Last night I watched the ‘Dialogue’ , which is a very pop ‘talk show’ TV program of CCTV2.  the topic of this issue is ‘how to make the world know China’. Zhao Qi-zheng and He Dele were invited as honored guests.

So far, China has become the 6th largest economic entity in the world. but how much on earth does the world know China? I have been in BBC Learning English discusion group for several months and there was a topic on China last November. People from other place of the world, most of which did not come to China,  told their impression of China. In their mind, China is a large country with huge population, long history and it is a socialism country in which people are lack of political freedom and not well educated. Some people even do not know the relationship among Mainland, Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao. During the ‘Dialogue’, a guest told us a story. he said when he first arrived in America, an american told him he was not like a Chinese. he was amazing and asked the american why he felt like that. the american said Chinese should wear gown like the actor in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

all that above make a conclusion that the world does not know China enough or the world has a misunderstanding of China in some fields. Zhao Qi-zheng said the reason why the world know less of China is not simple. First of all, the Chinese character is difficult to study and understand. Compared to other characters in the world, Chinese charactor has more implications, which makes the traslation more hard and less accurate. Secondly, some media reports are not based on fact. The media here is a word in general, which includes TV, radio, paper, movie, internet and so on… For the some benefit some foreign media report negatively which makes some people misunderstand China. Last but not least, the behavior of some international corporations of China have a great direct influence on knowing China. these corps in foreign countries are representatives of China just like Mcdonald is a representiative of United States in China.

He Dele added a new point that reference book is also a tool to know China. As the editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica, he make his effort to make people around the world know a true China through the Encyclopaedia Britannica and now there are over 2000 issues about China collected in the book.

Making the world know China is not the responsibility of some people, but the responsibility of every Chinese people. Pay more attention to your daily life and you may find more chance to show a true China to the world.

[people]
Zhao Qizheng – the news office director of the council
He Dele – the editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica

[new words to me]
anchorman – 新闻节目主持人
honored guest – 嘉宾
gown – 长袍

在收音机中得知今天是考研日。此时此刻，全国各地有过百万的莘莘学子们正在考场内紧张的答题。考研对我来说是个沉重的话题，不仅仅是因为我曾倒在'研究生圣堂'的大门口，更是因为它让我重新认识了我自己。现在想想两年前的那次失败也许不是偶然，而是必然。

记得在中学学写英文信的时候，大家几乎都不约而同地在第一行写下类似"How time flies!"的语句，感叹一下"时间飞逝"。而这句却正是现在坐在本本前的我的感受。2年了，过得真快。和我一起考研且成功通过的同窗们都已经陆陆续续找到了不错的工作，我从心底里为他们感到高兴，因为他们的付出得到了回报。

2年了，失败的痛楚已经被时间之石磨砺殆尽，考研二字也只是偶尔出现在和GF的打趣中。不得不承认我是一个有些骄傲甚至是自负的人，而恰恰是这一点让我失去了很多机会。时常听GF说她那年考研是多么的痛苦，以至于她现在走在校园看到深夜自习楼里的灯光人影儿还心有余悸。而两年前的我的的确确没有感受到这些。我有时也在想为什么大家都说考研辛苦而我却没感受到呢？我考研时真地全身心投入了吗？现在看来显然没有。记得当时Leo和我寝室的两位弟兄出去租房，每晚都挑灯夜战，每次去他们那拜访看到的都是满烟灰缸的烟头，看到他们疲惫的样子，我心里总在想用得着吗，我的自大心里在那时再一次发作。事实证明我错了，三位弟兄都如愿以高分升学，而我落榜了。通过这么一个简单对比不难发现考研真正需要的是什么东西，而这又恰恰是我当时最缺乏的。到底是什么呢？是智力吗？我从不认为考研是智力或智商的PK，从资质上看我起码不比我那三位弟兄们差。我觉得是正确的态度和坚韧的毅力，我的失败让我深刻的体会到这一点。当时的我是跨专业报考，自从大二开始开设专业课后，我就渐渐地对本专业失去了兴趣，取而代之的是沉迷于程序设计当中(遗憾的是现在看来当时的我还是走了不少弯路)，大三时大家都在为考研而奔波，我也毅然决定考计算机专业研究生。勇气和热情让我着实奋斗了一段时间，不过苦闷的复习实在难以让我安心坐在自习室中，心里面总想着那些自己还未开发完的小程序，遂每天早早收工，回到寝室坐在本本前开始敲键盘，遇到难题就到书店或图书馆翻看相关资料，每一次难题突破后看到程序按照自己的设想运行都让我很有成就感(我想大多数程序员都会有和我类似的经历和感受)。就这样即使在临近考试的11月、12月我也时常这样乐此不疲的编写着我心目中的程序。俗话说一心难以二用，何况我又是在考研、编程和本专业课三者之间周璇呢。有过编写程序经历的人都知道一旦陷入一个问题当中，你的大脑中就几乎容不下其他任何东西了，直到这个问题被解决。就因为这样我即使不写程序坐在自习室中做高数题的时候，我的思维也没有完完全全的投入到面前的高数题上，时常是简单看看题目，想上一会儿，如果没有思路，就直接向答案求救了。这样在表面上这些题都被我做完了看懂了，实则自己独立从头到尾完成的题目少之甚少。大家都知道，这是最忌讳的自欺欺人的做法了，缺少了独立思考和解决问题的训练让我在考研战场上吃足了苦头，成绩不堪入目，以至于至今其仍是我GF茶余饭后的笑柄。

我们公司以前曾提出过一句口号叫"软件是一种态度"，但至今我也没有理解其中的含义。不过'态度'二字的确厉害，它甚至会影响到你的命运。对，好像就有一句话或是一本书名叫"态度决定命运"。考研的失利教训让我在工作中时刻提醒自己要端正态度，不能重蹈覆辙了。有人说'失败也是一种美'。的确，失败给了我一个重新认识自我的机会，它让认识到该学会如何控制自我，该学会如何坚韧不拔。失败后的成功也许是更加美丽的。

最后还是祝愿那些正在考场内努力的考研一族们都能金榜题名!