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The Greeks Had an Answer by Gilbert Murray In trying to say what I really believe, I cannot recite one of the traditional creeds, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or the like. Most of us are born into one of them, and which it is depends simply o
By Mignon Fogarty Today were going to learn about the old writing adage Show, dont tell. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by Smarties: the gluten-free, dairy-free, tamper-evident, low-calorie candies for Halloween. Buy Smarties this
When we talk, sometimes we say things directly. 我们说话时,有时候会直接说。 I'm going to the store.I'll be back in 5 minutes. 我要去商店。我5分钟内回来。 Other times though, we talk in a way that conjures up a small scene.
Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. 暗喻秘密地生活在我们中间。 We utter about six metaphors a minute. 于我们的言谈中,每分钟大约会出现六个暗喻。 Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselv
Why? Because we cannot ignore the metaphorical meaning of words either. 这是为什么?因为我们同样也不能忽视这些词暗喻的意义。 One of the sentences was, Some jobs are jails. 其中一句话是:有些工作是监狱 Now, unle
古代的飞鸽传书已经被如今发达的网络技术多替代,人们只需坐在电脑前,轻敲键盘和鼠标就可以实现即时发信 Dima: Hello and welcome to this edition of 6 Minute English with me, Dima Kostenko Kate: and me, Kate
ALL IN THE MIND: SCIENTIFIC METAPHORS It is certainly true that computers, cellphones and digital cameras have become part of our everyday life. Anywhere we go, we can hear the ringing of a cell phone , the tapping of a keyboard or the clicking of a
1. Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner, is recovering after breaking his leg in three places during the Preakness Saturday. Doctors say the colt faces a long and perilous road to recovery. 2. President
Li Sao is a Chinese poem dating from the Warring States Period, largely written by Qu Yuan (340 BC - 278 BC) of the Kingdom of Chu. One of the most famous poems of pre-Qin China, it is a representative work of the Chu Ci form of poetry. 《离骚》是
You are the only one who can find your passion. It's inside you and just has to be uncovered. Use the below to explore what lights you on fire. Don't rush through these. Go somewhere quiet, with no internet and dedicate at least 2-3 hours to developi
解释: An offensive, derogatory word for a gay man, or a male homosexual 这个词除了水果的意思,在口语中还有男同性恋者的意思,是一个有点冒犯行和贬低意味的词语; 来源: The origin is unknown, but I think
Once established in childhood, pairings remain fixed for life. 一旦在儿时建立了联系,关联感觉间的联系就会伴随终身。 Synesthetes inherit a biological propensity for hyperconnecting brain neurons, 联觉者遗传了在大脑神经
Now, what's encapsulated in both these drowning metaphors -- actually, one of them is my mother's interpretation, 暗藏在这两个溺水故事中的比喻是其中一个说法来自我母亲, and it is a famous Chinese saying, because she said it
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: proverbs in American English. RS: It's tempting to call Wolfang Mieder the proverbial expert from out-of-town. A professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, he
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the new TOEFL. RS: TOEFL is the Test of English as a Foreign Language. It's required by many colleges and universities in the United States and elsewhere as a measure of a student
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: metaphors and the mind. RS: Avi, if I say bulls and bears, what comes to mind? AA: The zoo? RS: Well yes, but I could also be talking about the stock market. In a bull market, sto
When Steve Jobs stepped down as Apples chief executive last Wednesday the world knew that it was the end of an era. 上周三,乔布斯辞去苹果公司首席执行官一职,全世界都意识到一个时代终结了。 Since then, discussion of
Jobs felt that design simplicity should be linked to making products easy to use. 乔布斯认为,简约化设计的一个核心要素就是让人能直观地感觉到它的简单易用。 Those goals do not always go together. 设计上的简单并不
-Chuck: All this talk about how you have to be withNate or the world will end. Face it. It's over. -Blair: You sound like a jealous boyfriend. -Chuck: Yeah right. You wish. -Blair: No. You wish. -Chuck: Please. You forget who you're talking to. -Blai
JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. Thats syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Welcome, gentlemen. MARK SHIELDS:Hey, Judy. JUDY WOODRUFF:So lets talk jobs, a report, mixed report for the m