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How ‘quite quitting’ became the next phase of the great resignation 

This is one example of quiet quitting ,a trend has been dominating social media ,and especially in tiktok . In July ,Zaid Khan, a 24 engineer in new York post videos about quite quit ,and it went viral .since then ,the trend has spread like wildfire with hashtag # quite quitting, # quitting # quieting ,in the US ,quite quitting could also be a backlash to hustle culture  .the 24/7 start up  Grind popularized by figures  like Gray V and others .

I think it’s almost direct resistance and disruption  of hustle culture honestly ,and I think it’s exciting that more people are doing it ,

When it comes to hustle culture and quite quitting ,we are seeing from Gen Zers ,especially they’re really focused  on ensuring that they have that  work life  balance ,and really mission-driven purpose when it comes to work .we see this across millennials as well .

backlash 反作用

hustle 忙碌

resignation 辞职

因为上一篇过分困难了，所以换了一篇好友记。

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Chandler : Is there have a room that I can lock him in ? Oh ,take .

Chandler: well ,they are totally ripping us off .

Ross :don’t worry about that ,I know way how we can make your  money back .this is a nice hotel , you know ,plenty of amenities  ,we just load up on those

Ross : hi, this is ross galler ,in suite  206, and I seem to have forgotten couple of things, could you  have some complimentary toiletries send up to my room .

Ross : thank you ,ok .toothbrush ,toothpaste razor ,mouthwash, dental floss ,band-aids shaving cream , aftershave , and I feel like I’m  forgetting something , is anything else you have that I haven’t ask for already   . Yeah go ahead set up  some tampons 

Ross : what’s you get .

Chandler : USA Today .

Ross: nice ,put it with  others .

Chandler :and I also got two more apples .

Ross : we’re four short of a bushel . Oh god ,I feel so alive ,I love being in the country .

complimentary 称赞的，免费赠送的

amenities 便利设施

Rip up 撕碎   rip us off 剥削我们

toothpaste，razor ,mouthwash, dental floss ,band-aids ，shaving cream  tempons

牙膏，剃须刀，漱口水，牙线，创口贴，刮胡膏, 棉条

 set up 装备

bushel 水果的计量单位

load up 带上 捎上

这一篇可太难了，像在听rap，大家自取吧 。我过分菜鸡了，无能为力，不放原文了 放问题吧。

1.potatoes were first grown in the North America .(true/false)

answer : false 

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Advanced in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns 

Here’s how it works ,to create new content .this program are  trained  on data sets of existing content .that hold text image video files  even code scraped  from the internet .some  artists  say this amounts to appropriating their work without permission .including south African artist Jono dry .

This  scares me ,it makes a huge part of my practice somewhat redundant 

Hey artists, if you have wondering if ai have been using your art to train itself ,I  figure  out where to look …

Lllustrator Carlianne Tipsey suggested artist  to go to the site “haveIbeentrained.com “to see if their artwork was used in  training popular text-to-imaging  program.

I personally found my book cover on there and a lot of stuff from my favorite artists 

And last month ,the artist protested the portfolio site ArtStation for featuring ai-generated art on its page .

This new wave of sophisticated ai tools is rising some tricky  ethical questions ,as well as a big concerns about topic such as the future  of human labor .

portfolio 公文包

featuring 放映 展示 

sophisticated 见多识广，先进的，老练的，水平高的

appropriating 合适的，挪用

scraped 刮 擦 

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if we had zero resistance conductors , we could have trains ,that could  be levitated and transit people  from one corner  of the country to the other with almost no power . It’s was completely change the way electric car’s work .magnetic resonance imaging is quite expensive ,that would tremendously change also .even fusion could potentially be  dramatically  changed our quest for fusion , we  sort of imagine  this could be a real  revolution in technology 

The new discovery is first time we (demonstrating a material that ) superconducts at room temperature and near-ambient .

Before the pressure was 270 gigapascal  ,the new discovery ,now we are at one gigapascal 

levitated 使浮起，使漂浮

resonance 共振，深沉，洪亮

Magnetic 磁性的

tremendously 非常的

fusion 融合

quest 寻求

ambient  环境的

gigapascal 吉帕斯卡（物理单位）

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原文：

The origins  of Venetian  gondolas are lost to history ,but by 1500’s some 10 000 gondolas transported dignitaries  merchants and  goods through the city’s canals  ,like a  modern day taxi system ,gondolas  were leased to boatman ,who made the round of the city’s ferry stations 。passenger paid fare to be carried from one side of the grand canal to the other , as well as to other points around the city , but gondolas soon develop the bad rap, historical documents describe numerous infractions involving boatmen, including cursing  Grambling , extorting passengers ,even occasional acts of violence ，to minimize the unpredictability of canal travel  , the Venetian  citizens who could  afford it purchase their own gondolas ,just as celebrity  might use a  private  car and  driver today .these wealthy Venetians hires two private gondoliers to ferry around the city and maintain their boats ,the (gondolas soon became  status  symbol ,much like an  expensive cars ,with custom fittings carved and gilded ornamentation ,and seasonal fabrics like silk and velvet .（雕刻和镀金装饰的定制配件，以及丝绸和天鹅绒等季节性面料）

词汇

cursing 诅咒

infractions 犯规行为

extorting 敲诈

grand canal 大运河

leased 出租