Still in Books and Arts; Book Review; Joys of craftsmanship;Handy work 文艺;书评;手工技艺的乐趣;手工劳动; Made By Hand: Searching For Meaning in a Throwaway World. By Mark Frauenfelder. 《手工制作:在被抛弃的世界中寻

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Let's Be Pirates! 我们当海盗吧! As the Macintosh team grew, it moved from Texaco Towers to the main Apple buildings on Bandley Drive, 随着麦金塔团队的不断扩大,它从德士古塔搬到了位于班德利大道的苹果公司主办公

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 乔布斯传

In much of Asia, especially the so-called rice bowl cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks. Chopsticks are two long, thin, usually tapered, pieces of wood. Bamboois the most common material, but they are a

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Master craftsman Hal Taylor loves to read to his children, but when his third child, Rose, was born, he ran into a problem his three children wouldnt fit in his lap when he went to read to them on his rocking chair! As luck would have it, Taylor just

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(20) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The rage in the luxury world these days is 'back to basics.' Wealthy consumers don't want flash and sizzle, they want authenticity, low-key practicality and craftsmanship. Conspicuous consumption is dead, we hear. No one wants to be pay to be noticed

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

In Spain different set of gift-giving traditions exists. The holiday season extends to Jan. 6, known as Three Kings Day or the Epiphany.1 It is not until Three Kings Day that Spanish children receive their gifts. On the eve of the Epiphany, children

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化