2010-05-05
notes 4 Chris Abani muses on humanity
個人喜愛度：★★★★
transcendence 超越
messianic 救世主
accumulation 積累
cuss in traffic
feisty 積極的、脾氣不好的
crust (硬)麵包皮rad (slang) stronger than 'cool' or 'awesome'
Church of England 英國國教
rabid 猛烈的、熱烈的、急進的
Billings ovulation method 比林斯排卵法，主要的自然家庭計劃方法
Biafran war (Nigerian Civil War)
airstrip 簡易機場；簡便跑道
unstitch 拆…的縫線、解開
dirge 輓歌
melancholic 憂鬱
scorch 燒焦
apartheid 種族隔離
rites of passage 成人儀式
agrarian community 農業
intestine 腸
quotidian experience 瘴癘
inflatable 充氣
unflustered 從容不迫
grapevine 小道消息
rampant 猖獗
libation 奠酒、酒、飲酒
overseer 監督、工頭
You can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.
transcendence 超越
messianic 救世主
accumulation 積累
cuss in traffic
feisty 積極的、脾氣不好的
crust (硬)麵包皮rad (slang) stronger than 'cool' or 'awesome'
Church of England 英國國教
rabid 猛烈的、熱烈的、急進的
Billings ovulation method 比林斯排卵法，主要的自然家庭計劃方法
Biafran war (Nigerian Civil War)
airstrip 簡易機場；簡便跑道
unstitch 拆…的縫線、解開
dirge 輓歌
melancholic 憂鬱
scorch 燒焦
apartheid 種族隔離
rites of passage 成人儀式
agrarian community 農業
intestine 腸
quotidian experience 瘴癘
inflatable 充氣
unflustered 從容不迫
grapevine 小道消息
rampant 猖獗
libation 奠酒、酒、飲酒
overseer 監督、工頭
You can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.
2010-05-04
notes 4 Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity
個人喜愛度：★★★
recalibrate 重新刻度 重校
scrap heap (當作垃圾)扔掉；垃圾堆
Norman Mailer 美國作家
internalized 內化
inherently 固有的；本來的；生來的
artistry 藝術性
anguish 痛苦
odious 可惡
perpetuate 延續
entity 實體；存在
smidge 微幅下挫
warp 歪曲；曲解
distort 扭曲；曲解
capriciousness 任意性
uncanny 異常的；難以解釋的
mulishness 頑固的；執拗的
elusive 難懂的；易忘的；難捉摸的
tantalizing （以可望而不可即之物）逗引，招惹
come back at a more opportune moment
transcendent 卓越的人[物]
portal 正門；陽台
align 對齊
Moors: referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim
reconciliation 和解
anguish 痛苦
psyched out 失去勇氣；精神崩潰
daunted 使人畏縮的
cockeyed 鬥雞眼的；歪的；荒唐的
sheer 絕對的；全然的；徹底的
recalibrate 重新刻度 重校
scrap heap (當作垃圾)扔掉；垃圾堆
Norman Mailer 美國作家
internalized 內化
inherently 固有的；本來的；生來的
artistry 藝術性
anguish 痛苦
odious 可惡
perpetuate 延續
entity 實體；存在
smidge 微幅下挫
warp 歪曲；曲解
distort 扭曲；曲解
capriciousness 任意性
uncanny 異常的；難以解釋的
mulishness 頑固的；執拗的
elusive 難懂的；易忘的；難捉摸的
tantalizing （以可望而不可即之物）逗引，招惹
come back at a more opportune moment
transcendent 卓越的人[物]
portal 正門；陽台
align 對齊
Moors: referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim
reconciliation 和解
anguish 痛苦
psyched out 失去勇氣；精神崩潰
daunted 使人畏縮的
cockeyed 鬥雞眼的；歪的；荒唐的
sheer 絕對的；全然的；徹底的
2010-05-03
notes 4 Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
個人喜愛度：★★★★★
so to speak 可以說；所謂
contention 爭吵；爭執；爭論, （尤指爭論時的）看法，觀點
squander 浪費
ruthlessly 無情
Nativity 耶穌誕生
gold, frankincense and myrhh 黃金、乳香、沒藥
stigmatize 污衊
high-water mark 高水位線；(事業等的)頂峰；頂點
disembodied 脫離肉體的
discotheque 迪斯科舞廳
writhe 扭曲；扭動身體
engulf 包圍；吞沒；淹沒
protracted 延長的；拖延的；持久的
UNESCO 聯合國教科文組織
kinesthetically 動覺的
corpus callosum 胼胝體
raft 筏；救生艇；大量
the phone's on the hook
chestnut 栗子
prompted by 引起；激起
fidgeting 坐立不安
ADHD 注意力不足過動症
Rachel Carson 致力於環境保護
strip-mine 是指把露出頭的礦從地表開挖，不用挖坑道。
Jonas Salk 小兒麻痺疫苗發明家
avert 防止,避免
What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. If you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong.
"If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?"
Jonas Salk: "If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish."
so to speak 可以說；所謂
contention 爭吵；爭執；爭論, （尤指爭論時的）看法，觀點
squander 浪費
ruthlessly 無情
Nativity 耶穌誕生
gold, frankincense and myrhh 黃金、乳香、沒藥
stigmatize 污衊
high-water mark 高水位線；(事業等的)頂峰；頂點
disembodied 脫離肉體的
discotheque 迪斯科舞廳
writhe 扭曲；扭動身體
engulf 包圍；吞沒；淹沒
protracted 延長的；拖延的；持久的
UNESCO 聯合國教科文組織
kinesthetically 動覺的
corpus callosum 胼胝體
raft 筏；救生艇；大量
the phone's on the hook
chestnut 栗子
prompted by 引起；激起
fidgeting 坐立不安
ADHD 注意力不足過動症
Rachel Carson 致力於環境保護
strip-mine 是指把露出頭的礦從地表開挖，不用挖坑道。
Jonas Salk 小兒麻痺疫苗發明家
avert 防止,避免
What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. If you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong.
"If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?"
Jonas Salk: "If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish."
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