December 2012 Blog Posts (14)

A list of end-of-the world parties (in case you are out globe trotting tonight....)

Or have your own....

www.theendoftheworld.co.uk/

http://voices.yahoo.com/how-throw-december-21-2012-end-world-party-3460142.html?

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Christmas is a special time, and we should remember more than just family and friends this holiday season. Please share this with a veteran you know.

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim…

Basket Ball

Hi “boys and girls” - this is a kind of sport for every age , for young and older people like me.

Let start 2013 with regular fun matches.

Who like attend?

In this age of computers and smartphones, some of us are finding it harder and harder to write properly with one hand, let alone two.

But that is no such problem for Chinese translator Chen Siyuan.

She has been amazing onlookers with her ability not only to write with both hands at the same time, but do it in different languages - Chinese with one and English with the other.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/29/world/gallery/people-we-lost/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

http://www.spaceweather.com/

British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore died on Dec. 9, 2012, at the age of 89. Knighted for his dedication to astronomy outreach, the monocled host of BBC's The Sky at Night inspired millions of lay people to look at the sky and a fair number of children to grow up to be professional scientists. RIP to a great astronomer.

I remember watching him on PBS as a kid.

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不好说。 

Bù hǎo shuō.

It's hard to tell.

用法说明

“不好说”这句话表示“不确定，不能轻易地下结论或给出确切的答案”， 可以单独使用，也可以用在句末，形成“……不好说”的结构，前边一般是有疑问的内容。还可以说 “难说”或者“说不好”。

This sentence means "It's difficult to make a conclusion or to give definite answer." It can be used alone as a sentence, or in the pattern "……不好说。" You can also say "难说(nán shuō)" or "说不好(shuō bu hǎo)" to express the same meaning.

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萝卜白菜，各有所爱。

Luóbo báicài , gè yǒu suǒ ài.

Everyone has his own preference.

用法说明

       这句话是用饮食偏好来比喻人生的一个道理。前半部分列举了两种常见的蔬菜“萝卜”和“白菜”，后半句中“各”指代每个不同的人，“所爱”是运用了一个“所”字结构，省去了动词“爱”的宾语，结合前半部分，补充完整的表达应该是“所喜爱的蔬菜”。那全句表面上的意思就是对于萝卜和白菜这两种不同的蔬菜，有的人喜欢萝卜，有的人喜欢白菜。引申每个人都有自己的喜好，因此建议不要强人所难。用法上这句话一般单独用。

It uses an analogy between the individual taste on food and the individual favor. The former part provides two most common vegetables: Carrots and cabbages. And the latter part…