上周末在Sage家中聚会时，元江兄强烈推荐了几部电视连续剧，其中他对《走向共和》评价最高。回来后我在eMule上一搜居然都有，于是就连续几天不关机慢慢下载。到了本周末硬盘上已经收获颇丰，就抽空在观看体育比赛之余享受精神大餐。

两天下来共看了5集《走向共和》，3集《江山风雨情》和1集《延安颂》。我最欣赏的是《江山风雨情》，其演员阵容及其强大，唐国强和王刚的表演很有看头。《走向共和》也算不错，但到目前为止还无法和《雍正王朝》相比，而且对李鸿章的处理过于美化。不过该剧对日本明治维新的描写非常精彩，值得我继续看下去。《延安颂》的第1集几乎就和我在2001年通过“中国传真”在线观看的《长征》一样，但蒋介石的扮演者换人了，造型非常失败，令我兴趣锐减。

当然本周末最令我赏心悦目的还是两场美式橄榄球比赛。我多年来在大学生橄榄球联赛和NFL中都分别只支持一支球队，前者是我只就读过10个月的Ohio State，后者当然是Baltimore Ravens。令我狂喜的是，这两支球队本赛季开始以来居然都是连胜不败！

Ohio State今年一直是体育记者们公认的No.1，其连胜应该在意料之中。目前球评家的目光已经开始遥望11月的常规赛最后一场，一年一度的OSU与Michigan（Sage兄的母校）大战。虽然处在No.1的位置领跑并非老牌OSU球迷所愿，作为众矢之的要保持连胜很难，但我相信主教练Jim Tressel的能力能够将阴沟里翻船的概率最小化，呵呵。

而在NFL联盟中很少被人看好的Baltimore Ravens能够4连胜令我喜出望外。本队连续两周在比赛最后一分钟内上演大逆转，看得我直呼“玩儿的就是心跳”，实在过瘾啊：

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15094717/

目前全联盟32支球队中只有两支球队连胜不败---Baltimore和Indianapolis，这也要感谢New England及时打败了和Baltimore同一组的Cincinnati。这使得AFC North中的不败球队在证明了存在性之后，又成功取得了唯一性。：-）Baltimore将于下周一作客海拔极高的Denver迎战强队Broncos，要想5连胜难度极大，在此只能希望“梦想有多远，我们就能走多远”了。

上面提到的几部连续剧一个月也在慢慢地看。其中《江山风雨情》看到第24集时令我非常失望，导演居然让崇祯杀了以历史人物范文程为原型的清国来使范仁宽，这种自作聪明的改编太失水准。作为皇太极头号汉臣的范仁宽还不至于会选择送死。。。因此该剧到此就没法再吸引我往下看了。

而《走向共和》一路看来倒是渐入佳境，出彩的情节开始不断涌现。例如今天刚看完的第33集，时间是1905年前后，慈禧太后刚刚废除了科举又准备推行“君主立宪”。老佛爷问袁世凯：“若是我大清实行了君主立宪，我是当爹呢还是当妈？”，巧言令色的袁大头立马回答:“当然是当爹”。而两人此时正好路过光绪居住的瀛台，傀儡皇帝正在屋里大修钟表。太后老佛爷进屋后对“不求上进”的皇帝一番冷嘲热讽之后，偏偏看上了一个精致的挂钟，让李莲英带回去。没想到这正中光绪的圈套，他一看正点快到，就行大礼说“儿臣恭送亲爸爸”。老佛爷正准备往门外走，此时屋内所有的钟表开始以各种声音同时报时，而光绪口中刚说出的“送”字和报时的钟声组合在了一起，老佛爷此时顿悟出“送终”的恶毒含义，这时“母子”二人的表情和眼神开始激烈交战，光绪脸上一会是惶恐一会是冷笑，于是老佛爷终于按耐不住怒火，将李莲英手中的钟夺过狠狠地摔在地上。。。这段戏让人一看就拍案叫绝，兄弟在此非常佩服编剧和导演的水平！

此前孙中山的一段演讲也非常精彩，他将自己的三民主义和林肯的“三民主义”做了类比与区分 ---

（1）孙中山是如此翻译林肯的“三民主义”：

of the people 民有
by the people 民治
for the people 民享

（2）然后他在两种“三民主义”之间建立了如下的映射（bijective mapping):

民族主义 <--> 民有主义
民权主义 <--> 民治主义
民生主义 <--> 民享主义

还有一段就是伊藤博文居然爱读梁启超所著的《李鸿章传》，虽然其历史真实性比较可疑，但我想伊藤和李鸿章之间的惺惺相惜还是比较可信的。电视剧中伊藤所引用的梁启超文字令我对此书产生了兴趣，正好网上有全文：

http://www.beiyang.org/lhz/mulu.htm

剧中伊藤所引来自该书第12章”结论“，我初听编剧用白话文转述的文字就已经觉得梁启超文笔了得，今晚在细读了文言原文之后更是佩服：

“第十六，李鸿章与伊藤博文。李鸿章与日相伊藤，中日战役之两雄也。以败论，自当右伊而左李，虽然，伊非李之匹也。日人常评伊藤为际遇最好之人，其言盖当。彼当日本维新之初，本未尝有大功，其栉风沐雨之阅历，既输一筹，故伊藤之轻重于日本，不如鸿章之轻重于中国，使易地以处，吾恐其不相及也。虽然；伊有优于李者一事焉，则曾游学欧洲，知政治之本原是也。此伊所以能制定宪法为日本长治久安之计，李鸿章则惟弥缝补苴，画虎效颦，而终无成就也。但日本之学如伊藤者，其同辈中不下百数，中国之才如鸿章者，其同辈中不得一人，则又不能专为李咎者也。”

好帖子，顶！

From the Baltimore Sun （巴尔的摩太阳报）

Joining League's Elite Should Be Next Feat

Mike Preston

November 7, 2006

Now that the Ravens (6-2) have a two-game lead in the AFC North with the second half of the season approaching, they should try to develop into a top-level playoff team instead of staying on the second tier. No one is trying to get ahead of himself with eight regular-season games remaining, but the goal is to go as far as possible into the postseason.

Everyone expected the AFC North to be one of the toughest divisions in the NFL, but this group has fallen apart at midseason, crumbling much as the Ravens did a year ago at this time.

What happened? Cleveland (2-6) has gotten better, but it is a year, maybe two, away from being a contender. Pittsburgh (2-6) is struggling because Steelers coach Bill Cowher doesn't have the guts to bench quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for Charlie Batch. All Batch has done recently is start games and win. That's it. The Steelers got caught up in their own hype from last season. Just because Roethlisberger won a Super Bowl in his second season, they tried to build their team around his arm.

That's not the Steelers' way. They're a blue-collar, run-oriented team.

And then there is Cincinnati. The Bengals (4-4) are self-destructing. Instead of rallying because the team has been ravaged by injuries and off-field problems (the Bengals played Sunday without three starting linebackers and two starting offensive linemen), they have whined about play-calling. It's an immature team.

That leaves only the Ravens. At this point of the season, a .500 record would have been reasonable, but 6-2 is almost unbelievable. And with the easiest schedule in the league remaining, the Ravens shouldn't collapse. So, now the goal remains to win the proverbial "one game at a time," but also to try to jump into the upper tier with Indianapolis, New England and possibly Denver.

What separates the Ravens, Jacksonville and San Diego from the Colts and Patriots? It's very simple. Quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Tom Brady operate on another level from other quarterbacks. The league has become so quarterback-deprived that almost all teams, including the Ravens, are into clock management. They don't want their quarterbacks to win games, just not to lose them. Indianapolis and New England have different mentalities because they have quarterbacks who are expected to make big plays and win games.

The Ravens don't have a quarterback or anyone else in that class who can take over a game. Middle linebacker Ray Lewis and quarterback Steve McNair used to be able to take over games, as did running back Jamal Lewis. There are other major differences.

Except for the Colts, most of the other good teams are balanced offensively. The Ravens don't have Manning or Brady, but they can keep working on the running game. It has to improve for the Ravens to become a serious contender.

Look at some of the teams with nearly the same record as the Ravens. San Diego, Denver and Jacksonville have great front sevens that can control the pace of games. Once you get into the postseason, inclement weather can drastically affect a passing game, but it doesn't have much impact on the running game.

The Ravens made strides in the running game against New Orleans a week ago, but coach Brian Billick couldn't be happy with the 129 yards rushing against the Bengals, who entered the game with the league's No. 25-ranked rushing defense. Thirty of those yards came on a draw play against the prevent defense at the end of the half. Lewis gained only 72 yards on 24 carries.

Somehow, that average has to improve and the running game has to become more effective. It might help if the Ravens used more misdirections, tosses and traps instead of just plowing straight ahead, which makes the running game stagnant because defenses aren't spread out. Teams with good defensive lines are going to give the Ravens major trouble.

But with eight games remaining, the Ravens have time to work these things out. The downfield passing game has improved during the past two weeks, but the Ravens likely will have to do more to stay competitive with the good teams. They brought in McNair to replace Kyle Boller. Instead of a gunslinger, they wanted a guy who wouldn't commit as many turnovers, and give them a few more first downs per game.

That has worked, and the Ravens look like they're in sync offensively. The offense isn't sophisticated, but simple and effective. They are dominating time of possession, and had nearly a 15-minute advantage over Cincinnati on Sunday. With a few tweaks here and there, the Ravens can only get better.

Defensively, the Ravens have to improve in the secondary. You can't give up big plays against good teams, because that makes for a long afternoon. The Ravens have invested more than $30 million in their secondary, and that group hasn't performed up to that level yet this season.

But hey, every team has a problem area. At least with a two-game cushion over the nearest competitor, there is room to breathe. The Ravens have entered the midseason mark with space above the bad teams, and space below the great ones.

It's not a bad place to be, and certainly much better than where they were a year ago. Now, they have to keep moving in the right direction.

周六为了赶好天气而没有看OSU的橄榄球比赛，不过户外明媚的阳光和意大利餐馆的美食令人心情舒畅。回来一看比分，不出意料是OSU轻取Northwestern。我们和Michigan早晚要“决战紫禁之巅”，让11月18日来得更快些吧。。。

今天天气果然立马转为阴湿，正好可以窝在家看NFL橄榄球。结果巴尔的摩乌鸦队又一次大玩心跳，以(6-2)的强队身份在一支(2-6)弱队的场地上大失水准，全场比赛一路落后到第4节中段。没想到今天橄榄球上帝让巴尔的摩“狗屎运”高照，居然鬼使神差地在最后以1分优势险胜！！兄弟兴奋之情真是难以言表，忍不住在电脑屏幕前大叫"I love this game!"。：-）我现在发现“死里逃生”的感觉实在比完胜还要爽，更何况我们的明星防守队员Ray Lewis今天因伤缺阵，没有像New England那样在阴沟里翻船真是幸运！巴尔的摩的球迷还从未体验过7胜2负的美妙感觉，看来11月12日有些不同凡响，难怪好几个名人出生在这个日子。。。

Ravens rally to defeat Titans 27-26

By PAUL KUHARSKY

Tennessee took a big, early lead and then blew it, allowing Steve McNair to work his old, familiar magic for the Ravens in a homecoming game at LP Field than ended 27-26 in favor of Baltimore.

McNair hit another former Titan, Derrick Mason, on a 12-yard TD with 3:35 remaining in the game for Mason’s first TD of the year and the winning margin.

The Titans had two possessions to try to take the lead but could not pull ahead.

Vince Young hit a big 18-yard pass to Bobby Wade and ran for another 17 on the final drive, but was hurt on the run and yielded to backup quarterback Kerry Collins.

Collins handed the ball to Travis Henry a couple times and Rob Bironas came on with 43 seconds left for a 43-yard field that could have given the Titans a 29-27 lead.

But Trevor Pryce blocked the kick, preserving the lead and the win.

McNair finished with 29 completions in 47 attempts for 373 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions while Young hit 13 of 25 for 211 and a pick.

Henry carried 22 times for 17 yards as the Titans fell to 2-7.

Baltimore retained its AFC North lead, improving to 7-2.

这学期我的同学都在看美剧《越狱》 每星期只能看到一集 郁闷！ 现在已经看到 第二季 的第11集了

Omni兄,你怎么会喜欢看橄榄球?一大群人在那里跑来跑去,抢一个球,也不知道在干什么,真受不了!

不过有可能比相扑好一些,两个胖得不能再胖的家伙,穿了个小短裤,在那里扭来扭去,真是让人崩溃.