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Is there a way to cut and paste words from Adobe Acrobat reader into MS Word?

December 27, 2007 at 05:10 AM

I wanted to cut and paste a few words from the Intro 1 PDF (Newbie lesson #1). This way not only could i make a short vocab list to go but I can also paste a phrase... Read more

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December 27, 2007 at 04:25 AM

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Chinese Women Film Directors in Yunnan

December 26, 2007 at 11:38 PM

I quite liked the interviews and the site it's referring to: http://www.cinecn.net/ .  Hopefully the video embeds: <object width="425" height=&... Read more

Dictionary down?

December 26, 2007 at 08:24 PM

Is the CPod-dict down? I just tried to enrich todays grammar point entries for my never ending table... Hope it is not discontinued or "restructured" with... Read more

Global warming : Chinese glaciers fast melting

December 26, 2007 at 03:35 PM

中国个别地区冰川萎缩比例达18% 中国西北部的冰川不仅是一种特有的景观，更是水资源的重要组成部分。中国科学院调查发现，中国部分冰川总体萎缩面积比例达7.4%，个别地区甚至达到18%。科学院专家丁永建指出，全球气候变暖导致中国西北地区过去几十年升温明显。带来的影响也使得这些地区出现冰川退化、冻土退化、绿洲萎缩、沙化加剧等等环... Read more

Turkey air strikes against Kurds : U.S. support

December 26, 2007 at 02:51 PM

布什支持土耳其打击库尔德工人党武装土耳其士兵在伊拉克边界巡逻据美国总统府负责国家安全事务的官员透露，美国总统布什周一与土耳其总理艾尔多安通了电话，表达在伊拉克共同对抗库尔德游击队的态度。土耳其安纳托利亚新闻社则指出，布什支持土耳其当局空袭库尔德工人党在伊拉克境内的基地。白宫国家安全官员表示，两国领袖透过电话交谈，讨论到反恐... Read more

Prehistoric ice-skating

December 26, 2007 at 02:10 PM

人类滑冰的历史可上溯到四千年前远古的骨头冰刀还没有扣带一个英国科考小组说，世界上最早的溜冰者4千年前就已经在芬兰南部结冰的湖面上飞驰。牛津大学的福尔门蒂博士就此发表论文说，他们的冰刀似乎是用马的骨头做的。在过去几年里，他的小组用大英博物馆远古的骨头冰刀复制模型在阿尔俾斯山某地反复进行了滑行试验。他说，这些骨冰刀和现代的... Read more

Bible on a nanochip

December 26, 2007 at 10:52 AM

30万字圣经刻在"芝麻"上纳米圣经小小圣经竟然刻了30万字以色列科学家利用纳米技术，成功把30万子的圣经内容刻在比芝麻还小的硅片上。科学家表示，这项工程的目的是提高年轻人对纳米科技的兴趣。目前世界纪录最小的圣经尺寸为2.8 x 3.4 x 1厘米，总量只有11.75克，但却包括1514页，共30万希伯来文字。这本"纳... Read more

Humour comes from hormones

December 26, 2007 at 10:44 AM

“男人的幽默感来自睾丸激素” 幽默感来自基因还是激素？英国诺福克暨诺维治大学医院的桑姆・舒斯特教授说，男人比女人更爱逗乐子，而且他们的笑话更有攻击性，关键在于他们的睾丸激素。他对英国医学杂志说，女人们通常对他表示鼓励、赞赏，而男人却大加讽刺。其中最寻衅好斗的是青年男人。在此之前的研究发现认为，女性和男性对幽默的使用和欣赏都... Read more

Podcast "Introducing the fix" in news and features not working for me : (

December 26, 2007 at 04:09 AM

I went to listen to the news and features cast entitled Introducing the Fix   but it isn't working. Neither is the download (it reads 0 MB as well). [sad si... Read more