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    Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans of the company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using Web conferencing.

    Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It's an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the Web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants must sit at their computers and they will be connected over the Internet.

    With Web conferencing all participants attend conference from the comfort of their own desks. Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work is taken up in attending a conference.

    Any material to be used during Web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. Participants can then either choose to print material or read it on screen.

This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing costs for the business.

    As a conference hall or business center isn't being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power that is used by the participants' personal computers. Similarly, conference organizers don't have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation. All this means that less energy is used.

    Often in business some companies actively choose to do business with other companies that do many things to reduce their negative impact on the environment. And Web conferencing helps you show other businesses that you are willing to work hard for the green cause.

    So Web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.

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经典和我们

       ①读什么书,取决于为什么读。人之所以读书,无非有三种目的。一是为了实际的用途,例如因为职业的需要而读专业书籍,因为日常生活的需要而读实用知识。二是为了消遣,用读书来消磨时光,可供选择的有各种无用而有趣的读物。三是为了获得精神上的启迪和享受,如果是出于这个目的,我觉得读人文经典是最佳选择。

       ②认真地说,并不是随便读点什么都能算是阅读的。譬如说,我不认为背功课或者读时尚杂志是阅读。真正的阅读必须有灵魂的参与,它是一个人的灵魂在一个借文字符号构筑的精神世界里的漫游,是在这漫游途中的自我发现和自我成长,因而是一种个人化的精神行为。什么样的书最适合于这样的精神漫游呢?当然是经典,只要我们翻开它们,便会发现里面藏着一个个既独特又完整的精神世界。

       ③一个人如果并无精神上的需要,读什么倒是无所谓的,否则就必须慎于选择。也许没有一个时代拥有像今天这样多的出版物,然而,很可能今天的人们比以往任何时候都阅读得少。在这样的时代,一个人尤其必须懂得拒绝和排除,才能够进入真正的阅读。这是我主张坚决不读二三流乃至不入流读物的理由。

       ④古往今来,书籍无数,没有人能够单凭一己之力从中筛选出最好的作品来。幸亏我们有时间这位批评家,虽然它也未必绝对智慧和公正,但很可能是一切批评家中最智慧和最公正的一位,多么独立思考的读者也不妨听一听它的建议。所谓经典,就是时间这位批评家向我们提供的建议。

       ⑤作为普通人,我们如何读经典?我的经验是,不妨就把经典当作闲书来读。也就是说,阅读的心态和方式都应该是轻松的。千万不要端起做学问的架子,刻意求解。读不懂不要硬读,先读那些读得懂的、能够引起自己兴趣的著作和章节。这里有一个浸染和熏陶的过程,所谓人文修养就是这样熏染出来的。在不实用而有趣这一点上,读经典的确很像是一种消遣。事实上,许多心智活泼的人正是把这当作最好的消遣的。能否从阅读经典中感受到精神的极大愉悦,这差不多是对心智质量的一种检验。不过,也请记住,经典虽然属于每一个人,但永远不属于大众。我的意思是说,读经典的轻松绝对不同于读大众时尚读物的那种轻松。每一个人只能作为有灵魂的个人,而不是作为无个性的大众,才能走到经典中去。如果有一天你也陶醉于阅读经典这种美妙的消遣,你就会发现,你已经距离一切大众娱乐性质的消遣多么遥远。