Sunday, March 21, 2010

Rugby


Talk about the rugby, I thought about an old film , the chief actor, crazy, is an American football player.As we all know, American football and rugby are look similar. For starters, both sports are played on a field that is roughly 120 yards (110 meters) long and 54-60 yards (51-55 meters) wide, with the rugby field being slightly wider. Across the field, there are lines painted to indicate the different zones. These lines are about ten yards apart from each other. In American football, there is a line to mark the goal zone, which starts near the goal posts. In rugby, this is called the "try-line." In rugby, the scoring zone ends at the goal posts. If the player goes beyond, the ball is out. The goal posts are similar in both sports and consist of two vertical posts with a crossbar connecting them. Rugby league teams consist of 13 players who both attack and defend at any given time; American football teams have 11 players with very specific roles. The difference between both sports is in the scoring. Rugby league players must touch the ball to the field, called a "try," to score (four points), while players of American football can simply cross the end-zone line to get a "touchdown" (six points). Kicks over the goal posts are awarded after a touchdown or try in both sports, but they are worth double in rugby. Also, because touchdowns are so difficult to achieve, players of American football often try to score a field goal rather than risk losing the ball to the opponents. In rugby, however, a field goal, or "dropped goal," is only worth one point, so most teams cannot afford to spend time on trying to score one.

Welfare

As we all now, western countries have a complete welfare system, Britain is no exception. Through the video which were watched in the class, we know the UK government supply many services for their residents, like medical advice, health advice, careers direct and so on.And I found China is also reference those welfare to satisfier their residents. For example, there are more and more clinics appeared in the community, they can deal with some simple disease and do some preventive work. It is a great solution to the difficult problem of the public medical care, and enables the public to the nearest medical care, timely medical care.

Education

Education never fails to festinate human beings. With the development of society, it becomes the most important part of a society. As an old Chinese saying “Education must start with children”, it shows how important the education is. Due to there is a situation that is the competition during the people, so Chinese education seems rather special.In China, when the babies was 2 years old, their parents may sent them to the early learning class, using simple way to teach children speak, walk and distinguish objects. Parents are always worried about their children lose at the starting line. This is a bit difficult to imagine in the UK, because the most people hold childhood should be full of fun, study is the responsibility when they grow up. Therefore, many foreigners in China could understand why there are so many home works should to do in a child. There are enough reasons for me to believe that this situation because of the differences between Chinese and western culture.

Monday, January 18, 2010

I like Chinese food

Actually, I donot like British food. At first glance, British food and Chinese food looked totally different, especially the taste.


When I first time to have lunch at school canteen, I found choose to few. Only some hamburgers with beef of chips, bacon with bean, chicken with mushroom or self-salad something like else. Most of them are deep-fried foods and stew, sometimes you need to salty them by yourself.


In China, lunch is the most important meal in the three meals a day, typically, it would be very rich sense. You can see a lot of dishes to choose from Chineses university canteen. The students would have a bowl of rice and two dishes for their lunch. And Chinese food are more meticulous and cooking techniques, so they all smell and taste good, especially doesnot have to re-add the seasoning.