Question:
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One day Frank was walking with his mother when they came to a pretty garden. Frank looked in, and saw that it had clean gravel walks and beautiful flowers. 

He called to his mother and said, "Mum, come and look at this pretty garden. I wish I might open the gate, and walk in." 

The gardener heard what Frank said, and kindly invited him and his mother to come into the garden. 

Frank's mother thanked the man. Then she said to her son, "Frank, if I take you to walk in this garden, you must take care not to meddle with anything in it." 

Frank walked along the tidy gravel walks, and looked at everything, but touched nothing that he saw. 

He did not step on any of the borders , and was careful that his clothes should not brush the tops of the flowers so that he might not break them. 

The gardener was much pleased with Frank, because he was so careful to behave well. He showed him the seeds, and told him the name of many of the flowers and plants. 

While Frank was admiring the beauty of a flower, a little boy came to the gate, and finding it locked. He shook it hard, but it would not open. Then he said, "Let me in. Let me in. Will you not let me in this garden?" 

"No," said the gardener, "1 will not let you in, Tom. When I let you in yesterday, you meddled with my flowers, and pulled some of my fruit. I do not choose to let a boy into my garden who meddles with the plants." 

Tom looked ashamed, and when he found that the gardener would not let him in, he went slowly away. 

Frank saw and felt how much happier a boy may be by not meddling with what does not belong to him. 

He and his mother then continued their walk in the garden, and enjoyed the day very much. Before they left, the gardener gave each of them some pretty flowers.
1. Who was Frank walking with?
2. what did they see?
3. Who overheard them admiring it?
4. what did he do?
5. Did Frank behave well?
6. Did his mother warn him about behaving?
7. was the caretaker impressed with Frank?
8. Did he break any of the flowers?
9. who is Tom?
10. did he have good manners??
11. what was something he did?
12. did he try to open the gate?
13. was he allowed entrance?
14. did he look ashamed?
15. what did the caretaked give Frank before they left?
16. was he glad he behaved?
17. What things did the gardener show him?
18. what did he teach him about the plants?
19. did Frank enjoy his day?

Numbered answers:
1. his mother
2. clean gravel walks and beautiful flowers
3. The gardener
4. invited him and his mother
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Frank didn't, but Tom did
9. a little boy
10. No
11. He meddled with the flowers and pulled some of the fruit.
12. Yes
13. No
14. Yes
15. flowers
16. Yes
17. the seeds
18. the names
19. Yes


Question:
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Wade–Giles (), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's "Chinese–English Dictionary" of 1892. 

Wade–Giles was the system of transcription in the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century, used in standard reference books and in English language books published before 1979. It replaced the Nanking dialect-based romanization systems that had been common until the late 19th century, such as the Postal Romanization (still used in some place-names). In mainland China it has been entirely replaced by the Hanyu Pinyin system approved in 1958. Outside mainland China, it has mostly been replaced by Pīnyīn, even though Taiwan implements a multitude of Romanization systems in daily life. Additionally, its usage can be seen in the common English names of certain individuals and locations such as Chiang Ching-kuo. 

Wade–Giles was developed by Thomas Francis Wade, a scholar of Chinese and a British ambassador in China who was the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University. Wade published in 1867 the first textbook on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin in English, "Yü-yen Tzŭ-êrh Chi" (traditional: ; simplified: 语言自迩集), which became the basis for the Romanization system later known as Wade–Giles. The system, designed to transcribe Chinese terms for Chinese specialists, was further refined in 1912 by Herbert Allen Giles, a British diplomat in China and his son, Lionel Giles, a curator at the British Museum.
1. What is the system in focus?
2. A.k.a.?
3. What type of system is it?
4. What type was it in the 20th century?
5. What language is it for?
6. Who produced it?
7. What was his middle name?
8. He was an ambassador from what country?
9. Where was he an ambassador to?
10. When was the first textbook published by him?
11. Who refined his theories?
12. What was Giles' occupation?
13. From where?
14. Who did this with Giles?
15. What was his name?
16. Where did he work?
17. What did he do there?

Numbered answers:
1. Wade–Giles.
2. Wade.
3. A Romanization system.
4. The system of transcription in the English-speaking world.
5. Mandarin Chinese.
6. Thomas Wade.
7. Francis.
8. British.
9. China.
10. 1867.
11. Herbert Allen Giles.
12. Diplomat.
13. Great Britain.
14. His son.
15. Lionel.
16. The British Museum.
17. He was a curator.


Question:
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(CNN) -- A former campaign staffer for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner became the second woman to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment, saying Tuesday that the then-congressman patted her "posterior" while at a fundraising event. 

Laura Fink, who now runs a political consulting firm, told KPBS-TV that it happened in 2005 when she was working as Filner's deputy campaign manager. 

Fink said she didn't go public with the incident at the time because she was trying to build her political career. But she said she now feels emboldened to tell her story after Filner's former spokeswoman, Irene McCormack Jackson, sued him for sexual harassment Monday. 

Jackson said Filner subjected her and other women to "crude and disgusting" comments and inappropriate touching. She said she resigned as Filner's communications director in June after deciding the mayor would not change his behavior. 

"I had to work and do my job in an atmosphere where women were viewed by Mayor Filner as sexual objects or stupid idiots," Jackson said. She said Filner asked her to work without underwear and made repeated sexual advances toward her. 

"He is not fit to be mayor of our great city. He is not fit to hold any public office. A man who lacks character makes a mockery of his ideas," she said. 

Fink told KPBS on Tuesday that the incident happened as she was escorting Filner from table to table at a fundraising dinner. At one point, she said, someone at the event told Filner that Fink had "worked her ass off" for him. 
1. who was accused of something?
2. what is his title
3. of which town?
4. who accused him?
5. what was she named?
6. what is her current position?
7. when did the misdeed happen?
8. what was her position when it occurred?
9. what was the transgression?
10. is she the first lady to accuse him of unwanted attention?
11. who was the first?
12. what was her position at the time of the offence?
13. what charges did she bring?
14. what were the offences in this case?
15. only her?
16. who else?
17. was commenting his only offence in this case?
18. what other wrong doing was noted?
19. was anything specific noted in this case?
20. what?


Numbered answers:
1. Bob Filner
2. Mayor
3. San Diego
4. A former campaign staffer
5. Laura Fink
6. she runs a political consulting firm
7. in 2005
8. she was Filner's deputy campaign manager
9. he patted her "posterior"
10. No
11. Irene McCormack Jackson
12. Filner's spokeswoman,
13. she sued him for sexual harassment
14. Jackson said Filner subjected her to "crude and disgusting" comments
15. No
16. other women
17. No
18. inappropriate touching
19. Yes
20. Filner asked her to work without underwear