如何每周免费阅读《经济学人》?

2017年05月14日 荞爸的澳洲来信



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我在这篇文章里提到过,提升英文阅读水平最好的办法就是读《经济学人》。每周一期的《经济学人》,深度分析世界范围内政经事件,观点理性而中立,非常有利于培养思辨型的思维方式,对雅思写作思路的形成大有裨益。


但是,怎样才能读到《经济学人》的文章呢?


官网的订购价格是这样的:

12周的电子版:115元。

12周的纸质版:540元。

12周的电子+纸质版:690元。


按说如此高品质的杂志,这个订购价也不算离谱。但是对钱包坦荡荡、理想长戚戚的屌丝来说,能够免费阅读是不是更好呢?


那么你需要一个软件,就是calibre。


首先到https://calibre-ebook.com/download下载软件。


安装以后打开软件。


看到没有?书库里的那些都是我近期下载的《经济学人》。


然后,点击菜单栏的”抓取新闻“。


会跳出这样一个对话框:


在搜索栏输入economist。


搜索结果中有两个The Economist,随便点击一个,然后点击右下角的“立即下载”。


回到Calibre软件主界面,可以看到右下角的任务数变成了1。


点击“任务”,就可以看到下载进度了。


下载完成以后,找到Calibre的下载文件夹。一般在“我的文档\Calibre Library\Calibre”下面。


软件的书库里也出现了新下载的杂志(第一本变成了5月14日的The Economist)。


我的软件默认下载的是mobi格式的书籍,适合kindle阅读。


如果你需要其他格式的电子书,也可以右击书籍进行转换。


当然,除了The Economist,Calibre还可以下载1000多种其他杂志,你可以尽情搜索。


但是,有些同学可能会发现,自己用Calibre下载了半天,一点都没有动静。那么,恭喜你,你安全地躲在了伟大的Great Fire Wall里面。这时你所要做的就是科学上网。


其实一年多以前,在国内是可以很顺利地下载The Economist的。自从这个杂志出了一篇Beware The Cult of Xi的封面文章以后,就彻底被关在墙外了。


不想折腾科学上网的同学,可以用我分享的下面这个链接下载。

链接:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1kVbqIdL 密码:4q9y



好了,这周的作文写了没有?我反正写好了。


这是5月6日的大陆考题:

Young people who commit serious crimes, such as a robbery or a violent attack should be punished in the same way as adults. To what extent do you agree or disagree?


我的答案是这样的:


It is argued that the same level of punishment should be imposed on juvenile delinquents as adult offenders if they commit serious crimes. I disagree with this view.


Some people may support this suggestion on the ground that all the citizens, regardless of their age, should be treated equally before the law, but I think this argument is flawed. It is true that the level of punishment is supposed to be decided upon how much damage the offender has done to other citizens and the society as a whole. The legal justice seems undermined if young people and adults are given different sentences when it comes to the same offence. However, young people are too immature to be regarded as citizens who can be fully responsible for their conduct. Since young people are denied some rights exclusively enjoyed by adults, such as drinking, smoking and voting, it is unfair to completely apply adults’ rules to them in terms of crimes.


Furthermore, young people should be given more chances to better themselves because there are more years ahead of them. Adult criminals, who has established mindsets that pose a grave threat to society, should be punished strictly. Young people, by contrast, are malleable enough to redress their values and reintegrate into society. If they receive more rehabilitation than punishment as a consequence of their criminal behavior, they are more likely to become good citizens than their adult equivalents.


To conclude, it is not justified to punish young offenders the same way as adult ones, and I believe young people should be allowed more opportunities to make a difference in their adult lives.

再不写,真的想到考场上才写第一篇作文?


荞爸

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