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Archive for March 21st, 2010

杯具的一本词典

最近刚刚买了一本词典:Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary。 我对牛津词典一向是很信任的,所以在当当上也没有做太多的比较,就买了这本。 到手后看了一下,发现这本词典的名字很具有误导性。 作为一个Advanced Learner,作为一本给Advanced Leaner的词典,这本词典中居然没有下面这几个单词: sphygmomanometer:血压计 acrophobia:恐高症 agromania:旷野独处症 但是,它有claustrophobia(幽闭恐怖症)。 我只是随便查了几个而已。BTW,这几个单词,我都是在Word Power Made Easy这本书里学来的。 显然,我对Advanced Learner的理解和牛津对其的理解完全不同…… 杯具了……

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I do solemnly declare…

The rumor came about a few days ago: Google will pull out its China operation and the site dedicated for China. Well, the final result is not out yet. But I would like to make my personal statement here: I am trying very, very hard not to trigger the G-point of the f*cking GFW and [...]

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