I did a personality test

Big Five Test Results
Extroversion (44%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private.
Accommodation (68%) moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense of your own individual development (martyr complex).
Orderliness (52%) medium which suggests you are moderately organized, structured, and self controlled while still remaining flexible, varied, and fun.
Emotional Stability (68%) moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Inquisitiveness (72%) high which suggests you are very intellectual, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.

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The Big Five is currently the most accepted personality model in the scientific community. The Big Five emerged from the work of multiple independent scientists/researchers starting in the 1950s who using different techniques obtained similar results. Those results were that there are five distinct personality traits/dimensions. Here are your results on each dimension:

Extroversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private.

Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, structured, and self controlled while still remaining flexible, varied, and fun.

Emotional Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Accommodation results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense of your own individual development (martyr complex).

Inquisitiveness results were high which suggests you are very intellectual, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.

给语音课的同学的第二个综合练习资料

下载音频

点上面的播放按钮可以在线听。下面是文本(选自《空中英语教室》):

American Parties

By Ruth Devlin

Americans love parties, and most people choose to entertain in their homes. A gathering can be just a small dinner party for friends. Or it may be a big celebration of a special occasion like a birthday or a wedding anniversary.

One special kind of party, called a shower, celebrates an upcoming wedding or birth. Usually only women attend a wedding shower or baby shower. At the party, women “shower” the bride-to-be or mother-to-be with gifts. Everyone plays games, watches the guest of honor open her gifts, and enjoys refreshments.

A potluck is another popular kind of party that can be held for any reason. At a potluck, everyone brings a dish to share. It might be a main dish, salad or dessert. Sometimes the hostess will tell people what kind of food to bring – so everyone won’t bring the same thing.

Whatever the reason for the party, people enjoy sharing food and conversation with their friends.

American_Parties.MP3

有个消息公布一下

这个消息包括以下内容:

1. 本博客已移至海外服务器,流亡成功;

2. 曾经在万网注册的lnzhaotian.com这个域名正式不再使用,现在可以用zhao.jinhai.de、jinhai.de或www.jinhai.de来访问。虽然目前这里不是什么著名博客,不过我还是有点先见之明的;

3. 我自己的一篇博客《来听一首歌》在我换服务器之前被通知删除,虽然我是独立博客,但服务器托管那边的人还是会管着我;

4. 在Bing.com、Live.com、Twitter.com、Flickr.com等等网站被封锁之后,我提议,以后我们说话时多动一下嘴,把“上网”叫做“上局域网”

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5. 刚刚收到短信,我的一个VIP学员刚刚通过了签证面试,一来表示祝贺,二来表示羡慕,有机会我也会把我自己给弄出去的。

给语音课同学们的资料

语音班的同学不好意思,这两天不在公司,所以没有及时把资料发布出来。下面是那节课的音频资料和软件下载地址:

音频下载

软件下载

再附上文字:

‘Hair’ – More Than a Rock Musical

02 May 2009
 

Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

A listener named Rita wants to learn about expressions with the word "hair." So we will tell a story.

Yesterday when I woke up, I looked in a mirror.  I looked very neat and organized.  Not a hair was out of place.  But today when I woke up, I knew I was going to have a bad hair day.  My hair was standing up in all the wrong places.  I thought I would be unhappy all day and things would not go well. I work at home so I just hoped that my computer would work right and not have a bad hair day also.      

An advertisement for the musical "Hair"
An advertisement for the musical "Hair"

I was very tired because I did not sleep well last night. I made the mistake of watching a horror movie on television.  The movie really made my hair stand on end.  It was about a house possessed by evil spirits. The thought of having to live alone in a house like that was so frightening it was enough to curl your hair. I will say it another way: watching that movie was a hair-raising experience.

I prepared a meal for my children but they were behaving badly. I turned on the television so they would be quiet. I did not want them to be difficult or to get in my hair while I was working on the computer.

My children were making so much noise that I could not work.  I was getting angry.  In fact, I was ready to pull my hair out.  I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them. But they knew I would not harm a hair on their heads.

I decided to make myself some strong coffee so I could work better. But my drink was so strong that it could put hair on your chest. 

Finally, I got back to work. I was writing a proposal for a project. I knew that I was very close to finishing the proposal.  Success was very close – within a hair’s breadth. My supervisor called me to discuss the project.  She wanted to argue about very small differences and unimportant details.  But I told her not to split hairs.

Later, I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time. In fact, I had not seen hide nor hair of him in months.  So I was glad to know that he was all right.

I worked all day and finished my project. So I decided to celebrate, have some fun and let my hair down.  I played some old recordings, and my children and I danced around the room. The recordings are from my favorite musical, a show called "Hair." It takes place during the nineteen sixties when many young people wore their hair very long.

(MUSIC)

This VOA Special English program was written by Shelley Gollust.  I’m Faith Lapidus. You can find other WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.

Expressions With the Word “Hair”

Not a hair was out of place:干净利索,一丝不乱

bad hair day: “头发糟糕的日子,暗示一整天都不顺利,心情不好。< o:p>

made one’s hair stand on end: 使人毛骨悚然

curl one’s hair令人惊诧,令人惊恐

hair-raising:令人恐惧

get in one’s hair: 激怒某人

pull one’s hair out生气,发怒

harm a hair on one’s heads: 不伤某人一根毫毛

put hair on one’s chest: 使人具有男子气概;(饮料)富含酒精的;(食物)使人健康、强壮的

a hair’s breadth即将来临,指日可待

split hairs:在小事上争论不休,斤斤计较

hide nor hair:踪影,痕迹(hide or hair)

let one’s hair down: 放松

 

加入爱口秀后的第一篇博客

5月8日正式加入爱口秀(北京)教育科技有限公司,任教研总监。两个多星期以来过得很充实。并且特别忙,以至于连Twitter都没时间更新了,更不要说写博客。也正因为忙,两个多星期了都没有正式和全体员工开个会。所以今晚准备了一个幻灯片,明天上午跟大家正式交流一下。幻灯片是用Prezi做的,在线也可以看:http://prezi.com/79899/view/

赵老师,您对全球化是怎样理解的?尤其是全球化对您自身的影响。

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赵老师,想请教您一个问题,您对全球化是怎样理解的?尤其是全球化对您自身的影响。(能否从机遇和挑战的角度谈谈,呵呵,就算一个小采访吧!!)在这里,先谢谢您的回答。

     我认为全球化应该是人类社会发展的一个自然趋势。最近这一二十年来很多人都在讨论全球化,大多从政治、经济等方面来探讨。这些方面我的知识很有限,我就不赘述。我觉得也可以从语言或者说人类的沟通这个角度来认识全球化。我在讲课或者讲座的时候有时会提到,语言的自然演变过程:
    最初用不同的喊叫声来交流简单的信息–>用复杂的声音表达复杂的意思(口语)–>各种经验口口相传–>借助绳子、木楔等记录事件–>用复杂的符号记录复杂的意思(文字)–>由不同的民族间交流所需而对语言进行深入总结(语法、语音、语调等规则)–>随时随地与世界各地的人进行交流(互联网、人造卫星等等)……
    从上面这个过程来看,人与人之间的沟通越来越紧密,并且是越来越广泛了。到最后的阶段,我举互联网等现代科技产物为例,好像不属于语言,但它们也是为人们互相交流使用的。从这个角度来说也属于一类。
    这个过程我认为就是全球化的过程。也就是说,我认为全球化是人类社会发展从最初就已经开始了的一件事。

Globalization

    全球化的过程也就是人类社会的发展。因此在宏观上看比较清晰,但细化到个人身上那就各不相同了。比如全球化的一个负面效果——加剧贫富差距。这就使得不同出身的人所面临的现实意义上的机遇和挑战会有天壤之别。当然我指的是现实意义上的,如果从人生的角度来说,可能老天给每个人的机遇是平等的。
    对我来说,我是一个受益者。我虽然也属于八零后,但我的人生变化也挺多的。我是在点煤油灯、睡火炕的生活条件下一步步走过来的。我在小学接触了计算机,它对我的人生产生了很大的影响。为了学计算机,我从小学开始自学英语。通过它,我能在山沟里接触到来自全世界的信息。
    在我的成长过程中,我把自己跟童话大王郑渊洁的儿子郑亚旗不断对比。我通过看《童话大王》,从侧面关注他的成长。我觉得从机遇上来讲,他的机遇就比我好得多。我们都是在同一个时代开始接触计算机的,他当时可以拥有自己的电脑,而我要到处去蹭(同学家、电脑培训班、同学家长的单位里……);刚开始接触互联网的时候,他可以很方便地上网,我只能去10元钱一个小时的唯一一家电话线拨号上网的网吧……在这个过程中,与郑亚旗对比,我是没有任何机遇,只有巨大的挑战。但是跟我周围的人对比,我从一个乡下来到县城里的土包,渐渐变为某同学眼中比较前卫的人了。
    也正是有这样的经历,使得我在一进入大学的时候就知道接下来要干什么。到目前为止,只有我的第一份兼职老师的工作是自己找的,其余的都是被找的。当然现在也没有成就什么事业,所以还不敢说全球化给我个人带来了什么大的成就。但是我自己觉得我肯定会在这个过程中得到更多益处。

当心猪流感(H1N1 Swine Flu)

目前在中国还没有发现猪流感(H1N1 Swine Flu)的踪迹,但还是让人觉得提心吊胆的。要是死于“猪流感”,听着都不好听,还是提早预防吧。不过也没有疫苗什么的,所谓预防也就只能是躲避了。提早买口罩,别到时再花高价买了。

感染猪流感病毒的患者症状类似患季节性流感。美国病例主要表现为突然发烧、咳嗽、肌肉痛和疲倦,其中一些患者还出现腹泻和呕吐症状。墨西哥病例还出现眼睛发红、头痛和流鼻涕等症状。

世界卫生组织的专家警告称,此次流感的不同之处就在于患者多为身体强壮的年轻人,而非一般流感容易感染到的老人和儿童,而这一点正是会造成大量死亡的严重流感的特征之一。

据悉,目前医学界还没有研究出任何可以抵御猪流感的疫苗,而那些已经投入使用的流感疫苗是否能够为人体提供足够的保护目前也不得而知。

有人在Google Map上标记出了H1N1的传播情况,下面有链接。地图上紫色的标记是指确认了的或者有可能的,粉色的标记是疑似,黄色的是阴性,死亡病例没有中心的黑点

点击这里查看猪流感传播地图

我的新域名zhao.jinhai.de

很激动地向大家宣布,我今天新注册了一个特别酷的域名jinhai.de。我打算把我的博客随后改名为“赵金海的”,大家以后想打开我的博客可以使用下面几种域名之一:

zhao.jinhai.de

jinhai.de

www.jinhai.de

lnzhaotian.com

www.lnzhaotian.com

由于Lnzhaotian有点长,也不好念,所以我现在打算慢慢过渡到我的新域名,各位朋友们以后多使用zhao.jinhai.de或者jinhai.de来访问我的博客吧。

学校要贪国家救灾的钱,十恶不赦!

    说的是重庆师范大学涉外商贸学院。

    前几天我妹妹给我打来电话告诉我,她们学校老师找她去说是有好消息。结果这个好消息就是现在需要给学校交将近五千元钱。这是怎么一回事呢?

在《汶川地震灾害范围评估结果》中,我们家(甘肃省陇南市武都区)属于5·12大地震的重灾区。点这里查看民政部相关文件。在去年8月份,财政部与教育部联合下发通知《实施地震重灾区困难生特别资助政策》。其中有:

高等教育阶段学生的特别资助政策具体内容主要包括:一是免除学费。在2008年秋季学期至2009年春季学期,对生源地为重灾区的普通高等学校全日制本专科在校家庭经济困难学生免除学费。中央财政对灾区省份高校和接收灾区学生较为集中的其他省份的高校给予补助,补助标准为年生均4200元;其余高等院校免除学费的资金,由学校自行安排。

二是扩大国家助学金资助面。对生源地为地震重灾区的普通高等学校全日制本专科在校生,国家助学金政策覆盖面扩大到70%,平均补助标准仍为年生均2000元。新增资金由中央财政全部负担。各高等院校可根据情况,自行发放特殊困难补助。

    去年开学的时候,我妹妹的学校(重庆师范大学涉外商贸学院)没有收学费。结果现在这个风头好像已经过了,学校又开始要钱了。为什么告诉我妹妹是好消息呢?他们的说法是,学校决定减免重灾区学生两千元钱的学费,现在只需要补交剩余的学费就行了,大约有五千块钱。我现在就能想像到,他们在说这话的时候心里其实在淫笑。国家把钱拨给他们了,贪走了不说,还要在学生这里再收一笔,这如意算盘打的!

    我让我妹妹问为什么,不是有通知说要减免学费吗。校方的回答是他们是独立学院,国家不给拨钱。我是一个比较理性的人,还是很讲理的。不会乱猜测。所以就专门查了查什么是独立学院。在教育部的网站上,我了解到,所谓独立学院就是由普通高校按照新的机制和模式试办的相对独立的二级学院”,简称独立学院。它是由普通本科高校与社会力量合作所开办的教育机构。

    我就想,有可能学校说的是实情。但是有一点不清楚,就是上面所提到的那个通知中没有说所谓的独立院校是否包括在内。并且让我觉得怀疑的是,为什么去年开学的时候可以不收学费,而现在突然又要收了?

    带着这个疑问,我就直接给教育部打了电话。最终得到了确切的答复:独立学院是包含在内的,并且国家已经把钱拨下去了。学校这样做肯定是不对的,可以先打电话给重庆市教委,如果那边不解决的话,再给教育部打一次电话来解决。

    这下心里就有底了,有教育部的这句话,底气就更足了。我让我妹妹明天把两个资料打印出来去找学校,如果他们还执迷不悟的话,就打电话给重庆市教委。如果还制不了这些人的话,还有教育部。虽说只是几千块钱,并且她的一些同学都已经交了,但我是不允许被这些没良心的人欺负的。作为一个大学,为了钱连灾区人民都不放过,良心被狗吞了!如果我会说脏话的话,我会用最恶毒的话来诅咒这种人!