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99"In any realm of life—whether academic, social, business, or political—the only way to succeed is to take a practical, rather than an idealistic, point of view. Pragmatic behavior guarantees survival, whereas idealistic views tend to be superceded by simpler, more immediate options."

207"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

147"Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."

写三个issue没问题吧？现在最重要的是速度
167.A folk remedy* for insomnia, the scent香味 in lavender flowers, has now been proved effective. In a recent study, 30 volunteers with chronic insomnia slept each night for three weeks on lavender-scented pillows in a controlled room where their sleep was monitored. During the first week, volunteers continued to take their usual sleeping medication. They slept soundly but wakened feeling tired. During the second week, the volunteers discontinued their medication. As a result, they slept less soundly than the previous week and felt even more tired. During the third week, the volunteers slept longer and more soundly than in the previous two weeks. This shows that over a short period of time lavender cures insomnia. A folk remedy is usually a plant-based form of treatment common to traditional forms of medicine, ones that developed before the advent of modern medical services and technology.




写有关实验的题目时要注意：
1.要定义key terms，明确实验中要对比的标准，最好能够精确的数据化，避免“sleep soundly, fell tired”之类主观的判断标准。
2.sample的选取要合理，做到有足够的代表性
3.实验的时间要足够长以得出有效的结论
4.实验前的状况一定要考虑，以便于对比
5.最好有对照实验组，更有说服力
6.实验中要保持其他的因素不变，以保证不影响实验

emily_feifeiUID: 2626151

三个没问题~

emily_feifeiUID: 2626151

查资料时一不小心看到了~忍不住分享下~

希特勒对犹太人的大规模屠杀，就建立在这种基础上。希特勒在《我的奋斗》中说，所有的文明都起源于白种人，在各个人种中白种人最高贵，而雅利安人又是白种人当中最高贵的人种。犹太人始终只是其他民族身上的寄生虫，像一种有害的芽孢杆菌那样扩散着。他们在哪儿出现，被寄居的民族或迟或早就会死去。因而，犹太人必须从地球上消失。

中国人都知道，卡尔.马克思也是犹太人。你可能会问，马克思怎么没受到迫害？真实情况是，马克思少年时就随家庭改宗基督教了。据Paul Johnson的《知识分子》一书披露，马克思还是个反犹太分子，或者更进一步，根本就是个种族歧视者。他跟犹太出身的革命家布鲁东观点相左，居然破口大骂对方是“犹太猪”、“犹太黑鬼”。他在给恩格斯的信里说：“我总算明白了，那家伙一定是跟着摩西逃出埃及的黑人的子孙，如果不是这样，他祖母或者曾祖母也一定跟黑人睡过。他是个黑种犹太人跟德国人的狗屁杂种！”

很多当时在欧洲成名的犹太人，几乎都改教了，马克思如是，海涅亦如是。

除此之外，《知识分子》一书还披露了马克思的其他一些“劣行”。例如他深谙榨取剩余价值的原理。他家的女仆海伦，当牛做马一辈子，几乎连一个铜板的工钱都没拿到过。不仅如此，马克思还背着燕妮，强占了海伦的便宜，并生了个私生子。马克思为遮丑，硬是说服恩格斯认下了这个私生子。恩格斯去世前才向身边的亲友道出事实真相。病得连话都说不出来的恩格斯，挣扎着在石板上写下：“亨利是马克思的儿子。”

历史总算翻过了沉重的一页。今天，大规模的反犹事件很少发生了，但千百年来的隔阂，又岂能轻易化解！这是犹太人的悲哀，是我们这个时代的无奈。

emily_feifeiUID: 2626151

TOPIC: ISSUE207 - "Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are." （这篇着实难写！）
WORDS: 464 (595)          TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2009-8-10 11:18:41

Birthday parties, funerals, festivals, celebrations, our lives are filled with all kinds of rituals and ceremonies. We can scarcely imagine what the world would become with any rituals or ceremonies. Perhaps a person would lose one’s own identity, a culture may lose its attraction, and a nation could lose its own character.

Without doubt, it is rituals and ceremonies that serve to strengthen people's sense of belonging: we keep in mind where we came from and who we are. In China, the most significant ritual or festival is the Spring Festival. Traditionally, children would get "Yasuiqian" (some money given by parents in a red envelope to bless a safe and healthy year for the children) at the eve of the Spring Festival; adults would light up fireworks in order to threaten the devils and beasts; relatives and friends would visit each other and have a big meal. For Chinese, those traditional rituals are never replaceable because in Chinese culture, home and families are the roots of everyone. That is why in every spring, people would spare no efforts to get a tickets to go back to their hometown. Regardless all the difficulties and hardships in the way home, once they get home and spend the Spring Festival with the families, they would feel so released and comforting.

What is more, ceremonies help us to better memorize the important history happen in our lives. Naturally, history has the fate to be forgotten. As a result, we need various rituals or ceremonies to remind us of who we are and what duties we should perform. Participating commencement, a student bear in mind study is one of the key things from that day on. Holding a wedding ceremony, a couple takes vow to promise to be loyal to each other. Joining an inaugural celebration, a new president takes the serious oath talking about the current situation and what he would do in the future. It is these rituals and ceremonies help them remember yesterday, treasure today and pursue the future. Without ceremonies, how many of us would remember the past days, our efforts, and our responsibilities?

Additionally, different rituals and ceremonies embody people's disparate beliefs. Many religions have their unique ceremonies. The famous Christmas Day is the holiday for Christians. On Christmas Eve, Christians set up Christmas trees, decorating with colorful balls, snowflakes and bells. From their very young, they are told that only the good ones could get the gifts from Santa Claus. So they try to behave properly and hang their sock near their bed, waiting for Santa Claus coming from the chimney and putting gifts into it. However, Christmas does appear in the world of Jews. For them, it is inappropriate to celebrate the Christmas: those who dare to celebrate the Christmas would be regarded as pagans. In December, they lighten a candle and celebrate their own feast: Hanukkah. Rituals are so crucial for ecclesiastical groups that their disciples reckon it as a way to express their devotedness to their beliefs.

Sadly, globalization and modernization have simplified more and more rituals. Many other traditional Chinese festivals have been forgotten by generations and generations. Consequently, fewer and fewer people are familiar with the traditional culture of China. In the sense of culture, that is definitely depravation. It is pointless to pursue a seemingly prosperous future without the colorful culture.

Taking into account what has been discussed above rituals and ceremonies help us to identify ourselves and our culture, to remember who we are, where we came from, what responsibilities we have, and what we believe in.

emily_feifeiUID: 2626151

TOPIC: ISSUE147 - "Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."
WORDS: 503 (558)         TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2009-8-10 15:39:11

Some old building are tore down to make room for the skyscrapers; paper-based materials are gradually replaced by electronic data. Seeing all these, many would probably find some dilemma for themselves: old or new, tradition or modernization. They force themselves to choose one of them, failing to see their essential connections.

Admittedly, it is globalization and modernization that have profound effects on our new society. As a result, some traditions have been weakened. Take Chinese traditional festival, the Spring Festival, for instance. In the old days, according to the Chinese myths, during the Spring Festival, people would light up fireworks to threaten evils and beasts in order to bliss a safe, healthy, and happy new year. Traditionally, the extended families would gather together and have a fabulous meal. However, living in the big cities, life pace is faster than ever previous days. Many people even have no time to go home under a high living stress. What is more, fireworks are banned in the cities of causing fires. Consequently, they have to face the white and cold walls by themselves, quietly and lonely.

Furthermore, there is some dross existing in the tradition which would prevent a round development of modern society. In the old days, women had no rights to work or vote; black people were treated as an inferior class. Along with the development of the society, such traditional discriminations have been gradually abandoned. Just as Barack Obama said in his Election Speech, Ann Nixon Cooper, the 106-year-old black women, now has the right to touch the screen and reach for her ballot. Rejecting these traditions can create a boon on the long-term progress of human society.

Some brilliant cultures and customs in the tradition, however, are still work for the modern society. For instance, the values upon which human beings rely to construct the world--honesty and hard-working, curiosity and brevity, hope and persistence, loyalty and patriotism--are old. But on no account could we afford to neglect these things. Without them, our nation's wheels would run out of control; our people would lose the sense of who they are and where they came from.

To make one final point, we should never deny that modern people have preserved and carried forward so many traditions well. Olympic Games, which originated from ancient Greece, now still, have its charm and imperishable motivation. People from almost every country gather together, forgetting the hatreds and wars, and pursuing "higher, faster, and stronger". Furthermore, we are grateful to see that the awareness of preserving the traditions has been raised among many people. Many traditional historical sites have been restored and protected by modern people carefully: in Shakespeare's hometown England, timber houses in the small village has attracted so many tourists from all over the world to visit; some traditional costumes are enjoying their popularities: in China, nowadays people with rising numbers are in favor of the "TangZhuang" (a type of clothes which were fashionable in Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago); many traditional musical instruments are still played by folk people.

Indeed, some draff in the tradition should be thrown away. But tradition and modernization are not incompatible; instead, best use of the tradition could serve us to make more advancement of modern society. By handling the balance between them appropriately, the modern world could enjoy a more colorful future.

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TOPIC: ISSUE147 - "Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."
WORDS: 503 (558)         TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2009-8-10 15:39:11

Some old building are tore ...
emily_feifei 发表于 2009-8-10 15:54

你写慢点啊，我一直在和别人打电话，很郁闷。刚开始写。

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呵呵~我脑子都写晕了~刚出去溜达了一圈回来~置办了一个破键盘~

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这篇A我不会写了~找不到别的错误，也不会写那些possibility

TOPIC: ARGUMENT167 - A folk remedy* for insomnia, the scent in lavender flowers, has now been proved effective. In a recent study, 30 volunteers with chronic insomnia slept each night for three weeks on lavender-scented pillows in a controlled room where their sleep was monitored. During the first week, volunteers continued to take their usual sleeping medication. They slept soundly but wakened feeling tired. During the second week, the volunteers discontinued their medication. As a result, they slept less soundly than the previous week and felt even more tired. During the third week, the volunteers slept longer and more soundly than in the previous two weeks. This shows that over a short period of time lavender cures insomnia.

*A folk remedy is usually a plant-based form of treatment common to traditional forms of medicine, ones that developed before the advent of modern medical services and technology.
WORDS: 378          TIME: 00:23:22          DATE: 2009-8-10 17:23:52

Based on a study that patients who suffered insomnia feel better after they use the lavender-scented pillows, the arguer assumes that lavender flowers can effective cure insomnia. Being seemingly persuasive, the statement suffers fallacies under further consideration.

First and foremost, the author mentions the details of the experiment and accordingly supposes that the patients sleep better in the third week. However, in the experiment, the patients just slept longer and more soundly than in the previous two weeks? Perhaps they just get used to the experiment rooms. And what if they feel more tired and exhausted in the third week? Without ruling out the possibilities, we cannot see any clue that suggests their insomnia has not been cured.

In addition, granted that the volunteer's insomnia has vanished in the third week, the research cited by the author is not that convincing as it stands. Not only the numbers of the volunteers is too small, but also the length of the study is too short. We have reason to doubt that these 30 volunteers can represent the general patients who suffer sleeping problems. What are the occupations of the volunteers? Why do they suffer with insomnia? How are their constitutions? The arguer does not provide any of the information. What is more, we have long known that almost all the medicine has limited duration in effects. Even if the pillows have something to do with the cure of insomnia, it is quite possible that after the three-week long experiment, the lavender-scented pillows would lose their effects.

To make one final point, the author is too willy-nilly to cast off all the other possibilities that could alleviate the insomnia symptom. There is likelihood that the experiment-rooms are relatively quieter than those in which the patients used to sleep. Or perhaps during the 3 weeks, the patients had no need to work or study, thus they have escaped the stress they used to face. All these factors could trigger better sleep.

Taking into account what has been discussed above to best assess the suggestion, readers should know whether the volunteers' insomnia have diminished after three weeks. Additionally, the arguer should provide enough evidence to prove that the volunteers can be representative and after the 3 weeks, volunteers would not suffer insomnia again.

emily_feifeiUID: 2626151

一早还写了I8，所以明天任务把I8放进去吧~
今天没体再写了~I99明天写~

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刚才我一个同学找我出去聊天，问我她是该保研还是考研。晕

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刚才我一个同学找我出去聊天，问我她是该保研还是考研。晕
wk4a 发表于 2009-8-10 20:26

你今天就当陪聊了？！我现在着急啊~下周就考了~A还有一半没看~I限时还这么恶心！

lele77521UID: 2672123

你哪天考？

emily_feifeiUID: 2626151

你哪天考？
lele77521 发表于 2009-8-10 22:37

18~
你们今天一篇都没写啊？！！

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18~
你们今天一篇都没写啊？！！
emily_feifei 发表于 2009-8-10 23:28

我也不想啊，郁闷。我今天一定补上。今天手机关机！

wk4aUID: 2616910

你今天就当陪聊了？！我现在着急啊~下周就考了~A还有一半没看~I限时还这么恶心！
emily_feifei 发表于 2009-8-10 21:33

你是蛮紧的了，加油！