It was a wild Friday night out here at ZUCC, as Wayne, Derrick, Lenny, and I stayed home for a homemade game of Risk… China Risk! The game is won when one player’s armies occupy all of China (including Taiwain). The tricky part is that forces can be positioned outside of China as well (Russia, Japan, India, etc.).
Yes, it was extremely nerdy, but pretty fun. Last night was the dry run of the new game. It definitely needs …
去年我的朋友在杭州过了暑假。那个时候我在佛罗里达。他说杭州的夏天真的太热了，他再也不在杭州过暑假。今年我在杭州过暑假。真的很热，但没有到受不了的程度。（但我倒是经常开着空调躲在房间里。）杭州人都说今年比去年热，也想不起更热的一个夏天。
为什么今年最热呢？恐怕就是因为全球变暖。
我问了我的学生：你们对全球变暖这个问题有什么看法？他们没有什么看法（至少不肯用英语跟大家分享）。而且好象都不太看重这个问题。
现在美国用电用得最多。关于这个全球变暖的问题我想如果要怪一个国家只能怪美国。但是好象中国人都希望能够生活得跟美国富人一样舒服。这是理所当然的，可是如果只有13亿个人的一半像美国人一样用电，我们都完蛋了。
如果一年比一年热，我们有什么办法？只能开着空调呆在家里。但是我们越用空调，世界越变暖。
唉，我真的不想考虑这个问题了。最可怕的就是没人在乎。
但是到时候怎么办呢？怎么办？…
最近在电梯里我看到了这样一个小牌子：
为了你我他，请勿讲话。
他们有没有搞错？？难道在电梯里说话是不好的吗？我不能确定，但好象这个牌子是非典之前贴的。我想不通为什么会有这样的牌子。…
Recently I visited a photographer to discuss the possibility of doing some work for him. He’s a nice guy, a Hangzhou local, probably pushing 60. It didn’t take long to conclude our business, and it became clear soon thereafter that he just wanted to chat. I was happy to oblige him.
He talked for quite a while about his wife, who happened to work at the high school adjacent to ZUCC. He went on and on about how my school …
John has lived in China for
11.8
years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and tech.
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