4.29 How Bill Gates reads books
一句话总结：the reading habit of Bill is to get through to the end of the book and fully concentrated on it. Read hard books for over an hour per night to make progress day by day.
语言点：get the most out of books 从书中获得最大收获
take the knowledge and attach It to knowledge U have 吸收知识并与已有知识融会贯通
get through to the end 读完
broad-thinking 博学多识的
make an exception 破例
short YouTube videos fit into those little slots 短小的视频适用于碎片时间
4.30 林俊杰演唱会接受英文采访
engaging audience 投入的观众
tour show 巡回演唱会
release an album 发唱片
prolific 多产的
what's in store for the 10th album? 第十张专辑有什么值得期待的地方呢？
refresh,restart,reboot 重新开始=have a fresh start
5.1 英文歌 Always with me
in the depths of my heart 在我内心深处
life's painful woe 生活的困境
shattered pieces scattered on the ground 碎片散落一地
glimpses of New life 新生活的曙光
uncountable tears of sadness 数不尽的悲伤的眼泪
5.2 科普Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate their Labor's Day on September?
小科普：America and Canada celebrate their traditional Labor's Day on the first Monday of September, in honor of workers and their hard work. This tradition derives from workers' fight against the hazadous working conditions, fringe benefits and child labor after the industrial revolution.
The International Labor's Day is celebrated on May 1st, marking the violent Haymarket Square Riot of 1886.
语言点：to catch on in sw在某处流行起来
fringe benefits 小额利益
back up sb/sth 支持
a day off from work/school放假一天（不上班，不上学）
5.3 Why do we have to wear sunscreen?
小科普：There are two types of suncreen: physical and chemical blockers. The physical blocker can reflect the sun's rays by acting as a physical barrier.While the chemical one can absorb the rays and is less visible and easier to apply than.the physical one.
语言点：saggy 皮肤下垂松弛的
to shield the body from the sun's UV rays保护皮肤受到紫外线直射
to apply/wear sunscreen涂抹防晒霜
shaded areas 阴凉处
to avoid the sun at peak hours 避免在太阳最烈的时候暴晒
7.12 How did pink become a girly color?
1. How did girls claim the color pink?
claim 获得，赢得
例句：She has finally claimed a place on the team.
2.The answers came back pretty mixed.答案颇为多样。
3. little girls should all wear blue because it's a delicate and dainty（精致优雅的） color
4. She thought that pink really brought out her complexion（突显肤色）.
Girls claimed the color pink after the Second World War. Maime, the wife of Eisenhower who won the Second World War, loved wearing pink, which made the color associate with elegance and feminine. Nowadays, however, pink is no longer a color which exclusively belongs to ladylike women, but has become a symbol of personality and even rebellion to tradition. Women politicians like Hillary wear pink to push the public redefine a woman's personality and what they are capable of.
感想：以前粉色被贴上了优雅的淑女标签，而新时代的女性则开始撕掉这些标签。
8.02 The Simple Solution to Traffic
Summary:
Why do we have traffic jams? On the one hand, traffic drivers are monkey drivers with slow reaction times and short attention spans and therefore have difficulty in coordination. This dis-coordination limits the number of cars getting through an intersection. On the other hand, a single car slowing down will leave a phantom intersection on the high way which keeps moving, just like a traffic snake eating oncoming cars at one end and pooping them out the other. Moreover, tailgating can lead to problems. To cope with this problem, self-driving cars play a big role, which can be programmed to stay in the middle and accelerate simultaneously.
catch the red 赶上了红灯
Coordination - not cars - is the problem, because we are monkey drivers with slow reaction times and short attention spans.
gridlock 交通瘫痪
off-ramp 匝道
tailgating 车距太小
phantom intersection 虚拟路口
衔尾蛇（希腊语：οὐροβόρος，亦作咬尾蛇，音译奥罗波若蛇），是一个自古代流传至今的符号，大致形象为一条蛇（或龙）正在吞食自己的尾巴，结果形成出一个圆环（有时亦会展示成扭纹形，即阿拉伯数字「8」的形状），其名字涵义为「自我吞食者」。这个符号一直都有很多不同的象征意义，而当中最为人接受的是「无限大」、「循环」等意义。另外，衔尾蛇亦是宗教及神话中的常见符号，在炼金术中更是重要的徽记。近代，有些心理学家（如卡尔·荣格）认为，衔尾蛇其实反映了人类心理的原型。
8.03 How did eating popcorn become a custom at movie theaters?
The major reason is that movie theatres make a living by selling popcorns in their concessions in the Great Depression, which gradually makes it a custom.
concessions 电影贩卖部
20181012
China's Mid-Autumn Festival Origins
archer 弓箭手
raven 大乌鸦
a pill of immortality长生不老药=elixir
offering 祭品
There are two main legends about Chang'e and Houyi, the warrior story and the love story.
The love story follows most of the same beats as the beginning of the warrior story.
20181017 Untold origins of the Dragon Boat Festival
There are three possible origininals of the Dragon Boat Festival: Cao'e, Wu Zixu, and, Qu Yuan. But actually, this fesitival is an amalgamation of hundreds of traditions all over China.
20181029 Sleeping with the emperor's mother
promiscuity 淫乱
go off without a hitch 一帆风顺地进行下去
uprising 起义
20181108 China's most famous assassin: Jing Ke
Jing Ke is an avid scholar and skilled swordsman. He is introduced to the prince of Yan to put an end to Ying Zheng, the emperor of Qin. Pretended as a traitor, Jing Ke supplies a map documenting where Prince Dan's army is stationed to Ying Zheng with a thin blade hidden inside. But Ying Zheng managed to avoid his strike and killed Jing Ke instead.
Despite his failure in the assassination, Jing Ke is remembered throughout Chinese history for his loyalty and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good. He also serves as an inspiring resistance to authority.
assassin（assassinator）刺客
warring states period 战国时代
traitor 卖国贼 defect from 背叛
