读书 | 朋友的日记本

an account of the author’s personal experiences

an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
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As a literary genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire from the Latin memoria, meaning “memory”), or a reminiscence, forms a subclass of autobiography (q.v.) - although the terms ‘memoir’ and ‘autobiography’ are today almost interchangeable.
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a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

recall: the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); “he has total recall of the episode”
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As a literary genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire from the Latin memoria, meaning “memory”), or a reminiscence, forms a subclass of autobiography (q.v.) - although the terms ‘memoir’ and ‘autobiography’ are today almost interchangeable.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscence

An act of remembering long-past experiences
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reminiscence

我看到一本最近出的书，是翻译美国一本近期经济的书。该书作者自然提到了reminiscences这本书。中文译着翻译为“股票操盘手的回忆”，这操盘手也太有“近期内的股市相关书的”味道了。也根本是错的！

虽然写本书的人历史上确实是个股市大赢家，大大大大大大赢家！

准备参加beijing bookworm

Posted on June 25th, 2008 by 404

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准备参加“北京书虫”：bookworm beijing

http://www.beijingbookworm.com/

The Bookworm is Beijing’s premier English language lending library, bookshop, restaurant and events space.

The Bookworm has flourished into a bustling centre for literary activity. Our library has grown to an impressive 16,000 titles, our restaurant is headed up by a team of experienced chefs and restaurant personnel, and our bookshop continues to stock a fabulous selection of titles, some of which you’ll be quite surprised to find in Beijing.

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Membership: our membership scheme, costing 200RMB for 6 months, and 300RMB for a year, allows you to borrow books from our extensive library, and to gain discounts on our fee paying events

想看点原版的书太难了，还是国外的书内容丰富啊。买太贵。准备过去看看他们的目录，如果好，一年300值得的。

国家图书馆当然可以免费阅读和借阅，可我学历和工龄都不符合人家要求，属于太低了。国家图书资源有限，得紧着有更高学历和工龄的人来用。哎！

我一直以为我国爱看书的人不多，像我这样主动去图书馆借他们应该高兴呢。

没想到啊，又把现实和梦里的国外搞混了。：）有些国家图书馆是参考借阅量的多少来决定其经费多少的。所以人家爱借书给你。这条规定不错。

The Bookworm

Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road,
Chao Yang District, Beijing
100000, P.R. China

Tel: (010) 6586 9507
Email: books@beijingbookworm.com

上面是其地址。南三里屯4号楼？

开放时间： THE BOOKWORM OPENING HOURS - DAILY 9am - 2am

Living outside Beijing? The Bookworm Chendgu opened it’s doors to the public this summer… see www.chinabookworm.com for more details!

成都也有这个读书俱乐部了。

看了dennis rea写的Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan

Posted on June 18th, 2008 by 404

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看了dennis rea写的Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan

Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan (Paperback)

看了dennis rea写的这本，一个美国人，在美国是职业吉他手，试验音乐，发展一般。从1989年来到成都教英文，偶然在当地成名，还在中国出版了纯吉他的专辑卖了40万！那可是91年的事情！书里记录了他1989年到1991年在中国教书和他与中国音乐圈的人的事情。比如和张行的乐队演出，和崔健见面并演出等。当然没怎么谈人，谈了些当时他在成都和吉他俱乐部交流演奏，去工厂演奏，还有后来他的乐队（4个老外）演出的事情。很有意思。看了一多半。我只看他在内的的章节，台湾的都跳过去了。不影响连贯。我估计在台湾的内容就是他后来和老婆去台湾教书在台湾和其他几个老外成立了乐队。然后乐队又来内的演出，还上了电视台节目。

你现在可以在国图英文第一阅览室看这本书。