1006G adammaksim的备考日记--杀G需用宰牛刀

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可以专心AW了
好久没背的单词忘了好多
明天开始过第五遍单词~~

gung-ho  很有意思
来自中文
共和 extremely or overly zealous or enthusiastic


calling card  visiting card


dean the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university


grind to move with difficulty or friction


golden rules  a guiding principle


mindset  思维倾向

esoteric 深奥的

This is a clinical profession like medicine, like architecture, where you need to update your knowledge.

white paper  a government report on a subject


Nietzschean  尼采的~

History is very recurrent we are attending a move of the pendulum.

comments:

To some extent, I doubt whether this debate is a advertisement for certain business schools.- -

The role of the business school is not a new subject, though, iterated in a background of economic crisis, this theme seems much more interesting. And this debate mainly deals with the transition of business schools' role in an after-crisis economy.

As we know, the very characteristic of market economy is its operation is mostly, if not totally, controlled by the invisible hand, the natural force of self-regulation from market itself. However, this hand always seems disable in preventing the economy disaster. As a result, people call on another hand of regulation from Keynes. In a market regulated simultaneously by both two hands, MBA students really need to update their knowledge and skills to meet the new demand.

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putative adj. 假设的

solar disc  日面

modus operandi  工作方式

A decent wobble, though, requires a massive planet, so the wobble method does not favour the discovery of Earth-sized objects.

Neptune 海王星 Uranus 天王星 Pluto 冥王星

comments:

It's human's nature to discover the unknown out of curiosity, and the zeal of planet-hunting is just one of its products. Contributed to the success of Newton's and Kepler's theories, we found Neptune, Uranus and Pluto in our solar system. Now people have a more powerful tool to look into the shadow, as described in this article, observing the periodic diminutions of illumination from the stars, which is more accurate and effective in finding earth-sized planet.

As I see, considering planets are always much smaller than stars, to measure the light diminutions caused by the transition of planet between the star and the observer is totally impossible without extreme-precise equipment from a astronomical distance. However, we meet our curiosity with the miracle of modern technology again. Even a 0.01% diminution is detectable for Kepler and this amazing spacecraft can keep an eye on 150,000 stars simultaneously. With no doubt, besides Earth there must be some other life-bearing planets hidden in the limitless universe. But even someday we will find them, and then we will need another scientific miracle to cover the astronomical distance before our landing.

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Preventative gear is intended to warn others, presumably for the most part motorists

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关于argument的开头~

From Irvine:
争取高分，从第一印象开始---被人忽视的argument开头

常见的模板开头一般是两种类型：

1直截了当，这种模板通常的方式就是 In this argument, the author concludes that… however, it suffers from several logical flaws. 简单实用吧，然而，除了告诉阅卷人：我开始行文了！以外，这种开头还有别的用处么？当ETS的老师批的头晕脑胀四肢发慌的时候，流水线一般出现在他面前的居然是几百几千份这种工厂里面出来的开头，看着就倒胃口的压缩食品，他会怎么想？“你说的东西没错，但是除了几个单词以外，实在是看不出什么内容，真TM恶心。”估计当时给你的文章档次就压了一级。更何况，ETS提倡的是思维的展现，不是你打字的速度，更不是你抄写的能力，这种开头如何能够配得上高分？可笑的是新东方的老师们，一遍一遍的强调着：开头要简洁，一句话足矣，时间用的越少越好。来给广大的中国考生洗脑，被洗脑的考生们又把这种思想开始淳淳善诱师弟师妹们，造成了现在的普遍的错觉：开头不重要。时代在变化，ETS 的胃口也在变化，然而这种理念持续了足足有8年之久或者更长，却从来没有变过。无怪乎最近两年的AW成绩普遍的开始下降，细小之处就能看出端倪来。

2固定逻辑式，这种模板的表述一般来说是：In this argument, the author concludes that… To support the conclusion, the arguer points out that … and provides the evidence that … A careful examination of this argument would reveal how groundless the conclusion is.
对于这类型的开头，从本意来看，比第一种强多了，但也会是最大的败笔之处。因为令人遗憾的是，绝大多数的同学们使用这种开头的目的，不是为了理清楚题目的逻辑关系，而是为了凑字数，他们忘记了思考

仍然举上面那篇argument为例子，当最开始看到题一步步阅读的时候，脑子里面就应该开始抽象出一些作者的推论了，或许大家都不能第一遍看完就列出我上面写的那么详细的多步推论，（就连我自己也不行…）然而，大概的推论过程应该在你的脑子里面很清醒的展现出来，比如类似这样的缩略版：

Study à 感冒的人少
感冒的人少+吃鱼多 à鱼里面有物质对感冒有效
鱼对感冒有效+感冒是第一请假理由 à 吃鱼油可以避免请假

我想，在短短的1分钟内，能够理论这么一个思路，就足够了，ETS的老师也明白你不可能再30分钟的时间里面面俱到，但是你有了这样的思维，至少就和其他的上来就开始套模板的开头不一样了，接下来我们可以这样开头：

Grounding on the study in East Meria, supposing that eating a substantial amount of fish can prevent colds, and then synthesizing the two hypothesizes and another factor that colds are the reason most frequently given for absences from school and work, the author accordingly suggests that the daily use of Ichthaid is a good way to prevent colds and lower absenteeism. However …

类似这样的开头，首先并不花时间，因为除了一些连词和动词以外，大部分都是照抄原文，经过简单的练习以后，绝对能够在3分钟之内搞定，然而，它的价值却比模板高的多。当ETS拿到这么一个开头的时候，首先他必然会对你的综合能力感到满意，因为这些逻辑关系，的确是文章当中提到的，也是顺理成章的关系；其次你在这样一个开头里面传达了一个信息：我接下来要批的东西，已经都在这个开头里面啦。老师们都是很有经验的，很容易就能看出你这篇A，主要批的是三个东西：1.study的真实性，代表性或者全面性, 2. 那个supposing的合理性, 3.综合结论的谬误。接下来他们在读你的正文的时候，自然而然会有一种感觉：这个学生的逻辑性不错，至少段落之间，是绝对没有问题的，因为他的开头已经告诉了我，他的批判是按照逻辑来的。

From OOfox:
最后我还想说一下对ARGUMENT开头结尾的问题：
今天下午再次把ETS地ARGUMENT范文翻出来看了一下，并着重看了4.5.6分的开头结尾。得出的结论是：
开头对全文的restate不但耽误时间而且对得分是有害无利的！用模版开头不如不要开头！
理由：
在4.5.6分的文章中，很少有开头对全文restate的。也没有像280篇那样每个结尾都去说一大堆改进建议。开头结尾都没有并且得了5分的也有。
真正在开头对全文restate的也有几篇，也有得了6分的。但是即使在那篇6分作文中，ETS对他开头的restate是持了很保守的态度。请看如下：
This outstanding response begins somewhat hesitantly; the opening paragraphs
summarize but do not immediately engage the argument. However, the subsequent
paragraphs target the central flaws in the argument and analyze them in almost
microscopic detail.

对另一篇4分文章开头的restate评价如下：
While the first paragraph of this adequate response merely summarizes the argument,
the remainder of the essay identifies and analyzes several significant flaws in the
argument.

由此可见，ETS对开头的restate是不赞同的。至于结尾，不论那种结尾ETS在评语中都没有明确地指出好坏，说明ETS对结尾是不看重的！

^_^论证完毕^_^

From imong:          很喜欢imong写文章的风格  严谨~~

还是首先把判据放在前面: Score: 4 Explanation of Score: A 4 paper presents a competent critique of the argument and conveys meaning adequately. A typical paper in this category -- identifies and analyzes important features of the argument -- develops and organizes ideas satisfactorily but may not connect them with transitions -- supports the main points of the critique -- demonstrates sufficient control of language to express ideas with reasonable clarity -- generally demonstrates control of the conventions of standard written English but may have some errors Topic: The following appeared as a letter to the editor of a local newspaper. "Five years ago, we residents of Morganton voted to keep the publicly owned piece of land known as Scott Woods in a natural, undeveloped state. Our thinking was that, if no shopping centers or houses were built there, Scott Woods would continue to benefit our community as a natural parkland. But now that our town planning committee wants to purchase the land and build a school there, we should reconsider this issue. If the land becomes a school site, no shopping centers or houses can be built there, and substantial acreage would probably be devoted to athletic fields. There would be no better use of land in our community than this, since a large majority of our children participate in sports, and Scott Woods would continue to benefit our community as natural parkland." Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. Your Answer: In this argument, the author alleges that the best use of Scott Woods is to build a school there , thus a large majority of children could participate in sports at the same time Scotte Woods could continue to benefit the community as a natural parkland. At the first glance, the argument seems reasonable, but a closer examination discloses that it is based on faulty reasoning which consequently detracts the validityf from the conclusion. 借着这个机会要好好地分析一下argument的开头。让pooh和我都倒吸一口凉气的是ScoreItNow来了这么一句：Erater has not identified a thesis in your essay. A thesis is the most important sentence in an essay. 再仔细一看整个第一段都被判为了introductory material。（附ScoreItNow的说明：Introductory Material: Is this part of your introduction? An introduction attracts the reader’s interest and provides background information. It also contains your thesis sentence.）需要指出一下的是，虽然ScoreItNow说了“it also contains your thesis sentence”，但是在pooh的issue里面introductory material和thesis statement是独立判定的（参见我前两天的帖子，pooh的issue第一段最后一句判定为thesis，而第一段前面的部分被判定为introductory message），而同时，在issue的技术分析时ScoreItNow给出的关于Introductory Material的说明和上文刚刚原封不动抄过来的这个是一样的。综上所述，这篇argument的确是没找到Thesis，而且这恐怕不是太好的事情，参见scoreitnow给出的对于thesis的说明： 1．         thesis is the most important sentence in an essay.（argument里面没找到thesis时候给出的） 2．Is this your thesis? The purpose of a thesis is to organize, predict, control, and define your essay. （issue里面scoreitnow对找到的thesis做出的反馈信息，个人认为这句话值得记住！） 那么，如果说到organize，predict，control，define的话，有必要研究仔细了，argument到底是怎么开头的。没得说，一定是看官方范文：University of Claria的6-5-4分文章做个对比，看起来似乎比较典型： claria 6 While the University of Claria appears to have an excellent reputation based on the accomplishments and reputations of its faculty, one would also wish to consider other issues before deciding upon this particular institution for undergraduate or graduate training. Claria 5 While it is true that the facts presented in the above passage contribute to the idea that the University of Claria is a fine university, it can hardly be concluded from the propaganda that the University of Claria is the best university for every applicant. 应该说这两个都起到了统领全文的一个总起的作用(虽然我不敢保证这两句话就是典型的可被判为Thesis的句子，目前这一点缺乏证据)。让我们看看下面这个：Claria 4分 The argument states that anyone who is looking for a quality education should choose The Universtiy of Claria based on the instructors they have to offer.  The argument assumes that students can learn better from faculty members who are internationally renowned and who have been invited to universities in other countries to teach.  The proof of their argument rests on the fact that two recent graduates have been candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics, and that 75 percent of their graduates find employment upon graduation. 这种开头似乎看上去很面熟（似乎n多人都这样写），看看评语怎么说的： Comment: While the first paragraph of this adequate response [merely summarizes] the argument, the remainder of the essay identifies and analyzes several significant flaws in the argument. 后半句不看，我觉得从while和merely两个词能够看出来评判的语气和态度。如果说这一点还不够令人信服的话，看看下面这个： Scott woods 6 This letter to the editor begins by stating the reasons the residents of Morganton voted to keep Scott Woods in an undeveloped state.  The letter states that the entire community could benefit from an undeveloped parkland.  The residents of the town wanted to ensure that no shopping centers or houses would be built there.  This, in turn, would provide everyone in the community with a valuable resource, a natural park. The letter then continues by addressing the issue of building a school on the land.  The author reasons that this would also benefit the entire community as a natural parkland since much of the land would be devoted to athletic fields.  The author of the letter comes to the conclusion that building a school on the land would be the best thing for everyone in the community. This letter is a one-sided argument about the best use of the land known as Scott Woods.  The author may be a parent whose child would benefit from a new school, a teacher who thinks a school would boost the community, or just a resident of Morganton.  Regardless of who the author is, there are many aspects of this plan that he or she has overlooked or chosen to ignore. 说实在的人家比我们更会玩儿，索性开头就开了3段，看看评语： Comment: This outstanding response begins somewhat [hesitantly]; the opening paragraphs summarize but do not immediately engage the argument. 论证精彩因而得到6分是后面的事情（当然，第三个段落基本上也能算作开始进入argue的状态），单独分析前面两段内容的话，人家对这种summary的评判叫做hesitantly，“do not immediately engage the argument”。如果把immediately给去掉就更明显了：[do not engage the argument.] 这样想来，也难怪pp3说明文件里面有这样的文字了： [Do not spend a lot of time summarizing the argument unless you think it will effectively develop your critique.  Readers know which Argument topic you were assigned.] Unless you think it will effectively develop your critique，可是目前恐怕还没发现哪篇文章因为写了summary从而effectively develop了critique，谁是因谁是果不言自明，这篇六分文章就是最好的例证：上面那句commentary后面紧接着的是However, the subsequent paragraphs target the central flaws in the argument and analyze them in almost microscopic detail. 在看到后半句夸奖文章对argument的分析的同时想想人家为什么在前面来了一个however，我想这个态度的取向已经是再明显不过了。 因此，我认为，开头画上一个段落4到6句话来summarize基本上没有积极的效果，还不如省省力气好好组织深入后面的内容，这种summary性质的文字撑死了一两句话。这一点参见上面举过的claria的6分和5分的例子，也参见这个例子： Forestville 6 The agrument is well-presented, but not thoroughly well-reasoned.  By making a comparison of the region of Forestville, the town with the higher speed limit and therefore automobile accidents, with the region of Elmsford, an area of a lower speed limit and subsequently fewer accidents, the argument for reducing Forestville's speed limits in order to decrease accidents seems logical. 甚至更过分的：Silver Screen 5 The advertising director of Silver Screen should lose his job.  It is clear that his analysis of the decrease in attendance in the past year was incomplete. 当然，可别以为来一句某某人必须lose his job就万事大吉了，看看commentary：This strong essay begins with an attack on the advertising director of Silver Screen but quickly shifts to identifying major flaws in the argument. 人家重点在后头呢：quickly shifts to identifying flaws in the argument. 在这里稍微总结一下： 1.分析了数个Argument的commentary之后我认为对题目的summary被认可的程度相当低，尤其是claria4和scott woods 6。 2.不管是silver screen 5还是scott woods 6，两个极端，人家commentary的重心都在identifying flaws in the argument / target on central flaws… 花那么大力气写一个垃圾开头没什么意义 3.当然了，如果习惯于写summary作为开头的话，从scott woods 6 得到的启示则是这个东西不会给你造成多少负面影响，但同时基本上没有积极意义。也因此我在第二点里面称之为垃圾。 而下面要说到的是更加重要的一点：再回过头来看看pooh的开头 In this argument, the author alleges that the best use of Scott Woods is to build a school there , thus a large majority of children could participate in sports at the same time Scotte Woods could continue to benefit the community as a natural parkland. At the first glance, the argument seems reasonable, but a closer examination discloses that it is based on faulty reasoning which consequently detracts the validityf from the conclusion. 我想很多人都可能会奇怪为什么被判没有thesis？那从at the first glance开始写的东西算什么？？这个就是下面要讨论的另一个重点问题：先看看这个例子 Forestville 4 从里面摘出来了两个句子： 1.A logical path is followed throughout the paragraph and the conclusion is expected. 2. If the two missing pieces of information had been presented and were in the author's favor, then the conclusion that the author made would have been much more sound than it currently is. 而commentary里面恰好有关于这两个句子的评判： The first third and last third of the essay are relatively insubstantial, consisting mainly of general summary statements (e.g., "A logical path . . . conclusion is expected" and "If the two . . . more sound than it currently is"). The real heart of the critique consists of minimal development of the two points mentioned above. [Relatively insubstantial]，[general summary statement]. 这就是给出的评语。不难想象这句话也会收到同样的待遇：At the first glance, the argument seems reasonable, but a closer examination discloses that it is based on faulty reasoning which consequently detracts the validityf from the conclusion. 很遗憾的是我没能在官方给出的Argument范文commentary中找出更多的例如上面这样的支持信息，因而我否认这种general statement的效力的企图难以从范文中得到直接有力的支持。尽管如此，我仍然提出这样的观点：general statement基本上也是垃圾。我以下面两个现象作为论据： 1.官方范文里面，从1到6，尤其是从4到6，general statement基本上比较罕见。偶尔个别有在开头段落闪现一下仅仅作为introductory material，而除了上面这个被批判的例子以外根本就没有过general statement作为TS或者准TS来引导整个一个段落/意群的。这和我们动辄通篇First, this argument is … by a fallacious comparison / secondly… based on a false analogy / third hasty generalization/ a careful examination will reveal how groundless it is… 这样的写法大不相同。从模仿范文的角度出发我认为应当重新慎重考虑。毕竟：如果TS是First, this argument is based on a false analogy，天晓得这段打算说什么。 2.当然，我们既然都写aw，肯定能够反驳我上面这个论据：argument范文中没有出现，不等于此种方法无效或者有负面效应。的确，如果单纯从范文字面体现上来考虑，不能够彻底否认掉general statement这种写法。而且，我想从我们原先接触的一些学习资料出发，很可能我们从感性上也容易排斥上面的观点。但是：回过头来看看pooh的例子，为什么pooh的argument第一段最后一句没有被判为thesis？如果说general statement是有效的，为什么没有被识别为thesis，还是说根本无法作为thesis？对general statement而言，这一点恐怕难以回避，而我想pooh既然已经把At the first glance…句写在了那个位置，恐怕就是为了用作thesis吧。至于说silentwings曾经说过的散发着腐尸气息的post hoc, ergo propter hoc（好像还真有人用出来过），其效果恐怕更加不会好到哪里去。 我在此作出的推论主要基于上述两个事实（尤其是后一个）：因为pooh的general statement并未被判作thesis而是被刷进了introductory materials，所以我认为这种general statement基本上没有太大的写作效力，更不用说作TS，作Thesis这种重要任务。同时我必须承认：目前我作出的这个论断还需要进一步寻找论据来深入支持。毕竟后面这个关键例证（pooh’s thesis）只是单独的一次现象，并不是一个很强的evidence。不过，对于官方范文的观察，也就是第一点，应该说是完全没有问题的。 应该补充的一点是：虽然我声称general statement基本上是垃圾，但是和上一个垃圾一样，它不会造成太大的负面影响（如果通篇基本上完全用垃圾来作为论证的情况除外），但是也没有什么积极意义。重头戏仍然是论证的充实上面。同时，我认为如果TS，thesis上面能够用到很具体的组织表达效果会好得多，这一点参见官方范文，尤其看看高分段的文章是怎么写的。个人认为官方范文还是很值得去研究，体会，学习，模仿从而进行再创造的，希望大家遇到问题的时候，自己去翻翻范文寻求答案，而不是寻求道听途说。毕竟那是官方给出的sample啊，they can’t be more authoritative。 开头到底怎么写，TS，Thesis到底怎么写，不妨再看看范文。 from adam： 一下子看了三篇关于argument开头的文章，总结起来基本就是模板要不得 关于这一点我其实一直是认可的，只不过今天找到了更多的理论支持（尤其是imong那篇），这个道理是显而易见的，我不相信ETS会认可那种千篇一律的东西 随大流的结果大约也就是随大流的三分 给我的一点启发就是研究范文以及后面的comments还是很重要的 毕竟AW之所以麻烦，有一点就是大家都摸不清ETS的口味。ETS是一个黑箱，一篇篇的文章就是打进这个黑箱的光束，要知道黑箱里究竟是什么，我们只能好好研究从黑箱里射出来的光 当然话是这么说，随大流的模板不好，但肯定也不是每个人都能修炼到自由之美的境界。 总之，加油~~

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tie the knot  喜结连理

angst n.焦虑，苦闷

ado  n. 费力

comments:
This book review seems too conversational for me to catch its main points. To be honest, as a boy I'm not so eager to get married and never dream of my life after marriage. As a result, it's hard fot me to catch the feelings in a marriage described in this article. However, I have to say marriage is beautiful and sweet and to some extent, we are all the by-products of the marriage- -. Life is better with company, and I hope every story about marriage achieves a best-seller at least for two people, no matter whether the plot is romantic or the characters are special.
is romantic or the characters are special.

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1.8

It is possible that people will end by recognizing that in public as in private life honesty is the most effective and the most skilful policy.


Those who put their adversaries to death by poison or upon the scaffold often undergo a like fate; those who send others into exile are exiled in their turn.

fraternity n.兄弟会，社团

parliamentary adj.议会的，国会的


coinage n. 钱币，货币制度


antiquated  adj.陈旧的，过时的


circumspect adj.慎重的


malady n.疾病，不正之风


golden calf   According to the Hebrew Bible, the golden calf (עֵגֶּל הַזָהָב ‘ēggel hazâhâḇ) was an idol (a cult image) made by Aaron to satisfy the Israelites during Moses' absence, when he went up to Mount Sinai.A metaphoric interpretation emphasizes the "gold" part of "golden calf" to criticize the pursuit of wealth.

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The article sounds like a political bible and after denying so many ismes in his work, the author should definite himself as a utopian or idealist. Though fluent the sentences are I have to say I cannot applaud for author's eloquence. As an old Chinese saying "To impress others by morality.” morality has its power to make our society better. However, it does not work in any condition and it's hard to believe everyone in our society can be noble man through a moral reform. No one can figure out what humanity is created from, virtue, wick or both. Machiavelli did not pre-suppose contempt for humanity, but the existing condition led him to.

"Politics is a war with no blood, and the war is bleeding politics.” Politics itself is a war about nation, group or individual interest and in a war, any people with reason should not hope for any morality form the enemy. Until someday politics disappears, the crime of politics will haunt on human’s head forever.

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1.10 comments: Since this article is shown in PDF, it's a little inconvenient for me to mark the topic sentences and organize my comment. To begin with the oxymoron like phrase "mastering uncertainty", this essay indeed is a guide for managers and investors in decision making reminding me what I have learned in probability theory and Game theory. And as to me, the subtle difference between risk and uncertainty can be clarified in a mathematical sense as the risk is about a binary code with just 1 or 0, and the uncertainty is a much more complex permutation and combination question with numerous factors. If we can master the uncertainty, to some extant, we master the future. However, future can never be mastered. Our experience and wisdom may probability in making a right decision, yet no one can always make right decisions.

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oft-told=often told

paedophile :is a psychological disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a sexual preference for prepubescent children.

According to the World Health Organization, 16 and 17-year-old adolescents qualify if they have a persistent or predominant sexual preference for prepubescent children at least five years younger than them.

child-molester :跟paedophile 差不多意思

ratchet effect：The ratchet effect is the commonly observed phenomenon that some processes cannot go backwards once certain things

have happened, by analogy with the mechanical ratchet that holds the spring tight as a clock is wound up. It is related to the phenomena of featuritis and scope creep in the manufacture of various consumer goods, and of mission creep in military planning.

This is a ratchet

prostitute n.娼妓

mugshot n.脸部照片

rink n. 溜冰场

tabloid n.小报

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While reading this essay, the first image comes to my mind is the controversial T-bag from "Prison Break".

Though the character invented, the struggle and conflict T-bag suffers is a truly epitome for thousands of peadophiles in America. The main controversy of this subject roots in whether we have right to mark someone for his sin lifelong or in which condition we can do so. As to me, for the second question, it will not be so difficult to find a solution for the lawmakers. However the first one is even tough for philosopher, for it is based on another question whether a person's nature can change. And if we chose pessimism "no" to this question, it is truly necessary for nations to separate the dangerous from people's daily life for what they once committed. I tend to say people can change even with a mind once distorted like T-bag. Yet how can we judge if a person is eventually changed…

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AW啊
终于可以专心了~~

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OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

bunk n.铺位，废话

mancession  Male unemployment or mancession is the disproportionate unemployment of men as compared with women. This gender gap became wide in the USA in the recession of 2009 when 10.5% of men were unemployed, compared with 8% of women

hefty adj.强壮的

stigmatise  vt.打上烙印

Today women are marching into the workplace in ever larger numbers and taking asledgehammer to the remaining glass ceilings.

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With no doubt, women are playing significant roles in our modern society more than ever, especially in China. The most close and obvious example for me is the increasing amount of talented women professors in our college. Hilary, Rice and the CEO of pepsi IndraNooyi all show us women can do as well as men, or even better, in those fields once prohibited for women. However, I still believe, with no intent to favor sexism, that there exist some inherent differences between men and women making it much more difficult for women to seek a career like men. God endow women and men different talents, for example the greatest composers in our history are all men, yet girls always do better in mastering languages, neither of them can replace each other completely. The truly advance of our society is not replacing sexism with feminism, but every citizen in it can get a chance to fully develop their talent and choose their way to find the happiness regardless of their gender.  

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biting sanctions sanctions 复数：国际制裁

galvanise vt.原意 电镀，引申为唤醒，很生动~

deterrent adj. 威慑的，制止的

nip in the bud strategy  就是扼杀在摇篮里吧

pre-emptive 先发制人

lip service 应酬话，假殷勤

smoking gun：The term "smoking gun" was originally, and is still primarily, a reference to an object or fact that serves as conclusive evidence of a crime or similar act. In addition to this, its meaning has evolved in uses completely unrelated to criminal activity: for example, scientific evidence that is highly suggestive in favor of a particular hypothesis is sometimes called smoking gun evidence. Its name originally came from the idea of finding a smoking (i.e., very recently fired) gun on the person of a suspect wanted for shooting someone, which in that situation would be nearly unshakable proof of having committed the crime. A piece of evidence that falls just short of being conclusive is sometimes referred to as a "smoldering gun."这个短语很有用，学习之~

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"War is the bleeding politics, and politics is a war with no blood." As to me, war is not an alternative of diplomacy, but part of it, for both of them aim at the same goal determined by the need of politics. If there is a need in politics to launch a war, you will get one, and what contributes to this need is a little obscure for outsiders, like me, to clarify, yet I believe national security and economic interest will play a more important role in this game instead of world peace.

Moreover, this debate reminds me of another famous saying “No permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests." War and diplomacy are both tools of politics to achieve a maximized national interest. As in this case, it can explain why Israel is more eager to implement military actions on Iran, for if Iran finally realizes its nuclear dream, it will be a bomb in Israel’s backyard. In contrast, as for America, a much more powerful country, though its potential interests will be threaten, it's not seriously enough for Uncle Sam to launch another war on the other side of the globe. And taking the possible retaliation from Iran, regional chaos, the different views existing in U.N. and America's domestic economy condition(yet I have to admit sometimes in some certain condition, a war can be the very best stimulus for economy.) into account, whether the advantages of a war can overweigh the disadvantages is hard to say.  

To sum up, neither a radical Iran with nuclear weapons or a war which in the most extreme case, can be the prelude of WW3 is not a ideal option to the world. At last we have to resort to the diplomacy and the sophistication of our politicians, although sometimes they are not so effective.

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A large Internet company, the largest in some ways and most influential globally, is saying publicly that the Chinese government's behavior is unacceptable, and that can't fail to resonate.

Given the company's tempestuous(风雨飘摇的~) four years in China, the odds the authorities will now compromise are slim.

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I have to say I'm a loyal google fan using google as a search engine for a very long time. Although partly censored, google is always a better choice for me than the totally 'harmony' baidu. However, now I don't know whether I should feel happy or sad about google's decision to return its website to an uncensored edition with the possibility of losing google forever. Why our country need a censorship to maintain the so called 'harmonious society'? It is a subtle question. Maybe a society fraught with citizens who are indifferent to the politics and afraid to affront the authority of the government even when the government is wrong or their legal rights are invaded will easily to be 'harmonious' and stable, yet I doubt it will be strong and prosperous. The most powerful country in this world, America, is country with no censorship.

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