【正文】 專業(yè)合作社現(xiàn)有管理人員及員工 26人，其中：大專文化 2人 ，高中以上文化 20人，有 高級經(jīng)營師 1 人，高級會計師 1 人，評茶師 1 人。 m y si ster doesn39。t know the best way of getti ng to pl aces, she i nsi sted that she ani ze the tri p properl y. N ow, I know that the proper way i s al ways her way. I kept asking her, When are we l eavi ng and when are we i ng back? I asked her whether she had l ooked at a m ap yet. O f course, she hadn39。t care about detai l s. So I tol d her that the source of the Mekong i s i n Qi nghai Provi nce. She gave me a determi ned l ook—the ki nd that sai d she woul d not change her mi nd. When I tol d her that our journey woul d begi n at an al titude of m ore than 5, 000 metres, she seem ed to be exci ted about i t. When I tol d her the air woul d be hard to breathe and it woul d be very col d, she sai d i t woul d be an i nteresti ng experi ence. I know m y si ster wel l. O nce she has m ade up her mi nd, nothi ng can change it. Fi nal y, I had to gi ve i n. Several m onths before our tri p, Wang Wei and I went to the l i brary. We found a large atlas wi th good m aps that showed detai ls of worl d geography. From the atl as we coul d see that the Mekong River begi ns i n a gl aci er on a Ti betan m ountai n. At fi rst the ri ver i s smal and the water is cl ear and col d. Then i t begi ns to move qui ckl y. It be es rapi ds as i t passes through deep val l eys, travel i ng across western Yunnan Provi nce. Som etim es the ri ver be es a waterfal and enters wi de val eys. We were both surpri sed to learn that half of the river i s i n China. After it l eaves Chi na and the high al ti tude, the Mekong be es wi de， brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asi a, its pace sl ows. It m akes wi de bends or m eanders through l ow val eys to the pl ai ns where ri ce grows. At last, the ri ver del ta enters the South Chi na Sea. PART2 A NIGH T IN TH E MOUNTAINS Al though it was autum n, the snow was al ready begi nni ng to fal i n Ti bet. O ur l egs were so heavy and col d that they felt l i ke blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycl es?That’s what we l ooked like! Al ong the way chil dren dressed in l ong wool coats stopped to l ook at us. In the l ate afternoon we found i t was so col d that our water bottl es froze. .H owever, the l akes shonel i ke gl ass i n the setti ng sun and l ooked wonderful. Wangwei rode in front of me as usual .She is very reliable and I knew I didn’t ned to encourage her. To cl im b the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for mi les. i denti ty? O nl y tim e wil l tel. STAN DARD EN GLISH AN D DIALECTS What is standard Engli sh? Is i t spoken i n Bri tai n, the US, Canada, Austral i a, Indi a and N ew Zealand? Beli eve i t or not, there i s no such thi ng as standard Engli sh. Many people bel i eve the Engl i sh spoken on TV and the radi o i s standard Engli sh. Thi s i s because in the earl y days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excel l ent Engl ish. However, on TV and the radi o you wi l hear di fferences i n the way peopl e speak. When peopl e use words and expressions different from the “standard l anguage”, it is cal l ed a dial ect. American English has m any di alects, especi al y the Mi dwestern, southern, Afri can Am eri can and Spani sh di al ects. Even i n som e parts of the USA, two people from neighbouri ng towns speak a l ittl e di fferentl y. Am eri can Engli sh has so m any di al ects because peopl e have e from al over the worl d. Geography al so pl ays a part i n m aki ng di al ects. Som e peopl e who l ive i n the m ountai ns of the eastern USA speak wi th an ol der ki nd of Engl i sh di al ect. When Am eri cans m oved from one pl ace to another, they took thei r di alects wi th them . So peopl e from the m ountains i n the southeastern USA speak wi th alm ost the sam e di al ects as peopl e i n the northwestern USA. The USA i s a l arge country i n whi ch many di fferent di al ects are spoken. Al though m any Am eri cans m ove a l ot, they stil l recogni ze and understand each other’s dial ects. TH E O XFO RD EN GLISH DICTION ARY You may thi nk that Engl i sh dicti onaries have been used for m any, m any centuri es. The spel li ng of Engli sh has al ways been a problem but i t was m ore of a probl em in the days before a di cti onary. Then peopl e coul d spel l word i n di fferent ways whi ch you mi ght fi nd i t i nteresting. But i t m ade readi ng Engl i sh m uch m ore di ffi cult. So di cti onari es were i nvented to encourage everybody to spel the sam e. In fact, an Engl i sh dicti onary li ke the ki nd you use today wasn’t made until the time of the l ate Qing Dynasty. There men did most of the important earl y work on dictionaries: Sam uel Johnson, Noah Webster, and Jam es Murray. These m en spent nearl y al of thei r li ves tryi ng to col ect words for thei r di ctionaries. For them, it wasn’t onl y a job。t。 it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The l argest dictionary i n the worl d i s the O xford Engli sh Di cti onary, or O ED for short. The i dea for thi s di cti onary cam e from an i m portant m eeti ng i n Bri tai n i n 1857. Twentytwo years l ater, O xford Uni versity asked Jam es Murray to be the edi tor of i ts new di cti onary. Murray had never been to col ege. At the age of fourteen, he l eft hi s vi l age school i n Scotl and and taught him self whil e working i n a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After O xford gave him the job, Murray had a pl ace buil t i n the garden behi nd hi s house to do hi s work. Part of i t was one m eter underground. In wi nter i t fel t l i ke a barn, he had to wear a heavy coat and put hi s fet i n a box to keep warm. Every m orning, Murray got out of bed at five o’cl ock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he woul d work by the candl e li ght i nto the eveni ng. Murray hoped to fi ni sh the