1．To learn a foreign language you must get away from the idea of translating words. Translating takes too much time and mental energy. You will never learn to really speak and understand a foreign language if you have to translate everything. Instead, learn to associate the new sound directly with the image in your mind.
2．There are parents who can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, and the children turn out rotten. There are parents who live in million-dollar and give their children cars and swimming pools, yet something goes wrong. Rich and poor, black and white, so much goes wrong so often.
3．It seems, however, easier to teach mobile phones manners than to teach people. To achieve that, Schmandt and his colleagues are developing software that reduces the inappropriate behavior of mobile phones. It would also be a great benefit to those who want to be polite.
4．Charles Darwin’s early life was a mess. He hated school and his father once shouted,
“You care for nothing but shooting dogs and catching rats and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family!” He was sent to Glasgow to study medicine, but he couldn’t stand the sight of blood.
|
