快乐的高尔夫球手

<正>When I was sixteen years old, my father bought me a set of used golf clubs."I think you’ll be good at this sport, and golf is something you’ll enjoy,"he said. I’ll never forget those clubs.They were Bobby Jones Signatures, made by Spaulding. I loved them, as I loved my father.我16岁时,父亲给我买了一套二手的高尔夫球杆。他说:"我想你会擅长这项运动的。你     

为什么运动是明智选择

<正>You’ve probably heard countless times how exercise is "good for you". But did you know that it can actually help you feel good, too? Getting the right amount of exercise can increaseyour energy levels and even help improve your mood.你可能已经无数次地听过运动如何"对你有好处"。但是你知道它实际上真的可以帮助     

Landscape Planning: A History of Influential Ideas

My work as landscape planner, teacher and rescarcher is influenced by both European and American ideas, but part of my studies as a graduate studentincluded Chinese and Asian culture. I know enough about the world to know that European and American ideas were not always first. Furthermore, I amnot an historian. I am a landscape planner who looks toward the future. Even so, I know that most of the ideas that have shaped my work are old ideas.Two years ago I decided tu preparc a lecture tt) …     

静听花开的声音

<正>【案例背景】那天早晨,我与往常一样早早来到教室,等待孩子们一个个来到讲台旁上交家庭作业,一切都是那么平常。过了一会儿,侯馨雨(化名)迅速把作业本交了上来,上交的却是一篇英语日记。【案例过程】正当我想拿起红笔进行批改时,映入我眼帘的却是满纸的英文。这篇日记的题目是:My mother is awful.正文内容是这样写的:My mother is awful,because she lost my rabbit,the rabbit was very lovely.I love it.The rabbit had two long end two eyes,It’s so beavitful Rabbit ate apples...But I can’t belive it!My rabbit lost,I asked my mother,Can’t you lost my rabbit?She ashed,yes,I can,what?I fell awful I wanted to cry,who can tall me,where’s my rabbit.Oh,my god.     

卷发

<正>For years I fought with the bird’s nest that sat on top of my head—my curly hair.多年来我一直与头上的"鸟巢"——那一头卷发作斗争。Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who thought North American styling products were similar to illegal things,I was never allowed to put them in my hair.我在一个俄罗斯的犹太家庭中长大,父母都认为北美洲的造型产品与非法物品极为类     

《风雨哈佛路》

<正>"I feel that I got lucky because any sense of security1was polled out from me,so I was forced to look forward,I had to,and was not going back.And I reach the point,where I just thought,‘All right,I’d got to work as hard as I possibly can,and see what happens’.""我觉得我自己很幸运,因为对我来说从来就没有任何安全     

谣言止于智者

<正>Life is often like a game of cards—you can’t help the hand you’re dealt,but you can help the way you play it.It is easy for us to do something without careful thinking,but it’s hard for us to take back what we have done.人生如一场纸牌游戏,手中的牌无法更改,怎么玩却由自己决定。我们往往会不经认真思考就做出一些事情,但是做出的事将覆水难收。There was once a woman who repeated a rumor about a neighbour.Within a few days,the     

A Decodable Metaphysics

Arata Isozaki and I are contemporaries, and both of us studied in Tange's studio. That is why the "Arata Isozaki: Architecture, 1960-1990" exhibition gives me the feeling that I am looking back on my own times through a different pair of eyes. Inasmuch as architecture is something that expresses, whether consciously or unconsciously, the spirit of the age, one expects in the thirty-year record of an architect a broad range of themes and diverse ways of addressing those themes,     

Integrated optimisation of photovoltaic and battery storage systems for UK commercial buildings

Decarbonising the built environment cost-effectively is a complex challenge public and private organisations are facing in their effort to tackle climate change.In this context,this work presents an integrated Technology Selection and Operation(TSO)optimisation model for distributed energy systems in commercial buildings.The purpose of the model is to simultaneously optimise the selection,capacity and operation of photovoltaic(PV)and battery systems;serving as a decision support framework for assessing technology investments.A steady-state mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)approach is employed to formulate the optimisation problem.The virtue of the TSO model comes from employing granular state-of-the-art datasets such as half-hourly electricity demands and prices,irradiance levels from weather stations,and technology databases;while also considering building specific attributes.Investment revenues are obtained from reducing grid electricity costs and providing fast-frequency response(FFR)ancillary services.A case study of a distribution centre in London,UK is showcased with the goal to identify which technologies can minimise total energy costs against a conventional system setup serving as a benchmark.Results indicate the best technology configuration is a combination of lithium-ion batteries and mono-crystalline silicon PVs worth a total investment of ￡1.72 M.Due to the available space in the facility,the preferred PV capacity is 1.76 MW,while the battery system has a 1.06 MW power capacity and a 1.56 MWh energy capacity.Although PV performance varies across seasons,the solution indicates almost 30%of the energy used on-site can be supplied by PVs while achieving a carbon reduction of 26%.Nonetheless,PV and battery systems seem to be a questionable investment as the proposed solution has an 8-year payback,despite a 5-year NPV savings of ￡300k,implying there is still a performance gap for such systems to be massively deployed across the UK.Overall,the TSO model provides valuable insights into real-world project evaluation and can help to reduce the uncertainty associated with capital-intensive projects;hence proving to be a powerful modelling framework for distributed energy technology assessments.     

幽默笑话集锦

<正>I’m sure it’s fresh A new restaurant opened in our town,so my husband,Walter,and I decided to try it.As the waitress took our order,Walter asked if the coffee was fresh."I’m sure it is,"answered the waitress."We’ve only been open two weeks."绝对新鲜我们镇上开了一家新餐馆,我丈夫Walter和我决定去尝尝。服务员给我们写菜单时,Walter问餐馆的咖啡是否新鲜。"绝对新鲜,"服务员回答说,"我们才刚开了两个星期。"