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The Evolution of the InternetWhen the Internet was first created in the late 1960s, it was only used by scientists and researchers.
当互联网在二十世纪六十年代末被创造出来时，它只被科学家和研究人员使用。

It was designed as a way for computers to share information across long distances.
它的设计目的是让计算机能够在长距离间共享信息。

At that time, there were no websites, no email, and certainly no social media.
当时还没有网站、电子邮件，更没有社交媒体。

By the 1980s, the Internet had grown larger and began to connect universities and organizations around the world.
到了二十世纪八十年代，互联网的规模扩大，开始连接世界各地的大学和机构。

In the early 1990s, the invention of the World Wide Web changed everything.
在九十年代初，万维网的发明彻底改变了一切。

Suddenly, anyone could create a webpage and share information easily.
突然间，任何人都能轻松创建网页并分享信息。

In the beginning, web pages were simple — mostly text with a few pictures.
最初的网页非常简单——主要是文字，配上几张图片。

As technology improved, websites became more colorful, interactive, and dynamic.
随着技术的发展，网站变得更加丰富多彩、互动且动态。

In the late 1990s, email became a popular way for people to communicate.
在九十年代后期，电子邮件成为人们交流的流行方式。

Soon after, instant messaging and chat rooms appeared, allowing real-time communication.
不久之后，即时通讯和聊天室出现，让人们能够实时交流。

In the 2000s, the rise of social media changed how people used the Internet.
在二十一世纪初，社交媒体的兴起改变了人们使用互联网的方式。

Websites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter allowed users to share their thoughts, photos, and videos instantly.
像Facebook、YouTube和Twitter这样的网站让用户可以即时分享想法、照片和视频。

Smartphones made the Internet even more accessible.
智能手机让互联网变得更加易于使用。

People no longer needed to sit at a desk to go online — they could connect anywhere, anytime.
人们不再需要坐在桌前上网——他们可以随时随地连接网络。

Modern Internet use goes far beyond communication.
现代互联网的用途远不止于交流。

It allows us to shop, study, watch movies, attend meetings, and even control home devices.
它让我们能够购物、学习、看电影、开会，甚至控制家用设备。

Just like the telephone evolved from a simple device into a powerful communication tool,
就像电话从简单的装置发展成强大的通讯工具一样，

the Internet has evolved into one of the most essential parts of modern life.
互联网也已经成为现代生活中最重要的组成部分之一。

With cloud computing and artificial intelligence, the Internet continues to change rapidly.
随着云计算和人工智能的发展，互联网仍在迅速变化。

People can now store data online, translate languages instantly, and even use virtual assistants to help them work.
人们现在可以在线存储数据、即时翻译语言，甚至使用虚拟助理来帮助工作。

But with all these benefits come new challenges, such as privacy, security, and misinformation.
但随着这些便利而来的是新的挑战，比如隐私、安全和错误信息。

Governments and organizations around the world are working to make the Internet safer and fairer.
世界各地的政府和组织正在努力让互联网变得更安全、更公平。

The Internet has connected the world in ways that people in the past could never imagine.
互联网以过去的人们无法想象的方式连接了整个世界。

As technology keeps advancing, the Internet will surely continue to shape the future of communication.
随着科技不断进步，互联网必将继续塑造人类沟通的未来。

7/30 

Is she turning towards you  or away from you , no one can agree . She is a mysterious subject of (Dutch ) master Jan Vermeer’s,  girl with the pearl earring . A painting (often referred to )  as the mona lisa of the north . Belong to a (Dutch ) styles of the (idealized ) ,sometimes  overly (expressive ) paintings (known as tronies ) . The girl with the pearl earring, has the allure and subtlety characteristic of Vermeer’s work. Vermeer’s treatment of  light and shadow , (or chiaroscuro ) ,uses (a dark flat) background to (further spotlight her three dimensionality , instead of being like  a set piece , in a (theatrical  narrative ) scenes she become a psychological subject, her eye contact and slightly (parted) lips , as if she is about say something , draw us into her gaze .  

Dutch 荷兰的

idealized 理想化的

tronies 特写肖像画

chiaroscuro 明暗对比法

theatrical 戏剧化的

narrative 记叙文的

gaze 凝视

7/29

Trauma , is an experience that is constructed  like any other experience os  constructed . That is doesn’t trivialize  , that just shows  you the  real power of predictions in  the economy of your  everyday life . What’s  happening when (an adverse ) experience become traumatic ? The brain is weighing that experience very heavily in its future predictions . From  (a metabolic ) standpoints ,it’s always better to predict and correct  than it is to react, the traumatic event is re-experienced again and again and again , which only strengthen those connections and  only make those predictions more likely in the future , the reason why a brain would  do this is to avoid missing a threat .

trivialize 重要的

It’s just fun and  gorgeous , and it’s  (see through )  so we can see each other ,all the barbies in their own  barbie dream houses wake up in the morning , and then can wave at each other . 

This is a product of  so many discussions , so many references , I can’t even tell you the meeting we’ve had   about the pink . We sat with all these difference kinds of pinks and we were  like what is pink ,how does the pink interact . Because we didn’t want it  to be so classy that  it didn’t . When I was a litter girl ,  I like the pinkest  brightest  thing . Because barbie was invented in 1959 , and it felt like we can ground everything  in that  look , 1950 soundstage   musicals. (Gene Kelly ) or  (Vincente Minnelli) ,like those  kind of wonderful fake  but emotionally ) artificial spaces . One thing that  those  soundstage musical did so well were beautiful artificial skies . There is a sort of surrealness of the  (gradation) of the color

You can light (them into these intense colors  ,you can light pink and orange form the bottle ,the blue from  the top , you can really go (kind of expressionistic ) with it 

surrealness.  超现实

gradation 渐变层次

expressionistic 表现主义

I am from new York , and my favorite comfort food is grilled cheese , growing up as a  picky eater ,   (grilled cheese ) was  the number 1 thing  that I could  get from every single family member and every single restaurant .  And It be almost the exact same every single time .  It reminds me of being best friend with my mom . 

My favorite comfort food is congee , a type of  rice porridge , there are also many different types of  congee . And I’ve had it plain . with dried scallops ，with preserved egg and salted  pork, and just whitefish .growing up ,  my mother would make this for breakfast somedays ,and she will also make it for me when I was sick , and I couldn’t keep any solid  foods down . 

My favorite comfort food is Lahmajun,  it is a  thin flatbread  , almost like pizza , that’s (enjoyed in and ) around the middle east . It’s  typically made by taking  small dough balls  and flatting  them into really thin pieces , and them it’s topped  with beef or lamb , some vegetables ,and  spices , and then it cooked in oven for just a  few minutes . My family and I typically buy a dozen or so of them from Armenia bakeries or grocery stores  here in LA , because they make them  really tasty 

plain 清淡的

scallops 干贝

flatbread 小面包干

Flat  平坦的

oven 烤炉

Watching  a kitten fumbling around , it might feel as if you’ve  never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal live . But you may also feel the conflicting urge to squeeze or smush the kitten . This urge  which phycologists call cute aggression ,is a surprisingly common one estimate to affect about a half of all adults . Cut aggression is importantly not link to the actual intention to do harm,  instead it seems to result  from emotional overload . Some scientist think the cute things (elicited) such positive emotions from certain people ,that the  experiences becomes overwhelming .  They hypothesize that sightly  aggressive  discordant  thoughts ,are the brain’s way of  putting the  brake on, and regulating those intense feelings , not getting you to actually eat a kitten . 

elicited 引出

hypothesize 假设

estimate to affect 估计影响

discordant 不和谐的

7/15

Diet is the behavior that’s been studied the most in terms of trying to affect thing like  aging and longevity.

There really three components of diet that seem to be impacting aging :

So the first is. How much we eat , the second is what we eat , and the third is when we eat . 

So in terms of how much we eat , a lot of science went into this idea of caloric restriction . Caloric restriction isn’t a starvation .it’s usually just about a 20 precent reduction in the overall caloric intake . The other thing , that has  been study , is this concept  of what we eat ,  a lot of research has  gone into whether things  like plant-based diet  are actually beneficial to  aging and longevity, there  seems to be some evidence ,that eating less animal products , more fruit ,veggies , more wholefoods ,it’s going to  be better overall . 

But  what scientists found , is actually fasting can (con mimic ) some of the benefits , that we’ve seen with (caloric restriction ) , so if people can perhaps minimize their eating to a small window , we think (that this  can actually recapitulate ) a lot of benefits , that we are saying in the  caloric restriction studies . 

7/8

In all those very different contexts ,one characteristic emerged  as a significant predictor  of  success . And it wasn’t social (intelligences  ), wasn’t good looks  , physical health , and it wasn’t IQ . It was grit . Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals  . So far the best idea I’ve  heard about building grit in kids  , is something called growth (mindset ) ,this is an idea  developed at sanford university  by (Carol  Dweck ) . And it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed .that it can change with your effort . Doctor (Dweck ) had  shown that when kids read and learn about the  brain . And how it changes and grows in response to challenge , they are   must  more likely to preserver when they fail.  Because they don’t believe  that failure is permanent  condition 

Creamy , rich new York  style cheesecake is one of the city’s  most iconic desserts , the simple cheesecake recipe calls for cream-cheese ,sugar and eggs . At each spot ,we will be judging  based of the  three qualities . 

The filling , it should be smooth , (creamy ) and light.

The topping , it should add the refreshing brightness  to a rich cheese cake .

The crust ,if there is a crust , it should add texture and flavor to the overall cheese cake . 

Ok ,that I can get so down with, I really like that one , it’s sweet and tart, and I think I just prefer  more like  a fruit on my cheesecake , the plain is good ,but this like next level .

For someone who doesn’t like cheesecake , yeah ,they should eat this . 

I like also, how it taste almost like a meringue, because they whip (their egg white ) a lot ,so it’s fluffier , not so dense .

meringue 蛋白霜 蛋白酥

Dense 浓稠

fluffier 轻柔

Tart  酸的

Plain  无装饰的

Iconic 象征性的

The  fashion fad that could improve your mood , the hashtag dopamine dressing , now has over 95 million (views) on tiktok  and is inspiring  people to go bold .

what exactly dose dopamine dressing means 

So dopamine dressing actually plays into the psychology of color . And how wearing and  seeing these different fun  bright  color can actually create a  release of dopamine in our brain , which actually is chemical responsible for  happiness and just feeling good overall ,so  we can basically lean to in difference color categories ,depending on what  we want to  manifest  and how we want to feel . 

I love anything manifesting .so let’s us start with these  pink and red ,these  really bright colors . 

Yes , red as category itself , really represent strength ), and love and confidence . Yellow and   Orange actually stands for happiness ,joy ,and it’s inviting ,it’s warm  ,  Green and blue over all stand for peace , (tranquility) and good health . 

Willow has been here  at the prospect park zoo for  about three years, she is pretty great gregarious ,charismatic  ,obviously ,very cute . She is just a lot of fun to work with .  In the wild , red pandas would  spend a lot of time up  in  trees , red pandas are endangered so it’s important that we breed  them to help keep our  population in zoo’s healthy . We were able to successfully  ultrasound her and confirm that there is at least one cub there , the vet wasn’t sure  how many ,so we’re  just waiting to see .

Red pandas have what’s  called delayed implantation ,delay implantation is when a fertilized egg lies in a dormant  state , and  is to be an implanted later when  the situation is right for that species .   

So we don’t have know exactly  when that happens ,that’s why we don’t have an  exact date  for birth .

Habitat destruction  is really impacting, red panda  is  in particular  .so  To have a birth of a  red panda  is really important . 

Charismatic 有魅力的

delayed implantation 延迟着陆

ultrasound 超声 超声波

fertilized 已受精的

US emissions fell during the height  of the (pandemic ) as people were stuck at home and they are far  fewer vehicle on the road ,but that  changed as (the pandemic) east ,And  new report in this week shows emissions rose again by a small (amount ) last year , many researchers , scientists or lawmakers are argues that  American need  to reduce their  use of fossil fuels , much sooner than  they may  have planned . Miles O’Brien  is back with a look at (alternative ) for home heating , that could proves useful and reduce the costs of  fossil fuels  .

A super efficient  ,economical all electric home ,it can be done 

Welcome to (mark )’s home in Stanford  California , built in 2013, it’s way to (fully practice ) what he (preaches ).

We have solar on the roof , electric heat Pumps ,  an electric heat pumps water heater  it’s forcing myself to just use only electricity 

Would you declare this as a success ?

It’s way beyond what I expected   , I actually produce 20% more electricity than I consume .

preaches 布道 宣传

Pandemic 疫情

vehicle 交通工具

Thousands of breakfast and  brunch places  are (strewn throughout ) New York City ,but only a few are famous for their pancakes . At  each place we will be looking at 3 qualities . 

1 . We’re looking at (texture) ,the pancake  should be fluffy ,  and cooked all  the way through , and not too dry .

2 . We ‘re looking for color ,we are looking for golden brown pancake that (ensures a slight ) crispiness  on the exterior of the  pancake 

And finally ,three , toppings, we’re looking at a toping that will accompany the pancake ,but not steal a spotlight .

They are just like the perfect balance  of sweet , savory ,luxurious deliciousness  . Basically ,a pancake  is cake batter . So when you (flip ) it , all the active ingredients like salt and sugar , and baking powder ,and  all of that , ,it’s a chemical  reaction , when you flipped  it ,that’s when  in rose ,and those active ingredients  are making a cake rise , and  that’s the less  scientific explanation for it .

strewn 散播

fluffy 轻柔

texture质地

savory 可口的，咸的

batter 面糊

6/10 

Tonight we’re going to be taking a look  at some  brilliant new  technology that can find (biomarkers ) of a cancerous tumor  in just 3 minutes compared to  3 weeks with normal technology . That means thousands  of people could get treatments much sooner   than ever , which is crucial, because when it comes to brain surgery, every second counts . 

It  really  is hard for clinicians  and patients , i think  ,to wrap their heads around that waiting period  

But now using  (groundbreaking ) artificial intelligence , Arranger invented a device called deep (glioma )  , that can predict the genetics of a tumor in less than 3 minutes ,  a process that can take up  to 6 weeks .

One recent  study found deep glioma was 93 precent accurate compared to the usual method . 

 Dr. Schenoodle, you are a pathologist here ,how big of a  deal is this  .

It’s  an incredible advancement . We can have molecular  diagnosis in 3 minutes , instead of  3 weeks . 

Further research is  needed , but the hope is that this  technology could  help patient like (George ) start treatment earlier  before the tumor has  chance to grow bigger . 

molecular 分子的

diagnosis 诊断

biomarkers 生物标记

crucial 至关重要的

Every year around may 21st , the xiaoman solar term arrives , abundant rainwater   is essential for a good harvest  ,  the silkworms ,the cart dirties of the  symbols of wealth and prosperity  . And folks hold cultural  activities, expressing their gratitude . 

Lesser fullness ,xiaoman in chinese ,is second solar term in summer , while it is getting  steadily hotter and wetter , the wheat grains become fuller by  day , but they’re nowhere near ripe enough for  harvesting yet . The ancient Chinese gave this  season its characteristic by calling its xiaoman , or lesser fullness ,  

in the fertile southeast of china , One of the legends of midsummer  is the birthday ,of the goddness  of silk 

Shenze town  ,wujiang city , this is the one of the four most important historical center of silk in  china , and it’s importance had grown, 

As  it has become a sophisticated production and distribution center .  I hear that over  ten billion meters  of silk come from this place every single year . 

sophisticated 见多识广 fertile 肥沃的

Now , American airline is  investigating ,two separate instances of fires  on  passenger planes .
The latest  this morning ,when an Ohio flight was forced to  make a  emergency landing 
The mid-air  scare capture on camera just after  takeoff from  Columbia Ohio 
That is affirmative  ,we lost the  NO 2 engine on the birds strike with high vibration.
This video show the flames shooting alongside an American airline planes ,  appearing to come from the  engine . 
According to American airline: the flight turned around landed normally taxied safety to the gate under its own power , American adding safety is  our  top priority .
Today incident come after these flames flash from below the wing of another American airline  flight , in charlotte  Thursday on the runway ,just before takeoff .
American says takeoff was aborted with a reported mechanical issue .  The plane is making it  safely to the gate .
I totally knowledge seeing flights in scary situation ,but the fear factor doesn’t convert into actual high risk ,these professionals   are prepared to deal  with that situation in keep the airplane safe .


affirmative 肯定的
vibration 震动 抖动
abort 流产，终端，取消
mechanical 故障的

5.10 
According to CDC (centers  of disease control ), autism affect an estimated   on  1 in 54 children in the  united states ,you probably heard a lot of thoughts and ideas about autism ,but here is overview of what we know .
Autism ,or autism spectrum disorder  or ASD , is neuro-developmental   disorder ,that effects person social and communicate abilities , person with ASD also have  areas of strong interests ,sometimes have repetitive  behavior and sensor sensitives , autism is sometimes  associated with strength in the areas of visual  memories,  music , art , math and science ,but each person with ASD is unique 
Autism is  a spectrum disorder ,and varies significantly  from person to person .some people with autism may require significant support in their  dairy life ,while others  may need less support , and some living entirely independently .

Our Hot chocolate is made with  a combination  of two difference  kinds of coco, sugar ,vanilla  powder and nice kosher salt . The purpose of using two difference kind of cocoa is ,it balance its favor ,it gives you two kinds of different  ends of (spectrum) of the cocoa taste . So one of the things we use is vanillin powder , and the reason that  we do that is because the powder incorporates is much more consistently we used whole fat whole  milk all the time ,one of the more popular  hot chocolates is hot chocolate with toasted fluff . Our homemade  are fluff taste  a little bit different from like your run-of-the mill ,fluff marshmallows,because there is no preservative in it ,we  make it fresh pretty much every day ,.
If you really wanna go above and beyond with your  hot chocolate . You can  get one toast  fluff whipped  Cream  and chocolate shavings 


run-of-the mill  质量一般，平平无奇
fluff 绒毛
marshmallows 棉花糖
consistently 一贯的，一致的
Shaving 屑
Whip 搅打

Nasa’s James webb space telescope ,has hardly opens its eyes and  the universe is new .more mysteries ,more beautiful than humanity’s  dreams . Recently ,we got look at some  captivating images , as Webb peers  back towards the origin of everything  .

This is one of the webb’s early  deep (dives ) into  the (cosmos ) ,250 hours of exposures that expand the imagination .

And all of these litter dots are stars ?

All of these litter dots  are galaxies,,some of which are bigger than our own .

Astrophysicist brant Robertson ,flew us through 130 thousand galaxies , half never see before. Enormous swirls of these are billion of stars each ,some are like our own milky way ,and others well out of this world .  

Every year around May 5th ,Chinese people welcome in the first summer solar term , the beginning of the summer , traditions include  eating meal with fresh harvest rice  .checking your  weights and give each other black rice with blessings  for another year . 
China is the third largest country in the world .its regional  climate conditions are a hugely diverse . In early May ,at the beginning of summer, the north seems to be still hovering the end of spring .  But the south have completely entered  the summer. 
GuangXi is located in the south of china, it is one of the most abundant areas for rainfall  in china.  ,this’s the perfect place for growing rice .  I’m here in Bama country ,GuangXi , to witness the annual rice  planting  festival 
This is very important ceremony hold on a day , that  marks the beginning of summer

Tell me some of the things that it is  looking at ,so obvious things like if someone presses like or stay on a video for a  long time ,that give you a clue more like that . But is it subject matter ? what are the  array of things you have notice , that you can actually track that provide useful clues .
I’m going to simplify this a lot ,but the machine learning the recommendation ,algorithm   ,is really just a math . 
So for example , if you like videos ,1.2.3.and  4 , and I like videos 1,2,3,and 5. Maybe he like videos 1,2,3,and 6, now what’s going to  happen is  ? Because we like 123 at same time ,he is going to  be shown 456 ,  so are we .
And you can think about this repeat at  scale  in  real time ,across more than a billion people ,that’s   basically what it is  ,it’s  math , and of course you know ,AI and machine learning has allowed this to be done , at very very big scale , what we have seen  the result of this ,is that they learned the interest signals that people exhibit very quickly and shows you  content really relevant for you , in a very quick way .

By the  end of 2022, spaceX was preparing for a key test ,starships first test flight  using  both parts of the racket. Musk  said the year  before that there was lot of risks associate with the  first launch 

 I would not say like ,it is likely to be success , but I think we will make a lot of progress .

The plan was for starship to take off from the launch part in Texas . The boost would then separate and fall into the Gulf of Mexico as the spaceX engines fired and took it in a   90 minutes flight . Then it would come down ,and crash in the pacific ocean ,  but that’s not what happened ,shortly  after starship launched at  9,33am eastern . A graphic  on the live stream  indicated that three engines were not working .  With more  appearing to  go out before the blast .

The shutter that was intended to separate from booster here . Didn’t 

After climbing 24miles , the racket began to tumble back to earth , and around 4 minutes into its flight , starship explored .SpaceX said a flight termination system  was  triggered on  both this spacecraft  and the  booster .

 When you have a failure ,you learned a lot from that failure  . So I think their plan was to test to the point of  failure ,and then let’s learn  from what  we can from that  failure ,so it never happens again .

tumble 翻滚

shutter 快门

booster 助推器

5.4 
Who exactly is this  whiz kid holding the title of the w or  young self-made billionaire . Let’s found out .
Alexander wang is always love mathematics ,  ever since he was a kid ,wang   has participated in  several national math and  coding competitions ,and although he  didn’t win the  competitions, the thrill of the competition left huge impression on him, and pushed him to become a genius coder .  it was no denying that  following his passion to push wang to great successful heights , and 25 ,wang is now  the world’s youngest  self-made  billionaire  . When he was 19 , wang  decided to drop out of  college  and  co-fund  software company , called scale AI , the company which just name scale  AI .makes use of  technology  to work much faster than human analysts can work , to examine satellite images .

Nothing quite conveys America’s need for  quick culinary convenience  like a tv dinners , turkey and gravy with mashed potatoes and peas ,all  neatly portioned）in an easy oven ready tray


The tv dinner of the 1950s and 60s , changed a lot in the  decade  since , today ,the frozen foods are  a booming category in supermarkets , in 2023, modern home  appliances and direct to consumer business models  are picking up where those tv dinners left off .
Technology’s always going to be at the forefront of what drives ,  I think  a lot of consumer innovations ,and  balancing  that  against the very  traditional and  very recognizable experience of sharing a kitchen ,to both prepare and enjoy a meal  .  Is incredibly important to us ,  I don’t think that is ever going to go away .


conveys（运输，表达
culinary （烹饪的 食物的
turkey and gravy (火鸡和肉汁） 
neatly portioned （整齐的排列）
mashed(捣碎的
oven(烤箱）
tray （托盘）’
booming 繁荣的
left off 停止 中断
incredibly 难以置信的

That’s  two ways  to unlock energy from hydrogen that’s  coming out here .firstly it’s flammable ,so you could just  burn it .and secondly ,you could use to  power ,what’s called a flue cell .
This essentially  work  like a battery running on hydrogen or oxygen ,they react to supply to electricity that could for example, power of car. The only by-produces are heats and water ,and all of this is not really  news , the fuel cell  was invented back in  1800s ,later on the same century ,the guy in Denmark ,was called KuMepuwa ,was already use windmills to  power electrolysis   ,that supplied  hydrogen for school  gas lamps, and  in 1960s , general motors  built flue power van ,that run an hydrogen 
Today ,almost hydrogen we  produced   is used to make other things ,like fertilizers  or petroleum , but it’s never made it big as  a fuel .it’s just always be easier and cheaper to directly burn fossil fuels instead, But that is changing .
essentially。本质上
fertilizers   肥料
petroleum  石油 原油
electrolysis 电解
hydrogen  氢气

Traditional afternoon tea , the epitome of  indulgence  in the finest  English manor , a culinary experience that feels  all the cozier  when London is yet again gray and  rainy .
Afternoon tea can consist of several elements , one of them is ,of course ,the tea itself .follow by finger sandwiches ,usually with cucumber , salmon ,eggs ,and chicken  and curry sauce . Accompanied  by two canapés per person . Scones with lemon  curd  cream ,strawberry jams , and (clotted ) cream . and finally , a selection of  bite-sized  cakes and pastry ,
The traditional of afternoon tea  dates  back to the  1840s , and was invented by the duchess of Bedford a lady in waiting  to  queen Victoria ,
 She thought ,There was too much of  gaps between lunch and dinner ,so she asked her servants to in the afternoon ,to  make sandwiches , make scones ,make cakes . She really enjoyed that ,she was eating that , and she loved it ,so she started inviting her friends for it as well 


epitome  典型，缩影
Indulgence 沉溺的 放纵的
culinary 烹饪的
cozier 温暖舒适的
Curry 咖喱
curd 冷凝

If it’s 8 o’clock in Vancouver ,nine in Calgary ,11pm in Toronto. What time is on the moon?  The moon sits about many time zones, but why does it matter ?  It’s a distant unpopulated landscape  after all . But it  won’t alway be .

Nasa has start up   moon missions  again ,  and now countries around the world are sending spacecraft to the moon . Plus private  company are  seeing big business and tourism opportunities on the moon , the European space agency say it’s time the  world agreed  on the standard  of the  time for moon travel to ensure global coordination .

The moon is about  to become a ] a very busy  place over the next decade , and probably for the rest of its existence ,you need an efficient  . And  safe system in place 

It’s like the (growth of ) train travels in the 19 century , countries need timetable for train crossing borders . It’s why they came up  with 24 basic times zones  around the world . 

start up 开始、发动

is about  to 将要

Since 2007 , earth  hour have shone a spotlight on the issue of climate changes  and  nature loss  .   We’ve reached over 190 countries  and territories and millions people around the globe ,from asian and Africa ,to north and south American ,oceania and Europe ,to Antarctica we ‘ve spark conversation in English ,Portuguese ,  zhongwen…… ,we’ve  generated  hundreds and thousands of media  articles and billions of impressions  online , but 2023 must be a year of change ,in order  to reach  our 2030 nature  positive goal ,we need more people ,more than ever ,we need individuals  ,businesses .communities  , towns and  cities , entire nations  , to join in with earth hour ,to play their part to create the biggest hour for earth .

Portuguese  葡萄牙

shone  发光

spotlight  聚光灯

impressions 印象 

territories 领土

NO 1, Cappadocia ,in central  of Turkey ,Cappadocia is  a scene straight out of fairy tale  ,combining both natural  and man-made beauty , it’s a  (spellbinding destination ) . The region can combines five provinces  , featuring awe-inspiring dessert landscapes  ,packed  with rock chimneys  ,rolling hills, and deep (valleys )  ,that  reflect the early morning  light . Travers   come to Cappadocia to see it  from  above ,  the openness  of the scenery works well with the slow rising sun ,whose beams  create  a dancing  mass  of  shadows and light , there is much to see on the ground  as well , from charming town and underground cities ,to ancient churches and historic caves .  

spellbinding  引人入胜的

chimneys  烟囱型

valleys 山谷

Beams  光线

It’s arguably the. World most  famous painting today , but how did it achieve its status ,Leonardo is   thought to have started portrait in 1503 , at request of a Florentine business man ,who want to  portrait  of his wife ,(Lisa Gherardini ), Leonardo  continued working on the painting for more than ten years , but with unfinished by the time he died ,over his life time ,Leonardo can (conduct groundbreaking ) studies on human optics ,which let him (pioneer ) a certain  artistic techniques ,some  can be seen in the menalisa ,using (atmosphere ) perspective ,  he make images at great distance (hazier ) ,producing (the illusion) of profound depth .and with sfumato  ,he created subtle gradations between colors ,that’s softened the edges  of the  forms he depicted . All of this  is striking 

portrait 肖像

groundbreaking 动工 开创性的

pioneer 先锋

optics 光学

hazier 朦胧的 模糊的

illusion 错觉 幻觉

profound 深刻的

subtle gradations  微妙的层次

depicted 描绘

What is Parkinson’s disease ?

Let’s start with  some basics . In the united states ,it’s estimated that anywhere from 600 000 to 1 million people and more are living with Parkinson’s .and at least  6 000  are diagnosed each year. This makes PD , one of the most common brain  diseases ), second only to Alzheimer’s , age increase of risk of Parkinson’s ,and average age of diagnosis  is  60 , so as our population continues growth get older, and more people are likely to experience PD ,in fact ,people tends to think of  Parkinson’s as an old person disease ,but some person get PD  at 40  or even younger , some disease  can be diagnosed with a lab test ,cholesterol level ,and (blood pressure ) measures to  evaluate for heart disease for example .

We need to test like that in Parkinson, but they don’t exist yet  ,doctors diagnosed Parkinson by completing  medical history and physical examination , they look for two and three classical motor  symptoms which are resting tremor . Stiffness and slowness  of movements .

tremor 颤抖

Stiffness  僵硬

diagnosed 诊断

cholesterol 胆固醇

Is being left handed on advantage ?

It’s not real  advantage ,but usually it’s easier to play against right handed players ,this is simply , because there are more right-handed  players ,so you are more used to practicing and  playing against them ,also when you play against left handers  ,the sidespin come in the opposite way and you have to readjust the ball placement  ,So there is a  small advantage ,if you can choose ,I  would recommend playing  in left handed .

So for  obvious reasons ,it’s not allowed  to move the table 

readjust 调整

Sidespin  侧旋

Home ownership hasn’t  always been  a national obsession.  a century ago , three (quarter  ) of the United Kingdom rent the place they lived . Now ,only about a third of country’s  households are renting . Those  that are have  serious disadvantage if they ever hope to own. This graph shows the relationship between  private rentals ) and  home  ownership in London  . When  Thatcher toke office, private renter were declining steadily . While home ownership  with a  mortgage was on the  rise ,

By the end of her time in 1990 ,this change  dramatically .private rental rose , while those  owning homes with a mortgage dwindled  ,more than  (30 ) years later for the first time in decades .There were more London households private renting that owning a home with a mortgage .

In London ,the average house  price in 1980s ,was something like three or four  times ,the average salary  ,but now in London ,it’s something  likes thirteen times  ,the average salary

mortgage  抵押 按揭

dwindled  减少的

declining 越来越少的

steadily 逐渐的 稳步的

obsession 困扰

The company was founded in 2002 ,the same year it debuted is classic clog   ,the name crocs was inspired by  crocodiles ,who live on land and in water . 

When crocs shoes were first (released ) ,they were intended for a consumer when looking at them   as a functional things  ,probably gardeners   people that were on boats ,

People that walked  all day on their feet ,people that were on a line at the kitchen .

The part of what makes them so functional is material , a proprietary closed-cell resin calls  croslite ,that’s slip (resistant ) ,light weight and  easy to clean .

Produce a molded shoes is certainly simpler  in a lot of ways that simply than assembling a sneaker , the most underrated advantage they have over the marketplace  is that it’s clear that they are able to  kind of do  things ,that other companies are not be able to do because of their scales , because of   their production capability.

debuted  首次登台

clog  阻塞，堵塞

gardeners  园艺大师

proprietary  所有权 所有的

resin  树脂

slip resistant 防滑

assembling  组装

sneaker  运动鞋

On Thursday night ,there were a visible in southern Ontario , likely  cause a burst of solar energy ,the geomagnetic storm was unexpectedly stronger than anticipated leading to a visual display of different  hues color dancing  amongst  the sky .

Trevor Jone is an astrophotographer ,captured imagines of the  phenomenon from  the comfort of his home 。everyone takes  the notice when you see ribbons of green and pink in the night  sky ,so ,the last time I saw it this good is 2011, it’s  been  a long time  since I’ve seen the Northern night like  this well from southern Ontario .while  it feel like  a rarity to Jone ,there is a chance rather like could be visible  again  Friday night .

Get way from city like bruce ,and If you can , your eyes can get dark  adapted for 25 to 30 mins ,that’s you best chance ,then actually seeing  the Northern lights ,

And even you miss tonight ,the Northern light could be visible around southern Ontario more often .

geomagnetic storm 磁暴 

hues 色调

burst 爆发

comfort 舒服

ribbons 绸缎 丝带

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QingMing ,is not only one of the china’s 24 solar terms, but also  an occasion  for chinese people to honor their lost  family members . Speaking of solar terms ,QingMing ,which is observed in  early April ,when  the temperature begin to rise , and rainfall increases . It is right time  for spring cultivation  and sowing . At the same time ,chinese people will visit tombs of their ancestors around QingMing to pay respect to the deceased ,  most of the time  , the whole family will go to the cemeteries  with offerings ,clean up weeds  around the tombs , and pray for family prosperity. QingMing was  included as chinese public holiday in 2008 .

occasion 时刻 

sowing 播种

deceased  已故的

weeds 野草

prosperity 繁荣

Qingtuan ,which literally means green bulb ,was (originally )  an offering for  ancestors during QingMing . As 他和 custom of worshiping ancestors , has weakened  with time ,it is now  regard as a favored  spring outing (snack ) , especially popular among people in south of (yangzi) river .

Qingtuan ,is (a round ) green dessert , its green dough is made by mixing glutinous rice flour  with boiled mugwort juice  .  The dough is then wrapped around red bean paste  or other sweet fillings ,  then steamed until cooked ,the combination of  its soft and chewy dough with sweet and smooth filling make it delicious light snack .

Now ,more  new type of qingtuan  are available , and some novel fillings are  even going  viral ,such as egg yolk with meat ,vegetarian option filling with fruit  .

worshiping  敬奉神

dough 面糊

glutinous  粘的，

mugwort 艾草

paste 面糊

steamed  蒸熟

chewy 难嚼的 有嚼劲的

novel 新颖的

viral 迅速传播的

Today ,personality testing is a multi billion dollars industry  ,used by individuals , schools , or companies .but none of these test ,including MBTI, the big five ,the DISC (assessment ), the process communication model and the enneagram . actually reveal  the truths about personality ,in fact ,it’s up for  debate whether the personality is stable measurable  features of an  individual at all . Part of the problems is the way of test are  constructed ,each is based on  different set of metrics  to define personality . the Myers-briggs focus on features like ,introversion ,extroversion  .to classify people into personality types , while  the big five scores participant on five different traits. 

Most are self-reported ,mean the results  are based on question participant  answer about themselves ,so it’s easy to lie ,but even with the best intentions , objective self-evaluation  is tricky .

enneagram 九型人格

traits  特性

 A popular dish in chinese cuisine is Cha Shao  ,or Chinese barbecue pork . Cha shao translate to fork roasted  . The meat is  placed  on an elongated  fork  and roast over the open fire . And it has a slightly charred and reddish-brown color ,finished with a sweet but savory flavor .

In indian , grilling is done inside a clay oven cotta tandoor  , a tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven  that’s  been used in Indian for centuries , it burns at very high heat  , exposing the food side to open flame  in hot air  resulting in confection cooking .

 Some excavation site have  found tandoor clay oven  with chicken bone and char marks dating back to   3000 DC 

Tandoori chicken is known to be one of the Indian’s most popular dishes ,and comes with sides like naan cucumber raita and basmati rice .

elongated 细长的，

savory 可口的 美味的

cylindrical 圆柱形的、

Oven 烤箱

confection 糖果，蜜饯

excavation 挖掘

char 烧焦

Hummingbirds lay the smallest eggs ,the eggs (of bee) Hummingbirds are about 0.2 inches long .Ostrich lay the biggest birds  eggs ,they can weigh up to 5.5 pounds .and they are so hard that a human adult can stand on them without breaking them ,not all eggs are white or brown , the thrush ,bullfinch ,starling and blackbird ,are bird species that lay blue eggs .(Emus) ,lay green eggs ,Oyster catchers ,speckled eggs .

All birds are warm-blooded ),there are only two bird species  that can reduce their body temperature .one of them is the Hummingbirds ,it always needs its energy but they can’t eat during the night , therefore it’ll reduce their body temperature ,and enters  a kind of nighttime torpor, the common (poorwill) also is an exception, it hibernates  for several weeks a temperature  lower than  15 degrees Fahrenheit 

speckled 有斑点的

hibernates 冬眠

torpor 不活泼

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How ‘quite quitting’ became the next phase of the great resignation 

This is one example of quiet quitting ,a trend has been dominating social media ,and especially in tiktok . In July ,Zaid Khan, a 24 engineer in new York post videos about quite quit ,and it went viral .since then ,the trend has spread like wildfire with hashtag # quite quitting, # quitting # quieting ,in the US ,quite quitting could also be a backlash to hustle culture  .the 24/7 start up  Grind popularized by figures  like Gray V and others .

I think it’s almost direct resistance and disruption  of hustle culture honestly ,and I think it’s exciting that more people are doing it ,

When it comes to hustle culture and quite quitting ,we are seeing from Gen Zers ,especially they’re really focused  on ensuring that they have that  work life  balance ,and really mission-driven purpose when it comes to work .we see this across millennials as well .

backlash 反作用

hustle 忙碌

resignation 辞职

因为上一篇过分困难了，所以换了一篇好友记。

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Chandler : Is there have a room that I can lock him in ? Oh ,take .

Chandler: well ,they are totally ripping us off .

Ross :don’t worry about that ,I know way how we can make your  money back .this is a nice hotel , you know ,plenty of amenities  ,we just load up on those

Ross : hi, this is ross galler ,in suite  206, and I seem to have forgotten couple of things, could you  have some complimentary toiletries send up to my room .

Ross : thank you ,ok .toothbrush ,toothpaste razor ,mouthwash, dental floss ,band-aids shaving cream , aftershave , and I feel like I’m  forgetting something , is anything else you have that I haven’t ask for already   . Yeah go ahead set up  some tampons 

Ross : what’s you get .

Chandler : USA Today .

Ross: nice ,put it with  others .

Chandler :and I also got two more apples .

Ross : we’re four short of a bushel . Oh god ,I feel so alive ,I love being in the country .

complimentary 称赞的，免费赠送的

amenities 便利设施

Rip up 撕碎   rip us off 剥削我们

toothpaste，razor ,mouthwash, dental floss ,band-aids ，shaving cream  tempons

牙膏，剃须刀，漱口水，牙线，创口贴，刮胡膏, 棉条

 set up 装备

bushel 水果的计量单位

load up 带上 捎上

这一篇可太难了，像在听rap，大家自取吧 。我过分菜鸡了，无能为力，不放原文了 放问题吧。

1.potatoes were first grown in the North America .(true/false)

answer : false 

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Advanced in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns 

Here’s how it works ,to create new content .this program are  trained  on data sets of existing content .that hold text image video files  even code scraped  from the internet .some  artists  say this amounts to appropriating their work without permission .including south African artist Jono dry .

This  scares me ,it makes a huge part of my practice somewhat redundant 

Hey artists, if you have wondering if ai have been using your art to train itself ,I  figure  out where to look …

Lllustrator Carlianne Tipsey suggested artist  to go to the site “haveIbeentrained.com “to see if their artwork was used in  training popular text-to-imaging  program.

I personally found my book cover on there and a lot of stuff from my favorite artists 

And last month ,the artist protested the portfolio site ArtStation for featuring ai-generated art on its page .

This new wave of sophisticated ai tools is rising some tricky  ethical questions ,as well as a big concerns about topic such as the future  of human labor .

portfolio 公文包

featuring 放映 展示 

sophisticated 见多识广，先进的，老练的，水平高的

appropriating 合适的，挪用

scraped 刮 擦 

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if we had zero resistance conductors , we could have trains ,that could  be levitated and transit people  from one corner  of the country to the other with almost no power . It’s was completely change the way electric car’s work .magnetic resonance imaging is quite expensive ,that would tremendously change also .even fusion could potentially be  dramatically  changed our quest for fusion , we  sort of imagine  this could be a real  revolution in technology 

The new discovery is first time we (demonstrating a material that ) superconducts at room temperature and near-ambient .

Before the pressure was 270 gigapascal  ,the new discovery ,now we are at one gigapascal 

levitated 使浮起，使漂浮

resonance 共振，深沉，洪亮

Magnetic 磁性的

tremendously 非常的

fusion 融合

quest 寻求

ambient  环境的

gigapascal 吉帕斯卡（物理单位）

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The origins  of Venetian  gondolas are lost to history ,but by 1500’s some 10 000 gondolas transported dignitaries  merchants and  goods through the city’s canals  ,like a  modern day taxi system ,gondolas  were leased to boatman ,who made the round of the city’s ferry stations 。passenger paid fare to be carried from one side of the grand canal to the other , as well as to other points around the city , but gondolas soon develop the bad rap, historical documents describe numerous infractions involving boatmen, including cursing  Grambling , extorting passengers ,even occasional acts of violence ，to minimize the unpredictability of canal travel  , the Venetian  citizens who could  afford it purchase their own gondolas ,just as celebrity  might use a  private  car and  driver today .these wealthy Venetians hires two private gondoliers to ferry around the city and maintain their boats ,the (gondolas soon became  status  symbol ,much like an  expensive cars ,with custom fittings carved and gilded ornamentation ,and seasonal fabrics like silk and velvet .（雕刻和镀金装饰的定制配件，以及丝绸和天鹅绒等季节性面料）

词汇

cursing 诅咒

infractions 犯规行为

extorting 敲诈

grand canal 大运河

leased 出租