心路历程--单词

Welcome to our eleventh column. It is said that when Confucius was asked what his first deed would be if he were to be made Emperor of China, he replied, "I would re-establish the precise meaning of words."Our lives are filled with words. These are the wordswe read, the words we speak, and the words we listen to or try not tolisten to.Words govern our lives.     

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Two men,both seriously ill,occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families,their homes,their jobs,their involvement in the military service,where they had been     

A Modern Royal Family

1 In certain countries of the world,the king or queen is still considered to be a demi-god.The UK is not one of those countries.It’s true that up until the 17th century,the British king or queen was believed to rule by"divine right",which was the idea that God chose the king or queen to rule and that he or she was therefore above the law.The idea that the monarch was above the     

The Family Portrait

Christmas day,1977 my family posed for apicture,taken by Mr.Bellows,our next door neigh-bor.That photo has become the benchmark for allfamily portraits taken of my family since,not a singleone has equaled its magnificence.In that wonderfulpicture my family is much smaller than it is today,there are no sons-in-law,daughters-in-law,or grand-children,just my father,my mother,my brother,my     

Parents' and teachers' evaluations of the communicative abilities of deaf children

The authors compared evaluations by parents and teachers of the communicative abilities of deaf children. Such comparisons between parents' and professionals' assessments of the language development of children who are deaf can provide useful information on which to base ecologically valid intervention approaches. A secondary interest of the authors was to investigate the possible influences on language development of gender, the presence or absence of cochlear implantation, and communication modality (i.e., auditory-verbal or bilingual). The study included the mothers and teachers of 14 deaf children educated in auditory-verbal or bilingual programs. Two scales from a survey instrument, Profiles of the Hearing Impaired (Webster & Webster, 1995), were used. No significant differences between the teachers' and parents' evaluations were found. Gender, cochlear implantation, and communication modality were found to have no significant effect on the evaluations.     

美国《亚洲学者公报》(1976)“中国革命文学专号”绪言

过去的６０年间，世界上最伟大的文化之一──中国文化在一场实质触及社会各方面的深刻革命中得到了改造，目前，当中国为完全掌握其命运、实现其革命理想而继续奋斗时，世界的其余部分，以妒忌、残存的误解、怀疑和钦佩相交织的心情，出神地注视着她。 或许，中国革命最不为世界其余部分所理解和赞赏的就是中国新文学艺术的发展。即使在对当前中华人民共和国的文艺状况感兴趣的外界观察家中，对革命的文学艺术也有着截然不同的反应，从完全的敌视到谄媚的赞扬，什么都有，但最典型的反应就是迷惘地耸耸肩膀。甚至在专攻中国文学的西方学者…     

校长必须自修

[编译者写在前面的话]每当大家谈到提高教学质量,总不免立即联想到提高师资水平的问题,同时也就自然而然地考虑到教师进修的重要性;而不大有人想到校领导要不要进修。那么校领导需要不需要、应该不应该进修呢?苏联教育科学院一级研究员杰文纳的这篇文章明确地回答了这个问题。     

寄生虫

在八九月里,让我们找一个正对太阳的斜坡,那儿往往热得烫手,因为太阳已经把它快烤焦了。恰恰是这种温度像火炉一般的地方,我们可以得到很大的收获。这一带热土,往往是黄蜂和蜜蜂的乐土。它们往往在地下的土堆里忙着料理食物——这里堆上一堆象鼻虫、蝗虫或蜘蛛,那里一组组分列着蝇类和毛毛虫类,还有的正在把蜜贮藏在皮袋里、土罐里、棉袋里或是树叶编的瓮里。     

What is good?

“What is the real good?”I ask in musing mood.“Order,”said the law court;“Knowledge,”said the school;     

蛮横的马尔福

哈利以前怎么也不会想到,他竟然会认识一个男孩,他恨这个男孩比恨达力还厉害。马尔福仗着斯内普的纵容,还有他爸爸是霍格沃茨魔法学校的董事身份,向来神气活现。他不但成天对哈利挤眉弄眼,又是挖苦又是讥笑,还经常欺负胆小的纳威。 起初,格兰芬多院的学生只有魔药课是和斯莱特林院的学生一起上的。后来有一天,哈利他们发现格兰芬多院的公共