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Friday, October 14, 2016

Ten Commandments, 5: Honor Your Mother and Father 第五誡:孝敬父母

Chinese philosophers introduced the idea of filial piety (孝道), so the Fifth Commandment makes a lot of sense for East Asian people. But what does it mean for Western people?
『孝敬』與『愛』區別何在?Dennis Prager 認為孝敬父母是對抗極權最好的方法。
你同意嗎?



Friday, October 7, 2016

Ten Commandments, 6: Do Not Murder 第六誡:『不可謀殺』

Dennis Prager explains that the 6th Commandment is often mistranslated and misunderstood as "Do not kill", but the real meaning is "Do not kill"
第六誡經常誤譯為『不可殺人』。事實上,第六誡希伯來原文的意思是『不可謀殺』。




Friday, September 30, 2016

Ten Commandments, 7: Do Not Commit Adultery 第七誡:不可姦淫

Question: what is adultery?
Silly answer: Something that adults do
表面上 adultery 似乎與 adult(成人)相關。

Actually, adultery is related to adulterate: to add something to food or drink to make it less pure. Adultery is similar: adding an outside person to a marriage, this making it less pure, a violation of the 7th Commandment.
事實上 adultery 和 adulterate(摻雜使品質變劣)有點類似:加入第三者使婚姻變得脆弱。




Friday, September 23, 2016

Ten Commandments, 8: Do Not Steal 第八誡:不可偷盜

The meaning of this commandment may seem quite obvious, but Dennis Prager helps us think a little deeper about what it really means. Does "stealing" only refer to money? Expensive things? What would happen if everybody really obeyed this commandment?
『不可以偷東西?還用你跟我說!』 這是很多人的自然反應,但事實上所謂的『偷』不一定指財產。猶太人心目中的『偷』包括『八卦』。




Friday, September 16, 2016

Ten Commandments, 9: Do Not Bear False Witness 第九誡:不可作假見證

In a court of law, a witness is someone who speaks about a crime (from personal knowledge or to provide background). “Bearing false witness” means saying things which are not true, but not only in a court of law.




Friday, September 9, 2016

Ten Commandments, 10: Do Not Covet 第十誡:不可貪戀

Dennis Prager explains that the commandment against coveting is very different from the other commandments. Commandments One to Nine are about things that people should do or not do, but the Tenth Commandment is about something that people think.
第十誡與前九誡有很大的差別:前面幾誡與行為有關,而第十誡規定的是思想。


Saturday, June 4, 2016

SpeedDial: How To Install It

[Updated June 4, 2016]

SpeedDial is a wonderful way to create sets of visual bookmarks. Instead of using browser-supplied bookmarks, you can roll your own SpeedDial entries: vary the size, position and image (use your own screenshots or graphics). You can also create your own groups.
[roll your own = DIY]

These are some of my Language Study bookmarks.
To install SpeedDials on your own computer, you should:


(1) Install a good browser, either Firefox or Pale Moon (a smaller, faster version of Firefox). If you enjoy letting the NSA watch you, you can probably also use Google Chrome or use a Chromebook. I recommend Pale Moon for its speed and stability (but recent updates have been less than ideal: YMMV).

(2) After you have installed either Pale Moon or Firefox, go to Mozilla to install two add-ons: SpeedDial and Eversync. After installing add-ons, you usually need to restart your browser.

(3) After restarting your browser, click on the small triangle to the right of the SpeedDial icon:







(4) From the SpeedDial menu choose Global Options: