Welcome to a NEW beginning...
It took me some time to get my caption for this topic right. I did think of saying something like goodbye, getting emotional, mums guilt etc.. but that is SO NOT me. And why saying goodbye to breastfeeding should be negative? 🤔
Maybe, I did have the mum's guilt when I stopped breastfeeding Yi He (eldest), but that doesn't last long.
In fact for every pregnancy I had, I didn't really look forward to breastfeeding although I breastfed all my children.
I feel that stopping breastfeeding should not be a negative thing. Does it mean that your bond will be gone? Nope. Does it mean you are not a mother anymore? Hell no!
In the dictionary, the definition of mother means a woman in relation to her child or children / bring up (a child) with care and affection.
Society and peer pressure has placed so much emphasis on breastfeeding that we longer think for ourselves. We put so much blame on ourselves that we forget that we need to love ourselves in order to provide better care for our child.
The circuit breaker then came, with work and taking care of kids, they took a toll and my supply dropped. I just did whatever I can to maintain but not doing anything extra to increase. I did thought of not giving up for a lot of reasons but after the breaker, I decided that it's enough and stop. I did try to convince myself a few occasions to "tahan" since I come so far but I think is enough.
I definitely salute all the mothers who persevere, because it is not easy. It's beautiful but not sexy. U can feel sexy with all the modern nursing bra but during nursing, all the sweat, spraying of milk all around.. drooping boobs & big nipples. I don't see which part is sexy.
Properly, this is the most WTF post on breastfeeding, but I just want to let those mothers who really wish to quit (but feel pressured) or quit already, but felt guilty about it, that you shouldn't.
As for a new beginning, definitely more focus time on the kids, work and time to exercise haha!
And talking about size for BF and FM kids... It's the genes please. All my 4 kids, they are always under percentile no matter BF or FM, and their appetite? Like the mum. 🐷
同時也有2部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過3萬的網紅Eric's English Lounge,也在其Youtube影片中提到,Episode 1: Fake news 聽力和口說練習: 聽力口說挑戰A: Critical Thinking: https://bit.ly/2P0wWrt 聽力口說挑戰B: http://bit.ly/2IQB7EV Use language to acquire, analyze, an...
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[時事英文]「超前部署 」英文怎麼說?
由於最近這個詞出現的頻率很高,所以陸續有同學寫信問我「超前部署」的英文是不是「advanced deployment 」?
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1、「advanced」意味著在「程度/層次」(level)上是更高等的、更高級的,例如:
➣ an advanced English course
進階英語課程/高階英語課程/高級英語課程(相對於初、中級)
➣ advanced learners of English
進階英語學習者/高階英語學習者/高級英語學習者
➣ advanced physics
高等物理
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2、「advanced」也可以表示非常現代的、最新的(modern),例如:
➣ advanced weapon systems
先進武器系統
➣ advanced technology
先進技術/前瞻技術
➣ high levels of unemployment in advanced industrial societies
先進工業社會的高失業率
詳參:https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/advanced
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3、若你想表達某事發生在其他事之前,則須用——「in advance (of something)」。例如:
➣ I should warn you in advance that I’m not a very good dancer.
我應該事先告訴你,我不是一位出色的舞者。
➣ Many thanks, in advance, for your help.
在此先感謝您的幫助。
➣ The Assembly passed legislation which required organizers of demonstrations to apply three days in advance for government approval.
議會通過了立法,要求示威的組織者提前三天申請政府批准。
詳參:https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/advance
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4、在中文的語境裡,「超前部署」本為國軍術語,用於軍事上的部署與配置。因今年疫情而輾轉進入公眾視野,也成為公共衛生的防疫語彙。在英文裡,若想表達兵力上的預置,你可以說:
➣ the early deployment of troops
➣ deploy troops in advance (of something)
➣ deploy troops in preparation (of something)
➣ deploy troops ahead of something
「超前部署」見於國軍「主動防救」的災防思維,國軍採「超前部署、預置兵力、隨時防救」的作法,以因應重大天災對國家安全的威脅。詳參:https://bit.ly/2WuyIXb
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5、在英文裡,「advanced deployment」雖是慣用語,但多用於計算(computing)以及網路管理(network administration),其中涉及較高階的(higher-level)電腦或系統的安裝過程,以利於真實環境裡的高效作業。
詳參:https://bit.ly/3ctnd7T
https://bit.ly/3dGULQ5
若同學知道更多相關用法,歡迎在下方留言與我們分享,畢竟我不是資通專家XD
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6、可能有些文章會使用「advance deployment」來作為「超前部署」的英文用法,以表達對流行疫情所採取的準備措施。但在英文裡,這並不是常見的用法:
That decision did make inconveniences to passengers and losses to THSRC, but that measure in conjunction with Taiwan's “advance deployment” has indeed effectively reduced the risk of people being over-exposed in mass transportation.
詳參:https://yhoo.it/3dHexLq
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7、「超前部署」雖可置於防疫的語境中,但在英文裡並沒有一個全然相應的用法。而在中文與英文的脈絡下,其所關聯的語意也不盡相同。英語使用者通常會這麼說:
❖ 用法A: (early) preventive measures
“A contact-tracing app developed in Singapore as a preventive measure against the coronavirus.”
詳參《紐約時報》:https://nyti.ms/3bjfxDT
“For the general public, basic preventive measures include keeping a safe distance of 1 to 2 metres, washing hands with soap for 20 seconds or using a hand sanitiser, wearing a face mask if crowded situations cannot be avoided and not touching one’s eyes, nose, and mouth.”
詳參《路透社》:https://reut.rs/3fEMZrK
❖ 用法B:「something+prevention measures」也頗為常見
“Efforts are better spent boosting infection-prevention measures at hospitals.”
詳參《經濟學人》:https://econ.st/2YUoMYu
“Vice Premier Chen Chi-Mai shared Taiwan's deployment of big data in our epidemic-prevention measures with two professors visiting from Stanford, C. Jason Wang, director of the Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention, and health law scholar Michelle M. Mello.”
詳參中華民國外交部:https://bit.ly/3cnuRk6
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其他可以使用的相關片語:
➣ take protective measures
➣ implement preventive measures
➣ infection prevention and control
➣ early prevention and detection
➣ immediate government intervention
歡迎同學在下方留言,與我們分享更多用法!
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時事英文大全:http://bit.ly/2WtAqop
如何使用「時事英文」:https://bit.ly/3a9rr38
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【解開人生謎題的寶書】(English writing below)
「師姐,簽書號已經發完了耶!」
地點:台灣雷藏寺的大燈文化攤位。
我一手抓著根本上師聖尊蓮生活佛的新書《我所知道的佛陀:如是我聞》,一手拿著錢要付款。
「沒關係,師兄,沒有師尊的簽名,我還是想買這本書。」我微笑著回答,感謝他的熱心提醒。
我喜歡紙本書。家裡整堵牆的書架,都是師尊的書。
我甚少在雷藏寺買師尊的書。一般來說,師尊推出新書時,我都會在新加坡的紀伊國屋書店購買,希望藉此能推廣師尊的文集在寺廟以外的地方。用錢買書,也是我出點微薄之力,代表我對作者付出的支持。
有師尊簽書固然是錦上添花,但能不能開悟,還是需要自己的努力。
初聽師尊宣布這書名《我所知道的佛陀:如是我聞》時,我頓時倍感親切。
每個人信佛的起點都不一樣。有的人是因爲篤信觀世音菩薩,而皈依佛門,我則是因爲「南無本師釋迦牟尼佛」。
在大學佛學會時,我常去本地的一間斯里蘭卡佛寺參拜佛陀,繞菩提樹。好幾年的時間,我在那兒,向佛陀述說了很多、很多我的苦楚,我的煩惱,有時候邊說,邊繞菩提樹,繞了無數圈,就連第一次失戀,也在臥佛前哭了兩個小時。
那時,我不明白為什麼人家做人,我也做人,但我無論怎麼努力,卻特別的苦。我一直求佛陀告訴我:我爲什麼要活著?我爲什麼要來到人間?我要怎麼改命?
當然,在壇城上的佛陀怎麼會開口跟這「怨女」說話呢?
我把打工的錢存起來,買一尊佛像,拿去開光,安在書房內。後來媽媽因爲某事生我氣,趁我不在時,把佛像仍掉。我畢業就職後,又請了一尊。傻傻的我以為那兩尊都是釋迦牟尼佛,其實祂們都是「大日如來」。
我想,這應該是我五年後皈依師尊的因緣之一。
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2013年,西雅圖雷藏寺開創一個新聞單元《如是我聞》,報導師尊的日常法教。小女子我自告奮勇拉著我師兄一起爲官網,把幾篇《如是我聞》翻譯成英文,回饋師尊的無私奉獻與教導。
從台灣飛回新加坡的航班上,我閱讀了師尊新書《我所知道的佛陀:如是我聞》兩個小時。
我忽然恍然大悟,十九年前,常跑到釋迦牟尼佛跟前訴苦的那個少女,原來佛陀真的聽到了她的哀求,沒有讓它落空。
理科班的我,從小就對這世界很好奇。家裡的百科全書,十年來,我從頭到尾都讀了至少百遍,但總覺得人要懂的知識,不該只有這些。
皈依師尊前,我曾讀過、聽過很多有名出家人的法語開示,無論是講中文或英文的。他們都講得很好,但是,唯有蓮生活佛的開示和文集,徹底的解除我自幼對於人生和宇宙的迷惑。
尤其是這本書。
原來在科學之外,還有這樣一個空間、一種能量和宇宙能力場存在著。
皈依學佛,就是學佛陀的教義,目的就是要成佛。
可怎樣的佛弟子,才是釋迦牟尼佛認可的弟子?
我們人要如何離苦得樂?如何去馴服自己狂野的心?如何從凡夫身回歸本來的面目?什麼又是原本的自己?
那天,師父問一位少女:「妳想學佛,那妳知道佛教教主是誰嗎?」
她已閱讀完師父在臉書2013年至2019年的文章,卻一個字都說不出。
切勿把佛法當成普通的人間知識來看待,更不要以學佛爲名,利用其知識賺錢做生意爲實。販賣如來,可是下地獄吞熾熱鐵丸、喝滾燙鐵汁之罪啊!
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我去台灣前,師父交代過要我到台北101拍照,於是我就抱著師尊的書去。
玳瑚師父教過,台北101是現代版的文昌塔。
古時候,文昌已甚被重視,因爲利於讀書、功名和事業。在沒有某種形式的山脈時,就會建文昌塔(又稱文峰塔)來催旺文人輩出。
古代有文昌塔,現代有台北101。
古代有佛陀初傳四聖諦,現代有蓮生法王繼續的轉法輪。
而人呢?從古至今,仍然在醉生夢死中。
一般人要文昌,因爲追求功名。但我對人間的智慧,已意興闌珊。我要文昌,因爲希望早日開竅,拜託,不要那麽笨 ~~
無論你是剛接觸佛法,還是皈依許久的老弟子,如果你和我一樣追求生命的實相,這本書裡的般若智慧必會讓你大開眼界、讚歎連連。
你到底有多認識佛陀呢?
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我大力推薦此書,可到以下書局網購,或到真佛般若藏免費閱讀電子書或聆聽有聲書:
1) 新加坡紀伊書店 - https://singapore.kinokuniya.com/bw/9789573052654
2) 台灣金石堂 - https://www.kingstone.com.tw/basics/basics.asp?kmcode=2012000022409&lid=common-index-billboard-all&actid=bookindex
3) 真佛般若藏 - https://www.tbboyeh.org/cht#/store
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"Dharma Sister, the numbers for book signing have all been given out!"
Venue: Daden Culture book stall at Taiwan Lei Tsang Temple
I was holding on to "The Buddha I Know: Thus Have I Heard", the latest book by my Root Guru, His Holiness Living Buddha Lian Sheng, with my other hand grasping onto the cash, wanting to pay for the book.
"No problem, Dharma Brother. Without the autograph of Grandmaster, I would still wish to buy this book." I smiled in reply, thanking him for his friendly reminder.
I prefer reading from an actual book over an ebook. Back at home, I have one full wall of my Grandmaster's books on my bookshelves.
I rarely buy my Grandmaster's books from Lei Tsang temples. Usually, for His latest release, I would buy from Singapore Kinokuniya book store. It is my hope that this little gesture would help to boost sales at external bookstores, so that my Grandmaster's books can continue to be sold beyond the temples. To pay for it is my small token of appreciation and support for the author's effort.
To have my Grandmaster's autograph on the book is, of course, covetable, but whether the I can attain enlightenment is still dependant on my hard work.
When I first heard my Grandmaster announcing the book title "The Buddha I Know: Thus Have I Heard", I immediately felt a sense of closeness.
Everybody has a different starting point for believing in the Buddha. There are some people who are devoted to Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva, and hence take refuge. For me, it was because of Shakyamuni Buddha.
During my NUS Buddhist Society days, I often visited a Sri Lanka Buddhist temple in Singapore. I would pay homage to Buddha and circumambulate the Bodhi tree. For many years, I would be at the temple regurgitating my troubles and sufferings to Buddha. Sometimes, I would circumambulate endless rounds around the Bodhi tree while being troubled. When my first relationship failed, I cried in front of the Sleeping Buddha for 2 hours.
At that time, I didn't understand why my life was tougher than other people, no matter how much effort I poured in. I kept pleading to Buddha for an answer. For what am I alive for? Why do I have to come to this mortal world? What can I do to improve my life?
Naturally, how could the Buddha that sat on the altar literally speak to this resentful girl?
With the money I scrimped and saved working part-time during my uni days, I bought a Buddha statue and after having it consecrated, I enshrined the statue in my study room. Once, when my mum was angry with me over some issue, she threw away the Buddha statue while I was out.
Upon graduation, I bought another Buddha statue. The silly me assumed that both statues are of Shakyamuni Buddha when in fact, they were of Mahāvairocana Buddha.
I guess this must be one affinity why I took refuge in my Grandmaster 5 years later.
In 2013, Seattle Lei Tsang Temple started a new column "Thus Have I Heard", reporting on the daily Dharma teachings of Grandmaster. Dragging the husband along, we volunteered to translate a few of the reports into English for the official website. It was our little way to repay Grandmaster for his selfless contributions and teachings.
Now you know why I took a liking to the book title almost immediately.
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On the flight back from Taiwan, I read the book for about 2 hours.
I suddenly had a realisation. The young lady that cried and bemoaned her fate in front of Shakyamuni Buddha 19 years ago had her prayers answered after all. Buddha did hear her pleas and did not let her prayers go unfulfilled.
I was a Science student and since young, I was full of curiosity for this world. The encyclopaedia I had at home had been read at least 100 times over 10 years. But I had always felt that the knowledge humans need to know should be more than that.
Before taking refuge in Grandmaster, I had read, watched and listened to many Dharma discourses expounded by many famous Venerables, both in English and Chinese. They all explained the teachings of Buddha very well.
However, only Living Buddha Lian-Sheng could thoroughly answer my conundrums about life and this universe, through His Dharma discourses and books.
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Especially in this book.
Apart from the science that we know, there is indeed another dimension of existence, another field of energy from the Universe.
When we take refuge to learn the Dharma, we are essentially learning what the Buddha had taught. The sole purpose is to eventually attain Buddhahood.
But do you know, just what kind of Buddhists are recognised by Shakyamuni Buddha as true disciples?
And how can we humans break free from sufferings and achieve bliss? How can we tame the wild minds in us? How do we return to our true self from this mortal body?
Just what actually is our true nature?
That day, Shifu asked a young lady, "You say you wish to learn the Dharma. Then do you know who is the founder of Buddhism?"
She had read all of Shifu's FB articles from 2013-2019, but was unable to reply.
Do not treat the Buddhadharma as ordinary mortal knowledge, let alone masquerade under the name of learning the Dharma, but in reality, using the knowledge to make more money and build a business. Peddling the Buddha for self-profit is a sin that would have you swallowing red hot iron balls and drinking boiling hot liquid iron in Hell!
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Before my trip to Taiwan, Shifu told me to take a photo with Taipei 101. So I went there with my Grandmaster's book.
Master Dai Hu had taught me, Taipei 101 is the modern-day version of Wen Chang Pagoda.
In ancient times, Wen Chang is highly valued, because it favours the academics, scholarly achievements and career. When a certain mountain form is lacking in certain geographical locations, a Wen Chang Pagoda ( also known as Wen Feng Pagoda) would be constructed to activate and encourage the birth of more scholarly people.
So in the old days, there is the Wen Chang Pagoda, and now we have the Taipei 101.
In the past, there is Buddha who first expounded on the Four Noble Truths. And now, we have His Holiness, Dharma King Lian Sheng, to continue turning the Wheel of Dharma.
What about humans? Throughout history, humans have lived a befuddled existence. Even till now.
Most people want Wen Chang because they pursue fame and recognition. I covet Wen Chang, because I hope to get enlightened sooner. Oh please, let me be less stupid...
Whether you are new to the teachings of Buddha, or a Buddhist disciple for years, if you are pursuing the ultimate truth of Life like me, this book will open up your eyes and have you singing in praises.
Just how well do you know Buddha?
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I strongly recommend this book and you can purchase it online at the links below, or hop over to True Buddha Prajna Treasury to read the ebook or listen to the audiobook for free.
1) Kinokuniya Singapore - https://singapore.kinokuniya.com/bw/9789573052654
2) Kingstone Taiwan - https://www.kingstone.com.tw/basics/basics.asp?kmcode=2012000022409&lid=common-index-billboard-all&actid=bookindex
3) 真佛般若藏 True Buddha Prajna Treasury - https://www.tbboyeh.org/cht#/store
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Episode 1: Fake news
聽力和口說練習:
聽力口說挑戰A: Critical Thinking: https://bit.ly/2P0wWrt
聽力口說挑戰B: http://bit.ly/2IQB7EV
Use language to acquire, analyze, and evaluate information! Grammar and pronunciation are important, but we must move beyond and use language as a catalyst for change!
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Extended reading (Advanced):
Opinion 1: https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2018/feb/12/nice-threads-the-waste-based-fibres-cleaning-up-fashion
Opinion 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/fashion/fashion-second-biggest-polluter-fake-news.html
Opinion 3: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/04/11/the-environmental-costs-of-creating-clothes
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「心智圖詞彙攻略」課程連結: https://bit.ly/2teELDq
「心智圖詞彙攻略」Q&As: http://bit.ly/2NzNkyO
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Video Q&As
1. an MIT ("an" was said but "n" was left out in the captions)
2. further ("further" was said, but "farther" was typed)
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/…/…/further-versus-farther
3. points of view ("points of views" was typed) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict…/english/point-of-view Discussion on usage: http://bit.ly/31LVnPq
4. social media can be both plural or uncountable:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/social-media
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/social-media
Media and data are often used as collective nouns, so you will see them them follow by both a singular or plural verb form. The term “social media” is both uncountable and plural in modern English usage. The word “media” is traditionally a plural because “medium” is the singular.
5. "disinformation" is used in our class video rather than "misinformation" to stress the next phrase (so-called FAKE news): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news
Thank you all for your feedback!
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