Friday, July 23, 2010
The way our foreign friends use to learn Chinese is very helpful
Just now we have met three new foreign friends.They are learning Chinese.We had a nice talk about the ways to learn a foreign language.I think we can be good friends with them and learn much from them.
Communication is important to learning a foreign language,and we should create chances for ourselves to talk with foreigners,not just stay in our Chinese group and speak English with teammates using the words from textbooks.
So,to learn English well we still have much to do.
Program is going on,learning is going on,and good luck to everyone!
Communication is important to learning a foreign language,and we should create chances for ourselves to talk with foreigners,not just stay in our Chinese group and speak English with teammates using the words from textbooks.
So,to learn English well we still have much to do.
Program is going on,learning is going on,and good luck to everyone!
Slideshow of Statehouse, Dave & Busters, Grad School Talks
Hope you enjoy these pictures, and hope to see some video and slide shows from some of you. Let's share our pictures! Catch the moment.
Mike
p.s. by the way, if you upload photos to a free Picasa photo account, you can embed them here in the Blog. just follow this link to show you how:
Make sure you click not on the e-mail link, or the link to slideshow, but on the third choice, the Embed Slideshow link, as that gives you your own photo viewer in the blog, and does not take you out of the blog to Picasa. Have a try.
And here's the slideshow:
Thursday, July 22, 2010
the Dragon
I have watched a movie before this trip, that is , the Dragon. It pictures that the battle between the Viking people and flying dragons caused by the scarce knowledge of each other, ends by the hero, in this case, the son of the Viking leader, a brave boy, in breaking the wall of the sterotypes and making friends with the former enemies. The vicious circle of killing comes to an end.
This film reminds me of the time when the media of both China and America depicted each other as injustice ,whose people suffered a lot. Those were also sterotypes.
On the psychological level, sterotypes are out of the self-defence caused by fear ,which means people may feel relieved when ignore the inner differences of a foreign group and only build a hypothesis that all the people of that group are the same. This kind of attitude is, however, harmless, on the condition that you would stick firmly to your limited surroundings. If not, there may come severe problems.Just as Franklin D. Roosevelt has put it ,all we have to Fear is Fear Itself. Fear, I think, is nothing but a kind of human nature. But nature does not unconditionally means correct. Sterotypes block communication and interaction, keeping people from knowing each other to the further degree.
In the film, both races are better off by talking and cooperating instead of attacking and killing. As far as the Sino-US relationship is concerned, it is high time we encourage wider, deeper level of communications both among the people and the govenments, which will definitely earse, or at least, reduce the sterotypes that have lasted for years. If that is the case, we will both be better off.
We can be friends.
We should be friends.
We are friends.
This film reminds me of the time when the media of both China and America depicted each other as injustice ,whose people suffered a lot. Those were also sterotypes.
On the psychological level, sterotypes are out of the self-defence caused by fear ,which means people may feel relieved when ignore the inner differences of a foreign group and only build a hypothesis that all the people of that group are the same. This kind of attitude is, however, harmless, on the condition that you would stick firmly to your limited surroundings. If not, there may come severe problems.Just as Franklin D. Roosevelt has put it ,all we have to Fear is Fear Itself. Fear, I think, is nothing but a kind of human nature. But nature does not unconditionally means correct. Sterotypes block communication and interaction, keeping people from knowing each other to the further degree.
In the film, both races are better off by talking and cooperating instead of attacking and killing. As far as the Sino-US relationship is concerned, it is high time we encourage wider, deeper level of communications both among the people and the govenments, which will definitely earse, or at least, reduce the sterotypes that have lasted for years. If that is the case, we will both be better off.
We can be friends.
We should be friends.
We are friends.
my opinion about the the transparency of government's work
Government Day is not very attractive to me, but i am really interested in the native American's idea about" whether the government should open all information to the society". Well, answers vary from individual to individual. Actually, politics is really a complex issue and we can hardly make conclusion without a comprehensive consideration. Well, i will tell something about my opinion about this question.
To begin with, there is no denying that the government should withhold some information about the official secrets and military secrets. Fully disclosing to the public these types of information would pose a threat to the public safety and even national security. Hence, it is inculpable for the government to withhold information in that the government takes the responsibility for the stability of the whole society and the welfare of the general public in the long term. For example, if the government discloses the strategies for impeding specific plans of a terrorist movement, it may stimulate the mass hysteria. What's worse, those strategies would be doomed to fail and the public's safety would be compromised.
By contrast, in some other cases, the government should increase the transparency of their work and guarantee public's rights to know. First consider the information about public crisis, such as epidemic, economic collapse, criminal gangs and so forth. If the government withholds this information, it may damage the public interests and even lead to heavy casualties. For example, if the Mexican government withheld the H5N1 epidemic, the whole world would have suffered from more serious infection spread. Next consider the information about the leader's principals and objectives. In a democratic society, a leader is elected by people and an effective leadership bases on the support of the general public. So the public have the right to know the motives and agenda of the leader and the leader should not rely on secrecy or even deception to maintain his or her leadership. Otherwise, the leader may ultimately lose the support from the would-be followers and drop the reins of government. Such paragons as Nixon come immediately to mind. His tactful performance successfully misled the most American people and won the presidential election. However, the truth could never be covered and ultimately he forfeited his power.
However, in reality, the political issue is so complicated that whether the information should be withheld is hard to decide. Particularly with respect to information which is beyond prediction and human control, the government may come into a dilemma. An apt example about earthquake can underscore this point. The seismological bureau predicts an earthquake in a certain region in a period of time. However, in fact, no country can accurately forecast the accurate time and place of an earthquake. If the government publishes the alert, the productivity and regular life of the people may be hindered while the earthquake may not happen in a long period. But if the government withholds the information, it will cause enormous casualties if the earthquake actually happens. Therefore, whether the information should be open requires all-side consideration. The political leader should strike a balance among competing interests and weigh the advantages and disadvantages and then make choice.
At last, I have to point out that though the game of politics requires disingenuousness and dishonesty in some cases, these certain cases can never be overextended and a leader can not deceive the public for his or her personal interests in guise of nation security. The core spirit of democracy is rooted in guarantee the public right to know the operation of the government and any leader who is blind to this point surely results in forfeiture of his or her leadership.
To begin with, there is no denying that the government should withhold some information about the official secrets and military secrets. Fully disclosing to the public these types of information would pose a threat to the public safety and even national security. Hence, it is inculpable for the government to withhold information in that the government takes the responsibility for the stability of the whole society and the welfare of the general public in the long term. For example, if the government discloses the strategies for impeding specific plans of a terrorist movement, it may stimulate the mass hysteria. What's worse, those strategies would be doomed to fail and the public's safety would be compromised.
By contrast, in some other cases, the government should increase the transparency of their work and guarantee public's rights to know. First consider the information about public crisis, such as epidemic, economic collapse, criminal gangs and so forth. If the government withholds this information, it may damage the public interests and even lead to heavy casualties. For example, if the Mexican government withheld the H5N1 epidemic, the whole world would have suffered from more serious infection spread. Next consider the information about the leader's principals and objectives. In a democratic society, a leader is elected by people and an effective leadership bases on the support of the general public. So the public have the right to know the motives and agenda of the leader and the leader should not rely on secrecy or even deception to maintain his or her leadership. Otherwise, the leader may ultimately lose the support from the would-be followers and drop the reins of government. Such paragons as Nixon come immediately to mind. His tactful performance successfully misled the most American people and won the presidential election. However, the truth could never be covered and ultimately he forfeited his power.
However, in reality, the political issue is so complicated that whether the information should be withheld is hard to decide. Particularly with respect to information which is beyond prediction and human control, the government may come into a dilemma. An apt example about earthquake can underscore this point. The seismological bureau predicts an earthquake in a certain region in a period of time. However, in fact, no country can accurately forecast the accurate time and place of an earthquake. If the government publishes the alert, the productivity and regular life of the people may be hindered while the earthquake may not happen in a long period. But if the government withholds the information, it will cause enormous casualties if the earthquake actually happens. Therefore, whether the information should be open requires all-side consideration. The political leader should strike a balance among competing interests and weigh the advantages and disadvantages and then make choice.
At last, I have to point out that though the game of politics requires disingenuousness and dishonesty in some cases, these certain cases can never be overextended and a leader can not deceive the public for his or her personal interests in guise of nation security. The core spirit of democracy is rooted in guarantee the public right to know the operation of the government and any leader who is blind to this point surely results in forfeiture of his or her leadership.
Guys, don't pay attention about success, let's enjoy life!
Today, I just read a book about success. I think it gives me a deep impression that make me rethink about why we need success. Everyone wants to succeed, and no one wants to be a loser. But sometimes, we are traped by success that when we got our goals, we can't feel happy but feel sad that we'll have another goal instead of the old one.
To be honest, I was traped by it last year and felt terrible cause I learnt so many courses as Anthony Robins' Personal Power, Get the Edge, etc. These courses really can help one become more efficient, but aren't good to help people to get real success.
As time past, I find out that enjoy your own life is the best way to succeed and no dependence on PC games, alcohol (actually I never drink a lot), drug... We know so many stars suicided because they can't pursuit the happiness they want, and all of them have a lot of money that people think they can live a happy life.
It's my lesson that we should pay attention on our life no matter whether we got high praise from others or not. So guys, enjoy life, and learn to make the world a better place to live!
To be honest, I was traped by it last year and felt terrible cause I learnt so many courses as Anthony Robins' Personal Power, Get the Edge, etc. These courses really can help one become more efficient, but aren't good to help people to get real success.
As time past, I find out that enjoy your own life is the best way to succeed and no dependence on PC games, alcohol (actually I never drink a lot), drug... We know so many stars suicided because they can't pursuit the happiness they want, and all of them have a lot of money that people think they can live a happy life.
It's my lesson that we should pay attention on our life no matter whether we got high praise from others or not. So guys, enjoy life, and learn to make the world a better place to live!
Thank you, Mike, my friend.
How are you guys doing?
My laptop was down as I have mentioned before, however, Mike gave me his macbook today. So sweet! Really appreciate what Mike has done for me and us. By the way, I am a big fan of Apple, even though I did not have one. Every touch on the keyboard make me feel excited now. Enjoying.
From now on, I could be able to log on blog everyday. Okay, then, let's talk about my American impression, in fact, I got to know about United States when I went to the junior school, where I accepted sort of American education, 'cause my school was initiated by several professors form Yale University in 1906. I remember my teacher named David from Yale taught me a lot about USA, such as American English, songs, culture diversity and baseball. At that time, I have a picture about America: a large nation as we are with much fewer population which believe that freedom comes the first. In this way, I was effected by their culture indeed, surely, freedom became my chasing goal. Well, that's what I want to blog-on today, blog you next time. Bless us!
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