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All about Easter
复活节漫谈
By Kent Hill



In the west, Easter is generally accepted to be a secular Christian holiday. However, it's more so a widely celebrated festival with colored eggs, family get-togethers and gift giving. Children can expect Easter to bring lots of candy from their parents and friends, along with parties, games and usually an arts and crafts project or two.

One such game is called the "Easter Egg-Hunt" in which many colored eggs are hidden around the home for the younger children to scurry excitedly around searching for. Usually, the child with the most eggs at the end of the game is given some sort of bonus prize. For some children, Easter is anxiously anticipated in a similar fashion to Christmas.

Parents can usually expect Easter to start with a morning church ceremony followed by an early afternoon brunch with friends and family. After the meal people generally return home with their families to have the Easter Egg-Hunt and then finally spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing, watching TV, and catching up on old times.

Easter is a great holiday for both the old and the young. The younger generations enjoy the parties, games and candy, while the older generations enjoy time with friends, good food and the joy of seeing their children having a wonderful time.

Easter is a religious holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death by crucifixion some 2, 000 years ago. For Christians, Easter is a day of religious services and the gathering of family. This year it falls on April 11.

 

How good are your job-hunting skills

又到了找工作的季节. 您想要得到一份好差事吗? 那么请注意, 下面这份心理测试可不能错过, 在一定程度上它能帮您的大忙哦.
It is job-hunting season. Want to improve your chances of landing a satisfactory job? Then try the following psycological test. It is scientifically designed to do you good and should not be missed.

Directions:
Picture yourself in each of these job-hunting situations and indicate how likely it is that you would respond in the described manner. If you have never job-hunted before, answer according to how you think you would try to find a job. Please respond to the following statements by using a number from the key below.

_ 1. When asked to indicate my experience for a position, I would mention only my paid work experience.
_ 2. If I heard someone talking about an interesting job opening, I'd be reluctant to ask for more information unless I knew the person.
_ 3. I would ask an employer who did not have any openings if he knew of other employers who might have job openings.
_ 4. I would downplay my qualifications so that an employer won't think I'm more qualified than I am.
_ 5. I would rather use an employment agency to find a job than apply to employers directly.
_ 6. Before an interview, I would contact an employee of the organization to learn more about that organization.
_ 7. I would hesitate to ask questions when I was being interviewed for a job.
_ 8. I would avoid contacting potential employers by phone or in person because I would feel they are too busy to talk with me.
_ 9. If an interviewer were very late for my interview, I would leave or arrange for another appointment.
_ 10. I believe an experienced employment counselor would have a better idea of what jobs I should apply for than I would.
_ 11. If a secretary told me that a potential employer was too busy to see me, I would stop trying to contact that employer.
_ 12. Getting the job I want is largely a matter of luck.
_ 13. I'd directly contact the person for whom I would be working, rather than the personnel department of an organization.
_ 14. I would be reluctant to ask professors or supervisors to write letters of recommendation for me.
_ 15. I would not apply for a job unless I had all the qualifications listed on the published job description.
_ 16. I would ask an employer for a second interview if I felt the first one went poorly.
_ 17. I would be reluctant to contact an organization about employment unless I knew there was a job opening.
_ 18. If I didn't get a job I would call the employer and ask how I could improve my chances for a similar position.
_ 19. I would feel uncomfortable asking friends for job leads.
_ 20. With the job market as tight as it is, I had better take whatever job I can get.
_ 21. If the personnel office refused to refer me for an interview, I would directly contact the person I wanted to work for if I felt that I was qualified for the position.
_ 22. I would rather interview with recruiters who come to college campuses or job fairs than contact employers directly.
_ 23. If an interviewer says, "I'll contact you if there are any openings," I would figure there's nothing else I can do.
_ 24. I'd check out available job openings before deciding what kind of job I'd like to have.
_ 25. I would be reluctant to contact someone I don't know for information about career fields in which I am interested.

Scoring key:
Add up your points for the following items: 3, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18 and 21. As for the remaining items, subtract the number you indicated from 7 and then add the subsequent numbers together. Find your total score by adding the totals for the two clusters of items.

How do you compare:

Score Percentile
90 15
98 30
106 50
116 70
124 85

Note:
A percentile score tells you how you compare to the standardized sample and, in inference, to the rest of society. So if you have a percentile score of 15, that means that your score is equal to or higher than the scores of 15 percent of the people who take the test.