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On the evening of Friday, April 24, 1891, I was surprised to see my old friend, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, visit me. I hadn’t seen much of him in the past few months. The last I heard, he was in Paris working on a secret project for the French government.

“Holmes!” I exclaimed. “It’s so nice to see you! Are you alright? You look even paler and thinner than usual.”

“I’ve been under a lot of stress lately,” he admitted, wiping sweat from his forehead. “Do you mind if I close your shutters?” Without waiting for my answer, he went from window to window, closing and bolting the shutters. The room grew dim, with only a lamp on the table providing light.

“Are you afraid of something?” I asked.

“Yes, I am,” he replied.

“Afraid of what?”

“Air guns.”

“My dear Holmes, what are you talking about?”

“I’m not a fearful man, Watson, but I’m not foolish either. It would be foolish not to recognize danger when it’s near.”

Holmes sat down in an armchair. “I apologize for coming so late,” he said.

“That’s alright,” I responded.

“Would it be a problem if I leave your house later by climbing over your back garden wall?”

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In today's buzzword mix, our buzzword is Boysober.

Now you probably can guess this is another one of these new trends on social media.

First of all, let's take this new word apart, boy and sober.

You know the word boy, but what does sober mean?  

The original meaning of sober is staying away from alcohol. For example, if you say I'm sober, that means you didn't drink any alcohol. 

Sober这个词本身的意思它指的是清醒的, 通常是在我们说不喝酒的情况下.

So for example, if I normally drink, but then I decide not to drink for a month, then I can say I want to stay sober for this month while it's perfectly acceptable among drinkers to take a break from the booze and go sober for a while.

Now there is a movement on social media about going “boysober”. This movement began by American comedian Hope Woodard, she coined a phrase-going “boysober”.

这是由美国的一个喜剧演员在社媒上带火的一个概念, 叫做boysober. 

It then has expanded into a social media movement, especially among Gen Z women on TikTok.

You probably can guess based on the word itself, the movement is about keeping your twenties untainted by toxic dating habits and roundabout relationships.

So essentially, you stay away from relationships, dating and all of these, stay away from boys and stay sober. 这个词被国内的社媒新媒体翻译成 “戒男色”.

So in this comedian’s words, it’s about removing the “fake sense of validation that we get from dating and situationships and sleeping around, and refocusing that energy”.

Boysober的意义在于说是不用从约会或者是这种什么situationships就是友人以上恋人未满或者sleeping around那些暧昧关系里面, 就是说不用从这些关系里面去获取所谓的这种validation被别人认可的感觉.

And refocusing that energy on yourself on other aspects of your life.

The reason why she used the word sober is perhaps just as people might want to stabilize after a period of riding the highs and lows of drunkenness and hangovers, there's someone going boysober might want to purge themselves of the bad aspects of dating.

之所以会用sober这个词, 可能说想要借酒精保持清醒的人, 是因为已经受够了这种drunkenness and hangovers, 宿醉或者喝醉的感觉.

People going boysober, they want to get rid of all these bad aspects of dating, for example, being at the mercy of someone's mood swings or experiencing any of these dating roller coasters.  

Boysober也是因为有一些人, 特别是女生受够了这种情感关系里面的这些, 比如说忽冷忽热的各种PUA这种负面感受. 

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Through the smoke, I saw people moving quickly in the sitting room, and soon I heard Holmes’s voice saying it was a false alarm.

I moved through the noisy crowd and went to the end of the street, where I waited for Holmes. Ten minutes later, he showed up. We walked quickly and quietly for several blocks until we reached a quiet street off Edgware Road.

“You did very well,” Holmes said. “Everything went according to plan.”

“Do you have the photograph?” I asked.

“I know where it is,” Holmes replied.

“How did you find out?” I wondered.

“She showed me, just as I planned,” Holmes said with a smile.

“I still don’t understand,” I said.

Holmes laughed. “My plan was actually very simple. You saw how everyone in the street helped. Thanks to the king of Bohemia and his generous payment, they all got a little richer today.”

“I guessed that,” I said.

“When the fight started, I squeezed some red paint onto my hand. Then I rushed forward, fell down, and put my hand on my face to look like I was badly hurt. It’s an old trick,” Holmes explained.

“I figured that out, too,” I said.

“Then they carried me inside. I knew Mrs. Norton wouldn’t leave me hurt on the street. I was taken into the sitting room, which I suspected had the photograph. The king’s men must have tried to break into her bedroom, but Mrs. Norton is too smart for that.”

“They put me on the couch, I asked for some air, the maid opened the window, and you did your part.”

“How did that help?” I asked.

“It was very important. When people think their house is on fire, they instinctively try to protect what they value most. It might be a child or a valuable item. For Mrs. Norton, the most valuable thing was the photograph.

“The ‘fire’ was very convincing—all that smoke and noise made it seem real. Mrs. Norton acted just as I hoped. The photograph was hidden behind a sliding panel. She went straight to it, and I saw her pull it out through the smoke.”

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The church was empty except for the three people I’d followed and a clergyman. They were all standing in front of the altar, and the clergyman seemed to be arguing with them. I walked slowly up the side aisle, pretending to be an ordinary churchgoer. To my surprise, the three people at the altar turned to look at me. Then Godfrey Norton came running over."

“‘Thank heavens!’ he exclaimed. ‘You’re just in time. Could you come with me for a moment?’

‘Why?’ I asked.

‘Just come along,’ he said impatiently. ‘We only need you for three minutes, or it won’t be official.’

I was pulled to the altar, and before I knew it, I was mumbling responses and swearing to things I didn’t understand, all while helping with the quick marriage of Irene Adler and Godfrey Norton.”

“You were a witness to their marriage?” I asked, laughing. “How unusual!”

“Indeed!” Holmes agreed. “The clergyman wouldn’t marry them without a witness. My lucky timing saved the bridegroom from having to find someone else on the street.

In just a few minutes, it was all done. I stood there in my dirty stableman’s clothes while the bride and groom thanked me. It was the oddest situation I’ve ever been in. That’s what made me laugh just now.”

Holmes pulled a gold coin from his pocket. “The bride gave me this as a thank you. I’ll wear it on my watch chain to remember today.”

“And what did you do next?” I asked.

“My biggest worry was that they might leave for their honeymoon right away, which would ruin my plans. But at the church door, they went separate ways—he went back to work, and she went home. She said, ‘I’ll drive out in the park at five as usual.’ So I came back here to get ready.”

“What are your plans?”

“Just some cold beef sandwiches and lemonade,” he said, calling Mrs. Hudson. “I’ve been too busy to eat, and I’ll be even busier tonight. By the way, I’ll need your help.”

“I’d be happy to.”

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Hi everyone, and welcome to our fun segment called It Means What? Hello, 安澜.

Hi, Lulu, hi, everyone.

欢迎回来这个非常有意思的小版块词《源考古研究所》where we talk about interesting origin stories of words, phrases and idioms. So 安澜, what is the word or the phrase for today?

I don't know what are we gonna do.  I ...I don't know, I really just don't know. 

Stop panicking.

There we go.  

So that was all an act because you do that so often...?

Partly, yes.

所以我们今天要讨论的就是panic这个词是吗?

Yes.

Panic是恐慌的意思. It's already a very, very short word. It's p-a-n-i-c, I didn't realize there is an origin story.

Yes, there is. It comes from Greek mythology.

希腊神话。Who are we talking about?

We're talking about the Greek God Pan.

Is he the one with like this weird...half animal.

Yes.

潘神可能有的小伙伴在什么游戏或者说电影里面看到过这个Greek God Pan. He's not like a major god, he's like a minor God.

He's a god of nature who lives in the woods.

So he's not a particularly important god. He's one of these spirits or gods that just live in forests and woods.

It's kind of like a demigod

他不是major god, 不是那种主神, 就是古希腊神话里面的主神, 但它是属于有点类似于spirit, and a god of nature and the wild.

Yes, so according to the myths, Pan's voice was so powerful that even scared the gods themselves.

So when people and gods and animals heard his voice, it cause them to panic.

Yeah, I've heard of another story saying that it was like a tale of war when Pan sort of helped his friend by letting out a shriek... a shrieking sound that sort of scared away his friend’s enemies. Yeah, so cause people to panic.

其实panic就是从潘神这里出来的一个名词, 就是说it's kind of like affected by Pan.

So for example, you can say something causes panic or someone is panicking.

Yeah, in that sense it can also be used as a verb, for example, 安澜 likes to panic.

Yes,  that is true.