沪江博客-starry's microcosmhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/zh-cnWed, 15 Oct 2008 22:59:48 GMTWed, 15 Oct 2008 22:59:48 GMT60Don't Squat on the Toilethttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/07/28/1116717.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnMon, 28 Jul 2008 12:26:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/07/28/1116717.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/1116717.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/07/28/1116717.html#Feedback11http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/1116717.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/1116717.html“Don't Squat on the Toilet" - this is a sign that pastes on the wall of each closet in the company. Call me inexperienced, but never before had it occurred to me that someone would or could squat on the flushing toilet. Given the slippery rim of the bowl, it would take quite a sophisticated acrobatic skill to sit still and comfortably, especially for girls wearing high-heeled shoes! Is this sign really necessary? Is it just a fantasy that westerners uncontrollably develop after having had some nightmarish experience with the squat toilet? To seek out the truth, I searched online and found that squatting on the toilet is at least a moderately popular phenomenon. Looks like there are a lot more stories about toilets than I could possibly imagine!

 

 

 

 



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]]>Changehttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/07/28/1115814.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnMon, 28 Jul 2008 01:32:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/07/28/1115814.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/1115814.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/07/28/1115814.html#Feedback7http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/1115814.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/1115814.htmlAt the dawn of this microcosm, the secret plan of its creator, a.k.a. Starry, or a.k.a me, is to write well-contemplated and widely researched essays that are both entertaining and enlightening. I indulge myself in lengthy description and well-rounded analysis so that the conclusion arrived at can stand to reason. This is fun and gratifying if we don’t count the time spent in the course of producing such stuff. Ask anyone who has started to work and you would know that time is absolutely the most luxurious resource one can get at that stage and is definitely in short supply. The days that I can sit in front of a computer, thinking and reading and writing for hours for a piece, are gone, which partly explains why I fail to update my blog for such a long long and long time.

So what is the sustainability strategy for this blog? The Japanese car makers may offer a solution: keep it simple and small. In the era of printing press, a good writer is one who can extend a 10-word sentence to a 100-page book. That tactic is probably anachronistic in this digital age, when everything is tuned to run faster and people have evolved to have an attention span that’s shorter than a bunny’s tail. Therefore I will further cut off the length of each piece, making it more compact.

People do not change because they have an option. People change because they have no option. Life keeps molding our living pattern like a hydraulic press. As hard as our will may be, we shift and morph under its squeezing power. Yet this is not surrender, this is evolution, to become the fittest. So the message this piece shall send is that despite some obstacles, this blog will live on, because it has got some precious commitment to keep.



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]]>On Translationhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/01/27/938052.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnSat, 26 Jan 2008 17:09:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/01/27/938052.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/938052.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/01/27/938052.html#Feedback5http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/938052.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/938052.html阅读全文

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]]>2008, Think Big and Smallhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/01/03/921411.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnThu, 03 Jan 2008 12:42:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/01/03/921411.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/921411.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2008/01/03/921411.html#Feedback10http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/921411.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/921411.html阅读全文

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]]>Can We Celebrate Christmashttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/23/913900.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnSun, 23 Dec 2007 15:27:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/23/913900.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/913900.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/23/913900.html#Feedback14http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/913900.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/913900.html阅读全文

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]]>A Starry View On English Studyhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/17/909884.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnMon, 17 Dec 2007 15:01:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/17/909884.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/909884.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/17/909884.html#Feedback4http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/909884.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/909884.html阅读全文

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]]>A Translation with Chinese Characteristicshttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/06/901929.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnThu, 06 Dec 2007 14:18:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/06/901929.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/901929.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/06/901929.html#Feedback7http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/901929.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/901929.htmlWe Chinese are familiar with some uncanny and funny English translations, such as “F**k Goods” for “干货”. More often than not, it is thought as a self-motivated and courageous stab to keep up with the globalization trend, a display of unguided folk wisdom that goes awry and lands in embarrassing spots. However, a new discovery has pushed this kind of niubility to a new level, as is demonstrated below:



For those who are unable to access the Wanfang database, type “开拓进取真抓实干不断开创西部大开发的新局面” into the search box of Baidu, and witness the eye-opener for yourselves (the second link). You won’t get many opportunities to see such nice translation for an academic publication. And how the hell did it get through the reviewing and editing process to see the light of day is a myth that stretches human imagination.^^*





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]]>The sam & Frodo mysteryhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/02/898858.htmlstarryskycnstarryskycnSun, 02 Dec 2007 14:00:00 GMThttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/02/898858.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/898858.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/archive/2007/12/02/898858.html#Feedback8http://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/comments/commentRss/898858.htmlhttp://blog.hjenglish.com/starryskycn/services/trackbacks/898858.html阅读全文

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