I'veheardtheidiom"mytwocents"usedinafewdifferentcontextsandnoticedthatitsexactmeaningchangedaccordingly.Finally,IlookeditupinWikipediatodayandfoundaverythoroughintroduction,whichIsharewithfriendsonthisforumbypastingitattheendofthispost.IguessIshouldbesatisfiedifmycontributionisrecognizedasCtrl+C&Ctrl+V,nothingelse:)
Surfer_Diver
2015.3.11
PS:Hereistheintroductionparag...[
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回想起来,我其实属于运气好的,捡到一块馅饼(工作)就低头啃了几年。为了支持多多斑竹的活动,就把我那仅有的一点偶遇职业中介的些微经验写下来吧,勉强回答一下第二个问题:“职业中介哪里去找?”对网友的帮助估计不多,就当是重在参与好了。各位有砖请轻拍。
我总共两次碰到职业中介。第一次是在一个行业的conference,有给与会者留networking的时间,[
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I'mprettysurethatyouknowthisword:Fog,whichcorrespondsto“雾”inChinese.Whatabout霭&霾?DoyouknowtheirEnglishcounterparts?Well,tocutapotentiallongstoryshort,herearetheanswers:
霭:Mist
霾:Haze
Next,canyoutellthedifferencesamongthem?
Surfer_Diver
2015.3.1
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Doyouknowthesetwowords:humbugandswindler?Ifnot,itmaymeanthatyouhavenotmetonesuchpersoninlife,whichisdefinitelygoodluck!Now,doyouhavesomeclue?Howaboutlookuponeinadictionary?
Cheers,
Surfer_Diver
2015.2.22
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Well,youmostlikelyknewwhataroosteris.But,doyouknowtheword"roost"?ImustadmitthatIdidn'tknowituntilIlookedupWiktionary.org,whichhastheseforoneetymologyofthisword:
Noun
roost(pluralroosts)
1.Theplacewhereabirdsleeps(usuallyitsnestorabranch).
2.Agroupofbirdsroostingtogether.
Verb
1.(ofbirds)sleep.
2.tocomebackhome
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最近,几位网友在帖子里提到:是不是该找下家了?碰巧看到一个相关的帖子,转过来以供参考。大家英文应该没问题,翻译就免了。
冲·潜
2015.1.8
Thefollowingisapostfromthislink:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-signs-you-need-new-job-2015-samantha-miklos?trk=tod-home-art-list-small_3
ThecreditgoestotheoriginalauthorMs.SamanthaMiklosandthewebsite.
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87.CriticalCleaning
Whatwouldyoudowhenyourspouseiscomingbackafteratriptoanothercontinent?Forme,Iusuallydosomecleaningthroughoutourhometomakesurethatitdoesnotresembleabachelor'sdormandtheplacesshecaresaboutareacceptabletoher.Icallthisthe"criticalcleaning",which,Ibelieve,iscriticaltomakeherfeelwelcome.Doyoucaretoshareyourpracticeinthisregard?
Surfer_Diver
2015.1.8
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86.NewTitleParty
WhenthenumberofpostsontheInternetexplodedinitially,manyauthorsresortedtotheuseofexaggeratingwordsorphrasesinthetitlesoftheirpieces,hopingtocatchtheattentionofcasualbrowsers.Thus,the(old)TitlePartywasfounded,andthebubblesoftheso-called"attentioneconomy"grewalmostunlimiteduntiltheyimploded.Fortunatelyorunfortunately,the(old)TitlePartysurvived.
Yearspassed.Now,almoste...[
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Aftertravelingformorethanonemonth,Ifinallycamebacktoourlittlehome,whereIcanvisitthisforumfreely.Sorryforplayingtruantforsolongwithoutnotice.Thinkingback,IrealizedthatIhadnotthoughtenoughaboutthisextendedtravel,norplannedaccordingly.Anyway,I'mbackandwillbemorecarefulgoingaway:)
OnesmalladvantagecomingbackfromAsiaisthatIgotanotherJan2nd,2015,becauseofthetimedifference.Therefore,itisstillnottoola...[
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Dearfriendsonthisforum,
Withoutrealizingit,Ihavenotloggedinhereforafewweeksalready.Well,Ididnotdoitintentionally.Actually,whenItriedtoquitthetime-consumingInternetsurfinghabitsometimeago,Isimplycouldnotkeepitup.HowdidIdoitthistime,youask?Frankly,I'mtravelingintheSouthEastAsiaagain,and,beingawayfromhome,somanyhabitsareforcedtochange.Okay,Iknow,thesearebadexcusesformylaziness...
Fortunately,...[
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