intern, internal, internship

C# 中的字串(String) 有個蠻特別的靜態函數/方法(static function/method)
public static string    String.Intern(string s) ;
intern 的本意是拘留 限制活動範圍, 此一方法取名Intern 的用意 ...

intern /int '3rn/
(v) detain, confine, 拘禁, 圈禁, 拘留, 限制活動範圍
(n) 實習生, 初入職場的在職實習人員

[Example]
0. 說到圈禁 就想到十三爺, 康熙的十三皇子 允祥, 在康熙晚年時 受圈禁十年,
直到胤禎(雍正)登基 才得釋放 並予重任 ...

The thirteenth prince had been interned for ten years ...

1. The president had an affair with a white house intern ...
Do you remember who's that president?






[derived]
internal (a)

internship (n)
Some companies, e.g. Google/Microsoft/Intel/IBM ...
offer positions of summer internship for graduate/undergraduate students.

又發現一個練習英文聽力的好網站

http://www.eetimes.com/  首頁右下方的EETimesVideo

或者直接連結
http://www.eetimes.com/brightcove_video/

Tiny monster and Scottish Highlands

經過網友推薦發現了BBC的六分鐘學英文
已將其Podcast置頂

在 Tiny monsters of the Highlands 這篇文章中
有個關鍵字 Highlands -> the Highlands -> the Scottish Highlands
在網路上搜尋之後 發現還滿複雜的
Roughly speaking, the Scottish Highlands is the north-west region of the Scotland.
To say it another way,
the Scotland is divided into Highlands and Lowlands geographically and historically.



[ref]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/06/100624_6min_highlands.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Highlands