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General California Facts

Capital: Sacramento
Entered Union: Sept. 9, 1850 (31st state)
Motto: Eureka (I have found it)
State Colors: blue and gold
State Song: I Love You, California
Nickname: Golden State

California Facts, Government

Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Senators: Barbara Boxer, D , Dianne Feinstein, D

State Symbols

Flower: Golden poppy
Tree: California redwood
Bird: California valley quail
Animal: California grizzly bear (1953)
Fish: California golden trout (1947)

California Facts, State Geography

Land area: 155,973 sq mi. (403,970 sq km)
Water area: 7,734 sq mi.
Coastline: 840 mi.
Shoreline: 3,427 mi.
Highest point: Mt. Whitney - 14,494 ft
Lowest point: Death Valley - 282 ft below sea level
Geographic center of state: In Madera Co., 35 mi. NE of Madera
Number of counties: 58
Largest county by population: Los Angeles, 9,519,338 (2000)
Largest county by area San Bernardino, 20,062 sq mi.
National forests: 18
State parks and beaches: 264

State of California Facts, Population

2000 state resident census population: 33,871,648

10 largest cities (2000):

• Los Angeles, 3,694,820
• San Diego, 1,223,400
• San Jose, 894,943
• San Francisco, 776,733
• Long Beach, 461,522
• Fresno, 427,652
• Sacramento, 407,018
• Oakland, 399,484
• Santa Ana, 337,977
• Anaheim, 328,014

By Gender

• Male: 16,874,892 (49.8%)
• Female: 16,996,756 (50.2%)

By Age

• 18 and over: 72.7%
• 65 and over: 10.6%
• Median age: 33.3

By Origin

• White: 20,170,059 (59.5%)
• Black: 2,263,882 (6.7%)
• American Indian: 333,346 (1.0%)
• Asian: 3,697,513 (10.9%)
• Other race: 5,682,241 (16.8%)
• Two or more races: 1,607,646 (4.7%)
• Hispanic/Latino: 10,966,556 (32.4%)

With a long brilliant history, Florida was the 27^th state in the USA; it was admitted on March 3, 1845. Florida located in the southeast of America, Florida Peninsula, between the Atlantic Ocean and Mexico Gulf, for which it is called Sunshine State.

State Abbreviation - FL
State Capital - Tallahassee
Largest City - Jacksonville
Area - 65,758 square miles [Florida is the 22nd biggest state in the USA]
Population - 15,982,378 (as of 2000) [Florida is the fourth most populous state in the USA, after California, New York and Texas]
Name for Residents - Floridians
Major Industries - tourism, agriculture (oranges, grapefruit, tomatos), electronics

Major Rivers - St. Johns River, St. Marys River, Suwannee River
Major Lakes - Lake Okeechobee, Lake George
Highest Point - A hill in Walton County - 345 feet (105 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Georgia, Alabama
Bordering Bodies of Water - Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico

Origin of the Name Florida - Florida was first seen by the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon on Palm Sunday on April 2, 1513 - he then named the "Pascua de Florida," meaning "Feast of Flowers" and claimed it for Spain
State Nickname - The Sunshine State
State Motto - "In God we trust."
State Song - "Swanee River"

Spoken English seem to be a difficult task for almost Chinese students, how can you speak English fluently; I think there are not shortcuts. Just like the saying, no pains, no gains.

1、needn’t use the complex sentences and words, just express your idea with simple sentences and words.

2、speak slowly, loudly and clearly, so that your listeners can understand you better.

3、reading some news, some short picks are enough.

4、writing some topics everyday, just describe what it is, it is not necessary to indicate them definitely at the beginning.

5、remember the popular slang and short sentence.

6、imitate of the actor in the movies, the accent, the gesture and the emotion.

7、read some famous speeches.

8、take any opportunity of using English.

9、most important of all, you should take a successful one as your example.

10、make a plan of learning.

In general, many people regard that spam is commercial email or unsolicited bulk email, including “junk mail”, which has not been requested by the recipient. This definition has broken the possibility of email marketing. Many commercial company will meet such condition, there is impossible to get all the consents from the potential clients, but in order to market the products, you have to send your messages about your products to your potential customers. I think the definition of spam and the spam policy are not reasonable, it will block the way of communication. The email loses the sense of existence when all the ways are blocked, and everyone lives in an isolated space again and it wastes resources too.

Good morning, Can I help you?

I just call to see if there is any opportunity to cooperate with you in the stone business, we are professional stone products supplier in China, especially countertops, vanity tops, shower surrounds and tiles. How does that sound?

I just call to inform you that we have received your samples, we can supply you slabs by this color.

We have sent you the sample today under your DHL stone depot account: 96*****, it may reach you several days later.

We own four factories, which are located in Shijing Town, Nan’an City, Fujian Province in the southeast of China.

I think it will be much better to send you an email to confirm it. Can I have you email address?

You’re welcome.

It is my pleasure.

Ok, that is all, I will call you if there is any questions.

Classmates are those who in the same class with you when you go to school. Friends are those who know you better, you know him better too, and you support each other when you meet some difficulties, you have many things in common, similar culture level, same interests and same background.

History is a long story about something important, unforgettable and thoughtful; it is the passed truth.

All Chinese hardly forget the big slaughter in Nanjing committed by Japanese invader in 1937, it is this bloody fact that tell us how cruel the war it is. But the Japanese government, right-wing forces and some civilian try to deny the truth, they are afraid of facing the truth.

There is war when god create human, it can be proved by the long bloody history. We have to commit that human is not that clever, wisdom and rationality. Actually, we never conquer our endless desires; maybe we are the evils in the world.

The military forces are growing all over the world and more money are spent on the purchase of technical weapons, the communication between nations seem to be so insincere, they all take interests into consideration and balance their behaviors by the principle of what they get from doing so. History show that certain quantity of force is needed to every nation, it is beneficial to the stable of society, but it couldn’t be the excuse of expanding military forces, it wastes too much resources, and may result in collision, invasion and intrude the right of civilian.

The Day After Tomorrow tell us a story about a storm disaster, which almost destroy America, maybe it exaggerates the truth, but it is really a good movie to let us calm down and think our behaviors. The environment has been highly polluted, although the economy is growing. We destroyed the nature gradually, and the nature just feedback, it is human who should take the responsibility of it.