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Happiness is what you owe yourself!
虞左俊 2010-5-25 14:50
NOTE: If you are kind enough to click Send a reply after you have finished watching the show, make sure you change the sender's email to yours instead of using the default, which is my email. I was surprised at getting Thank You note from ME to me ...
个人分类: Tea Time/Coffee Break|3148 次阅读|1 个评论
Seeking answers for three questions regarding writing research papers
虞左俊 2010-5-25 11:53
Before my summer lectures on scientific writing, I have received the following questions from a student rep. I post my quick, and not well-thought-through, answers below. I hope you all can contribute by giving your version of A1, A2 and A3. Thank yo ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3006 次阅读|没有评论
Effective Writing, with Examples (1)
虞左俊 2010-5-24 09:02
I. Consistency a) Sequence of tenses Example: After the experiment was finished, data are collected for analysis. Correction: After the experiment was finished, data were collected for analysis. b) Shift of pronoun Example: If you want to improve your E ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3107 次阅读|没有评论
Devil's advocate (1): a girl's birth & a country's future
虞左俊 2010-5-24 06:13
The sky is falling! Why? Because 姚明 and his wife decided (?) to have their baby girl born in the U.S. See 我 们对中国的未来还有信心么 ? by 刘锋 Cheer up! This is good for ...
个人分类: Thoughts of Mine|3465 次阅读|1 个评论
Do you have Plan B?
虞左俊 2010-5-22 11:07
For a student who wants to enter a graduate program at a particular research institute, or under a particular (well-known) scientist, things sometimes dont go as planned. Neil was lucky, who eventually 《玩进科学院》. Yes, he worked hard, and he is very ...
个人分类: Education|4635 次阅读|1 个评论
英文写作讲座信息 (location: 海洋局一所 in Qingdao)
虞左俊 2010-5-22 00:32
海洋 局 一所、海大、海洋所,各位同仁: 海洋 局 一所 定于6月21日(周一)9:00am 在海洋局一所科研楼八楼会议室举办英文写作的讲座,欢迎各位派学生参加。讲座信息如下 Zuojun Yu, a Honolulu-based freelance English editor, will give two one-hour-long lectures on sci ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3847 次阅读|2 个评论
HELP--private high school tuition in the U.S.
虞左俊 2010-5-21 15:02
Suddenly, I feel like a frog at the bottom of a deep well... I know private high schools in the U.S. can cost a lot. Punahou is a great school, and its annual tuition goes UP every year--it will be USD 17,800 for the school year of 2010-2011. (If it were NO ...
个人分类: Education|3577 次阅读|没有评论

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