From the Editor

A Speech of Welcome

Dear RTVU ELT Colleagues,

As the closing of the “truly exceptional” 29th summer Olympic Games in Beiijing we Qingdao RTVU and Hainan RTVU have this valuable opportunity to be the editors for this issue.

As editors we are just new to RTVU ELT Express, but are very excited about the opportunity to be a part of growth and development to this Express.

We’d like to express our sincere thanks to all the contributors to this issue. It’s your offer that leaves us a tremendous space to choose the nice articles and also make our job a wonderful and memorable experience.

Here we invite all RTVU teachers of English throughout the country to have a nice tour to Qingdao and Hainan during the coming "golden week" holidays.

As the host city for the 29th Olympic sailing regatta in 2008, Qingdao has begun making overall plans for the Olympic sailing facilities based on its gifted landscape of "mountain, sea and city" as well as the harmony between man and nature in order to improve the ecological environment and hold a "Green, - High-tech and the People's Olympics" with unique Qingdao characteristics. By building an international water sports center with first-class sailing facilities in Asia, which is among the leading sailing countries in the world, we will characterize Qingdao as the"Marine Olympics" city and build Qingdao into a Sailing City.

As the second largest island of China, Hainan, like a pearl, is mounted in the vast blue water of South China Sea. With tropical resort resources, Hainan Island has radiant sunshine, soft sandy beaches, blowing sea breeze, the relaxing and healthy spa, wonderful folkways of minority nationality and various animals and plants, all appeal to visitors to come for touring and vacationing.

Qingdao and hainan welcome you!

Zhao Tiecheng

Qingdao RTVU

Lei Honglei

Hannan RTVU