1st candle: 
När första ljuset brinner
står julens dörr på glänt
och alla är så glada
att få fira advent

2nd
När andra ljuset brinner
vi julklappar syr
och vi bakar kakor
och har ett fasligt styr

3rd
 När tredje ljuset brinner
är snart lucia här
hon bjuder oss på kaffe
och bud om julen bär

4th
 När fjärde ljuset brinner
vi hämtar julegran
och alla barnen räknar
dan före dan före dopparedan

-melt 100g butter in a pot and add 5dl milk, let it warm till 37 degree.

-divide 50g yeast (jäst för söta degar) into really small parts in a bowl and add some of the 37 degree liquid and let the yeast 'melt'

-add the rest of the liquid and 1 1/2 dl sugar

-add 1.3l flour and make a nice and soft dough. It shouldn't stick to your fingers

-let the dough rise for 30 min till it has sort of doubled the size

-make the buns by spreading 1/2 of the dough

-spread butter, sugar and cinnamon on it and roll

-cut out buns and let them rise for 30 min

-whip the egg and put on top of the buns and then add pearlsugar

-bake 7-8 min at 250 degree. 

Ikväll hade jag bjudit några Svensk kompisar att spela Mahjong.

Vi hade Kinesisk vårrulle (både för vegetarisk och inte vegetarisk) och en Vietnamesisk sallad med rödvin. Också hade vi risboll och vattenmelon på dessert.

Efter äta upp och pratande, björde vi att spela Mahjong. Min Svensk kompisar lärde sig ganska kvickt och dem var ganska god. Jag vann en gång, Ingrid vann två gång och Karin vann en gång. Det är trevlig att dem är intresserad av Kinesisk kultur och språk. Förresten, mer och mer Svensk vilja lära Kinesisk, innehåller Mikael, Ingrid, och den kontrollör vid Västra skogen Tubestation, och också några kvinna som tror på Jenova's Witnesses. Mer och mer Svensk resa till Kina även.                     

1 blomkålshuvud

1 tsk salt till 1/2 l vatten

2-3 msk margarin eller smör

2 msk ströbröd

2 ägg

vatten, salt

1/2 dl hackad persilja

 

-Koka äggen 7-8 minuter och lägg dem i kallt vatten.

-Skölj blomkålshuvudet

-Koka upp vattnet och saltet.

-Lägg i blomkålen och låt den koka under lock ca 10 minuter

-Hacka äggen

-Bryn fettet. Lägg i ströbrödet, äggen och persiljan och låt alltsammans steka ett ögonblick.

-Lägg upp blomkålen på ett fat.

-Häll över den stekta blandningen.

ca 400g köttfärs

3/4 dl ströbröd eller två medelstora kokta potatisar

2 dl mjölk

1 eller 1 1/2 tsk salt

1 kryddmått vit eller svartpeppar

(kryddpeppar, ingefära)

1 msk råriven gul lök

(1 ägg)

2-3 msk smör eller margarin

 

-Blanda först ströbröd (mosad potatis) och mjölk. Låt blandningen stå i tio minuter.

-Blanda köttfärsen med saltet och de andra kryddorna.

-Rör ner bröd- och mjölkblandningen (och ägget).

-Forma färsen till små runda bollar. Bryn fettet i en stekpanna. Lägg i köttbullarna, inte för många åt gången. Skaka pannan så att de blir bruna runt om.

-Minska värmen och låt köttbullarna eftersteka utan lock 3-5 minuter.

原料：
1公斤 大小差不多的小土豆
800克 奶酪板烧奶酪Raclette，切成片。
附加材料：泡小黄瓜,腌小洋葱等；新鲜胡椒粒，红辣椒；面包

制法：
-土豆洗净，带皮煮熟。水滴尽后，将土豆放在小竹筐中备用，盖上布以尽量保温。
-将奶酪片放到烤架的小碟中，在烤架上加热，使其熔化，然后将熔化的奶酪倒到土豆上.

-如果你没有奶酪板烧烧架，你可以在土豆上放一片奶酪，放入一个较重的盘子里，然后在炉火上的架子上溶化。或者，你可以用最原始的方法制作：在火旁将奶酪烤化，然后用餐刀将奶酪涂到土豆上。
-奶酪板烧通常和白葡萄酒一起食用。

原料(四人份):
2个 法式面包，切成小方块
1 瓣大蒜
0.3升 干白葡萄酒
3茶匙 玉米淀粉
400克 弗里堡瓦什酣(Vacherin Fribourgeois)奶酪
400克 格律耶(Gruyere)奶酪
樱桃白兰地少许 Kirsch(cherry brandy)
白胡椒粉少许

盐少许

制法：
-把大蒜剥皮并压碎，涂抹到平底锅的周围。将玉米粉溶解在樱桃白兰地中。将白葡萄酒倒入锅中，加入磨碎的奶酪，使用低温炉火小心加热，同时用木铲不停地搅拌。然后加入樱桃白兰地和胡椒粉。
-将平底锅放在架子上，燃烧器的温度要保持稳定。吃奶酪火锅时，用叉子(最好使用为奶酪火锅特别设计的长柄叉子)叉起面包块，沾熔化的奶酪；同时不停搅拌，以防止奶酪混合物粘锅底。
-由于奶酪火锅很难消化，通常和白葡萄酒或红茶一起食用。

烤箱版:

-速冻皮

-素馅: 豆芽, 豆腐皮切成丝, 胡萝卜丝, 香菇丝, 西葫芦丝, 盐, 酱油, 香油, 炒熟

-荤陷: 少许豆芽, 少许胡萝卜丝, 香菇丝, 肌肉丝, 粉丝, 盐, 酱油, 香油, 炒熟

-烹饪: 春卷正反涂上食用油, 预热的200度烤箱内烤半小时左右

 -coupe 2 petits (ou 1 gros) chou chinois en lanière de 1 à 2 cm de longueur

-râper 2 carottes à la râpe à gros trou

-ajouter une cuisse de poulet séparée en petits morceaux (avec les doigts:)

-ajouter une grosse poignée de crevettes cuites

-ajouter une poignée de menthe ciselée et une poignée de coriandre ciselée (j'ai replacée avec "basilika (svenska)")

-sauce: dans un bol, mélanger 1/3 huile d'olive, 1/3 sauce de soja, 1/3 sauce de poisson, + vinaigre, + 1 échalotte coupée en morceaux, + 2 gousses d'ail coupée en assez gros morceaux, + 1 ou 2 piments coupés 

-mélanger à la salade 

På Svenska:

Efter et underbar kräftkalas vid Jeanettes, hade vi en underbar kräftfiske dag idag. Förresten, kräftkalas är en traditionell fest i Sverige.  

Karin och Henrik bjöd oss på kräftfiske vid Källtorpssjön. Man kan tar buss 401 från Slussen till Hellasgården och där finns Källtorpssjön. För kräftfiske måste man anhåller för licensera, och det här som få tillstånd måste betala cirka 250SEK. Dessutom, man kan bara fiska kräftor större än 10cm och måste lämna tillbaka kräftor mindre än 10cm. Hur man fiska kräftor? Man fäster en död fisk på en rund nät, och lämna den omkring vegetation men inte omkring stenen. Kräftor oftast komma ut när det är mörkt, så då ska man undersöka det nät varje 10min förre kräftor avgick ingen.         

På Källtorpssjön är den natur mycket vacker. Himmel är blå, träd är grön, och vatten är ren. Det finns t. ex. fiskar, kräftor, anka, måsar. In den omkring finns det också blåbär som kan man äta direkt. Det är finnt att simma här. Det är också ganska intressant att Svenska vistas inte lång i vatten, eftersom vatten är oftast kallt i Sverige.            

Sommar är underbar i Sverige, men det är ganska kallt på kväll trots värmer solen på dagtid. Jag älskar Stockholm! Jag älskar Sverige! Särskilt i sommar! 

 

In English:

After a wonderful crayfish party at Jeanette's, we had a wonderful crayfish fishing day today. By the way, crayfish party is a traditional Swedish party.

Karin and Henrik invited us for crayfish fishing at a lake called Källtorpssjön. To go to Källtorpssjön, you can take bus 401 from Slussen and get down at Hellasgården. To be able to crayfishing, you have to ask for a lisence. If you get it and decided to go for it, you have to pay around 250 kronor. Furthermore, you can only take crayfishes that are longer than 10cm and have to put back those that are shorter than 10cm. How do you fish crayfish? You fasten a dead fish to a round net, and leave it around vegetation but not around rocks. Crayfish often come out when it's dark, so then you should check for crayfish every 10min before they leave again.  

The nature at Källtorpssjön is very beautiful. The sky is blue, trees are green, and water is clean. There are fishes, crayfishes, ducks, seagulls, and so on. There are also blueberries that can be eaten directly in the surroundings. It's so nice to swim here. It's also quite interesting that Swedes do not stay long in water, that's because water is often quite cold in Sweden.

Summer is wonderful in Sweden, but it is quite cold in the evening despite the warm sun during daytime. I love Stockholm! I love Sweden! Particularly in summer!

 

中文:

在Jeanette的龙虾晚会之后, 今天我们又去钓龙虾了. 龙虾晚会是瑞典的一个传统节日.

Karin和Henrik请我们去一个叫做Källtorpssjön的湖钓龙虾. 要去Källtorpssjön可以在Slussen乘坐401路公交车到Hellasgården站下车. 要想钓龙虾首先必须申请许可. 如果得到了许可并且决定去钓龙虾的话, 要付250克朗. 并且, 你只能将长于10厘米的龙虾带回家, 而必须将短于10厘米的龙虾放回湖里. 如何钓龙虾呢? 可以将死鱼拴在一个圆形的网内, 然后将网布置在水草附近而不要布置在岩石附近. 龙虾往往在天黑后才出来, 那时就要每过10分钟去检查一下否则龙虾就又遛掉了.

Källtorpssjön的自然景色如此美丽. 碧蓝的天空, 墨绿的树和干净的水. 这里有鱼, 虾, 鸭子, 海鸥等等. 附近草丛里还有蓝莓, 可以直接食用. 在这里游泳真好. 不过瑞典人很少在水里久留, 主要是因为瑞典的水往往比较冷的缘故.

瑞典的夏天真舒服, 不过白天再热晚上也有可能会比较冷. 我爱斯德哥尔摩! 我爱瑞典! 尤其是夏季!

 

 

             

Tackfest上上一届瑞典同学自己作词作曲的表演曲目:

 

Little China little China

Country of cheap booze

Drink a lotta pijou

Stay away from baijou

Little China little China

Remember you can choose

 

Little China little China

country of the free

walk the Tiger Leaping

The gorge is never sleeping

Little China little China

where we wanna be

 

Little China little China

land of chairman Mao

They are not very tall

but they built the greatest wall

Little China little China

Nothing rimes with Mao

 

Little China little China

The country is so vast

Sleeping on the night train

Pijou kills the back pain

Little China little China

China's fucking huge!

 

要求: Ｄ吸引注意力和资金：就一个研究课题，以报社记者和专业人士／资金投资者为听众对象，兼用科学的严谨性和科学思考问题的方法（因为是科研演讲）和形象的比喻或幽默的片段（来吸引听众），并且要做到宣传推销自己的研究的目的。

 

我的标题: Stem cells

 

我的演讲:

  Good morning, I'm going to talk about the improvements of the clinical applications of stem cells.

  In the central hospital of China, a son donated part of his liver to his beloved mother. The operation has been extremely successful, but, are they happy? No, they are not. The mother still has to take pills to avoid organ repulsion, the son suffers painfully from losing part of his liver, and moreover, the mother's heart is broken into pieces each time seeing her son suffering at such a young age. Obviously, despite of the great advances in human transplantation sciences, they are far from perfect. Well, recently, a whole new concept of therapy using stem cells enters the scene, and attracted me into this brilliant field of research. Let me introduce you the idea, the problems and the promise of stem-cell based therapy.

  First, what is a stem cell? By the way, have you ever seen a lizard? What happens if the tail of the lizard is cut off? Right, another tail will grow in its place bit by bit, and this is the contribution of stem cells. A stem cell is a potential cell, it can reproduce to grow into a tissue or an organ whenever given the right signal, but otherwise it stays there quietly and peacefully. On the other hand, stem cell is like an uncommitted young girl, whenever receiving a signal of love, she may become Mrs. Green, or Mrs. Johnasson, or whoever (评论:此比喻不合适,瑞典人讲女权主义). When stem cells receive the corresponding signal, it may turn into heart cells, or skin cells, or nerve cells, and so on.

  Second, like all fields of scientific inquiry, research on stem cells raises as many questions as it answers. One main problem with clinical application is to be able to control the exact stage of stem cell development, not enough will lead to unrepaired tissue while too much will result in cancer. As Confucius said, "too little water cannot fulfill the cup, while too much water will split out". There's one potential method still being tested in the lab. It's to input a suicide mission into the stem cell, with the drug being the commander, so he decides when and where suicide should take place. Now the stem cell begin to replicate, until it fulfills the organ. But then, it doesn't stop, it continues to divide. And here comes the commander, he recognizes the redundant cells at first sight because of their specific features of actively dividing, while the other cells in the organ are stable. So he considers the redundant cells as runaway soldiers, and turns on the suicide command. So he commits suicide, he commits suicide, and he as well (Figure). And in this way we can control the exact quantity of stem cells needed.

   Finally, stem cell-based therapies hold extraordinary promise for clinical applications. In hospitals, a few diseases such as Leukemia is already being treated with stem cell-based approaches. While the shortage of donors for traditional transplantation methods is over 400,000 per year, stem cells are abundantly existing in each of our bodies; while some parts of the body such as a hand cannot be taken from a live person but can only be taken from a deceded person, stem cell-based therapies are only taking some cells out of the body which does not cause much negative effects; while transplantation has a high rate of repellent reaction, stem cells may be able to be genetically engineered and reprogrammed to minimize repulsion; while patients are tortured by transplantation operations, clinical therapy using stem cells only cause some fever-like symptoms. More importantly, clinical applications are hugely benefiting from basic research especially since the development of system biology, which means that before, the molecular biologist was gathering small pieces of information only from his own lab, but now he can have a whole picture, a global view of the issue of interest.

  Put simply, stem cells have two main features: replication and differentiation, both taking place under a particular signal. It holds great promise despite of its existing problems. At the time of this speech, 100 people died because they couldn't have transplantation operations in time, and 70,000 people are waiting for organ transplantation. Imagine a future when you don't need to suffer from the pain of operations, a future when you can lead a normal life even if you are born with one leg, a future when you can easily repair your skin damaged in a fire accident... Let's fight for such a better future! 

 

 

 

要求: B 解释/阐述：就一个复杂抽象的概念，以中学生为听众对象，用最简单朴实的语言和最富有想象力的比喻比较，形象具体的解释科学概念。（这是我收获最大的部分，我发现这其实是很难的，需要下功夫和创造力）

 

我的标题:Subconsciousness

 

我的讲演:

  I have always had the experience of having an instinct about something, which later proved to be perfectly right! So I asked myself, shall I believe in my subconsciousness? Is it all about science or is it mere coincidence? The famous psychatrist Freud referred this as subconsciousness, and described subconsciousness as this immense part of an iceberg below the sea with this small upper part being consciousness. So, let's get closer to subconsciousness (Figure).

  Firstly, subconsciousness is a huge pool of memory. According to scientific statistics, human brain is capable of memorizing 600 million books and learning 80 different languages, can you imagine that? Much more efficient than any existing computer. And moreover, information is selected and organized in different parts of our brain. However, we have only made use of 1% of our brain, and even Einstein has only made use of 2% of his brain.

  Secondly, subconsciousness needs keys to be opened. Consciousness is active while subconsciousness is a passive activity, which needs to be waken up. You may recall a distant detail when put in the suitable context. You may dream of relevant things that you have encountered in the daytime. In research, this is used by a technique called hypnotherapy, which can activate parts of the brain while inactivating others. In an extreme case, a patient remembered the details of a book he has read 25 years ago, but forgot his name.

  Finally, subconsciousness has the power of automatic thinking. There was an experienced fireman who had the instinct of danger during a rare fire case of re-explosion, but he didn't know the reasons even himself. Scientists studied his case, and found out that his mind was actually comparing and analysing automatically. So, during past fire cases, there were yellow flames and smoke, but this time the flame was red and no smoke, so that his mind couldn't say "it's a rare fire case of re-explosion", but could say "there's something wrong in comparison to past experience" (Figure). That's the truth of instinct and subconsciousness, and we should not ignore them because we can't see the reasons.

  To sum up, subconsciousness is the part of the mind below the level of conscious perception, believe in your subconsciousness and make the best of it!

  Thank you!   

 要求: A辩论/驳论：就日常话题选择多数人不同意的观点以增加难度，以服人的论据和严格的推理为主（避免几种谬误推理）。跟ＧＲＥ的作文很相似，只是要求以口头的方式快速反应。

 

我的标题: The necessity to increase the difference of salary

 

我的讲演:

  Coming to Sweden, I noticed that Sweden has little differences in income compared to that of China or many other countries. However, in my opinion, different income is more than necessary.

  In the first place, it is our rights to get different payment. Well, you agree with equal work, equal pay, do you? Then you probably agree that different work should get different pay! It would be just unfair if a great quantity of work is worth the same as a little.

  Secondly, distance in earnings triggers motivation. Napoleon once said:"A great leader would give clear differences between honors and punishments". On the contrary, there was a time in China when people could not owe their own properties and obviously nobody has the impulse to work, which finally ended in great depression of economy. What would you do if you cannot owe your own property? Motivation is like an engine, driving us ahead. You may enjoy this type of relaxing life, but with the trends of globilization, competition is increasingly imposing on us and therefore calls urgently for different income systems.

  Last but not least, different income may be one of the sources of hope. According to an investigation, suicide rates are four times higher in developed countries than in developing countries. Amazingly, rich people are sometimes tired of life while people living miserably have such a strong desire for life. I personally think that having goals and hope is the critical reason here, and different income may be one option of hope.

  Well, on the other hand, one biggest problem of varied income may be the difference of the next generation from birth, from poor to rich. However, inheritance tax can help solve this problem.

  All in all, in my opinion, varied income do more good than harm.

  Thank you! 

瑞典以及北欧人的祖先叫做Vikings，他们多以航海著称，其航海的船只十分的长。Vinkings在历史上最辉煌的时代，即Vikings时代（8－11世纪），他们一直袭击倒英国的岛屿，欧洲大陆及苏联等地。现在最为人们所熟悉的是Viking line，即往返于瑞典和芬兰之间的party船，大部分时段是免费的。

                                                        

 

 

Dala horse是早期父亲给孩子用木头削成的马的形状的玩具，起源于瑞典的Dalarna(Dalecarlia)地区故而得名，之所以选择马而不是别的动物是由于马既是贵气的象征又是当年人们最可靠的朋友。如今Dala horse是瑞典最具代表性的纪念品之一

                                               

 

 

Troll是北欧神话中的一类creatures，不同的地方有一些变异，有的高有的矮，有的奇丑无比有的人模人样。在北欧，有许多地名便以Troll命名，如挪威的Troll模样的悬崖瀑布。另外，在瑞典语里魔术叫做trolleri，似乎也与troll有些关联。

                                

 

 

基督教传统中忏悔赎罪的一种方式为饮食上只吃平淡的食物(成为Lent)，常在圣诞和复活节期间的某一段时间内，约40天。在开始吃平淡的食物前的那天，即Shrove Tuesday，人们会饱饱的吃上一顿营养丰富的食品，瑞典等地的传统即为吃semla。如今的瑞典即使很少人信仰基督教，吃semla的传统却保持了下来。Semla是将细面面包切开，中间加上特殊的杏仁浆，再覆盖一层厚厚的奶油做成的。许多人还与牛奶一起食用。

                                                 

 

 

由于北欧一年当中夏天的时间较短，因此夏天就显得更为重要。北欧人欢庆夏天Midsummer，当然欧洲其它地方如德国也有类似的节日。瑞典人欢庆夏天比基督的到来还早。瑞典的欢庆在六月20－26日之间，方式是要有个Maypole，即支起的木头上装饰满绿色或花朵，并围绕着跳舞。许多瑞典人认为他们的国庆日应该是欢庆夏天这一天，而不是现在规定的六月六日。

                                    

 

 

又由于北欧的冬天黑夜比较漫长，光明也就十分重要。12月13日即为他们的Lucia节日，即在黑夜最漫长的日子里举行的仪式，由少女们（也有少许男孩子）身着白装，头戴插有蜡烛的花环，高唱优美动听的歌曲。她们通常会去医院，学校或教堂等地。Lucia的来源是一位叫做Lucia的虔诚的西西里岛女孩子不愿结婚而愿将自己的生命奉献给上帝，她由于拒绝了一位贵族的求婚而被害，此后成为女烈士。

                                                  

 

 

瑞典的童话作家Astrid Lindgren笔下的Pipi是一个满脸雀斑，扎着倒立的橙色小辫子的小姑娘。她从小没有父母，力气过人且天真快乐，是孩子们的小英雄。Pipi的故事不仅受北欧孩子们的欢迎，也传到欧洲各地。然而法语里pipi是尿尿的意思，因此在法国Pipi被改称为Fifi。