Doyouknowwho"digitalnatives"are?And,doyouknowwhatthe"digitalgap"is?
Bemyguesttotakeaguess!
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老大和老大的博客
亦衝亦潛，順勢隨緣。潛水有潛水的理由，衝浪有衝浪的原因。
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Haveyoueverbeentoabanquetorpartyandthenrealizedthatyouwerenotthemainguest?Well,you'renotalone.Inthiscase,theword"bite"islistedasawordtolearnsimplybecauseoftheotherword,"nibble".Whatdoes"nibble"mean,youask?Well,inmyby-nowwell-known"question"style,I'llgiveyouachancetofigureitout(assumingyouhavenotmemorizedthiswordyet).Seethefollowingparagraph:
"Forinv...[閱讀全文]
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(2014-07-20 09:33:00)
81.TheRiseof"OffOf"
Recently,Inoticedthat,moreandmore,thetwowords"offof"arebeingusedtogethertoreplaceotherwords,asifthisisthenewfashionortrendinmodernEnglishlanguage.Iwanttogiveacoupleofexamplesandseeifsomeoneelseismakingthesameobservation.
First,Inoticedthatpeoplewouldsay"basedoffof(thisdataset)".Interesting.What'swrongwith"basedon"?Orsincewhend...[閱讀全文]
Recently,Inoticedthat,moreandmore,thetwowords"offof"arebeingusedtogethertoreplaceotherwords,asifthisisthenewfashionortrendinmodernEnglishlanguage.Iwanttogiveacoupleofexamplesandseeifsomeoneelseismakingthesameobservation.
First,Inoticedthatpeoplewouldsay"basedoffof(thisdataset)".Interesting.What'swrongwith"basedon"?Orsincewhend...[閱讀全文]
(2014-06-29 23:54:04)
IwentoutforlunchwithacoupleofcolleagueslastFriday.Abrightyoungwomanjoinedus,whowasaformercolleagueoftheirsatanothercompany.Or,IshouldsaythatIjoinedtheirlunchgathering,sinceapparentlytheyhadplannedforit.
Anyway,wegotintroducedtoeachother,andthefirstthingInoticedaboutherwasherunusuallyfastspeedofspeaking.Iwashappytobeabletofollowherspeech.Soon,Inoticedanotherthingaboutherspeech-thefrequentuseoft...[閱讀全文]
Anyway,wegotintroducedtoeachother,andthefirstthingInoticedaboutherwasherunusuallyfastspeedofspeaking.Iwashappytobeabletofollowherspeech.Soon,Inoticedanotherthingaboutherspeech-thefrequentuseoft...[閱讀全文]
(2014-06-27 23:29:55)
Imperativeisbothanadjectiveandanoun.Thereisalsoan"imperativemood"ingrammar.Ifyouknowthesealready,great!Otherwise,hereisalinktolookitup:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imperative
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imperative
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(2014-06-23 00:55:45)
Doyouknowtheword"claustrophobia"?Ifnot,congratulations!Letmeexplainwhy.Claustrophobiaisananxietydisorderandthefearofbeinginclosedorsmallspacesforhavingnoescape.Likemanyotherdisorders,thoseaffectedwillsoonerorlaterbeforcedtolearnabouttheirconditions.Inthatsense,youshouldfeelluckyfornothavingtoknowthisword.Thatbeingsaid,sincewearehangingoutinthisforumtoimproveourEnglish,let'saddittoourvoca...[閱讀全文]
(2014-06-21 15:44:01)
Youmusthaveheardthephrase"buyer'sremorse".Yes,itisthefeelingofanxietyorregretafterbuyingsomething.Well,havinghadmyfairshareofthisremorseovertheyears,recentlyIrealizedthatIcangivemyselfabig"shopper'sdiscount"instead.Hereishowitworks.NowwhenIgoshopping,Iwillfirstcomeupwithwhattobuyandhowmuchtobuyasusual.Then,Iwillcutbacktheamountby40-60%,becauseIknowthatmyfirstimpulseisusuallyoff...[閱讀全文]
(2014-06-17 23:04:02)
Seeingthetitle,youareprobablythinking:Iknewthisword!Well,let'scheck:Doyouknowwhatthe"PugetSound"is?Whataboutthe"PrinceWilliamSound"?
Ifyoudon'tknowthemeaningof"sound"inthesetwocase,youarenotalone.Actually,whiletravelingatthePrinceWilliamSound,Ihadtoaskthecaptainofourboatinordertounderstandit.Hereisthecaptain'sexplanation:
"Asoundisalarge,complexbodyofwate...[閱讀全文]
Ifyoudon'tknowthemeaningof"sound"inthesetwocase,youarenotalone.Actually,whiletravelingatthePrinceWilliamSound,Ihadtoaskthecaptainofourboatinordertounderstandit.Hereisthecaptain'sexplanation:
"Asoundisalarge,complexbodyofwate...[閱讀全文]
(2014-06-15 21:55:23)
Youdon'thavetobeyoungtolearnabouttechnology.Youhavetofeelyoung.
-VintCerf
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(2014-06-05 22:51:45)
Ranintothefollowingquoteandwantedtoshare:
"Successisnotfinal,failureisnotfatal:itisthecouragetocontinuethatcounts.”~WinstonChurchill.
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"Successisnotfinal,failureisnotfatal:itisthecouragetocontinuethatcounts.”~WinstonChurchill.
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