A review of of the book "His Bright Light" which is about the tragic life of Nick Traina, written by his Mother, the author Danielle Steel.

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Book Review: His Bright Light by Danielle Steel

In Britain, serious crimes such as robbery and murder, are tried in court by a judge and jury. The purpose of the trial is to examine the evidence and determine whether somebody is innocent or guilty of the crime that they have been charged with. That is the jury's decision. If the person is guilty, the judge will then decide the correct punishment for the crime.

English Mini Lessons

In court

此话不假。”都江堰”、这个世界水利文化的鼻祖，是一座屹立了超过2000年的水利建设的丰碑，今天仍在使用。That's true." Dujiangyan, the ancestor of the world's water conservancy culture, is a monument of water conservancy construction that has stood for more than 2,000 years and is still in use today.
它的建立，让成都平原变成了千里沃野,也使四川一跃成为“天府之国”。 Its establishment transformed the Chengdu Plain into a fertile field and made Sichuan a "land of abundance".
这是公元前276年（秦昭王后期）蜀郡守李冰组织岷江两岸人民、花了25年建成的。It was built in 276 BC by Li Bing, Governor of Shu County, who organized the people on both sides of the Minjiang River and took 25 years to build.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

万事资灌溉

Did you know?

Biggest cats

五十步笑百步 [wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù]：fifty/pace/laugh at/hundred/pace. One who retreats fifty paces mocks one who retreats a hundred. 
梁惠王liáng huì wáng：King Hui of Liang state in the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history
孟子 mèng zǐ：Mencius who was a thinker, politician, educator in the Spring and Autumn Period.
河内hé nèi 、河东 hé dōng：Ancient place names.
收成 shōu chéng：crop;harvest
灾害 zāi huāng：disaster
邻国 lín guó：neighbouring state or country 
道理 dào lǐ：principle;truth;reason
打仗 dǎ zhàng：fight; go to war; make war
交锋 jiāo fēng：clash;meet
丢盔弃甲 diū kuī qì jiǎ：hrow away one's shield and armour；fly pellmell
打比方dǎ bǐ fang：to make an analogy
嘲笑 cháo xiào：laugh at ; mock
逃跑 táo pǎo：escape，run away
胆小怕死 dǎn xiǎo pà sǐ：Cowardly and afraid of death
This idiom means that people should not criticize someone for something, because you have done the same thing or have the same fault.

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

五十步笑百步 [wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù]

Airway obstruction in a man with warfarin-­induced sublingual and pharyngeal haematomas.

Rx English 

Case 1

This week, I had interesting conversations with my students about destiny. We had conflicting views about it but I wanted to share my insights about destiny, hard work and following your dreams.

FLO TALKS 

Are you destiny's child?

映画、ドキュメンタリーで見ることはありますが、どんなことをしているの？

ちょっとわからないですよね…私が知ってる、ちょっと不思議な/ふしぎな 儀式/ぎしき と、お金についてお話しています。

「へー」と思ってもらえるとうれしいです！

*不思議な/ふしぎな strange

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+ 日本人とお葬式

In a world where AI technology is replacing people and in a world of convenience, there are things that move the needle that can transform one's mindset and one's mind, it is putting in the work and doing whatever it takes to win. It is because ,"YOU CANNOT GOOGLE EFFORT." EFFORT is not dependent on other people, it is dependent on you.