Wikipedia turns 10 with plans to diversify
A. Wikipedia crawled from the smoldering crater of the dot.com crash exactly one decade ago, a not-for-profit, communal effort to collect, refine and publish the sum of all human knowledge....
1. crawl v.i. 極慢速度的爬行
2. smoldering crater n. [C] 悶燒的火山口
3. not-for-profit a. 非營利的
B. While critics have challenged Wikipedia's accuracy and bias, others say it has democratized the concept of who has the authority to possess and author knowledge.
1. accuracy n. freedom from mistake or error 正確性;準確性
2. democratize v.t. 使...民主化
C. Entries are developed collaboratively, and....., with the evolving content agreed upon by a consensus of contributors.
1. consensus n.[C. U] 共識
D. arcane medical term
1. arcane a. 神秘的 secret; mysterious 秘密的; 神秘的: arcane rituals,
ceremonies, customs, etc 秘密的儀式﹑ 典禮﹑ 習俗等.
E. That's a profound change that is going to ripple through our society for decades to come.
重大的轉變將要在我們的社會在輕輕蕩漾數十年
1. ripple v.i. 輕輕蕩漾;
2. 代表一項計畫、意向或行動將要進行、一定會發生時,用be going to
- Jul 19 Tue 2011 08:00
Advanced Studio Classroom-2011July19
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