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[terring_yu]

hello

[terring_yu]

hello to all of you here!

I am a Chinese, i've been learning English and American literture recently, so i came here. i cordially hope to learn from you and expand my knowledge in this wonderful place, thank you!

[subterranean]

Hellow Yu welcome...what's ur fav book and who's ur all time fav author?

Cheers

[emily655321]

Hi Yu. It's really great that you're interested in exploring your knowledge of English. Welcome!

[Stanislaw]

This forum is a great place to learn about knew literature.

[terring_yu]

Thank you all!

I finished reading whuthering heights by Emily Bronte last night.
it's a story about love and revenge. It revolves around the passion that Catherine and Heathcliff felt for each other. These passions run extremely deep and intense. These passions are normal, everyday ones ¨C love, hate, affection, contempt and revenge.

Would you like to discuss with me further about it here or to write to my e-mail: [email protected]?

[Black Flag]

Welcome yu. If i was you I would begin a seperate thread specifically on Wuthering Heights--that way you might get more responses.

In the meantime....... How did you feel about Heathcliffe? Wronged victim issuing justice or bitter sadist taking revenge? For myself, at first I was saying "All right! Go Heathcliffe!" and then he started to go too far it seemed and I was kinda prejudiced against him from then onwards.

[terring_yu]

Yes, I agree with you completely, he goes too far so that I would say he¡¯s an venomous avenger. Cathy, daughter of Catherine and Edgar is person I take sympathy on.

[simon]

I had trouble sticking to Wuthering Heights because of Heathcliffe's lack of appeal, he was inadvertantly frustrating beyond my ability to cope with.

[amuse]

ADORED IT

[Koa]

I feel such a mixture of hate and love for wuthering heights that i really dont know what i think about it.... really hated it at first, then the more i talked about it at lessons or even with friends, i started to undertsand more but at the same time to feel more and more irritated by it... I need to re-read it!

[terring_yu]

To mention something irrelevant to this forum. I heard that keyboard and mouse do harm to us seven times that display does, is it true?! I can¡¯t imagine it.

[IWilKikU]

uhhh...

[simon]

What do you mean "display"? It seems everything can do "harm" nowadays. Like I have the age to say nowadays.

[verybaddmom]

i am guessing that by display you are referring to the monitor and the negative effects: the ones that they espouse for eyesight and so on. I don't know which is true. personally i have no visible letters left on my keyboard, from excessive amounts of typing, but i have no carpal tunnel or disjointed fingers. i do, however, need glasses now that i really didnt need before i got the computer. so.........
my jury is still out. show me a study.

[den]

There are theories and studies about possible damage to people from electromagnetic fields and radiation emissions from computer monitors (and televisions and cell phones, living near hydro-electric plants etc etc.. ) and proximity being one of them so while you're sitting at a computer so much it makes sense. Don't you remember your grandmother admonishing you from sitting too close to the tv because the X-rays would melt your brain and eyes? :p

I've never heard of this kind of concern from the mouse or keyboard, but it does extend from the same theory I suppose that your hands/wrists etc. are absorbing this energy and there is little historical empirical data to know what the effects are... yet.

[Diceman]

I read Wuthering Heights as part of my High-school English literature. I remembered liking it at the time - I liked the dark, brooding atmosphere of it.

Last December I caught up with an old flame whom I had not seen for nearly a decade. She brought up Wuthering Heights in comparison with our own relationship: she likened us to Heathcliff and Catherine.

So I read the book again.

This time I didn't like it. The characters all seemed a bit too "cliched" to me - they are all caricatures. There was nothing wrong with the characters that a good hard slapping wouldn't have set straight. What a bunch of self-centred whingers!

Admittedly the "passion" element was still interesting - and the forays into the metaphysical were well done; certainly kept me interested in the book. But on the whole - it's just an old English soap opera. Nothing special to me.

... and I vehemently disagree with my ex-flame's analogy.

[terring_yu]

Sorry, I didn¡¯t make myself understood, I mean that keyboard and mouse do harm to us seven times that monitor (for ¡°XianShiQi¡± in Chinese) does for their radiation. J. There maybe some spelling and grammatical errors in my sentences since my native language is Chinese instead of English. Your correction for them is welcome and highly appreciated. Thank you! Simon, verybaddmom, den, Diceman

[den]

It's no problem terring_yu ;) you're not the only poster here where english is not your first language. I make spelling and grammatical errors all the time and english is my first!

[simon]

ditto

[emily655321]

Originally posted by Diceman
Admittedly the "passion" element was still interesting - and the forays into the metaphysical were well done; certainly kept me interested in the book. But on the whole - it's just an old English soap opera. Nothing special to me.

I gotta agree. Actually, I should read it again too before I respond, but what the hell. I loved Heathcliff -- I wanted to smack whiney little Cathy too. Like, "Oh, I love you -- now I'm marrying for money -- now I love you again -- now I won't speak to you in public -- Oh, why are you angry, woe is poor little me!" I don't condone domestic violence, but I would say Heathcliff's biggest problem was not being able to ditch the little piece of fluff. :D

[terring_yu]

Could you recommend some very common websites you often visit in your places? thank you!

[IWilKikU]

www.aldaily.com
www.litweb.com
www.enotes.com

those are good lit sites. There are others that are more specific, and there are other sites that I frequent that arn't lit related at all.

[amuse]

Project Gutenberg:
http://promo.net/pg/

[terring_yu]

Thank you! and .....could you recommend me some other complex websites that containing all kinds of information such as news, entertainment, education, toursim, etc

[Avalive]

Originally posted by terring_yu
Sorry, I didn¡¯t make myself understood, I mean that keyboard and mouse do harm to us seven times that monitor (for ¡°XianShiQi¡± in Chinese) does for their radiation. J. There maybe some spelling and grammatical errors in my sentences since my native language is Chinese instead of English. Your correction for them is welcome and highly appreciated. Thank you! Simon, verybaddmom, den, Diceman

U are a real chinese. The way u talk. So polite. So humble. Yes, this is not all about China and chinese. But, u are quite traditionally educated and influnced by ur native culture. And, u are very welcomed here. ps: ur english is very good.

[Blade]

hey, and welcome, it's always good to see people from different cultures/countries join our humble forum, it allows a much bigger view on a wider variety of topics

[ravana]

Hie!
I'm glad to join you.

[den]

Hi Ravana, great name you have!

[simon]

Hey rav, where exaclty is Baku/Azerbaijan?

[IWilKikU]

Its in the southern former USSR. By the Black Sea, just north of Turkey and next door to Armenia. Right?

[crow]

Hi. Im Not from anywhere nearly as exotic as China or USSR, I am from Adelaide Australia. This forum looks quite the find. Dont mind if I might stay awhile. Howdy mate! (s)

[IWilKikU]

Welcome. There's at least one fellow aussie on this board (not me).

[dhm]

Then there must be three counting me.

[IWilKikU]

There's more than that my friend ;)

[Diceman]

Originally posted by crow
Hi. Im Not from anywhere nearly as exotic as China or USSR, I am from Adelaide Australia. This forum looks quite the find. Dont mind if I might stay awhile. Howdy mate! (s)

Another Adelaidean! Ain't the net a small place! :cool:

[ravana]

Den, thanks. It's my real name, means smooth.

Simon, this link for you and for others who is intersted in where my country exactly is.
http://mrashid.home.cern.ch/mrashid/azeri.html

IWilKikU, Not Black Sea. Baku is situated along by the Caspian Sea, where our main riches is - "black gold" (oil). They say the boulevard of Baku is the longest one in the world.But I'm not quite sure.
Please, IWil, don't mention about Armenia any more-
http://www.khojaly.net/
to have ungratefull neighbours is misfortune of Azerbaijan

[IWilKikU]

*Big SOAD fan who isn't going to get into Armenia/Azerbaijan politics* Consider this the biting of the tounge

[terring_yu]

Always a lot of things to do, i'm so tired and weary, but still have to do to them for i have to work for money. without money, the life won't be.

[terring_yu]

hi, xby
I'm your countryman, glad to meet you here!

[xby]

o, hi! terring yu!
here i am glad to meet you too!
you are from Beijing?
i am from the city of Hangzhou?
have you ever been to?

[terring_yu]

Hello,XBY

I just read you reply. I have never been to Hangzhou, but i wish i would. In fact, Our company is arranging a tour to Huangshan-Qiandaohu-Hangzhou, so i will have a chance to visit it. ;)