★ Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

I like you, really. We have a good time working together, but ten years from now, we are not gonna be hanging out, having dinners. Maybe we exchange christmas card, say hi, give a hug when we are in the same conference. We are not friends, we are collegues, and I do not have anything to apologize for.

                                                                                                    —Foreman

Do not set too high moral standard for yourself, here I suppose you do not wanna be a saint, if you might say yes to that, check whether it is your vanity who are talking. What makes a appropriate balanced moral standard? It needs to be built up step by step through the whole life, books about ethic can easily pile up a whole shelf. I think one principle should be at least kept in my mind is you should treat other people that way you wanna be treated. Assuming you will not be hurt, you should try to help others who really need help as much as possible, still it is not an easy thing.

Maybe that is what really happens at the workplace, if you are expecting too much from it such as friendship, comfort, etc, you are very likely to be disappointed. To be realistic, you do not have to own such beautiful things in that place which you can find in your life beyond the 8 hours. Being colleagues is also a way of keeping the relationship, it does not mean to be cold, at least not neccessarily, it just mean we are not friends. A healthy relationship with colleagues can be warm. If your definition of friend is a more serious relationship, it is OK for you to have not too many friends at work. Of course, if possible, having a real friend at work is good for everyone.

The lesbian topic

Love can not be controlled, if you think you can do that, it means you are not really in love. Maybe you have short moments of rationality, quickly enough, it will be sweeped by the love, no, the hormone. Someone even can donate part of her liver to the person who does not love her any more, just for keeping her by her side, will that make both of them happy? Hard to tell, because it is about the love. Surely, I am talking about a lesbian thing.

有一些这样的时候，这样的场合，这样的人：

天才来自于迟钝，因为对一个不解的问题做着不停的思考

幽默来自于痛苦，因为需要缓解自己的苦闷

成功来自于不幸的经历，因为体验建构了持续的内驱力

美好来自于抑郁，因为更清楚的感觉到幸福时刻的来临

只是如果是这样，需要天才，幽默，成功，美好么?

对Albert Einstein, Morgan Stanley的一些感想 

学习英语的材料的问题是太多了而不是相反，more is less. 个人觉得美剧在作为学习的效用上超过了欧美电影，因为其持续的时间长，可以对一个范围主题内的英语内容进行长时间的反复学习，需要一直重复某些内容。有利于英语输出能力的培养，例如写作和口语。另外由于趣味性，和生活化的内容，学习的适应性也大于各大欧美媒体的有声新闻。另外和美剧有相类似作用的是欧美的课程，当然如果你喜欢的话。因为两者的内容很大部分是不重叠的，课程的学习更有利于英文某个领域内内容的熟悉，而且也更加的学术化，可以互为补充。当然你能找到活的洋人除外，再写就跑题了。一家之言

开宗明义，个人认为最好的材料是老友记Friends 和绝望主妇 Desperate Housewives，只是从英语学习的角度来说，个人其实并不是最喜欢这两部剧集，尤其是后者越来越乏味了。

可能有的人认为这两部比较容易，但是对于口语来说却不是这样。这两部戏的口音比较纯正，发音清晰，而且语速适中，比较适合模仿，而且内容和词汇量都很适中，没有太大的难度，正是口语学习模仿的好材料。就是听力来说也可以应付一般的日常的听力了，对付较难或者不熟悉的内容也可以较快的适应。

对于其他电视剧的评价：

Boston Legal 有趣的电视剧，可以熟悉法律方面的词汇内容，但是还是有好多涉及专业方面的词听不懂，发音清楚，有些人讲话略快。法庭辩论精彩。

House，可以熟悉医学方面的词汇，不过也都是稀奇古怪的那种。也是拣点小芝麻，医生确实是讲的另一个星球的语言在涉及到医学方面。不过可以看到许多奇怪的幽默，比喻，等等，总是就是绕着弯子讲话，的确有意思。类似以某种专业为主题的电视剧都不是很适合英语的学习，CSI，Law and Order等等

Prison Break 讲话俚语较多，某些人的口音听不清楚，认为不适合学习口语，而且听力没有必要听懂所有的俚语。类似俚语较多的还有Weeds单身毒妈，可能这个取决于编剧的习惯和尺度。

My name is earl 俚语多，讲话不甚清楚，但是还能听的清。却是比较好的一部喜剧，美国的劳动人民也很生猛。

How I met your mother 也算是上面两部适合学习口语的剧集的候补，青年人的话语比较多一些，本年度最佳的情景喜剧。

Grey’s Anatomy 医务类剧集，有适当的医学词汇，但是还是以生活为主。口语较快，收视率很不错。

还有什么，记不清楚了，太多都放弃了。现在一般先看House其他的没时间就算了。

在KGB的BLog上面看到这个系列的文章十分的喜欢，所以把它转载了过来，读后感只能以后积蓄一段时间再端出来了。补充一点自己的另外的资料。

TV Show： The West Wing 白宫西厢，精致的剧本，也反映了一些西方政治，但是也是加了一些戏剧必要的张力

The Lectures:

IAS 180 US Foreign Policy After 9/11
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.php?seriesid=1906978286

只是最新一年的，几乎每年都有这门课程

University Channel

http://uc.princeton.edu/main

相当多的政治主题的演讲