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可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~· The Romantic Poets were among the first celebrities in history.o Famous for their talent and their scandalous lives.· William Blakeo Born in London on November 28, 1757, Blake was not only a poet but also a painter and printmaker. § His prints and artworks are known just as much as his poems.o Blake's work often explores themes of spirituality, imagination, and the nature of reality. § He often had visions as a child, including angels in a tree and God looking at him through a window.§ Also, known for being a pioneer in the free love movement. o In poems like "The Tyger" and "The Lamb," he explores the dualities of existence—good and evil, innocence and experience. § His most famous poem is Jerusalem which is now considered to the unofficial anthem for England. o Influenced many poets, writers and is considered the inspiration for comic literature.· Lord Byrono Born George Gordon Byron on January 22, 1788, in London, Byron was both a poet and a nobleman. o His life was marked by scandal, adventure, and a fierce dedication to personal freedom. § “Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know”§ He was disabled and bulimic who suffered with body image issues.§ Byron used to drink out of a skull he found and made flower pots out of the rest. § He had numerous affairs with both men and women as well as his own half-sister.o Byron's most famous works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. § In Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Byron introduced the "Byronic hero," a brooding, rebellious, and charismatic figure that became a staple of Romantic literature. § Don Juan, on the other hand, is a satirical epic that parodies the traditional hero by presenting its protagonist as a flawed yet sympathetic character. § He was one of the first writers whose works were pirated!o Byron fought for Greek independence and died in Greece in 1816· Percy Shelleyo Born on August 4, 1792, in Sussex, England. § Also, he was famous vegetarian. o He was expelled from Oxford for writing an essay promoting atheism.o Married a 16-year-old girl Harriet Westbrook.§ Shelley was cut off by his father and lost a huge fortune.§ Harriet eventually drowned herself when Shelley abandoned her.§ Married Mary Shelley, the writer of Frankenstein, three weeks later.· Also was having a relationship with Mary’s step-sister!o Shelley's poetry is known for its lyrical beauty, philosophical depth, and revolutionary spirit. o He was a passionate advocate for political and social reform, and his works often express a longing for a more just and free world. o Shelley's life was cut short when he drowned in a boating accident at the age of 29. Hi, everyone and welcome back to Britain Under the Microscope. 欢迎回来【闲话英伦】. Hi, 安澜. Hi lulu, hi everyone. So 安澜, you know that we have been developing this new course, this new 四合一literature classics course. Yeah, that's when we've been going through pretty much the whole of English literature very very carefully.Yeah, and when we say English literature, we don't just mean England, we mean like English speaking.English speaking literature.Yeah, so I thought let's do a literature episode. Sounds great. But like English literature is huge, which area do you want to focus on?I would like to do the romantic poets.Woo, yes.就是浪漫主义诗人. When you hear this title, you probably think "oh, it's just going to be very romantic and sentimental lyrics or like verses.No.No, we're gonna talk about their 狗血 life. Yes, the romantic poets were pretty scandalous. And in some cases, pretty horrible as well.Yeah. Well, unlike the name suggests.

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 可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦In today's buzzword mix, our buzzword is Boysober. Now you probably can guess this is another one of these new trends on social media. First of all, let's take this new word apart, boy and sober.You know the word boy, but what does sober mean?  The original meaning of sober is staying away from alcohol. For example, if you say I'm sober, that means you didn't drink any alcohol. Sober这个词本身的意思它指的是清醒的, 通常是在我们说不喝酒的情况下. So for example, if I normally drink, but then I decide not to drink for a month, then I can say I want to stay sober for this month while it's perfectly acceptable among drinkers to take a break from the booze and go sober for a while. Now there is a movement on social media about going “boysober”. This movement began by American comedian Hope Woodard, she coined a phrase-going “boysober”. 这是由美国的一个喜剧演员在社媒上带火的一个概念, 叫做boysober. It then has expanded into a social media movement, especially among Gen Z women on TikTok.You probably can guess based on the word itself, the movement is about keeping your twenties untainted by toxic dating habits and roundabout relationships. So essentially, you stay away from relationships, dating and all of these, stay away from boys and stay sober. 这个词被国内的社媒新媒体翻译成 “戒男色”. So in this comedian’s words, it’s about removing the “fake sense of validation that we get from dating and situationships and sleeping around, and refocusing that energy”. Boysober的意义在于说是不用从约会或者是这种什么situationships就是友人以上恋人未满或者sleeping around那些暧昧关系里面, 就是说不用从这些关系里面去获取所谓的这种validation被别人认可的感觉. And refocusing that energy on yourself on other aspects of your life. The reason why she used the word sober is perhaps just as people might want to stabilize after a period of riding the highs and lows of drunkenness and hangovers, there's someone going boysober might want to purge themselves of the bad aspects of dating. 之所以会用sober这个词, 可能说想要借酒精保持清醒的人, 是因为已经受够了这种drunkenness and hangovers, 宿醉或者喝醉的感觉. People going boysober, they want to get rid of all these bad aspects of dating, for example, being at the mercy of someone's mood swings or experiencing any of these dating roller coasters.  Boysober也是因为有一些人, 特别是女生受够了这种情感关系里面的这些, 比如说忽冷忽热的各种PUA这种负面感受. 

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可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Hi everyone, and welcome to our fun segment called It Means What? Hello, 安澜. Hi, Lulu, hi, everyone. 欢迎回来这个非常有意思的小版块词《源考古研究所》where we talk about interesting origin stories of words, phrases and idioms. So 安澜, what is the word or the phrase for today? I don't know what are we gonna do.  I ...I don't know, I really just don't know. Stop panicking.There we go.  So that was all an act because you do that so often...?Partly, yes. 所以我们今天要讨论的就是panic这个词是吗? Yes.Panic是恐慌的意思. It's already a very, very short word. It's p-a-n-i-c, I didn't realize there is an origin story. Yes, there is. It comes from Greek mythology. 希腊神话。Who are we talking about? We're talking about the Greek God Pan.Is he the one with like this weird...half animal. Yes. 潘神可能有的小伙伴在什么游戏或者说电影里面看到过这个Greek God Pan. He's not like a major god, he's like a minor God.He's a god of nature who lives in the woods. So he's not a particularly important god. He's one of these spirits or gods that just live in forests and woods. It's kind of like a demigod他不是major god, 不是那种主神, 就是古希腊神话里面的主神, 但它是属于有点类似于spirit, and a god of nature and the wild. Yes, so according to the myths, Pan's voice was so powerful that even scared the gods themselves. So when people and gods and animals heard his voice, it cause them to panic. Yeah, I've heard of another story saying that it was like a tale of war when Pan sort of helped his friend by letting out a shriek... a shrieking sound that sort of scared away his friend’s enemies. Yeah, so cause people to panic. 其实panic就是从潘神这里出来的一个名词, 就是说it's kind of like affected by Pan. So for example, you can say something causes panic or someone is panicking. Yeah, in that sense it can also be used as a verb, for example, 安澜 likes to panic. Yes,  that is true.

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公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Hi, everyone. And welcome back to the fun segment called It Means What? Hi, 安澜.Hi, Lulu, hi, everyone. 欢迎大家回来【词源考古研究所】, so 安澜, which particular phrase or word or idiom that we're gonna talk about today? You know the expression robbery? 就是抢劫. Have you ever heard of  “daylight robbery”? 抢劫不应该是夜黑风高吗？ Daylight robbery. I've heard you're robbing me in broad daylight, 光天化日下抢劫我. I'm assuming it's not real robbery. It's more like what you're doing, it's almost like you're just blatantly robbing me blind. Yes.你做的事情就好像在光天化日之下抢劫我一样明目张胆. Well, exactly. Daylight robbery means it's theft or it's something very unfair, that is really obvious. For example, if you are ripped off, by like a seller, 如果你来买什么东西被宰了, 或者比如说打车, 然后被绕远路了, 你都可以说this is daylight robbery.  Or if you go into a restaurant and you see a dish that is really, really expensive and for no reason,  you would say that's daylight robbery. I see the context, in Chinese we probably say something similar, it’s like这不是明抢吗? Yeah, like daylight robbery. So is there an actual origin story because it sounds pretty obvious already you're robbing me in broad daylight. Actually, there is a story linked to it and it comes from the 17th century. In 1696, the English government introduced a tax on houses based on the number of windows they had. This was a type of property tax. Ok, 所以这个房产税是按照你有多少个window, 你有多少个窗户. So they assumed the more windows, obviously the bigger the house was. Exactly. So homeowners, especially those with large houses, often bricked up their windows to avoid paying the tax.Brick up means they use brick to just block the windows. Yeah. I think I've seen this in London somewhere some of the old houses.Yes, some of the houses from that era, they do actually have bricked up windows which they just never got round to unbroken. But people need light though. Well. They normally bricked up the servant’s quarters, not their own bedrooms or their own rooms. I see. Now this tax was, you can imagine, was really, really unpopular because it was seen as unfair. People felt that it was saying they don't need daylight. They were effectively taxing sunlight. 所以就是日光税, 我好像还看到过这样的一个翻译.  

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公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Geek Time. 欢迎回来【极客时间】. Hi, Brad. Hey, lulu, how's it going? Yeah. Yean. It's going all right. And can I propose a topic today? All right, what do you think? You know, we talked about cults before, right? 我们之前谈过邪教这个话题.Mhm.I would like for us to talk about one of probably the more notorious, I don't wanna say well-known, I just wanna say infamous modern day cults there is in the US, and it's favored by a lot of Hollywood stars. Ah. You're talking about Scientology.Yeah, okay. Before we get into this topic Scientology这个山达基教。I'm pretty sure some of you have read things about this. Before we start, I just want to say it very categorically. First of all, this is tagged, this is categorized as a cult in China and in many other countries. And we're not here to spread any messages, it’s really more, think of it as a warning, and think of it as just giving you some information, so that you can watch out for. Yeah, in America like Scientology isn't considered a cult by like the government. But many people see it as a cult like the general outlook of most Americans is that Scientology is a cult. I see. So in the basic episode, let's do a little bit of background intro. Who started it? It's a modern thing. So it's not, the history isn't even that long, is it? No, it's actually started by a man named L. Ron Hubbard, ‘which’ is a science or ‘who’, I should say ‘who’ is a science fiction writer. Okay, all right. Let me guess, he wasn't very successful in writing science fiction stories, so he decided to start his own religion.Well, he wasn't like that terrible at writing science fiction, his science fiction isn't the best, but he wanted to create religion as a way to kind of make money. A lot of people look at Scientology as a scam to make money just because of the things that he has said in the past. However, there are a lot of people who say that the whole world is wrong about Scientology. And usually that's just because Scientology gets such a loud voice. And just as you mentioned, we'll talk a little bit about their Hollywood connections later. When you get Hollywood connections, you get a lot of star power. And so that's kind of help them spread the word. Even if so many people look so poorly on it.I think this is really the danger of cults, especially when it has celebrity endorsement, because obviously they have a lot more impact than average folks, and then when they are there to sort of speak up like Tom Cruise did, well, I'm not saying everyone would tend to believe it more, but there will be some people getting tricked into believing it. But I think you said that Scientology was basically believed to be, by a lot of people, as a scam to make money, but so do a lot of cults. The cult leaders, they're not necessarily even believing in their message. A lot of them started that so that they can trick people into believing in something and so that they collect the money.

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以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~All right, moving away from cemetery. Where is our next stop? Well, let's go to a hotel.  I've heard many hotel haunting stories in the UK. This one is a luxury five star hotel called the Langham hotel .朗廷是吧? Langham, isn't that the one in London next to the BBC building? That's  the one.I walked past that a few times.It's actually got a few ghosts in it, including one being a German prince who jumped to his death from a window on the 4th floor. So this hotel must have been there for a very long time then.It's been there since the 19th century. Oh, that's why, so a German prince actually stayed there. YES. and allegedly jumped to his death. And guests staying on the 4th floor have said they've seen a ghostly figure in a military uniform, military attire who is believed to be the Prince. 安澜, let me ask you, if you booked a hotel especially like a luxury hotel, before you go on your trip, you heard it from somewhere that this hotel is haunted. Would that make you want to stay in the hotel more or would you change your booking immediately? I probably would change my booking. The thing is I don't really like hotels anyway. It's very rare that I can have a good night sleep in a hotel. So the idea of actually being in a hotel that is haunted probably would make it even worse. It's such a whoops, maybe a ghost will come in and sing you a lullaby.I very much doubt it, but the Langham does also have another ghost that of a doctor who murdered his wife and then killed himself while they were on their honeymoon. I think I’ve heard of this story, I must have heard it somewhere. So this is the wife killer,  so ladies watch out.And ghost of the doctor can often be seen in the room and guest reported feeling sudden drops in temperature and was called an oppressive presence. 很有压迫感的那种. So I do believe in supernatural things. And I'm not sure if I believe in this sudden temperature drop, but I think that although people don't see them, but they can feel the sort of presence or some people they can feel the presence or they can feel the change in the energy field so to speak. Yeah, I'm not sure whether or not that's because they expect it or not.Could be, could also be that you are very self-suggestive. It could be .When you heard the ghost story and you stay in that room that's supposed to be haunted and then you would experience various  things. Yes, but now I want to finish off by telling you what has to be the most famous ghost story in the UK, it's so famous, it's been made into documentaries, films even, and it's called the Enfield Poltergeist.Poltergeist, I don't know if our listeners understand that word, that word was originally a German word, we translated into like淘气鬼, 什么吵闹鬼. Poltergeist is not an actual ghost or a spirit, but people I mean English speaking countries or even just general European countries, they do believe in that or they do talk about it. It's just like they pull your furniture around, they throw things and they make lots of noise. They make a chaos in your home or like a house. You don't often see them, but you hear them and you see objects moving. So this particular case is from 1977, it's the Hodgson family, who lived in a council house in Enfield, which is in North London. It's in London again. Yeah, Enfield is just a quiet part of North London. It's just one of these little towns that people who work in London they live in. Mhm. And they started reporting very strange occurrences and these quickly became terrifying.Like furniture moving on its own, knocking sound, objects being thrown like that. I know that's you, 安澜,I know. But the interesting thing was that the focus of the activity seemed to be on the daughters, Janet and Margaret and they were kind of young girls kind of approaching teenage years. And Janet was the center of all of the disturbances. Maybe the Poltergeist just wants to or wanted to play with the girls.

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~中元节特别节目：英国闹鬼· Theatre Royal Drury Laneo This theatre is often referred to as the most haunted theatre in the world. o One of the most famous spirits said to haunt the theatre is the "Man in Grey," often described as a tall figure wearing a long grey cloak, 18th-century clothes, and a powdered wig. o He’s most commonly seen walking along the upper circle, disappearing into a wall where a hidden passageway was later discovered. o Legend has it that the Man in Grey is the ghost of a young man who was murdered in the theatre. o His appearances are often seen as a good omen, as they typically occur before a successful show run.· The Ancient Ram Inno Built in the 12th century, the inn has a long history of paranormal activity.o The building’s history is dark and mysterious, with stories of witchcraft, pagan rituals, and even human sacrifices.o One of the most infamous spirits said to haunt the inn is that of a young girl named Rosie, who was reportedly murdered in one of the rooms. o Guests have reported seeing her ghostly figure, feeling sudden cold spots, and hearing the sound of a child crying. o Another notorious spirit is that of a demon believed to attack guests in the middle of the night.· Highgate Cemetery o This is a cemetery famous in North London for where Karl Marx and many other famous people from the 19th Century.o One of the most famous legends associated with Highgate Cemetery is the tale of the Highgate Vampire. o In the 1970s, there were numerous reports of a tall, dark figure with hypnotic red eyes seen wandering the grounds. o This vampire-like entity was said to cause a wave of fear and hysteria, with some claiming it was responsible for animal deaths in the area.o There are also stories of a ghostly figure known as the "Mad Old Woman," who is said to roam the cemetery in search of her children. o Another spirit, known as the "Shrouded Figure," is often seen gazing mournfully through the bars of the cemetery gates.

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可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Percy Phelps was one of my best friends at school. He was an excellent student and won every prize the school had. Many of the other boys were jealous of him. They called him "Tadpole" Phelps because he was small, and he was often bullied. This did not stop him, though. He went on to get a place at Cambridge University, where he earned a first-class degree. With help from his uncle, the famous politician Lord Holdhurst, he got a good job at the Foreign Office. I lost contact with my friend at this point, so I was surprised to get a letter from him one day in July 1889. He wrote: My dear Watson, No doubt you remember your old friend "Tadpole" Phelps. You will recall how I had an important job at the Foreign Office. All was going well until about nine weeks ago, when something terrible happened that destroyed my career. It caused me a mental breakdown, and I am only just starting to recover. I am still very weak and cannot travel. Do you think you could bring your friend, the detective Sherlock Holmes, to see me? He may be the only person who can help. Your old schoolmate,Percy Phelps. I was very moved by the letter and immediately went to visit Holmes to see if he was interested in the case. I found him at his Baker Street home, looking out of his window, looking bored. "Do you have a case for me, Watson?" he asked. "I really need a case." "Maybe I do," I said, and showed him the letter. When he had read it, I saw a gleam in his eye and knew his curiosity was piqued. He immediately began putting on his coat. "Where are you going?" I asked. "To see Mr. Phelps. There’s no time like the present. Coming, Watson?" We were lucky to catch an early train at Waterloo, and in just over an hour, we arrived at Briar House, Phelps’s home near the town of Woking in Surrey. It was a large house with a beautiful garden. The butler showed us into an elegant drawing room. A few moments later, a plump young man entered and greeted us warmly. "I’m so glad you’ve come," he said. "Percy was hoping you would." "You’re not a member of the family," said Holmes. The man looked surprised. "How did you know?" Holmes pointed to the initials on the locket hanging from his neck: J. H. "Oh, well spotted!" he said. "My name is Joseph Harrison. I may not be a Phelps, but Percy is engaged to my sister Annie, so I will be related to him by marriage. I’ll show you in now if you like—he’s eager to see you." The ground-floor room was large and airy, with pleasant views of the garden. My old friend was lying on a sofa near the open window, looking very pale and tired. A woman was with him, who introduced herself as Annie Harrison. 

公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~In today's buzzword mix, our buzzword is Nepo baby. It sounds really cute because it has the word baby in it. But it's not really about cute babies. First of all, let us take a look at the word Nepo.我们今天的buzzword里面有一个可能大家不是特别熟悉的词叫nepotism.Nepotism你去查的话, 它有裙带关系, 如果你在中文都不是特别知道这个词, 它指的就是任人唯亲, 也就是说用亲属关系这种关系网给你谋取各种福利, 比如说你爸当官, 然后你就可以进一个体系或者进一个公司, 这个就是典型的nepotism. What is nepo baby? Nepo baby now is generally being translated into星二代, because it’s usually used to describe the happenings in show business. 因为最早这个词是从演艺圈出来的. Nepo baby, short for nepotism baby, is a term referring to celebrities whose parents have succeeded in the same careers. 说的就是我们意义上的星二代, 也就是说你现在是在演艺圈的明星, 是因为你爸或者你妈或者你爸你妈都是大明星, 因此你有这样的资源. The implication is that because their parents already had connections to an industry. The child was able to use those connections to build a career in that industry. 这个地方的connection就很像中文里说的 “关系”, 他们的父母用自己的关系网铺平了他们的明星之路.Of course  because nepotism is a sign of corruption, so it's not really a good word. Nepo baby is often used in a critical or derogatory manner to highlight perceived unfair advantages or the lack of equal opportunities for those who do not have influential family connections. 中文里的星二代可能是一个中性词, 看你怎么看, 但英文里的nepo baby一般来说是一个critical or derogatory term, 它一般来说是个比较贬义或者比较批判性的词, 因为它强调的是这里面是有unfair advantage, 因为你爸妈是明星, 所以你一出生抽到了上上签, 你就有unfair advantage, 同时也批判了同样可能草根出身的人, 有才但是没有equal opportunities. It often indicates that the celebrities fame and success are perceived as unearned or undeserved. 通常被叫做星二代, 这里面就有一个暗藏的意思, 就说你是个Nepo baby, 所以你今天得来的一切都是你爹妈的connection所换来的, 而不是你自己的本事. 所以whatever you received, fame and success is unearned and undeserved. 不是你自己用才华赚来的, 所以也不是你应得的. The term gained popularity in discussions surrounding nepotism and privilege within industries where family ties can play a significant role in career advancement. 为什么我们直接把它翻译成星二代? 刚才我也说了, 因为最早是从演艺圈出来的, 因为show business在国内也一样, 它跟很多别的行业相比, 它是一个更吃资源的行业. 跟nepotism一起经常被提到的就是privilege特权.

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Welcome back to Geek Time Advanced. Hello, lulu. Hi, Brad, ready to get more into Atlantis?Yeah, what do you think what questions do you have about Atlantis?Well, last time you mentioned something saying that all these guesses about where Atlantis is, obviously I would think Atlantis naturally is more linked with Atlantic Ocean just because of the word, right? But you said some people believe it's Antarctica to 南极洲, South Pole, how does that even work? You said it's like ancient maps. When you look at some of the ancient maps, there's a few that show Antarctica as being much closer to Europe. So maybe because of that, people kind of misinterpreted exactly where Antarctica was, when they were describing Atlantis, and Antarctica might have actually had more of a Continental shift, maybe, because like the Continents are moving very slowly over time. And so maybe where Atlantis was in history was actually much different from where it is now. It could just be yeah, maybe it's the whole Continental drift because obviously the world all the Continents looked very different thousands of years ago, maybe not thousands, but maybe even earlier...Exactly....millions of years ago they've just shifted. OK, and did they also believe that Atlantis was a much older civilization? Yeah, they might be like an older like thousands of years more advanced than regular humans,  but going back to kind of talking about Antarctica. There's a few like kind of stories about people who have like flown over Antarctica. And once they get to a certain point, the... basically their plane gets taken over. They are moved to this more tropical area of the island somewhere in the center. There's like a whole society living there.  And so whether this is actually true or not is completely up to speculation. But there are some stories of people who have flown over Antarctica and seen something like that. I see, so it's like although it's the South Pole, but there's actually a tropical island hidden within....Okay, that sounds way too far-fetched for me,  but whatever these lores are, they were all at least saying Atlantis is on Planet Earth, but I thought there were going to be some sort of space talk, alien talk.That we will get to that don't worry.  I mentioned aliens earlier right? Now there also is the idea that maybe Atlantis isn't on Earth. Somehow we either use some sort of a way to travel to Atlantis using some sort of spaceship or maybe some sort of like a gate so you can just almost instantaneously travel there. There is actually kind of a TV show called Stargate where in the later seasons they found Atlantis and Atlantis was actually on a whole another planet

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Geek Time. 欢迎回来【极客时间】. Hi, Brad. Hey, Lulu, how's it going?  Yeah. I'm doing alright. So what are we going to talk about today?  We've talked about Utopian societies in the past, but have you ever heard of Atlantis? Atlantis, 亚特兰蒂斯. I think I've heard that name in like games, fantasy novels, TV shows, it's not a real place is it?  It might be.Oh, it's one of those... it's one of those legendary places that some people believe it to be real.Exactly. Now we've talked about the Pyramids and how the Pyramids may be something related to aliens. And this is maybe a more realistic thing. (also aliens?) However it might not be we have to kind of get a little bit into the topic a little bit more. But first of all Atlantis has been... the whole legend about Atlantis has been around for ages, right? How far can we trace back to in history? We can trace it back to Plato, right? And Plato described Atlantis as an island nation that was basically once the rulers of the western world. 柏拉图时候就已经说到了 an island nation, I thought they were undersea civilization or they sink.Some people called them an Undersea Nation, but according to legend they were sunk into the sea. I see because I don't know why, but every time I think of Atlantis I seem to think about things like Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid, the father of the Little Mermaid is Poseidon, and Poseidon was the one who ruled over Atlantis and when he got angry at them, he punished them and sank Atlantis into the sea.  A lot of the lore about Atlantis it has to do with marine life, has to do with sea.But the people who lived on the island were just regular people who were blessed by the Gods. They lived there and they were rich but they fell out of favor with the gods and so they were punished. So first of all, let's get back to Plato. 当时柏拉图what did he actually say about Atlantis? He just said that's an island nation in what sort of context did he mention...Well, he was talking about more philosophical ideas but he gave a few different dialogues about the island of Atlantis. He called it the Lost Island of Atlantis. Some people say it was just a narrative fiction as a way to tell a story to get people to understand why they should live good lives. But other people say that he was talking about a real place and that in his dialogues he was talking about why people should be careful because if we followed the path of the Atlanteans, we might be lost under the sea as well. So as a philosopher, Plato might have just been talking about something metaphorically, it’s like, let me give you a fable that sort of the thing我给你们讲个寓言故事, 亚特兰蒂斯怎么样, but people might have taken it literally. Some people have taken it literally. Over the years this whole idea about searching for the lost civilization of Atlantis.  That's a whole thing. It's a legitimate thing just like looking for Bigfoot. There are people who are searching the world for the Lost City of Atlantis, the Lost Cities of Gold but the Lost City of Atlantis is probably one of the biggest ones that people are looking for. I think there might be a reason because I think marine archaeology has discovered some of these ancient civilizations that have sunk right into the ocean.That's fairly common. There's a lot of islands that have sunk over the years and like the civilizations that live there, all the houses are undersea, some have been preserved, others not so well. Where is Atlantis in the lore? Is it in Europe? It's difficult to say, but some people look at the Mediterranean Sea, others people talk about more like the Atlantic Ocean. However something very interesting be due to like some Continental shift some people say that Antarctica, that is actually Atlantis, Mediterranean, 地中海, 就欧洲这边的or Atlantic sea, 就是大西洋. I mean for me, it would be quite natural to assume Atlantic, Atlantis, you know is that why people draw that connection.

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~By the way, how long do these sessions last and how frequent not just Prime Minister’s question time, but just in general they do debate every day. Yeah. They can last for hours, they can go into the night. And if it's a particularly big issue, it's not unheard of for them to go through the night debating. And you're not allowed to eat and drink, that doesn't sound like a very easy job. Just from the work hours. It kind of stops them from speaking too much because eventually they all get hungry. And then what the whole debate is adjourned or is just finished. It can be finished or it can be adjourned. So how they vote is they don't take hands. They vote literally with their feet. So when they're ready for a vote, they will go into one room for yes, and one room for no, then they'll count the people in the room.Is it because you guys have never heard of the voting machine the digital voting button?These are rules that came into effect three hundred four hundred years ago and they work. So why change them? I think this is what's really interesting because you kept a lot of the rituals.Yeah.It's so highly ritualistic. Oh god, yes. For example, MPs aren't allowed to wear hats or swords in the House.Hats I understand,  that's a respect thing.Yeah.Swords like who? Oh, okay, again this was ages and ages ago.Well, absolutely. So there is actually still a place outside where MPs can leave their swords. But now they use them for umbrellas. I suppose you can poke someone with the umbrella. Well. You notice that everyone is facing each other. So you got one side is the government, one side is the opposition, and the space between the two, you can see there's a line by the feet of the MPs on the front bench. No one can cross that line and the distance between those two lines is how long a sword is. So it's like you can't even reach it if you have a sword. If you have a sword, so you can't stand up and stab your opponent. You know what I think. They probably learned it the hard way. It probably led to sword fights before.Yeah, it did.And people did get killed for a speaking. I'm sure they did. That so now it's just leave your swords in the sword room.Yeah.It's like disarm before you go into the room for the debate, it needs to be a verbal debate.  They kept them apart because emotions are high, they don't want them to fight. I hope they have security though.Of course they do. But it's also illegal to wear armor in the House of the Parliament as well. Well. If you get rid of the swords, you, I guess you can get rid of the armor. Yeah. And the MPs aren't allowed to have their hands in their pocket.It’s show that they don't have weapon, concealed weapon.I think so. I did actually try to look up why that's the case and I think that's probably the most likely reason why. Yeah, I don't want to think about other reasons.No.Yeah. But let's dial back a little bit. Earlier on, you said when they want to put something to a vote, so they debate there for you, let's just say there's a new policy, a new law being proposed and then finally after they debated all the details, and they want to let everyone put in a vote, instead of just pressing a button, they will literally vote by going into the “YES room” or the “NO room”. Yeah.

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Britain Under the Microscope. 欢迎回来【闲话英伦】.Hi,安澜. Hi, everyone. So what are we gonna talk about in this episode? Hang on a minute. You have the general election coming up, right? 英国要大选了吧. Yep. In early July, we have our general election. Do you still vote? I mean you don't even live in the UK.I still vote. Yes.And, you know, I don't really follow the politics that closely, however I do enjoy sometimes watching in news, all these fights that go on in the parliament when they're trying to debate. Yes. All these hear, hear.Yeah. That's mostly for the big debates, the ones that make the telly. But most of them are quit quiet. 就是英国议会里面的 Debate还是挺有意思的, 比如说他们去怼，就是现任的首相这样的什么的.  So, let’s, I thought can we talk about these traditions in your parliament? Yeah, of course. The British parliament has been around for centuries. So you could imagine that over that time, some quite unusual traditions have developed and some quite unusual rules as well. But first of all, let's rewind or recap. We talked about the parliament before.Yes.我们原来讲过英国政府的构成, 讲过议会. Let me review, let me see if I can still remember this.Okay.It's divided in two parts. You have two houses就有两个, 一个上议院, 一个下议院，叫做House of Lords and House of Commons.Yeah, that's right.其实就是贵族院和平民院，对吧?Yeah.And those people who are shouting, that's House of Commons. I guess.That's the House of Commons. So the House of Commons is the most important House because those are the people who are directly elected. Oh,  because House of Lords is passed on. Some of them are passed on. Most of them are what we call Life Peers(终身贵族). So if they've been former politicians, they get “promoted to the House of Lords”. The House of Lords, essentially it's a way of kind of reviewing laws passed by the House of Commons. So if the House of Lords don't like a law or they don't like a proposed bill, then they send it back to the House of Commons. Think of them almost like a editing service.I see. So a lot of the big decisions, the big policies and new acts, new laws are still proposed, first of all, by the House of Commons.All of the new.All of the new. I see. Let's start with this whole what we see on TV. You said that's the big debate that's not like an everyday thing.No. No. So when you see the House of Commons really really sore, that's normally for the big debates such as Prime Ministers question time. It’s just Prime Ministers question time, it just sounds like 安澜's bedtime story.Pretty much.  So once a week, the Prime Minister has to answer questions in the House. Once a week as frequent as that? Yeah. Absolutely.What if he is traveling to other countries?Then the deputy Prime Minister will do it. So there will always be someone, someone is gonna be there.There will always be someone. So it's a chance for the opposition to essentially attack the Prime Minister. I see when you say question time, most of us probably thinking is question and answers提问时间, but it's question as in almost like 审问时间. That's right.It's like being interrogated. You did this wrong? Why did you have this policy? Why did you do that? Well. They wouldn't say you. So MPs can't use you. What do they say, Prime Minister? They will say the honourable member for plus the area they represent.What about the Prime Minister, for the country? He would be the Prime Minister or His Ministers would be the Right Honourable Member. Hang on. I'm getting a bit confused. When they are trying to attack the Prime Minister during Prime Minister's question time.

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可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Once Hilton Cubitt had gone, my friend rushed to the table. He spread out all the pieces of paper and then focused intensely on the dancing men. For two hours, he filled sheet after sheet of his notepad with figures and letters. He was so absorbed that he completely forgot I was there.Sometimes, when he made progress, he sang and whistled while he worked; other times, when he was stuck, he would sit in silence, frowning at the symbols as if trying to understand them.Finally, he jumped up from his chair with a cry of triumph and walked around the room rubbing his hands together. Then he wrote a long message.“If this brings the answer I expect, Watson,” he said, “then you’ll have another interesting case to write about. I hope the answer will come tomorrow, and then we can go to Norfolk and explain the whole mystery to our friend.”But the answer to the message didn’t come the next day or the day after that, and my friend grew more and more impatient. On the evening of the second day, a letter arrived from Hilton Cubitt. He had found more dancing men written on the pedestal of the sundial. After reading the message for a few minutes, Holmes let out a gasp of surprise and dismay.“We have to go to Norfolk right away!” he exclaimed. “Is there a train to North Walsham tonight?”“The last one just left,” I said after checking the timetable.“Then we must take the first one tomorrow morning.”Our landlady Mrs. Hudson came in with a telegram—the long-awaited reply to the one Holmes had sent.“Just as I thought,” said Holmes after reading it. He looked more anxious than I had ever seen him. “This makes it even more important that we tell Mr. Cubitt about the situation, as he has no idea of the danger he’s in.”As it turned out, Holmes was correct. I wish we had caught that earlier train and prevented the tragic end of this story.The next morning, as soon as we got off the train at North Walsham, the station master hurried toward us.“I suppose you're the detectives from London going to Ridling Thorpe Manor?” he said breathlessly.A look of fear crossed Holmes's face. “Why do you ask?” he said.“Or maybe you’re the doctors? Mrs. Cubitt isn't dead—or at least wasn't when I last heard. You might still be able to save her, even if it’s just for the trial.”“We’re heading to Ridling Thorpe Manor,” said Holmes, “but we haven’t heard anything about what’s happened there.”“It’s a terrible situation,” said the station master. “Mrs. Cubitt shot her husband and then herself, according to the servants. He’s dead, and she’s barely clinging to life. It’s shocking! And to think the Cubitts are one of the oldest and most respected families in Norfolk.”Without a word, Holmes hurried to a waiting carriage. During the drive to Ridling Thorpe, he remained silent. The beautiful Norfolk countryside meant nothing to him. I had rarely seen him so despondent.Finally, we arrived at Ridling Thorpe Manor, a lovely old house made of brick and timber, standing tall among a cluster of trees. As we approached the front door, we passed by the sundial on the lawn and the toolshed where the strange messages had appeared.Inspector Martin of the Norfolk Police had just gotten down from his dogcart when we arrived. He was a small man with sharp, attentive eyes. When he heard my companion's name, he was astonished. “Mr. Holmes, the crime only happened at three this morning. How did you hear about it in London and get here so quickly?”“Mr. Cubitt was my client,” explained Holmes. “I had a feeling there might be trouble and came hoping to prevent it.”“Then you must have information that we don't,” said Martin. “From what I know, they were a very loving couple.”“So you don’t know about the dancing men,” said Holmes, confusing the inspector. “Well, since we couldn't prevent this tragedy, let's at least make sure justice is served. Will you work with me on this?”

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Once Hilton Cubitt had gone, my friend rushed to the table. He spread out all the pieces of paper and then focused intensely on the dancing men. For two hours, he filled sheet after sheet of his notepad with figures and letters. He was so absorbed that he completely forgot I was there. Sometimes, when he made progress, he sang and whistled while he worked; other times, when he was stuck, he would sit in silence, frowning at the symbols as if trying to understand them. Finally, he jumped up from his chair with a cry of triumph and walked around the room rubbing his hands together. Then he wrote a long message. “If this brings the answer I expect, Watson,” he said, “then you’ll have another interesting case to write about. I hope the answer will come tomorrow, and then we can go to Norfolk and explain the whole mystery to our friend.” But the answer to the message didn’t come the next day or the day after that, and my friend grew more and more impatient. On the evening of the second day, a letter arrived from Hilton Cubitt. He had found more dancing men written on the pedestal of the sundial. After reading the message for a few minutes, Holmes let out a gasp of surprise and dismay. “We have to go to Norfolk right away!” he exclaimed. “Is there a train to North Walsham tonight?” “The last one just left,” I said after checking the timetable. “Then we must take the first one tomorrow morning.” Our landlady Mrs. Hudson came in with a telegram—the long-awaited reply to the one Holmes had sent. “Just as I thought,” said Holmes after reading it. He looked more anxious than I had ever seen him. “This makes it even more important that we tell Mr. Cubitt about the situation, as he has no idea of the danger he’s in.” As it turned out, Holmes was correct. I wish we had caught that earlier train and prevented the tragic end of this story. The next morning, as soon as we got off the train at North Walsham, the station master hurried toward us. “I suppose you're the detectives from London going to Ridling Thorpe Manor?” he said breathlessly. A look of fear crossed Holmes's face. “Why do you ask?” he said. “Or maybe you’re the doctors? Mrs. Cubitt isn't dead—or at least wasn't when I last heard. You might still be able to save her, even if it’s just for the trial.” “We’re heading to Ridling Thorpe Manor,” said Holmes, “but we haven’t heard anything about what’s happened there.” “It’s a terrible situation,” said the station master. “Mrs. Cubitt shot her husband and then herself, according to the servants. He’s dead, and she’s barely clinging to life. It’s shocking! And to think the Cubitts are one of the oldest and most respected families in Norfolk.” 

The Dancing Men可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~One late morning near the end of July 1898, I was sitting in our living room at 221B Baker Street, thinking deeply. My friend and roommate, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, was at his experiment table in the corner. He was studying a green, bad-smelling substance in a test tube. "Watson," he said suddenly, "you are not going to invest your money in that South African gold mine." I was very surprised. I knew my friend was good at making logical guesses, but I did not know he could read minds. "How did you know that?" I asked. He put his test tube on the rack and turned to face me. "Admit you're amazed," he said. "I admit it," I replied. "Good," he smiled, "because in five minutes you'll tell me it was all very simple. I work, Watson, by making a chain of small guesses, each one simple by itself. Then, by jumping to the end, I reach a conclusion that can seem surprising. I knew you had decided against investing in South African gold by looking at the groove between your left forefinger and thumb." "I don’t understand," I said, looking at that part of my hand and shaking my head in confusion. "Then I will show you how I figured it out," said Holmes. "First: you had chalk between your left finger and thumb when you came back from your club last night. Second: you use chalk when you play billiards to steady the cue. Third: you only play billiards with Thurston. Fourth: four weeks ago, you told me Thurston had asked if you wanted to join him in buying shares in a South African gold mine and gave you a month to decide. Fifth: your accounts book is locked in my drawer, and you haven’t asked for the key. Sixth: you’ve decided not to invest." "How simple!" I exclaimed. "Exactly," sighed Holmes. "Every problem seems simple once it is explained. Now, here’s something I can’t explain. What do you think of this, Watson?" He tossed a piece of paper onto the coffee table and went back to his test tube. I frowned at the paper, which had been torn from a notebook. It showed a line of little stick figures in different poses. "Why, it’s just a child’s drawing," I said. "Oh, do you think so?" "What else could it be?" "That is what the man who sent it to me wants to know," said Holmes. "He is Mr. Hilton Cubitt of Ridling Thorpe Manor in Norfolk. It arrived in this morning’s mail, and he promised to come by the next train ... Ah, there’s the doorbell now. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was him." There was a heavy step on the stairs, and a moment later, a tall man with pink cheeks and serious blue eyes came into the room. After shaking our hands, he noticed the paper on the table. “What do you think, Mr. Holmes?” he asked. “I’ve heard you like strange mysteries, and I can’t think of one stranger than this.” “At first glance,” said Holmes, “it looks like a childish prank. What I don’t understand is why you’re so worried about it.” “I wouldn’t be,” said Cubitt, “except I’ve seen how it affects my wife. It’s scaring her terribly. She says nothing, but I can see the fear in her eyes. That’s why I need to find out what’s going on.” “Maybe,” suggested Holmes, “it would be best if you told your story from the beginning.” 

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