔木。该植物具有浓香，它的果实可食用或干存。它的叶子可以用作药材。茱萸具有驱虫去湿，助消化去内热的功效。春季它开紫色的花，然后开始孕育果实。到了秋天，就结出了紫褐色，味酸，带皱，质感柔软的果实。

Eating Double Ninth Cake
吃重阳糕
The Double Ninth cake is also known as “chrysanthemum cake” or “flower cake”. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was originally prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season, and it gradually grew into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Day.
重阳糕又名“菊花糕”或“花糕”重阳糕的历史可追溯到周朝。相传，最初人们是为了庆祝秋收而制作重阳糕的。到现在，就逐渐发展为在重阳佳节人们常吃的一种糕点了。

Flying a paper crane
放纸鸢
Paper crane is just kite. According to our traditions and customs, flying kites usually happen at the Qing Ming Festival. But Tomb Sweeping Festival is during the rainy season which obviously is not suit for flying a kite, while Double Ninth Day owns clear autumn sky and crisp air making kite flying a best outdoor activity.
纸鸢类似于风筝。据中国传统习俗，人们通常在清明节放风筝。但每逢清明，也是雨纷纷的时节，因而并不适合放风筝。相比之下，重阳节这天，秋高气爽，最适合户外放风筝。
结尾处引用一下唐代诗人王维的诗，送给在外打拼的兄弟姐妹们吧：
九月九日忆山东兄弟
独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。

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You raise me up,so I can stand on mountains .You raise me up,to walk on stormy seas.
你激励了我故我能立足于群山之巅。你鼓舞了我,故我能行进于暴风雨的洋面。

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时间，是我们每天，甚至每时每刻都可能听到、看到、想到的话题，如何准确的说出现在的时间呢？怎么能用简单、快捷的方法记住它呢？今天就给大家说说跟时间有关的表达方法吧！
总体说，时间表达有以下几种方法：
A.整点：
用钟点（基数词） + o'clock 来表示整点 。注意o'clock 须用单数，可以省略。
如：one o'clock 1点钟 12 (o'clock) 12点钟
B.非整点：
①顺读
用钟点（基数词）+ 分钟的顺序直接写出时间，表示非整点后不可加o'clock.
如：ten forty 十点四十 seven ten 七点十分
②逆读
如果分钟数少于30分钟，可用“分钟 + past + 钟点”表示 past是介词意思是“过”。
如 twenty past ten 十点二十
如果分钟数多于30分钟，可用“60分钟-原分钟数+ to +原小时数+ 1” to是介词，意思是“差”。
如 11:35 可表示为twenty-five to twelve 12点差二十五分（即十一点三十五，其中的分钟数twenty-five 是由60分钟减去35分钟得到的钟点数）
注： 当分钟数是15分钟时可用名词quarter一刻钟表示。
如：7:15可表示为 a quarter past seven
12:15可表示为 a quarter past twelve
当分钟数是30分钟时可用名词half 一半表示。
如：30可表示为 half past
9:30可表示为 half past nine