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总括来说，世界上语言可分为两大类。一类是目前已经没有人使用的，已不通行的，或已被废弃了的，称为“死”语言（dead language）；另一类是目前仍然通行的称为“活”语言(living language)。希伯莱语、古拉丁语等属于前者；而汉、英、日、西、法、德、俄等语言俱属于后者，而且是其中最通行的几种。

“活”的语言有一个很重要的共通点，就是它们都随着时代的发展而变化。英语上这样，其他的语言也是如此。不过，由于英语在世界上的通行度和通行范围都胜于其他各种语言，所以其变化尤烈。英语的变化主要表现于语法和词汇两方面，并籍这两种变化推动发展，构成现代英语的基础。近二十年来语言学理论最重大的进展之一是出现了“转换－－生成语法”（Transformational-generative Grammar),这种语言学理论的诞生使英语进一步科学化。与此同时，大量新词汇的涌现使英语的表达力加强了，形式丰富了，因而使英语更趋生活化。

新词汇的产生
新词汇到底是怎样产生的？当人们发现新事物，遇到新问题，总结了新经验，发展了新思想的时候，便需要新字和新词来表达，这是因为旧有的、沿袭使用的表达方法已经不适合或不敷应用了。另一方面，由于以英语作母语及第二语言的国家遍及全球各洲，而各地的风土人情、生活习惯和社会环境大有区别，这就必然会出现不同的表达形式和用语，而这些语汇中不少会被逐渐吸收进经典的英语辞典中，成为语言的一部分。

在目前日益进步的社会里，科学和技术是新词汇的主要供应者，每当某一门科学发展到一个新阶段的时候，就有相当大一批新词涌现。在这些新词当中，很多是该等科学的专用词汇，鲜为外行人所知晓，只有专科字典及词典才有收栽；但是，其中也有不少常被应用和引用，结果成了一般人所喜闻乐道的用语。

例如，当美国太空人成功地登陆用于月球时，英语中出现了moonwalk（月球漫步），lunar rove(月球车)，moonrock（月球标本车）等一系列有关的用词。由于近年发射了不少人造卫星绕月运行，故此就很必要地创出了apolune(远月点)和perilune(近月点)二词。太空船与太空站在空间会合对接，使docking增添了一个新含义（靠泊），同义的还有linkup。发射太空船被视为人类科学发展的象征，故很受注意。因此，不少与太空船有关的用词已被广泛使用，如CM(command module:指令舱，指挥舱），splashdown （溅落），space sickness（宇航病），space age (太空时代）等。在谈到探索deep space(深空间，远空间）和其他太空现象时，quasar（类星射电源），pulsar（脉冲星），neutron srar （中子星）及神秘的black hole （太空黑洞）等已是耳熟能详的用语。

近二十年来，遗传学的迅速发展创造了许多使人耳目一新的词汇，如genetic code（遗传密码），codon（密码子），DNA（脱氧核糖核酸），transfa RNA（传输核糖核酸），messenger RNA（信使核糖核酸），transcription（信使核糖核酸的形成）等。这些新词流行日广，连到一般的书刊报道都有应用，故此早已广大读者所接受。

近年来发展迅猛的大了电脑工业带来的新词汇也着实不少。常听常用的包括FORTRAM（公式翻译程序语言），COBOL（面向商业的通用语言），ALGOL（算法语言），BASIC（初学者的通用符号指令码），absolute address（绝对地址），data bank（资料库，数据库），floppy dise（柔性塑料磁盘）pushdown（下推存储器）等等。旧有词如keyboard,terminal,memorym bit等也分别加添了新用法。医学的飞跃发展同样带来了大批新词，包括了医学上的技术性用语及新制成的药品名称，新发现的病菌、病毒等。其中如hotoscanning（光扫描），open heart surgery(开心手术），picornabirus(换心人），microcirculation（微血管循环）等都是近期出现的。一些用词如the pill（口服避孕丸），test-tube baby（试管婴儿），transsexual operation（变性生术）等已成日常用语。 核物理学发展的结果，好象要把人们带进微观世界。kron（Ｋ介子），muon（μ介子），pion(π介子）等陆续发现，lepton（轻子），baryon(重子）的分别，当然还有引起轰动的quark(夸克)。假设上由各种antimatter(反物质)如antiproton(反质子),antineutrino(反中微子),antiquark(反夸克)等组成的antiworld(反物质世界)也备受重视。

数学和其他学科也在不停地发展。在通俗的教研、科普读物中,不难发现以下的名词术语:NOT("非"逻辑算子),parametric equation(变数方程),近年中小学推行的newmath(新数),artificial intelligence(人工智能),magmetocardiogram(磁性心动扫描记图)，IC (集成电路)，piscicide (鱼类灭绝)，hot mooner (热月学家),Sealab(海底实验室)，radiosterilization（放射性消毒）等。新的学科也在不断形成，例如bionics（仿生学），cryosurgery（冷冻手术），macrometereology（大气象学），ocean engineering（海洋工程学），phytochemistry（植物化学），biotelemetry（生物遥测学），astrionics（太空电子学）等数十种新的学科在发展和壮大。

军备竞争激烈，武器日新月异，自然也产生了不少新词汇。ABM(antiballistic missile:反弹道导弹),MIRV(multiple independently-targetedreentry vehicle:多弹头分导重返大气层运载工具),the Bomb(核威慑),helilift(使用直升机运输),Green Berets("绿色贝雷帽"特种部队),grunt(步兵,beam weapons(死光武器)等,几乎成了家喻户晓的用语。

交通工具的改进,也使人有瞠目结舌之感。天空上充斥着SST(supersonic rransport:超音速运输机)，airbus（空中巴士），air-texi（空中的士）；英法合制的Concorde（协调式飞机）在航空史上当然也占着重要地位。HST（hyper-sonic transport：特超音速飞机）的诞生，使飞机工业有了新发展。一些富裕的有闲人士经常乘搭喷气式飞机到各地旅游集会，成了一个特殊的阶层，称为jetset。喷气式飞机的乘客有时也会患上这样或那样的不适症状，统称为jetsyndrome。在水面和陆地上，新型的交通工具接连出现，包括ACV （air-cushion vehicle：气垫式运载工具），ATV（all-terrain vehicle:全地形车），hovercraft（气垫船），freight-liner（货柜火车），bullet train（子弹车），aerotrain（悬浮火车）等。

除了科学和技术之外，动荡的政局、日趋变革的社会环境和世界性的文化及各方面的交流，也是英文新字的来源。例如自六十年代初期“－in 运动”的兴起、转化和发展，使这个“家族”膨胀得使人吃惊。从第一代的sit-in（静坐示威）到第二代的teach-in （宣讲会），以至第三代的be-in（颓废派的社交集会），一共出现了数十个－in的用词，其演变之速，实令人咋舌。

近年来，世界政坛风云变幻。西欧诸国为加强团结，发展贸易，组织了EEC（Ｅuropean Economic Community:欧洲经济共同体）。中东和南美、非洲的石油输出国也组织了OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries:石油输出国组织）。在美国爆发了水门事件之后，Watergate一字被广泛应用以指任何的政治丑闻在政府内部，主张用武力解决争端的一派人被称为hawk（鹰派），主张和平手段的称为dove（鸽派)，而dawk是介乎鹰派),主张和平手段的称为dove(鸽派),而dawk是介乎鹰派与鸽派的消极反战者。其他的政治用词如establishment(政府),atomic club(原子俱乐部),advance man(先行人员,助选人员),pilitical animal(政治动物)等亦常见用于报刊之上。

世界性的经济危机,通货膨胀和工商业的发展也是新词的重要来源之一。ASP(American Selling Price美国售价),slumpflation(萧条膨胀),added-value tax(增值税),Eurodollar(欧洲美元),petrodollar(石油美元),revenue sharing(国库分享)等都是近期产物。

社会的变革在过去两个年代中造成了很大的影响,不少基本意识形态受到了冲击。女权运动的爆发产生了像Women'sLib(妇解运动),chairperson(主席),malechauvinist(大男子主义者),girlcott(抵制)等新用词,但也促成了Men's Lib(男子解放运动)的诞生。六十年代末期美国黑人运动Black Power(黑色权力)爆发后,不少表示"…运动"的用语即仿此而出现,计有:Brown Power(褐色权力),Flower Power(花癫派权力),student power(学生权力),Red Power(红色权力)等,更有人戏谑地创出green power一语，意指“金钱魔力”（因美元背面是绿色的）。 道德观念的转变造成了generation gap(代沟),而gap字的用途又在此基础上多样化,以致产生了credibility gap(信誉沟),culture gap(文化沟),communication gap(通信隔阂)等新词。西方青年的思想与旧习俗社会的脱离,迫使他们要寻找发泄的途径。于是Mary Jane(大麻),LSD(迷幻药),upper(兴奋剂),soft drug(软毒品),hard drug(硬毒品),headshop(迷幻商店),commune(嬉皮士公社),psychedelphia(迷幻村)等词又应运而生。一代一代的颓废派亦相继出现:hippie(嬉皮士),flower children(花癫派),Gentle People(温和人),street people(街头颓废派),teenybopper(少年颓废派),等等。

人们对环境污染的注视在近年特别显著,这可见诸环境学家的倡议设立EarthDay(地球清洁日)和Eargh Week(地球清洁周)。"污染"这一用词无日不见出现于报章杂志之中,较新的词汇包括environmental pollution(环境污染) ,heat/thermal pollution(热污染), internal pollution(体内污染),visual pollution(视觉污染),antipollutionist(反污染者),environmentalist(环境问题专家),dystrophication(河湖污染)等。

在教育和语言研究方面,也因教学方法和教学用具的改革而出现了一系列的新词,如schoolbook(教科书式的),pass-fail(取否法),CAI(computer-assisted instruction(电脑辅助教学),audiovisuals(视听教材),coedism(男女同校教育),preppie(预科学生),open classroom(开放教室),polyversity(多元大学),megaversity(超级大学),generative grammar(生成语法),kernel sentencd(核心句)和Chomskian(乔姆斯基理论的)等。娱乐和体育亦是较大的新词汇供应者。电台和电视台的audience rating(视听率),call-in(电话节目),sitcom(长寿单元喜剧),soup opera(肥皂剧),prime time(黄金时间),imstant replay(即时重播),VTR(磁带录像),VCR(盒式录像)等都是人所共知的用语了。

多姿多采的新体育运动也丰富了英语的词汇。近期新兴的玩意包括skate-boarding(滑板运动),skydive(缓张伞跳伞)。land/sand yacht(沙滩艇,陆地风帆),hang glider(飞行风筝)是较高级的玩物。一些组合词如cyclo -cross(自行车越野赛),roller hockey(滚轴冰球),demolition derby(撞车大赛)等也因新型运动的兴起而相继出现。体育家们还发明了slimnastics(减肥体操),isometrics(静力锻练)等健美身体、增强力量的方法,当然还有流行海外的中国kung fu(功夫)和日本的aikido(合气道)等。

很多的新词汇实际上已经进入人们的日常生活和每个家庭之中。现在,很多家庭里都有VCD(盒式录像机);而原来称为television set的电视机现被谑称为television set 的电视机现被谑称作box,gogglebox,idiot box,idiot'slantern。microwave oven(微波电锔炉),autotimer(自动开关器)等是科技的新产物。videophone/picturephone(电视电话)亦在大量生产中。音响领域中的新词也有quadraphony(四声道),sensurrornd(杜比系统)等。七十年代最后一年才出产的Polarvision System(宝丽视系统)现已流行世界。较早期出现的telex(用户电报)更是大公司和商行必设的通讯系统,当然还有IDDD(International DirectDistance Dialling:国际直通长途电话)。过去几年生产了一种拉盖即开的罐装饮品,这种引起浪费和制造废品的用完即丢的容器也有新名称:thrwaway 或diposable 。为了加强表达的力量，不少新的日用词汇被创造出来了。这一类的用词近年来大行其道,若不弄懂实难秘英、美、人士交谈。举例而言，精神病医院的新名称是funny farm,而fat farm却是减肥中心;在停车场向违例停泊的车辆派告票的女警察被称为meter maid(老虎机女郎),用油特多的"大食车"是gas eater。容易到手、尤其是以不正当手段得来的金钱叫做quick buck等等。事实上,新词汇产生的原因及其来源非常广泛,可以说是由世界上各式各样的变化促成的,故此无法尽量罗列。总而言之,大量新词的涌现说明了社会在变.

1. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 麻烦没来找你，就别去自找麻烦。

第一、四个trouble是动词，第二、三个trouble是名词。


2. I think that that that that that student wrote on the blackboard was wrong. 我认为那个学生写在黑板上的那个"that"是错误的。

第一个that是连词，引起宾语从句；第二、五个that是指示代词"那个"；第三个that在这儿相当于名词；第四个that是关系代词，引起定语从句。


3. I know. You know. I know that you know. I know that you know that I know. 我知道。你知道。我知道你知道。我知道你知道我知道。


4. We must hang together, or we'll be hanged separately. 我们必须团结在一起，否则我们将被一个个绞死。


这是一句双关语。前面的hang together是"团结一致"的意思，后面的hanged是"绞死"的意思。


5. The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. 那只敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了一只懒惰的狗。

这个句子包含了英语中的26个字母。


6. Was it a bar or a bat I saw? 我看到的是酒吧还是蝙蝠？


这是一句回文句，顺着读和倒着读是一样的。类似于"上海自来水来自海上。"


7. 上联： To China for china, China with china, dinner on china. 去中国买瓷器，中国有瓷器，吃饭靠瓷器。


8. 2B or not 2B, that is a ？


这是一种文字简化游戏。它的意思是：To be or not to be, that is a question. （生存还是毁灭，那是一个问题。）


9. He never saw a saw saw a saw.


他从来没见过一把锯子锯另一把锯子.


第一个saw是动词see的过去时, 第二和第四个saw带有不定冠词"a"在前,是名词"锯子",第三个saw是动词"锯".

Cheer up! Our troubles will soon be over.


（振作起来！我们的困难很快就会过去。）


Don’t let one failure discourage you, try again.


（不要因为一次失败就气馁，再试一试看。）


You need to take the bull by the horns.


（你需要勇敢地面对困难。）


Don’t look so blue and cheer up.


（别那么垂头丧气,振作起来.）


I must face the music and accept responsibility.


（我必须勇于面对困难，承担责任。）


Don’t lose heart, whatever happens.


（不管发生什么都不要气馁。）


No matter what happens, don’t be discouraged.


（无论发生什么事，都不要气馁。）


I must try and face problems properly – I am not scared of it.


（我必须尝试着勇于面对困难—我并不害怕。）


Try to cheer up. We all support you the same.


（试着振作起来。我们还是一样支持你。）


I am always here to support and encourage you along the way.


（我会一直在这里支持你、鼓励你。）

1、"生命在他里头，这生命就是人的光。光照在黑暗里，黑暗却不接受光。"(《新约·约翰福音》第1章)

　　What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. "John 1-4,5" 　这是我最经常诵读的一段经文，也是基督教神学思想的核心。这里的"光"指的是耶稣基督，"生命"指的是永生--战胜死亡，获得真理。

　　2、"你们要进窄门，因为引到灭亡，那门是宽的，路是大的，进去的人也多；引到永生，那门是窄的，路是小的，找着的人也少。"(《新约·马太福音》第7章)

　　Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. "Matthew 7-13,14" .

　　这是耶稣"登山宝训"中最短的一段，但却是整个新教精神的核心。对于清教徒而言，人生就意味着无尽艰险，就意味着走窄门。

　　3、"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。"(《新约·哥林多前书》第1 3章)|

　　Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. I t bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. 　　

　　基督教是"爱的宗教"，这就是使徒保罗对爱的诠释。从古到今不知有多少人因这段话而皈依基督教，可见"爱是无可比的"。

　　4、"死啊，你得胜的权势在哪里？死啊，你的毒钩在哪里？死的毒钩就是罪，罪的权势就是律法。感谢上帝，使我们借着我们的主耶稣基督得胜。"(《新约·哥林多前书》第15章)

　　Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and. The power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 　　

　　使徒保罗用优美的语言阐明了基督教的脉络：原罪与堕落，牺牲与救赎，胜利与永生。总体说来就是"用爱战胜死亡"。

　　5、"草必枯干，花必凋残，因为耶和华的气吹在其上；百姓诚然是草。草必枯干，花必凋残；惟有我们上帝的话，必永远立定！"(《旧约·以赛亚书》第40章)

　　The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades ; but the word of our God will stand forever. 　

　　旧约的最大特点是"信念"。这句话就是无比坚定的信念，既是相信上帝，又是相信作为上帝选民的自己。以色列人的辉煌，大半缘自信念。

1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

　　2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者

　　3.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

　　4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

　　5.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

　　6.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

　　7.A fall into the pit,　a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

　　8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。

　　9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不休息，聪明孩子也变傻。

　　10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

　　11.More hasty,less speed. 欲速则不达。

　　12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

　　13.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。

　　14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。

　　15.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

　　16.Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。

　　17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

　　18.well begun,half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。

　　19.It is hard to please all. 众口难调。

　　20.Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。

　　21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

　　22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。

　　23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。

　　24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

　　25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

　　26.live not to eat,but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

　　27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。

　　28.East or west,home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

　　29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

　　30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。

　　31.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。

　　32.The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

　　33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。

　　34.An idle youth,a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

　　35.As the tree,so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

　 36.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

37.Beauty is in the eye of beholder 情人眼裡出西施

38.Once in a blue moon 千载难逢

39.The front is a dead end,hope be turning cape 前方是绝路,希望在转角

40.The things you own,end up oweing you 你所拥有的东西最终拥有了你

41.With great power there must come great responsibility 有了多大的能力就会有多大的责任

42.A man can be destroyed but not defeated. 一个人可以被毁灭，却不能被打败

43.this path has been placed before you. The choice is yours alone. 路就在你脚下，由你自己决定

44.Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. Forrest Gump

生命就像一盒巧克力，结果往往出人意料

Happier marriages result from attractive women and uglier men

He's had many an unkind comment about his looks when set against the radiant beauty of girlfriend Sienna Miller.

But Rhys Ifans seems likely to have the last laugh because psychologists reckon that happier marriages result from attractive women who wed uglier men.

And women who marry handsome men had better watch out. Men who saw themselves as better looking than their wives were more likely to be disgruntled and have negative feelings about their marriage, experts found.

The University of Tennessee study might also explain a few other couples such as Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas and Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.

The Tennessee team tested 82 newly-wed couples for facial attractiveness and the quality of their marriage.

Their results, in the Journal of Family Psychology, suggested most men who married attractive women were happy to bask in the glory of their partner's beauty.

But Professor Jim McNulty reported: "Men who were more attractive than their partner demonstrated a tendency to offer less emotional and practical support to their wives."

He said "evolutionary perspectives" offered an explanation.

Strathclyde University psychologist Alastair Ross said many men enjoyed the prestige of having a beautiful wife.

"Men are rated as more likeable and friendly when they have a wife who is very attractive," he added.


因为长相，他与美女明星西耶娜•米勒的结合可是引来了不少风凉话。

不过现在看来，瑞伊斯·伊凡斯可以笑到最后了，因为心理学家日前称，美女配丑男，婚姻会更幸福。

而嫁给“帅哥”的女性最好要提防着点。因为专家发现，认为自己的外表比妻子更具吸引力的男性容易对婚姻感到不满。

美国田纳西大学的这项研究或许还能为其他几对名人夫妇的结合提供解释，比如：凯瑟琳•泽塔-琼斯与迈克尔•道格拉斯，玛丽莲梦露与亚瑟•米勒。

田纳西大学的研究小组对82对新婚夫妇的外表吸引力和他们的婚姻质量进行了测试。

结果发现，“抱得美人归”的多数男士往往会沉醉于妻子的美貌给他们带来的那种“荣耀”中。研究结果在《家庭心理学》期刊上发表。

但吉姆•麦克纳尔蒂教授说：“如果男性的外表更具吸引力，那么他们给予妻子的情感和实际支持往往较少。”

他说，这可以从“进化论角度”进行解释。

斯特拉斯克莱德大学的心理学家阿尔斯达尔•罗丝说，很多男性觉得，有个漂亮的妻子让自己很有面子。

他说：“研究发现，抱得美人归的男性往往更可爱、更友好。”

It’s very hard to write your own resume because a resume is a macro view of your life, but you live your life at the micro level, obsessing about daily details that have no bearing on your resume. So I recommend to a lot of people that they hire someone to help them. After all, spending money on a resume writer is one of the few expenditures that will have good return right away.

But some of you will be able to do a decent job rewriting your resume on your own. The first thing you’ll have to do is make some mental shifts. You need to rethink the goals of a resume, and rethink the rules of a resume in order to approach the project like the best of the resume professionals.

Here are three ideas that guide professional resume writers and should guide you as well:

1. Don’t focus on your responsibilities, focus on what you achieved.
A resume is not your life story. No one cares. If your life story were so interesting, you’d have a book deal. The only things that should be on your resume are achievements. Anyone can do their job, but only a small percentage of the population can do their job well, wherever they go.

The best way to show that you did your job well is from achievements. The best achievement is a promotion. It is an objective way to show that you impressed the people you work for. The next best way to show objective measures is to present quantified achievements.

Most people do not think in terms of quantified achievements when they are in the job, but on the resume, that’s the only part of the job that matters. No one can see that you were a “good team player” on your resume unless you can say “established a team to solve problem x and increased sales x%” or “joined under-performing team and helped that team beat production delivery dates by three weeks.”

If you are only putting achievements on your resume, you are going to be hard-pressed to fill a whole page. That’s okay. Anything on your resume that is not an achievement is wasting space. Because you don’t know what a hiring manager will look at first—and if you have ten good achievements and three mediocre lines about your life story, the hiring manager may only read those three lines—so remove them.

2. Don’t make your resume a moral statement; it’s a marketing document.
Think about when a company announced the launch of their product. First of all, the product is not done. Second of all, it has bugs. And third, the company is probably showing photos of prototypes and the real thing will look different.

All this stuff is fine. It’s accepted practice for marketing. The company will tell you that they are doing their best to get you the information you want in the way they think is best for letting you know what your consumer options are.

You need to take the same approach with your resume, because a resume is a marketing document. The best marketing documents show the product in the very best light, which means using whatever most outrageous tactics possible to make you look good. As long as you are not lying, you will be fine.

Here’s an example: You join a software company that just launched a product and the product had so many problems that they had to hire someone to handle the calls. You start doing the tech support, and you work tons of overtime because the calls are so backed up. You clean up the phone queue and then you start taking long lunches because there’s not a lot to do, and then you start job hunting because the job is boring.

Here’s how you summarize this job on your resume: Assumed management responsibility for tech support and decreased call volume 20%.

How do you know 20%? Who knows? It was probably more. But you can’t quantify exactly, so err on the safe side. But if you just say “Did tech support for a software company” no one knows you did a good job.

There is a fine art of almost-lying-but-not-lying on a resume. You need to talk about it a lot in order to know where you fall on the spectrum. Here is a sample of my own family discussions about what is lying and what isn’t.

3. Don’t give everything away in the resume.
The idea of a resume is to get someone to call you. Talk with you on the phone. Offer you an interview. So a resume is like a first date. You only show your best stuff and you don’t show it all.

Some people dump everything they can think of onto their resume, but a resume is not the only chance you’ll have to sell yourself. In fact the interview is where the hard-core selling takes place. So you only put your very best achievements on the resume. Sure, there will be other questions people will want answers to, but that will make them call you. And that’s good, right?

For those of you who can’t bear to take off the twenty extra lines on your resume because you think the interviewer has to see every single thing about you right away, consider that we have statistics to show that people don’t want to know everything up front. It does not make for a good match. Of people who got married, only 3% had sex on the first date.


做一份个人简历非常不易，因为一份简历就是你的生平的宏观体现，而你的生活却是处在微观层面的，几乎包含了你所有的日常生活细节，而它们与你的简历根本无关。所以我向很多人建议他们可以雇人来帮他们。（译者注：作者在这里有一个相关链接）毕竟，花钱请人来写一份简历是为数不多、却很快就有回报的支出啊！

但是你们当中的有些人会有足够的能力自己来重写一份简历。你首先要做的就是在脑子里过一下“电影”。你需要重新思考一份简历的目的，重新思考写简历的规则，这样就能像最好的职业简历写手那样来完成这项工程了。

以下是三个指导专业简历写手的要诀，你也应当用它们作为指导哦！

1、不要着眼于你的责任，而要着眼于你的成绩。

一份简历不是你的生活故事。没有人会关注这个。你要把你的人生故事写的那么有趣，那你得写成一本书。你在简历里应该仅仅写上你的成绩！任何人都能完成本职工作，但只有一小部分人无论到何处，都能把工作做得出色。

证明你工作出色的最好方式就是你的成绩。最好的成绩是一种自我推销。它是一种客观的方式，能表明你给为之工作的人留下深刻印象。第一个最好的表明客观尺度的方式便是陈述经过量化的成绩。

大多数人在做简历时并不考虑量化成绩，但是在简历上，这却是惟一至关重要的部分。没有人能在简历上看出你是一个"良好的团队成员" ，除非你能说出“成立了一个团队来解决X问题，增加了百分之X的销售额”或者是“加入一个绩效欠佳的团队，并帮助团队提前三周完成产品交付。”

如果你把各项成绩写进简历，你要把它们压缩到一整页纸里。这没有问题。任何与成绩无关的内容都是在浪费你的简历空间。因为你不知道招聘负责人首先会看什么--如果你写了十个良好的业绩，而用了三行字写你平庸的人生故事，招聘负责人可能只看那三行字--所以请把它们去掉！

2 、不要把你的简历写成道义上的陈述；这是一份自我推销资料。

想想某家公司在宣布推出自身产品时的实情吧。首先，该产品尚未完成。其次，它有缺陷 。第三，该公司所显示的产品原型照片和实际产品看起来会有所不同。

所有这一切都没错。这是公认的市场营销做法。该公司会告诉你，他们是在尽其最大努力提供给你想要的信息，并用最好的方式让你知道你应该选择何种消费。

你写简历时必须采取同样的做法，因为一份简历就是一个推销资料。最好的推销资料只显示该产品的最好一面，这意味着，无论如何，你要不择手段让自己光彩夺目！只要你不说谎，那就没有问题。

下面是一个例子：你加入了一个软件公司，它刚刚推出一个产品，而这个产品有很多问题，他们不得不雇用专人处理来电。你开始做技术支持，而且你的工作严重超时，因为有那么多来电。你理顺了来电业务，然后你开始慢吞吞地吃午餐，因为现在没有很多工作要做了，然后你开始找工作，因为这项工作太乏味了。

下面就是你该如何在简历上总结这项工作：负责技术支持的管理，使来电量减少了20 ％ 。

你怎么知道就是20 ％ ？谁知道呢？它也可能是更多。但你不能精确量化，所以宁可为了保险而不求准确。但是，如果你只说：“为某家软件公司做了技术支持” ，没有人会知道你的工作做得很好。

这就是做简历时的几近撒谎却又未撒谎的技巧。你需要好好与人讨论，以便确认你能做的恰如其分。以下有一个典型例子，是我和家人讨论什么是说谎，什么不是。（译者注：作者在这里有一个相关链接。）

3、不要把所有信息都写进简历。

一份简历的主题是让别人打电话给你。让他们和你通过电话交谈。给你一次面谈机会。所以一份简历就像第一次约会。你只能显示你最好的东西，而不能一览无余。

有些人把所想到的一切都写进简历，但简历并非是你唯一推销自己的机会。事实上，面试时你才开始实质性推销自己。所以你只能把你的最好成绩写进简历。当然，人们还有其他想知道答案的问题，但这正好让他们打电话给你。那正中你的下怀，对不对？ 你们当中有些人认为必须让负责面试的人立刻知道自己的一切，所以无法承受划掉简历上那多余的二十行字，请他们想一想：我们有数据表明人们并不想在一开始就知道一切。精彩的比赛肯定不是这样的。在已婚人群中，只有3 ％的人在第一次约会时就发生性关系。

It all came abruptly that I happened to see the video clip of American Idol on my friend’s computer and then fell in love with it, especially the 7th season. There are so many talented, lovable singers such as David Archuleta, Michael Johns, Brooke White and even artists with originality and creativity like David Cook. I followed it all the way through and won’t miss it for anything.









In contrast, the similar domestic show Super Girl just can’t compare with American Idol. Although Super Girl imitated American Idol, its overall quality lags far behind.









First of all, the panel of American Idol is extremely professional with sharp eyes. Randy Jackson, a renowned music producer who has cooperated with many famous singing stars, discerns every note accurately without missing any incorrect pitches. Paula Abdul, a brilliant singer and dancer, serving as a consoler for the contestants, always expresses her opinions implicitly yet with respect and encouragement towards the contestants. Irreplaceable Simon Cowell, gives constructive advice every time without any biases yet with no mercy and indirectness either. He is the truth-teller.









However, the panel from Super Girl is not professional enough and not often tells the truth about some contestants. Sometimes the comment is so apparently wrong that even audience may suspect there is perhaps wire-pulling behind the stage. We can see that some awful contestants, often off the pitch, can make it through all the way to the finale, which is unfair and unacceptable.









Besides, the messages of the shows are diametrically different. In American Idol, positive attitudes are everywhere. Even though some are bar tenders, some are baby-sitters; others may just pull through a major disease but you can never see the bitterness or misery on their faces. They demonstrate optimism in their enjoyment of what they are doing. You can see and feel the live air in the bar, the loveliness of the babies and the confidence after combating the disease.









Yet, in Super Girl, the stage is filled up with tears and pity. The producers and the contestants always trying to show you how many obstacles they’ve been through, how much misery they’ve suffered in real life and how pitiful their life is with only one parent or other misfortunes that everyone has confronted in their own life…All in all, they are appealing to audience’s sympathy, which probably will stimulate their willingness to support. As a result, more and more messages are sent in. Therefore, the contestants get high votes while the producers and organizers make a good fortune.









It is a win-win situation for both the contestants and the organizers but the audience are taken advantage of. We are so easily fooled and touched by their “heartbroken” stories that we even forget it is supposed to be a singing competition instead of a story-telling one and we let loose our sensibility to distinguish and recognize their marketing strategies. Consequently, we are trapped and the fairness or standards of the contest are jeopardized, making little sense.









But you may wonder since it lost so much good qualities during the process of introducing and imitating, why is it still so popular and sensational nationwide?









For one thing, the producer is so smart to catch the message and learn from foreign shows directly. It broke the original chain of the entertainment circles—mainland China imitating Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Taiwan imitating Japan and Korea, Japan and Korea imitating Europe and America—but the organizer from Hunan TV directly introduced the format from America, which is quite fresh and eye-catching for mainland audiences.









For another, the form. corresponded the sentiment of today’s society—everyone desires “equal opportunities” and a channel for grassroots to climb up the corporate ladder all the way to the high society. In other words, the normal people can become superstars overnight through this bridge or platform.









Anyway, the show is just a form. of entertainment and should not be taken seriously. Just bear in mind not to be fooled by those tears and touching stories next time because they are just shrewd strategies specifically targeting you.

" When I'm lost the rain

In your eyes ,I know

I'll find the sight to light my way

you're always there ,pushing me to the top ''

When thinking of this poem ,I can't help being put in mind of my favorite English teacher, Mrs. Wang —a woman of less than medium height ,in her middle thirties.

Mrs. Wang is strict with us ,but always has a smile on her face and gives us words of encouragement .She gives not only us but also others the impression that she is a patient ,responsible and easy-going teacher.

Mrs. Wang prepares and organizes her lessons so well that we are fully attentive in her class. After class, she sometimes gives lessons to the students who have been absent from school because of illness and who have been poor in this subject .Whenever we have problems ,we will turn to her for help .With her help we have become more and more interested in our English study .In fact ,she is also a close friend of ours as well as a respected teacher .

Even though Mrs. Wang is not my English teacher now, she is still a qualified teacher who has set a good example to me and lets me see the success around the corner.

The Most Inspiring Poems


1. The Significance of Failure 失败的意义


2.Follow Your Own Course走自己的路


3. Faith 信念


4. On Changes论变化


5. Results and Roses硕果和玫瑰


6. The Value of Time时间的价值


7. Today is a New Day今天是新的一天


8. Dreams梦想


9. The Road Not Taken没有走过的路


10. What is Success成功的内涵