2010年12月14日 星期二
Sz-Chi Zen
晚明、張岱（1597-1679）嘗謂︰
「學海無涯，書囊無底，世間書怎讀得盡？只要讀書之人，眼明、手辣、心細、膽粗；眼明則巧於掇拾，手辣則易於剪裁，心細則精於分別，膽粗則決於去留。」《瑯環文集．廉書小序》
「學海無涯，書囊無底，世間書怎讀得盡？只要讀書之人，眼明、手辣、心細、膽粗；眼明則巧於掇拾，手辣則易於剪裁，心細則精於分別，膽粗則決於去留。」《瑯環文集．廉書小序》
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2010年4月5日 星期一
Three wise monkeys
In very olden days, a wise and good Monkey King lived on one side of a mountain. A Great Evil was on the other. The King's councillors were three very old, wizened and very wise monkeys. Only they, by tradition, knew about the Great Evil. They also knew that if anyone heard or looked on It, his heart would be hardened forever, and woe would befall the Monkey Kingdom. They were gathering rare wild flowers for the King one day. They peered through some bushes and unwittingly gazed upon the Great Evil, hearing Its awesome shrieks. One covered his eyes, but he could hear. One covered his ears, but he could see. One could both see and hear, but covered his lips and pressed back the dreadful secret deeply within himself. They stole back into the forest knowing their own hearts were spoiled forever. They huddled together on a drooping willow branch. All their wrinkles were shaking. They chattered and whispered dolefully for hours. By nightfall they had decided to follow the counsel of the one who had seen and heard all but would not talk about it and, by emulating him, keep the horrible secret from becoming known, and thereby spare the King and his people a terrible fate.
2010年3月30日 星期二
Mignon McLaughlin
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
"Anything you lose automatically doubles in value."
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
"Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer."
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"Anything you lose automatically doubles in value."
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
"Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer."
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2010年3月20日 星期六
predicate
"to proclaim" or "make known"
In both grammar and logic, the predicate serves to make an assertion or denial about the subject of the sentence.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
In both grammar and logic, the predicate serves to make an assertion or denial about the subject of the sentence.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
direct object
"Direct objects are always noun phrases (or their equivalents, e.g., nominal clauses). The direct object of an active clause can typically become the subject of a passive clause:
"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
(George Orwell)
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
(Monty Python)
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."
(Joan Didion)
"You can't test courage cautiously."
(Annie Dillard)
Everybody hated the teacher.
(active: the teacher is direct object)
The teacher was hated by everybody.
(passive: the teacher is subject)"
"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
(George Orwell)
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
(Monty Python)
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."
(Joan Didion)
"You can't test courage cautiously."
(Annie Dillard)
linking verb
A verb, such as a form of be or seem, that joins the subject of a sentence to a complement.
"It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar."
(Jerome K. Jerome)
"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, 1890)
"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself. Tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches."
(Rainer Maria Rilke)
"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
(Henry C. Link)
"I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist."
(Sally Kempton)
"It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar."
(Jerome K. Jerome)
"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, 1890)
"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself. Tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches."
(Rainer Maria Rilke)
"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
(Henry C. Link)
"I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist."
(Sally Kempton)
complement
"to fill out"
The two kinds of complements are subject complements (which follow the verb be and other linking verbs) and object complements (which follow a direct object).
If it identifies the subject, the complement is a noun or pronoun; if it describes the subject, the complement is an adjective.
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
(Jules de Gaultier)
"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke."
(Lynda Barry)
"Well, spring sprang. Thanks, Gaia. Much obliged. I guess it's time to get back to that daily routine of living we like to call normal."
(Northern Exposure, 1991)
"Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society."
(Henry Anatole Grunwald)
The two kinds of complements are subject complements (which follow the verb be and other linking verbs) and object complements (which follow a direct object).
If it identifies the subject, the complement is a noun or pronoun; if it describes the subject, the complement is an adjective.
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
(Jules de Gaultier)
"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke."
(Lynda Barry)
"Well, spring sprang. Thanks, Gaia. Much obliged. I guess it's time to get back to that daily routine of living we like to call normal."
(Northern Exposure, 1991)
"Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society."
(Henry Anatole Grunwald)
Adjective or Adverb
Adjective Placement
A wonderful old Italian clock. (opinion - age - origin)
A big square blue box. (dimension - shape - color)
A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - color - material)
Some slim new French trousers. (dimension - age - origin)
Using Adverbs
Do not use 'very' with adjectives that express an increased quality of a basic adjective Example: good - fantastic
NOT!!: She is a very beautiful woman.
Adjective or Adverb - Which to Use?
A wonderful old Italian clock. (opinion - age - origin)
A big square blue box. (dimension - shape - color)
A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - color - material)
Some slim new French trousers. (dimension - age - origin)
Using Adverbs
Do not use 'very' with adjectives that express an increased quality of a basic adjective Example: good - fantastic
NOT!!: She is a very beautiful woman.
Adjective or Adverb - Which to Use?
2010年3月17日 星期三
Richard St. John: "Success is a continuous journey"
1.passion 2.work 3.focus 4.push
5.ideas 6.improve 7.serve 8.persist
2010年3月15日 星期一
Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge
1. aware, feel, see the change
2. enable, imagine, be changed
3. empower, do, lead the change
2010年3月2日 星期二
2010年2月27日 星期六
Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food
If one person teaches three people how to cook something, and now they teach three of their mates, that only has to repeat itself 25 times, and that's the whole population of America.
Romantic, yes, but, most importantly, it's about trying to get people to realize that every one of your individual efforts makes a difference.
2010年2月20日 星期六
2010年2月17日 星期三
Erin McKean redefines the dictionary
Love makes things real. If you love a word, use it. That makes it real.
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「為什麼很少聽到你們台灣人稱讚台灣？」
台灣很好，所以，我們要用英文幫助台灣走出去，我們約好，只要遇到外國人，都要跟他們說最少三件台灣很美好的事物。
台灣還可以更好，所以，我們帶著台灣的問題走出去找答案，每一次到國外去，我們都最少要找到 3個答案回來幫台灣解決它的問題。
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台灣還可以更好，所以，我們帶著台灣的問題走出去找答案，每一次到國外去，我們都最少要找到 3個答案回來幫台灣解決它的問題。
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2010年1月19日 星期二
2010年1月12日 星期二
百年思索
龍應台： 個人、自由、人權，在西方文化裡也是經過長期的辨證合實驗才發展出來的東西，不是他們「固有」的財產……文化，根本沒有「固有」這回事……文化是一條活生生的、浩浩蕩蕩的大江大河，不斷地形成新的河流景觀。
李明輝： 現代化不等於西化，但我們不能不承認：現代化的歷史動力主要自來自西方，因此，中國文化在追求現代化的過程中，自始便與「它該如何面對西方文化」的問題相關聯……在面對現代化問題而進行自我轉化的過程中，當代儒學一方面致力於現代化的意義，一方面重新詮釋自己的傳統。這兩方面的工作室互相關聯、同步進行的，而且都必須透過對西方文化的吸納和消化來進行。
殷海光： 我生來不是一張白紙；在我心智的版圖上早就浮印著中國的輪廓。我讀萬卷書，行萬里路，卻左是以這心中的輪廓去面對世界，正確地說，應該是西方世界。怎麼較「面對」呢？面對不言而喻含著對抗的意思。一個歐洲人，絕對不會說，他一生下來就「面對」東方文化，因為他的文化兩個世紀以來一直是世界的主流，他生下來只有自我意識，沒有對抗意識。
現代化全球化與民族化本土化
如果說，一八九八年的文化精英所思考的是如何走向西方，那麼一九九八的人文知識份子所猶豫所懷疑所思索的是：如何走向自己。
李明輝： 現代化不等於西化，但我們不能不承認：現代化的歷史動力主要自來自西方，因此，中國文化在追求現代化的過程中，自始便與「它該如何面對西方文化」的問題相關聯……在面對現代化問題而進行自我轉化的過程中，當代儒學一方面致力於現代化的意義，一方面重新詮釋自己的傳統。這兩方面的工作室互相關聯、同步進行的，而且都必須透過對西方文化的吸納和消化來進行。
殷海光： 我生來不是一張白紙；在我心智的版圖上早就浮印著中國的輪廓。我讀萬卷書，行萬里路，卻左是以這心中的輪廓去面對世界，正確地說，應該是西方世界。怎麼較「面對」呢？面對不言而喻含著對抗的意思。一個歐洲人，絕對不會說，他一生下來就「面對」東方文化，因為他的文化兩個世紀以來一直是世界的主流，他生下來只有自我意識，沒有對抗意識。
現代化全球化與民族化本土化
如果說，一八九八年的文化精英所思考的是如何走向西方，那麼一九九八的人文知識份子所猶豫所懷疑所思索的是：如何走向自己。
2010年1月9日 星期六
Ways of Seeing
鏡子常作為女性好虛榮的象徵。然而，這種說教才最虛偽。
你畫裸女，因為你愛看她。你在她手中放一面鏡子，稱之為虛榮，於是，你一方面從繪畫她的裸體上得到滿足，另方面卻在道德上譴責她。
你畫裸女，因為你愛看她。你在她手中放一面鏡子，稱之為虛榮，於是，你一方面從繪畫她的裸體上得到滿足，另方面卻在道德上譴責她。
Ways of Seeing
男人的風度建基於他身上的潛在力量。這種潛在的力量可以是道德的、體格的、氣質的、經濟的、社會的、性的--但其力量的對象，總是外在的物象。男人的風度，使人聯想起他有能力對付你或有能力為你效勞。
女人的風度在於表達他對自己的看法，以及界定別人對待她的分寸。她的風度從姿態、聲音、見解、表情、服飾、品味和選定的場合上體現出來－－實際上，她所做的一切，無一不為她的風度增色。女性的風度是深深扎根於本人的，以致男性常認為那是發自女性體內的一種熱情、氣味或香氣。
女人的風度在於表達他對自己的看法，以及界定別人對待她的分寸。她的風度從姿態、聲音、見解、表情、服飾、品味和選定的場合上體現出來－－實際上，她所做的一切，無一不為她的風度增色。女性的風度是深深扎根於本人的，以致男性常認為那是發自女性體內的一種熱情、氣味或香氣。
2010年1月8日 星期五
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