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TOPIC: ISSUE110 – “When we concern ourselves with the study of history, we become storytellers. Because we can never know the past directly but must construct it by interpreting evidence, exploring history is more of a creative enterprise than it is an objective pursuit. All historians are storytellers.” WORDS: 474 TIME: 0:45:00 DATE: 2008-6-3 The [...]
TOPIC: ISSUE80 – “All students should be required to take courses in the sciences, even if they have no interest in science.” WORDS: 489 TIME: 0:45:00 DATE: 2007-3-31 “Science”, derived from Latin “scientia = knowledge” has developed into a huge area of research with various disciplines. There will be no doubt about the significant role [...]
Today I felt one of my teeth a bit sour, when I looked into the mirror with my mouth open. Mamma mia, there’s a big fat disgusting black hole in my last tooth on the lower jaw. Ohhhhhhh, I never knew it exsits, now I need to see the dentist… Ho paura… Yesterday, my good [...]
Wikipedia has been blocked in China for a long time, I’ve been trying to access it. Without luck, I couldn’t use any proxies because I’m in a school network. Today I found an easy way to do so. Replace the original link with https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/[Language]/wiki/[Article], eg. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main%20Page for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%20Page. A secured connection will be established, thus [...]
After 2 weeks writing, search and recording, the Phonetica Latinae (Latin pronunciation) tutorial is finished! === UPDATE === Now the tutorial is available for download now, you can download it here. The idea was initiated when I heard some these bad pronunciations over and over again in the botany class, zoology class etc. It surprises [...]
Last week, my English teacher Reza assigned us the task of making a presentation on the ancient British history: Celtic Tribes Roman Britain Anglo-Saxons Viking invasion Norman conquest Our group was assigned to the Anglo-Saxon period. Actually I’m more interesting in the Roman period, since I’ve been studying Latin, but never mind. In this morning, [...]
