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Now panicking slightly about the amount of homework they had to do, Harry and Ron spent their lunch hour in the library looking up the uses of moonstones in potion-making. Still angry about Ron's 12)slur on her woolly hats, Hermione did not join them. By the time they reached Care of Magical Creatures in the afternoon, Harry's head was aching again. 注释: I Write, I Suffer Nikki Gemmell: The thing that I worry about when I write is, and I think its one of the hardest things to do, is keeping people's attention. I'm 1)paranoid that I'm going to be boring and I think one of the hardest things is keeping people turning the page. And one of my, one of my favorite writers is Tim Winton and I just love his narrative drive. I can remember I'm picking up The Riders and you know I'm starting to read it about eight o'clock one night and then 4 a.m. the next morning I was still there, I just had to finish it before I went to sleep even though I had work the next day. And, uh, I just love. You know when you find a book and 2)ferociously you want to devour it. And so for me, I'm constantly trying to paid back my writing and to increase the narrative pull on it, pull of it, so that you know people are just going through it like a 3)steamroller. So in that way I'm thinking of the audience, I don't want to lose them. Anson Cameron: I think the hardest thing about writing and this is probably 4)appropriate for any form of art or any huge project you take on in life is, is the thought in the back of your mind all the while, sometimes, and I suspect that books don't change the world very much, that's what I find hardest about writing but then at other times I think it does matter and it has got the power to change people. And if I look at myself I think most of my moral and ethical makeup comes from books. So if I look back at that, it fills me with a sense of self-worth but there are many hours when you're writing a book when you, wonder what you're doing, but what's the point of it all, does it matter. Janet Evanovich: For me it's definitely 5)transition, I find the transition to be very difficult. Once I'm in a scene I'm fine, you know once I'm writing about action, once I'm doing dialogue I'm ok I can run with that, but I spend a lot of time sitting and finding out how to get from one place to the next. And I think it's critical because this is what really holds it together, this is what makes it easier for the reader to move on, and this is, this is really where I spend all of my time. Roger Mcdonald: There was a, a 6)bricklayer working across the road and the bricklayer started in the morning at seven o'clock and finished at five o'clock and by the end of the day he had the front wall up. And I was working on a poem that day and by the end of the day I was exactly where I'd began, basically you know the draft after draft and I was facing a blank sheet at the end of the day. I said, "Look at that, wouldn't it be fantastic to be a bricklayer, at least there's something concrete at the end of the day!?So I can relate to Markay's statement and "it is 7)frustrating 8)grappling with 9)intangibles, trying to give shape and form to intangibles," matter. Nikki Gemmell (from her book SHIVER): The touch of an iceberg, a blizzard, a lover, of a camera stuck to the skin on my face, of cold-like glass cutting into my skin, of a 10)snowflake, of a dead man, of a tongue on my eye. 注释: 1. Make communication a top 2)priority. 2. Be open to other people. 3. Create a 3)receptive environment for communication. No matter how busy you find yourself during the workday, you absolutely must make time to communicate. All the brilliant ideas in the world are worthless if you don't share them. Communication can be accomplished in many ways, in meetings, in face-to-face 4)sessions with colleagues, just walking down the hall or stopping at the water cooler, or spending half an hour in the company lunch room. Communication absolutely has to be a two-way street, you have to share your ideas with others and listen to theirs. Number two. Be open to other people: above, below and beside. Publilius Syrus, the great Roman poet, recognized this fact of human nature 2000 years ago: We are interested in others, when they are interested in us. If you can show your colleagues you are receptive to their ideas, they're more likely to be receptive to yours and to keep you honestly informed about the things you need to know. Show that you care about the future of the organization and that you care as much about them. Three, create a receptive environment for communication. It's a basic fact about communicating with people: they won't say what they think and won't listen receptively to what you say, unless a foundation of 5)genuine trust and shared interest has been laid. How you really feel about communication, whether you are open or not comes through loud and clear, no matter what you say. You know right away if somebody is 6)approachable or if they are not. When you get that feeling, you can read a person by non-verbal communication and body language. You know when somebody is standing in the corner and saying, "Hey, I don't want to be talked to." How can you avoid sending that message? Be open, like people and let them know it. Being 7)down to earth and being humble is something that's extremely important. Communication sometimes involves showing personal 8)vulnerability by putting your ideas 9)on the line, your sharing with others and asking them to share with you. That's not always easy, it takes work and time. Techniques have to be acquired and practised constantly, but take heart, practice does make perfect or very nearly so. 注释: David Rodriguez George Freeman 注释: Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nation's own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole--despite that, the vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished still far 1)outstrip our collective comprehension. Surely the opening 2)vistas of space promise high costs and hardships, as well as high reward. William Bradford, speaking in 1630 of the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony, said that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage. If this 3)capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man in his quest for knowledge and progress is determined and cannot be 4)deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space. We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no 5)conscience of its own, whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the 6)hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his 7)writ around this globe of ours. There is no 8)strife, no 9)prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its 10)hazards are hostile to us all. Its 11)conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? We choose to go to the moon! We choose to go to the moon, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone. The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge of our universe and environment, by new techniques of learning and mapping and observation, by new tools and computers for industry, medicine, the home as well as the school. Technical institutions, such as Rice, will reap the harvest of these gains. Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, "Because it is there." Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most 12)hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever 13)embarked. Part 1 Part 2 注释： The Seans' Caged House Sean (husband): When an architect designs a house for themselves and their family, they have to attempt to 1)accommodate those, needs of the family. That's that's one level, but also when you're doing a building for yourself you A have the freedom and B have the desire to, make the house a 2)statement about where you're at. Australia is part of the Asian region and in that sense the house is very much a 3)hybrid of eastern and western ideals. And it's one, one space that's divided by sliding screens. Emily(wife): On a very 4)pragmatic level I think the building supports a child brilliantly and it's a very low 5)maintenance building, the materials used were chosen specifically for their ability to take hard knocks. I mean the way we live our lives we did not want to come home and devote time to cleaning. So on that level it functions brilliantly. On a far more child like level, Jack loves the house because it also supports the way he plays and the way he likes to live. He loves his room, which he sees as a little 6)cubbyhole. He also loves the racetrack 7)perimeter. Sean: The 8)mesh provides in summer from about November to March, it provides sun, sun shading, so it was a cheap and pragmatic way of screening the building from direct 9)solar radiation. During the course of the day in winter it's light filled and warm and friendly. In summer the light's not allowed to enter. And and the thing that brings this building to life in that sense is that it is, that the screens catch the light constantly. The back wall is, is almost a 10)picturesque device. The back wall is deep and rich and earthy, it's rusted steel. Emily: My father would walk in here and, we called him a 11)heathen, a total heathen, and will ask us why the hell we haven't bothered to paint this end wall yet, which we find very amusing and laugh it off and we'll tell him that it was a process, a lengthy process of installing sheets of steel, and using Jack's super-soaker, a big water pistol, a glorified water pistol, filling it with a mix of acid and water and spraying it onto the surface to create this beautiful, beautiful rust affect. And, straight after doing that the down side was we had to hide the super soaker from Jack because it was full of acid. There's nothing in here that's precious that we sort of 12)cringe when a child enters the building and think oh my God they're going to smear their chocolate or 13)Vegemite all over the surfaces. Everything in here was chosen specifically to support a busy lifestyle. Sean: The main living space is very flexible, there's a, there's an informality about this house which makes it very easy, while, so many, people aspire to a 14)pristine perfect floor that requires total care. This floor is, is deliberately aged, um, deep and 15)battered and it's supposed to feel like it's the ground. Emily: And I think fundamentals of getting the floor looking this way was letting the builder build on the floor... Sean: Yeah. Emily: So he could drop his tools, we used a utility grade timber, that by most standards probably wouldn't be used in a project of this kind and it was then when the building was complete washed with an acid, to sort of bleach it further and then finally coat it in tull oil. Sean: Um, the kitchen table the 16)elongated seven metre table is, what I describe is the alter of the family in, in the history of the Australian household. And I think it's very important that we respond to our climate, so I put a fine mist spray 17)sprinkler system underneath the house where the air's cool. Um, when you turn that on and the native grasses on the front become 18)saturated, then the prevailing wind blows over that underneath the house and up through floor vents at the eastern end of the building. Emily: We work in design; we eat, sleep, live design. So in the end, this had to be a statement about what Sean did. Sean: This house is very much about a 19)proposition for Australian architecture rather than a critique about it and um by that I mean it attempts to 20)speculate on where we're headed as a society. Emily: Yeah, I pretty much gave Sean free reign and I'd have to say I'm happy I did. Embryo Chair by Mature Talent The 21)embryo chair is the other worldly child of the Australian born designer Marc Newson, who gave birth to it in 1988. Its steel tubed skeleton supports an injection molded foam body and wool on 22)neoprene cover. Its colours are derived from those of wetsuits worn by surfers on Sydney beaches. Its name suggests it'S immature but it has stood the test of time, as has Newson, who started out designing watches and now works in London with the likes of Lessee proving there is nothing embryonic about his talent. 注释： Everybody loves blue jeans and every decade has its favorites. Jeans have become such a key element in the American 1)wardrobe. As West Coast bureau chief of Women's Wear Daily, Rose Appadacka Jones understands how important jeans are to the modern woman. Jeans have become such a style essential in our wardrobe that I can't imagine living without them. Women alone spend $4.8 billion in denim, in jeans last year actually and that works out to about a little under three pairs for each woman. Now you gotta admit there's nothing like finding just the right pair, and if you know how to wear them they'll never let you down. So we're gonna tell you everything you need to know about jeans, but first, let's take a look at how this wardrobe 2)staple has stood the test of time. What is today the fashion must have begun life in the 1800s as the absolute 3)antithesis of style. Levi Strauss brought denim waste overalls to San Fransisco where gold miners put them to work. When Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis patented the process to put rivets in men's denim work pants, they created the world's first blue jean. Blue jeans, the word sounds so 4)modest yet they're one of the most 5)versatile enduring fashion items ever created. Whatever your style if you pay $30 a pair or ten times that, odds are you have more than one in your closet and they're probably your favorite thing to wear. We love them because they make us look great. And we're going to share our secrets for making sure your next pair is your dream pair. Jeans are one of the best 6)investments you'll ever make, if you take the time to find the right pair and the right fit, they can take you from day to night. No wonder most girls have a closet full of them, a pair for every 7)occasion. You can really wear them with anything. Fabrics and cuts is so endless in its variety, it's easy to develop an 8)addiction especially when 9)contemporary companies like Seven, Juicy Couture, Paper Denim & Cloth, and Earl make products that are irresistible to the eye and flattering to the figure. You know today there are so many different types of jeans to choose from and they really do function as an individual style statement. So remember the jeans that you pick should really reflect your own 10)unique look. So remember these helpful hints when looking for your perfect jeans. For a petite frame avoid weather treatments, look for pin-tucking and a slim cut. If you have curves stay away from back pockets that are large and too far apart, try jeans in a stretchy fabric. For short torso, steer clear of boxy fits, low-waisted jeans are best. And for a tall frame avoid crop jeans, look for boot-cut styles. No matter what you're wearing during business hours, if you're like most girls, after work you're in jeans. The perfect pair could easily take you from day to night then back to day again, still looking good while making you look great. So you can have a great beautiful pair of embellished jeans to wear at, at night, all the way to our favorite pair that we kick around in. So it's really a matter of finding the classic jean that's gonna work the best for you and that's gonna be your fashion classic, that's gonna be your fashion staple. You know I think that jeans have become the modern alternative to the little black dress and for every woman to feel sex she needs to have at least one amazing pair that fits like a second skin. I hope we've inspired you to find yours. 注释: [Intro - Jay Z] [Intro - Beyonce] [Intro - Jay Z] [Verse 1 - Beyonce] [Chorus - Beyonce] Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no (*repeat) [Verse 2 - Beyonce] [Repeat Chorus - Beyonce] [Verse 3 Hip- Hop Rap - Jay Z & Beyonce] [Bridge - Beyonce]
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