z****g
发帖数: 3509 | 1 老中用idiom代替思考是很糟糕的习惯，这是老中的社会没法进步的原因之一。老中的
idiom正说反说都有理，你让一个idiom被说服，说明你的脑子是浆糊。
苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋 — 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
打铁还需自身硬 — 时势造英雄 |
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发帖数: 3 | 2 I mean, some funny ones:
1) Sitting on the throne: in the toilet. Eg. He bought a laptop so that
he can play bbs on his throne.
2) The 11th commandment: Thou shalt not be cought. Eg.: You can speed
on highways, but you have to live with the 11th commandment.
3) The fat lady sings: It is finished. This idiom is from operas, where
nothing can be finished before the prima dona (normally very fat) sings.
Eg: another idiom says, nothing is finished before the fat lady sings. |
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j******e
发帖数: 232 | 3 I need a dictionary to tell me what the hell
those American guys murmur. I mean, I need
a dictionary on idiom. Who could recommend some
one to me? Thanx! |
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C*****e
发帖数: 367 | 4 【 以下文字转载自 Church 俱乐部 】
发信人: CCBible (神同在圣经), 信区: Church
标 题: Glossary to the Westminster Confession
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Apr 24 21:16:33 2012, 美东)
Glossary to the Westminster Confession
Explanations of all archaic and uncommon words, usages, and expressions, in
the order in which they occur.
Title Confession. n. Public statement of religious beliefs.
1.1 Providence. n. Divine care. Manifest. v. Show. Are they. idiom. T
hey are. Unto. prep. With regard to. Sundry. adj. Separate. D... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9094 | 6 There are many English idioms whose true meaning (意译) usually has nothing
to do with their literal definition (直译). For example, the idiom “let the
cat out of the bag.” This phrase doesn’t literally mean to let a cat out
of a bag. Although originally that’s what it might have meant, now “
letting the cat out of the bag” means giving away a secret, as in Mom let
the cat out of the bag and told us Karen was engaged. This expression
alludes to the dishonest practice of a merchant substituting a wor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2808 | 8 我一直以来都是用Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary，中英文版，高一刚出来的
时候我看广告后，叫父母专门在香港给我带回来（后来内地版本也出来了，不过觉得纸
质没有香港版本那么薄和滑），十几年了，陪了我环绕地球一周半。。。我觉得它很好
用，不过可能有感情因素（因为我觉得它算是我最珍贵的身外物了吧）。但因为是英国
人出的字典，虽然有不少刻意的美式英文用法，估计和美国这边的风格还是不大一样。
我还有一本Oxford Learner's Thesaurus，这本的词汇量不大，因此不能作为一般
Thesaurus的替代（不过在这个年代了，也不用专门买一本Thesaurus，电脑上自带的字
典有，此外也可以到m-w.com上看），但是普通词的细微之分别都写得很详尽，爱写平
实英文的，这个字典很不错。我自己的感觉就是，当不知道一样东西如何表达时，尽量
不要用中译英去找那个词，而是从近义词入手一步一步地靠近理想的用法。这个角度而
言，这本字典挺有用的。
此外我还推荐一本American Idioms Dictionary，有时想感觉说话地道些，可以用
idioms来... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 9 A Chinese-language final exam paper at a high school in New York has
left internet users amused and confused, reported guancha.cn on Saturday.
据观察者网上周六报道，纽约一所高中的中文期末试卷让网民们既困惑又欢乐。
The CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment) test paper for course FMS63
Chinese 3 was prepared for students in Foreign Language Department at
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School, a coeducational public school.
这份“FMS63 Chinese 3”课程的CLA（大学学习评估）试卷是为富兰克林·德拉诺
·罗斯福高中外语系的学生们准备的，这是一所男女同校的公立学校。
The paper had seldom-used Chinese ... 阅读全帖 |
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z****g
发帖数: 3509 | 10 老中用idiom代替思考是很糟糕的习惯，这是老中的社会没法进步的原因之一。老中的
idiom正说反说都有理，你让一个idiom被说服，说明你的脑子是浆糊。
苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋 — 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
打铁还需自身硬 — 时势造英雄 |
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发帖数: 1 | 11 完全同意，老中太注重所谓的经验了。最烦的就是和别人说事，对方用一句俗语来证明
他的观点对。
：老中用idiom代替思考是很糟糕的习惯，这是老中的社会没法进步的原因之一。老中的
：idiom正说反说都有理，你让一个idiom被说服，说明你的脑子是浆糊。 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 12 (1) Claire Cain Miller, Payment Method Bypasses the Wallet. New York Times,
May 24, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/technology
/24pay.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=wallet%20name&st=cse
Note:
(a) Square, Inc: Headquarters San Francisco, CA; Launched 2010.
Wikipedia
Its web site is
www.saqureup.com
* square (vi): "to settle matters; especially : to pay the bill" www.m-w.
com
* "square up": "Settle a bill or debt, as in The others went to get the car
while he squared up with the waiter. This idiom der... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 13 (1) Claire Cain Miller, Payment Method Bypasses the Wallet. New York Times,
May 24, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/technology
/24pay.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=wallet%20name&st=cse
Note:
(a) Square, Inc: Headquarters San Francisco, CA; Launched 2010.
Wikipedia
Its web site is
www.saqureup.com
* square (vi): "to settle matters; especially : to pay the bill" www.m-w.
com
* "square up": "Settle a bill or debt, as in The others went to get the car
while he squared up with the waiter. This idiom der... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1753 | 14 Idioms & Phrases
up to one's ears
Also, in up to one's eyes or eyeballs or neck . Deeply involved; also,
oversupplied, surfeited. For example, I'm up to my ears in work , or He's in
up to his eyes with the in-laws . This hyperbolic and slangy idiom implies
one is flooded with something up to those organs. The first was first
recorded in 1839; up to the eyes in 1778; to the eyeballs in 1911; to the
neck in 1856.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright &... 阅读全帖 |
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O**J
发帖数: 475 | 15 Every language has its own merits for existence. To me,成语
is a formalized usage of a phrase that has a special meaning.
In English, this would be idioms. Here is a reference, you
can find the idioms and the origins:
http://www.pride-unlimited.com/probono/idioms1.html
I think 成语 is wonderful, don't get me wrong. |
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发帖数: 2785 | 16 新的
1,419 of 1,540 people found the following review helpful
A must read. This book is going to be in history., January 22, 2013
By lin
This review is from: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds (Hardcover)
(edited and revised on 2/21)
(Some people may get confused about what happened to my review. Here is the
story: My oringinal most popular 1 star review was deleted by Amazon on the
evening of Feb 16. I then posted this new 5 star review on the morning of
Feb 18, which was voted to be The most ... 阅读全帖 |
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d****i
发帖数: 4354 | 17 You are unfortunately mistaken here. If the idiom is look forward to, then
yes, it would be used in sentence like: "XXX always look forward to picking
other people's pocket". While if the idiom is look to, then it should be
used this way: "XXX looks to pick other people's pockets for some changes". |
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u*****a
发帖数: 6276 | 18 己笨不知
就用中文思维来答英文数学题而言:
The question to be asked is not whether it makes sense mathematically, but
whether it makes sense linguistically — that is, whether people understand
what it means in English. The so-called ambiguity of using the phrase "times
more than" is imaginary, because in the world of actual speech and writing,
the meaning of "times more than" is clear and unequivocal. It is an idiom
that has existed in the English language for more than four centuries, and
there is no real reason to... 阅读全帖 |
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B******1
发帖数: 9094 | 19 The meaning of the English idiom is that: BOTH are black (or wrong). There
is no point of calling the other one black (or wrong).
The meaning of the Chinese idiom is the same. BOTH were 临阵逃跑! The fact
that one ran further away made no difference to the wrong! |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 20 (1) Kate Sheehy, Anna Takes Spin on the 'Gat'-Walk; Sizzling spy packs heat
as model. New York Post, Apr 6, 2011.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international
/anna_takes_spin_on_the_gat_walk_YvaufmUFbHEEq3JuHDJBAI
(Moscow fashion show)
Note:
(a) The gat-walk is a play on "cat walk."
(i) gat (n; short for Gatling gun; First Known Use: 1897): "slang: HANDGUN"
www.m-w.com
(ii) Gatling gun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun
(a forerunner of the modern machine gun; well known for its use by the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8336 | 21 你 知道you can you up，no can no BB是什么意思吗？今年4月9日才被录入的;you
can you up(你行你上啊);在美国在线俚语词典Urban Dictionary中被发现，解释中还
附赠了配套用语;no can no BB;(不行就别乱喷)。该词语出现，就收到了290多个赞，
热度可见一斑。
1. you can you up, no can no BB 你行你上啊, 不行别逼逼
Translated from Chinglish. If you can do it then you should go up and do it.
It's used against people who criticize others' work, especially when the
criticizer is not that much better. Often followed by "no can no BB", which
means "if you can't do it then don't even criticize it".
中式英语翻译而来。... 阅读全帖 |
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Y**s
发帖数: 1632 | 23 I'm not familiar with speak english like an american... it seems like a
book filled with idioms and such? I dunno, idioms should be used sparingly,
just like any other such constructs, and really doesn't constitute the bulk
of everyday conversation (nor should they!).
Read more would definitely help - just normal novels, or short stories, or
whatever is of interest to you. I think writing dairy definitely helps,
even if you had to correct it 50 times - that means your brain is engaged
and yo |
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p**********s
发帖数: 6 | 24 huh, his
chinese english so qi guai one! 挺准确的啊，对你的评价！ 你初次见面，说什么
idiom啊，那这个来impress人的人，是挺书呆子气的。
Singlish挺好的啊，新加坡人口头和书面英文分的很开的，口头什么都夹杂，只要是最
直接有效的，他们都用，很实在，没有随便使用脱离语境的idioms.
同意你的2个月的Singlish accent summary.那是国粹，改了就不是Singlish了。 |
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m******c
发帖数: 2248 | 25 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: neohorizon (horizon), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 美国在线中式俚语(ZT)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 15 16:19:01 2014, 美东)
你 知道you can you up，no can no BB是什么意思吗？今年4月9日才被录入的;you
can you up(你行你上啊);在美国在线俚语词典Urban Dictionary中被发现，解释中还
附赠了配套用语;no can no BB;(不行就别乱喷)。该词语出现，就收到了290多个赞，
热度可见一斑。
1. you can you up, no can no BB 你行你上啊, 不行别逼逼
Translated from Chinglish. If you can do it then you should go up and do it.
It's used against people who criticize others' work, especially when the
criticiz... 阅读全帖 |
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w***y
发帖数: 377 | 26 如果你单独把in the name of 拿出来，只谈这个idiom, 你说的对，by the authority
of , name 不可数。但在回到经文里不是这样用的，用的已经不是这个idiom,
baptize in(or into) the name of ..... name 可数，至于为什么会用单数，因为只
是一个God. |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 27 你到底想说什么？ 想看英文？请看
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will
cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
King James Bible
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast
out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
American King James Version
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast
out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
American Standard Version
An... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8775 | 28 反基是要把耶稣Son of God 跟天使 sons of God并列起来（利用中文没有复数和大写
）。你同意？
而且，satan明显与天使分开提出来的，我认为不把satan归到这里的sons of God里更
好些。
ESV study bible
Job 1:6 Sons of God refers to heavenly beings gathered before God like a
council before a king (see 15:8; Ps. 29:1; Isa. 6:1–8). The Hebrew idiom “
sons of” can be used of a group that is led by a figure referred to as
their “father” (e.g., the “father” of a band of prophets in 1 Sam. 10:12
). Satan. The Hebrew noun satan is commonly used to refer to someone
generally as ... 阅读全帖 |
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y****n
发帖数: 5 | 29 看了老大们的Re信,我也比较有劲了.先谢了.有老大问起string
class来,小的不敢不答.
反正我也没有整体结构的想法,呵呵!
第二章 Java中的Idioms
要说起来Java也很有意思,它给软件开发中从头到尾都套上了大大小
小的框框—pattern.
从architecture到programming. 这的确又是JAVA重用思想在设计上
的体现.这一章主要想谈谈programming中的pattern—idioms.
首先就想说说JAVA中最特殊,最常用的String Class.
它就是Immutable value pattern在JDK中的一个典型例子.在程序开
发中,我们常常会遇到这样一些data
object,我们关心的是它的content 而不是它的identity.
拿一个string object来说,我们只关心它里面有什么character,而不
管它是object A或是B. 对于这样一些object如果它的state是可变的
,那么我们在编程是就会有各种各样的麻烦.先是你必须保证thread
safe,这样你需要同步化. 再有你必须时时刻刻提防 |
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发帖数: 969 | 30 http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?VirtualStaticIdiom
class Foo
{
public:
Foo();
protected:
// Virtual static idiom <-- StaticCallback?()
virtual bool Callback();
private:
// Virtual static idiom --> Callback()
static bool StaticCallback?( void *pThis )
{
assert( pThis );
return ((Foo *)pThis)->Callback();
}
}; |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 32 (1) I do not know what you refer to, about CCTV翻译的人类旅程. Any citation?
Science makes progress by leap and bound.
Maybe it (CCTV's) is old translation; maybe the original was old; maybe you
misunderstood the whole thing.
(2) Besides, what your (or China's) definition of 智人? The term is rarely,
if ever, used in Taiwan.
Does it mean Homo sapiens? Does it mean Homo sapiens sapiens? Does it
include Neanderthals?
"Homo neanderthalensis, which became extinct 30,000 years ago, has sometimes
been classifi... 阅读全帖 |
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h****i
发帖数: 254 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: huazai (十二点半的窗台), 信区: Military
标 题: A Nobel Vision of a Better China
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 12 21:44:20 2010, 美东)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657304575539513894444800.html
By awarding Chinese literary critic Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize
yesterday, the five-member committee
in Oslo did more than recognize one of the mainland's most prominent and
worthy dissidents. They
endorsed the idea that "China" can be something different from, and bett... 阅读全帖 |
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i**b
发帖数: 918 | 35 I just realized this dude used the idiom "throw the baby out with the bath
water"... |
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发帖数: 9656 | 36 余华
原文：The Spirit of May 35th （载《纽约时报》—中国来信， 2011年6月23日）
译者：爻义
你可能认为5月35日是个虚拟的日子，但在中国，它是真实存在的。它指的实际上是6月
4日，1989年发生“天安门事件“的日子，这个词在互联网上被禁掉了，人们于是使用
“5月35日”来逃避审查和纪念那天发生的事。
今年早些时候我访问台湾的时候，我的书《十个词汇里的中国》在那儿刚刚出版。我被
问到，“为什么这本书不能在大陆出版，而你的小说《兄弟》却可以？”
这就是虚构与非虚构的差别：尽管两本书都是关于当代中国的，《兄弟》触及的是隐晦
的事因而可以成为漏网之鱼，而《十个词汇里的中国》过于直白，逃不过审查。
“《兄弟》是5月35日”，我解释道，“而《十个词汇里的中国》更像6月4日。”
想要表达观点的话，5月35日式的词汇成了今天的例行规则。根据最新的数字，中国有
四亿五千七百万网民，三亿三百万中国人可以用手机上网。在网上控制这些用户不越距
是巨大的工作，政府最有效的控制机制是把某些词汇设定为不可接受，直接禁止它们在
网上使用。
于是那些热衷于表达他们自己观点的人发现他们... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 37 If you want to read Chinse, go to the last lines.
Remembering the Boxer Uprising l A righteous fist; The Boxer Uprising
means different things to different people in China. Economist, Dec 16, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/node/17723014?story_id=17723014&CFID=1
("The Communist Party has always had a soft spot for Boxers, in contrast
with the Nationalist government it toppled in 1949, who called them 'bandits
'")
My comment:
(a) Plum Flower Boxing 梅花拳 (or Plum Blossom Boxing)
(b) hairy ones 毛子... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 223 | 38 Sorry, cannot put in Chinese here.
The discrimination on females in china is ubiquitous and deeply rooted in
the culture; it is unfair , unjust and
sometimes evil.
The guys brought up in this culture are beneficiaries of the discrimination;
therefore to call for their recognition and
understanding of the plight of the sex discrimination is a waste of time;
there is a chinese idiom called "yu(3) hu(3)
mou(2) pi(2)"
However, to rectify the situation, to uphold us to the male's standards is
not alw... 阅读全帖 |
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h****i
发帖数: 254 | 39 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657304575539513894444800.html
By awarding Chinese literary critic Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize
yesterday, the five-member committee
in Oslo did more than recognize one of the mainland's most prominent and
worthy dissidents. They
endorsed the idea that "China" can be something different from, and better
than, the Chinese government.
They may have helped hundreds of millions of Chinese to see and feel this
truth more clearly.
Mr. Liu may have tr... 阅读全帖 |
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p******u
发帖数: 14642 | 40 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_and_stick
Carrot and stick (also "carrot or stick") is an idiom that refers to a
policy of offering a combination of rewards and punishment to induce
behavior. Some claim that this usage of phrase is erroneous, and that in
fact comes from the figure of a carrot on a stick. In this case, the driver
would tie a carrot on a string to a long stick and dangle it in front of the
donkey, just out of its reach. As the donkey moved forward to get the
carrot, it pulled ... 阅读全帖 |
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P*****t
发帖数: 4978 | 41 青年白男。不过看他读的书，可能是个左派。foxnews又有弹药了。
Jared Lee Loughner has been identified as the man suspected of shooting
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Loughner was described by eyewitnesses at the Arizona shooting as a young
white man who looked like a "fringe character," in his mid-to-late 20s,
clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing.
Loughner shot Giffords and some 12 others at a public event at a Safeway
grocery store in Tucscon. He reportedly shot the congresswoman "point blank... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 42 (1) Russia's defense (as well as civilian) industry was decimated.
Russian Helicopters Are Back. Strategy Page, Apr 25, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com
/htmw/htairfo/articles/20110425.aspx
("Total annual production of all these companies had collapsed to less than
a hundred helicopters in the 1990s, mostly for export. Four years ago,
annual production passed a hundred again, and it continues to grow, but not
enough to keep all these firms solvent")
(2) I re-read the Global Times report yesterd... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********g
发帖数: 30882 | 43 This is because U.S. has no idea of the idiom "there is always sky out of sky.
There are always people over people."
And China does not think it is the best timing to teach it. |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 44 , other than Voice of America (VOA) and Russia news media filtered through
VOA).
(1) Liam Denning, Gazprom Chases China Pipe Dream. Wall Street Journal, June
21, 2011 (in the column Heard on the Street)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405
2702304070104576397893650631056.html
("Nearer-term, however, it would have to divert gas from west to east,
losing profits along the way")
My comment:
(a) The quotation confirms Gazprom presently has no mechanism to shift gas
to China (ie lack of both op... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 45 Kathrin Hille, US 'Spy Plane' Sparks Taiwan Intrusion. Financial Times, July
26, 2011 (front page).
Quote:
"Confirmation of the close encounter as the US and China seek to cool
tensions inthe South China Sea and safeguard a recent improvement in
bilateral military relations.
"Chinaq and Taiwan have long respected the middle line, which was drawn by
the US when it signed a mutual defence treaty with the island in 1954. The
line functions as a buffer zone between China's and Taiwan's militaries
"C... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********g
发帖数: 30882 | 46
Rev. 12:1-5
Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the
moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being
with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. And another
sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven
heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third
of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood
before the woman who was ready to give bir... 阅读全帖 |
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y*****y
发帖数: 1208 | 47 okay, G8 plus india and brazil. my bad.
what is wrong with "how to transition power peacefully"? transition can be
a verb.
big deal - gand of 4 isn't an english idiom |
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D***e
发帖数: 157 | 48 Lin's new review on the book
http://www.amazon.com/Bend-Not-Break-Life-Worlds/product-review
83 of 84 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read. This book is going to be in history, January
22, 2013
By
lin - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds (Hardcover)
(References and my first review are in the comments section following this
review. Discussion of the events related to this book will also be in the
comments section)
A mu... 阅读全帖 |
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t***o
发帖数: 4265 | 49 Luo Gang: Abducted, then reunited
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24526210
In 1990, at the age of five, Luo Gang was kidnapped and sold to a family in
another part of China. Unable to remember his parents' names or the village
they lived in, he stood little chance of ever going home. But 23 years later
he did.
Luo Gang had waited a long time for this bowl of noodles.
"Is it tasty?" his mother asks. "Do you want some chilli sauce or something?"
"No, no. It's OK," he replies.
Luo had been a sma... 阅读全帖 |
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y***u
发帖数: 7039 | 50 An Open Letter to Shi-Min Fang
from Robert Root-Bernstein, Ph. D., Professor of Physiology,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA;
r******[email protected].
Dated 3 August 2011.
A number of people, including myself, have accused you of plagiarizing my
work. You and your followers have denied it. Let’s use this difference of
opinion to educate ourselves about what constitutes plagiarism in and see if
we can reach an accord.
Let me begin by stating that I am basing my arguments on The Univ... 阅读全帖 |
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