2008年11月29日星期六

【转】过去这一年---HK申请之路

还有两周,就要在HKU展开新的生活了。在寄托上,也早有了08的申请者。回想去年这个时 候,我刚认识这个论坛,在这里为自己的赴港求学梦奋斗,刚开始时,也是连MPHIL和MSC都还分不清。。。。。。谢谢寄托,帮助我慢慢地实现了自己的理 想,今天把我过去一年的申请经历在寄托与大家分享,与大家共勉。

说说自己吧,本科211重点,学校在外名气还是不错的,但自己学习也不怎么努力,成绩中等吧,GPA3。4左右,雅思7,而且还希望硕士转专业。我也是在 大三暑假,即去年才决定到HK读硕,而且自己也没有把握到底能否被HK的学校录取上,除了HK,还申请了澳大利亚和英国的学校作为候补。,后来也证明,相 比与后两者,HK的确严格很多,这也更坚定了我到HK的决心。

因为没有相关专业背景,想着自己也没有什么耐力做研究,几乎从一开始就把目标定在了授课形的硕士上。HK那边资料出得特别慢(和其他国家地区的相比),到 年底的时候才有新一年的招生资料,之前就一直靠着去年的招生资料,一个一个学校,一个一个专业挑。对于希望转专业的人来说,这个工作量并不小,HK很多专 业设置和英澳那边不太一样,例如商科的专业就不是那么多,要不就是要求专业背景工作经验的,看下来,心中的理想专业也被删得差不多了。到后来目标大概就锁 定在了三所学校,四五个专业(我也算比较"花心",居然挑了五个不同专业,而且专业间基本没有什么联系)。

漫长的写作之路在同时开始,曾经立下心,暑假把一些资料写好,事实证明,我这懒人基本是做不到的。中介由于收费过高也被否决(现在想来自己还省下不少钱 啊,申HK的中介都比较贵,最小也上万,最贵的几万呢)还是要到十月,开始准备推荐信,联系教授,这真是一段难忘的日子。因为要换专业,有时需要联系一些 别的学院,可能就上过那么一门副修课的老师,发邮件问时心里真是忐忑不安,心想着万一老师还反问我是谁呢?说实话,以我的课堂表现肯定也不会给老师留下什 么深刻印象。。。。。。时间紧迫,也只好豁了,幸好发现我的担心是多余的,老师们还是很乐意去做推荐人,自己学院有的老师还会百忙之中帮忙修改一下,当然 前提是,自己不要过于夸大了,真有什么大成绩的除外,只要把一些表现不错的小细节写一下,也不至于让老师太难做吧。也有试过老师原来不答应,但突然邮件过 来说明天把信拿去的,这样只好挑灯夜战,只要老师答应,什么都好了。总的来说,还是非常感谢所有做我推荐人的老师,除了珍贵的推荐,还会给一些建议,让我 受益匪浅。

授课形的硕士不用写RP(研究计划),但PS一般都是要的,即使有的专业没有硬性要求,作为申请人,我觉得最好也要珍惜这个机会去表现自己。挑专业太多样 了,写PS也格外累,想想,同类的一篇改个学校名称就可以了,我却足要写上四五篇!!!这时有样板参考是很好的,但个人建议不要照抄某个样本,毕竟你能抄 的别人一定也能抄,就没有什么意思了。可以适当把几个样版好的地方凑起来,自己再加以修改。之后,拿给同学帮忙修改一下。在这里也特别感谢我的室友,即使 在工作面试的繁忙时间仍抽空帮我改文书。很多时候自己写多了就容易忽略一些问题,别人帮忙改改就好多了。记得那段时间英语写作能力还真进步不小,那些文书 句子任何时候都能背出来。

在写文书的时候,我还经常去留意学校的网站,留意新招生信息,而且打电话去一些专业的负责人那里问。觉得HK那边的小米态度算是很不错D。在打电话的时候 也可以判断一些专业能否有机会上,没有就不用浪费时间了。本来我打算申请HKU的MPA,上面要求也简单,就是学士学位,可当我打电话去问,招生负责人却 说象我这没有经验的基本也没有机会上,这样我也省得做材料了。而MSW(Master of Social Work),当时是带着疑惑打过去问的,小米超级好人,详问背景后给予答案也比较乐观,这样就可以安心准备材料了。

十一月还是十二月的时候先网申了城大的两个专业, 相比下城大的申请是最方便的,只需上网提交资料,上网划申请费是搞定了,PS也只需要写100还是200词?很短的一篇,基本把自己为什么想读这专业说清 楚也就差不多了。二月初把第一份CHUK的材料寄出去,这可是用了最多时间准备的材料,PS,CV,还有种种证书复印件夹成一本,加上三封推荐信,成绩 单,在读证明,塞得信封满满的。但有了之前的准备,之后再准备HKU的材料就快很多了,用了二十天时间,过年前再把HKU两个专业的材料寄出去。之前听说 一个学校不要申请不同专业,还有CHUK和HKU不可能同时录取,当时也有点担心,现在想来这些都不必要太看重这些,其实审核是单独的,只要材料做好,自 己符合专业要求,应该不会很太大影响。

过年后不久,大概二月底,就收到HKU的MSW电面的邮件,3月初电面,具体时先按那边发过来的题目,用半小时写一篇英语文章,之后再和教授在电话聊,全 英。那时因为忙着考专业试,也没有怎样准备电面,可能就看了一两个小时社工的专业书,大概知道是什么东西。电面那天却吓出一身冷汗。。。。。

【电话面试过程】
邮件通知是 11:45分考,考试前一天晚上晚睡,想着考试时间也迟,不在意,第二天睡到十点多才起来,吃过早餐,不慌不忙去试电话,开电脑,准备字典。。。谁知道 (大概11:15)。。。一开邮箱,发现里面已经发来一张答题纸。。。还来不及奇怪,小米电话就来了,现在开始考试。。。。。。天,离约定时间还有半小时 啊,身边连笔都没有准备好。。。。什么回事啊?又不敢跟那边说没准备好。。。。。只好硬着头皮说好了。小米随即发来题目,电话不能放下哦,要说收到了才可 以放,之后就开始计时。。。。。。于是模模糊糊中,就看见一大堆英文材料,说什么贫困问题啊,政府如何解决啊,一些人观点怎样。。。。。。分析之后要写感 想,写报告,单词还不那么常见,半小时500词???头都发麻了,材料还来不及细看就开始写,开始都不知道自己在写什么,把自己之前听说过的想过的有关贫 困问题的例子观点都搬出来。。。。。。到还有五分钟左右,头脑才算清醒了些,把文章理顺点,结果,小米真的准点打电话来催交卷,一按字数统计,499,险 啊~~~顺便说句,小米是拿着电话,收到了才肯放的,所以,想拖延时间的话,绝对没可能!小米说收到了,是不是才一页多一点点那份?惊吓啊,才!!!难道 HK那边的人半小时可以写出几大页?半小时500已经比专业英语八级还难了。。。还不说看那一大段材料的时间。。。。。。那边电话挂掉了几分钟,可以稍缓 过来,估计那边是在看我那"短小"的文章吧,后来打来的时候一开始就一大串英文了(之前我和小米是用广东话沟通的),介绍给我面试的教授,教授来了,是个 女教授,语速说得正常,问文章中你提到什么观点,请问可以详细说下,或者再引申,你觉得妈妈亲自带孩子和外出工作各有什么优缺点。。。。。 balabala说一通。。。。。。教授的问题还不少,真怕招架不住,后来干脆说,我之前做义工的时候就见过什么什么真实的例子,这下可好了,教授来兴趣 了,你好象有不少经验啊,可以说说吗?哈哈,太好了,说自己的事情肯定容易点,于是就把几年来的volunteer又balabala说一通。终于。。。 教授问,你会广东话的对吧?现在你有什么问题可以问我。熟悉的语言啊,于是,又用广东话说了一通,亲切。到放下电话的时候,发现原定45分钟左右的电话面 试,考了一个多小时快两小时!!!不过心里却没有开始时候那么紧张了,其实教授的态度很和善,说得挺开心的,最后我都觉得自己不象在面试,倒是象在和教授 聊天了。


在电面后一个星期,就接到系里的电话,说录取了,好开心!在MSC里面,算是很早知道结果的了。到四月收到conditional offer,就更安心了。

说说其他吧,后来我才知道,除了录取了我的MSW,其他都是学校里最最最热门的专业,例如CUHK的企业传播,HKU的MECON,还有城大的两个商科, 城大后来我也接受了一个专业会计和企业传播专业的电话面试。比HKU@MSW的简单点,不用写,教授主要也是问个人情况,而且语速比较慢。有了上次的经 验,这次我提前了些准备,果然又真的提前半小时来袭!再说那时已经有了HKU的OFFER在手当然也比较放松,但也许就是和MSW比较结缘,城大面那天电 话频频出问题,估计也有点不太好的影响。 城大的申请也很有趣的,最早提交,但到有一个专业到前两天才给我拒信,都准备开学了,有一个现在可能还在waiting list上吧,没有任何更新信息。

到六月才知道原来CON OFFER也可以先寄签证材料,六月底寄出,到八月初拿到LABEL,赶得上注册。到七月好不容易盼到毕业证,学位证,换到了正式OFFER,申请宿舍。 发现在内地当大学生是很幸福的,只要分数上了什么事情有学校解决了,去HK起码就大部分要考虑住宿问题,争宿舍也争破头。不过忙归忙,心情不一样了,毕 竟,最重要的一步已经走过了,我也正式成为HKU的新生了。
顺便说说MSW这专业,在寄托里曾经看到有人问,但去读的人确实不多,毕竟这不象商科那样之后容易有回报,而且要读两年。有人问我是否以后就打算在HK发 展,毕竟在国内现在还发展不太起来。其实,两年后的事情,现在我并不能给出一个答案,相信到了HK后很多想法会受到影响,会改变。但我只是觉得,当自己觉 得适合自己,就去做,尤其对于社会工作这种专业,HK有着其独特的优势。上寄托一年了,有时总会有关于MSC和MPHIL的争论,的确,有人会觉得MSC 没有钱,含金量不高。我也承认,或许在不少专业上,MPHIL入学更难。但我自己的经历可以说明,授课硕士也不是用钱买回来的,我同样也是认真准备了很多 资料,同样参与了电话面试,同样经过考虑过自己是否真的适合去做研究,同样经历过入学的竞争,和更多有工作经验的人竞争。作为授课形的硕士生,我们大部分 无法获得奖学金资助,但我们也会珍惜,我们知道家人为我们的付出,或者通过自己努力挣来的学费,我们也能在香港好好学习,我们将来不从事研究学术,但也会 在不同岗位上努力工作。我真的很不希望,因为志向和形式的不同,不时有人误解。

过去这一年里,HK申请路并不好走,苦过累过,但我觉得自己真的学到了很多。 很衷心感谢寄托,在这里我迈出了申请的第一步,并一路相随。很感谢各位07申请的学友,虽然大家都没有见过面,但大家通过网络一起奋斗,互相关心的感觉真 的很好,而且我也认识了很多的好朋友,相信到了HK后我们会有更多机会交流。还有感谢目前已在HK就读的师兄师姐,虽然不相识也毫不吝啬地把申请经验与我 们分享。

最后,衷心祝愿08的申请人都能申请到自己理想的学校,即将赴港读书的朋友们拥有精彩的新生活。

2008年11月27日星期四

1127 彩妆课心得

ABOUT COLOR
  • 冷色系:粉色、紫色、蓝色
  • 暖色系:黄色、绿色、橙色
  • 衣服和装色:冷色系的搭冷色系,粉色系的搭粉色系。
  • 适合我的颜色:紫色眼影
PROCESS
  • 化妆次序:由上而下
  • 粉底->散粉->眼影->睫毛膏->唇膏、唇彩->腮红->定妆
DETAILS
  • 眼影从上到下:高光、底色、亮色(比底色深的同级颜色)
  • 睫毛膏:Z字型刷上去
  • 打腮红方法:从颧骨处打圈圈刷上去;从上面经过耳根下来;刷刷两颊边缘;定妆:T字型

眼部护理方法

  • 眼角的肌肉离额头很近,将食指和中指按在双眼两侧,轻轻闭上眼睛,手指向斜上方轻推眼侧皮肤。
  • 不要眯眼睛看东西:如有近视、散光应配戴眼镜,矫正视力。
  • 不要经常刻意眨眼。

  • 不可忽视眼皮浮肿:要查病因,对症下药。

  • 化妆卸妆时不要用力拉扯皮肤。

  • 在干燥环境中应及时补充水分,否则皱纹也会增多。

  • 如何去除假性眼袋

  •   1 在眼部周围涂上眼部按摩霜或眼霜
      2 双手中指和无名指按压眼窝上方,从眼角至眼尾重复5次
      3 用中指和无名指(中指放在上眼睑,无名指放在下眼睑)轻轻地由眼角向眼尾轻拉按摩10次
      4 用中指、无名指指尖轻弹眼周3~5圈
      5 两手无名指分别由双眼的眼尾至眼角,以画小圈的方式滑动按摩,重复5次
      6 将按压延伸到太阳穴,在太阳穴稍稍加大力度,按摩3下
      7 由太阳穴向下,用双手中指和无名指顺着耳前向下按摩至耳垂后,并在此停留3秒
      8 由耳垂向下,顺着左右颈边按摩至锁骨,以便加快淋巴循环

2008年11月25日星期二

1125_电话总结 Summary of Telephone









不知道是天气影响了心情,还是心情影响天气~
里面和外面又开始放起晴来~


看来于我,情感因素相当庞大~





看完了四页论文~当当当当~


调剂下,写写昨天的电话记录~





  • 态度 manner of speaking


昨天FF还是相当配合,一开始尽管还是兮兮意义上的“有点冷”,


但是在逐渐加温中开始热起来……


最牛X还是“佢”的“杜撰”功夫:



  • 内容 content


血真是如鲸鱼吐水一般飞流直下三千尺……


“你们所知道的历史都是不是真正的历史,


历史都是由我来书写的”……


“一切都是假的,只有我说的都是真的,不信你去问兮兮”


额的神啊!@@





于是,"忍无可忍"的兮兮就说肚子疼@@


还说饭饭是兮兮控制的,只是兮兮太过强大,


控制得连饭饭都不知道是被兮兮控制……


一切都未必是真的,只有兮兮说的都是真的,不信你去问饭饭


……
  • 语言 language



复习了英语、广东话和柳州话……


知道“你要定”不是一件容易的事情……

  • 幽默 Humor
我易、你易


一瓦、二瓦


让饭饭再次看到了兮兮的搞笑天赋@@





只是……憋尿憋了一个小时……


不好,不好……

2008年11月23日星期日

【效率低下的根源】刘知远

他们的效率很差。根源在于,他们其实只做简单的事情,而回避那些有难度的工作。

简单的部分要迅速做完,而后把节约出来的时间投放在处理困难的部分上。

做项目计划天天讨论WHAT却从不提及HOW

天天给对恋人说我爱你却从来不花时间想想人家真需要的是什么……

而统计词频呢?由 WordSmith软件完成——只需要几十秒。那剩下的八个月在做什么?

回避困难的人就好像干吃咖啡粉末一样,其实那是相当地苦不堪言……

要跟什么男人在一起……

如果一个男生告诉你,知道你好好吃饭我很幸福,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生看着你狼吞虎咽的吃相,微笑着帮你擦干净嘴角,请你和他在一起:
如果一个男生的家里总是为你准备好你喜欢的零食,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生总是会说你胖胖,但依然坚决的守护你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生说你好重,但依然喜欢背着你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生并不富有,但肯为你买单,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在他没有钱的时候能够直白的告诉你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生一直走在你左边,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生过马路时一直牵着你的手,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在与你滑冰的时候不忍心撒开你的手,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生蹲下身为你寄好鞋带,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生把你带到家里,将你介绍给他的家人,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生的家人热情接待你,欣赏你,鼓励你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生总是认真的倾听你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生做错事情后,认真的和你道歉,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生背叛了你,但从此懂得了更加珍惜你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在生你气的时候忍住脾气不冲你吼叫,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在你生气的时候紧紧抱住你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在你和他软言道歉的时,无法硬下心肠来不理你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生可以尽心的为你制造一次浪漫与惊喜,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在忙碌的时候能够不忘于你,回你的短信,照顾你的小情绪,请你和他在一起; 如果一个男生为了你不抽烟和喝酒,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生为你而学会修饰自己,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生会为你流泪,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生在遭受巨大悲痛的时候,依靠你,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生一直鼓励你做自己想做的事情,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生认真的考虑未来,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生把你理所当然的归纳为他未来的一部分,请你和他在一起;
如果一个男生答应你,等着你离开这个世界,他才可以离去,请你和他在一起。

未来一周计划

努力改变
  • 不在校内做任何互动性动作,在线不超过一分钟
  • 不挂GMAIL,在线不超过一分钟
  • 打开电脑做两件事:看易中天品三国+写Research Proposal
  • 一天一件核心任务

外交原则
  • 规律生活,对自己好一点
  • 人不理我,我不理人
  • 人若理我,我必善言相待
  • 容忍别人的一切分歧
  • 积善行,不大损之事必为之

没有人爱我我更要爱自己!

没有吃饭前的提醒,
没有睡前的问安,
没有早期的闹钟……
所有爱的小提示由爱的动机变成了机械的遵守、再变成不爽的报复工具……
经不起爱的考验,怎么能谈上信仰?

我要习惯没有人爱的生活!
我一定要学会更爱自己!
没有人关系我,我一定会学会关心自己!
我要活的更好!我要变得更强!更漂亮!
磨练之后更有气度和气质!
用一个完美来祭奠我逝去的青春!
来祭奠我美好的十九岁!我痉挛的脑血管,我流过所有的眼泪!
我付出的感情!

我不能像一个怨妇,
也不能做一个小女生,
我要变强,我要变成熟!

10岁的时候就自己谱曲写过一首歌:没人比我更爱自己!
现在还是如此,没人能比我更爱自己!要爱自己一点一滴!
i believe that i deserve a better treatment!

一份爱的耐心……

一旦不爽就中断任何联系……
一颗有爱的耐心就只能维持这么短的时间吗?消失得这么快吗?
这不是一个深情男人的所为……
不懂得爱惜女人的爱的男生不配得到女人的爱……

小黑猫little black cat

今天想对自己好一点,
于是和艳艳去东小门外的“老表汤馆”喝汤,
喝的是“当归乌鸡”,超级滋阴补血。
看到一只小黑猫,油亮的黑毛,眼睛绿得发亮……
黑猫向来让人产生恐惧感,但是我下意识地朝那只猫一叫,
小猫心里很恐惧却威慑性的向我亮出了他标志性的凶残的白牙~
看到犬牙被吓了一跳。
后来发现他其实本身是很惊惧的,
总是窃窃的行走,看到哪儿有肉吃就往哪边去。
吃东西的样子和其他的小猫一样的~
低头舔舔,颈椎突出来,脖子一动一动的~
时不时抬头看一下……

这几天其实是经常能听到猫叫或者看到猫的,
楼下的小灰猫叫得很凶,似乎有人去故意招惹它~
有一次它把自己关在五栋的小铁门里,还求救似的对我狂叫~
但谁都看得出来,它那么瘦肯定能自己钻出来……
还有一次, 它躲在草丛里叫,不见其人但闻其声
可爱的小猫啊~没有主人的小野猫~

2008年11月22日星期六

彻夜流泪Flood of Tears

彻夜流泪,那是2007年以后学会的事情。
流泪,只可能是为一个人,因为我心底最伟大的事业是一个完美的爱情。

女生应该如何对待男生,
我的女性朋友里有女子主义的主张,我的男性朋友那儿有男子主义的理想~
面对该选怎样的男生,
有人建议选爱我的,有人建议选我爱的。

我一直在女子主义和男子主义间寻求平衡,
一直在选爱我的和我爱的之间寻求平衡。

平衡不等于平等。
天秤的平衡条件:
左砝码的重量*力臂=右砝码的重量*力臂
力臂长的,为了平衡自然会放较少的砝码。
力臂短的,为了平衡自然需要放较多的砝码。
我始终认为是天经地义。

但是现实似乎并非如此。
平衡只是我心目中的平衡。
在他的心目中,为了寻求公平,他便忽略了力臂,所以需要平等的放同样重的砝码。

我不知道,因为对力臂长短的把握始终是一种感觉。
当我和别人的观点冲突的时候,我其实很有可能选择相信别人……

我是一个很容易被外界观点所影响的人,
如果外界都说说“他值得”,我就会想:“他是值得的”
如果外界都说“他不值得”,我就会想:“他是不是值得?”
我的个性,不自觉的就会往两个极端上面想,
只有现实才能让我现实。

他放不上更重的砝码,而我的力臂也不会无故缩短。
失衡在所难免。
我不知道该怎么做,面对他越来越到极限的耐心,
挂电话、玩消失这种女生做的事情,他都说出来了~
“那你想怎么样?”
……我……我不知道……
我只知道,我不希望你是这样……

都说男人应该感谢20岁陪在自己身边的女朋友,
因为这时候男人什么都没有,却有女生愿意跟他在一起……

是的,他不满足我心目中BF的几个最重要的条件,
但是我依旧在他什么都没有的情况下愿意和他在一起,
并且想跟他一辈子……
为什么?浅显却真挚的答案:我爱他!

如果我离开他,我只是不想互相伤害;
我不知道这种情况还会持续多久……
我更不知道他还会爱我多久……
他是否还记得我曾给他的爱,并且回忆多久……

曾问他:兮兮决定你90%的幸福与否?
他不知道是没看见还是不想回答。
哎~或许我没那么大的影响力了吧~

我恐惧、我挣扎但是我没有办法。
我能做的,似乎只有顺应天命这么简单……

以前我总以为,只要在一起就能够万事大吉。
但是真的吗?我连穿高跟鞋跟他一起逛街的勇气都没有……
我太在乎别人的看法,不管是出于什么目的的看法……


事物、挫折都是外物,但是面临外物能心如止水、波澜不惊的本质是因为:
i dont' care!
但是如果假定care守恒的话,有不care之物就一定会有care之物。
如果假定不成立,什么都care的人活在世上必定很痛苦,因为世界给不了他这么多,
什么都不care的人活在世上没意思,因为他不知道生命的意义。

我终于明白,“昨夜雨疏风骤”说的不仅仅是风雨,也是情感也是泪……

不管如何,我会努力让自己活得更好, 而且经历了这些,我值得让自己活得更好!

今天,我决定……

今天,我决定在这里记录下我心情的点点滴滴,
为什么在这里呢?因为这里人迹稀少,可以是我的私密;
二来这里是公开的,有缘之人自会看到。有缘之人必定有缘。
对于一个安天命的我来说,一切似乎就可以流于平静了。

Today, I decide to write down all my thoughts here,
why here? firstly, this is a place where few could discover, it could be my secret garden~
secondly, it's open. I open this land wait for "THE ONE" to come,
who is THE ONE? THE ONE is the man he should be.
OK, everything is fine now, because I'm a person who complying God's arrangement.

2008年11月20日星期四

【examples】Research Proposal(I)

粗体:句式
红色:词组
蓝色粗体: 可偷

(I) Proposed Title

The Relationship between Juvenile Delinquency and Environmental Variables in New Town, Tuen Mun


(II) Introduction

The problem of juvenile delinquency in Tuen Mun's new town' has become more and more alarming in recent years.

According to recent police statistics, the figure of 662 recorded juvenile arrests in Tuen Mun was the highest among all police districts in the territory in the first half of 1996. Such figures raise public concern about the occurrence of juvenile delinquency in the context of planned housing in the new towns. A number of questions arise, such as: " Why does Tuen Mun suffer more Juvenile Delinquency than other places? " ; " Is the environment o
f Tuen Mun more favorable for Juvenile Delinquency than other places? " and " Ho w far do the environmental features influence the chances of delinquency occurring? ". Hence, the following hypothesis will be examined in my proposed study:【问题的提出】

" The environment of Tuen Mun's new town invites and provides more opportunities
for juveniles to commit delinquency than other new towns and urban areas of HK.
"

I will compare juvenile delinquency in Tuen Mun's new town with two other areas in order to make the study more interesting. The first area, also a new town, is Tseung Kwan O, which has similar environmental features to Tuen Mun. The second area, Kowloon City, is an urban district and has different characteristics to Tuen Mun.【大概想法】

I will employ the "environmental perspective" in my study in order to attempt to explain the nature of juvenile delinquency. In addition, the related "situational crime prevention" approach which focuses on the "rational choice" of offenders will also be critically used tosupplement an understanding ofthe factors involved in juvenile delinquency.【引入的概念和方法】

The following proposal presents the "What" and "How" of my study. Using the "environmental" approach to study juvenile delinquency is a novel attempt in Hong Kong;【 创新点】 therefore, I will rely on the ideas and methods (developed in the west) by, for example, Newman(1972), the Brantingham(1990) and Clarke and Felson(1993).

2008年11月17日星期一

父爱之于我

其实每个人都应该将自己对父爱的理解凝结成文字,
即是你不是朱自清,你的作品不及《背影》
只要你是有心、有情之作,
父爱那份情感是等价的……

2008年11月16日星期日

一些快捷键

winkey+d : 所有窗口瞬间最小
alt + tab : 如果打开的窗口太多
F2 当你选中一个文件的话,这意味着“重命名”

2008年11月12日星期三

推荐信里赞美人的话(1)

【他的成绩】

* In the class he was one of the most outstanding students. At the semester final he earned a high grade of 81, which should be "A" according to our grading system. I also found him good at other studies.
* Miss Li's performance, like that in many other courses she taken, was excellent with a superior grade of 86 for the first semester, and 84 for the second semester. In our university and in other university here, 80 is considered "A" , the highest level.
* 理论背景 Her solid mathematical and theoretical backgrounds are quite worthy of mentioning
*


【他的方向】

* After the class, he had personal talks with me several times. He indicated a great interest in computer hardware, In my opinion, Mr. Chen has a potential in Computer Science, which can be further developed.
* As far as I know, Miss Li wishes to continue her study in Law for an advanced degree. I am sure she has had sufficient prerequisite knowledge for the subject and certainly has the ability to undertake the study.
*


【他的性格】

* I found him very diligent and intelligent. He often participated in extracurricular activities contributing a great deal to community affairs.
* Worthy of mention also is his personality, honest, reliable, responsible and mature.
*
* 智慧与勤劳 high intellect and incessant assiduity
* 毫无疑问 unquestionable
* 求知若渴 Miss Yang grasped every chance to satisfy her strong desire for advanced learning.
* 创新能力 ingenious and creative way of thinking
* 外界学习和自身智慧结合 she has the talent to combine intellectual independence with well-grasped knowledge appropriately.
* 负责任的responsible personality
*


【其他对申请有益的话】

* I strongly recommend this promising young man.
* In view of his previous achievements in this College, I am firmly convinced that Mr. Chen will make a successful graduate student.
* I recommend Miss Li without reservation and shall appreciate your favorable consideration of her application.
* 获得保研资格A few days ago, we nominated her as a graduate student, but she gave up the chance because she has admired your university. I can understand her and wish her success.

国外PS学习(3)

My mother was almost muffled to death by my grandparents the moment she was born, simply because she was a girl instead of a boy of the family.

It was the sympathetic neighbors who came to her rescue seconds before she breathed her last breaths.

Several decades later, the similar fate of being sexually discriminated occurred to her daughter: I was ordered by my parents to discontinue my education just as I was finishing my junior high school.

To them, the fact that I am female in gender itself ensured that there could be no bright future for me, however well-educated I could possibly become.

Even though, as time passed, I entered a prestigious university(启示:可以说译言等是有声望的) in my capacity as the top student of my county at the highly competitive nationwide entrance examination and even though I have made considerable achievements(不一定要用great等词) in my professional career after my graduation, I have largely been overlooked in a male-dominated world and I encounter much greater disadvantages in getting promoted than my male counterparts.

What is especially outrageous is that one evening when putting up in a hotel during a business travel, one of my male colleagues attempted a sexual molest on me and when rejected, he spread rumors to damage my reputation.

Even though I tried to defend myself, my colleagues refused to believe me and I had to undergo all the shame and humiliation.

The reason was simple – I am female in gender. To a large extent, those bizarre experiences of mine represent in miniature the frustrations and the dilemmas of contemporary Chinese women.


As a senior journalist of Hunan Provincial TV Station, I have had too many opportunities to witness the dire conditions of Chinese women, especially in rural areas, and to deplore over their pathetic status.

If a poor rural family cannot afford proper education to its children, it is always the daughter who is first forced to quit school, and there is no exception to this rule. Since the so-called reform and opening-up campaign of China over the past decades, the market economy, heavily tinted with a capitalistic nature, has produced both positive and negative effects on women’s lives. An increasingly number of women from poor rural areas have flown into cities, only to become prostitutes and frequently their families take this for granted, feeling comforted in the income that their daughters can bring. Moral standards are deteriorating especially rapidly.

All those indicate the particularly complicated nature of the status of contemporary Chinese women.

In literature, a female character named Pan Jinglian in the classical novel Jinpinmei---A Story of Three Women has been interpreted in diametrically opposite fashions by critics over the past century, from the symbol of licentiousness to that of the warrior of women’s liberation with the rise of feminist criticism.

According to one traditional Chinese concept, the low intelligence of women itself can constitute their greatest virtue.

Traditional Chinese society’s prejudice against learned women has resulted in a vicious cycle: the less education women receive, the lower intelligence they develop, the more prejudiced the society becomes against them.

Although in law women are accorded equal constitutional rights as men when the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, Chinese women’s status since 1980’s has actually decreased with the worsening of inflation and unemployment.

Apart from increasing prostitution, some economists even proposed that women should go home from their jobs to make room for the redundant male labor.

As has been elaborated on by political economics in Marxism, the advanced mode of capitalist production has created economic improvement of the Chinese society, but it has also led to the alienation of human nature as embodied in prostitution.

In this dehumanizing process, women are the greatest victims.

In this regard, Marxism has already incorporated some penetrating criticism of the evils of capitalism.

But I believe that more perceptive interpretations of the changing conditions of contemporary Chinese women can be developed from the perspectives other than Marxism.

All those fall into the category of gender politics (sometimes referred to as sexual politics) and to me those issues have been as puzzling as they are frustrating until I started reading works by Western scholars, including the pioneering research done by on sexual politics by Kate Millet in Sexual Politics and Kathleen Barry in The Prostitution of Sexuality.

I find myself become increasingly enlightened by the refreshingly original ideas of those western authors, different from the doctrinaire education I have received so far within the conventional framework of Chinese education.

The spirit of criticism, the in-depth scholarly insights, and unique research perspectives as represented by those western writers are what I myself would like to develop in my prospective program.

I have eventually come to the realization that a proper understanding of Chinese women’s complicated status has to borrow the western scholarly research findings.

In my future studies, I would like to examine the status of Chinese women from the perspective of western feminism and to put it into a theoretical framework, and try to seek some philosophical solutions to the issue.

Another task for me is to discover the distinctive features of the problems facing contemporary Chinese women in this are of dramatic social changes, including their sense of disillusionment, displacement, and their desires.

In addition, my unique background as a typical Chinese woman is what I can contribute to your interdisciplinary program.

I majored in Chinese Language and Literature as an undergraduate. As a student of humanities, I have also received systematic education and training in history and philosophy, both Chinese and Western.

My scores in such courses as Social Psychology, History of Western Philosophy, History of Life Science, History of Natural Sciences, Theory of Marxism, are unusually high, as can be evidenced in my Academic Transcript.

As a journalist, I have covered extremely wide ranges of social issues in contemporary China, with special emphasis on women’s status.

This has allowed me to accumulate rich social experiences, develop ample empirical knowledge and gain insights into the problems in the real world. (实习的好处)Those qualifications should prepare me perfectly for (知识:具备研究全球传播的能力)the interdisciplinary sociological studies in the Draper Program.

A tentative title for my Master’s thesis topic can be Gender Politics in Contemporary China. To develop myself into a woman scholar on gender politics, an area of pioneering studies in China, will be my academic goal and the interdisciplinary and intercultural trainings I shall receive in the Draper Program will properly enable me to arrive at my academic goal. I will follow a series of demonstrable, verifiable steps, using an objective method of analysis. By exercising the unique perspectives of a literary critic, a creative writer and a journalist, I wish to add to the understanding of the status of Chinese woman and contribute to the China’s feminist politics and to the feminist studies within a sociopolitical framework.

2008年11月11日星期二

国外PS学习(2)

Statement of Purpose - PhD Management (SOP)


: T: X5 P5 U( |4 Y I have completed my four year Bachelor of Technology program at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. I graduated in July 1998 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Many of my courses and research activities in the final year were in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research with a strong focus on production and operations management. I am presently working in Tata Technologies India Ltd., an information technology firm that is involved in the areas of enterprise integration and CAD/CAM. I am applying for admission and financial aid to the Ph.D. program in Operations Management at the Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University.

(要奖学金的说法:applying for financial aid)

Detailed information about my academic record and my research and other experience is attached to this statement.

I was introduced to mathematics and the physical sciences while at school and it was in high school that I considered a career in this area. The desire to study the applied physical sciences and mathematics prompted me to
(替换词, prompted me to = make me to, encourage me to)

take the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology. I was ranked in the top 0.25 % of the nearly 1,00,000 students who took the examination.

My undergraduate education at IIT Bombay has not only given me a certain set of skills but has also helped me understand my fields of interest and my academic strengths and weaknesses.(在华科的收获:可借鉴之)

This understanding has made me realize that though the applied physical sciences appeal to me, my strengths lie in applied mathematics and in abstractions of reality. In particular, I am interested in the managerial aspects of industrial and technological systems. This interest developed during my junior year seminar titled ‘Productivity Management’ in which I explored the relationship between manufacturing strategy and productivity improvement. I continued further research in this area through my senior year project titled ‘Decision Support System for Quality Control’ which sought to investigate various decision making mechanisms in the quality function and provide corresponding computer support. The project also enabled me to appreciate the interaction between(借鉴:国际经济、跨文化传播、传播科技间的关系) manufacturing and the other functions of the firm especially information systems. The reading of certain outstanding books during the course of my research such as Skinner’s ‘Manufacturing in the Corporate Strategy’, Deming’s ‘Out of the Crisis’ and Goldratt’s ‘The Goal’ finally convinced me to pursue a Ph.D. in operations management and an academic career thereafter.

My past work in the area of industrial engineering and operations research was characterised by a dichotomy of approaches. The courses that I took in this area dealt with various operational and tactical issues. The basic aim was to understand a specific problem, model the problem appropriately and find an optimal or reasonably optimal solution using the techniques of operations research. This has given me a good background in issues related to methodology, modelling, and heuristic solutions. On the other hand, my research has been oriented towards strategic issues. The basic thrust of my junior year seminar and senior year project has been ‘integrative’. Through my future research efforts I would like to understand this dichotomy better. Initially, I want to study rigorous model-based methods and do research on operational and tactical topics. After gaining a thorough grounding in these topics, I am interested in applying the same methodologies and techniques to strategic topics in operations management.

I believe that I have the qualities to be a good researcher and teacher. I am a creative person and often think in a contemplative way about various issues of practical importance. Being able to identify patterns and relationships that are not obvious to others is perhaps my greatest strength. This will prove very valuable because an integral part of being a researcher and teacher is to perceive the balance between theory and practice, analytical rigor and intuition. My communication skills are good and I like expressing ideas and concepts both in oral and written form - an ideal platform for the dissemination of knowledge in my chosen field of specialization.

The Krannert Graduate School of Management is one of the best schools of management in the world with a strong orientation towards research. The diversity of research interests in the operations management group is of particular interest to me. The eminent faculty and the individualized nature of the doctoral program will definitely bring out the best in me. I would like to reiterate that I possess the background, the ability and the motivation to make a significant contribution to Operations Management. I hope you will take a favorable decision regarding my admission to the Ph.D. program and I look forward to joining the Krannert Graduate School of Management and Purdue University.

2008年11月9日星期日

国外PS学习(1)

Subject: East Asian Studies

It’s not often that a kid growing up in small-town New Mexico strikes up a passion for Chinese civilization.

Nevertheless, my interest in different cultures flourished during my childhood and adolescence in New Mexico. (可以学)

The beauty and breathtakingly scenic landscape of this state is enriched with the pronounced cultural diversity brought about by Pueblo, Hopi and Navajo nations and a large Hispanicpopulation that represents close to 50% of state.

When I was in kindergarten I attended a bilingual school in Lemitar, a small town in southern New Mexico. Most of the children at this school were Hispanic. This allowed me at a very early age to experience a language and culture different from mine. My father has always had a keen interest in people from other countries and cultural backgrounds. As a librarian, my father has always encouraged me to read not only Western Philosophy, but Eastern Philosophy as well. In addition, he inspired me to see life from a different perspective.

(The study of International Economics and Trade allowed me to see globalization from an different perspective.)

To a large extent, and by most definitions, I have always been a non-traditional and unconventional student. I went to a high school with a curriculum that was as challenging for me as any course I have taken in college. This high school was unique because we studied everything from the origin of Western Civilization to modern-day Western thought. Another unique feature of this school was that at the end of our senior year we had to give an oral presentation in front of a host of panelists from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This experience helped me develop my ability to think critically and present a cogent thesis.(在华科让我学到的) It forced me to grow not only as a student, but more importantly, as an individual.When I graduated from high school I rebelled against traditional education and decided not to apply to college. This decision was to the great dismay of my parents, who had entered college immediately after high school. With much resistance, I enrolled at Santa Fe Co
mmunity College. This was just to satisfy my parents’ wishes, and I spent only one semester there. Although I wanted to study and continue to learn, I yearned to reach out to people and find a different mode of study -- one which would allow me to understand myself better so that I could relate better to the world around me.With this goal, I decided to attend the New Mexico Academy of Massage and Advanced Healing Arts. The school provided me with a unique mind/body balance that has helped me become a more well-rounded person.
I studied subjects that ranged from Anatomy and Physiology to Yoga and Tai Chi. After graduating, I got a job at the Santa Fe Sport Medicine Institute as a Physical Therapy Assistant. I used Massage techniques to help people who were injured in auto accidents or sporting events. This type of work allowed me to directly help people -- the people I massaged told me that the pain they experienced prior to the massage had subsided. Relieving the pains of these people nurtured in me a sense of purpose. In addition, it increased my interest in Eastern Philosophy, making me want to learn more about Asia.
(在译言实习的经历让我想学习更多传播知识。)

I began to read many classical Chinese texts to further my knowledge about Chinese Philosophy. Soon I developed a profound interest in learning how to read and speak the Chinese language. The opportunities for studying Chinese were very limited, however. At 22,I had saved up some money and now decided to go live in Asia to experience a Chinese culture first-hand, and to learn how to speak Mandarin Chinese. My desire to go to Asia was spawned by a genuine interest in reconciling differences I found between Eastern and Western cultures.(在阐述全球传播时可用) Similarly, I wanted to pursue this experience because it would provide me with a unique opportunity to broaden (为何放弃保研机会)the perspective I had on the world as a whole. This is how I ended living in Taichung, Taiwan and visiting mainland China. When I arrived in Taiwan, I remember getting off the airplane and hearing everyone speaking Chinese. Everything I saw and heard was unfamiliar to me. Seeing a different world made a huge impact on me; I can still recall how exotic my environment was. In Taiwan, I went through an intensive Chinese language immersion program. Slowly I began to feel more comfortable living there, as I learned to communicate with people in Chinese. I was invited to teach English at a private school for children, but I told the school that I had no teaching experience. The school informed me that if I took a short teaching training class, I would be ready to teach. And they even offered to pay me for the training classes. However, I refused to be paid for the training. The school was so impressed by this that after I completed the training, they appointed me director of the English Language program. I was astounded by the generosity and honesty that I received from the people in Taiwan.This was a truly remarkable experience. In Taiwan, I lived with a Chinese family. This allowed me to assimilate my culture with the customs and habits of this particular Chinese family. We had long conversations about fundamental aspects of Chinese culture and philosophy. The family also brought me to all the Chinese festivals and celebrations. It was in Taiwan that I realized I must return to college in the United States, and earn a degree in East Asian Studies.(在北京实习时,决定深入学习更多传播学知识) After spending a year in Taiwan, I returned to the United States to complete my degree. My time Taiwan taught me so much about myself, and it gave me the perspective to see things from both a Western and Eastern point of view.Since my return to the United States, my life has seen some exciting changes. I got married about a year after I returned from Taiwan. My wife is originally from Venezuela, and she has introduced a new host of cultural norms that I am learning about. During my free time I teach my mother-in-law English. She, of course, insists that I need to attain fluency in both Spanish and Chinese. And that is exactly what I am doing. My wife and I are both students at Rutgers University, and we share our ambitions, hopes and expectation of attending graduate school. Currently I am a senior, majoring in East Asian Studies with a minor in Political Science.The growing importance of Asia as a determining factor in global economy and the increasing intera
ction and commerce of the U. S. with China, suggests to me that pursing a career in law would be pertinent and appealing. My knowledge of Chinese culture and mastery of the Chinese language would be a very strong asset,(我的实习经历和我的双学位经验是我的善良之处) and it would let me make a significant contribution to the political, commercial and
cultural exchange between the U. S. and Asia.

从Web2.0到Mobile2.0

摩根斯坦利发布了一份《全球互联网发展趋势》研究报告(Global internet trends)
2005年全球移动互联网(Mobile- internet)服务的收益与互联网广告(Pc-Internet AD)的收益相当,为190亿美元。
在2005年20亿的手机用户已经大于10亿的互联网用户。

巨型计算机—>微型计算机——>个人电脑——>PC互联网——>移动互联网

Google CEO Eric Schmidt 说“移动互联已经是下一个即将到来的重大互联网现象。对于每个人来说,它掌控着进入更大的网络世界的钥匙,将为人们带来更大的益处。”

Inter CEO保罗.奥特里尼说:“手机已经比智能计算机多了10亿,我们不能忽略,在未来的10年它会创造一个软件业的新高潮”

微软CEO斯蒂夫.鲍尔默 (steve Ballme)说“我们确实相信,我们正处在一个移动计算全新时代的端点上”

微软技术战略高级副总裁艾瑞克.儒德( Eric Rudder)说的:“大多数人的首次数字体验将会通过手机获得!”

Tim O’Reilly写那篇著名的纲领性文章“什么是web2.0?”(What is web2.0?)

英国移动产业咨询机构Futuretext的联合创始人兼CEO、英国皇家学会(RSA)会员Ajit Jaokar写下Mobile Web 2.0,这本书更进一步深入地阐释了在web 2.0 和 mobile 2.0相关应用和服务之间的关系,并首次提出了Mobile2.0的七条原则。

目前3.34亿手持终端可以运行Java/BREW程序,已经有 3.74亿设备可以接入2.5G /3G网络,移动内容在稳定增长。

正如摩根斯坦利所追问的那样 ——对于移动用户来讲什么将会成为主导的杀手级应用?
E-mail?
短信?
铃声?
游戏?
搜索?
博客
本地化服务?
手持设备成为微型计算机?
需求更廉价、更快、更多的数据?
更多的内容?


Reference:
http://blog.xiaonei.com/GetEntry.do?id=335594009&owner=229081145



内容分析法在网络舆情信息分析中的应用

内容分析法在网络舆情信息分析中的应用
天津社会科学院舆情研究所 刘毅
天津大学学报社会科学版
2007年6月

《情报科学》互联网舆情分析及应用研究

《情报科学》互联网舆情分析及应用研究.许鑫, 章成志.2008 年8月


什么是舆情?
舆情是指在一定的社会空间内, 围绕中介性社会事件的发生、发展和变化, 民众对社会管理者
产生和持有的社会政治态度。
它是较多群众关于社会中各种现象、问题所表达的信念、态度、意见和情绪等等表现的总和。

研究网络舆情的意义?

互联网民的增多,数量大,故网络舆情一定程度上反应特定民众意见。

支撑材料:
2007 年7 月中国互联网络信息中心CNNIC 公布了第20 次中国互联网发展统计调查报告, 报告中显示, 截至2007 年6 月中国网民人数已经达到1162 亿, 仅次于美国2111 亿的网民规模, 位居世界第二;

互联网舆情的特点

互联网舆情:传播速度快、影响面广的信息
与普通舆情不同之处:传播机制、处理技术以及分析方法

互联网舆情分析流程与关键技术解决方案

① 互联网信息采集
基于垂直搜索引擎的互联网舆情采集技术

② 互联网信息预处理
基于统计与规则相结合的信息过滤技术

③ 舆情关键信息抽取
基于语义信息抽取的智能节点识别技术

④ 网络舆情内容分析
基于机器学习的舆情分析技术

⑤ 舆情研判平台构建与服务
党政舆情研判平台的框架模型与实现技术


(1) 内容分析法。
内容分析法是一种对文献内容作客观系统的定量分析的专门方法, 其目的是弄清或测验文献中本质性的事实和趋势, 揭示文献所含有的隐性情报内容, 对事物发展作情报预测。

它实际上是一种半定量研究方法, 其基本做法是把媒介上的文字、非量化的有交流价值的信息转化为定量的数据, 建立有意义的类目分解交流内容, 并以此来分析信息的某些特征。

(2)内容分析法与舆情分析

内容分析法可以揭示文献(包括保存的网页) 的隐性内容, 和舆情研究结合起来可以揭示网络宣传的技巧、策略, 衡量互联网内容的可读性, 发现作者或者评论者的个人风格, 分辨不同时期不同环境的舆情特征, 反映个人与团体的态度、兴趣, 揭示大众关注的焦点等。

需要指出的是内容分析法具有的特点正是我们从情报学视角研究互联网舆情分析的关键所在。

(3)实证分析法。实证分析法是通过分析大量案例和相关数据后试图得出某些结论的一种常见研究方法。
  • 社会调查法
社会调查法是有目的、有计划、有系统地搜集有关研究对象社会现实状况或历史状况材料的方
法, 它可以用谈话、问卷、个案研究、测验或实验等科学方式, 对有关社会现象进行有计划的、周密的、系统的了解, 并对调查搜集到的大量资料进行分析、综合、比较、归纳, 借以发现存在的社会问题, 探索有关规律。
  • 网络计量法
网络计量法是将传统信息计量方法应用在Web分析上, 就诸如语言、单词、词汇、频次、作者特
征、用户行为等进行计量研究。

如何判断舆情?(概要方法论)

(1) 热点话题、敏感话题识别。

可以根据新闻出处权威度、评论数量、发言时间密集程度等参数, 识别出给定时间段内的热门话题。利用关键字布控和语义分析, 识别敏感话题。

(2) 倾向性分析。对于每个话题了解发表人的文章观点, 对倾向性进行分析与统计。

(3) 主题跟踪。分析网络上新发表的新闻文章和论坛贴子, 关注话题是否与已有主题相同或类
似。

(4) 趋势分析。分析某个主题在不同的时间段内, 人们所关注的程度。

(5) 突发事件分析。对突发事件进行跨时间、跨空间综合分析, 获知事件发生的全貌并预测事件
发展的趋势。

(6) 报警系统。对突发事件、涉及内容安全的敏感话题及时发现并报警。

(7) 统计报告。根据舆情分析引擎处理后的结果库生成报告, 用户可通过浏览器浏览, 提供信息
检索功能, 根据指定条件对热点话题、倾向性进行查询, 并浏览信息的具体内容, 提供决策支持。

怎样从无领导小组面试中脱颖而出

在无领导小组讨论中,主考官评分的依据标准是:
  • 发言次数的多少;
  • 是否善于提出新的见解和方案;
  • 敢于发表不同的意见,支持或肯定别人的意见,坚持自己的正 确意见;
  • 是否善于消除紧张气氛,说服别人,调解争议,创造一个使不大开口的人也想发言的气氛,把众人的意见引向一致;
  • 看能否倾听别人意见,是否尊重别人,
  • 是否侵犯他人发言权。
你要做到:

  ———对自己充满信心,想象自己充满信心。
  ———放下包袱,大胆开口,抢先发言。
  ———讲话停顿时显得像是在思考的样子
  ———论证充分,辩驳有力。
  ———尊重队友观点,友善待人,不恶语相向。
  ———千万别搞“一言堂”。
  ———准备纸笔,记录要点
  ———逐一点评,充当领导者
  ———上交讨论提纲。

2008年11月8日星期六

GossipGirl Notes 0209



text him
给他发短信

deflower her
玷污她

your specialty
你的专长

philanthropic society's annual gala
慈善年会

financial backers
资金支持者

furtune 500

sometimes the ends have to justify the means
有时要不择手段

looks like you got nailed
看样子你得手了

how tacky are you
你真贱!

being center of attention
成为焦点

whatever you decide, i'm with you
无论你做什么决定,我都陪着你。

you are behind the plot.
你错过了情节


his morals are questionable.
他的品行有问题。

This is a sign from God
这是上帝的指引

little red riding 、 the big bad wolf
小红帽&大灰狼

distracted, self-centered mothers
冷漠、自私的母亲

she's the one with all the guts
她是有胆量的恶人。

I'm saving you from making a terrible mistakes.
我让你避免犯错。

minimalism
简约主义

not succumbing to your baser instincts
不向本能屈服

曾国藩之经典言论




细思古今亿万年无有穷期,人生其间,数十寒暑仅须臾耳。

大地数万里,不可纪极,人于其中寝处游息,昼仅一室耳,夜仅一榻耳。

古人书籍,近人著述,浩如烟海,人生目光之所能及者不过九牛之一毛耳。

事变万端,美名百途,人生才力之所能办者,不过太仓之一粒耳。


知天之长而吾所历者短,则遇忧患横逆之来,当少忍以待其定;

知地之大而吾所居者小,则遇荣利争夺之境,当退让以守其雌;

知书籍之多而吾所见者寡,则不敢以一得自喜,而当思择善而约守之;

知事变之多而吾所办者少,则不敢以功名自矜,而当思举贤而共图之。

【牛人经验】如何进行文献检索和阅读国外文献

* 首先在Google 学术搜索里进行搜索
* 引用次数反应了这篇文章的质量,在没有太多时间的情况下,就可以只看经典的.
* 如果上面的方法找不到全文,用作者的名字来搜索
* 如果上面两个方法都没有查到你要的文献,那你就直接写邮件向作者要。

Dear Professor ×××
I am in ××× Institute of ×××, HUST. I am writing to request your assistance. I search one of your papers: 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。(你的文献题目)but I can not read full-text content, would you mind sending your papers by E-mail? Thank you for your assistance.
Best wishes !(or best regards)

×××

* 发贴在小木虫上求助。
* 国外的数据库:如果你注册了邮箱,有新的文章链接发到你的邮箱
* 我建议大家边看一篇文献时,边打开word文档,边整理文章出彩和重要的部分,然后复制过去,标上文献的标题和作者等相关信息,把每一类文献归为一组。
* 有时把一些很经典的段落或都语句翻译专门整理在一个本本上



References:
1. http://blog.xiaonei.com/GetEntry.do?id=330082724&owner=221175203=330082724&owner=221175203

2008年11月7日星期五

听力翻译【鸦片战争】

你好,我没看见你进来。
这个是什么?
这个是鸦片。
鸦片是什么?
你不知道鸦片是什么?
听着,我来告诉你什么叫做鸦片。

鸦片是美丽罂粟的种子。
在中国,人们经常用精致的烟管来吸食鸦片。
在外国,鸦片通常用来做海洛因和吗啡。

现在,让我告诉你鸦片是怎么进入中国的。
种植于印度罂粟被加工成为鸦片,甜甜的鸦片。
然后,英国的贸易公司把它们装上船运到中国,与中国进行茶叶贸易。
在鸦片运到中国不久,鸦片在中国变得流行起来。

中国政府禁止鸦片的贩卖和吸食,因为鸦片损害了经济和国民的身体。
一旦人体吸入鸦片,就会有很强烈的反应,包括:
  • drowsiness 昏昏欲睡
  • lightheadedness 头重脚轻
  • weakness 虚弱
  • euphoria 兴奋
  • dry mouth 口干
  • difficulty urinatin 排尿困难
  • difficulty breathing 呼吸困难
  • severe constipation 严重便秘
  • skin irratation, itching or hives皮肤瘙痒
  • fatigue 乏力

中国禁烟之后,英国商人贿赂中国官员,依旧将鸦片运往中国。
中国人销毁了绝大多数的鸦片,
为了报复,英国舰队驶入中国,摧毁了中国的海防,然后进入长江
掠夺了帝国收入。

1842,《南京条约》的签订结束了第一次鸦片战争。
13年后,第二次鸦片战争爆发。
这个战争以 《天津条约》结束,
香港正式被英国殖民统治。
中国人认为香港的割让是世纪耻辱的开始。

WRITTEN DIRECTED AND EDITED BY MIKE DICKENS

2008年11月5日星期三

我喜欢的处理事情的方法:Getting Things Done

01. GTD的主要原则在于一个人需要通过记录的方式把头脑中的各种任务移出来.
通过这样的方式,头脑可以不用塞满各种需要完成的事情,而集中精力在正在完成的事情.

02. 制定出在各种环境下的任务列表

03. 任何两分钟之内就能完成的任务应该马上做

04. 搜集: 把任何你需要跟踪或者记住或者做的事情记在Allen称之为‘水桶’的地方:一个收件箱,电子邮箱,磁带,笔记本,PDA,或者它们的组合。把你脑子里的任何东西都拿出来放到你的搜集设备里,准备好做下一步的处理。每星期所有的水桶都应该被至少清空一次。

05. 如果任何一项需要做:
  • 做(如果花的时间少于两分钟)
  • 委托别人完成,或者
  • 把它延期.
  • 否则
  • 把它存档以便查询,
  • 把它扔掉,或者
  • 使它成熟以便下一步的处理

References:
1. http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTD
2. http://baike.baidu.com/view/406078.htm
3.