到底什么是文化呢, 有人说它是一个民族的精神和脊梁,我觉得有欠空洞, 有人说文化可以分为三种干流,上层文化、中层文化、下层文化, 我觉得又有些笼统。即便有个大致的概念,但我们又为什么需要它呢?这几个问题一直缠绕着我。to entertain and to instruct前几天取到新买的“The Best American Short Stories 2010". ed [ ...阅读全文 ]
道可道,非常道。名可名,非常名。无名天地之始。有名万物之母。故常无欲以观其妙。常有欲以观其徼。此两者同出而异名,同谓之玄。玄之又玄,众妙之门。There is no absolute reasoning behind everything, just like there isno general name for every object.The world was created without a name, and we started ours [ ...阅读全文 ]
Monday night On my way home, I missed a train. It was a crowded one, which meansit must have been long since the last one came. I was upset, thought I hadto wait lonely on the subway station. However, to my surprise, the nexttrain came within seconds, with very few people. So I walked intot [ ...阅读全文 ]
... The Dome of the Rock, 如今耶路撒冷的标志 05年看过一部电影,Kingdom of Heaven,Orlando Bloom 演一个法国乡村铁匠Balian,,因为刚刚为婴儿夭折而自杀的妻子受到神父侮辱(自杀的人是不能进天堂的,妻子的尸体被砍去脑袋,他也要背负受惩罚的十字架)一怒之下,他杀了当地的神父,千里迢迢去圣城,帮助那 [ ...阅读全文 ]
Albert Einstein: Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination encircles the world. 年底美国大选,与在以色列的同事聊天。我是站在奥巴马这一边的,然而很大一部分犹太人还是更相信共和党。我感觉到奥巴马的middle n [ ...阅读全文 ]
许多在黄石公园的装饰是以熊作为标志的,小到门上的把手,大到天花板上的装饰。visit center的大门口, 一个醒目的地方,写着一排字,引起了我的注意:From 1980-2002, over 62 million people visited Yellowstone National Park (YNP). During the same period, 32 people were injured by bears. The chance of being in [ ...阅读全文 ]