茄子心灵的永恒阳光: Language

Love

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:20:49 GMT

Love is patient

Love is kind

It does not envy

It does not boast

It is not proud

It is not rude

It is not self-seeking

It is not easily angered

It keeps no record of wrongs

Love does not delight in evil

But rejoices with the truth

It always protects

Always trusts

Always hopes

Always perseveres

Love never fails

爱是恒久忍耐

又有恩慈

爱是不嫉妒

爱是不自夸

不张狂

不作害羞的事

不求自己的益处

不轻易发怒

不计算人的恶

不喜欢不义

只喜欢真理

凡事包容

凡事相信

凡事盼望

凡事忍耐

爱是永不止息

Quoted From Bible - Corinthians - 13

Español (7)

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:50:19 GMT

Feliz Navidad

今天我逃课了，因为这两天没功夫干正经事儿，攒下来好多单据没做，不得已留下来加班。逃课是会上瘾，星期六是Noche Buena，我还想逃课。其实我想一直逃下去，学完这50课时就不学了。西班牙语还是要学的，但是我想自学成才。老师照本宣科，讲得有点浅！

Español (6)

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:40:10 GMT

在我们的要求下，老师终于停下了日夜兼程的进度开始复习，我们得以短暂的喘息一下。周末把前八课学到的单词语法变成了Excel工作表，借助Google的语言工具把学过的西班牙语单词都注释上了英文意思——现在看着单词总算有点似曾相识的感觉，挺有成就感的。虽然英语没有西班牙语那么复杂，英语基础好毕竟让学西班牙语变得比较轻松。可怜我们班还有没学过英语，甚至还有没学过拼音的同学，估计真是跟看天书一样。

复习语音的时候，老师特意又提了ñ这个鼻音。举了两个例子El niño(小男孩)和La niña(小女孩). 经过老师一介绍，才知道这两个词组来头不小，前面一个是大名鼎鼎的厄尔尼诺，后面是名气稍微小点儿的拉尼娜，以前还真不知道厄尔尼诺是西班牙气象学家发现的。回来在网上找这两种气候现象的定义渊源，又搜到了Wikipedia的链接，但仍然在封杀中。这样好的网站被禁，实在太可惜了。

Español (5)

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:40:31 GMT

已经学到 LECCION 7了，一课课文都没有背，一点课后练习都没做过，这两天中午连课文也不读了，这样下去，可就要跟不上趟儿了。我好歹也是学语言出身的，非常清楚初学者应该做些什么，可是我没时间，又一次次的纵容自己的懒惰。谁叫社会培训机构没压力呢？

学的东西渐渐多了，关注的重点就从颤音转到了语法。西班牙语变化复杂，但是相当严谨。主格人称代词六种形式，分别对应一种动词变位。因为一一对应，句子的主语大面积省略，搞得我很不适应。看一句话要先反应一下是什么变位，才能分析出来说的是谁，整个本末倒置的感觉。因为疑问句不用助动词，语序跟英语也对应不上，目前还没有悟出什么规律来。课文是能看懂，如果让翻译句子就要抓狂了。已经能从1数到99了，今天又学了星期一到星期天，能记多少记多少吧。

Español (4)

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:31:23 GMT

十天左右，我终于能用前舌头打嘟噜了，好像就是在某天清晨醒来的第一嘟噜的事儿。这些天我经常边走边练，屡次遭到周围的人侧目。在办公室取传真的时候，也会突然若有所思的来一声，之后听到同事们窃笑。不过当我终于能发出前舌音的时候，我才知道了前舌音和后舌音的区别是多么明显。现在我的颤音发的还比较浊，不像老师的那么响亮。而且时有时无，总是得有几次前奏才能打出来。跟其他元音拼也挺费劲的，有时候摆好了口形，舌头就硬了，变成奇怪的一哼哼。不过从不会颤到会颤已经迈出关键的一步，后面我就有信心了！

有了学习一门外语的基础，学习第二门的时候就可以少走些弯路。尤其西班牙语和英语本来就是亲戚，在背单词方面省了不少力。上课的时候我都是把课文用英语翻译在下面，这样要好记的多。只是西班牙语的语序有时候跟英语不太一样，有时候读着读着突然就懵了。词性也是英文里没有的一关，形容词的词尾都是根据所修饰的名词变化的，又分男女又分单复数。而起着决定作用的词尾"a"和"o"一不留神就会说错。这个感觉就好像英语里经常说过去的事儿忘了加"ed"一样。说的不是自己的母语，要考虑这么多事情，真是费劲！

第三课课文的题目是 ¿Donde está su casa? (Where is your home?) 中午我叨咕的时候，同事挺感兴趣的，我就教人家念。结果他不是把 Donde 说成 Donda, 就是把 está 说成 este,两个之中肯定要错一个。我说他——都赶上司马缸砸缸啦。其实我肯定也经常叨咕错，自己不知道罢了。

The Bible

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:50:40 GMT

Shibboleth

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he replied, "No," they said, "All right, say 'Shibboleth.'" If he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

十二月份第一天终于有点冬天的意思了

Español (3)

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:46:40 GMT

闹了半天英语是最简单的外语

前两课我们学到的名词大部分是跟人有关的，孩子啦，厨师啦，是人当然分男女，阴性阳性都好理解。今天学的这一课讲到处所，得出一个结论，西班牙语是个名词都分男女。比方说客厅厨房都是女的，但是卧室就是男的。桌子沙发和床也是女的，大衣就是男的。目前学到的词里面，城市，办公室，工厂，房子全是女的，一派阴盛阳衰。

接下来讲到惯词，再次充分领教了西班牙语比英语复杂的地方。定惯词，西班牙语里弄出四个样来，阴性的"la"，阳性的"el", 再加上他们的复数形式，由后面跟的名词决定，变化莫测。这是想起英语的好处，一个"the"走天下。老师说了，西班牙语九种时态，每个动词根据人称不一样六种变位，这六九五十四啊，我有点晕。

Español (2)

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:24:14 GMT

继续苦练颤音"r"和“rr”. 只要想起来就嘟噜两声。不练不行啊，西班牙语所有的动词原型都是"r"结尾的，发不出来就哑巴啦。现在我基本管住了后舌头，但前舌头还是惰性实足。有时候脑袋在不经意的位置，突然觉得舌尖在振动。这时候我都不赶抬头，生怕一扬脖子把颤音给咽下去。总之，感觉若隐若现，很难把握。能发出似是而非的音还不行，要掐头去尾，只留中间干净的一节，还要能完美的跟元音辅音组合实在是太难了。

今天老师又说——学西班牙语的人比学英语的人要聪明。为什么这么说呢？因为西班牙语的语法规则要复杂的多，名词分阴性阳性，厨房这个词就是女的，难道因为女人长干家务活儿？同一个动词，主语不同都要变位。当然英语也是有的，可是没这么麻烦。拿系动词"是"来说吧。英语的原型"be"，一般现在时顶多就变成am, is, are三种形势。西班牙语可好，你，我，他，你们，我们，他们，弄出6种变化，在加上时态的话会混乱成什么样子？连个定惯词也分男女，还分单复数。我现在的记忆力，不用功是肯定要记串八的。

Español (1)

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:45:29 GMT

Depressing "r" and "rr"

学西班牙语的一个难关就是颤音"r"和“rr”。有这样一种语言，让你从字母开始就读不溜到，你说是不是要学到万念俱灰。据说有的人天生就会这个音，有人在西班牙呆了多年还是发不出来，平均也要不分昼夜的猛练个巴月，然后突然之间舌头就会跑了，并且从此拥有这项高超的技能。每当看见老师自如的指挥自己的舌头，信口念来这个颤音，都恨不得扒开他的嘴看看他怎么吐露出来的。据老师说，河南一带赶牛车的人都会发这个音，真后悔自己小时候没放过牛。

奇怪的是我居然无师自通的会发后舌音，就是老罗常说的使法语成为最丑陋的语言的清嗓子的音。发这个音的时候我能感觉到自己的舌头根儿有韵律的颤动，确实是含着漱口水的感觉。这个音发时间长了，我会真的想要把无形的漱口水吐出来。一条舌头不能两头同时颤动，我发小舌音的天赋严重干扰了我对大舌音的摸索。偶尔感觉舌尖在颤，也是从舌头根儿传到过来的。弄不好我的西班牙语要学成法国腔儿。

最近两天给西班牙客户写邮件，写着写着就突然停下来清两下嗓子。洗澡的时候趁着周围没有赶快制造噪音。最要命的是上课的时候，只要面对老师和同学，就会发出非常怪异的音来，完全没感觉。

我坚信我总有能颤出来的那一天，只是这一天到底是哪一天呢

Murphy's Law

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:12:10 GMT

If anything can go wrong, it will

摩非定律：如果一开始就觉得不对劲儿，肯定得出事儿！

我现在就是一个典型的例子：签合同的时候就有不详的预感，果然一波三折起来

Wise Tooth 智齿就是智慧的牙齿。看来在坚持不懈讨债的过程中我智慧了，所以智慧得牙齿长势良好

前两天刚把侨居我行宫的草鞋底子送进下水道深造，卧室里又惊现西瓜虫，而且都是三五成群的出现，老大是你派来视察工作的么

俺买了一本《京华烟云》对面的兔子就大惊小怪，说是与我的气质不符。我虽然不是文学女青年，难道一点文艺女青年的气质都灭有么

晚上老哥请呲PAPA'S一点都暴呲。但是送了一朵玫瑰发，回来就给插笔筒里了

SATC Quotes - 401

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:13:06 GMT

Soul Mate, two little words, one big concept. A belief that someone, somewhile is holding a key to your heart and your dream house. All you have to do is finding them. So where is this person? And if you love someone and it didn't work out, does that mean they weren't your soulmate? Were they just a runner-up contestant in this game show called "Happily Ever After"? And as you move from age box to age box and the contestants become fewer and fewer, are your chances of finding your soul mate less and less? Soul mate, reality or toture device?

Miranda realized it is not just about being single. Everyone has a sore spot that needs a little comedy routine. And so Miranda laughed not because it was paticularly funny but because it was kind.

Carrie: It felt really sad not to have a man in my life who really cares about me. No special man to wish me happy birthday. No goddamn soul mate, and I don't even know if I believe in soul mates......

Charlotte: Don't laugh at me but maybe we could be each other's soul mates, and then we could let me be just these great nice guys to have fun with.

As big's car drove away, I realized having three soul mates already nailed down made it a lot easier to spot those great nice guys to have fun with.

范特西

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:22:25 GMT

有人说我重色轻友，我就给你们讲一个我重色的故事。
昨天早上公交车上发的白日梦，自娱自乐一下

Bus Fantasy

I was just in time to walk out McDonald this morning when a Bus 30 coming. With a few quick steps, I jumped on that bus and got a seat. Randomly turning over several pages of magzine in hand, I looked up, surprisingly finding a cute guy sitting right opposite me. Handsome is the first word came up to my mind. God, he is so cute! Not making myself too brusque to stare at him, I lowered my head and looked back to my magazine with undetectable flush.

It is not easy to concentrate on reading then. I raised my eyes as soon as I finish one paragraph, casually looking around and took a quick glance to him. I guess he was around thirty-five, well, might be older. It is more and more difficult to judge men's age simply from his face. A pair of glasses with classic black resin frame fits his face quite well. Brown casual suit, neat and tidy collar shows good taste in clothing. A camel color handbag, full, maybe a laptop inside. He is also reading a magazine called Information Week. He might be a business executive or IT person. Who knows.

My mind was then full of the cute guy fantacy. Could he notice me at the same time because I am also reading Lifeweek Magazine? Is he also judging me from my T-shirt and Jeans? If there is suddenly a brake, is it possible that we bump into each other and start an interesting talk? Do I simply see too many Sex And The City recently?

I knew it for sure that nothing could should would happen between me and the guy. You can never seduce a cute guy with charming eye like Samantha does. It is even not common to accost strangers in Bar to my knowledge. This is China not the States. Anyway, fantasizing encounter your white knight on a bus is ridiculous, yet still very funny.

The man got off two stops ahead of me. When he walked to the back door, the last thing I saw was his brown Le Coq Sportif shoes. I may never saw him again, but at least I am right that he is a person with good taste.

Coach Carter

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:44:32 GMT

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our dark that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you.We are all meant to shine as children do. Its not just in some of us; its in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsiously give other people to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

八字没一撇儿

Tue, 10 May 2005 12:12:31 GMT

Racheal said: I am not even closer.

Monic said: She is trying to steal my thunder!

When Chandler Propose To Monica

Wed, 04 May 2005 14:17:22 GMT

Chandler, holding the most beautiful ring, knelt down to Monica and said:

I thought that it mattered what I said or where I said it.

Then I realized the only thing that matters is that you.

You make me happier than I ever thought I could be.

And if you’ll let me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way.

Monica, will you marry me?

I was so moved! And who is going to propose to me like that