Archive for July 2011
Ignorance is a shame
Posted by: redlove on: July 26, 2011
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. – - Isaac Asimov Ignorance, lack of knowledge, is one of the realities which surprised me most after I came to America. [...]
Bertrand Russell’s Essays
Posted by: redlove on: July 24, 2011
These days I am reading a very old book which I read many years ago but still think I should read ten more times, Bertrand Russell’s “Portraits from Memories”. I am impressed by his thoughts full of wisdom and insights, and his eloquent diction.
“your spoken and written english is not yet advocate to the tasks that we have in hand.”
Posted by: redlove on: July 18, 2011
This is a comment I got today, which was not supposed to hurt me or insult me, but it hurts. A comment I still get after I’ve been speaking English and teaching English writing until now. How can I stay untouched to it? Actually I really doubt whether I am doing the right thing based [...]
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 《雪花密扇》
Posted by: redlove on: July 14, 2011
I just finished Lisa See’s novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, which was made into a movie and debuted on June 24, 2011 in China. It’s a novel about the life of a Chinese girl Lily and her lifelong partner Snow Flower who kept contact with each other through secret language Nu Shu written [...]
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