豆知识 2009-08-16&08-22 Webpaint

 Everyone loves something - that one thing they can't stop thinking about, learning¹ about, and talking about with others. Whether it's ninjas, cheesecake or hairless pets, we each have things we love.

 

Let me tell you about Sarah. Sarah's true love was a vintage scooter. Like her, it had personality, charm² and good looks. The scooter was more than transportation, it was her obsession³. She rode it everywhere. But something was missing⁴. Sarah longed for a way to share her love for vintage scooters with people who felt the same way. Hosting a local scooter club might work, but no one around her loved scooters the way she did. What could she do?

 

Luckily, Sarah's friend told her about a type of website that's perfect for a group of people who are head over heels about something, including scooters. He pointed⁵ her to Wetpaint. ''Wetpaint", he said, "lets anyone create a wiki website that is easy to use and totally free.” He said a wiki is a type of website where everyone can easily pitch in, no programming required. Just click and type to add stories, videos, photos, or anything else. That’s the big difference from other sites. A blog is focused just on one person. And message boards are limited to messy discussions⁶. Because everyone can pitch on a wiki, it becomes a useful and organized site created by a group. It’s  like a potluck dinner on the web. Each person brings something special and unique.

 

For the first time, Sarah saw a vision⁷ of her future. She would start a new wiki website on Wetpaint that would be a place for people just like her. So she went to wetpaint.com to get started. She clicked the big green Go! button, and in three easy steps created scooterstyle.wetpaint.com, her first Wetpaint wiki.

 

Her friend was right. She found Wetpaint wikis really easy to used, always free and always fun. Over the next few days, Sarah added pages of content, YouTube videos, pulls and more. All she had to do was click “EasyEdit” to add or change something and click “Save” to save it. EasyEdit, Add, Save. This was how Sarah built her site.

 

When she felt ready, she sent emails to her scooter friends, inviting⁸ them to visit and contribute to her site. Because ScooterStyle was crafted⁹ by someone totally in love with vintage scooters, her scooter friends felt right at home. They created accounts and started adding their two cents. Her scooter friends told their scooter friends, who told their scooter friends. With this growth, there were even more people to contribute great information and help Sarah keep the site up to date and useful. The members of ScooterStyle felt like a real community brought together by a love of vintage scooters. Yay!

 

So, what’s your passion? Whether it’s scooters, sharks, or anything in between, start your very own wiki at wetpaint.com.

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 charm   

vt.使着迷，使陶醉；n.招人喜欢之处，魅力

参考例句：

• With all imperfections the short play has a real charm.尽管有不少缺欠，这出小戏仍颇具魅力。
• He could resist her charm no longer.他再也抗拒不住她的魅力。

3 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

4 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

5 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

6 discussions   

n.讨论( discussion的名词复数 )；商讨；详述；论述

参考例句：

• Discussions are held on an informal basis within the department. 讨论限于在本部门内非正式地进行。
• Her specialist input to the discussions has been very useful. 她在这些讨论中提供的专家建议很有助益。

7 vision   

n.视觉，先见之明，光景，视力，眼力，幻想，影像；vt.幻想

参考例句：

• The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。
• Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。

8 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

9 crafted   

vt.手工制作（craft的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Rather, he was crafted into a simple and small fishing boat. 曾经强壮的它被锯开，造成了一艘简陋的小渔船。 来自互联网
• Crafted exquisite, imposing, look fly, for the treasures of ancient stone carving. 雕工精致，气势雄伟，神色飞舞，为古石雕之珍品。 来自互联网