相信每个人都有过这样的经历:买了电影票和可乐爆米花,坐下来准备好好欣赏期待已久的电影。突然漆黑的电影院里闪起一道亮光,响起刺耳的铃声,“喂?”把人吓一跳的同时,让原本沉醉于电影里的你一下子跌落出来,好不容易收拾心情把注意力重新放回屏幕上,不远处又一个手机屏幕亮起来!针对这一令人抓狂的现象,电影院又该如何应对呢? It’s become a sadly common experience at t
近日,偶然读到一本有关1893年美国芝加哥世博会(为了纪念哥伦布发现新大陆400周年,该届世博会命名为World’sColumbian Exposition)的怪书,名叫The Devil in the WhiteCity(《白城魔鬼:奇迹与谋杀交织的博览会》)。说它“怪”,是因为这本学术态度严谨、资料翔实的非虚构类史书,把两个完全不搭界却同样青史留名的人交织在一起:一个是此次世博会的总设计师Da
(1) Once there was a man who repaired trash compactors(垃圾压缩机)because that was what he loved doing more than anything else in the world— (2) Once there was a man who repaired trash compactors in a soc
季節轮换,周而复始,自古以来与人的吃穿用住密切相关,尤其是冬季,似乎在当代流行文化想象中稳占一席之地。《权力的游戏》、《冰血暴》、《冰雪奇缘》……众多极受欢迎的影视作品,不仅展现了大自然赋予人类、赋予世界的冬,我们还能看到人性在其中的纠缠、期盼与重生。于我,冬是反思、重生之季,是退一步思考、追缅之季。于你呢? Winter can mean different things, depending
Altar I tell her she has outlived her usefulness1. I point to the corner where dust gathers, where light has never touched. But there she sits, a thousand years, hands folded, in a tattered2 a