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... I think evolution is like that. As we explore the internal geometry of living things, I think we'll discover that there are deterministic laws that impose order upon the capricious designs of natural selection, and that limit the paths of evolution.

- from the ending of BBC's What Darwin Didn't Know series.

mist

安静: 嗯，昨天买了条很艺术的裙子，brand unknown. 上网查，说是这个clothes line 已经dunzo了。 只好再找dunzo是嘛意思。

安静，能不能贴张裙子的照片？

安静

mist: 安静，能不能贴张裙子的照片？

就这个艺术的裙子吗？好，等我看看摆哪里拍。。。

mist

安静: 就这个艺术的裙子吗？好，等我看看摆哪里拍。。。

放你日志里？

安静

mist: 放你日志里？

这条裙子主要靠剪裁。 刚才平面拍了看不出什么来。 上身拍了张。我给你email 吧。

mist

安静: 这条裙子主要靠剪裁。 刚才平面拍了看不出什么来。 上身拍了张。我给你email 吧。

那更好了！谢谢。

安静

woe·be·gone    (wō'bĭ-gôn', -gŏn')  Pronunciation Key  
adj.   
Affected with or marked by deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness. See Synonyms at sad.
Of an inferior or deplorable condition: a rundown, woebegone old shack.

不学什么好了，开始读本嬉皮士始祖写的小书，新学的字当然没有什么好的。

简杨

谢谢，最近家里忙，但现在课都补上了。

日暮苍山

这么多天都没字了.

安静

tomboy  

A young girl who would rather be playing football in the rain than out shopping and boy hunting. Hangs out with boys. Does not care about what other people think of her, nor does she judge others for the way they are. Very sporty, and does not follow the latest fashion trends. Does not make fun of what most people would call " nerds " or " geeks ", and in fact befriends them most of the time. I am a tomboy, and I love it.
Girl: Whoa, look at that tomboy out in the football field! She's really kicking hide out there!

Valley Girl: Want to go shopping at Claire's?
Tomboy Girl: No, thanks. I'm going to Justin's to play football.

日暮苍山

谢谢安静.

666

nascent
即将出生或初生的

例句：
[q]Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., accused Obama of launching two attacks on pro-life measures. In addition to lifting President Bush's stem cell restrictions, Obama intends to lift regulations from the Bush administration that allow health care providers and institutions to refuse to participate in abortions on grounds of conscience.

Smith labeled Obama's stem cell policy an expansion of "human embryo experimentation."

"Why does the president persist in the dehumanizing of nascent human life when better alternatives exist? Human embryo-destroying stem cell research is not only unethical, unworkable and unreliable- it is now, demonstrably unnecessary," Smith said.[/q]

简杨

666: nascent
即将出生或初生的

例句：
[q]Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., accused Obama of launching two attacks on pro-life measures. In addition to liftin

Thanks.

恒禾

666: 我觉得二字的差别是一个是静态的无所不在，另一个是动态的渗透性。

说得好，这样我就不糊涂了。谢谢老师。

恒禾

666: 好！
我帮忙找些例句。　这里以名词和动词形式各出现一次：

Are Pranks Awaiting Obama at the White House ?
01/19/2009

When Barack Obama takes office, he wo

只知道 prank 是名词，这个词动词的例句找得太好了，印象深刻。谢谢！

恒禾

日暮苍山: 大夫是用X光机看的.

爆笑一下这词就记住了。

恒禾

安静: 嗯，昨天买了条很艺术的裙子，brand unknown. 上网查，说是这个clothes line 已经dunzo了。 只好再找dunzo是嘛意思。

我也是查了一下字典，没找到。听你这么一说才明白了。很有收获呀，学了一个字典上没收的字。

恒禾

今天把所有的课都补上了，很有成就感呀！谢谢老师们！

恒禾

今天怎么没人来上课呀？我刚才读报纸看到一个字是最近很常用的，放上来吧。
furloughed
不发工资的休假

例句：Companies, colleges and governments are flocking to
embrace the furlough during these hard financial times.

With furloughs, people share the economic pain.

666

恒禾: 今天怎么没人来上课呀？我刚才读报纸看到一个字是最近很常用的，放上来吧。
furloughed
不发工资的休假

例句：Companies, colleges and governments are flocking to

瞧，您不是就来了吗。
最近这个词用得很频呢，尤其是关于汽车公司的新闻里。Furlough 总比遣散好。

666

从旧闻里翻出一个及物动词的例子。

Chrysler Shutting Down for One Month
With Rescue Unresolved, Other U.S. Automakers Also Plan Production Cuts
        
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 18, 2008; 9:12 AM

Struggling U.S. automakers are launching a round of severe cutbacks as they wait for a government rescue, with Chrysler saying yesterday it will idle all 30 of its U.S. factories for one month.

Chrysler's plants will furlough 46,000 workers beginning Friday, as a planned two-week holiday shutdown is extended to a month and possibly longer. The company, which has told Congress it needed $7 billion to survive the month, also told dealers that it may suspend financing for new cars in a bid to conserve cash.

恒禾

谁说不是呢？现在美国经济这么不好，人心慌慌的，Furlough总比被裁回家好呀。

谢谢你提供的例句。

666

恒禾: 说得好，这样我就不糊涂了。谢谢老师。

听见你朝这边喊老师，我不自觉地扭头看看身后。 咱交个朋友兼自学室的同窗好不好？

雪月

儿子棒球队上衣的颜色是teal，于是学了一个常用的新词。这是San Jose 冰球队sharks的主打颜色。

666

雪月: 儿子棒球队上衣的颜色是teal，于是学了一个常用的新词。这是San Jose 冰球队sharks的主打颜色。

这个颜色？

雪月

对呀！就这颜色，现在才知道叫Teal。
他们的队名字昨天投票通过，叫做，TORPEDO ，结果我又要翻字典才搞清楚，这下知道，叫做水雷，够雷的。

恒禾

我也赶快去翻了字典，先查到的词义是：短颈野鸭，觉得纳闷。后才闹明白Teal=Teal blue。如果没有666提供的这张图片，我还是不清楚Teal blue究竟是哪一种颜色，现在清楚了。谢谢两位。

恒禾

666: 听见你朝这边喊老师，我不自觉地扭头看看身后。咱交个朋友兼自学室的同窗好不好？

很高兴能和您交个朋友，以后请多多帮助。先谢一下。

恒禾

666: 这个颜色？

难怪你儿子的球队标名sharks，颜色就象呀。我记住你儿子球队的主打颜色，也就记住teal这个词了。真是好，谢谢雪月！

666

雪月: 对呀！就这颜色，现在才知道叫Teal。
他们的队名字昨天投票通过，叫做，TORPEDO ，结果我又要翻字典才搞清楚，这下知道，叫做水雷，够雷的。

Torpedo 是鱼雷。 Naval mine 是水雷。　Ｌａｎｄ　mine　是地雷。　：）

日暮苍山

恒禾: 爆笑一下这词就记住了。

恒禾知己一定是老相识了. 不然怎么会知道MIST是大夫.

恒禾

666: Torpedo 是鱼雷。 Naval mine 是水雷。　Ｌａｎｄ　mine　是地雷。　：）

哇，还这么复杂呀！记住了。

恒禾

日暮苍山: 恒禾知己一定是老相识了. 不然怎么会知道MIST是大夫.

不知道呀，是瞎猜的。这么说是被我猜中了？

安静

Imbecility

Im`be*cil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Imbecilities. [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imb['e]cillit['e].]

The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.

Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. --Sir W. Temple.

Note: This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently.

Syn: Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See Debility.

恒禾

谢安静。
从Imbecility这个词，我突然想起平时我们说人傻时经常用这几个词：
silly; crazy; foolish; stupid;

我的问题是：这几个词在意义和用法上的区别 ？

安静

恒禾 , 这几个字确实tricky 哈。
我的理解如下，理解不好瞎理解。
大家看看是不是这样？

silly:  傻
crazy: 疯
foolish: 苯
Stupid:蠢

恒禾

这些天忙得顾不上来小站，学业都荒废了。
谢谢安静，解释得很好。