Ms.DiverandIwenttoAlaskaearlierthissummer,andwebothfounditdifficulttodrivethere.Why?Well,foronething,inadditiontopedestriancrossings,therewasawholenewcategoryofsalmoncrossingsthatwehadtopayattentionto.Foranother,whenwefinallygottoourdestination,wefoundmanyparkingspotsreservedforbears!Seethephotosbelowsothatyoucanbelieveme(ornot).Watchoutwhenyougothere!
Surfer_Diver
2014.8.19
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在LinkedIn上读到这个帖子，觉得有必要转过来和大家分享。文章归纳了老板逼员工走人的九种方法，貌似都是合法的，又略加分析，有助于我们了解西人眼中的职场文化；最后的对策也有借鉴启发作用。望网友加以点评，那就更有效果了。原文及链接，都在下面给出，credit当然归于原作者。翻译诚为添足，就免了8。
冲·潜
2014.8.3
Link:https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/artic[
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Doyouknowwho"digitalnatives"are?And,doyouknowwhatthe"digitalgap"is?
Bemyguesttotakeaguess!
S.D
2014.7.27[
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Haveyoueverbeentoabanquetorpartyandthenrealizedthatyouwerenotthemainguest?Well,you'renotalone.Inthiscase,theword"bite"islistedasawordtolearnsimplybecauseoftheotherword,"nibble".Whatdoes"nibble"mean,youask?Well,inmyby-nowwell-known"question"style,I'llgiveyouachancetofigureitout(assumingyouhavenotmemorizedthiswordyet).Seethefollowingparagraph:
"Forinv...[
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81.TheRiseof"OffOf"
Recently,Inoticedthat,moreandmore,thetwowords"offof"arebeingusedtogethertoreplaceotherwords,asifthisisthenewfashionortrendinmodernEnglishlanguage.Iwanttogiveacoupleofexamplesandseeifsomeoneelseismakingthesameobservation.
First,Inoticedthatpeoplewouldsay"basedoffof(thisdataset)".Interesting.What'swrongwith"basedon"?Orsincewhend...[
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IwentoutforlunchwithacoupleofcolleagueslastFriday.Abrightyoungwomanjoinedus,whowasaformercolleagueoftheirsatanothercompany.Or,IshouldsaythatIjoinedtheirlunchgathering,sinceapparentlytheyhadplannedforit.
Anyway,wegotintroducedtoeachother,andthefirstthingInoticedaboutherwasherunusuallyfastspeedofspeaking.Iwashappytobeabletofollowherspeech.Soon,Inoticedanotherthingaboutherspeech-thefrequentuseoft...[
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Imperativeisbothanadjectiveandanoun.Thereisalsoan"imperativemood"ingrammar.Ifyouknowthesealready,great!Otherwise,hereisalinktolookitup:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imperative
S.D
2014.6.27[
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Doyouknowtheword"claustrophobia"?Ifnot,congratulations!Letmeexplainwhy.Claustrophobiaisananxietydisorderandthefearofbeinginclosedorsmallspacesforhavingnoescape.Likemanyotherdisorders,thoseaffectedwillsoonerorlaterbeforcedtolearnabouttheirconditions.Inthatsense,youshouldfeelluckyfornothavingtoknowthisword.Thatbeingsaid,sincewearehangingoutinthisforumtoimproveourEnglish,let'saddittoourvoca...[
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Youmusthaveheardthephrase"buyer'sremorse".Yes,itisthefeelingofanxietyorregretafterbuyingsomething.Well,havinghadmyfairshareofthisremorseovertheyears,recentlyIrealizedthatIcangivemyselfabig"shopper'sdiscount"instead.Hereishowitworks.NowwhenIgoshopping,Iwillfirstcomeupwithwhattobuyandhowmuchtobuyasusual.Then,Iwillcutbacktheamountby40-60%,becauseIknowthatmyfirstimpulseisusuallyoff...[
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Seeingthetitle,youareprobablythinking:Iknewthisword!Well,let'scheck:Doyouknowwhatthe"PugetSound"is?Whataboutthe"PrinceWilliamSound"?
Ifyoudon'tknowthemeaningof"sound"inthesetwocase,youarenotalone.Actually,whiletravelingatthePrinceWilliamSound,Ihadtoaskthecaptainofourboatinordertounderstandit.Hereisthecaptain'sexplanation:
"Asoundisalarge,complexbodyofwate...[
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