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星期一, 十二月 18, 2006

搞平衡!搞什么搞!


作为一个闲人,今天被拉去做一场辩论会的评委,两方可谓唇枪舌战,胡搅蛮缠,驴唇不对马嘴,但这不是我要说的重点。在评分阶段按照我的看法虽然两边都惨不忍睹,但仍能分个伯仲,尤其是反方一辩思维的灵活性和对个别切入点的洞察力还是远胜其他辩手的,也正是因为如此,在整场比赛中显示出了反方在逻辑性和流畅性上好于正方,所以理所当然的胜方应判给反方,而最佳辩手也非反方一辩莫属。在将我的想法和一位老资历的主席评委沟通后,得到的答复竟然是:既然胜方判给反方,那最佳辩手就给正方吧,平衡一下。
有没有搞错!平衡?这又不是六方会谈,如果说政治上的平衡是为了解决问题,那在这里搞平衡就纯粹是和稀泥。辩论赛的目的不在于争一个对错,而是要通过展示辩论双方的逻辑性、语言技巧、分析能力、洞察能力、反应能力和团队合作等各种能力而使参赛选手和观众能够在这些方面得到向优秀学习的机会,而以上所提到的能力和素质实际上是通过个体的形式表现出来的,也就是说,虽然参赛的是两支队伍,但着力点却是在每一名参赛辩手,也就是说如果一支队伍中只有一名辩手发挥得出色,而因其他人发挥不尽人意而最后落败,那也不会抹杀发挥出色的人的光彩,所以最佳辩手的归属对一场辩论赛来说很重要,几乎撑起了本场辩论赛所起到的教育作用的多半壁江山,辩论赛中的胜负展示的是团队的整体素质,而最佳辩手则是在树立一种标准,也许他代表不了最高标准,确是相对标准。最佳辩手是一种荣誉,更是一种榜样,他代表着本场比赛中的最高水平,比对着好与坏的差别,指明了其他人学习的方向。尤其是在这种整体上水平不高的比赛中,被认定的具一定水准的最佳辩手更起到了示范辩论方法,提高双方整体辩论水平的作用。除此之外,最佳辩手这荣誉对于个人来说不仅能增强自信,还能在必要的时候为自己的简历增光添彩。
我不知道是不是所有辩论赛都需要这样一个平衡的过程,但在我看来这是一种不正之风,平衡的结果只有两个,对于一场比赛来说,失去了公平性,尤其是对于选手的公平性;对于辩论赛来说,则颠覆了标准,倒置了好坏,误导了学习者,失去了示范教育作用,没有了这些,便只剩下一场毫无意义的闹剧。这个过程不只存在于一场小规模的比赛,它泛滥到我们社会生活的方方面面,小到个人职称评定,大到宏观经济政策,甚至我们一些大的国家项目的遴选立项也来这一套,不看项目基础,不深究可行性和实用价值,只重视平衡。可悲的是,在我们的学校,育人的圣土,这股歪风也凛冽的刮着尚未成熟的心智,传承着误国误民的巫术。
最后,正方一个说话最多却在逻辑上最混乱的**在所有人或无可奈何或愤愤不平的情绪中获得了最佳辩手称号,我*!搞什么搞!

007——《皇家赌场》




看了最新的007电影,虽然主角缺少绅士气质,但我喜欢这种真实的打斗效果,这也是我偏爱《碟影重重》系列的原因(尤其是第一部)。全片看完还有另一个感觉,片中的007的对手个个更像007,身手不凡,且颇有智慧。

星期四, 十二月 14, 2006

英文写作必背之35个句型

这篇来自yuanye文章总结了35个英文写作非常常用的35个句型,也许对准备考托福、GRE或者雅思的朋友们有帮助。

一、~~~ the + ~ est + 名词 + (that) + 主词 + haveever + seen ( known/heard/had/read, etc)
~~~ the most + 形容词 + 名词 + (that) + 主词 + have ever + seen ( known/heard/had/read, etc)
例句:
Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen.
海伦是我所看过最美丽的女孩。
Mr. Chang is the kindest teacher that I have ever had.
张老师是我曾经遇到最仁慈的教师。

二、Nothing is + ~~~ er than to + V Nothing is + more + 形容词 + than to + V
例句:
Nothing is more important than to receive education.
没有比接受教育更重要的事。

三、~~~ cannot emphasize the importance of ~~~ too much.(再怎么强调…的重要性也不为过。)
例句:
We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.
我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

四、There is no denying that + S + V …(不可否认的…)
例句:
There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad to worse.
不可否认的,我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。

五、It is universally acknowledged that + 句子~~ (全世界都知道…)
例句:
It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.
全世界都知道树木对我们是不可或缺的。

六、There is no doubt that + 句子~~ (毫无疑问的…)
例句:
There is no doubt that our educational system leaves something to be desired.
毫无疑问的我们的教育制度令人不满意。

七、An advantage of ~~~ is that + 句子 (…的优点是…)
例句:
An advantage of using the solar energy is that it won’t create (produce) any pollution.
使用太阳能的优点是它不会制造任何污染。

八、The reason why + 句子 ~~~ is that + 句子 (…的原因是…)
例句:
The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with fresh air./ The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can supply fresh air for us.
我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。

九、So + 形容词 + be + 主词 + that + 句子 (如此…以致于…)
例句:
So precious is time that we can’t afford to waste it.
时间是如此珍贵,我们经不起浪费它。

十、Adj + as + Subject(主词)+ be, S + V~~~ (虽然…)
例句:
Rich as our country is, the qualities of our living are by no means satisfactory. {by no means = in no way = on no account 一点也不}
虽然我们的国家富有,我们的生活品质绝对令人不满意。

十一、The + ~er + S + V, ~~~ the + ~er + S + V ~~~ 
The + more + Adj + S + V, ~~~ the + more+ Adj + S + V ~~~(愈…愈…) 
例句:The harder you work, the more progress you make. 
你愈努力,你愈进步。 
The more books we read, the more learned we become. 
我们书读愈多,我们愈有学问。 

十二、By +Ving, ~~ can ~~ (借着…,..能够..)
例句:By taking exercise, we can always stay healthy. 
借着做运动,我们能够始终保持健康。 

十三、~~~ enable + Object(受词)+ to + V (..使..能够..) 
例句:Listening to music enable us to feel relaxed. 
听音乐使我们能够感觉轻松。 

十四、On no account can we  + V ~~~ (我们绝对不能…) 
例句:On no account can we ignore the value of knowledge. 
我们绝对不能忽略知识的价值。 

十五、It is time + S + 过去式 (该是…的时候了) 
例句:It is time the authorities concerned took proper steps to solve the traffic problems. 
该是有关当局采取适当的措施来解决交通问题的时候了。 

十六、Those who ~~~ (…的人…) 
例句:Those who violate traffic regulations should be punished. 
违反交通规定的人应该受处罚。 

十七、There is no one but ~~~ (没有人不…) 
例句:There is no one but longs to go to college. 
没有人不渴望上大学。 
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十八、be + forced/compelled/obliged + to + V (不得不…) 
例句:Since the examination is around the corner, I am compelled to give up doing sports. 
既然考试迫在眉睫,我不得不放弃做运动。 

十九、It is conceivable that + 句子 (可想而知的) 
It is obvious that + 句子 (明显的) 
It is apparent that + 句子 (显然的) 
例句:It is conceivable that knowledge plays an important role in our life. 
可想而知,知识在我们的一生中扮演一个重要的角色。 

二十、That is the reason why ~~~ (那就是…的原因) 
例句:Summer is sultry. That is the reason why I don’t like it. 
夏天很燠热。那就是我不喜欢它的原因。 

二十一、For the past  + 时间,S + 现在完成式.(过去…年来,…一直…) 
例句:For the past two years, I have been busy preparing for the examination. 
过去两年来,我一直忙着准备考试。 

二十二、Since + S + 过去式,S + 现在完成式。 
例句:Since he went to senior high school, he has worked very hard. 
自从他上高中,他一直很用功。

二十三、It pays to + V ~~~ (…是值得的。) 
例句:It pays to help others. 
帮助别人是值得的。 
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二十四、be based on (以…为基础) 
例句:The progress of thee society is based on harmony. 
社会的进步是以和谐为基础的。 

二十五、Spare no effort to + V (不遗余力的) 
例句:We should spare no effort to beautify our environment. 
我们应该不遗余力的美化我们的环境。 

二十六、bring home to + 人 + 事 (让…明白…事) 
例句:We should bring home to people the valueof working hard. 
我们应该让人们明白努力的价值。 

二十七、be closely related to ~~ (与…息息相关) 
例句:Taking exercise is closely related to health. 
做运动与健康息息相关。 

二十八、Get into the habit of + Ving= make it a rule to + V (养成…的习惯) 
We should get into the habit of keeping good hours. 
我们应该养成早睡早起的习惯。 

二十九、Due to/Owing to/Thanks to + N/Ving, ~~~(因为…) 
例句:Thanks to his encouragement, I finally realized my dream. 
因为他的鼓励,我终于实现我的梦想。 
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三十、What a + Adj + N + S + V!= How + Adj + a + N + V!(多么…!) 
例句:What an important thing it is to keep our promise! 
How important a thing it is to keep our promise! 
遵守诺言是多么重要的事! 

三十一、Leave much to be desired (令人不满意)

例句:The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired. 
我们的交通状况令人不满意。 

三十二、Have a great influence on ~~~ (对…有很大的影响) 
例句:Smoking has a great influence on our health. 
抽烟对我们的健康有很大的影响。 

三十三、do good to (对…有益),do harm to (对…有害) 
例句:Reading does good to our mind.读书对心灵有益。 
Overwork does harm to health.工作过度对健康有害。

三十四、Pose a great threat to ~~ (对…造成一大威胁) 
例句:Pollution poses a great threat to our existence. 
污染对我们的生存造成一大威胁。 

三十五、do one’s utmost to + V = do one’s best (尽全力去…) 
例句:We should do our utmost to achieve our goal in life. 
我们应尽全力去达成我们的人生目标。

星期二, 十二月 12, 2006

历史上的今天:张学良杨虎城发动西安事变

今天的雾可真大,对现代化环境的模糊,更利于我们追忆历史。

发动张学良(左)将军与杨虎城将军。

1936年12月12日,国民党爱国将领张学良、杨虎城在西安扣留蒋介石,迫使他停止内战、联共抗日。史称“西安事变”,也叫“双十二事变”。

1936 年,日本帝国主义不断扩大对中国的侵略,蒋介石坚持不抵抗政策,继续进行内战。以张学良为首的东北军和以杨虎城为首的十七路军被蒋调到陕甘一带进攻中国工 农红军。因受中国共产党抗日民族统一战线政策及人民抗日运动的影响,张、杨与红军实现了停战,并要求蒋介石联共抗日。蒋不仅拒绝了张、杨的要求,而且调集 嫡系部队至豫陕边境,压迫张、杨继续进攻红军。12月4日,蒋介石飞往西安督战。7日,张学良到临潼华清池向蒋“苦谏”,请求“停止内战,一致抗日”,遭 蒋拒绝,蒋坚持不改“剿共”政策。9日,张向游行示威的学生表示,一周内用事实答复他们的爱国要求。12日,张学良、杨虎城发动了西安事变,在华清池武装 扣留了蒋介石,囚禁陈诚等十余人;宣布取消“西北剿匪总部”,成立抗日联军西北临时军事委员会,张学良、杨虎城任正副委员长,并通电全国,提出改组南京政 府,停止内战,共同抗日,实行民主政治。16日,南京政府下令讨伐张、杨,并任何应钦为总司令。亲日派汪精卫、何应钦企图借机扩大事态,夺取蒋介石的统治 权力,进一步和日本妥协。中共中央从民族利益出发,应张学良、杨虎城电请,派代表周恩来、叶剑英等到西安调停。周恩来等于16日到达西安以后,做各方面的 工作,提出:只要蒋答应抗日就释放他。并于15、19日通电南京国民党政府,促其接受张、杨主张,和平解决。22日,宋美龄、宋子文与蒋介石顾问澳大利亚 人端纳飞往西安谈判。经周恩来等的努力和全国人民的斗争,24日,蒋介石被迫接受停战议和、联共抗日、释放政治犯等条件。25日蒋介石获释,由张学良陪返 南京,“西安事变”到此和平解决。蒋介石飞回南京后,立即把张学良拘禁起来。

张学良、杨虎城两将军发动的西安事变以及中国共产党促成的这次事变的和平解决,对推动国共再次合作、团结抗日,起了重大的历史作用。


蒋介石(右1)到西安督战,张学良、杨虎城与其合影。
西安军民为支持张学良、杨虎城的抗日壮举上街游行。
这是《西北文化日报》刊登的西安事变。
蒋卧室玻璃上的弹孔。
宋给蒋的亲笔信。
“手令”全文。
1936年12月19日中共中央关于和平解决西安事变的指示。
周恩来(右)、叶剑英(中)、博古
“西安事变”和平解决后,蒋乘坐飞机离开西安。
“西安事变”和平解决后,周恩来等乘坐飞机回到延安时受到毛泽东等的欢迎。

转自--人民网

星期五, 十二月 08, 2006

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星期四, 十二月 07, 2006

how to be interesting

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While I was at the U of O I kept going on about how the core skill of any future creative business person will be 'being interesting'. People will employ and want to work with (and want to be with) interesting people.

And since I’d spent quite a lot of time telling them all the things they should stop doing I’d thought I’d try and teach something useful. Since I don't actually know anything useful I had to make something up. Which is below. It takes about 10 minutes to teach but it’ll take a lifetime for people to work out if it works or not, and by then I’ll be long gone. Ha!

I’ve based it on two assumptions:

The way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to find what’s interesting in everything, you’ve got to be good at noticing things, you’ve got to be good at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you interesting.

Interesting people are good at sharing. You can’t be interested in someone who won’t tell you anything. Being good at sharing is not the same as talking and talking and talking. It means you share your ideas, you let people play with them and you’re good at talking about them without having to talk about yourself.

The marvelous thing about tinterweb is that it’s got great tools for being interested and great tools for sharing. So I’ve used them a lot. It should, of course, be obvious that there are many other ways to be interesting. Some of them don't involve computers at all. These are just 10 things, and if you do them you’ll get more interesting. Or at the very least you’ll start practising the skills of being interesting.

It's sort of didactic, bossy even, but it's supposed to be instructional, rules you can follow. If you do them, and send me evidence that you’ve done them for three months, then I’ll send you a marvelous ‘I’m More Interesting Than I Was Three Months Ago’ certificate.

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1. Take at least one picture everyday. Post it to flickr.

You should carry a camera with you. A phonecam will do. The act of carrying a camera, and always keeping an eye out for a picture to take changes the way you look at the world. It makes you notice more things. It keeps you tuned in.

Posting it to flickr (or other photosharing sites) means that you’re sharing it. It’s in public. This will make you think a little harder about what you shoot and it might draw you into conversation about your pictures.

2. Start a blog. Write at least one sentence every week.

This is pretty easy. If you just did this much I’d be disapppointed. You should write more sentences. Or you should write one true sentence. But I suspect that you won’t be able to limit yourself to just one sentence, I suspect you’ll get bitten and want to do more.

It’s easy to knock blogging as a kind of journalism of the banal but in some ways that’s its strength. Bloggers don’t go out and investigate things (mostly) they’re not in exciting or glamorous places, they’re not given a story, they have to build one out of the everyday lives they lead. And this makes them good at noticing things, things that others might not have seen. And being a blogger, feeling the need to write about stuff makes you pay attention to more things, makes you go out and see more stuff, makes you carry a notebook, keeps you tuned in to the world.

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3. Keep a scrapbook

I’ve talked about this before. It’s good. Do it.

4. Every week, read a magazine you’ve never read before

Interesting people are interested in all sorts of things. That means they explore all kinds of worlds, they go places they wouldn’t expect to like and work out what’s good and interesting there. An easy way to do this is with magazines. Specialist magazines let you explore the solar system of human activities from your armchair. Try it, it’s fantastic.

5. Once a month interview someone for 20 minutes, work out how to make them interesting. Podcast it.

Again, being interesting is about being interested. Interviewing is about making the other person the star; finding out what they know or think that’s interesting. Could be anyone, a friend, a colleague, a stranger, anyone. Find out what’s compelling about them. Interviewing stops you butting in too much and forces you to listen. Good thing to practice. (And it's worth noticing the people who are good at it.) Podcasting is sharing. Sharing is something you must get used to.

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6. Collect something

It could be anything. It could be pictures of things. But become an expert in something unexpected and unregarded. Develop a passion. Learn how to communicate that to other people without scaring them off. Find the other few people who share your interest. Learn how to be useful in that community.

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7. Once a week sit in a coffee-shop or cafe for an hour and listen to other people’s conversations. Take notes. Blog about it. (Carefully)

Take little dips in other people’s lives. Listen to their speech patterns and their concerns. Try and get them down on paper. (Don’t let them see. Try not to get beaten up.) Don’t force it, don’t hop from table to table in search of better eavesdropping, just bask in the conversations that come your way.

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8. Every month write 50 words about one piece of visual art, one piece of writing, one piece of music and one piece of film or TV. Do other art forms if you can. Blog about it

If you want to work in a creative business (and before long most businesses will be creative businesses) you’ll have to get used to having a point of view on artistic stuff. Even if it’s not very artistic. You’ll have to be comfortable with expressing an opinion on things you don’t know how to make or do, like music or writing. You get better at that through practice. And through sharing what you’ve written.

9. Make something

Do something with your hands. Create something from nothing. It could be knots, it could be whittling, Lego, cake or knitting. Take some time to get outside your head. Ideally, make something you have no idea how to do. Get something from Make and try it, assuming you’ll screw it up the first time. People love people who can make things. Making’s the new thinking. Share your things on the your blog, or, if you’re brilliant maybe you can share them on etsy.

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10. Read:

Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
The Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker
The Visual Display Of Quantitative Information - Edward Tufte

All these books are good for their own reasons but they’re also good examples of people who are really interested in stuff that others think of as banal and who explain it in a way that makes you share their passion. That's good.

And that's it.

Anyone got any others?

22个大脑超频的方法


人的大脑是一个超级计算机,它控制这你的所有感觉和思想。对这个超级计算机的优化对你的工作和生活起着决定性作用。ririan project提出22个提升大脑能力的方法:

  1. 参加体育运动。研究表明充足的体育运动对大脑很有好 处。
  2. 锻炼你的思维。尝试新的口味;尝试用左手(左撇子用右手)做事情;去没去过的地方旅游;画画;读陀思妥耶夫斯基的书;写剧本等等。不管什么,能逼着你活跃脑细胞就可以。
  3. 问为什么。保持好奇心,不要年纪越大越一副很事故什么都不吊的样子。养成每天问十个为什么的新好习惯。
  4. 大笑。笑可以让我们减轻压力,就象给你的大脑快速充电。
  5. 多吃鱼。每周至少吃三次鱼。
  6. 回忆。翻一翻旧相册或者毕业纪念册。
  7. 远离脂肪。过多的饱和脂肪会影响神经系统功能,损害记忆力、感知能力和学习能力。
  8. 做智力题。拼图、拼字游戏、逻辑小测验可以帮助你活跃大脑。
  9. 莫扎特效应。有研究表明听莫扎特可以提高人的数学和空间想像力。虽然不是每个人都会产生这种莫扎特效应,但是听音乐、故事或者相声会让你在感到放松的同时获得感官上的刺激。
  10. 让你已有的技艺更上一层楼。一定有些事情你已经做得很熟练了,比如缝纫、玩牌、绘画等等,但如果能学习一些新的或者更复杂的技巧技能,比你每次做重复运动对大脑要好得多。
  11. 避免酗酒。酒精对大脑有相当的破坏力。
  12. 游戏。玩牌、玩电子游戏、玩桌面游戏。不管你玩什么,腾出时间玩玩游戏对你的精神和大脑都有好处。
  13. 睡眠。浏览重要的信息,然后睡一觉可以让这些信息多在你的大脑里保存20%到30%。
  14. 专注。养成专心做事的好习惯。
  15. 为你的大脑做爱。正常规律的性生活是大脑的源泉之一。
  16. 保持热情。对所做的事情保持热情可以让自己产出更高。
  17. 意识的波动规律。人的意识每天经历从高到低的波动过程。大部分以90分钟为一个周期,有30分钟的意识低潮。留心自己的意识波动规律。在高潮期处理重要的事情。在意识低潮期,做一些需要创造力的工作。
  18. 学习新东西。每天学习几个新单词,即扩大了你的词汇量,又活跃了大脑。
  19. 写作。为你的朋友写点可读的东西,或者写写你童年的回忆,或者开始写blog。总之,写点什么。
  20. 用气味疗法活跃大脑。薄荷、柠檬或者花香可以提神醒脑。
  21. 饮茶或者咖啡。茶的效果可能更好一些。
  22. 让你周围总是环绕着一批能够在不同方面鼓励和激发你的人。阅读各方面的杂志,结交各种朋友,去不同的地方,做各种事情,发现新的机会和解决问题的方法。

“22种大脑超频的方法”-来自ririanproject.com

星期三, 十二月 06, 2006

友人对话2-博客的态度

前一阵的封锁使这里几乎废弃,好在今天和友人聊天时看了一眼,不知下一次封喉是什么时候。不过友人对博客的坚持和随意的心态确实令人敬佩,故决定自己也每天留下只言片语以供日后追思缅怀ii
16:29:18: 博士还挂着呢?
16:30:22: 别总叫我博士行不行?
16:30:27: 我觉得是讽刺我。
16:31:14: 那叫吗?同学?
16:33:05: 不用叫
16:33:05: 直接说话就行了
16:33:38: 诶,那个谁,吃了吗?
16:34:43: 还没到点呢
16:36:12: 我也想写博客,可不知道写嘛
16:39:42: **现在 没空 (之前是 在线)
16:40:33: **现在 在线 (之前是 没空)
16:40:44: 哈,高兴的,不高兴的
16:40:48: 从别的地方看到的想收藏的
16:40:53: 流水帐
16:40:57: 工作日志
16:40:58: 哈哈
16:41:30: 起码以后回头可以知道自己每天干了什么
16:41:45: 其实以前我每天写日记的,这几年忘了。哈哈。以后一回头,空白。哈哈。
16:42:01: 主要是空虚,没的写
16:43:11: 我试试
16:43:53: http://think2day.blogspot.com/index.html 这是我以前写的,没坚持
16:43:57: 不会的,你开始写就会有的写了。
16:45:06: 没坚持有自己的原因,也因为这里前一阵被封了
16:45:12: 哈哈,挺好的呀。虽然只是浏览还没有仔细看
16:45:44: hoho~想怎样就怎样~生活是自己的~不坚持也不是不好的事情~呵呵~自己过的舒服就行了,想写就写,不想就不