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Posted on: 人类的起源

This picture reminds me of one of my all-time favorite bands, Devo.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_name_Devo_mean

Posted on: 人类的起源

Again, I'm not saying that anything was intentional. I'm just commenting on how it appears. I gave two examples above (now in the hidden portion) that I think would be suitable for all poddies. I think sensitivity goes both ways, right?

Posted on: 人类的起源

No offense Catherine, if you take other parts of the intro into account (i.e later on we are given two straightforward theories: humans come from god or apes), and take note that 一个连聪明的科学家们都无法解决的问题 is written in simple terms, the message does not seem to mean "although scientist are generally in agreement that evolution is the origin of humankind, they still haven't come to a total conclusion." No, it seems to simply say, "Scientist don't know." I know I'm being a bit picky, but it kind of irks me when science is misrepresented. My point is, might as well make it clear.

Posted on: Traditional Chinese Paintings

我希望更了解中国画。在我的梦中，我的房子的墙都贴着这样的画。如果你感兴趣想深入了解，你可以去看下面的连接。

人物画（figure painting）， 著名的人物画家有顾恺之、吴道子等。

山水画（landscape painting），著名的人物画家有李思训、范宽、唐寅等。

花鸟画（flowers and birds painting），著名的人物画家有朱耷、郑燮、齐白石等。

顺便提一下，这些连接都用繁体字。

Posted on: 人类的起源

CPod

By the way, I really do think the lesson introduction above should be changed. Call me picky, but it is misleading, and could even be misconstrued as being biased against scientific interpretations of the origin of humankind (although I'm sure that isn't your intention).

Posted on: World Cup and Diamonds

Here is an interesting article about the North Korean government enticing Chinese stars to support them at the World Cup:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/17/north.korean.chinese.fans/index.html?hpt=C1

Posted on: 人类的起源

有可能有好多原因，但是我觉得最重要的两个是：

1。死了以后，好多人想去天堂，可是进化论跟主要的宗教教导的人类的起源互相矛盾。因此，有的人认为最好是支持宗教，支持进化论真的没用。可是我应该说好多宗教派能接受进化论，我记得以前罗马教皇以前说进化论有道理。

2。不小人简直不能接受人类和猴子有关系，这样的人狠顽固，一点也没有逻辑。

Posted on: World Cup and Diamonds

There are always ways to justify such a move.

A temporary action to 'restore order' 恢复秩序

Whereupon the Chinese government would establish a 'puppet government' 傀儡政府

I'm not so certain that South Korea wouldn't step in, though. I have talked to some South Koreans about this before. They are divided. Some state the obvious: reunification would be quite tough, much tougher than the German reunification. However, there would be benefits. One, its population would increase, making it much closer to the size of Japan's (but still off by about 50 million). Two, a good source of cheap labor for a while. In theory this would slowly go away as standards move up, but this definitely would take some time. Three, perhaps the most obvious, a feeling that the natural state of the Korean people is finally back in order.

Of course, dealing with the social differences would be quite hard. I imagine North Korean primary students would have to say "Kim Jong-Il is not my dear leader" every day for a while. I'm only half kidding.

Posted on: World Cup and Diamonds

Yeah, that's a bit weird.

Posted on: 人类的起源

谢谢你的鼓励！

我觉得应该这样写：

今天我们要来思考一个问题，随着达尔文的物种起源，在世界上出现一件好多人无法同意的事情——人是从哪儿来的？有的人说是神创造了人；有的人说人是一个进化的产物；你的答案是什么呢？快来告诉我们吧！

或者：

今天我们要来思考一个问题，一个连聪明的科学家们、哲学家们与神学家们都无法同意的问题——人是从哪儿来的？有的人说人是一个进化的产物；有的人说是神创造了人；你的答案是什么呢？快来告诉我们吧！

我觉得第二段落最好。