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Ein paar Gedanken über "The Sea Wolf"
Ich habe vor vielen Jahren "The Sea Wolf" von Jack London gelesen und es hat einen bleibenden Eindruck hinterlassen. Die Geschichte erzählt von einem intellektuellen, Van Weyden, der von einem Schiff gerettet wird, nachdem er bei einem Schiffswrack fast gestorben ist. Obwohl er zunächst dankbar dafür war, dass sein Leben gerettet wurde, erkennt er schnell, dass das Schiff, das ihn gerettet hat, kein gewöhnliches Schiff ist. "The Ghost" ist ein brutaler Ort, der von einem brutalen Mann namens Wolf Larsen befehligt wird. Obwohl er von anderen Besatzungsmitgliedern anfangs verpönt wird, da er ein gebildeter Mann ist und noch nie in seinem Leben gearbeitet hat, schafft er es, sich anzupassen und sogar ein oder zwei Dinge von Wolf Larsen und seiner brutalen Art zu lernen. Als das Schiff eine andere Person rettet, eine Schriftstellerin, die der Protagonist kennt, wird die Geschichte dramatischer, da der Protagonist entschlossen ist, sie vor dem Wolf zu schützen. Dann zeigt sich, dass Wolf auch so etwas wie ein Intellektueller ist, er ist sozusagen ein Autodidakt und ein eifriger Nietzsche-Leser. Der große Kontrast ist, dass Wolf nur an das Gesetz des stärksten glaubt, das ihn zu Gräueltaten führt, während Van Weyden immer noch ein moralisches Pflichtgefühl behält und mitfühlend ist. Das Wissen um die Natur der Wolfs Lebensphilosophie macht das Ende viel tragischer, da Wolf Larsen blind und gelähmt endet, alles andere als der Übermensch, den er so sehr schätzte. Ich glaube, Jack London war kein Nietzsche-Fan.
Aug. 7, 2021
Brother Daxiong (part three)
I remember deeply that there was one time he praised me with big improvement, and told me what my speed was. Furthermore, he encouraged me to swim in the deep pool. I told him that I was so afraid. He said that he sould accompany me by my side. I looked at the pool and there were so many people, then I took a deep breath and swam. He swam slowly to adapt my speed and led the way. I wasn't afraid any more and felt so content that I got such a nice person to teach me how to swim.
I wanted to learn swimming when I was a child. My father hold my hands to let me float. I was so scared that I always sank. He soon became very impatient and asked me to play in the shallow water so he could go on swimming.
So Daxiong behavioured more like a father to me, which kind I desired. In a sense, we were strangers to each other. But he gave me so many attention and kindness that my father never did. And I am unable to do the same things to a stanger like him. So I really felt lucky to meet him.
As I left the city, I have never seen him again. Wish him all the best.
Aug. 7, 2021
Aug. 7, 2021
Diary
I had planned to go to the nursing home today with my mom and grandpa to see my grandma, but the nursing home doesn't allow outsiders, probably because of Covid.
I haven't get the vaccine because the Chinese vaccines don't seem to work for Covid-19's Delta variant. The latest outbreak in China was due to the Delta variant infecting staff at the Nanjing airport who had got the Chinese vaccine.
However, my mom asked me to go with her to get the vaccine some day because the government had previously issued a notice stating that people who are not vaccinated cannot go to public places such as schools, banks, libraries, etc. The QR code will be checked when we enter these places. The QR code for healthy body is green and the border of the QR code for vaccinated people will be gold.
I was hesitant to get the vaccine because there has been no documented adverse reactions to the Chinese vaccine. Looking forward to the mRNA vaccine entering China sooner.
Aug. 7, 2021
Meine erste Woche in Deutschland
Ich mochte meine Deutsche Sprache verbessern und so habe ich entschieden, dass ich nach Deutschland für drei Wochen fahren werden. Ich bin hier sechster Tag und es ist super. Meine Hostfamilie ist sehr Liebling. Reinhard, Sabine und Max ihr Sohn. Ich arbeite hier und dafür besorge ich essen und ein Zimmer hier. Es ist sehr gut veil ich kann hier Deutsche sprechen kostenlos. Abe ich habe eine Probleme, dass ich Angst zu sprechen habe, weil ich nicht so gut in Deutsche Sprache bin. Ich werde Deutsche sprechen starten heute beim Abendessen. Wünsch mir Glück.
Aug. 7, 2021
A talking dog
(A dog approached to me while I was roaming around the street.)
Me: Hey dog! Good doggy~! Good doggy~!
(I try to stroke the dog and the dog bites me.)
Oh shit! Bad dog! I was just trying to pat you! What's the matter with you!
Wait a minute. Aren't you a Lily's dog? Where is she?
Dog: She's taking a shower in her house.
She caught me while I was watching a tv and tried to wash my body.
But I'm afraid of water, so I ran away.
Me: Oh my god! The dog is talking! Unbelievable!
Dog: Yup, It's believable since you're talking with me!
Some dogs can speak human language but most of them
hate human being, so they don't get to talk to people easily.
Me: I see. I had no idea!
So, you ran away from her because you're scared of water?
I wouldn't do that, because I'd love to take a shower with her.
To be honest, I'm interested in your owner,
so I've always wished I were you so that I could live with her.
Dog: Like I said, I'm scared of water.
Besides, I don't normally look at her during the shower because her shape is
not that good as you probably have imagined.
She wears fake bras!
Me: Oh my holy mama.......!
(Speechless for a while.)
I'm flabbergasted.
I think that borders on cheating!
We should stop the cheating from women from all around the world!
Dog: Yeah~!!!
Aug. 7, 2021
Travel Abroad
I really like to travel abroad.
Before getting the airplane, I am filled with anticipation.
I hope for nice scene, good atmosphere and people's life style there.
During traveling, I always make good memories and take pictures as many as I can.
Everything there is always a load of fun.
I usually buy souvenirs which I can reminisce about the memories.
And I also buy some gifts for my family and my friends.
After returning home, I feel wistful and write in my diary and my blog about those days.
Because of Covid 19, I can't go anywhere now.
I hope the pandemic comes to an end soon.
Aug. 7, 2021
Journal
I once tried booking a few lessons with native English speakers. When I took my lessons I couldn't even speak a single word, and I often got stuck when I was eager to express myself, although I could understand most of the teacher's speaking, but what is the use of that? What I really want is to speak English out loud! I thought all the lessons were a waste, so I stopped booking lessons. After a period of time, I still couldn't find a way to solve it. I had to book lessons again, but I needed to choose the cheapest one, and for a long time, at least for a year. This decision was made when I was desperate with my spoken English.
Stay tuned.
Aug. 7, 2021
A Five Minutes Presentation - Introducing Notion
(1) Good morning. Some of you guys might already be using Notion. But I found some people don’t know about it. So I’m going to introduce Notion.
(2) In the first part, I’m going to introduce Notion’s basic features and useful tips for students like us.
And in the second part, I’m going to show you how I use Notion, especially for language learning.
(3) What is Notion?
Basically, Notion is a note-taking software. Notion has rich features that help you to organize your work or project. So it works like a memo, a recipe book, a calendar, a to-do list, a tracker, whatever you name it.
Based on the note-taking feature, it can be a team collaboration tool. You don’t need to use all the programs like Google Docs, Evernote,etc. You just need Notion to organize your team work and share it with your coworkers.
(4) Basic features
Notion has tons of great features, so I couldn’t bring them all on one slide, but these are my favorite features. First Notion has a clear and direct interface. So it makes it easy to use for users. Also, you can put cute emojis on the title of the page and change the view of the database.
Second, various templates. When you make a new page on Notion, you get a blank page. So you can customize it creatively, but if it’s hard, you just need to download templates.
Third, the Embed/Import feature. Embedding means you can put images and videos which you found on the internet into your Notion. Also, your existing data can be imported from Evernote, Google Docs.
Lastly, real-time collaboration. You can invite your coworkers and work together.
(5) Notion has good features for students. I’ll tell you one useful tip and 3 templates.
(6) Free upgrade. Notion is already a free program, but if you have student email, you can upgrade your plan to personal pro for free.
Class Notes and Syllabus. I’d preferred a classic note-taking style before I found Notion. But after I use Notion, I’m gonna definitely use Notion for class. You can capture notes from all your classes and track what you’ve reviewed. Also, you can tag your notes with course names and numbers.
(7) Reading List. When you find an interesting book or media you want to consume, make a list on Notion. You can easily see what you’ve completed.
Simple Budget. You can track your expenses and how they compare to a monthly cap. Also, you should check how much you’re spending on what categories.
(8) Now I’ll show you how I use Notion. This is my Notion page. I made a few tabs for several things. Like Language, Our English studies, Coding. Among these, I’ll show you my language learning Notion page. I’m currently learning English and Spanish, so I made two pages.
(9) On the English page, I put the background picture and other pages again. Also, I put a quote to motivate myself.
(10) On the ‘Content’ page, I listed TV series or movies I watched and books I read.
(11) On the ‘Resources’ page, I listed useful English websites I want to check later.
(12) In ‘Sentence Mining' page, When I find a sentence including a word I don’t know in TV shows or books, I write it down on Notion.
(13) Like this, I can check all the sentences I wrote and later I can put these sentences into a flashcard program. It’s really helpful for remembering new words.
(14) I'll finish with my favorite quote. 'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." Dr.Seuss. It would be a little difficult to use Notion in the beginning, but once you get used to it, it will be easy to organize your work. I hope you guys use Notion well and learn many things and finally go to many places in the future.
(15) Thank you for listening. Do you have any questions?
Aug. 7, 2021
Aug. 7, 2021
14/30 L'adolescence
Hier soir, mes anciennes camarades, une ancienne prof et moi, nous sommes réunies pour fêter l'anniversaire de ma prof. C'était une soirée formidable, avec beaucoup de rires et plaisirs. Ça m'a rappelé mon adolescence qui est passé avec cette bande d'amies formidables.
L'adolescence est souvent une période de rébellion, d'amour…etc, mais c'est certainement une métamorphose physique et psychologique, laquelle il faut beaucoup de soutènement de proches. Et moi, je suis heureuse d'avoir admis dans cette école et rencontré des amies et profs géniaux dans cette période.
À l'adolescence, c'est facile de tomber "amoraux". Je ne suis pas très dans l'affect ou dans la démonstration de l'amitié ou de l'amour mais dès lors que je suis captivée par quelqu'un ou quelque chose, je tomberais folle "amoureuse". À cette époque, j'ai bien aimé ma prof de géographie parce qu'elle était très chic et épatante. J'ai étudié vraiment dure pour cette matière pour lui faire plasir. C'était aussi un comportement pour attirer l'attention. Plus qu'elle me fait confiance, plus dure que je travaille pour ne pas la décevoir. Même après la graduation du lycée, elle est toujours une de grandes motivations pour faire de mon mieux.
Ensuite, quand on est jeune, on rencontre facilement des nouvelles têtes, mais en même temps, does amitiés de jeunesse sont un peu fragiles . À force de conflicts entre les amis, j'ai découvert mon insuffisance et amélioré mes compétences relationnelles. Je faisais beaucoup d’ « amies » mais désormais je ne reste que en termes avec deux ou trois bandes. Mais je suis quand même très contente de leur garder toujours de contact, parce que ça n'a pas de prix !
Aug. 7, 2021
New Keyboard
I bought a new keyboard. It's named "Realforce" which is an expensive, high-spec keyboard. This keyboard uses a special mechanism, so the typing feeling is very nice. Additionally, my laptop's keyboard I've used is Japanese-layout, but the new one is US-layout. I realized US-layout was easy to use especially when I type in English. This is because of the differences in the keys. When it comes to Japanese-layout, there're unique keys used in Japanese, such as to change hiragana/katakana or to convert hiragana into kanji. Besides, the enter key is bigger and its shape is almost square. So, the layout isn't symmetrical and I think it's a bit inconvenient. I also consider US-layout is better for programming because it's needed to type alphabets and signs, for instance, semicolons or parentheses.
Aug. 7, 2021
Journal
How to practice my speaking? I learned English by myself and there are no English teachers around me, so it is very difficult to practice my spoken English. Somebody told me I can speak English to myself with a mirror, but it seems really ridiculous to do that. Hiring teachers to practice with them is really expensive, I can't afford it. I once thought of a method that I think is very smart, which is writing. I do think if I write well I will speak well. After almost practicing it for a year, my writing indeed got better, but my speaking was still terrible. It seems it has nothing to do with my speaking. The final goal of learning English is to speak. I have to hire teachers.
stay tuned.
Aug. 7, 2021
Crappy Neighborhood
Since we had arrived in Chai we had enjoyed unbroken sunshine. But since last week it had rained continuously and we had been soaked to the skin. The trees are quite tall and thick here. I can’t imagine how dark the room is if we are living on the ground floor of the flat. Fortunately, we live on a high floor which boasts fantastic view of the street. On a sunny day you can even see the far mountains.
When I just moved home here, my friend helped to bring the luggages which I had sent to him from Beijing. He drove the car to the underground lot where we found the lift is broken. It was really dark and damp which I hadn’t known until then. We had to return on the ground. My friend said this neighborhood is crapy. I was surprised because it was way better than my former one.
Aug. 7, 2021
Motivation for Writing
I found it difficult to make a habit of writing daily for some reasons. Even when I set about writing something about myself in my native language, Japanese, no idea comes to mind right away because nothing happens especially during the state of emergency. To be blunt, thousands of ordinary days account for a large part of one's life. Or rather, we might have to make special memories or appreciate everything happening to me every single days as much as possible. Even if you can't do this, prompt or news helps you write articles.
However, it's still hard to keep writing if you find good topics to talk about. I believe that writing always requires readers in order to maintain your motivation. Of course, I know that some people are able to keep writing daily by themselves for over several years. As for me, I have not a little desire to make readers feel sympathy or interesting. I suppose that most of LangCorrect members expect readers to leave comments as well as kind corrections.
Aug. 7, 2021
Le deuxième jour de voyage et les vanances des Japonais
Il prevoit de commencer à pleuvoir à partir de vers midi, donc on a décidé de ne rien faire et se relaxe aujourd'hui.
Pour les Ftançais, je crois que c'est bien normal de se détendre sans rien faire pendant les vacances ou le voyage, mais pour les Japonais, ça ne se passe presque jamais : on aime bien se déplacer tout le temps pour faire un tour dans les places touristiques. On croit même que c'est le tourisme, et l'idée de se détendre en voyage ne vient pas vraiment à l'esprit (c'est une cliché typique concernant les Japonais, peut-être ?). Ça commence à changer petit à petit surtout parmi les génération jeunes, mais il reste toujours rare de se relaxer totalement en voyage.
Ça découle du fait que les Japonais aiment faire quelque chose tout le temps, mais à mon avis également du fait qu'il n'y a pas assez de congés payés au Japon. On en a 20 jours à peu près à part de jours fériés, mais peu de salariés en utilisent tout. J'envisage d'écrire les raisons pour cela dans un proche avenir.
Aug. 7, 2021
Marathon Race
I went for a walk early this morning. When I got home, the Olympic marathon race had already begun. I thought the race would start at 7 AM, but the Olympic Organizing Committee decided to start at 6 AM because of the hot weather. The decision was announced at 8 pm the night before. The marathon race was held at Sapporo because Sapporo has a cool weather. However, Sapporo is very hot this summer. I think it's because of global warming.
Aug. 7, 2021
Bâtiments à Karpilovka
Nous avons deux types de maisons à Karpilovka : des maisons en bois et des maisons de brique. La maison en bois est plus efficace pour garder la chaleur en hiver qui n'est pas très utile avec le réchauffement climatique. Ma famille habite dans cette maison de brique. J'ai été surpris d'apprendre que je peux la trouver sur Google Maps. Big Brother vous regarde même ici. À part la maison comme celui-ci, nous avons aussi des appartements comme celui-là mais ils ne sont pas très répandus à Karpilovka.
Aug. 7, 2021
Dia sete de agosto
Por Macau, tinha muitos construções históricos.
Por exemplo, Ruínas de São Paulo.
É ruína de igreja. É bonito, mas ele sempre tinha muitos pessoas.
Sobre Barra, é um templo perto do mar.
O Templo de A-Má lá adorava a Mazu.
Ela é a deusa protegia os pesacadores.
A Mazu era a deusa comum pelas pessoas viviam em sul China, Taiwan, e chinêses em suldeste Ásia.
O templo é pequeno, mas o história deste é mais longa do que Taiwan.
No templo, você pude passar perto e pude ver os espetáculos de Macau.
Achei que os templos e as estátuas de deuses foram diferente, comparando esses eu vi em Taiwan.
No entanto, os nomes de deuses e as fés são mesmo.
Eu sempre gosto de inspecionar os templos quando eu viajava para outras lugares.
Aug. 7, 2021
Aug. 7, 2021
The sometimes difficult access to knowledge
Now a days, we produce much knowledge than ever. To be more precise, we create so much information every single day that it'll be impossible to read it for a single person. Sometimes I feel amazed by all the medieval and ancient manuscripts that are to be read, but my shock is even bigger when I think of all the texts, images and videos that we're producing every second. The impressive amount of information causes that the important things to be hear or read just get lost in a sea of gibberish. The true is, nobody cares about what is published in the last number of a International journal on ancient philology. Just a few people will read some of the papers there published, and probably some of them will quit the reading as soon as the began it. What upset me the most is that even in this context -where the people don't need the journals nor the books, but rather the journals and editorial houses need new readers- the access to this academic information is closed. Only the best universities have access to almost all the papers and books that are saved online. For me it's almost criminal to have a bunch of texts saved in servers and not get free access to them. I have had to go to multiple pages, to ask to many friends, to download a lot of incomplete and even dangerous files, while trying to access to a text that could be as near as a click.
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Aug. 7, 2021
한국어를 배우기에 대한 읽기
벌써 한국어를 배운지 5년째 되었는데 내가 한국어를 배우기 결심한 날이 아직도 내 기억에 생생한다. 그때 영어만 할 수는 있는 17살이 된 난 언어를 공부하는 것에 관심이 하나도 없다고 생각했지만 운이 좋아 K-드라마나 Kpop으로 한국말에 관심을 천천히 모었다. 사실 그때는 내가 위태로우고 부그러운 사람인 편이라서 "아 한국어를 배울 수 있을까?" 또는 "언어를 배우는 것에 소질이 있나?"란 생각이 많이 들었는데 매일마다 꾸준히 공부하다보니 언어를 배우기에 사랑에 푹 빠지게 되었다. 한국 동사, 문법 구조, 말, 등 배울수록 너무 아름답다고 생각이 듣는 기억이 난다. 다만 정직하게 말하자면 내 생각엔 한국어를 배우기에 제일 힘든 점은 남들을 만나다는 것이다 ㅋㅋ. 너무 긴장됐어서.
한국어를 배우기 덕분에 자신감이 얻었서 내가 날 깊이 알게 되었다.
아무튼 여기까지 읽어주셔서 너무 고맙슴니다!
Aug. 7, 2021
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