Jamie Vardy is 1️⃣st Leicester City player in history to score a goal & an own goal in the same Premier League match❗
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He is now the top scorer for the Foxes as well as joint-top scorer for the Clarets ironically in the Premier League this season❗
💥💥💥
Unique❗

THE VULVA FLOWER 🌸

The censorship of our bodies, the ‘offensiveness’ of the female anatomy hurt us all. I’m not talking about our identities, and feminism, or even politics.

I’m talking about women who fear going for Pap smears and check ups, who’re scared to tell their parents they have infections and don’t know what to do, who don’t know about HPV vaccines, and birth control, and put themselves in danger, because society shames our bodies, shames what makes us women, shame what makes us sacred and amazing, and different from men.

I hesitated a little speaking up about this because I had been closely working with @kotexmy on some campaigns, and understood the terms we’re bound by when we work, but when I talked to the representatives down at Kotex, they reassured me that this fight, our fight, is so much bigger than just brands and work. 😭💖

I’m so so happy to be in a place where I can collaborate with people who give me the freedom to stand up for what I believe in, and lend power and voice through me, and recognise in the big picture, we’re all fighting for the same thing. ✨

Our bodies are not shameful, neither are they offensive, nor sexual. Our bodies are strong, wondrous, incredible things that possess the gift of giving life, and it should be celebrated by all, especially other women ✨

I am truly comforted by the idea that in their act to censor our bodies, they accidentally blew the issue up, and ironically it blew back in their faces. 😉 when they come for us, they come for us all, so don’t be surprised when we bite back.

Inspired by @christopher_grave 💖 #vulva #vulvaflower #vulvamakeup #vulvaflowermakeup #vulvaart

Japanese Gyoza, done very well here indeed. With non elastic plasticky skin which is already a plus, & Crispy thin edges almost #羽根つき style. Fillings were adequate, not just wet Cabbage but has right meatiness

In Hong Kong, surprisingly it is super hard to get great 鍋貼 Pot Stickers, 煎餃子 or Japanese Gyozas. My fav HK double sided pan fried version is at #豐信餃子店 , ironically their soup dumplings are bad. For Japanese ones, here definitely is amongst the rare elites! 😊

本月初，一項新法律在美國德州生效，禁止懷孕六週後進行人工流產，成為先進國家中最嚴格的墮胎法之一。反觀世界第二大羅馬天主教國，墨西哥最高法院週二裁定，懲罰墮胎違憲，成為墨西哥女性健康與人權倡導者的重大勝利。

講義
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本集 timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:37 第一遍英文朗讀
4:00 新聞 & 相關單字解說
18:22 額外單字片語
24:34 第二遍英文朗讀

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臉書社團 (朗讀文字)：https://www.facebook.com/groups/ssyingwen/posts/301461465073433/

朗讀內容參考了
VOA: https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexicos-top-court-decriminalizes-abortion-watershed-moment
NPR 1: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034925270/mexico-abortion-decriminalized-supreme-court
NPR 2: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next
The Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/world/2021/09/07/mexico-lifts-abortion-ban-even-as-texas-embraces-it/
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/09/biden-administration-sue-texas-abortion-law

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本集提到的單字片語：
Texas 德州
SB 8 (Senate Bill 8) 德州參議院第八議案
Abortion(s) 人工流產、墮胎
Near-total abortion ban 幾乎完全的墮胎禁令
Rape 強姦
Incest 亂倫
Pro-choice 捍衛選擇權
Pro-life 捍衛生命權
Forced pregnancy 強迫懷孕
Democrats 民主黨
Republicans 共和黨
Heartbeat 心跳
Fetal heartbeat 胎兒的心跳
Scientists 科學家們
Embryo 胚胎
Ultrasound 超音波
Fetus 胎兒
Border 邊境
Mexico 墨西哥
Brazil  巴西
Roman Catholic Church 羅馬天主教會
Supreme court 最高法院
Unanimously一致通過的
Decriminalizes 除罪化
Legalize 合法化
Latin America 拉丁美洲
Conservative 保守
Illegal 違法的
Argentina 阿根廷
Irony / ironic / ironically
Sarcasm / sarcastic
Coahuila 墨西哥北部與德州鄰近的州
Mexico City 墨西哥城
Trimester 三個月
Restrictive 嚴格限制的
Insidious 陰險的
Draconian 苛刻的
Cruel 殘忍的
Abortion rights 墮胎權
Roe v. Wade 羅訴韋德案
Landmark decision / judgement
Viability 胎兒在母體外有生存能力
Governor 州長
Attorney general 司法部長
Abortion providers  提供墮胎的醫療機構
Sue 起訴、吿
Whistleblower 吹哨者
Mum 沈默
Clearly 明顯的
Unconstitutional 違反憲法
Kamala Harris 賀錦麗
Not negotiable 不容商量的
Jen Psaki 白宮發言人
Unequivocal 毫不含糊的、非常明確的
Irrational 不理智的
Super Typhoon Chanthu 強颱璨樹
Philippines 菲律賓
Hurricane Ida 颶風艾達


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【靜下心來好好想 - 珍惜生命 拒絕自殺】
Calm Your Inner Storm - Please Love Yourself To Say No To Suicide

本該活到70歲，30歲卻自殺，剩40年的壽命怎麼辦？

我過往想自殺的次數，不少於100次，小學時就覺得我活著很多餘。長大後想尋死的理由更多，家庭、工作、經濟、感情等等。如果當初真的就跳下去，就不會有今天的李季謙，拍了80多支影片，給幾萬個你們觀看了。

好笑的是，我有十年的時間，覺得自己就是個廢物，一事無成的廢物。

可現在你們留言說，我給你們很大的正能量。

同樣是力量，讓我能把負能量轉為正能量，從陰霾中走出來，給我很大的心靈力量的是佛法。

我媽說想自殺這麼丟臉的事，不該公開說給那麼多人聽。她好意想讓我的形象比較正面。在很多國家，每年的自殺率都在增加，從老到少，憂鬱焦慮的人越來越多，那我寧願不要這樣的面子，盡一點綿力拉大家一把。

如果你今天想要尋死，請靜下來心來好好想，先聽我這位「前輩」說。

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活一天 感恩一天
活一天 快樂一天
活一天 修行一天
～ 蓮生活佛

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If you kill yourself at age 30, when you should have lived till 70, what happens to the remaining 40 years?

I had contemplated suicide in the past, at least 100 times. During my primary school days, I felt my existance was redundant. When I grew up, there were many more reasons for suicide. Family, work, financial woes, relationships, etc. If I had jumped that one time, there will be no Lee Ji Qian today, to shoot over 80 videos for the tens of thousands of you to watch.

Ironically, for more than 10 years, I felt I was a useless person, with zero achievement.

Now, I see many comments telling me that I gave them positive energy.

The jab of energy which allows me to transform my negative energies and guided me out of the fog is the power of the Dharma.

My mother told me not to disclose publicly my past desire to kill myself. She said it was shameful for everyone to know, and I understand her good intention for me to maintain a positive image. In many countries, the suicide rate is increasing. More people of all ages are suffering from depression, and I would rather look bad in public and lend a helping hand to those in need through this video.

If you wish to take your own life today, please calm your inner storm, and listen to me, the one who had gone through the same path.

On my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/79CPmq1SGYM

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2020 has been a strange year,
it didn’t really feel like Christmas, but these past few days I’ve been reminded that it’s not about how festive it feels, it’s about HOPE & LOVE.
HIS LOVE FOR US. 💚❤️

Christmas isn’t Christmas because of trees decorated beautifully, cookies frosted perfectly, or how many gifts are under the tree.

"Ironically, in those times when it least feels like Christmas, it might be most like Christmas. Maybe hope, in the midst of strange, uncomfortable, and confusing circumstances is the closest we can get to the true and original spirit of Christmas.”

Merry Christmas Everyone! 🎄

台北的聖誕節天空不下雪
但是我感覺到一種愛的力量
從天那端開始蔓延
我知道那是你💚