SMU and Dallas Yesterday, I received a package from America. I thought it was some sort of rejection from one of law schools that I applied for in the past few months. Well, it turned out that it's an offer from SMU and it offer me $14,000. I was so surprised and excited! It's the first offer I received and it really means something to me. Because I was worried, indeed. After joyce I started thinking about whether I should take the offer or not. SMU located at Dallas, Taxes. there is a rumor that it is one of the most conservative states in America. Is that true? I was a little worried about whether I could fit in. And SMU stands for Southern Methodist University. It's an methodist University. Actually I'm not sure what does that mean exactly. On the other hand, the law school of SMU is pretty good. According to US News, its Law School Ranking is No.51.

How About Siri How About Buying an iPhone 4S. I'm considering buying an iPhone 4s. Siri seems pretty cool, but I already had an iPhone 4 and "4s" is pronouced like "for ass". I hesitate. What do you think~? Is it worth purchasing one? http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzI1OTA4Mzk2.html

I love Latte~ Do you like coffee my friends? I really enjoy it not only drink but also make. Latte is my favorite. You know, the milk foam on the top just like snowflakes on a roof without footprints on them ever. And after you taste it, you will have a white beard circle on you lips. That’s lovely. Actually, I enjoy the making process far more than drinking. I have a coffee syphon. Using it, making coffee is like doing physics experiments. I don’t know how to explain how a syphon works to you due to my poor writing skills. I wish I could express logically about it in a near future. Anyway, a cup of coffee making by a syphon is much better than instant coffee. You can feel the delicate taste and enjoy nuance taste on your tongue. And any little change during the process would make a big difference. Moreover, the type and quality of coffee bean are also significant for a good cup of coffee. Balance of bitterness，acidity and the strength is the character of a coffee bean. Of course, everybody has his/her own preference. We need to appreciate their specialities. Here comes my favorite part, Latte art. Milk foam is lighter than coffee, so if you pour right, you will get a beautiful view. Do you like it? If there is an opportunity, I’ll be very pleased making a cup of Latte for you.

Letter of Recommendation Dear colleagues, As professor of the Law School at China University of Political Science and Law, one of China’s best higher learning institutions, I am pleased to have this opportunity to recommend Ms. Shang Jing to you for acceptance into your law school. I taught Ms. Shang Jing in the course Selected Cases: WTO Dispute Settlement that I offered in 2008. Since the class was taught in English, therefore I had many opportunities to observe both her academic performance and language skills in her undergraduate years. As a diligent student, she scored a grade of over 80 on the 100-point scale, excelling most of her fellow students. In a strict grading system like ours, this represented a remarkable achievement. Independent and intelligent, Ms. Shang Jing exhibited exquisite analytical and organizational skills in both her coursework and beyond. With an unusual aptitude for languages, she is articulate in both English and Chinese. In order to enhance students’ better understanding of cases, I always require students to do quantity English reading which full of technical terms, and ask them to submit a Case Brief. This is a great challenge for our Chinese students. But Shang Jing did very well. Although her English left much to be desired at the beginning, she quickly improved it. Later, thanks to her solid course foundation and command of English, she was proposed as spokeswoman in group discussions. Upon graduation, she joined the DeHeng Law office, one of the country’s leading offices. I was delighted to learn that she was practicing what I had taught her in class. I understand that she has been continuously improving both her legal expertise and English proficiency since her graduation. In the view of all that I know of her, I strongly recommend her and I believe she will do well if accepted by your university. Should I be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

What's The Difference Between "be important to"and "be important for"? What's the difference between "It is important for solving problems"and "It is important to solve the problems"? I'm really confused...T.T

How to Write Like An University Educated? My teacher told me that I my sentence structures are too simple. And I need to develop my vocabulary too. I'm confused because she didn't tell me how. I need to raise my level of college writing skills, which means I need to write like a university educated...oh my lady gaga... My teacher told me that I'm writing like a primary school student. What should i do? Any suggestions? My friends?

Understanding the Past is Important for Solving Problems When it comes to the question that whether to understand the past is necessary to solve the problems at present and in the future, everybody has their own answer. Some people think that in order to solve the problems present and future, it is necessary to know the past well. This opinion is strongly opposed by numerous people who hold the idea that as a consequence of the possibility of thinking limitations, understanding the past has no play here. As far as I am concerned, I side with the former. There are several reasons to support my opinion, and here I want to put forward some of the most importance. First of all, as the old saying goes, “there is nothing new under the sun——Holy Bible”. Whether solving the problems present and future or playing a game, knowing the rules is the key to win. Actually, the better we know the past, the easier we could figure the rules out. Secondly, without going through what happened in the past we could hardly know where the specific problems came from. My colleagues and I used to have some difficulties in the process of due diligence about two years ago. We found that a decision the senior administrator of the company made quite conflicted with the current marketing environment. So we wrote a report about this and handed it in to our CEO. It turned out that it was a special program had started ten years ago and stated to make money last October. From this matter, I realized how significant understanding the past is to solve the problems. In addition, understanding the past prevents us from repeating mistakes made by ourselves or anybody else in the past. We all make mistakes, and it is the wise people who learn not to repeat them. I believe the person who could avoid making the same mistakes and always learns lessons from the past will succeed someday without a doubt. In conclusion, despite the risk that paying too much attention to the past might make us less creative, it is beneficial for us to work out the problems at present an in the future.

Children are hard to control not because TV and Movies Most of parents want to control their children. Unfortunately, parents find it hard to control them these days. Some people think that it is because children influenced by many things such as television or movies. This idea is strongly opposed by numerous people who hold the opinion that children are not easy to control due to complex reasons and television or movies should not take the responsibilities for that. As far as I am concerned, I side with the latter. There are several reasons to support my opinion, and here I want to put forward some of the most importance. The first reason is that children are always hard to control even before the invention of television and movie. They are too young to concentrate and tell the difference between right and wrong. On the way finding the truth, it is easy to get lost. Moreover, children want to be different, especially from their parents. They want to find out who they are and definitely desire to be special. At this point, finding their kids hard to control is the most natural thing in the world. When the puberty is coming, controlling a child seems to be impossible. In addition, parents caring about their children too much might be one of the concerns. Parents want to prevent their children from any teeny-tiny danger or problem. But this could drive the children crazy. We all want to control our own life. It turns out that the harder parents tried, the harder controlling children will be. Meanwhile, we cannot deny that children spend too much time on watching TV and seeing movies these days, and it is becoming almost the most important way how they get information. At this point, media would like to pay more attention to attracting more children by creating some brave characters dare say no to their parents or other stronger people. Children may eat it up and make the situation worse. But we certainly cannot draw the conclusion that children are hard to control because of television and movies.