How Trevor Noah became the man he is? Born a Crime, the autobiography from Trevor Noah, describes his childhood in South Africa. What impressed me most is the education Patricia, Trevor's mother, gave to him. Born in a poor family, Patricia struggled to earn a secretory position, which was difficult for black under apartheid. She met Trevor's father and decided to have her own child with the man in spite of the law. This clarifies the book's name, Trevor was born a crime because black and white were not allowed to communicate, not to mention sex at that time. Despite all the obstacles, Patricia led a happy life for Trevor. She treated him as an adult, taught him how to think and set no limitation for Trevor. Although she only had meager salary, they didn't lack meaningful experience in life. I think the family education lays a solid foundation for Trevor.

What work days look like. After extended holiday and two weeks of working from home, we have come back to companies since last week. There are some differences comparing to usual days. First of all, the government allows every private car to go outside(the city has an alternate-day driving system for odd- and even-numbered license plates and restrction that cars don't have local license plates are forbidden to go outside in the rush hour), , as a result, the traffic jam is more heavier in the rush hour. Besides, some facilities like dining hall are still closed, so we are encrouaged to order lunch box in advance or bing our own lunch. Hope everyone is safe.

How to understand this sentence

Does anyone read Educated? A touching biography. I finished Educated last week. It's a biography from a girl who was born in a traditional Mormon family. The family live in a mountain, a little far from the town. The author's father doesn't believe in government, so kids don't have birth certificates, and seldomly go to hospital and never go to school. Their mom used to work as midwife and make salve after a car accident. Her brothers work for their dad in junkyard and building granary for neighbors. As the author grows up, she wants to go to school and faces her dad's chanllege. Besides, she wants to live a town life, but it contrasts to her older brother's willing and she is bullied. When she struggles to university, nice people offer she many help and opportunities: the bishop advises her to apply scholarship, the roomates teach her social norms, the professor suggests an admisson to a Cambridge program. Her writing talent is appreciated by a professor, so she pursues Ph.d at Cambridge, meanwhile she faces her parents' recant request. She steps into a dilemma that family's love and her own growth, and she is encouraged by one older brother who studied in Purdue. From a moutain to Cambridge, she finds a way out and get educated.

Summary of Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 - Part 2 (Intro: Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is a Korean novel, that describes a normal girl's life and shows the difficulties will she meet as she grows up.) Ji-young joins a mountaineering association in university. One time, the association go out for a climb, she hears seniors talking about her ex-boyfriend. Then a guy draws a conclusion that she is adorable, however, he will not pursue her because she is not chaste anymore. Through fierce competition in job hunting, Ji-young gets offers from a famous company. She is diligent, but don't get promotion. Ji-young questions her direct leader, the leader says that "You perform well, and I do want to promote you. However, it's a hard project lasting for five years, females ofen leave workplace for pregnant, so I'm not allowed to choose you." Ji-young meets a college alummn and get married soon. The couple decides to have a baby and Ji-young choose to go back home. As a housewife, she need to do house chores on her own, like taking care of the toddler, preparing dinners. One time, after sending the child to kindergarten, she is drinking coffee in garden. Some white collars talk about her and scoff "Those housewives' life are so easy: use their husbands' money and don't need to go to work, I want to be one of them."

Summary of Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 - Part 1 Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is a Korean novel, it describes a normal girl' life and shows how many difficulties will she meet when she grows up. Ji-young was born in a family with a older sister and a younger brother, and they live with their grandmother. The grandmother definitely pays more attention to her brother, like assign more household chores to granddaughters. When Ji-young goes to school, some naughty boys make impolite jokes on girls. But if girls report this situation to their teacher, instead of correct boys' behaviours, the teacher says that it's their way to show love to girls, girls should understand this. And once Ji-young come back when she finishes cram school, but she finds somebody is following her on the bus. So she texts to her father to wait her on the bus stop, Ji-young is saved by another woman. The moment her dad meets her, her dad begins to say: it's your fault to wear short skirts at night, and to cram school far away from home.