阿曼达吧

阿曼达吧 http://amandabug.blog.tianya.cn/ There are two tragedies in the world. One is not getting what one wants, the other is getting. <![CDATA[In memory of love between Sarah Michael (Prison]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-9-23星期六(Saturday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6870916&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　安静地在家里关闭所有的灯,看着屏幕上闪烁的灯光,忽然有种恍若隔世的错觉.
　　半年前开始看PB,起初是被紧张的剧情所吸引,渐渐地被人特质所感动.PB的编剧显然更擅长剧情的编排.不太懂得描绘感性的东西.Sarah和Micheal之间的感情永远都只是蜻蜓点水,欲说还休.让人看着心痛...记不得曾在哪看过某人写过的一句话,"爱情要么蜻蜓点水,要么赴汤蹈火,这样才能刻骨铭心．"好一个刻骨铭心．．．
　　
　　
　　Michael encounters Sarah in the Fox River - Hospital Department
　　She used to be addicted but tries to become a good citizen,
　　That's why she chooses to work in a prison, which isn't supposed to be a good place for a girl
　　He used to be an architect, a promising and young guy,
　　He pretends to be a diabetes,
　　That's why he can go to hospital to find a way to break out.
　　She seems to come from heaven, while he, hell
　　However, fate brings them together.
　　He cares her,
　　Sercretly she feels the same way,
　　Until the day comes,
　　He needs her favor,
　　to make a mistake,
　　let the door open.
　　She confuses,
　　not sure if he loves her or just uses her as a tool out,
　　she inflicted great guilty and pain upon herself
　　finally she lets the door open
　　then she addicts to drug again,
　　draft the last memory of him away,
　　He is grateful, finding the door open
　　He breaks successful,
　　never knows what happens to her,
　　til the cop tells about her,
　　He is shocked,
　　He calls,
　　She tries to stay cool, saying no ties to him any more,
　　He doesn't say much,
　　just tells her that all between them is real...
　　
　　
　　This is extracted from PB-S2E05 dialogue when Michael calls Sarah,
　　- Hello
　　- Sarah, it's me
　　- What do you want?
　　- I don't have time to talk. They have every chance to listen to this call right now. Please don't hang up on me.
　　- I don't...I don't want to talk to you.
　　- I heard about...I heard about what happened. I want you to know...I want you to know how sorry I am...for everything.
　　- Sorry is not gonna do me a whole lot good but what I am against right now.
　　- Listen, anyone that ties needs to remember there is a danger now.
　　- I have no ties to you and your bother any more.
　　- There is a way I can protect you. It's already in your pocession.
　　- What?
　　- All is real, Sarah, you and me, it's real.
　　
　　
　　"We are more than just good friends, this is how the story ends."
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　 ]]> 2009-11-17 15:48:00(72) <![CDATA[满月小结]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-9-15星期五(Friday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6867394&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　离开上外，完美的蜕变．先是迷迷糊糊走过了一段荒诞的日子，接着是破釜沉舟的决念．一心要为自己寻得一条出路，于是终究成就了古人那句美言，＂山穷水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村．＂进入UPS作HR有一个月了,每天经历着自己从前末曾体验过的生活节奏与变化,认识了许多新朋友，新同事，渐渐地习惯这边的公司文化-注重细节,勤俭与逻辑．这三点，恰恰都是我的死穴，提到此，我还心有余悸．熟识我的人都知道，我是个比较大咧的女生，自己的东西从来不知道放在哪，天天在家里被妈妈骂．可现在偏偏要以一种非常职业的姿态去负责整理公司人事的各类文件的分发，存放，登记等%$#@&^至于勤俭，就更不必提，在大学里，天天和雅胖睡到中午，自己的衣服都拿回家让妈妈洗．说到逻辑，就根本没有逻辑可言，也许是是学英语的思维定式，凡事只求个一知半解就足以，完全没有钻研精神，这一点，让我在刚开始工作的时候吃尽了苦头，主要体现在对数据的分析上，进ＵＰＳ恰逢年中，作ＨＲ的朋友大概都知道，这是一年中最忙的时候，关系到人事的福利薪资变动，于是就和各种各样的数据扯上了关系．ＥＸＣＥＬ是个好东西，可是对于像我这样不懂函数的人来言，办公自动化完全没有用武之地．该觉醒了，开始努力增强自己在理科方向的能力，先从ＥＸＣＥＬ函数开始．今天在此留个言，革命道路还很长，同志仍需努力．．．
　　]]> 2009-10-20 19:13:00(24) <![CDATA[S H E]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-8-30星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6612051&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　She hangs out every day near by the beach
　　Havin’ a harnican fallin’ asleep
　　She looks so sexy when she’s walking the sand
　　Nobody ever put a ring on her hand
　　Swim to the oceanshore fish in the sea
　　She is the story the story is she
　　She sings to the moon and the stars in the sky
　　Shining from high above you shouldn’t ask why
　　She is the one that you never forget
　　She is the heaven-sent angel you met
　　Oh, she must be the reason why God made a girl
　　She is so pretty all over the world
　　She puts the rhythm, the beat in the drum
　　She comes in the morning and the evening she’s gone
　　Every little hour every second you live
　　Trust in eternity that’s what she gives
　　She looks like Marilyn, walks like Suzanne
　　She talks like Monica and Marianne
　　She wins in everything that she might do
　　And she will respect you forever just you
　　She is the one that you never forget
　　She is the heaven-sent angel you met
　　Oh, she must be the reason why God made a girl
　　She is so pretty all over the world
　　She is so pretty all over the world
　　She is so pretty
　　She is like you and me
　　Like them like we
　　She is in you and me
　　She is the one that you never forget
　　She is the heaven-sent angel you met
　　Oh, she must be the reason why God made a girl
　　She is so pretty all over the world
　　(She is the one) She is the one
　　(That you never forget) That you never forget
　　She is the heaven-sent angel you met
　　She’s the reason (oh she must be the reason) why God made a girl
　　She is so pretty all over the world (oh...)
　　Na na na na na ...
　　
　　]]> 2008-10-28 18:22:00(10) <![CDATA[Carried away by a moonlight shadow]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-8-30星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6611645&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　The last that ever she saw him
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　He passed on worried and warning
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
　　Lost in a river last saturday night
　　Far away on the other side.
　　He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
　　And she couldn't find how to push through
　　
　　The trees that whisper in the evening
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
　　Far away on the other side.
　　He was shot six times by a man on the run
　　And she couldn't find how to push through
　　
　　I stay
　　I pray
　　I see you in heaven far away
　　
　　I stay
　　I pray
　　I see you in heaven one day
　　
　　Four am in the morning
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　I watched your vision forming
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　Star was light in a silvery night
　　Far away on the other side
　　Will you come to talk to me this night
　　But she couldn't find how to push through
　　
　　I stay
　　I pray
　　I see you in heaven far away
　　
　　I stay
　　I pray
　　I see you in heaven one day
　　
　　Far away on the other side.
　　
　　Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
　　The night was heavy but the air was alive
　　But she couldn't find how to push through
　　
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　Carried away by a moonlight shadow
　　Far away on the other side.
　　
　　月光之影
　　
　　那是她最后一次见到他
　　因月之阴影而悄然离去
　　他消逝于忧虑和警示中
　　因月之阴影而悄然离去
　　他沉溺于上周末的河中
　　在遥远的那边消遁无形
　　他就这样死于这场决斗中
　　而她不知道之后该如何度过
　　
　　树林在黄昏时分的低语
　　因月之阴影而悄然远去
　　唱一首悲伤的挽歌吧
　　因月之阴影而悄然远去
　　她看到的是一只枪的侧影
　　在遥远的那边慢慢举起
　　一个逃跑的男人向他开了六枪
　　而她不知道之后该如何度过
　　
　　我止步
　　我祈祷
　　我看到你在天堂渐渐远去
　　
　　凌晨四点钟的时间
　　因月之阴影而悄然逝去
　　我仿佛看见你的幻像
　　因月之阴影而悄然逝去
　　银色的夜里星光熠熠
　　在遥远的那边静静闪烁
　　今天晚上你还会回来找我吗？
　　而她不知道之后该如何度过
　　
　　我止步
　　我祈祷
　　我看到你在天堂渐渐远去
　　
　　一直到遥远的那边
　　
　　悲伤的人群伴随着他
　　夜色凝重而空气仍在流动
　　而她不知道之后该如何度过
　　
　　因月之阴影而远去
　　因月之阴影而远去
　　一直到遥远的那边 ]]> 2008-6-25 20:30:00(3) <![CDATA[一双白凉鞋]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-7-30星期日(Sunday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6240326&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　感觉好累,穿得鞋子一直不太合脚,却因为某种原因只能凑合着穿着它们.弄得我的脚丫丫非常地可怜,好像肿了一样.于是去港汇广场买了一双白凉鞋,有点跟,可是穿得很舒服.想到前几天才发到BLOG上的文章讲到,"作一个女孩子,一定要穿一双有跟的鞋子,可是不要太高就好",突然又想到四年前看流星花园,里面的韵味十足的藤唐静对着傻姑娘彬菜说,"一双好的鞋带着女孩走向幸福".很喜欢这双鞋,首先要向买鞋的呆呆致以谢意.其次要给自己好运.因为有很多事情,blablablablablabla....(因过于繁琐,此处省去)明天还要考小路跑,天啊!!可不可以多给我点时间,我还没学会开呢!!无语了,感觉自己永远都是在和时间不停地赛跑.而且永远是跑不过时间.呆呆说我心理年龄还是太小了,做决定都是仅凭那一刻的情感冲动.想想也对,也许"我生理发育偏早";"心理年龄偏小"吧.这话说着还真别扭.记得上小学三年级的时候,一个叔叔问我是不是十八岁了,去年参加大学一个志愿者活动,一个和蔼的爷爷用着蹩脚的中文对我说,你上国中几年级了,很多中学的朋友,看到我,就说,你怎么长得一点也没有变,还是老样子.听了这些话,我真不知道自己是应该开心还是悲哀.好像生命中平白无故地少活了好几年,错过了流恋的童年,却无限地延伸了青春期烦恼期.sigh...好了不写了,其实自己很想建立一个space,每天也煞有介事的描个几笔,全当是抒发内心的情愫了,可想想还是不愿意,space写了就意味着公开给了给所有的你的MSN上的人看,所有的你讨厌的还是喜欢的人.算了吧,有些话还是说给自己听听,发发劳骚的.就在这里瞎扯一通吧,希望曾经读过我贴子的朋友,来一起凑凑热闹,这样,我也就算满足了.]]> 2008-6-25 20:30:00(19) <![CDATA[The last day I spend in Fosun]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-7-25星期二(Tuesday)大雨 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6169470&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　Today is the last day I spend in Fosun. Looking back to the short period I have been here, I laugh and I complain as well. I’ve met someone who teaches me something that will benefit my life all along. I’ve experienced something that I hate but can do nothing to change. I’ve met some young friends at my age, meanwhile, I’ve known some others who are much older than I am, who broaden my vision in a special way. In the past two months, life is easy and not too tough as I experienced in Ebay. Although when five o’clock comes every afternoon, I’m the last one to leave the office. I’m not tired. Perhaps it’s a private-owned company. The culture here I embrace may differ from the one I experience on campus and in ebay. I want more challenge. I’m going to resign today. No matter what happens, I will smile to it. It’s not what one says to decide but what one does. Life is so cool…from a different point of view.

]]> 2008-6-25 20:30:00(7) <![CDATA[做个让男人尊重的精致女人]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-7-24星期一(Monday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=6158372&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　1、如果一个男人开始怠慢你，请你离开他。不懂得疼惜你的男人不要为之不舍，更不必继续付出你的柔情和爱情。
　　
　　2、任何时候，不要为一个负心的男人伤心，女子更要懂得，伤心，最终伤的是自己的心。如果那个男人是无情的，你更是伤不到他的心，所以，收拾悲伤，好好生活。
　　
　　3、永远不要无休止的围着你喜欢的那个男人转，尽管你喜欢得他快要掏心掏肺的死掉了，也还是要学着给他空间，否则，你要小心缠得太紧勒死了他。
　　
　　4、当一个男人对你说：分手吧。请不要哭泣和流泪，应该笑着说：等你说这话很久了。然后转身走掉。
　　
　　5、要相信自己，善待自己，让自己的生活精彩纷呈。不要误认为是要让某个人后悔，而是为了让自己的人生更精彩。
　　
　　6、每天打扮的优雅从容出门，给自己带上不同的笑容。
　　
　　7、对善意欣赏你的男子回报浅浅的微笑。
　　
　　8、女子25岁后，要学会保养自己的皮肤。
　　
　　9、如果可以不抽烟，别抽。如果可以不喝酒，别喝。
　　
　　10、再郁闷也不要去泡酒吧。一个孤独的女子手握高脚杯或者抽烟，会更添寂寞感与忧伤。
　　
　　11、不要贪慕虚荣。虚荣是一剂毒药，而且会上瘾。
　　
　　12、要穿高跟鞋，但是不要高的太过分。
　　
　　13、要有几个死党，独自一人的时候，保证还能有死党为你端茶送水。而不是声竭力嘶的嚎叫为什么说爱你的那个人不能来陪你。
　　
　　14、睁开双眼选择你的未来伴侣，如果选错了，立即分开。不要凑合过日，那样会害了两个人。
　　
　　15、不要和男人动手。第一，你动不过他；第二，和你动手的男人一定是个疯子。所以，不如不动。
　　
　　16、外出旅游。旅行中的心灵能更充实。
　　
　　17、有喝下午茶、阅读书本、听音乐的习惯。
　　
　　18、买适合自己的衣服、饰物。适合你的就是最好的，所以不必羡慕别人的行头。
　　
　　19、不要接受你不喜欢的男子送的任何礼物。
　　
　　20、一次只爱一个人。
　　
　　21、知道自己要什么，包括你爱的男人。
　　
　　22、宁缺毋滥。不要因为寂寞随手抓一个男人，这对你和他都不公平，而且太缺乏责任感。
　　
　　23、对你不喜欢的追求者的示好和关心坚定的说不和拒绝。即使他说，这不关你的事。
　　
　　24、认真的对待你的工作。工作也许不如爱情来的让你心跳，但至少能保证你有饭吃，有房子住，而不确定的爱情给不了这些，所以，认真努力的工作。
　　
　　25、最少拥有五个以上可供不同颜色、款式衣服搭配的包，五双以上的鞋子（拖>鞋不包括。）
　　26、学会化精致淡雅的妆容。懂得出现在什么场合着什么服装。
　　
　　27、已经错失的好男人不要去后悔，他们不属于你，于是你要睁大眼睛再找一个。
　　
　　28、不要爱上已婚却还对你信誓旦旦说会抛妻弃子迎娶你的男人。如果他们真的没感情，自然会离婚，而不是整日对你说些莫名其妙的话。
　　
　　29、情人节或者生日没有人送花也无所谓，不必自己去买一束让花店送来。你可以将买花的钱买精美的礼物，送给妈妈和爸爸。
　　
　　30、记住你喜欢的人的生日，包括你的家人，当然，还有自己。
　　
　　31、你可以去爱一个男人，但是不要把自己的全部都赔进去。没有男人值得你用生命去讨好。你若不爱自己，怎么能让别人爱你？
　　
　　32、偶尔做美女私房菜给他或者老友吃。但不要天天做，你生来不是为了某个人天天下厨房。
　　
　　33、闲情时候自己煮花茶喝或者做茶点吃，放一段柔情音乐，翻阅几页好书，然后睡个懒觉，快哉。
　　
　　34、疯狂的事情经历一次就好，比如翻越千山万水的去看望一个人。
　　
　　35、没有时间和精力的话，不要乱表爱心养小动物，怠慢它们同样是种残忍，虽然我理解你很寂寞需要一个伴。
　　
　　36、不要学人搓麻将。折磨身心的事情不要做。
　　
　　37、偶尔自己唱歌给自己听，好坏不重要，心情爽朗就可以。
　　
　　38、孤单的时候找好朋友聊天、逛街、吃饭。不要让孤寂淹没自己。
　　
　　39、如果发短信息给你喜欢的人，他不回。不要再发。
　　
　　40、万一脆弱的不行了，请选好哭泣的对象，不要随便借肩膀和胸膛。
　　
　　41、出门前，记得照镜子，检查一下着装是否协调。如果时间太紧，建议睡觉前就选>好第二天穿的衣服。
　　
　　42、不管是和谁约会见面，约定的时间之前一定要到达。
　　
　　43、万一不小心喝醉了酒，不要打电话给任何人，包括死党和他。
　　
　　44、晚上早点回家，自己没有车，超过十点要打的士，或者让人来接。
　　
　　45、从现在开始，聪明一点，不要问他想不想你？爱不爱你？他要想你或者爱你自然会对你说，但是从你的嘴里说出来，他会很骄傲和不在乎你。
　　
　　46、平等公正的对待你和他的爱情，脚踩很多船最终会翻掉。
　　
　　47、一个人去看电影。买爆米花和可乐，笑翻天。或者，泪流满面。如果你喜欢体育，去看足球，哭死也没人管你，但是很轻松和畅快。
　　
　　48、不要24小时都想念同一个人。可以分一点给家人和朋友。
　　
　　49、如果喜欢一个人，在允许的情况下，告诉对方。也许得不到答案，但至少你努力过，将来不必后悔（也许后悔的是对方，呵呵）。
　　
　　50、有固定的消遣场所，比如固定的咖啡馆、书店。让那个地方的服务生认识你，这样，你会在孤单时有个温暖的去处。
　　51、如果决定离开一个人，行动要快一点，快刀斩乱麻；如果决定爱上一个人，时间拉长一点，看清楚是否适合你。
　　
　　52、找专人做色彩搭配建议。不要整天灰头灰脸，让自己灿烂点，别浪费青春和娇美身材。
　　
　　53、不要为了任何人任何事折磨自己。比如不吃饭、哭泣、自闭、抑郁，这些都是傻瓜才做的事。当然，偶尔傻一下有必要，人生不必时时聪明。
　　
　　54、如果一个男人对你说他喜欢你，相信他。如果他说不再爱你，也相信他。任何时候，要告诉自己，一个不爱你的人离开，是幸运。
　　
　　55、任何情况下，背后不说他人是非。如果一定要你说，说好话。
　　
　　56、买舒适的睡衣给自己，**一点也无所谓。
　　
　　57、允许偶尔看肥皂剧，但不可成为依赖。允许偶尔披头散发，但要注重场合。允许偶尔骂脏话，但只限在老友面前或者独自一人时，记得说过后要忘掉那种畅快感。
　　
　　58、爱护你的手，它是你的第二张脸，但不是为此你不需要分担任何家务。
　　
　　59、爱父母，每周一次打电话或者抽时间共进晚餐。（应该在前十条中。）
　　
　　60、不必为某个人选择销毁ID或者失踪。爱和不爱都将继续生活，结束就好好结束，何必苦了自己？
　　
　　61、穿有质感的衣服，找有质量的男朋友。他不一定很有钱，但是一定要能让你有安全感和开心。
　　
　　62、居室要有鲜花，记得换水。如果要出差，清理之后再出门，不要回来面对一屋子的蚊子和虫子。
　　
　　63、有空时给自己点一袭喜欢的香薰，让香味充盈房间。愉悦。
　　
　　64、想吃就吃。为了保持身材让自己饿着，那是世界上最愚蠢的美丽。
　　
　　65、如果有可能，尽量留长发。短发确实打理起来容易一些，但始终少了些女人味。
　　
　　66、心血来潮时，可以帮他洗衣服，买袜子，但是不要自作多情帮他买内裤。他爱穿什么就让他穿什么。
　　
　　67、如果哪个男人说了让你难堪的话，原谅他。一个被原谅的男人最后会后悔失去一个像你这么宽容的女朋友。
　　
　　68、有一个最少两年内需要达成的目标。有目标的人生不会太无聊。
　　
　　69、如果很不幸遇上了一个以上床为目的，对你始乱终弃的男人，请先微笑，然后鄙视他：你是我这辈子遇见的最龌龊最无能的男人。然后用最美的方式头也不要回的离开。
　　
　　70、如果男人以他忙为理由，不来探你的病情，不回你的邮件，不关心你的现状，不能和你承担生活的重负，无法给你勇气。勇敢一点，自动离开。没有什么比自己关心自己来得实在。而一个不爱你的人，你付出的再多，他再好，那也不过是浪费时间和精力。
　　
　　71、如果有曾经喜欢你但现在已经结婚的男子对你说：他忘记不了你，你始终是他最爱的人。请镇定的告诉他：像个男人一样生活。你这样做，既能保持冷静，又尊重和爱护了另外一个女人。这会让你更有魅力。
　　
　　72、常常去运动。做个安静的林妹妹固然很好，但是身体健康更重要。
　　
　　73、不要在路上无所顾忌的吃东西，有失淑女风范。（特别是啃烧烤等等不雅行为）
　　
　　74、天真纯洁很好。但是不分场合的天真就会成为白痴行为。
　　
　　75、一定要有几个男性朋友，没有非分之想，能在受到委屈时拿胸口当沙包给你锤，你也能帮他出主意追女朋友，并可以深夜里把他从床上揪起来去很远的地方接你。当然，首先你要让他女朋友或者太太认可你。否则不要试。
　　76、学会承受痛苦。有些话，适合烂在心里，有些痛苦，适合无声无息的忘记。当经历过，你成长了，自己知道就好。很多改变，不需要你己说，别人会看得到。
　　
　　77、家里备常用药，判断不了病情的时候，赶快去医院。
　　
　　78、不要等男人给你买礼物，想对自己好的时候，就自己去买。用起来会更舒心。
　　
　　79、不要在一个男人离开之后，企图用报复心理去生活。那只会让你的生活乱成一团。正确的做法是比从前生活的更好。并告诉他：你生活的很好，很快乐，让他不要担心。
　　
　　80、如果要去逛街，记得穿舒适的鞋子。善待自己是表现在细节上的。
　　
　　81、有时间的话，去学瑜伽或者跆拳道。前者能让你放松身心，后者可以防身。
　　
　　82、家里和办公室分别空出一格抽屉放零食。
　　
　　83、隔期清理居室和身心。多余的物品送给有需要的人，心里的不痛快记得及时清除。别让生活的忙碌和郁闷消磨了美丽容颜。
　　
　　84、没有丑女人，只有懒女人。不愿意用时间来装扮自己的女人，请不要对其他的美丽女人心生嫉妒不满。
　　
　　85、任何场合，保持应有的涵养。学会说谢谢、辛苦您、对不起。做错了事情要懂得道歉和改过。
　　
　　86、对于不想交往的人，不要应邀去吃饭喝咖啡，哪怕只是一块钱。没有后续发展和希望的交往，会浪费人家的钱和感情，这叫贪图享乐。贪慕虚荣的女子会让人瞧不起。如果实在碍于朋友介绍的情面挪不开，记得AA制。
　　
　　87、对于你不想交往的人送来的礼物，原封不动寄回去。这是原则问题。
　　
　　88、有自己的人生观和价值观。出现问题可以忍让并寻求解决，但是触及原则，要保持自己原则。丧失原则会让你失去生活的目的。
　　
　　89、能不和人争吵尽量避免。一个发怒的人是很恐怖的，会因控制不了情绪变成疯子。
　　
　　90、购买物件可以讨价还价，但如果对方不小心多找了你钱，要退回去。不要因贪小失去了做人的意义。
　　
　　91、公共场所，给人行方便，特别是老人家。你也会老去，所以尊重老人就是尊重你以后的岁月。
　　
　　92、如果没有人陪，学着一个人听音乐看书写文字。这是个好习惯。
　　
　　93、口腔不要有异味。随身携带口气清新剂和补妆的物件。不要真的以为素面朝天是一种美。香口胶吃过后要用纸包起来丢弃垃圾桶。明白随地吐痰是不文明行为，厉行禁止。
　　
　　94、之前你放弃的人或者放弃你的人，深夜打电话给你，挂掉之后关机。如果他守在窗口，记得拉紧窗帘。不是你狠心，而是任何经历伤痛之后的分手都会有裂痕，修补得再好也无法还原。不如就让它过去。
　　
　　95、爱那个爱你的人。如果只是你爱他，或者只是他爱你。趁早分开。女子不需要他人来假装疼爱，你也不需要假装疼爱某人。
　　
　　96、如果可以，和相爱的人牵手漫步。在找不到之前，学会自己欣赏风景。
　　
　　97、对你不情愿做的事情大声说不。比如酒席上，轮到你喝酒，而你不善，大可以茶代酒，而非含恨饮醉。
　　
　　98、不管和谁有了矛盾和别扭，解决的时间不要超过24小时。否则麻烦会更多。在可以接受的范围内，先道歉。让自己做做坏人不是件真的坏事。
　　
　　99、相信一见钟情的爱情，相信总有一个人会在岁月的拐角处静静的等你。只是你要擦亮眼睛，细心寻找。
　　
　　100、做个睿智的女子。学会从容面对生活。积极面对生活，生活定会如你所愿，如同明早，太阳依旧会如时升起。
　　]]> 2007-9-3 0:29:00(26) <![CDATA[五月的第一天,开始新的生活]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-5-1星期一(Monday)阴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=5070030&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　原本以为能一觉睡到太阳公公晒屁股,直到实在睡不首,爬起来,洗漱完毕打开电脑,发现只有8:11.自己也许是习惯了前些日子的紧张吧.白天在EBAY实习,加班,晚上九点到家,吃完晚饭看计算机,看到一点.第二天七点起床,继续日复一日.至到前天,把所有之前的OFFER,之前心太软不知如何拒绝的OFFER全部推掉,心里很明白,得罪了人,可是不后悔,终于舒口气,可以一心一意地朝着一个方向努力,再也不用觉得自己是个局外人而烦恼.
　　昨天上午去参加计算机考试,因为时间太短,有什么知识点还没看到.所以只是报着只去体验一下现场气氛的心情去考,出乎意料的过了.很开心拿着第一份属于自己的计算机证书.之前我是出名的电脑盲,无论如何,要为自己喝彩^-^Bingo, I made it.很开心,之前的辛苦有了回报,从现在开始,又可以看美剧,又可以学日语,也可以学开车了.终于又有了属于自己的时间了.加油享受生活.
　　]]> 2006-9-23 13:05:00(18) <![CDATA[难以超越的伤感]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-4-14星期五(Friday)阴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4835601&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　听着James Blunt的You’re beautiful,忍不住大声地吼出”My life is brilliant, my life is pure”. 正式启动找工作,已经一个月了.明确地接到了三个OFFER,如今拒了两个.一家是嘉旭公司,在通知我去签约的前一天,无意在网上搜出了许多前辈们的留言,说是一家骗子公司,没再想什么就拒了.另一家是大略进修学校,实习月薪400元,转正2800元,没多想,就拒了.因为现在的我,根本没有什么时间去实习了.只剩下最后一家让我去做对外汉语老师的公司了.美籍台湾人开的公司,规模挺大的,在张江有500多员工.薪水也是时下最常见的,2500元/月,其它四金,福利,税收都按法律缴纳,公司很正规,不像我在面试的时候,遇到的许多骗子小公司,地址在居民楼,因为那里的租金比写字楼便宜得多,一个公司不超过十个人,面试官也不知道是什么来头,对面试的人,没有基本的礼节,只是盛气凌人的盘问.OK,你再如何趾高气扬,我可以忍受,请给我个理由让我认为你有足够的资本在我面前摆架子,连话都说不完整.叹,一想就气愤.浪费我们的时间还有来回的路费.
　　我的心情很烦,说什么也是发唠骚.外汉公司的HR一直打电话催我签约,我拼了命地往后拖,心很烦.我知道自己可能会去一家制药公司的国际部,然后去非洲.离开上海,离开呆呆,离开这的一切,再一次的回来,估计是一年以后,那时的我还能像现在这样,得到呆呆的关心吗?他要回大连了.因为我的离开.他要离开上海了.三年前,为了我,他不顾家人的反对来到这里.现在,他又要因为我的离开,再次回家了.这是为什么?突然觉得很讽刺.这一切都是错吗?难道从一开始,我和你的相遇就是错吗?
　　多少有点埋怨呆呆,当初夸下海口,让我安心等消息,工作有他介绍就好.结果有许多空欢喜,最终没有一家公司肯给我一个面试的机会.失望了,或是心死了.还好当初没有完全听他的话,自己也试着依靠微薄的力气找工作.至少现在不至于惨到连工作的机会也没有.这段日子,对我的心里是巨大的折磨,究竟要不要去非洲.往日对呆呆的依赖也渐渐地分崩离析.他说得许多话,最终在我的亲身实践中发现是错的.于是,越来越埋怨他,加之他的工作也忙,每天晚上11点才下班.他妈也来上海了,我和他一周都见不了几个小时,平时上网想和他聊一聊,总是没说几句话,就离开MSN去开会了.我的世界似乎忽然少了一部分.现在倒希望自己是个不曾有过爱情的人.太累了,爱让我觉得好累.好像时光倒退十年,让我只是一个孩子,一个不懂爱的孩子,只会简单的想问题,不必为这个世界的种种伤怀.
　　在EBAY实习的日子里,充分体会到作为一个实习生的无奈.开始后悔自己在大学的时候没有好好的多学点知识了.最终发现,在工作中,自己原来是如此的渺小,一种轻易就会被人群埋没的伤感.
　　突然听起了江美琪的老歌”亲爱的,你怎么不在我身边”.想到了三年前因为难以忍受分别两地的痛苦,你亲手为我制作的FLASH就是以此歌为背景的.为什么现在听着却好像要永远离开一般.刚才在QQ上和你谈关于我工作的时候,你又说你要回大连了,似乎我无法挽留你,因为我也要离开了.我有什么资格留你在上海?你匆匆下线了,留下一条信息”宝宝,我很难过很难过”.可你知道吗?我哭了…
　　]]> 2006-8-5 10:09:00(19) <![CDATA[Blog上报纸喽]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-18星期六(Saturday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4473924&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　

上海商报在2006年3月18日的A3版上开辟了一个完整的版面来介绍本Blog.

]]> 2007-12-7 13:35:00(41) <![CDATA[一起读新闻（二）]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-16星期四(Thursday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4456128&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　　　Military Expansion
　　　　 By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
　　　　Published: March 16, 2006
　　　　SYDNEY, March 16 – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the foreign minister of Australia struck markedly different tones Thursday over the rising power of China, with Ms. Rice criticizing its military expansion and the Australian warning against trying to “contain” Chinese ambitions.
　　　　The varied comments of Ms. Rice and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer underscored the uneasiness that Ms. Rice has found this week in Asia and Australia, a region that the United States once dominated as a superpower but now has to navigate uneasily amid China’s spreading influence.
　　　　Ms. Rice’s criticism of China was unusually tough, especially since she was speaking in China’s front yard and was planning to meet here later in the week with Mr. Downer and the foreign minister of Japan, Taro Aso, to discuss security issues. Mr. Aso has angered leaders in Beijing with his own criticism of China’s military buildup.
　　　　“There is no doubt that, as with any complex relationship, there are difficult issues as well as positive elements,” Ms. Rice said of the Chinese, praising American cooperation with Beijing on North Korea and Iran before going on to criticize Chinese military, economic and human rights policies.
　　　　Noting that at the recent National Peoples Conference, the Chinese announced a 14 percent increase in military spending, Ms. Rice said: “That’s a lot, and China should undertake to be transparent about what that means.”
　　　　She went on to refer to charges in the Bush administration that China has kept its currency artificially high in order to pump out exports, and to say that China had a poor record on protecting intellectual property rights, opening its government-controlled markets to foreign investment and protecting religious freedoms.
　　　　The planned meeting with Mr. Downer and Mr. Aso of Japan on Saturday, billed as a “trilateral security forum,” has stirred attention in East Asia as Japan’s relations with China have plummeted amid rising nationalist sentiment on both sides. The two countries are still arguing over issues going back to Japan’s invasion in the 1930’s.
　　　　But the three-way meeting, coupled with President Bush’s recently agreeing to condone India’s nuclear weapons program and supply nuclear aid to India, has also underscored concerns in Australia that the United States is trying to forge closer military cooperation countries surrounding that encircle China.
　　　　Before Ms. Rice arrived, Mr. Downer told Sky News: “We don’t support a policy of containment of china. I don’t think that’s going to be a productive or constructive policy at all.” His comments were described in the Australian press as an effort to assuage concerns in Beijing about American-Austrlaian policies.
　　　　Appearing at his news conference with Ms. Rice, Mr. Downer said that the United States and Australia were in agreement on the issue, however, “we’ve never had a concern that the United States was pursuing a policy of containment with China.” He said Australia felt “comfortable” with American policies on the issue.
　　　　Later, Ms. Rice was asked at by a university student about efforts to push against China. She said that if China cooperated economically and politically with other countries, its influence would be “terrific – not just good, terrific.”
　　　　The mixed comments about China came on a day in which Ms. Rice sought to reinforce relations with Australia after a period in which some Australians have felt neglected. Ms. Rice cancelled a planned visit here in January, and there has not been a permanent ambassador in Australia since 2004.
　　　　After a rousing speech to sailors aboard the U.S.S. Port Royal, a missile cruiser headed for the Persian Gulf, Ms. Rice spoke before an audience of a few hundred students from various universities and was confronted with tough questions about American policies toward Iraq, the Palestinians, China and civil liberties at home.
　　　　She had a private dinner Thursday evening with Prime Minister John Howard.
　　　　At the university forum, three hecklers – shouting “You’re a war criminal!” and “Iraqi blood is on your hands!” were quickly ejected as Ms. Rice said: “I’m very glad to see that democracy is alive and well at the university. I’m glad that it will also be alive and well at the University of Kabul and the University of Baghdad.”
　　　　Addressing Iraq, Ms. Rice said she was confident that Iraqis will forge a democracy and quell the insurgency, “but we must be patient with these people and patient with the course of democracy.”
　　　　As she has often in these settings, Ms. Rice spoke in fervent personal terms about democracy, recalling her own coming of age in Birmingham in the 1950’s and 1960’s, when it was in the grip of the Ku Klux Klan, bombings and a sense of hopelessness about the possibility of racial justice.
　　　　“In my lifetime, Birmingham transformed,” Ms. Rice added. “America transformed. I stand before you as a black Secretary of State, something that I think 30 or 40 years ago would have been thought impossible.”
　　　　The audience applauded warmly when she spoke about herself. But though politely addressed, most of the students’ questions were mostly critical, apparently reflecting polls that in Australia, as in many other countries, the United States has negative poll ratings.
　　　　One questioner noted that the United States had a low percentage of its national economy devoted to foreign aid to poor countries, compared to other rich countries, but Ms. Rice said that the Bush administration had increased foreign aid by 50 percent in the last five years and tripled foreign aid to Africa.
　　　　Asked about setting a goal of .7 percent of the national economy for foreign aid, Ms. Rice said: “I don’t believe that a specific target is really the appropriate way to think about this.” She explained that in the past American assistance had been wasted and spent on corrupt regimes, and that her government was trying to redirect aid as it increased.]]> 2009-7-22 17:36:00(12) <![CDATA[Self-meditation on job-hunting]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-3星期五(Friday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4287581&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　During my three and a half years of wasting time on campus, everyday I just idle away. It's a shame on my life. Now life pays me back. On job-hunting, I gotta know how realistic and harsh the real world is. Hey, Amanda! You've already enjoyed your life too much. Now it's time for you to start a new life. I've learned how to appreciate the most classic works by the famouse writers dating back to thousands of years ago. However, when it comes to the current world affairs, I have no idea of what's happening in the world. Yeah, now I know more words than I was in senior high schoo. However, I still can't get the exact meaning while listening to standard voa. A respectable teacher tells me how he enjoys everyday coz he could listen to voa and dictate them exactly. I am kinda guilt. I haven't been that good so far. More frightening thing is that I know I will never be that good if I go on wasting my time like this. Job-hunting tells me a truth. Arduous working can add to your personal valuation. Then you are capable of obtaining a descent and enjoyable job. I am looking forward to that. I have confidence.
　　
　　]]> 2006-6-12 7:38:00(22) <![CDATA[英语专业八级作文范文连载共１６０篇]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265942&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　Children should begin their formal schooling at an early age
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　People have different views on what children should do at a very early age. Some think that children should begin their formal education and start to spend most of their time on studies. Others believe that it is still time for young children to play. Both views are based on respective ground.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Those who argue for the playing time for childern suggest that children at a very early age are still too young to focus their attention on learning. Their brain may not be ready for serious studies such as comprehension and memorizing learning materials. These people are partially right, for it is true that young childern can hardly concentrate. Their attention on one thing lasts for no longer than 15 minutes or so. But we can arrange classes for shorter periods, can’t we? And we can shift teaching subjects. Through putting them to study, young children are occupied with learnging but not with playing.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Those who argue for chilldren’s earyly commencement for formal education believe that being put to studies, children can develop good habit of studying, for the process of learning helps develop children’s mental abilities like the ability to memorize, the ability to understand and the ability to do simple calculation. Children’s habit of studying and love for learning are of great importance to youngsters because these two things set up the sound foundation for their future studies.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Having children start formal education at a very early age benefits young childern much more than simply letting them play most of their time. A good habits needs a long time to develop to become a second nature. More importantly, it is better to develop a good habit before a bad one may grow. Similarly, the love for learning should take toots for before the love for playing is established.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Should a person make an important decision alone?
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　A person should never make an important decision alone, important decisions should be well thought out. People who know you well, know what is best for you, and close to you can give you good advice, give you a different prespective, or share their own experience.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　When I had difficulty deciding which classes to take in collage, I talked to my teachers and advisors, they had the knowledge and expertise to help me determine which classes were the best ones to take for my future career. Without their advice, I might have chosen unsuitable courses.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　In collage, I had convinced myself that I was not good enough to act in the school play. Therefore, I decided not to audition even though drama had always been my passion. The day of the auditon, a friend of mine asked me why I was not auditioning. When I told her I did not feel I was good enough, she was shocked, she was able to provide me with another perspectiove on myself and my talents. I rethought my decision and tried out….and got a lead in the play.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Last year when I was trying to decide whether or not I should study overseas, I talked to my friend. This was the best thing I could have done. This was a big decisition for me because I had never been overseas on my own and I was not sure if I could do it. She had studied overseas the precious year. She told me about the challenges and opportunities I might encourter and helped me make the right decision. I went and it was amazing.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Whenever I am faced with an important decision, I seek advice from others so that I am well-informed and have the benefit of their perspectiove and experience.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　My opnion on advertisement
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Advertisements appear everywhere in modern society. There are many way to advertise and ads come in different forms. Newspapers and billboards carry advertisements; some products are announced on TV and radio which have a wide audience. Advertising is a big industry and many agencies are set up for furnish a variety of services for it.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　However, advertising is not welcome sometimes. A most irritating thing is to watch advertisements before and during films on TV. There are so many of them that they make you forget what you are sitting there for. The ironical thing is that advertisements of one type of things are often shown one after another so that you are confused as to which product you should choose. What’s more, advertising is not always truthful. The advertisers exaggerate the benefits of the merchandise they want to sell in order to gain more profits. Thus the consumer falls victim to such advertising.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Although there are disadvantages of ads, we can not forget the advantages and the conveniences they bring to us. First, by telling us where something is available, they may save us money and time. They guide us in finding suitable jobs and other information as well. Secondly, a wide range of activities and institutions receive finanical support through advertising. Without this support we would have to pay much more for newspaters and sports games. Thirdly, perfect advertisements even provide entertainment. A considerable amount of effort goes into their production. So in most cases the photography is truly artistic, the slogans are genuinely witty, and the situations are decidely funny.
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　Generally speaking, advertisements have become one of the most authoritative voices speaking to us today. Let us make our life easier by learning to choose proper ads, and be the master of advertisements, not their salve.
　　
　　Living in university dormitories or apartments in the community?
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　I think it is better for college students to live on campus during their first two years, and then move into an apartment for off-campus life, while juniors and seniors need the independence of off-campus life.student’s needs change over four years, so their housing should too.
　　
　　
　　
　　Living on-campus makes it easier to get oriented to the way things are done. You get the whole university experience. Plus, you interact more with other students. This includes not only your roommates, but everyone in your dormitory. The older students in the dormitory can be a big help for the new students. Keeping up with studies in your first year is hard enough. You should not have to worry about finding your way around and figuring out the university bureaucracy.
　　
　　
　　
　　Living in the dormitory also make a student feel more a part of the uniersity community. There are more opportunities for becoimg involved in university activities and networking with students and university administraction.
　　
　　
　　
　　Living off-campus, however, is a definite advantage for older students. Fingding an apartment, dealing with leases and the landlord’s regulations, cooking meals, and figuring out budgets are all good practice for life after graducation. This kind of independence helps older students grow in adulthood.
　　
　　
　　
　　Off-campus housing also gives students a better perspective on what is going on around them. Campus can be like little worlds of their own. There are few children or older people and everyone is focused on education. Getting ]]> 2006-10-7 18:04:00(2) <![CDATA[汉译英的重要技巧]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265930&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　2003年的全国英语专业八级考试（TEM8）的翻译部分（汉译英）
　　原文全文如下：
　　得病以前，我受父母宠爱，在家中横行霸道，一旦隔离，拘禁在花园山坡上一幢小房子里，我顿感打入冷宫，十分郁郁不得志起来。一个春天的傍晚，园中百花怒放，父母在园中设宴，一时宾客云集，笑语四溢。我在山坡的小屋里，悄悄掀起窗帘，窥见园中大千世界，一片繁华，自己的哥姐，堂表弟兄，也穿插其间，个个喜气洋洋。一霎时，一阵被人摒弃，为世所遗的悲愤兜上心头，禁不住痛哭起来。
　　阅学生之译文，笔者发现有一个问题值得我们教师注意，即如何在动笔翻译前，能迅速正确地确定英译的主语。如：
　　1. 得病以前，我受父母宠爱，在家中横行霸道。
　　学生译文（以下简称“学译“）：Before the illness, I was much petted by parents, doing everything at will in the home.
　　学译：Before I became ill, I have received all the favor of my parents, just like a little tyrant at home.
　　参考译文：Before I fell ill, I had been the bully under our roofs owing to my doting parents.
　　我们知道，汉语表达大多为“意合”结构，结构松散，以一个一个看似并列的短句“拼凑而成，彼此逻辑关系不明显；但英语则不同于汉语，它是形合语言，非常讲究句子内部的逻辑关系的“外化”，所谓“外化”，即，使用Connectives来表现其逻辑关系。我国译界有一个著名比喻：汉语句子的结构像“竹竿”，是一节接一节的；而英语句子则像“葡萄”，主干很短，而“挂”在上面的附加成分则很多。可以说，汉译英的过程，是一个由“竹竿”向“葡萄”转换的过程。首先要确定“一节接一节”的汉语句子，选其中的哪一节为英句的“（葡萄）主干”。
　　上面的汉语原句就含有一定的逻辑关系。“受父母宠爱”是因，而“在家中横行霸道”则是果。“果”应是全句的重心，英译上句，“（葡萄）主干”当选定“在家中横行霸道”而非学生译文所选的“我受父母宠爱”。
　　2. 一旦隔离，拘禁在花园山坡上一幢小房子里，我顿感打入冷宫，十分郁郁不得志起来。
　　学译：When isolated and taken into custody in a small house on the hillside of our garden, I felt like I was abandoned, getting more and more depressed.
　　学译：As soon as I was kept apart in a small flat built on the hillside in the garden, I suddenly felt being consigned to limbo, gloomily and disappointedly.
　　参考译文：Feeling like being deposed into a cold palace, I began to taste the bitterness of depression and frustration immediately after I was segregated and confined in a small house on a hillside in our garden.
　　汉语原句有“四节”，哪一部分应该成为英句之“主干”？“我顿感打入冷宫”，还是“十分郁郁不得志起来”？学译都把“我顿感打入冷宫”处理为“主干”，而参考译文则反其道而行之。细细分析，“十分郁郁不得志起来”和“我顿感打入冷宫”，两者也有主次关系。显然，“十分郁郁不得志起来”为主，“我顿感打入冷宫”为次。两者之间，不仅存在时间先后的顺序，而且还存在着逻辑上的“因果”。因此，参考译文处理得当。另一个值得参考之处在于：“主干”（I began to taste the bitterness of depression and frustration）的前后均有附加成分，句子显出“平衡美”。
　　3. 一个春天的傍晚，园中百花怒放，父母在园中设宴，一时宾客云集，笑语四溢。
　　学译：At one dusk in spring, flowers were blooming wildly in the garden, my parents were holding a banquet, in which guests were gathering, laughters could be heard everywhere.
　　学译：On a spring evening, hundreds of flowers were in full bloom in the garden where my parents hosted a banquet. For a while, guests gathered in large number, laughing and talking, which could be heard clearly.
　　参考译文：On a spring evening, my parents gave a banquet in the garden where a profusion of flowers were in full bloom. In no time, a crowd of their guests collected and laughter was heard all over there.
　　汉语原句的“节数”增加到“五节”。译成英语，仍应确定正确的“主干”，两个“学译”不谋而合，将“园中百花怒放”，而不是“父母在园中设宴”作为“主干”来处理。读来，给人一种观比萨斜塔的感觉。相比之下，参考译文则给人一种美感，散发出浓郁的英语味?
　　]]> 2009-7-19 19:29:00(4) <![CDATA[英语专业八级改错的应对方法]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265924&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　校对与改错是英语专业学生高年级考试（TEM-8）的第二部分。该部分采用主观测试题型。该项目包含两个部分：答题要求和一篇要求修改的短文。答题要求部分说明修改短文的三种方法：加入、删去和改动某一单词，并举例说明。要求修改的短文长度为200字左右。短文的体裁和题材不超出学生所熟悉的范围。短文内含10个错误；错误都出现在标有题号的行内。错误一般涉及单个词；每行只出现一个错误。要求修改的单词既有功能词（如介词、冠词等），也有实义词（动词、名词等）。错误既涉及句内也涉及句际。
　　校对与改错部分的测试目的是检查学生在实际语境中灵活运用语言的能力。该项目考查学生的语法和词汇知识，但更侧重评估学生的综合语言能力。校对改错部分要求学生在15分钟内找出10个错误，并根据要求用三种方法之一改正错误。这一部分要求考生掌握三种知识：
　　
　　(1.)语法知识
　　
　　众所周知，英语语言能力包括众多因素，其中之一是语法知识。没有系统的语法知识，学习者就很难全面、准确地以口头或书面的形式表达思维或意念。对于把英语作为外语的学生来说，语法知识的掌握尤为重要，因为它有助于提高语言的准确性、逻辑性。鉴于此，校对改错项目的一个测试点是检验高年级学生语法知识的掌握程度及其运用能力。一般地说，该项目中要求改正的错误里包括一些语法错误。例如：
　　定语从句（1996年第三题），
　　情态动词（1997年第一题），
　　冠词（1997年第九题），
　　　
　　介词（1998年第四题），
　　反身代词（1998年第六题），等等。
　　校对改错项目要求学生运用已学过的语法知识，来判断句子的正误，找出语病，并作修正。
　　这里要强调的一点是，TEM-8考试的这个项目不是孤立地测试学生的语法知识；它更偏重学生
　　运用语法知识的能力，即怎样把书本知识转化成实际能力。因此，对于学生来说，在平时一
　　要巩固已学过的语法知识，理清概念；二要注重提高运用语言知识解决具体问题的能力。
　　
　　(2.)词汇与搭配
　　校对改错项目的另一测试点是学生对常用词汇、搭配和用法的了解及运用。比如：
　　外层空间应为outer space，而不是out space（1996年第 5题），
　　做动作应为 perform an act，而不是 make an act（1997年第 8题），
　　姿式应为posture，而不是post （1997年第10题），
　　站起来应为 get to their feet，而不是get on their feet（1998年第 4题），等等。
　　词汇测试面涵盖各类词性的词，同时侧重考核它们的搭配与用法。归根结底，词汇测试部分主要是检验高年级学生在词汇方面是否达到英语专业高年级教学大纲所规定的要求。词汇的积累不是一朝一夕即可完成，它需要在平时的学习过程中逐步积累，积少成多。因此，对于学生来说，平时自己在学习中要注意扩大、巩固已有的词汇量，这点是非常重要的。
　　同时，在学习、掌握词汇的过程中，特别要注意提高自己灵活运用词汇的能力。
　　　
　　(3.)篇章结构
　　在第1、第2点中我们提到校对改错项目的两个测试点：语法和词汇。同时我们也再三强调，这个项目尽管涉及以上两点的评估，但它不是简单、孤立地检验学生的语法词汇知识。该项目仍着眼于语言的运用。也就是说，该项目旨在测试在具体语境或上下文中使用语法或词汇的能力。在校对改错这个特定的考试环境中，它所提供的具体语境或上下文是一篇200来字的短文。这篇短文由十来个在意义上相关联的句子构成；而需要修改的语病都出现在这些在意义上是有机组合的句中。鉴于这个特点，学生就要从篇章结构这个角度去判断句子的正误。也就是说，学生要跳出单句的框架，从语段（表达一相关层次意思的句子组合）的角度来进行判断。 
　　从语篇角度看，校对改错项目内的错误可大致分为两类：
　　 1）句内错误：一般对此类错误的判断无须超越句子本身。如：
　　 1996年试卷的第6题
　　 water rising away from the depths of the earth during（6）
　　（删去away）
　　 1999年试卷的第4题
　　hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible calories（4）
　　（把in 改成 on）
　　 2）句际错误：对此类错误的判断要基于上下文之上，也就是牵涉到句与句之间的关系了。如：
　　 1997年试卷的第5题
　　 departure．This is what his body wants to do，therefore（5）
　　（把therefore 改成加but）
　　 1999年试卷的第5题
　　 as an hour of gathering produces 240．（5）
　　（把as改成while）
　　对第二类错误的判断要求学生从篇章角度出发，把文中的句子看作表达一完整意思的有机体。只有这样，学生才能找出错误所在。在历年的考试中，学生大都能判断出第一类错误，而对第二类错误（句际错误）的判断准确率就相对较低。历年试卷中难易度系数偏低的题目也大都为此类错误。因此，学生平时要加强对篇章的理解能力的训练，了解、熟悉篇章结构的特点：语段内句子之间的关系、语段之间的关系；它们的类别；各种不同关系的表示法，等等。只有在此基础上，学生才能灵活正确地使用语言知识，做到准确答题。
　　]]> 2006-4-13 13:16:00(1) <![CDATA[专业八级考试阅读的应对方法]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265918&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　阅读理解是语言学习中最重要的基本技能之一，阅读是获取语言知识最直接、最有效的方法，阅读能力则是衡量掌握语言综合能力的一项重要标志。学习阅读，学会阅读，提高英语阅读能力，是最终掌握英语，提高整体英语水平的必由之路。英语专业八级考试中也设立了阅读理解部分，而且阅读部分在整个考试中占相当大的比重，该部分的得分直接影响到整个考试的成败，因此无论是教师还是考生都对此非常重视。八级考试中的阅读理解部分主要是依据国家教委批准的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》中对英语阅读教学内容和要求的规定，运用科学的测试手段，检验英语专业学生对于高级英语阅读能力和技巧的掌握，从而检查各有关院校对于大纲规定的教学内容和教学要求的完成和执行情况。应该说到了准备八级考试的时候，学生已经具备了相当的阅读经验和阅读能力，现在的关键是多做练习，大量阅读，通过阅读来提高阅读水平。如果还存在一些不良阅读习惯的话，比如用手指着读，默读时出声等等，就应毫不犹豫地痛下功夫去改正。下面列出了一些常用的阅读技巧，仅作提醒之用。希望考生能仔细对照自己的情况，尽快改掉不良习惯，以便提高自己的阅读效率。
　　
　　(1.)略读
　　略读(skimming)是常用的阅读方法之一，其主要特征是选择性地阅读。通常的阅读要求看到每一个词，每次注目看１－２个词。略读不需要看到每一个词，眼睛跳动的频率和幅度都有较大的提高，有时甚至从上一行跳到下一行。略读不可能使你对所读内容全部了解，但是你能大大地提高阅读速度，也能获得大量的信息。
　　略读的主要作用是了解文章的大意。经过略读之后，你对所读内容已经有了大致的了解，再仔细阅读，这时你的印象会更深刻，理解更透彻。
　　大部分读者不需要正规的训练和指导就可以进行略读。但是有意识地训练会大大地提高你的略读速度和效率。进行略读训练的最简单的方法是强迫自己在规定的时间内读完某一篇，开始训练时，可以把略读速度定为平常阅读的5/4倍，以后逐步提高。略读的关键是增加眼跳的幅度，高度集中注意力，努力捕捉那些能引起注意或者你认为重要的内容。
　　
　　(2.)扫读
　　扫读（scanning）是以最快的速度扫视所读材料，在找到所需信息时才仔细阅读该项内容。如查找某个人名、地名、时间、地点等，也即在寻找特定信息、寻找具体事实、寻找答题所需内容时都用这种方法。
　　
　　(3.)研读
　　　
　　研读（study reading）就是仔细阅读，对文章有透彻深刻理解。根据考题，运用上下文、逻辑关系、背景知识进行判断和推论。对难句的理解和翻译用得着这种方法。 提高阅读速度的一个重要内容是扩大词汇量。其必要性表现在以下几个方面：
　　1. 词汇量决定了你的阅读理解能力，词汇量越大，你阅读得越广，视野就越开阔，你阅读理解的得分就越高。
　　2. 有限的词汇量必然会影响你阅读理解能力的提高。生词的含义只有在上下文中才能完全展现出来，并易于被识记、理解、掌握。换句话说，是上下文给某个词以特定含义，而这个特定含义往往是字典无法提供的。有的人或许会说，我们从中学到大学英语词汇都是通过背生词表来记单词的。但是这样说的读者忽视了很重要的一点：所学课文后面的词汇表都是为课文服务的，而且，教师上课时对某些词或表达方式所举的实例，实质上是为它们设置上下文。不少教师鼓励学生背句子、段落、或整篇文章，都是出于同一目的，即要学生在上下文中理解并掌握词汇和短语。
　　3. 多读是扩大词汇量的最好的方法。不仅要读不同体裁的书和文章，而且要多接触不同题材，才能适应考试的需要。
　　下边我们谈谈怎样解决TEM-8中的阅读问题：
　　1. 找出段落的中心思想
　　任何阅读材料都有主要意思，即大意(main idea)。文字材料的大意有不同的层次。一个比较长的句子可以说很多事情，但一般只有一个大意，可以用几个词概括；一个段落包括很多句子，但也只有一个大意，通常是段落的主题句(topic sentence)包含段落的大意。通常人们说“大意”指的是整篇材料的中心思想。非小说体的阅读材料通常有比较明显的大意，其结构也比较清楚。文章的开头部分(introduction)就比较明确地指出文章的中心思想。文章主体部分的每一段也有主题句，通常在段首或段尾。文章的结尾还要对全文作一个总的概括。为了找出段落的中心思想，读者应该在了解上下文的基础上，寻求作者对生活所做出的直接或间接的评论。这些评论有时作者直接说出，有时隐含在篇章中，有时通过他人说出。为了便于找出作品的中心思想，阅读时你可以考虑以下几个问题：
　　（1）作品是否表明了有关社会生活的某种重要的东西？它是否帮助你形成新的生活观？
　　（2）作品是否表明了某个普遍真理？
　　（3）你同意作品的中心思想或作者的观点吗？
　　2. 如何对待阅读中的词汇问题
　　阅读过程中不可避免地要遇到生词。大纲中规定允许有3%的生词，也就是说2000个词中允许有60个左右的生词，但一般不会有这么多的生词。有的人一遇到生词就停下来查字典，有的则读完一两页后查字典，有的人则完全不管生词。其实阅读中遇到生词只要不影响你对篇章主要意思的理解，一般应该继续往下读。如果生词的确影响你对内容的理解，查字典当然是一种办法，但很不方便，而且频繁地查字典不仅影响阅读速度，而且影响对文章内容的整体理解。所以在平时阅读时，遇生词最好的方法是通过上下文猜测。以下几条建议可帮助你猜测词义：
　　（１）看看上下文中有没有生词的另一种说法，即找同义词。有时上下文会对一个生词作解释，或者提供一些暗示。
　　（２）看看生词在文章中的词性，即看这个词是名词、动词、形容词、副词或其他词类。另外再看看这个词在文中与哪些词搭配使用，再根据自己的其他知识，就可以进行正确的猜测。
　　（３）分析生词的构成，尤其是词的前缀和后缀。英语中很多词都是加前缀或后缀变来的。比如你认识这两个词write和similar，根据前缀re-和后缀-ity的含义，你就可以准确地猜出rewrite和similarity这两个词的意思。
　　（４）看看同一生词是否在上下文的其他地方出现，把两处的语境相比较，也许能更加准确地猜出词义。
　　（５）充分利用你关于所阅读的内容已有的知识。
　　为了巩固阅读过程中的生词，在读完一篇后，你可以把本篇中最重要的生词查一下字典，准确地了解这生词在文中的意思。因为我们训练的篇章都是大纲规定的题材，在真题中也可能会遇到这方面的文章，甚至单词。
　　3. 推论出段落的隐含意思
　　有时，为了某种目的，作者往往不直接说出某一意思，而是含蓄地表达。这种隐含的意思有时是篇章的主要意思。所以阅读短文经常需要推论(making inference)。有时一句话的含义需要推论，有时整个篇章的含义需要推论。以下几条建议可以帮助你进行推论：
　　（１）结合作者的思想观点、写作背景进行推论。
　　（２）寻找作者直接陈述的诸多事件之间的联系。
　　（３）仔细体会某些重要词的含蓄意义及其感情色彩。比如politician和statesman的意思都是“政治家”，但前者有贬义的色彩，即“政客”，后者则没有。
　　（４）从作者的语气、语调、措辞等文体特征，读出作者的“言外之意”(reading beyond the lines)。
　　（５）得出某一推断后，尽量从上下文中寻找证据。
　　（６）充分利用自己已有的各方面的知识，把文章中所述的事情和自己的阅历或熟悉的事情联系起来考虑。
　　4. 预测下文内容
　　预测下文内容也是提高阅读效率的重要手段。预测与猜测不同。猜测是对自己没有把握的文字意思的假设，预测则是假想下文将会发生什么事情。预测之所以能够提高阅读效率，是因为它使你产生某种“期待”(expectations)。带着这种期待去读下文，你会努力为你的假想寻找证据，你的注意力将更加集中在文中的重要内容上。当然，预测也不是随意的，必须根据已经发生的事情或已了解的内容加上你自己的一般常识进行符合逻辑的预测。当你继续阅读下文时，你的预测要么被肯定，要么被否定。无论是肯定还是否定，都会加深你对原文的理解。以下是几条建议：
　　（1）如果你对段落的主题思想已有初步的了解，想一想关于这一主题通常要描写哪些方面的事情，这些事情在本文中会发生吗？
　　（2）运用你的英语语言知识及语言在具体语境中的习惯用法，预测文章将要写什么。以上的介绍没有特别将正常阅读和快速阅读分开，是因为无论阅读哪一部分的试题，都会用到诸如 scanning、skimming的方法，但是由于八级阅读分为正常阅读和快速阅读两部分，有必要提醒考生，两者所给的时间是不同的。通常，正常阅读是四至五篇，答十五题。快速阅读是六
　　至七篇，答十题，而后者的时间只有十分钟。所以，我们决不能在一篇上花太多的时间，只能采用跳读或寻读的方法来尽快获取信息，每篇文章，先读试题和选项，然后再有的放矢地进行阅读。做题时，如果遇到有些题解不了，或是文章中某几句看不懂的情况，应该暂时放弃，先做其他题或继续阅读其他部分。在做完其他试题后，有时间，再来做这些没有把握的试题。千万不能为了一道题或一段文字而停滞不前。及时丢卒保车，才能保证总体成绩。阅读能力的提高不是靠短时间的突击就能提高的，需要我们持之以恒，长期进行正确的操练。英语专业八级考试是科学的语言测试，具有相当的信度和效度，靠投机取巧是不可能取得好成绩的，所以，我们衷心希望考生们能通过训练，真正地提高自己的语言能力，在八级考试中取得好的成绩。 ]]> 2006-3-1 15:24:00(0) <![CDATA[专业英语考试写作中常用到的例句]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265913&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　Many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a person’s physical fitness.
　　许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康.
　　
　　Nowadays ,many students always go into raptures at the mere mention of the coming life of high school or college they will begin. Unfortunately ,for most young people ,it is not pleasant experience on their first day on campus.
　　当前,一提到即将开始的学校生活,许多学生都会兴高采烈.然而,对多数年轻人来说,校园刚开始的日子并不是什么愉快的经历.
　　
　　In view of the seriousness of this problem ,effective measures should be taken before things get worse.
　　考虑到问题的严重性,在事态进一步恶化之前,必须采取有效的措施.
　　
　　Proper measures must be taken to limit the number of foreign tourists and the great efforts should be made to protect local environment and history from the harmful effects of international tourism.
　　应该采取适当的措施限制外国旅游者的数量,努力保护当地环境和历史不受国际旅游业的不利影响.
　　
　　An increasing number of experts believe that migrants will exert positive effects on construction of city .However ,this opinion is now being questioned by more and more city residents ,who complain that the migrants have brought many serious problems like crime and prostitution.
　　越来越多的专家相信移民对城市的建设起到积极作用.然而,越来越多的城市居民却怀疑这种说法,他们抱怨民工给城市带来了许多严重的问题,象犯罪和卖淫.
　　Many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their city that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus ,which is usually crowded with a large number of passengers.
　　许多市民抱怨城市的公交车太少,以至于他们要花很长时间等一辆公交车,而车上可能已满载乘客.
　　
　　There is no denying the fact that air pollution is an extremely serious problem :the city authorities should take strong measures to deal with it.
　　无可否认，空气污染是一个极其严重的问题：城市当局应该采取有力措施来解决它。
　　
　　An investigation shows that female workers tend to have a favorable attitude toward retirement.
　　一项调查显示妇女欢迎退休.
　　
　　A proper part-time job does not occupy student’s too much time .In fact ,it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study .As an old saying goes :All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
　　一份适当的业余工作并不会占用学生太多的时间,事实上,把全部的时间都用到学习上并不健康,正如那句老话:只工作,不玩耍,聪明的孩子会变傻.
　　
　　Any government which is blind to this point may pay a heavy price.
　　任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价.
　　
　　An increasing number of people are beginning to realize that education is not complete with graduation.
　　越来越多的人开始意识到教育不能随着毕业而结束.
　　]]> 2006-3-1 15:23:00(0) <![CDATA[英语语言学笔记]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265895&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　1.1. What is language?
　　
　　“Language is system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. It is a system, since linguistic elements are arranged systematically, rather than randomly. Arbitrary, in the sense that there is usually no intrinsic connection between a work (like “book”) and the object it refers to. This explains and is explained by the fact that different languages have different “books”: “book” in English, “livre” in French, in Japanese, in Chinese, “check” in Korean. It is symbolic, because words are associated with objects, actions, ideas etc. by nothing but convention. Namely, people use the sounds or vocal forms to symbolize what they wish to refer to. It is vocal, because sound or speech is the primary medium for all human languages, developed or “new”. Writing systems came much later than the spoken forms. The fact that small children learn and can only learn to speak (and listen) before they write (and read) also indicates that language is primarily vocal, rather than written. The term “human” in the definition is meant to specify that language is human specific.
　　
　　1.2. What are design features of language?
　　
　　“Design features” here refer to the defining properties of human language that tell the difference between human language and any system of animal communication. They are arbitrariness, duality, productivity, displacement, cultural transmission and interchangeability
　　
　　1.3. What is arbitrariness?
　　
　　By “arbitrariness”, we mean there is no logical connection between meanings and sounds (see I .1). A dog might be a pig if only the first person or group of persons had used it for a pig. Language is therefore largely arbitrary. But language is not absolutely seem to be some sound-meaning association, if we think of echo words, like “bang”, “crash”, “roar”, which are motivated in a certain sense. Secondly, some compounds (words compounded to be one word ) are not entirely arbitrary either. “Type” and “write” are opaque or unmotivated words, while “type-writer” is less so, or more transparent or motivated than the words that make it. So we can say “arbitrariness” is a matter of degree.
　　
　　1.4.What is duality?
　　
　　Linguists refer “duality” (of structure) to the fact that in all languages so far investigated, one finds two levels of structure or patterning. At the first, higher level, language is analyzed in terms of combinations of meaningful units (such as morphemes, words etc.) ; at the second, lower level, it is seen as a sequence of segments which lack any meaning in themselves, but which combine to form units of meaning. According to Hu Zhanglin et al. (p.6) , language is a system of two sets of structures, one of sounds and the other of meaning. This is important for the workings of language. A small number of semantic units (words), and these units of meaning can be arranged and rearranged into an infinite number of sentences (note that we have dictionaries of words, but no dictionary of sentences!). Duality makes it possible for a person to talk about anything within his knowledge. No animal communication system enjoys this duality, or even approaches this honour.
　　
　　1.5.What is productivity?
　　
　　Productivity refers to the ability to the ability to construct and understand an indefinitely large number of sentences in one’s native language, including those that has never heard before, but that are appropriate to the speaking situation. No one has ever said or heard “A red-eyed elephant is dancing on the small hotel bed with an African gibbon”, but he can say it when necessary, and he can understand it in right register. Different from artistic creativity, though, productivity never goes outside the language, thus also called “rule-bound creativity” (by N.Chomsky).
　　
　　1.6.What is displacement?
　　
　　“Displacement”, as one of the design features of the human language, refers to the fact that one can talk about things that are not present, as easily as he does things present. In other words, one can refer to real and unreal things, things of the past, of the present, of the future. Language itself can be talked about too. When a man, for example, is crying to a woman, about something, it might be something that had occurred, or something that is occurring, or something that is to occur. When a dog is barking, however, you can decide it is barking for something or at someone that exists now and there. It couldn’t be bow-wowing sorrowfully for dome lost love or a bone to be lost. The bee’s system, nonetheless, has a small share of “displacement”, but it is an unspeakable tiny share.
　　
　　1.7.What is cultural transmission?
　　
　　This means that language is not biologically transmitted from generation to generation, but that the details of the linguistic system must be learned anew by each speaker. It is true that the capacity for language in human beings(N. Chomsky called it “language acquisition device”, or LAD) has a genetic basis, but the particular language a person learns to speak is a cultural one other than a genetic one like the dog’s barking system. If a human being is brought up in isolation he cannot acquire language. The Wolf Child reared by the pack of wolves turned out to speak the wolf’s roaring “tongue” when he was saved. He learned thereafter, with no small difficulty, the ABC of a certain human language.
　　
　　1.8.What is interchangeability?
　　
　　Interchangeability means that any human being can be both a producer and a receiver of messages. We can say, and on other occasions can receive and understand, for example, “Please do something to make me happy.” Though some people (including me) suggest that there is sex differentiation in the actual language use, in other words, men and women may say different things, yet in principle there is no sound, or word or sentence that a man can utter and a woman cannot, or vice versa. On the other hand, a person can be the speaker while the other person is the listener and as the turn moves on to the listener, he can be the speaker and the first speaker is to listen. It is turn-taking that makes social communication possible and acceptable.
　　
　　Some male birds, however, utter some calls which females do not (or cannot?) , and certain kinds of fish have similar haps mentionable. When a dog barks, all the neighbouring dogs bark. Then people around can hardly tell which dog (dogs) is (are0 “speaking” and which listening.
　　
　　1.9.Why do linguists say language is human specific?
　　
　　First of all, human language has six “design features” which animal communication systems do not have, at least not in the true sense of them(see I .2-8). Let’s borrow C. F. Hocket’s Chart that compares human language with some animals’ systems, from Wang Gang(1998,p.8).
　　
　　Secondly, linguists have done a lot trying to teach animals such as chimpanzees to speak a human language but have achieved nothing inspiring. Washoe, a female chimpanzee, was brought up like a human child by Beatnice and Alan Gardner. She was taught “American sign Language”, and learned a little that made the teachers happy but did mot make the linguistics circle happy, for few believed in teaching chimpanzees.
　　
　　Thirdly, a human child reared among animals cannot speak a human language, not even when he is taken back and taught to lo to so (see the “Wolf Child”in I.7)
　　
　　1.10.What functions does language have?
　　
　　Language has at least seven functions: phatic, directive, Informative, interrogative, expressive, evocative and performative. According to Wang Gang (1988,p.11), language has three main functions: a tool of communication, a tool whereby people learn about the world, and a ]]> 2007-11-12 0:26:00(4) <![CDATA[英语国家概况知识点（火拼专八只求及格）]]> 瑶池琴子 2006-3-1星期三(Wednesday)晴 http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_show.asp?BlogID=64299&PostID=4265866&idWriter=0&Key=0 　　第一部分英国
　　第一章英国地理
　　1. The official name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
　　2. There are three political divisions on the islands of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales.
　　3. About a hundred years ago, Britain ruled an empire that had one fourth of the world’s people and one fourth of the world’s land area.
　　4. The Britain Empire was replaced by the Britain commonwealth in 1931,which is a free association of independent counties that were once colonies of Britain.
　　5. Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east.
　　
　　6. Britain has, for centuries, been tilting with the northwest slowly rising, and the southeast slowly sinking. The north and west of Britain are mainly highlands. The southeast and east are mainly lowlands.
　　7. The pennies, a range of hills running from north midlands to Scottish border, are the principal mountain chain.
　　8. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain in Britain, and the Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is the largest lake in Britain.
　　9. There are three natural zones in Scotland: the highlands in the north, the central lowlands, and the southern uplands. The lowlands in the center comprise mostly the forth and Clyde valleys.
　　10. Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
　　
　　11. Scotland has about 800 islands, including the Orkney, Shetlands and Hebrides.
　　苏格兰有800座岛屿，包括奥克内群岛，谢特兰群岛和赫不里德群岛。
　　
　　12. Besides, the Tweed, the Tyne, the Tees and the Thames Rivers on the east coast all face the North Sea ports on the European continent.
　　除此以外，东海岸的邓恩河，泰河，迪斯河和泰晤士河都面临欧洲大陆上的北海各港口。
　　13. The longest river in Britain is the Severn River. The most important river is Thames River. River Clyde is the most important river in Scotland.
　　英国最长的河流是赛文河，最重要的河流是泰晤士河。克莱德河是苏格兰最重要的河流。
　　14. Though the weather in Britain is so changeable and unpredictable, the climate is in fact a favorable one. Britain has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year.
　　虽然英国的天气总是如此变化无常，无法预测，但实际上英国的天气相当宜人。英国全年有稳定的降雨量。
　　15. Britain has a population of 57411000. it is a densely populated country with an average of 237 people per square kilometer, and it is very unevenly distributed. 90% of the population is urban, and only 10% is rural.
　　英国人口为57411000。它是一个人口稠密，分布不均的国家，每平方公里平均237人，90％的人生活在城镇，只有10％的人居住在农村。
　　
　　16. the English are Anglo-Saxons, but the welsh, Scots and Irish are Celts.
　　英格兰人是安各鲁－撒克逊人。而威尔士、苏格兰和爱尔兰人是凯尔特人。
　　
　　17. The Celts of Wales defended their freedom for 1000 years and were not conquered by the English until 1536. today about a quarter of the welsh population still speak welsh as their first language and about one percent speak only welsh.
　　威尔士的凯尔特人为自由战斗了1000年，直到1536年才被英格兰人征服。今天有大约四分之一的威尔士人把威尔士语当作第一语言，大约1％的人只讲威尔士语。
　　18. though the Gaelic language is still heard in the Highlands and western isles, the English language is spoken all over the Scotland.
　　尽管在高地和西部岛屿还能听到盖尔语，但英语却遍及全苏格兰。
　　19. Since then, there has been bitter fighting between the Protestants who are the dominant group, and the Roman Catholics who are seeking more social and economic opportunities.
　　从那时起，新教徒和罗马天主教徒间展开了艰苦的斗争，新教徒是统治者，而罗马教徒要求更多社会和经济机会。
　　20. About three million have came to live and find work since world war second. They are mainly from the West Indies, India and Pakistan.
　　自二战以来，约有三百万人来到英国居住，他们主要来自西印度群岛，印度和巴基斯坦。
　　
　　第二节英国的起源（历史部分）
　　
　　21. The first known setters of Britain were the Iberians. More dramatic monuments were the henges, the most important of which was Stonehenge in Wiltshire.
　　人们所知的英国最早居民是伊比例亚人。更为引人注目的是那些圆形石结构，其中最重要的是在维尔特郡发现的巨石阵。
　　22. The Celts may originally have come from eastern and central Europe, they came to Britain in three main waves: the first wave was the Gaels, the second was Britons and the third was Belgae.
　　凯尔特人最初来自于东欧及中欧，他们入侵英国分三次高潮：第一次是盖尔人；第二次是布立吞人；第三次是比利其人。
　　23. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation.
　　伟大的罗马将军朱略思，恺撒，于公元前55年第一次入侵英国。将近400年，英国人处于罗马的占领下。
　　24. The roman built two great walls to keep the Picts. There were the Hadrian’s wall running from Carlisle to Newcastle, and the Antonine wall linking the estuaries of the Forth and the Clyde.
　　罗马人修建了2座长城以抵御皮特人。一条是哈德良长城，从卡莱尔到纽卡斯尔，另一条是链接福斯河口和克莱德河口的安东尼长城。
　　
　　25. The Romans made use of Britain’s natural resources, mining lead, iron and tin and manufacturing pottery.
　　罗马人很好地利用了英国的自然资源，开采铅矿、铁矿和锡矿以及生产陶瓷。
　　
　　26. In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic tribes.
　　五世纪中叶，朱特人，撒克逊人和安各鲁人不断入侵英国。这是三支日尔曼部落。
　　27. These seven principal kingdoms of Kent, Essex, Sussex, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria have given the name of Heptarch.
　　这七个主要的王国：肯特、威塞克斯、苏塞克斯、埃赛克斯、东安各鲁，麦西亚和诺森薄利亚合称七王国。
　　28. At the beginning of ninth century, under their king Egbert the West Saxons of defeated the Mercies. In 829, Egbert became an overlord of all the England.
　　九世纪初，在国王埃格伯特的带领下，西撒克逊人打败了麦西亚人。829年，埃格伯特成了整个英国的最高君主。
　　29. In 597, pope Gregory I sent st.Augustine to England to convert the heathen English to Christianity. Augustine was remarkably successfully in converting the king and the nobility.
　　597年，教皇格里高利派遣圣奥古斯廷去英格兰，使异教徒的英国人皈依基督教。在使国王和贵族皈依基督教方面，圣奥古斯廷特别成功。
　　30. Alferd, king of Wessex, was strong enough to defeat the Danes. He is known as the “father of Britain navy”.
　　威塞克斯的国王阿尔佛雷德非常强大，打败了丹麦人，他以“英国海军之父”闻名于史。
　　31. When Ethebred’s death left no strong Saxon successor, the Witan chose Canute the Danish leader, as king in 1016.
　　埃塞尔雷德死后没有留下有实力的撒克逊继承人，于是贤人会议选择了丹麦首领克努特为国王。
　　32. King Edward seemed more concerned with building Westminster Abbey than with affairs of state. He was far more Norman than Saxon.
　　爱德华国王对国事的关心远不及对威斯敏斯特大教堂的修建，他更像诺曼人而非撒克逊人。
　　
　　33. Anglo-Saxon England perished with Harold’s death. William was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of York.
　　随着哈罗德德死亡，安各鲁撒克逊人的英国消失了，在威斯敏斯特大教堂，约克大主教加冕威廉为英格兰国王。
　　
　　34. The Norman conquest of England is perhaps the best-known event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was completely established.
　　诺曼征服或许是英国历史上最著名的事件，至此，英格兰的封建制度被完全建立起来。
　　
　　第三节英国的形成
　　35. William replaced the witan , the council of the Anglo-Saxon kings, with the Grand Council of his new tenants-in-chief.
　　威廉用由他的土地承租人组成的大议会取代了安各鲁撒克逊国王的顾问团－贤人会议。
　　
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