0805 Chinese Writing, Grammar Learning and Reading System Setup
When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.
–Epictetus
✍️ Tried writing blog post in Chinese; worked on it until 10:40
💭 I think I love the feeling of thinking and writing.
📗 Continued learning English grammar (Chapter 07)
Notes:
英语的修饰语有两种词类：形容词和副词。
alike 和 alone 是 a- 开头的古英语形容词
古英语 a- 的词首代表一种暂时性的状态，所以这两个词除了可以放在补语位置外，如要用在名词短语中，只能放在名词后面。
- John and his brother alike are unreliable. （约翰和他弟弟都不可靠。）
- Money alone cannot solve our problem.（光靠钱解决不了我们的问题。）
🎯 Found the best way to read English books —
- Use 1Paragraph
- Translate English to Chinese with Immersive Translate
- Generate a PDF (or convert to EPUB)
- Read it on iPad or iPhone
📰 14:30 Browsed Hacker News for a while on Buzzing
😅 15:00 Finally did some work — updated the expo recruiting brochure
📖 15:30 Read Between Us — Chapter 1: Lost in Translation
Notes:
I believed that, deep down, all people would turn out to have emotions just like mine. I no longer do.
Any community that provides a set of experiences, understandings of the world, relationship practices,
moral sensitivities, and values and goals may shape the emotions we have as individuals.
Different cohorts, different socioeconomic groups, different religions, different gender cultures,
and even different family cultures may provide emotions with their meaning.When people come to the conclusion that others have feelings just like them,
that conclusion may stem from their own projections.The assumption that emotions are universal often hides an underlying idealism.
It is possible to find humanity, even in the absence of universal feelings.
Emotions—our own included—are as dependent on our culture as our clothes, our language, and the foods we feed our children.
📓 16:45 Wrote daily notes for the past few days
📖 Read the book until getting off work