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The U.S. Foreign Service Institute teaches foreign languages to government diplomats and personnel for duties abroad—and its courses are available online, for free. Which means you can access audio, texts, and tests in 41 different languages.
The FSI Language Courses web site isn’t actually maintained by the U.S. government itself, but the materials developed before 1989 [...]

一直在多难，怎不见兴邦？
李华芳
多难兴邦
温家宝在5·12汶川地震后，写下这几个字表达对四川的巨大灾难的看法。
 
多难兴邦的意思是：
【解释】：国家多灾多难，在一定条件下可以激励人民奋发图强，战胜困难，使国家强盛起来。 
【出处一】：《左传·昭公四年》：“邻国之难，不可虞也。或多难以固其国，启其疆土；或无难以丧其国， 失其守宇。”   参见：【多难兴邦简介】

破冰游戏之个人篇（彼此认识、了解性格）含43个
作者：梁廷易 编著 | 出处：《细胞小组破冰游戏精选（1）》
一、了解你的伙伴
目的：猜测组员的生活习惯
时间：15~20分钟
材料：笔和问卷
内容：组长说：“很高兴在这里见到大家，但我们看不到你平日的生活习惯。”
1. 将组员分成2人小组。
2. 在与伙伴交谈之前，先回答问卷。
3. 分组后，按着你对伙伴的了解互相猜测，写上答案。
4. 交换答案纸，大家围圈。各人读出伙伴对自己的看法，并以自己的现况加以澄清。
问卷：
1. 你的伙伴几点种睡觉？
2. 你的伙伴几点种做灵修？
3. 你猜伙伴最惧怕什么动物？
4. 你猜伙伴有什么雄心壮志？

01 April 2010
The UK Border Agency is making important changes to the ESOL provisions within the ‘knowledge of language and life’ requirement for people seeking settlement in the UK. These changes will come into force on 7 April 2010.
Most settlement applicants aged between 18 and 64 must show that they have sufficient knowledge [...]

Norman Ramsey at StackOverflow once asked: My group uses Literate Programming for most of our source code—this means that internal documentation is written using LaTeX. We have been using PStricks for fancy technical diagrams of the system, but have recently been recommended to use TikZ. I’ve gathered this information:

TikZ/PGF is new and maintained; PStricks went a [...]

Linear programming is often a favorite topic for both professors and students. The ability to introduce LP using a graphical approach, the relative ease of the solution method, the widespread availability of LP software packages, and the wide range of applications make LP accessible even to students with relatively weak mathematical backgrounds. Additionally, LP provides [...]

The Society of Friends began in England in the 1650s. Quakers believe that there is something of God in everybody. They do not have clergy or rituals and their meetings for worship are often held in silence.
Introduction
Quakers – the Religious Society of Friends
Quakers are members of a group with Christian roots that began in England [...]

法国红酒世界闻名，法国不但是全世界酿造最多种葡萄酒的国家，也出产无数闻名于世的高级葡萄酒，其口味种类极富变化，法国生产的红酒有六大生产地包括波尔多(Bordeaux)、布跟地(Burgundy)、香槟(Champagne)以及阿尔萨斯(Alsace)、罗瓦河河谷(Loire Valley) 、隆河谷地(Cotes du Phone)等其中又以气候温和土壤富含铁质的波尔多产地最具代表。
波尔多市外围又细分几个产区，全都分布于纪隆德河(Estuaire de la Gironde)流域，不但产量大且生产许多品质优良的红酒，被喻为“世界的葡萄酒宝库”，其中有最闻名的五大产区，这些产区约有九千多家酒庄，其中又以最有名的五大酒庄闻名于世。