“What” is the word that will make foreigners feel nervous
What’s the word that will make foreigners feel nervous? It is “what”. Sometimes I talked to my American friends, and they answered “What?”, then I will start to think why they didn’t catch my English. Check the following picture, you will understand the reason why we feel nervous….
Information anxiety neurosis? Are you?
I heard this word in a Chinese TV program-“If you are the one” several weeks ago. It perfectly describes people like us who feel worried if someone else gets more information than we do. For example, if some of my friends start to use Facebook, I will feel they own more information than me, so I will apply for an account as soon as possible. I just think it’s an interesting word, so I use it as the title.
After I started my college life, I found a lot of people use twitter. Then, I registered an account, even though I seldom use it. I’m following some big companies like coke cola, Nike and my college. We also have mini blog in China which is really similar to twitter. I think it definitely stole twitter’s idea. I was sharing dishes that I cooked every day and some random thoughts and complains. Our Chinese twitter can share pictures and videos; I’m also following one of my classmate’s blog ：http://angelea-photoaday.blogspot.com/ . I love it because we both love taking pictures every day and sharing them with other people.
I wrote on my Chinese twitter: There are five kinds of people are using twitter. 1. The authors: who love sharing things with others 2. The stars: usually famous person, even a simple word will attract tons of comments in one second. 3. The advertisers: most of them are companies’ twitter 4. The retwitters: whoever loves retweeting. 5. The twitter-complexes: whoever always checks twitter. If they don’t check twitter for 5 mins, they will feel nervous.
I keep thinking why modern people have Information anxiety neurosis, and I have get the answer yet…
After I started my college life, I found a lot of people use twitter. Then, I registered an account, even though I seldom use it. I’m following some big companies like coke cola, Nike and my college. We also have mini blog in China which is really similar to twitter. I think it definitely stole twitter’s idea. I was sharing dishes that I cooked every day and some random thoughts and complains. Our Chinese twitter can share pictures and videos; I’m also following one of my classmate’s blog ：http://angelea-photoaday.blogspot.com/ . I love it because we both love taking pictures every day and sharing them with other people.
I wrote on my Chinese twitter: There are five kinds of people are using twitter. 1. The authors: who love sharing things with others 2. The stars: usually famous person, even a simple word will attract tons of comments in one second. 3. The advertisers: most of them are companies’ twitter 4. The retwitters: whoever loves retweeting. 5. The twitter-complexes: whoever always checks twitter. If they don’t check twitter for 5 mins, they will feel nervous.
I keep thinking why modern people have Information anxiety neurosis, and I have get the answer yet…
Copyrights in China VS in America
I was surprised by how strict the copyright is in America when I first wrote an English paper. I had no idea what APA style is and how I should reference. I was struggling with the APA style for a really time and asked several professors how I can quote something properly.
In China, the copyright is no strict at all. Or, I should say there is nearly no copyright in China. We can download musics for free, watch movies for free, read some books for free etc.. There are too many people who said the same sentence and had the same opinion. You will never know who the first person that had the idea was.
One of my professors sent out a website which is called Creative Commons. I would say the idea of this website is like Chinese websites. People do love sharing things. If someone shared your pictures, articles, or other things that you made, it’s only because they love your works. There are a lot of people in China who get famous because his or her work that has been shared too many times. When a great work has been shared too many times, people will start to get interested in its author. People used your stuff without asking for a permit, and most of the time, it’s a great thing.
Of course, both Chinese websites and Creative Commons are based on people’s moral standard. If someone uses our work in a bad way, it could be a disaster.
In China, the copyright is no strict at all. Or, I should say there is nearly no copyright in China. We can download musics for free, watch movies for free, read some books for free etc.. There are too many people who said the same sentence and had the same opinion. You will never know who the first person that had the idea was.
One of my professors sent out a website which is called Creative Commons. I would say the idea of this website is like Chinese websites. People do love sharing things. If someone shared your pictures, articles, or other things that you made, it’s only because they love your works. There are a lot of people in China who get famous because his or her work that has been shared too many times. When a great work has been shared too many times, people will start to get interested in its author. People used your stuff without asking for a permit, and most of the time, it’s a great thing.
Of course, both Chinese websites and Creative Commons are based on people’s moral standard. If someone uses our work in a bad way, it could be a disaster.
Earthquake in Japan
I was using the RSS to follow some news about the Japan earthquake. I added several newspapers’ homepages to the Google reader, and it’s really convenient to check several websites at the same time. Delicious is another tool that you can use to check your favorite website. My just created an account: wangcai830. But I would like to use the my Firefox’s bookmark. I would say I might be a good writer, but I’m not a good reader. You can also add all bookmarks that you added in delicious into your RSS. A lot of people tell me that reading newspapers could be a way that can help me improve my English, but I’m just too lazy to do that.
After I dropped my cellphone into the toilet.....
After I dropped my cellphone in the toilet, I did three things:
1. Felicitate: I felicitated that I was wearing gloves at that time. I picked my cellphone up immediately.
2. Want to say thank you: I wanted to say thank you to the previous person who used this toilet, because she flushed the toilet.
3. Feel surprised: My cellphone only cost me 1 cent, but it’s still alive after it was dropped into the toilet. I love my American cellphone.
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