科學家怪話系列
Creative thinking may mean simply the realization that there's no particular virtue in doing things the way they have always been done.
Nor,if regularity and conformity to a standard pattern are as desirable to the scientist as the writing of his papers would appear to reflect,is management to be blamed for discriminating against the "odd balls" among researchers in favor of more conventional thinkers who "work well with the team".
Nowhere do 1980 census statistics dramatize more the Amercan search for spacious living than in the Far West.

#重庆智坊英语# 评价一部电影时，我们经常会用到“叫好”，“叫座”这两个词汇。从字面意思来看，“叫好”比较好理解，即对于精彩的事物大声喊“好”（shout ”bravo”），表示“applaud，praise”。那么“叫座”的含义呢？

“叫座”，是指戏剧或演员对观众很有吸引力（be a hit with audience, appeal to the audience），能够吸引大批观众（draw a large audience），使节目的上座率（occupancy rate）很高，即票房（box office）很高的意思。

例：这部电影很叫座。
The film draws well.
那部电影不叫座。
That movie does badly at the box office.

Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit from the ‘Holy Fire’ as they gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City on April 27, 2019 during the Orthodox Easter. The ceremony celebrated in the same way for eleven centuries, is marked by the appearance of "sacred fire" in the two cavities on either side of the Holy Sepulchre.
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