一月十日記事

• 昨晚用MIT的開放式課程上了第一堂Computer Science的課，好有上課的fu，彷彿又回到學生時代了。國外教電腦的approach跟國內好像不太一樣，我喜歡國外先教大概念的作法，先掌握general concept再進入細節，如此才能通盤瞭解。
• 這兩天太冷了，really chilly，且陰雨綿綿，真是不舒服。真希望出太陽的假日趕快來，讓我去球場揮灑汗水！
• 台灣的電子書市場似乎還極度不成熟，目前市面上只有一堆硬體，但缺乏內容可以讀，這樣也好，澆熄了我對iPad的渴望。

7 Words Everyday

1. indefatigable a. 不疲倦的 > His indefatigability paid off when he won the final contest of the tennis game.
2. indolent a. lazy, listless, torpid > Alex was so indolent that he hired other people to wash his hands for him.
3. pith n. the essential or central part > the pith of his argument
4. vest n. 馬甲背心
5. celery n. 芹菜
6. pine v. to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor > John pined away for his girlfriend the entire time she was away at camp; he didn't eat or sleep and just stared at her picture all day.
7. apostate n. 變節者