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514 days ago
Summer 1994 (2.2) Getting Started With Azeri What Works? Profiles Abroad: Daniel Weiner - by Betty Blair Although, there are as many ways to learn languages as there are people. Here's what worked for Daniel Weiner when he studied Azeri. (1) Don't wait for ideal circumstances before you start. They'll never come. Plunge in. Get started with the resources that are available to you. (2) Find a person willing to work with you . A native speaker is ideal. But anyone can be immensely helpful. A thousand books aren't worth as much as a single person committed to helping you. (3) Learn the fundamentals of how the language is structured noun declensions, verb conjugations, word order, etc. (4) Be resourceful. Create opportunities to read and listen to the language. (5) Speak with as many different people as you possible can. You'll expand your vocabulary, learn different ways of expressing yourself and attune you ear to ...
522 days ago
苏打水，它无色无味，可也无所不在，适合任何口味的饮料。 喜爱搅和的她拥有许多类型的朋友，她气泡般活跃的身影出现在任何意料内外的场合。 因为她是苏打水，搭配任何饮料都显得恰当。 碰上烈酒，他可以是爆烈疯狂的，碰上鲜奶蜂蜜，他可以是静谧柔软的，因为他是苏打水，就像O型的人，适合捐血给任何血型的人，慷慨无比。 她迷恋旅行和发现新事物，乐观的她总会适时转换迷途的沮丧。可是，因为她是苏打水，看来总是透明澄净，她高悬的招牌微笑底下，到底快乐的成分有多少，而心事被稀释了几多？很少会有人真正了解... 对于爱情，苏打水宁愿放在心里。 既不用尴尬的表白然后遭到拒绝，又不会相爱容易相处难的惨烈分手。她宁愿继续潇洒自在的活着。 苏打水不容易喜欢上一个人。 朋友们说苏打水要求太高，其实并非这样，她注重的是感觉。 她愿意用一秒钟爱上一个人，然后再去忘记。 朋友们说苏打水太理智，可是谁又了解，她的心，容量很小，只能有一个，且不具修改性。除了那个人，其他所有自动归为一种程序。 朋友们说苏打水太花心，见一个爱一个，她会哈哈一笑，说“哪有？冤啊！”。 苏打水会否认在自己的身上发生一见钟情，承认爱上一个人这钟事似乎是在侮辱自己的智商。 苏打水很多时候对于感情反应非常迟钝。有时容易出现弄不清自己的感觉，不清楚自己想做什么，觉得迷惘。 苏打水很被动，拒绝爱情公式，在对方没有非常明确地表示感情时会退怯，觉得爱情是两厢情愿，不想也不会去勉强对方。 她忽冷忽热，犹豫不决，极其矛盾。在没有完全确定前，决不轻易付出感情，因为怕失去。也许缺乏安全感，也许是对自己的保护，也可以算作是一种自私。 爱，这个字对她来说，太沉重珍贵了，无法用语言诠释。一旦说出口，害怕会变得面目全非，失去本来的价值。所以，不轻易说。 苏打水最擅长的是难为自己。不想爱她和她爱的人难过，只好让自己承受。总是认为自己有超乎寻常的承受力，把自己想得太坚强太强大，而把别人想得太脆弱。 当看到一个苏打水在疯狂地快乐或悲伤时，请千万不要被迷惑，她总是不由自主地交错操纵着快乐与悲伤。 其实并不像看到的那么快乐，同样的，也不像看到的那么悲伤。 ...
527 days ago
舒适的麻木感 numb ，不是没有感觉，而是多次经历的相同事情给我的感触... 有些人或事，即使我没有遇到过，看多了，自然也就麻木了... 我虽麻木，却无不仁... 我很满意现在那种处于舒适的麻木感... 它让我能够用智慧去活着... 我并不需要对很多事情给出解释，而是要解决很多事情。很多时候我常常抱怨外在的一些条件. 其实当在抱怨的时候，实际上就是在为自己找借口了，而找借口的惟一好处就是安慰自己. ----------------待续---------------532 days ago
Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic performance to our income. Daniel Kripke, co-director of research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jolla, Calif., has looked at the most important question of all. In 2002, he compared death rates among more than 1 million American adults who, as part of a study on cancer prevention, reported their average nightly amount of sleep. To many, his results were surprising, but they've since been corroborated by similar studies in Europe and East Asia. Kripke explains. Q: How much sleep is ideal? A: Studies show that people who sleep between 6.5 hr. and 7.5 hr. a night, as they report, live the longest. And people who sleep 8 hr. or more, or less than 6.5 hr., they don't live quite as long. There is just as much risk associated with sleeping too long as with sleeping too short. The big surprise is that long sleep ...
