Q: Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society.

"Gelivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool". Similarly, "Hengelivable" means "very cool", and "ungelivable" means "dull, not cool at al". "Antizen" referred to the group of college graduates who, earning a poor salary and living in small rented apartments, are like the tiny and laborious ants.

David Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University said it's very interesting to combine Chinese with English to create new words. "English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences," he said. Chinese words and expressions were created, as well, by netizens. One example was "Suan Ni Hen". This three-character expression, which originally meant "you win" with the first character carrying the same pronunciation as garlic in Chinese, is used to satirize high garlic and food prices this winter.

Chinese people use the character "bei" before a verb to show a passive voice, and it is used by netizens to show the helplessness in front of false conclusions and fake media reports. For instance, "zisha" means "suicide" while "beizisha" means "be officially presumed to have committed suicide", and xiaokang means "fairly comfortable life" while "beixiaokang" means "be said to be living a fairly comfortable life".

Wu Zhongmin, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, saw the phenomenon of word creation as a natural response of young people to social issues. "Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens people's distances," he said.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is the language called
2. who is it popular with
3. what do they do with the language
4. who is a professor
5. where
6. what does he say about english
7. what word is used for poor school grads
8. what goes before a verb
9. what means one killing his/her self
10. what word means you are doing well in life
11. what phrase used to mean "you win"
12. who else was a professor
13. where
14. how does he describe the language
15. what word means very cool
16. what means dull
17. what two languages combine to form this one
A: 1. Cyber language
2. Chinese netizens
3. create English words to reflect novel phenomenon in society.
4. David Tool
5. Beijing International Studies University
6. "English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences"
7. unknown
8. "bei"
9. "zisha"
10. xiaokang
11. "Suan Ni Hen"
12. Wu Zhongmin
13. Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
14. "Cyber language is more vivid and it shortens people's distances,"
15. "Hengelivable"
16. "ungelivable"
17. Chinese characters with the English suffix
Q: Ibn Sina created an extensive corpus of works during what is commonly known as the Islamic Golden Age, in which the translations of Greco-Roman, Persian, and Indian texts were studied extensively. Greco-Roman (Mid- and Neo-Platonic, and Aristotelian) texts translated by the Kindi school were commented, redacted and developed substantially by Islamic intellectuals, who also built upon Persian and Indian mathematical systems, astronomy, algebra, trigonometry and medicine. The Samanid dynasty in the eastern part of Persia, Greater Khorasan and Central Asia as well as the Buyid dynasty in the western part of Persia and Iraq provided a thriving atmosphere for scholarly and cultural development. Under the Samanids, Bukhara rivaled Baghdad as a cultural capital of the Islamic world.

The study of the Quran and the Hadith thrived in such a scholarly atmosphere. Philosophy, Fiqh and theology (kalaam) were further developed, most noticeably by Avicenna and his opponents. Al-Razi and Al-Farabi had provided methodology and knowledge in medicine and philosophy. Avicenna had access to the great libraries of Balkh, Khwarezm, Gorgan, Rey, Isfahan and Hamadan. Various texts (such as the 'Ahd with Bahmanyar) show that he debated philosophical points with the greatest scholars of the time. Aruzi Samarqandi describes how before Avicenna left Khwarezm he had met Al-Biruni (a famous scientist and astronomer), Abu Nasr Iraqi (a renowned mathematician), Abu Sahl Masihi (a respected philosopher) and Abu al-Khayr Khammar (a great physician).

Answer the following questions:
1. What field of science is Al-Biruni know for?
2. What field is Nasr Iraqi known for?
3. Who is a respected philosopher that is known to have met with Avicenna?
4. Who is a great physician that is known to have met with Avicenna?
5. What dynasty was in in the eastern part of Persia, Greater Khorasan and Central Asia?
6. What dynasty was in the western part of Persia and Iraq?
7. What was one important cultural center of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age?
8. What was another?
9. Was the Quran studied during the Islamic Golden Age?
10. How about the Hadith?
A: 1. astronomy
2. mathematics
3. Abu Sahl Masihi
4. Abu al-Khayr Khammar
5. Samanid
6. Buyid
7. Bukhara
8. Baghdad
9. yes
10. yes
Q: Justin sat down for dinner with his Mother, who was 40, and Father, who was 45 and Sister as he always did when it was time to eat. He always sat across from his sister, Melissa. Tonight's dinner was meatloaf, mashed potatoes with butter, and green peas. Justin's mother made the best meatloaf. She said that her mother used the same recipe. Similar recipes were made by her friend, her aunt, and sister. But the one Justin's mom used was the best. Melissa was 7 years old, and Justin was 10. Melissa waited until she didn't think Mom and dad were looking and stuck her tongue out at Justin. What Melissa didn't know was that her mom had seen her and told her that it wasn't polite. "But mom! I was only playing!" Melissa said. "No 'buts', young lady!" Mom said. Justin shook his head as he took a bite of mashed potatoes.

Answer the following questions:
1. What meal was Julian having?
2. With how many other people?
3. Who was 40?
4. How old was his Father?
5. Where did Justin always sit?
6. What is her name?
7. What main dish were they eating?
8. Made by whom?
9. Were there any sides?
10. How many?
11. Did other family members make meatloaf?
12. Who did it best?
13. Who stuck out their tongue?
14. How old was she?
15. What did Justin do?
16. How old is he?
17. Was the mother pleased?
18. Was Melissa surprised to get caught?
19. Did she talk back?
20. to whom?
A:
1. dinner
2. three
3. his Mother
4. 45
5. across from his sister
6. Melissa
7. meatloaf
8. Justin's mother
9. yes
10. two
11. yes
12. Justin's mom
13. Melissa
14. Seven
15. shook his head
16. 10
17. no
18. yes
19. Yes
20. her mother