Category: 06. The chRoNIcles

Bid farewell to my school for the past 3.5 years and reported to work at MOEHQ today. Will be working as an R&D officer in the Educational Technology Division. A series of orientation programme has been arranged for us to familiarise with the system/environment. There will be tons of learning to catch up and hopefully I will be able to adjust myself to my work asap.
Stay healthy and positive, cheers!

It’s now almost 2005. 10 min away. And beside me is my non-stop yh3 crawling around on top, yes on top, astinus. One year ago, he was still in me, and today, 5 min ago, he has succeeded in climbing onto his Tomy activity table and the sofa and almost succeeded in climbing onto the TV cabinet. Oops. That makes 1 less place, or more, that’s safe at home. 🙂 The wonder of life.

《2000å¹´5月试卷二–综合填空》
这篇文章基本上是在讨论”读书是为了学做有用的人”的道理，内容重点在于说明什么是”有用”，即”有用的人”的一些特质。
那些不会读的字词应该查词典才是。
综合填空的一个作答技巧是要联系上下文，也就是说文章后来的内容会影响这里的答案，切记！

读书是要学做人，学做有用的人。如果，狭隘[xia2 ai4](21)地理解”有用”一词，把它拘束于物质上的用途，那么，只做有用的人是不够的。

[听21题讲解]

但是,有用是可以放到比较广泛(22)的层面上来看。

[听22题讲解]
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古往今来,伟大的人凤毛麟角(27),伟大与否,是他人对你的评价,是历史的论断。

[听27题讲解]

历史上的伟人活着的时候,有不少就像落花生一样,平凡而朴实。他们或品格崇高(28),或才识卓越,却不为人知;

[听28题讲解]

也有不少一生落魄卑微(29),甚至饱受欺侮,但他们是形体毁灭而精神不死,光辉(30)事迹照耀千古,他们都称得上是伟大的人物。

[听29题讲解]
[听30题讲解]

今天拜读了汪惠迪先生的这篇文章之后，不禁有些许感想。尤其是这一段：

钱钟书、余光中、林海音、余秋雨、二月河、柏杨、李敖、董桥、王蒙、王朔、贾平凹、张抗抗、赵忠祥等名家的作品都被李延良点校过，人人有错。

以上所列者，皆为大家，大家都有犯错别字的问题，试想我们的学生也还正处学习阶段，纠正他们的错别字固然重要，但若太过执著则可能忽略了其他可取之处了。
语言仍约定俗成也，试问是”å¹´è½»”还是”年青”，是”莫名其妙”还是”莫明其妙”，是”唾手可得”还是”垂手可得”，有时还难说得准呢。电脑时代，我们大可借助电脑来帮助语言使用者进行规范，但大凡电脑软件也还是人造的。不信的话，试试上列第三个例子，你可能会有意外的发现！
凡事适可而止，不要太执著，顺其自然吧！
（下列原文，供日后参考用）

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During a self-declared break this afternoon, went back to the student’s blog that inspired the HPINIT project.
Found 2 recent entries quite intersting, one is about Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation not found in this day’s zodiac. Well, constellations … stars … reminds me of the physics module Understanding the Universe back in NUS. One most unforgettable thing is the quiz, where you witness MCQ questions with choices ‘A’ to ‘N’ (yes, 14 choices)! *faint*
The other entry was on one of those personality tests easily found on the web. After making a few clicks, it seems that I belongs to the “Hunter Soul“, the result of my responses obviously 😛