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In Tibet, the education department has been making efforts to promote a Chinese-Tibetan bilingual education system. The Tibetan language is a major component of primary school education. This is a third-year classroom at Lhasa’s Number One Primary School. The children are all under 10, but they can write beautiful Tibetan. Student of Number One Primary School, Lhasa, said, “I like Tibetan classes because there are a lot of poems and stories in our Tibetan textbooks.” This was the first ordinary primary school to open in Tibet. More than 70 percent of the children are Tibetan and they study the Tibetan language in thirty percent of their classes. This helps students adapt to Tibetan language education after they enter into high schools or universities, and promotes the dissemination and inheritance of Tibetan culture. They also have learn Tibetan folk songs, and playing traditional Tibetan musical instruments. Tibetan language education is widespread in primary and secondary schools throughout the autonomous region. Test papers for courses teaching in the Tibetan language must be answered in Tibetan. And high schools and universities consider applicants’ ability in the Tibetan language. Losang Tumei, Deprtry Director of Office of Tibetan Language Committee, said, “Tibetan language education is thriving. Tibetan education was never so widespread in old Tibet.” The University of Tibet has now been training Tibetan teachers for secondary schools for 19 years. There are now more than 13 thousand Tibetan language teachers. And there are more than 22 thousand ethnic minority teachers, most of them in farming and pastoral areas. (http://www.171english.cn/article.asp?ThreadID=3670)

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Title : Luxi English Language Teaching
Url : http://www.171english.cn
Description : Website for ESOL teachers and students in China, and elsewhere. Free materials and resources such as downloadable exercises, information about teacher training seminars, workshops and courses, study abroad links, online dictionaries, etc.

2008年：“水卫生”（sanitation）or (‘Water and Sanitation for Life’)
(supporting the International Year of Sanitation)

2007年：“应对水短缺”（Coping with Water Scarcity）
(This theme highlighted the increasing significance of water scarcity worldwide and the need for increased integration and cooperation to ensure sustainable, efficient and equitable management of scarce water resources, both at international and local levels. )

2006年：“水与文化”（water and culture）
(Water is not only essential for life, it is also a wide-ranging cultural presence — an inspiration for artists, a focus of scientific research, and an indispensable element in the religious rituals of many traditions and faiths.)
2005年：“生命之水”（water for life）

2004年：“水与灾害”（water and disasters）

2003年：“未来之水”（water for the future）
(It calls on each one of us to maintain and improve the quality and quantity of fresh water available to future generations. )

2002年：“水与发展”（water for development）

2001年：“水与健康”（Water for Health）

2000年：“21世纪的水”（water for the 21st century）

1999年：“每人都生活在下游”（everyone lives downstream）

1998年：“地下水–正在不知不觉衰减的资源”（ground water — invisible resource）

1997年：水资源评估‘Water Resources Assessment’or“世界的水:还够吗?”（The World’s Water: Is There Enough? ）

1996年：“为干渴的城市供水”（water for thirsty cities）
It emphasized the growing water crisis faced by cities across the world which threatens the sustainability of their social and economic development.

1995年：“女性和水”（women and water）

1994年：“关心水资源是每个人的责任”（Caring for Our Water Resources Is Everyone’s Business）

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