R.I.P.
在西方国家，人们去祭奠死者的时候，会发现所有人的墓碑上都刻着R.I.P.，那R.I.P.究竟是什么意思呢？
昨天跟一个朋友聊天的时候，他刚好说到这个R.I.P.。原来在西方国家一个人去世之后，他们的墓碑上面通常会刻上R.I.P.，也就是“Rest in Peace”，中文意思就是愿(死者)安息吧！
Posts Tagged ‘知识’
墓碑上的R.I.P.是什么意思？
Thursday, September 25th, 2008近半年学习方向
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007除本职工作外需要在业余时间加强其他方面的知识和修养。接下来的半年的主修方向为：
1.继续证券投资的学习，方向依然为股票、各类基金、债券和一些人民币理财产品。
2.房地产知识。了解房地产的基本知识，发展趋势，客户群体，影响要素等。关注北京主要楼主的价格趋势，能够为不同的客户层提供一些有价值的建议。
3.汽车知识。了解汽车的基础知识，不同品牌和价位的车的特点，主要优劣势；关注低中高挡车的主流品牌和价格，汽车养护，油耗，以及车险车船税等相关详情。
4.社交礼仪。在不同场合的社交礼仪，主要为正式商务场合等，力求能够做到得体，有素养。
Black Friday & Reno
Wednesday, July 11th, 20071. Black Friday.
Black Friday字面意思是黑色星期五，比如上周五是7月13号，那中文里我们称为黑色星期五，对应的英文通常是Friday the 13th，而不是Black Friday。当然通俗一点来讲的话，Black Friday也可以指非常倒霉的星期五或者13号星期五，但这里我要提的是另外一个你可能不知道的意思。
英文wiki里查Black Friday，你会发现非常多的解释，这里我们仅仅来看看这个：
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, marks the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season, although retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks before-hand. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) and offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. Although the day after Thanksgiving has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season for decades, the term “Black Friday” has been traced back only to the 1970s and did not achieve widespread popularity until about 2002.
Black Friday is frequently but erroneously referred to in the media as the busiest retail shopping day of the year. While it has been one of the busiest day in terms of customer traffic, in terms of actual sales volume Black Friday is usually the fifth to tenth busiest day. The busiest retail shopping day of the year in the United States (in terms of both sales and customer traffic) is usually the Saturday before Christmas.
所谓Black Friday( 黑色星期五)，指的是感恩节(美国移民文化特有的节日，11月的第四个星期四)后的第一个星期五，其对于美国的消费旺季具有特殊的意义，因为Black Friday代表了销售旺季的开始，电视机在旺季能否有好的表现，要看Black Friday的销售能否开个好头。
Black Friday称呼的由来是：因为各家电卖场涌入大量想捡便宜货的人群，让各卖场的销售人员陷入极度忙碌之中，一整天没有时间休息，对于家电卖场的工作人员而言，自然是一个极度忙碌的黑色星期五了。
看了上面的解释，应该对美国的Black Friday清楚了不少吧，Black Friday对于美国的消费旺季具有特殊的意义，代表了销售旺季的开始。
2.Reno
知道Go to Reno什么意思吗？意思就是离婚。为什么go to Reno就是离婚呢？
Reno是内华达州西部的一个小城镇，上个世纪20至50年代，它有着“世界上最大的小城”之称，更有着“世界离婚之都”之名。直到现在，人们也不能忘怀那段历史，想方设法要留住那曾经有过的“辛酸的浪漫”。
在RENO有一项免责任的法案，只要在RENO呆上三个月或四个星期，即立可单方申请离婚，所以全美各地的人带着帐棚来到这里，用上几个星期的时间来换取一生的幸福，这样就办理离婚手续一项就成了RENO的支柱产业。同一时期，赌博业在这里合法化，这里也成了继拉斯维加斯后的第二个赌博名城。
Teaching Method of Socrates
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007This is one of my articles in university. It may take you a little longer to read.
What is the best teaching method? Different people have different answers. The famous ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates’ teaching method is well-known for its efficiency and its unique style. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of teaching method? Is it the best teaching method?
About Socrates
The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise. Since he sought genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent, Socrates employed the same logical tricks developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursuit of truth. Thus, his willingness to call everything into question and his determination to accept nothing less than an adequate account of the nature of things make him the first clear exponent of critical philosophy.
Although he was well known during his own time for his conversational skills and public teaching, Socrates wrote nothing, so we are dependent upon his students for any detailed knowledge of his methods and results. The trouble is that Plato was himself a philosopher who often injected his own theories into the dialogues he presented to the world as discussions between Socrates and other famous figures of the day. Nevertheless, it is usually assumed that at least the early dialogues of Plato provide a (fairly) accurate representation of Socrates himself.
About Socrates’ Teaching
Now that we have looked at the life of Socrates, we can turn to an examination of his particular approach in educating. What techniques did he use to facilitate learning?
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论坛常用语英文说法
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007公司准备新开个英文的论坛，技术可能打算直接用原来开发的程序，只用汉化一下界面就可以了。我现在这里整理一下常用的词汇，大家可以及时提出宝贵意见，谢过！
传统的英文论坛通常叫做forum，现在有新型的有被称作group或者community的，这三者定义是不太一样的，但这种区别其实是在淡化，已经没有很严格的界限了。在我的理解看来，与中文的论坛相对应的还是forum更为贴切一些。而在一些网站中因为某些爱好兴趣而聚在一起的人，则可称作group，比如douban中的小组；想中文中有些叫做朋友圈，或者什么圈的大体也可归为这类；community就是中文中的社区，具体的概念我也不好辨别，算是论坛的基础上又略带一些门户的气息，对论坛内容进行一些整理和导向，然后增加一些互动性。
不撤远了，再回到论坛，看一些常用的词：
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