云南大理古城拟对游客征收每人次30元的古城维护费的消息备受争议。与丽江古城维护费对外来人口无条件的收缴相比，大理的收费制度更显温和。但各种质疑声还是纷至沓来。 maintenance/维护；生计 The car maintenance costed us a few hundred dollars. [汽车的维修、保养总共花了我们好几百美元呢。] He income barely provided maintenance. [他的收入仅够维持生计。]
近期缅甸果敢地区先后发生武装对峙和武装冲突，导致大量边民涌入我境内。云南省有关方面30日发布消息，目前缅甸果敢地区局势趋于平稳，进入我境内的边民开始陆续返回。 armed/武装的；有扶手的 He was charged with armed robbery. [他因犯下了持枪抢劫罪而被起诉。] This armed chair feels really comfortable. [这个有扶手的沙发坐起来很舒服。]
中国海外三峡希望小学于去年10动工，今年8月26日建成使用。建筑设计是原汁原味的瑞士山地古典建筑风格，有网友称其看上去极像一座豪华别墅，是由中国海外集团投资350万元兴建的。 elementary/小学的；初级的 He is going to that elementary school this fall. ［他将在秋季入学该小学。］ This is too elementary for me; I need a better challenge. ［这对我来说太初级了，我需要更大的挑战。］
缅甸局势继续恶化，政府军已经占领了果敢军控制的靠近中国云南边境的果敢市。政府军与果敢军已经维持20年的停火协议可能崩溃，超过10000名果敢难民涌入中国。 cease-fire/停火；停战期 The two parties ordered a cease-fire. [两对立方宣布了停火命令。] Peace returned for a while during the cease-fire. [在停战期，暂时恢复了和平。]
White Horse wrote... el 29/08/2009 07:42:55 p.m. All over the world needs a cease-fire and reduces tensions. 0
Wei wrote... el 29/08/2009 09:21:52 p.m. Hi,A better suggestion would be: We need cease-fires to reduce tensions all over the world. 0
White Horse wrote... el 30/08/2009 06:49:08 p.m. i think wei that sentence and the previous are correct .can u tell me what is the wrong of the building of them to know my faults,please.thanks 0
Wei wrote... el 30/08/2009 09:16:45 p.m. Hi,'All over the world' is a prepositional phrase, which means that it describes an action or a situation further, so it is odd to have a prepositional phrase as a subject matter at the beginning of the sentence. That is why I suggested to use 'we' as the subject instead and placed 'all over the world' at the end of the sentence.Hope this helps.-Wei 0
White Horse wrote... el 01/09/2009 05:47:51 p.m. thank u very much 0
武昌警方在全市率先成立“特别行动队”，屡破赌博大案，昨日武昌警方通报，该特别行动队端掉了我市今年涉赌人员最多的赌博公司，102人在涉赌现场被抓。 gamble/赌博；投机取巧的事 He gambled his life away. [他因赌博而毁了自己一生。］ How do you know this will work? This is a gamble. [你怎么知道这事能行呢？这简直就是投机取巧嘛。］