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Hi everybody, welcome toMeiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美國叔叔說英語).What's your name? Today we are going to talk about names.Usually the first question we ask someone when we first meet him or her is, "what's your name?".It's important to know what to call someone, right?I mean, we don't want to go around saying,"hey you, hey you, and you, the other you, tall guy, hey, short guy, you over there, the one with the blue shirt, what's your name again?"If we forget someone's name after he or she has already told us, then we can ask, "what's your name again?".Some people suggest that when you meet a person, you should say his or her name immediately after you hear it.For example, when someone says, "hi, my name's Jack", you should say "nice to meet you, Jack!"This will help you to remember the name. OK, another good way to help people remember your name is to have an English name.For those of you in China who are learning English and talking to people from other countries, it's a good idea...

Hey everybody, welcome toMeiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美國叔叔說英語).Today we are going to talk aboutHalloweenandJack-O'-Lanterns.Here's the story below from the websiteMental Floss:The term "jack-o'-lantern" was first applied to people, not pumpkins. As far back as 1663, the term meant a man with a lantern, or a night watchman. Just a decade or so later, it began to be used to refer to the mysterious lights sometimes seen at night over bogs, swamps, and marshes.These ghost lights—variously called jack-o’-lanterns, hinkypunks, hobby lanterns, corpse candles, fairy lights, will-o'-the-wisps, and fool's fire—are created when gases from decomposing plant matter ignite as they come into contact with electricity or heat or as they oxidize.For centuries before this scientific explanation was known, people told stories to explain the mysterious lights. In Ireland, dating as far back as the 1500s, those stories often revolved around a guy named Jack.As the story goes, Stingy Jack—often d...

Today we are going to talk aboutfear (恐懼).You know,Halloween (萬聖節)is coming up, and I’ll talk more about that later this month, but for now let’s just talk about fear in general.Who here hasn’t been afraid?If you raised your hand, I’m afraid you didn’t understand the question or just not telling the truth because truth be told, we’ve all been afraid of something, at one point or another in our lives.In fact, fear is what keeps us alive. Have you ever heard of thefight or flight instinct (戰鬥或逃跑本能)in animals?It means that we either fight back against what we are afraid of, or we run away from it so that we can live to fight another day.So it seems that sometimes it’s right to fight, and sometimes it’s better to take ourselves out of dangerous situations.“The only thing to fear is fear itself.”That phrase was made famous in 1932 byFranklin D. Roosevelt(富蘭克林·羅斯福)during his first speech at President of the United States.It means that we should not be afraid ...

Hey everybody, welcome toMeiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美國叔叔說英語).Today I'd like to talk aboutjujube (棗).Some people have asked me about the name of this fruit in English. Is it red date? Chinese date? Well, both of those names are ok, but the much better name is "jujube". It is a delicious fruit, and a fun name to say.Right now is the right time to eat some jujube in China. They are delicious, nutritious, and good for your health. The jujube is native to China, and it grows all over the country.Have a great autumn everyone, and I hope you love jujube as much as I do!Thanks for listening to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美國叔叔說英語).

Hey everybody, welcome toMeiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美國叔叔說英語).It has been said that"a picture is worth a thousand words". In that case, there are books and books of words in the greatest online library ever compiled.I'm talking about yourMoments (朋友圈)onWeChat (微信), where at any time we can find photos of friends and strangers doing things from crazy,unique (獨特)behavior to boring, everyday living.The question thatsocial scientists (社會學家)of the future will have to answer a million times is, "why did everybody really want to see what everybody else was eating all the time?".So, recently someone I know asked me if I really believed what I saw in photos.It's an interesting question because photos are not actually real, right?Do things exist only because we can see them? Are we real?What if what we do every day is just avirtual realitysimulation(虛擬現實模擬)on someone's screen in the sky?Ok, well, let's just believe that this world is real, and I'm here, you're here, and...

Hey everybody, welcome back toMeiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu.Today we are going to talk about perfection. That’s right, let’s find out if any of us on Earth is perfect.My guess is that you cannot find the perfect person, unless his or her name is “Nobody”, because as they say, “Nobody’s perfect”!Well, some people have said that I am aperfectionist, since I always try to do things perfectly.Maybe it is because I am a Virgo but perhaps it’s not always a good thing to be perfect.If there is noimperfectionin the world, then we’d all have to live up to an impossible standard.If your expectations are too high, then it may be hard to ever find true and lasting happiness.Some people are so in love with perfection that they cannot get started on the path to success.This kind ofprocrastinationis paralyzing and can prevent perfectionists from reaching their goals.Perhaps it is best if we keep in mind that the goal is good but the journey is just as if not more important.That is to say, the...

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