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Hi everybody, welcome to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美国叔叔说英语). What's your name? Today we are going to talk about names. Usually the first question we ask someone when we first meet him or her is, "what's your name?". It's important to know what to call someone, right? I mean, we don't want to go around saying, "hey you, hey you, and you, the other you, tall guy, hey, short guy, you over there, the one with the blue shirt, what's your name again?" If we forget someone's name after he or she has already told us, then we can ask, "what's your name again?". Some people suggest that when you meet a person, you should say his or her name immediately after you hear it. For example, when someone says, "hi, my name's Jack", you should say "nice to meet you, Jack!" T...

Hey everybody, welcome to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美国叔叔说英语). Today we are going to talk about Halloween and Jack-O'-Lanterns. Here's the story below from the website Mental Floss: The term "jack-o'-lantern" was first applied to people, not pumpkins. As far back as 1663, the term meant a man with a lantern, or a night watchman. Just a decade or so later, it began to be used to refer to the mysterious lights sometimes seen at night over bogs, swamps, and marshes. These ghost lights—variously called jack-o’-lanterns, hinkypunks, hobby lanterns, corpse candles, fairy lights, will-o'-the-wisps, and fool's fire—are created when gases from decomposing plant matter ignite as they come into contact with electricity or heat or as they oxidize. For centuries before this scientific explanation was known, people told stories to explain the mysterious lights. In Ireland, dat...

Today we are going to talk about fear (恐惧). You know, Halloween (万圣节) is coming up, and I’ll talk more about that later this month, but for now let’s just talk about fear in general. Who here hasn’t been afraid? If you raised your hand, I’m afraid you didn’t understand the question or just not telling the truth because truth be told, we’ve all been afraid of something, at one point or another in our lives. In fact, fear is what keeps us alive. Have you ever heard of the fight or flight instinct (战斗或逃跑本能) in animals? It means that we either fight back against what we are afraid of, or we run away from it so that we can live to fight another day. So it seems that sometimes it’s right to fight, and sometimes it’s better to take ourselves out of dangerous situations. “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” ...

Hey everybody, welcome to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美国叔叔说英语). Today I'd like to talk about jujube (枣). Some people have asked me about the name of this fruit in English. Is it red date? Chinese date? Well, both of those names are ok, but the much better name is "jujube". It is a delicious fruit, and a fun name to say. Right now is the right time to eat some jujube in China. They are delicious, nutritious, and good for your health. The jujube is native to China, and it grows all over the country. Have a great autumn everyone, and I hope you love jujube as much as I do! Thanks for listening to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美国叔叔说英语).

Hey everybody, welcome to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu (美国叔叔说英语). It has been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words". In that case, there are books and books of words in the greatest online library ever compiled. I'm talking about your Moments (朋友圈) on WeChat (微信), where at any time we can find photos of friends and strangers doing things from crazy, unique (独特) behavior to boring, everyday living. The question that social scientists (社会学家) of the future will have to answer a million times is, "why did everybody really want to see what everybody else was eating all the time?". So, recently someone I know asked me if I really believed what I saw in photos. It's an interesting question because photos are not actually real, right? Do things exist only because we can see them? Are we real? What if what we do every...

Hey everybody, welcome back to Meiguo Shushu Shuo Yingyu. Today we are going to talk about perfection. That’s right, let’s find out if any of us on Earth is perfect. My guess is that you cannot find the perfect person, unless his or her name is “Nobody”, because as they say, “Nobody’s perfect”! Well, some people have said that I am a perfectionist, since I always try to do things perfectly. Maybe it is because I am a Virgo but perhaps it’s not always a good thing to be perfect. If there is no imperfection in the world, then we’d all have to live up to an impossible standard. If your expectations are too high, then it may be hard to ever find true and lasting happiness. Some people are so in love with perfection that they cannot get started on the path to success. This kind of procrastination is paralyzing and can pre...

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