You will learn the basic vocabs here in Philippines. Try to practice and listen carefully about the pronunciation of the 7 days of the week in Tagalog language. Enjoy 🧡

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健康码和行程码，你了解过吗？
如果你住在中国，你会发现，疫情期间，人人都在用的，除了口罩，就是健康码了。
在这个“绿码走遍天下，红码寸步难行”的时期，无论你是进超市，还是进公司大楼，听到最多的话就是：来，健康码出示一下！
那么，这种健康码是怎么逐渐流行起来的？
2020年2月，中国疫情正处于最严重的时间。人们应该如何生活和工作成为焦点。此时，一个叫做“钟毅”的警察接到了政府的紧急任务——制定健康码。这是一个全新的想法。他们没有任何可以参考的东西。因此，颜色、图形结构、空间安排等每一个细节都需要反复确定。而这个过程，钟毅和他的团队用了48个小时。更新系统近30多次，接听咨询电话380多个，走访不同地区50多个。最终，他们制定出来了。感染了新冠病毒的人，医院会把病人的信息上传到健康码里面。他的健康码就会变成红色。跟他接触过的人健康码会变成黄色。而其他的人，则是绿色。当天下午，健康码正式向全国人民开放使用。“健康码”普及全国，为中国的防疫工作提供了一张地图。
行程码是由中国的通信公司制定的一种二维码。手机定位能告诉你14天内到过的所有地方的信息。在确保信息安全的情况下，为疫情防控、道路通行、出入境等提供了可靠的技术。
面对新冠病毒，中国实行的是“清零”政策，健康码和行程码的作用就体现出来了。根据你的行程和所接触人的情况，健康码和行程码会出现绿色、黄色、红色。绿色代表你很健康，没有感染新冠病毒。黄色代表你可能接触过感染新冠病毒的人。红色代表你跟感染新冠病毒的人有非常近的关系，你有90%的可能已经感染病毒了。


Jiànkāng mǎ hé xíngchéng mǎ ， nǐ liǎojiě guò ma ？ 
Rúguǒ nǐ zhù zài Zhōngguó ， nǐ huì fāxiàn ， yìqíng qījiān， rénrén dōu zài yòng de ， chúle kǒuzhào ， jiùshì jiànkāng mǎ le 。 
Zài zhège "Lǜmǎ zǒu biàn tiānxià ， hóngmǎ cùnbù nánxíng " de shíqī ， wúlùn nǐ shì jìn chāoshì ， háishì jìn gōngsī dàlóu ， tīngdào zuìduō de huà jiùshì ： lái ， jiànkāng mǎ chūshì yíxià ！ 
Nàme ， zhèzhǒng jiànkāng mǎ shì zěnme zhújiàn liúxíng qǐlái de ？ 
2020 nián 2 yuè ， Zhōngguó yìqíng zhèng chǔyú zuì yánzhòng de shíjiān 。 Rénmen yīnggāi rúhé shēnghuó hé gōngzuò chéngwéi jiāodiǎn 。 Cǐshí ， yígè jiàozuò " Zhōng Yì " de jǐngchá jiēdào le zhèngfǔ de jǐnjí rènwù——zhìdìng jiànkāng mǎ 。 Zhè shì yí gè quánxīn de xiǎngfǎ 。 Tāmen méiyǒu rènhé kěyǐ cānkǎo de dōngxi 。 Yīncǐ ， yánsè 、 túxíng jiégòu 、 kōngjiān ānpái děng měi yí gè xìjié dōu xūyào fǎnfù quèdìng 。 Er zhè ge guòchéng ， Zhōng Yì hé tā de tuánduì yòng le 48 gè xiǎoshí 。 Gēngxīn xìtǒng jìn 30 duō cì ， jiētīng zīxún diànhuà 380 duō gè ， zǒufǎng bùtóng dìqū 50 duō gè 。 Zuìzhōng ， Tāmen zhìdìng chūlái le 。Gǎnrǎn le Xīnguàn bìngdú de rén ， yīyuàn huì bǎ bìngrén de xìnxī shàngchuán dào jiànkāng mǎ lǐmiàn 。Tā de jiànkāng mǎ jiù huì biànchéng hóngsè 。 Gēn tā jiēchù guò de rén jiànkāng mǎ huì biànchéng huángsè 。

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什么是健康码和行程码？

龙马精神[lóng mǎ jīng shén]：dragon/horse/ vigour; vitality; drive；
This idiom means vim and vigor, full of life, often used to describe people's fighting spirit and healthy state.
龙马lóng mǎ：The mythical beast with a dragon head and a horse body in ancient legends of Chinese.
饱满 bǎo mǎn：full; plump; well-stacked; flush; filled
充满 chōng mǎn：be filled with;be full of
追求 zhuī qiú：seek; aspire; pursue
梦想 mèng xiǎng：dreams

eg：龙年到了祝您龙马精神! lóngnián dàole zhù nín lóng mǎ jīng shén!
         他是用自己的龙马精神战胜了懒惰的性格。
         tā shì yòng zìjǐ de lóng mǎ jīng shén zhàn shèng le lǎnduò de xìnggé。
       我中午睡了一觉后觉得龙马精神，一下子干了很多的活儿。
        wǒ zhōngwǔ shuì le yī jiào hòu jiàode lóng mǎ jīng shén, yī xià zi gànle hěnduō de huór。


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龙马精神[lóng mǎ jīng shén]

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a Short story of Lewis and Clark expedition of the atual United States of America. 
Petite histoire de l'expédition de Lewis et Clark dans l'actuel pays des Etats Unies d'Amérique. 

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Lewis and Clark Expedition in French 

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SWE48 Fireworks accident (4th of July Part 2)

If you thought social media was just a place for viral dances and cat photos, think again.

Popular influencers on apps like TikTok and YouTube have been boosting book sales with their videos.

And many are watched by millions.

The BookTok community on TikTok has been influential in encouraging users — who are often young people — to buy real books in bookshops.

But a survey from 2022 found that YouTube is actually the most popular place for young people to discover new books on social media.

The survey was done in November 2022 by Nielsen Book Data. It found that in the UK, 34% of people aged between 14 and 25 used YouTube — which is known for its BookTube community — for their book ideas.

TikTok was used by 32%, and 27% went to Instagram to find out about new books.

Some reports in recent years have said that young people are reading less than ever. But according to The Guardian, people in the 14 to 25 age group bought around 61 million books in the UK in 2022.

This was 18% of all books bought.

And it's not just social media where they're finding reading recommendations.

The most common way to discover new books is by talking to friends. Forty-one percent said they do this, while 35% find out about their books by visiting bookshops.

The survey also reported that fantasy action and fantasy adventure stories are the most popular among young people.

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Survey: Young People Turn to Social Media for New Books

People who spend a lot of time sitting down might reduce their health risks by drinking coffee, a new study suggests.

Researchers from China wanted to look at the health effects of coffee drinking and time spent sitting.

They looked at health data for nearly 11,000 people in the US and followed them for up to 13 years.

During the period of the study, 945 people died, including 284 from heart disease.

The research team found that people who sat for over eight hours a day were almost 50% more likely to die from all causes, and nearly 80% more likely to die from heart disease.

That's compared to people who sat for fewer than four hours per day.

Sitting for a long time has been linked to increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and more.

The researchers also found that people who drank the most coffee — three or more cups per day — reduced their risk of death from all causes by over 30% compared to those who drank no coffee. And they were more than 50% less likely to die from heart disease.

And drinking coffee even seemed to protect people from the health risks of sitting down: coffee drinkers could sit for more than six hours a day and still have about the same risk of death as non-coffee drinkers who sat for less than six hours.

However, the researchers said they didn't look at the effects of different types of coffee on our health, so they couldn't be sure which type was best.

They wrote that more research would be needed on this "miracle" drink.

 Spend Too Long Sitting? Coffee Could Help!

When the end of the working week arrives, it can be a little harder to keep going.

If you work from Monday to Friday, you might find yourself thinking about the weekend as your brain and body get ready to rest. You may feel that you're getting less work done.

You might even feel this way near the end of each work day.

And a study from the US has found that yes, it's true — we aren't as productive and we make more mistakes in the afternoons, especially on Fridays.

While most of us could probably have guessed that result, the researchers said most studies in the past have just asked workers about their feelings related to their productivity.

But this one actually used data based on computer use, including how fast people typed and the numbers of typos they made.

The researchers, from Texas A&M University, looked at the computer use of 789 employees working from the office of a big company in Texas.

They studied them for two years and looked at their computer use at different times of the day and week.

And they found that computer use "dropped significantly" on Fridays.

One of the researchers, Taehyun Roh, said: "Employees were less active in the afternoons, and made more typos in the afternoons — especially on Fridays."

The authors added that results like this should encourage bosses to think about flexible working arrangements or four-day working weeks to get the best from their employees.