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【 阿波罗新闻网2007-10-01讯】
communication tip
"Avoid Disruptive Forms of Communication": Instant messenger has become ubiquitous in the modern workplace. In many instances, it has replaced the phone as a primary means of reaching someone immediately. It also has the potential to serve as a great disturbance and distraction.
For this reason, you'll want to use it with discretion. If you genuinely have an urgent request, then feel free to use instant messenger to contact a co-worker, provided IM is an accepted form of communication at your place of business. However, if your need isn't urgent, then it may be preferable to send an e-mail, which allows the recipient time to read your message and draft a thoughtful response.
So next time you send a message or make a phone call, give a quick thought to the best mode of business communication.
word/phrase
"Rant": To speak or say something in a very loud, aggressive way, usually at length and repetitively. To rant implies negative feelings about something and is often rhetorical but without very meaningful content.
E.g. "Many of you have heard me rant about the problems in our project before, but this time I am going to talk about solutions to those same problems."
commonly confused
"Macro, Micro": The prefix macro- or macr- means "large" or "long". The prefix micro- or micr- means "small" or "tiny".
E.g. "Macroeconomics--the study of economic systems."
E.g. "Microeconomics--the study of a specific transaction or market."
do you know?
i About California Gold Rush: The California gold rush (1848-1855) was a period in history marked by hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California.
It all started on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at a sawmill (owned by entrepreneur John Sutter) located in Coloma, California at the bank of the American River. As news of the discovery spread, over a period of time some 300,000 people came to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
These early gold-seekers traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly-arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Gold worth billions of today's dollars was recovered, leading to great wealth for a few; many, however, returned home with little more than they started with.
The Gold Rush propelled California from a sleepy, little-known backwater to a center of the global imagination and the destination of hundreds of thousands of people.
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