Entries Tagged with "language"

Recording Canton on Winter Festival

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

It is the Winter festival today. Astrologically, it’s the day with the longest night of the year. A television program called G4 of the Guangzhou Tv channel organized a campaign to record the fast-changing, fast-losing and fast-renovating city with photographs. The G4 program(perhaps acronym for “Guangzhou channel four”) is hosted by a mid-age guy Mr. [...]

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Melopia returns!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Hey, what’s up? Melopia, after a two-year “break”, was back on Dec. 18th, 2008. It’s a long story and I would really love to tell you more. But for now, let me just mention that First news: Phonetica Latinae has been moved to http://la.raycui.com (Downloadable here) , and I’ll come back to edit this post [...]

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GRE Analytical Writing Issue 34 & Argument 77

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

TOPIC: ISSUE34 – “Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines-that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences-colleges and universities should allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. Such concentration is [...]

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GRE Analytical Writing excercise 116

Friday, July 25th, 2008

TOPIC: ISSUE116 – “With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society-including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences-will benefit greatly from international influences.” WORDS: 544 TIME: 00:45:00 DATE: 2008-7-25 11:23:44 The impact of the fast development of global networks in the [...]

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GRE Analytical Writing excercise 102

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

TOPIC: ISSUE102 – “For better or worse, education is a process that involves revising the ideas, beliefs, and values people held in the past.” WORDS: 530 TIME: 00:45:00 DATE: 2008-7-23 10:25:51 I consent with the notion that education is a process that involves revising the ideas, beliefs and values people held in the past, because [...]

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GRE Analytical Writing excercise 94

Friday, June 13th, 2008

TOPIC: ISSUE94 – “Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student’s field of study because acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is the best way to become truly educated.” WORDS: 559 TIME: 00:45:00 DATE: 2008-6-13 15:33:46 I agree in part with the notion that modern universities should take an [...]

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