【Native Speaker每日综合训练—27系列】【27-01】文史哲

AceJ

谢谢Jay，27期啦，大家继续加油~~

个人认为其实这3篇文章的逻辑结构都不难，简单清晰，难是难在词汇量，尤其是第一篇文章

Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living
Time2: 2'38" The author describes his ideas about Brain Picking and has seven points to share in odrer to bring people closer to their center
Time3: 2'47" 1, allow yourself to change your mind; 2, do nothing for prestige or status or money or approval alone; 3, be generous; 4, build pockets of stillness into your life
Time4: 2'02" 5, don't believe other people's judgment about you; 6, presence is far more intricate; 7, expect anything worthwhile to take a long time

The Science Behind Why Pandas Are So Damn Cute
Time5: 1'50" Pandas inspire similar antics in human being, so we like them
Time6: 2'48" Through panda lovely power, China strengthened the bonds with other countries. And now, as an endangered species, Panda is breeding artificially not only in China

What Government Can and Should Learn From Hacker Culture
Time7: 12'22"
The “bureaucracy” has few positive connotations. It’s been called the “death of all sound work", so it's not enough to bring in geeks,  collaboration and flatten the hierarchy are also required
But there’s hope government can change this -- information technology, such as programming and cloud computering, although it was different before.
But can the open-source model work for federal government? The answer is yes only if hierarchical structure is removed from the government
Does government withstand a shock like Linux open model? Absolutely yes, approved by a few examples