She stresses that wabi sabi is not an adjective to describe an object but a feeling inspired by the natural wonders of our imperfect world. You might feel wabi sabi while watching cherry blossoms fall to the ground or when admiring a well-worn carpet in your family's home. "For a taxi-...
In daily life, we often use the words "hot", "dry" or "open" to describe a place. Do you know what it is? It's the desert. Desert covers about 20 per cent of the Earth's land area. However, the number is becoming bigger because of human activities. And it has caused enviro...
Alexandre Guery, who comes from France and has just graduated from Nankai University in Tianjin, chose “transition“ and “prosperity“ to best describe China. He said that even though the nation is experiencing a period of change, it made significant achievements in the past year and will con...
People from English-speaking countries also use some witty( 智慧的)words.For example,"throne(王座)"to describe the toilet and"throne room" for the bathroom.A.WC,which stands for"water closet" and"lavatory" is quite popular nowadays.B.here are some of the words that are used in different ...
Anything associated with England attracted the adjective. In the 15th and16th centuries, an often fatal sweating sickness (probably a type ofinfluenza) was called the English sweat. In the 18th century, foreignerswould describe people who ...
“Why you so like that, lah?” “No lah.” “Lah” does not have any actual meaning, but Malaysians like to pepper their sentences with it: Then, there is the famous “can or not?” For example: “You borrow to me five dollars, can or not?” ...
Dispatcher Maura, our lead Russian interpreter, can describe the process for you, so that –“ “Did you finish your doctorate?” “No, Mr. Petrov.” That was certainly not a secret. But that academic ordeal in graduate school was still a source of deep regret. It ended the dream of ...
“Metaphorically, the desert is a place of testing and transformation, of being divested of empire and ego.” Desertscapes are enormous reservoirs of silence. After walking for a time on various desert trails, I realized no words could ever adequately describe the land’s vast topography, its ...
Then, I describe healthcare reforms aimed at achieving UHC in one middle-income country—Mexico—and one low-income country—Rwanda. Through these descriptions, I attempt to identify common patterns that promote UHC by analyzing three dimensions of healthcare reform: the contextual factors; the ...
introduce and describe . explain and persuade . interest and inform 4 There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved (演化) from ceremony. The argument for this view goes as follows. ...