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28 April 2010 View Comments

Free Foreign Language Courses Website

Free Foreign Language Courses Website

The U.S. Foreign Service Institute teaches foreign languages to government diplomats and personnel for duties abroad—and its courses are available online, for free. Which means you can access audio, texts, and tests in 41 different languages.
The FSI Language Courses web site isn’t actually maintained by the U.S. government itself, but the materials developed before 1989 [...]


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18 April 2010 View Comments

Great Ideas for Ice Breaker Games 破冰游戏之个人篇(彼此认识、了解性格)含43个

Great Ideas for Ice Breaker Games 破冰游戏之个人篇(彼此认识、了解性格)含43个

破冰游戏之个人篇(彼此认识、了解性格)含43个
作者:梁廷易 编著 | 出处:《细胞小组破冰游戏精选(1)》
一、了解你的伙伴
目的:猜测组员的生活习惯
时间:15~20分钟
材料:笔和问卷
内容:组长说:“很高兴在这里见到大家,但我们看不到你平日的生活习惯。”
1. 将组员分成2人小组。
2. 在与伙伴交谈之前,先回答问卷。
3. 分组后,按着你对伙伴的了解互相猜测,写上答案。
4. 交换答案纸,大家围圈。各人读出伙伴对自己的看法,并以自己的现况加以澄清。
问卷:
1. 你的伙伴几点种睡觉?
2. 你的伙伴几点种做灵修?
3. 你猜伙伴最惧怕什么动物?
4. 你猜伙伴有什么雄心壮志?


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10 April 2010 View Comments

Religions: Quakers (Society of Friends)

Religions: Quakers (Society of Friends)

The Society of Friends began in England in the 1650s. Quakers believe that there is something of God in everybody. They do not have clergy or rituals and their meetings for worship are often held in silence.
Introduction
Quakers – the Religious Society of Friends
Quakers are members of a group with Christian roots that began in England [...]


10 April 2010 View Comments

法国红酒 French Wine Short Guide

James May sums up French wine in 1 minute - funny :-)

法国红酒世界闻名,法国不但是全世界酿造最多种葡萄酒的国家,也出产无数闻名于世的高级葡萄酒,其口味种类极富变化,法国生产的红酒有六大生产地包括波尔多(Bordeaux)、布跟地(Burgundy)、香槟(Champagne)以及阿尔萨斯(Alsace)、罗瓦河河谷(Loire Valley) 、隆河谷地(Cotes du Phone)等其中又以气候温和土壤富含铁质的波尔多产地最具代表。
波尔多市外围又细分几个产区,全都分布于纪隆德河(Estuaire de la Gironde)流域,不但产量大且生产许多品质优良的红酒,被喻为“世界的葡萄酒宝库”,其中有最闻名的五大产区,这些产区约有九千多家酒庄,其中又以最有名的五大酒庄闻名于世。


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9 April 2010 View Comments

Free VPN Services List for US, UK, China, Germany Sites

Free VPN Services List for US, UK, China, Germany Sites

VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a way of secure and reliable communication between some restricted sites and remote users. This is applicable for companies operating in different geographical locations with loads of employees working from home, different offices etc. In that case, employees may use VPN tunnel to access their company’s website or portal to [...]


8 April 2010 View Comments

Create CD/DVD cover – Video Tutorial

We use to transfer lot many data thru CDs and DVDs. We carry movies, songs, pictures and other type of media files as well thru these medium. If you are in hurry to send an important CD or DVD to your friend and you don’t have a proper cover or case for that then you [...]


8 April 2010 View Comments

Cool Websites: Stain Solutions Finds the Cure for Removing Any Stain

The University of Illinois’ Stain Solution web site gathers exhaustive remedies for hundreds of common, hard-to-remove stains in one easy-to-search resource—with surprising specificity. Did that coffee stain come with cream or no cream?

The site offers a variety of stain solutions, including for difficult ones like blood and ink (including fountain, red, and India ink). [...]


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5 April 2010 View Comments

Giddy Times for Chinese Wines

After years of producing millions of bottles of cheap plonk for supermarket shelves, Chinese wine producers are invading the high end-no doubt noticing that increasingly affluent and sophisticated Chinese wine drinkers are turning to French wines. In fact, the Dynasty scroll claims that ‘this Merlot wine can compare with French Lafite class,’ even though the [...]


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