(I'm only writing these for the sake of clearing my mind, so please do feel free to skip them. My apologies.) After retiring, my father was making these works all day long, so he kept completing more and more of them. His wife, Itsuko, started being creeped out by the accumulation, and I was thinking of doing an exhibition once there was enough work. One New Year's Day, when I visited my parents' house, there was talk of really sorting out and selecting the works to keep and destroying the rest, so I decided to organize the exhibition right away. It was Fukujuro’s first exhibition in a proper space, so he started to make many small badges, hoping that the visitors would pick them up in their hands. My mother kept her brow furrowed and worried that her husband would embarrass himself, while Fukujuro enthusiastically created even more works, as if they gushed out of him. The exhibition went ahead and, with kind-hearted friends, acquaintances, and passers-by buying the low-priced works, it closed in success. In fact, we even managed to schedule the next exhibition. A few months later, when the couple was buying tickets at a nearby train station, a young woman came running up to them, saying, “Oh! It’s Fukujuro! I went to your exhibition! And look, I bought your work! I didn’t know you live around here. Please take care!” Fukujuro, of course far from dissatisfied, grinned and said to Itsuko, “It’s no use becoming popular at this age, is it?" So went the silly anecdote; which is to say, the show did bring us some excitement. photo: @ssps2011 translation: @tabi_the_fat

明天模A孩子率先上英模的class 8， 感謝大家前7回的認真上課， 這次試辦學測大家頻傳捷報， 反應題本上的drill, mint, ransom, sleep deprivation, natural disaster.....俐媽大餐都有教到， 連作文題目都和英模第1回的翻譯都有連結呢！ 俐媽趁勝追擊送上第8回！ 大餐只有更多，沒有變少🤗 而這一回裡，介紹到Winston Churchill這位歷史大人物， 他的功績(feat)、他的anecdote (軼事)、還有他的機智(wit)與幽默(humor)。 今天來學幾句Winston Churchill的名言～ ———————————————————————— 📍 俐媽英文教室—邱吉爾篇： 👍🏼 Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. 勇氣就是不斷經歷失敗卻不喪失熱忱。 👍🏼 All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope. 偉大的事情都很簡單。而且大多數都可以用簡單的單詞表達：自由；公正；榮譽；責任；仁慈；希望。 👍🏼 It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive. 施比受更讓人愉快。 👍🏼 Young gentlemen, Never give up! Never give up! Never! Never! Never! Never! 年輕人啊，永遠、永遠、永遠、永遠、永遠、永遠不要放棄！ 👍🏼 A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 悲觀主義者從每個機會中看到困難，樂觀主義者從每個困難中看到機會。 👍🏼 This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. 這不是結束，這甚至不是結束的開始。但，這可能是開始的結束。 👍🏼 Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. 勝利不是結束，失敗不是死亡。真正重要的是勇於繼續。 👍🏼 The first quality that needed is audacity. 人最可貴的精神就是無畏。 👍🏼 Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. 態度是小事，卻能造成很大的差別。 👍🏼 Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. 風箏是迎著風高飛，而不是順著風。 👍🏼 The price of greatness is responsibility. 偉大的代價就是責任。 ———————————————————————- 你知道Churchill最有名的手勢， 就是✌🏼嗎？ ✌🏼 stands for “Victory”! #俐媽英文教室 #俐媽英文教室邱吉爾篇 #俐媽英文教室名言錦句篇 #winstonchurchill #winstonchurchillquote #learnfromhistory #台大明明的新聞英文專刊也很常分享邱吉爾的名言呢

Words to use instead of VERY Part Two [#每日生字🌋 ] [#synonyms🌋 ] 上次我地講左關於情感既字，未睇快啲去睇啦🏃🏻 今次到形容性格啦！平時淨係諗到very kind, very nice既就真係要睇下啦 以下呢啲vocab你又識幾多個呢？ - 性格篇 - BB班👶 📌 Very funny = hilarious The host’s hilarious anecdote triggered an eruption of laughter from the audience. 📌 Very evil = wicked Although they claimed they weren’t wicked, the witches were known for casting evil spells on those who crossed them. 📌 Very shy = timid The girl tried to overcome her timid nature before her job interview. 📌 Very talented = gifted From an early age, the gifted child was able to sing with perfect pitch. 📌 Very stupid = idiotic Considering the potential of jellyfish to severely sting people, I think picking them up is idiotic. 難少少🤏 📌 Very careful = cautious The tour guide warned the family to be cautious when it came to wild animals or leaving food at their campsite. 📌 Very friendly = amiable Because she was nice to all her fellow schoolmates, my cousin Sally was voted the most amiable female at her school.   📌 Very sweet = thoughtful After the teacher’s dog died, her thoughtful students gave her many cards expressing sympathy for her loss. 📌 Very wise = sage They nodded in agreement with these sage remarks. 再難多少少 😈 📌 Very annoying = exasperating It's so exasperating when he won't listen to a word that I say. 📌 Very lazy = indolent I enjoy being indolent, there is nothing I find more pleasant than relaxing in bed. 📌 Very old-fashioned = archaic My mother has an archaic mindset and does not believe women should work outside the home. Extra Vocabulary ✨ anecdote (n.) 趣聞 eruption (n.) 爆發 perfect pitch (phr.) 絕對音準 sting (v.) 針、螫 #🌋🐸 🌋 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐧𝐨 🌋 єяυρт ιηтσ уσυя ƒυтυяє ——— #Vocabno #DSEEnglish #hkdseenglish #dse英文 #DSE #dsefighter #2021DSE #2021dsefighter #22DSE #2022DSE #2022dsefighter #23DSE #2023DSE #2023dsefighter #24DSE #2024DSE #2024dsefighter #HKDSE #Dsetips #JUPAS #升學 #大學 #dsestudygram #studygram #DSE英文 #英語學習 #學英文