the drawing board

I was wrong. So it was back to the drawing board, telephoning agents. In Norwich there is an

area euphemistically called the Golden Triangle. The only thing golden in this part of the

city is the lining of the private landlords’ pockets.

We found a two-bedroom terrace house, rather grubby and in need of a coat of paint but

otherwise sound. We did not have to pay for July, which was a bonus, but we did get stung

for 75 per cent of the rent for August and the whole amount of £600 for September, even

though the house was not occupied until the end of the month. There was also a further £600

deposit to stump up and we had to sign a contract until the end of June, when, no doubt,

some other poor student will be forced to take on a 12-month lease to make sure of having

somewhere to stay for the following term.

I hope that in future, when applications drop — and I believe they will because of the

sheer expense — universities will respond by shortening their courses and trying to control

the spiralling costs of having somewhere to live.

Until then, how many other individuals will fall prey to private landlords and experience

the frustration of having to pay through the nose for their children to live in sub-standard

digs?

chinese story

"The State of Yu and the State of Guo are neighbor stated as closely related as lips and teeth. The State of Yu cannot exist independently if the state of Guo is destroyed. Your precious stones and fime hores are just left in the care of the monarch of the State of Yu." So Duke Xian of the State of Jin accepted Xun Xi's plan. When the monarch of Yu saw the precious gifts, he was elated,and readily promised to let the Jin army pass through his state. Hearing the news, Gong Zhiqi, one of the ministers as the State of Yu, hastened to admonish the monarch, saying," That won't do.For the State of Yu and the State of Guo are neighbor states as closely related as lips and teeth. Our two small states are interdependent, and can help cach other when problems crop up .If the State of Guo were destroyed, it would be difficult for our State of Yu to continue to exist. As the common saying goes, if the lips are gone ,the teeth will be cold, The teeth can hardly be kept if the lips are gone. So it won't do at all to allow the Jin army pass our state." The monarch of the State of Yu said," The State of Jin is a big state. Now they here specially to present gifts to us with the intention of being on friendly terms with us. Under suchcircumstances, how can we refuse to allow them to pass through our state?" Hearing this, Gong Zhiqi sighed repeatedly. Knowing that the State of Yu would soon be destroyed, Gong Zhiqi left the State of Yu together with his whole family. As expected, the troops of the State of Jin, allowed to pass through the State of Yu, destroyed the State of Guo and on their return trip captured the monarch of the State of Yu who went out personally to meet them, htus destroying the State of Yu as Well. This story appears in the chapter " The Fifth Year of Duke Xi " in Zuo zhuan,the famous commentary by Zuo Qiuming on The Spring and Autumn Annals. The set phrase " if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold " is used to mean that two persons or things share a common lot and that is one fails ,the other is in danger.

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