吃宵夜的人是沒有希望變瘦的吧?潔西覺得晚上上課回家不管晚餐吃多飽,就是會想要吃東西,雖然也沒有很餓,但是有個想要吃東西的慾望,買了三包餅乾,剛剛把其中一包整包餅乾都吃光光,又吃了顆芒果,超飽的。
今天去上瑜伽課的時候發現一件很妙的事,潔西居然聽不太懂老師說的話,老師說的是國語沒錯,但是頻率就很不對,聲音不大也是原因之一,但是潔西也實在說不出問題究竟在哪裡,仔細聽還是聽得懂,可是乍聽之下,真的不知道老師在說什麼,很容易聽著聽著就聽不懂,整堂課上起來很吃力。跟老師的頻率真的不合。
講到老師,分享一下先前在 Reddit 上看到的。然後潔西要備課去,雖然很想看小說跟睡覺,但是覺得不準備好後面要上課的東西,拖到明天可能會太焦慮,備課去,晚安晚安!祝大家好眠美夢,小週末愉快,本週越來越順利!
Letter sent by a Singaporean Principal before exams 一個新加坡校長在考前給家長的信
Dear parents 親愛的家長
The exams of your children are to start soon. I know you are all really anxious for your child to do well. 你們孩子們的考試很快就要開始了。我知道你們都很焦慮你們的孩子考得好不好。
But, please do remember, amongst the students who will be sitting for the exams there is an artist, who doesn’t need to understand Math… There s an entrepreneur, who doesn’t care about History or English literature… There is a musician, whose Chemistry marks won’t matter… There’s an athlete… whose physical fitness is more important than Physics… If your child does get top marks, that’s great! But if he or she doesn’t… please don’t take away their self-confidence and dignity from them. Tell them it’s OK, it’s just an exam. They are cut out for much bigger things in life. Tell them, no matter what they score… you love them and will not judge them. 但是請記住。在接受考試的學生們當中有藝術家,他並不需要懂數學。有創業家,他不在乎歷史或英語文學。有音樂家,他的化學成績一點都不用在意。有運動員,他的身體健康比物理重要。假如你的孩子拿到高分,非常的棒!但是假如他或她沒有的話,請不要剝奪他們的自信跟尊嚴。告訴他們沒關係,這只是個考試。他們是為了做生命中更重要的事。告訴他們,不管他們成績如何,你愛他們,不會批判他們。
四月二十一日
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A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year. — BBC
一個美國陪審團判定前警官謀殺罪對於去年在明尼阿波利斯市死亡的非裔美國人喬治佛洛伊德。
1 jury 名,陪審團
2 guilty 形,有罪的
3 murder 名,謀殺
Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder for killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, a crime that prompted waves of protests in support of racial justice in the US and across the world. — The Guardian
德瑞克蕭文被判定謀殺罪因為他把膝蓋放在喬治佛洛伊德的脖子上超過九分鐘殺死了他,這個罪行引起了美國跟全球支持種族正義的抗議的浪潮。
1 convict 動,判定有罪
2 prompt 動,引起
3 protest 名,抗議,遊行
4 racial justice 名,種族的正義
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B
Video-streaming giant Netflix has reported a slowdown in subscriber growth, sending its shares tumbling. — BBC
在線上收看影片的巨頭網飛報導訂閱者成長的遲緩,讓它的股價大幅下跌。
1 stream 動,在線收聽收看
2 giant 名,巨頭,大公司
3 slowdown 名,減緩
4 subscriber 名,訂閱者,subscribe 動,訂閱
5 share 名,股票
6 send … + V-ing 使 …發生
7 tumble 動,滾下
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C
AirTags have been highly-anticipated by Apple fans. They are small round disks which can be attached to anything, and transmit a Bluetooth signal to a home gadget – an iPad or iPhone – to alert the user to their location. — BBC
AirTags 是讓蘋果粉絲大大期待的。他們是小圓盤可以附在任何東西上,然後傳輸藍牙訊號到家用的裝置 – iPad 或 iPhone – 來提醒使用者他們的位置。
1 anticipate 動,期待
2 attach 動,連接
3 transmit 動,傳輸
4 Bluetooth 名,藍芽
5 signal 名,訊號
6 gadget 名,裝置
7 alert 動,發出警報
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D
People who regularly sleep for six hours or less each night in middle age are more likely to develop dementia than those who routinely manage seven hours, according to a major study into the disease. — The Guardian
每晚經常睡六小時或更少的中年人更可能得癡呆症比起通常能夠睡到七小時的人,根據一個主要的研究這個疾病的研究。
1 regularly 副,規律地
2 dementia 名,癡呆症
3 routinely 副,日常地