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Five Eggs پانچ انڈے Ep# 01

本篇文章摘自作家刘瑜《愿你慢慢长大》，本文仅供学习。
文章由我本人阅读，供外国友人学习并练习中文，了解中国文化。
如有错误和建议，烦请大家不吝赐教。

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孩子，愿你慢慢长大

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花儿咳嗽了一阵。
The flower coughed.
但并不是由于感冒。
But it was not because she had a cold.
她终于对他说道：“我方才真蠢。请你原谅我。希望你能幸福。”
"I have been silly," she said to him, at last. "I ask your forgiveness. Try to be happy... "
花儿对他毫不抱怨，他感到很惊讶。
He was surprised by this absence of reproaches.
他举着罩子，不知所措地伫立在那里。
He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in midair.
他不明白她为什么会这样温柔恬静。
He did not understand this quiet sweetness.
“的确，我爱你。”花儿对他说道。
"Of course I love you," the flower said to him.
但由于我的过错，你一点也没有理会。
It is my fault that you have not known it all the while.
这丝毫不重要。
That is of no importance.
不过，你也和我一样的蠢。
But you–you have been just as foolish as I.
希望你今后能幸福。
Try to be happy.
把罩子放在一边吧，我用不着它了。

let the glass globe be. I don't want it any more.
要是风来了怎么办？
But the wind... ?
我的感冒并不那么重…夜晚的凉风对我倒有好处。
My cold is not so bad as all that...the cool night air will do me good.
我是一朵花。
I am a flower.
要是有虫子野兽呢？
But the animals?
我要是想认识蝴蝶，经不起两三只尺蠖是不行的。
Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
据说这是很美的。
It seems that they are very beautiful.
如果不是蝴蝶,毛虫——不然还有谁来看我呢？
And if not the butterflies– and the caterpillars–who will call upon me?
你就要到远处去了。至于说大动物，我并不怕，我有爪子。
You will be far away...as for the large animals–I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws.
于是，她天真地显露出她那四根刺，
And, navely, she showed her four thorns.
随后又说道：“别这么磨蹭了。真烦人！你既然决定离开这儿，那么，快走吧！”
Then she added: "Don't linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!"
她是怕小王子看见她在哭。她是一朵非常骄傲的花…
For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower...

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You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

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Spanish México

Mexiko-Stadt, Folge Nummer acht.

※ぜひ読みながら聴いてみてください。
こんにちは！Atsushiです。

今日の天気は晴れ。
気温は27℃、むし暑いです。
いつもは北海道ですが、今日は大阪でこのポッドキャストを撮っています。

今日は、異字同訓(いじどうくん)について話します。
異字同訓とは、漢字は違うけど、読む音は同じ、という言葉のことですね。

例えば、あつい、という言葉がありますね。
これは、3つ漢字があります。
【暑い】気温が高いことを言いますね。
今日は暑い。暑さ寒さも彼岸まで。とか言います。

【熱い】物の温度が高く感じることや、感情が高ぶることを言います。
コーヒーが熱い。とか、熱い声援を送る。とか言います。

【厚い】物の幅、距離が大きいことを言います。
この本は600ページもあってとても厚い。とか、この壁は厚い。とか言います。

全部使うと、

今日は暑いですが、私は熱いコーヒーを飲みながら、厚い本を読もうと思います。

こんな感じですね。こんなシチュエーションはなかなかないかもしれません。

他にも、
早い、速い
作る、造る、創る
会う、合う、逢う
とか、いろいろありますね。


かえる、や、とる、や、はかる、はたくさん意味があります。多いですがおもしろいので、気になった方は一度調べてみてください。

ということで、今日も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！