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我觉得Teletubbies在的Wikipedia的介绍实在太搞笑了！

The programme features four colourful characters: Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po who live in a futuristic dome (the “Tubbytronic Superdome”), set in a landscape of rolling hills. The environment is dotted with unusually talkative flowers and periscope-like “voice trumpets”. The only natural fauna are rabbits (although birds are often heard, particularly blackcaps and wrens). The climate is always sunny and pleasant save for occasional inclement days, with rain and puddles, and snow at Christmas time.

The Teletubbies are played by actors dressed in bulky costumes, although the sets are designed to give no sense of scale. The costumes vaguely resemble large spacesuits, although the Tubbies appear not to wear real clothes. They are instead furry, and have metallic silver-azure rectangular “screens” adorning their abdomens. These screens are used to segue into short film sequences, which are generally repeated at least once. When the series is shown in different countries around the world, the film inserts are to be tailored to suit local audiences. (The British inserts are default).

The Teletubbies have the body proportions, behaviour and language of toddlers. The pacing and design of the show was developed by cognitive psychologist Andrew Davenport, who structured the show to fit the attention spans of the target audience. The repetition of practically every word is familiar to everyone who has ever worked with young children. There was also help from Shatarra Willis the stage manager who helped the show to become a success.

The Teletubbies speak in a gurgling baby language which is the subject of some controversy among educationalists, some of whom argue that this supposedly made-up talk is not good for children. (A similar complaint was made forty years previously about another children’s series, Flower Pot Men). Tubbies are at the stage of understanding speech but not yet fully capable of articulating it, exactly like their target audience. They often simply groan in disapproval in situations where a human toddler would throw a tantrum. The Teletubbies’ catch-phrases are Eh-oh (hello), as in: Eh-oh, Laa-Laa, to which Laa-Laa will respond, Eh-oh, [other Tubby’s name]; “Uh-oh”, a common toddler response to anything untoward; “Run away! Run away!”, especially from Dipsy; and “Bye-bye” at least four times in a row. Laa-Laa, when flustered, will explode with “Bibberly cheese!”, which is as angry as they get. Perhaps the most common exclamation, however, is “Big hug!” which one or more of the Teletubbies will invariably call for during the course of an episode, resulting in an enthusiastic group hug.

All the Teletubbies say “Bye-Bye” three times. The narrator bids each Teletubby goodbye, and they disappear, but reappear a moment later saying “Boo!”. The narrator then says “No”, and proceeds to say goodbye to each Teletubby again. The sun is then shown setting, and the Teletubbies each say goodbye again, before jumping down a hole in the roof of their house. Finally, one Teletubby says goodbye a fourth time- they pop out of a hole in the house and say “Bye-bye!”. For special episodes, and at the end of the “Fun With The Teletubbies” cassette, all four Teletubbies say “Bye-bye” in this way. Many of the occurrences of the show, including the end sequence, and the scene preceding the short film broadcast on a characters tummy were shot only once, and the same scenes are used in each episode.

The surreal environment is an evocation of a toddler’s perception of the world, where they are ordered about and told to go to sleep, while wonderful and mysterious things happen without explanation. A prominent feature of each episode is a radiant sun that has an image of a smiling baby superimposed upon it. The baby in the sun occasionally laughs out loud in short bursts. To adults the laughter does not seem to be in response to any stimulus or humorous developments in the plot line of the episode.

The Teletubbies’ diet seems to consist exclusively of Tubby Custard (which is sucked through a spiral straw bowl) and Tubby Toast (circular toast with a smiley face on it). One of their companions is the Noo-Noo, a sentient, self-propelled vacuum cleaner.

Machines like the Noo-Noo, voice trumpets, and the televisions in the Teletubbies’ stomachs were designed to show small children, who are born into a world surrounded by strange and powerful electronic gadgets, that technology is benevolent and helpful, not something to be afraid of.

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博客正式搬到了72pines，RSS订阅地址不变。现在的主题帅吧？Header图片是截取自云南香格里拉的照片。还是非常赏心阅目的。原来的博客主题太灰了，一定程度上导致我总是写灰色心情。

我还找了很多相识朋友的博客，使我的友情链接更丰富些。比较奇怪的就是友情链接只显示图标不显示名称。鼠标移到上面去出的tooltips是链接的说明。不过这样一来好像也别有一番风味的，就先不管了。

今天又是阳光明媚的一天，每当这样的天气我总有一种死也瞑目的满足感！对着外面的景色看啊看，总也看不够。文采好的人帮我想一下，我就像什么那样渴望阳光？要想一个很绝的才行。天气这么好，心情想差一点儿，灰色一点儿都不行；想讲点晦气话都不行。

陈昊旻找我说晚上聚聚，找了一下其他人，基本上都又忙又说会来……听起来Jason就最空了。

发现Youtube还有一个Playlist功能，我做了两个playlist。一个是关于猫的，一个是关于翻唱的。

我那两条小傻鱼拖着一条大便瞪着眼睛嘴巴一张一张地，真tm傻呀！

好几天没写博客。基本上我没写博客就是说明我心情很舒畅，一没看到不爽的时事，二没有听音乐，三没有情绪泛滥。不过博客界面这么好看，不写点儿还真对不起它那张脸儿。

在Wordpress上面随便看看，发现写颓废抽烟文字的人还不少，再一考究，发现全是小朋友。我也有过写颓废抽烟文的时候，那是高三到大学。当然了，一开始是写在日记本上的。原来颓废抽烟文是小屁孩儿的专利啊。现在写啥呢？该写沧桑文吧。就好像Penglei那种，真是一唱三叹，荡气回肠……都不敢上他博客了，赔眼泪。

江瑾兄今天中午过来拷音乐。拿到了Curzon的勃二和莫扎特。实在服了，早为什么不知道这么一个偶象级的演奏家呢？不过，Curzon个性也比较强烈，可能只适合我。还是Rubinstein够随和……江兄还带了单枞过来喝，恰好小强也在。

晚上我们01级的艺术团四女一男聚会，聊男女关系问题。跟同龄人聊过，之前怀疑的东西又重新确定了起来。爱情很重要，人生也很重要，这就好像是大前方很重要，大后方也很重要。不过，哪个是前方哪个是后方，男女看法是颠倒的。因此男女结合能够获得幸福。

没东西写了，但是还不想睡。听Mozart听得不想停。对音乐时不时就会有这种饥渴。

啊！Sir Clifford Curzon是我迄今为止最完美的偶象！我对他的莫扎特就只评一句话：他通过休止成功地释放了作品背后的冲动，这是一种什么功力和境界……下面贴出一段评论：

Clifford Curzon is a special pianist. He seemed to play everything so well. But with the same sensitivity, he played every composer so differently. Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Liszt, Schubert, … He is not the type of star pianists who can create a crowd of die-hard fans. But why?

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Can pianists really be classified into intellectuals and virtuosi. Curzon is an exception. He is an intellectual, a virtuoso and above all a ‘cordial’ who really feel the music. You will never feel going to a lecture when you hear Curzon. In comparison, the intellect and occasional sincerity of Brendel sounds superficial. Maybe because of their nationality, these two pianists are often put into the same flock. But they are basically different. They may approach music with the same seriousness. The results are different because the minds are different and the hearts are different. A Brendel makes one discover the structure of the music. Curzon showed you the essence. When record company market Brendel as a godfather of the serious school of playing the piano, I would suggest we listen a bit more from Curzon. You must discover what music really is.

Curzon结婚后没有生育，但是著名女高音Maria Cebotari死后，他们两夫妇收养了她的两个孤儿。这里有他的录音全集。发现DECCA有他的一套6CD的全集，实在太眼红了。我迟早会搞到的！

终于开始写这篇交作业式的东西了。像我这样的非常没用的人，广州不能放烟花，我就真不放了。就好像铁门关了我只会绕路，不会去翻爬一样。你们如果要鄙视我，不要鄙视我胆子小，应该鄙视我人品不好。你们放烟花，翻铁门，一点事都没有，因为你们运气好。可是我这人从出生开始就特别背，翻个铁门说不定会被当场抓获到派出所去。人品不好，就不是做刁民的料，只能做个顺民。你们不是我，你们不理解一个特别背的人，只能谨谨慎慎，滴水不漏地活着有多憋阙。

废话不说了，去清远一方面能放烟花，另一方面能看看小强。初三一大早我就坐地铁到省汽车站，买了张到清远的票。广州到清远一小时就到了，小强和格格已经在车站等我了。中午在他家吃了清远鸡和清远鹅。下午就去清远市区走走。

清远比我想像的要发达得多了。估计是离广州近，清远人风格跟广州人相差不远。北江贯穿了清远城，和许多有河的城市一样，江北是旧城，江南是新城。旺市都在旧城城市广场一带。城市广场停满了摩托车，场面很壮观。这个城市广场中间还有一个露天的内庭，种了两棵大榕树。小强说这地方原来是县府遗址，这两棵大榕树就是那时候的，建广场时保留了。这还挺不错，我还没在广州看到哪个xx购物中心xx广场中间有树的，别说树，草都没一条。清远的南门街，是一条有很久历史的老街，意思大概跟广广州的上下九差不多吧。街两旁的建筑依稀能看出其年代。南门街再往南走就是南城门的遗迹了，现在只能看到两边各有一条闸门的轨道，是以前用来截洪的。出城门再走，就是北江了。清远也是个有历史的古城，关于城门，我找到了一篇文章可以参考。

走进旧城的民居小巷，倒是能发现一些广州没有的特色。这里的居民专门使用一种小号的信箱来接收水费单电费单等帐单，样子虽陈旧但非常小巧。墙上的牛皮癣非常多也非常整齐，让人感觉到“业务竞争”虽十分激烈但却井然有序。这里的房屋中介用各色荧光纸手写房产信息手工贴在大森板上，倒是非常美观艺术！我们还逛了一下小强的母校清远市第一中学。我发现广州以外其他城市的重点中学，基本上地方都极大，园林建设很好，能让广州市任何一所重点中学都自叹不如。清远市一中还是一所很有历史的学校，小强只是指了一下这中学还叫做“xx书院”的时候的一块牌，上网查了一下，具体历史是这样的：

学校创办于1928年2月，隶属于中华民国清远县政府，初名为清远县立初级中学，1943年7月获准增设高中，同月更名为清远县立中学，1947年3月为纪念邑人陈可钰将军（清远石潭人，字景瑗，曾任孙中山总统大本营警卫团团长，国民革命军第四军副军长），更名为清远县立景瑗中学。建国后，政府接收学校，复更名为清远县立中学，并先后易名为清远县第一中学、清城中学、清远县清远中学，1988年清远撤县设地级市，学校更名为清远市清远中学，1990年12 月更名为清远市第一中学。

估计现在的叶选平题的校名，就是90年时更名时获得的吧。走了一转清远城区，觉得清远不是那种改革开放后经济扶贫城市化的“暴发户”，的确是一座市民阶级成熟的老城，当初怎么说也是一县，虽不比“广府”之大，但也是个文化之地，文化有大气，绝不是什么小地方。

找了一家比较齐全的店子，把晚上要放的烟花都买好了，一共花了一百五十多块！晚上八点，走到北江边上的一个沙滩上。近来旱水，露出的河床面积很大，沙滩上已经有好几拨人在放烟花了，非常热闹。我们找了一块地，就开始玩。好久没有感受放烟花的兴奋了，我和小强都好像回到了小时候。可是格格实在太胆小，连用手抓一根“滴滴金”都不敢，只是站在一边看我们俩疯。放完烟花，都十点半了，我们又去找了一家馆子，叫了个“鹅（也母）煲”，吃得有滋有味，直到十二点半才回到家里。

第二天，我收拾好东西，去小强的汽车美容店看了一下，就坐上了回广州的车子。

吃早餐的时候，小强的爸爸拉我大聊了一场，就小强的生存状态向我诉苦。其实我也为这个烦过。幸好我不是他父母，我不想管了就能不管。双鱼座真是个奇怪的星座，如果运气不好的话，基本上不用指望他自己能主宰自己的命运。像我网上的哥，也是到处混吃的，在好几个城市的网吧里干过了，现在回家里看鸡场，结了婚，应该是稳定了吧。我想小强可能也差不多吧，在广州混了一段时间，回家里管洗车店，希望这就能安定下来吧。他们能有养鸡场和洗车店，都属于幸运。陶洪为什么能够这么成功？似乎也没看到他苦大愁深地拼搏过什么或者逼自己做不想做的事情。成绩好，考上华工物理系，也喜欢这个专业，读得好，于是考研，喜欢上了科研，于是直博，一切都是顺水推舟。我想，如果按陶洪的性格，如果他考上大学非常不喜欢所学的专业，他会如何呢？会不会“既来之则安之”地逼自己学好？会不会毕业了写简历找工作？会不会甘愿承受压力，走自己不爽的道路？他能自动走上一条自己很爽的路，也是属于幸运。