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在一二线城市工作的人，大多习惯了在饭点时打开订餐APP叫个外卖，知道哪家店的外卖便当特别好吃，哪家店送餐速度特别快，若是想吃清淡的点哪家，想吃重口味的叫哪家……不管你是在办公室里加班到深夜，还是回家饥肠辘辘嗷嗷待哺，只要掏出手机，等待几十分钟，就能吃到热腾腾的饭菜。

Zài yī èrxiàn chéngshì gōngzuò de rén , dàduō xíguàn le zài fàn diǎn shí dǎkāi dìngcān APP jiào ge wàimài , zhīdào nǎ jiā diàn de wàimài biàndàng tèbié hǎochī , nǎ jiā diàn sòng cān sùdù tèbié kuài , ruòshì xiǎng chī qīngdàn de diǎn nǎ jiā , xiǎng chī zhòng kǒuwèi de jiào nǎ jiā ……bùguǎn nǐ shì zài bàngōngshì lǐ jiābān dào shēnyè , hái shì huíjiā jī cháng lù lù áoáodàibǔ, zhǐyào tāochūshǒujī , děngdài jǐshí fēnzhōng , jiù néng chī dào rè téngténg de fàncài .

外卖已经成为快节奏生活中必不可少的一部分。

Wàimài yǐjīng chéngwéi kuài jiézòu shēnghuó Zhōng bìbùkěshǎo de yībùfèn .

做饭是一件看起来很不"划算"的事。

Zuòfàn shì yī jiàn kàn qǐlái hěn bù " huásuàn " de shì .

当一个人决定做饭，需要花上一个小时买菜，两个小时洗菜炒菜，但是吃完这一顿饭只要10分钟，另外还需要花上半个小时整理厨房。而这三个半小时的时间，其实可以用来多睡点懒觉，或者多看两三集电视剧。

Dāng yī ge rén juédìng zuòfàn , xūyào huāshàngyī ge xiǎoshí mǎi cài , liǎng ge xiǎoshí xǐ cài chǎocài , dànshì chīwán zhè yī dùn fàn zhǐyào shí fēnzhōng , lìngwài hái xūyào huāshàng bàn ge xiǎoshí zhěnglǐ chúfáng . Er2 zhè sān ge bànxiǎoshí de shíjiān , qíshí kěyǐ yònglái duō shuì diǎn lǎnjiào , huòzhě duō kàn liǎng sān jí diànshìjù .

每天下班乘坐完漫长的地铁回到家，身体只剩下百分之七的电，哪还有电量再去买菜、做饭、洗碗？

Měi tiān xiàbān chéngzuò wán màncháng de dìtiě huídào jiā , shēntǐ zhǐ shèngxià bǎifēn zhī qī de diàn , nǎ hái yǒu diànliàng zài qù mǎi cài , zuòfàn , xǐwǎn ?

因为外卖，我们得以节省自己的时间。它替代了我们应该在生活中担任的某些职能。

Yīnwèi wàimài , wǒmen déyǐ jiéshěng zìjǐ de shíjiān . Tā tìdài le wǒmen yīnggāi zài shēnghuó zhōng dānrèn de mǒu xiē zhínéng .

在家的时候应该经常会被长辈们念叨"那么大个人了，不会做饭自己怎么生活？"、"连饭都不会做，以后都没有人肯娶你哟"。

Zài jiā de shíhou yīnggāi jīngcháng huì bèi zhǎngbèi men niàndāo" nàme dà gè rén le , bùhuì zuòfàn zìjǐ zěnme shēnghuó ? " , " Lián fàn dōu bùhuì zuò , yǐhòu dōu méiyǒurén kěn qǔ nǐ yo " .

在上一辈的眼中，每天做饭和吃饭睡觉一样是理所当然的事，一个人不会做饭是无法独立生活的。但是外卖将做饭和吃饭分离开来，使我们不必向长辈请教如何做鱼香肉丝、糖醋排骨，也能吃到自己想吃的菜。

Zài shàng yī bèi de yǎn zhōng , měi tiān zuòfàn hé chīfàn shuìjiào yīyàng shì lǐsuǒdāngrán de shì , yī ge rén bùhuì zuòfàn shì wúfǎ dúlì shēnghuó de . Dànshì wàimài jiāng zuòfàn hé chīfàn fēnlí kāi lái , shǐ wǒmen bù bì xiàng zhǎngbèi qǐngjiào rúhé zuò yúxiāng ròusī , tángcù páigǔ , yě néng chī dào zìjǐ xiǎngchī de cài .

那么，做饭，真的是一件不划算的事吗？

Nàme , zuòfàn , zhēnde shì yī jiàn bù huásuàn de shì ma ?

————选自https://www.jianshu.com/p/a6b24e697344

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After dropping their daughter at her boarding school after 16 years... What are on the parents' mind ? Check out our most recent podcast, which is based on the first episode of the TV show 《少年派》.The dialogue is from 8:04-8:40 in the first episode.

女儿：嘿嘿嘿

nü'er ： hēi hēi hēi

爸爸：慢点，别那么毛毛糙糙的。

bà bà ： màn diǎn ， bié nà me máo máo cāo cāo de 。

保安：送君千里终有一别啊。家长们都回吧啊，回吧

bǎo ān ： sòng jūn qiān lǐ zhōng yǒu yī bié ā 。 jiā zhǎng mén dou huí bā ā ， huí bā

妈妈：16年第一次有一种抓不住孩子的感觉。

mā mā ： 16 nián dì yī cì yǒu yī zhǒng zhuā bù zhù háizi de gǎn jué 。

爸爸：学校是你选的，班是你挑的。我看这学校不错，连这保安说话都文邹邹的。

bà bà ： xué xiào shì nǐ xuǎn de ， bān shì nǐ tiāo de 。 wǒ kàn zhè xué xiào bù cuò ， lián zhè bǎo ān shuō huà dou wén zōu zōu de 。

妈妈：我担心她睡觉不老实，她在家睡的是大床。

mā mā ： wǒ dān xīn tā shuì jiào bù lǎoshi， tā zài jiā shuì de shì dà chuáng 。

爸爸：没问题，架子床没多高，摔下来也摔不坏。

bà bà ： méi wèn tí ， jià zi chuáng méi duō gāo ， shuāi xià lái yě shuāi bù huài 。

妈妈：谁说的？最近刚有的新闻：有一个女孩儿从宿舍的床上摔下来摔瘫了。

mā mā ： shuí shuō de ？ zuì jìn gāng yǒu de xīn wén ： yǒu yī gè nü hái ér cóng sù shè dí chuáng shàng shuāi xià lái shuāi tān liǎo 。

爸爸：那都是个例。大部分孩子还是顽强地从寄宿学校活着出来了。

bà bà ： nà dū shì gè lì 。 dà bù fēn hái zǐ huán shì wán qiáng dì cóng jì sù xué xiào huó zhuó chū lái liǎo 。

妈妈：你们男人心真大。

mā mā ： nǐ mén nán rén xīn zhēn dà 。

我感觉我们游到了岸上，而她被我们推到了汹涌的浪潮里。

wǒ gǎn jué wǒ mén yóu dào liǎo àn shàng ， ér tā bèi wǒ mén tuī dào liǎo xiōng yǒng dí làng cháo lǐ 。

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The other day, I read the poem'My Father's Back' by Edward Hirsch. It reminded me of 背影The sight of father's back> by Zhu Ziqing, the most widely known prose describingthe relationship between a father and son.We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! !

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爱的代价The cost of love- one of the top songs written and sung by Jonathan Lee李宗胜. Been hailed as the "million-dollar" producer, and deemed as the Godfather of Mandopop music, Joanthan lee wrote and produced many classic hits popular until today.

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The original story of how Mulan disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father from being drafted to the army, from which Disney produced the movie Mulan.

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The original story of how Mulan disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father from being drafted to the army, from which Disney produced the movie Mulan.

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In this episode, we chatted about–The Farewell, a great movie that we watched recently. There are so many scenes that look familiar to us, particularly reminding us of our childhood with our grandparents.

在这期节目里，我们聊到了80年代最经典的一首歌—《外面的世界》。他也是歌手兼创作人的齐秦最为流行的一首代表作。

Today we are bringing a special episode just for our patrons- "Outside World" a classic from singer & songwriter Chyi Chin 齐秦. We chatted about the history behind the song, its yearning and deep poignancy.

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With more than 25 million records sold as of 2003, Jacky Cheung is regarded as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" and has been deemed the "God of Songs" of Hong Kong.

她来听我的演唱会

词:梁文福

曲:黄明洲

她来听我的演唱会

在十七岁的初恋第一次约会

男孩为了她彻夜排队

半年的积蓄买了门票一对

我唱得她心醉 我唱得她心碎

三年的感情一封信就要收回

她记得月台汽笛声声在催

播我的歌陪着人们流泪

嘿 陪人们流泪

她来听我的演唱会

在二十五岁恋爱是风光明媚

男朋友背着她送人玫瑰

她不听电话夜夜听歌不睡

我唱得她心醉 我唱得她心碎

成年人分手后都像无所谓

和朋友一起买醉卡拉ok

唱我的歌 陪着画面流泪

嘿陪着流眼泪

我唱得她心醉 我唱得她心碎

在三十三岁真爱那么珍贵

年轻的女孩求她让一让位

让男人决定跟谁远走高飞

嘿谁在远走高飞

我唱得她心醉我唱得她心碎

她努力不让自己看来很累

岁月在听我们唱无怨无悔

在掌声里唱到自己流泪

嘿唱到自己流泪

她来听我的演唱会

在四十岁后听歌的女人很美

小孩在问她为什么流泪

身边的男人早已渐渐入睡

她静静听着我们的演唱会

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