TikTok American users: I may go to jail for teaching English to children in China.
On September 3rd, the website of National Public Radio published a report entitled "They teach China children English online, but now they are caught in Trump’s war against TikTok". On August 6th, Trump issued an executive order against TikTok, which not only prohibited American enterprises from doing business with this video sharing application, but also prohibited them from doing business with all subsidiaries in ByteDance. This puts the future of Hunter and nearly 4,000 American teachers who signed with GOGOKID in an extremely dangerous situation. The article is excerpted as follows:
Kristi Hunt used to be a teacher in a public school. In the past two years, most of her income has come from teaching China children to speak English online.
Hunter, 42, lives in Columbia, South Carolina. She said: "I am a stay-at-home mother with three children. As they grow up, I begin to miss working days." She said: "Therefore, it helped me to restart my career, and the time was flexible."
GOGOKID, where Hunter works, is a one-to-one English teaching service organization under the ByteDance company, and ByteDance is also the parent company of TikTok, a popular short video application.
On August 6th, President Trump issued an executive order against TikTok, which not only prohibited American enterprises from doing business with this video sharing application, but also prohibited them from doing business with all subsidiaries in ByteDance.
This puts the future of Hunter and nearly 4,000 American teachers who signed with GOGOKID in an extremely dangerous situation.
↑ This is the logo of TikTok Company shot in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA on August 21st. (Xinhua News Agency)
Hunter said: "This is a very terrible, confusing and stressful period."
According to Trump’s executive order against TikTok, "any transaction" between American citizens and ByteDance will be banned. Violation of this executive order may result in a fine of $300,000 or even criminal proceedings. This administrative order, which was prosecuted by TikTok, will take effect on September 20th.
Hunter said: "I may be put in prison for teaching a 5-year-old how to say hello on the computer." She said, "Because of this ‘ National security risk ’ Some of our families may lose their houses and deposits because of his stroke of the pen. "
Brian Fleming, a former lawyer of the U.S. Department of Justice who specializes in enforcing economic sanctions, said that since this action is aimed at TikTok, the government may make an exception to ByteDance’s GOGOKID and other services, but this is far from certain.
In the confrontation between the United States and TikTok, teachers who earn their income by teaching English in GOGOKID feel nervous.
Lindsay Jacobs, 40, is a GOGOKID teacher in eastern oklahoma city. She said: "We are collateral damage. It is really frustrating to see that this struggle continues around us, but no one knows our existence. "
Jacobs is a navy veteran and a mother of two children. Her husband works in the federal government.
The last solar term in autumn is coming!
There are bones in the autumn mountains,
First frost has no trace of water.
Heaven and earth are for chanting,
Haze is intoxicating.
At 12: 51 today
We welcome the first frost solar terms.
This is the last solar term in autumn.
The climate changed from cool to cold.
Everything grows bleak with the cold.
First frost is the beginning of the transition from autumn to winter.
The weather is getting colder.
First frost appears
The vegetation began to yellow.
Autumn will go,
Winter is coming,
Do you feel it?
What are the customs of "first frost"?
What is "first frost Third Waiting"?
What does "first frost Three Preventions" mean?
……
1. What is "first frost Third Waiting"?
Jackals sacrifice animals.
Jackal’s jackal
Common name "jackal"
First frost risha beast exhibition
The ancients said it was "a sacrifice to autumn gold"
It’s also a ceremony for parting in autumn.
Yellow fall of vegetation
Wood leaves fall
Sassy air drying
Winter is coming
The stinging insect is salty and prone.
"salty" is all.
"Bowing" means bowing your head.
Lie down instead of eating.
Is hibernation.
The above excerpt is from Micro-reading Solar Terms (by Zhu Wei).
2. What does "first frost Three Preventions" mean?
First, prevent autumn dryness
As the last solar term in autumn, the weather in first frost is getting colder, and autumn dryness is obvious, which is prone to dry mouth, dry lips, dry throat, constipation, dry skin and other phenomena, and dryness is easy to hurt body fluids.
Second, prevent autumn depression
In late autumn, the weather is getting colder, the plants are yellow, the leaves and fruits are falling, and everything is bleak, which is easy to cause anxiety and make people depressed and depressed.
Three defenses against autumn cold
During the solar term in first frost, the temperature drops suddenly, and the elderly are prone to suffer from "old cold legs" and other diseases, and chronic bronchitis is also prone to relapse or aggravation, which is also the peak period for the recurrence of chronic gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer. This time node is no longer suitable for "autumn freezing". For the elderly and children with poor resistance, clothes should be increased or decreased on time, so as to avoid the invasion of damp and cold pathogens and lead to illness.
3. How to maintain health in first frost season?
"salt water in the morning, honey soup in the evening"
The main climate feature of autumn is dryness, but drinking boiled water alone cannot completely resist the negative effects brought by autumn dryness. Drinking boiled water is easy to lose. If you add a little salt to boiled water, it is not so easy to lose. Drinking some salt water during the day and honey water at night is not only a good way to replenish human body’s water, but also a good diet for keeping in good health and resisting aging in autumn. At the same time, it can prevent constipation caused by autumn dryness, which really kills three birds with one stone.
Nourishing yin and moistening lung should be "flat"
In order to prevent autumn dryness, you can eat more foods with more sweet and cold juices, such as pears, grapefruit, sugar cane, bananas, oranges and other fruits, and vegetables can eat more carrots, white gourd, tremella, lotus roots and various bean products.
In autumn dry season, we should pay attention not to eat or eat less spicy barbecue food, such as pepper, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, onion and wine, especially ginger. These foods are hot and lose a lot of water in cooking, so they are easy to get angry after eating. Of course, it is not a big problem to use a small amount of onions, ginger and peppers as condiments. In ancient medical books, there was also such a "warning": "Don’t eat ginger in autumn within one year; Don’t eat ginger at night within one day. "
Diet and exercise are both suitable.
Autumn is the season when people are most likely to gain fat. The days are cool and the nights are long, people’s appetite is wide open, and they are comfortable to rest at night. The daily calorie intake of the human body easily exceeds the calorie consumption, so that fat is accumulated little by little. If it is not adjusted, people will gain a lot of weight after autumn and winter.
Year after year, people will soon "get fat". Therefore, it is necessary to let children pay attention to a reasonable diet, and also pay attention to strengthening physical exercise when feasting.
Grab the tail of autumn.
Enjoy the beauty of autumn again.
Continue to refuel and enrich yourself
Welcome the arrival of winter
Source: People’s Daily
Editor: Yang Liwei
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Original title: "The last solar term in autumn is coming! 》
What do you call children of all kinds of animals in English?
We all know that the puppy of a dog is called Puppy in English and the kitten of a cat is called Kitten.
But, you know what? Goat cubs are represented by kid in English. Yes, that’s the kid we often refer to as a child.
Therefore, what we are going to learn with you today is the vocabulary expression of various animal cubs in English.
Are you ready? Let’s start now.
Duck –duckling
Eagle –eaglet
Eel (eel) –elver
Elephant –calf
Elk (moose) –calf
Ferret (white glaze) –kit
Fish –fry
Fox –cub/kit
Frog –tadpole
Giraffe –calf
Goat –kid
Goose –gosling
Hare (hare) –leveret
Red hartebeest –calf
Hawk (falcon) –chick/eyas
Horse –foal/colt/filly
Kangaroo –joey
Leopard –cub
Lion –cub
Mink –kit
Owl –owlet
Peafowl –peachick
Note: peacock means male peacock, peahen means female peacock.
Pheasant –chick
Pig –piglet/ porkling/gilt
Pigeon –squab/squeaker
Pike (pike) –pickerel
Possum –joey
Rabbit –kitten
Rat –pup
Rhinoceros (rhinoceros) –calf
Roedeer (roedeer) –kid
Salmon –parr/smolt
Seal –calf/pup
Sheep –lamb
Skunk –kitten
Spider –spiderling
Swan –cygnet
Tiger –cub
Toad (clam –tadpole
Wallaby (wallaby) –joey
Walrus –cub
Weasel –kit
Whale (whale) –calf
Wolf –cub/pup/whelp
Zebra (zebra) –foal
It can be seen that foal, kid, kit, joey, cub, calf and other words are the most commonly used in English names of animal cubs. spider and duck’s cub names all add ling after the original words, while eagle, owl and pig all add let at the end of the original words (because eagle has the letter le at the end and owl has the letter L at the end, T and et are added directly respectively).
For the convenience of memory, you can summarize the words of cubs with the same words or similar endings. In this way, the vocabulary has doubled in an instant!
(Source: Oxford Dictionary WeChat WeChat official account, Editor: Helen)
During the Spring Festival holiday, the national road traffic is generally stable and orderly. It is expected that the self-driving return traffic around the Lantern Festival will remain high.
China’s "After 00" vs. Zhao Ruliang won the first men’s championship in Chinese billiards World Championships.
The 6th CBSA Chinese Billiards World Championship ended the men’s team final on the afternoon of 16th. In the confrontation between two young players from China after 00, Zhao Ruliang beat Shen Shenyi 41-28, winning the men’s team championship in the Chinese Billiards World Championship for the first time.
The men’s team of the Chinese Billiards World Championships is strong, and none of the top 16 professional men of the Chinese Billiards Association is absent. The famous British Eipl, Shi Hanqing, john young and Zheng Yubo all appeared in the competition.
As the last runner-up, Zhao Ruliang was recognized as one of the favourites to win the championship before the competition. In the double-losing stage, Zhao Ruliang won Grain Rain Peng, Suniri and Lei Yiwei in a row, and advanced from the winning department to the top 32. In the single defeat stage, Zhao Ruliang stood out and eliminated Dai Yong, Chu Bingjie, Xu Xiaoying and john young successively, and entered the final.
Shen Shenyi, born in 2004, has risen rapidly in Chinese billiards in recent years, and entered the tournament directly as a seed player. In the single defeat stage, Shen Shenyi beat Eipl, narrowly beat American star Zhang Ronglin, beat Niu Zhuang in the quarter-final, and beat dark horse Xu Tianwei in the semi-final, and reached the final of the World Championships for the first time in his career.
In the third stage of the men’s final, Zhao Ruliang, who is more experienced in the competition, played a small climax at the last minute to determine the obvious lead. In the fourth stage, he won four games in a row, and then won 41-28 in the third match point, winning the championship prize of 3 million yuan (RMB, the same below).
The 6th CBSA Chinese Billiards World Championship is divided into men’s group and women’s group. In the women’s group competition that ended before, Tang Chunxiao beat Liu Xiazhi 19-9 to win the championship.
CBSA Chinese Billiards World Championship, initiated by China Billiards Association in 2015, is the largest and highest-level Chinese billiards tournament in the world, which also accelerates the internationalization of Chinese billiards. A total of 496 players from 41 countries and regions participated in this tournament, and the scale of participation reached a new high, with a total prize money of 10.43 million yuan. (Reporter Jiang Tao)
This year, I went to work for 251 days, two days more than last year.
Unconsciously, the 8-day Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end, and I have to go to work for 6 days in the first week after the holiday. After going to work on Sunday, February 18th, there will be another Monday. According to the Notice of General Office of the State Council on Some Holiday Arrangements in 2024, the holiday date of this year’s Spring Festival is: February 10th to 17th, with a total of 8 days. Go to work on February 4 (Sunday) and February 18 (Sunday). It is reported that the working day in 2023 is 249 days, and the working day in 2024 is 251 days. This year, I have to go to work for 2 days more than last year.
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How to heat up the car quickly in winter?
The following are the most effective ways to warm up your car in winter:
1. Start the car first, wait for 20 seconds, and then warm it up by driving at a low speed to avoid slamming on the accelerator.
2. The correct and effective way to warm up the car is to go on the road 30 seconds to one minute after starting and keep the speed low. The engine speed should not exceed 3,000 ~ 3,500 rpm, and it is generally kept at 2,000 rpm to avoid excessive wear of the engine and gearbox. Wait for the engine temperature to rise to the normal operating temperature (about 3 to 5 minutes), and then resume normal driving.
Hot cars in winter are a concern of car owners. Here are some effective methods:
1. Start the car first, wait for 20 seconds, and then drive at a low speed after the idle speed of the engine is completely stable to avoid slamming on the accelerator. This can fully lubricate the engine oil and reduce wear.
2. The correct and effective way to warm up the car is to go on the road 30 seconds to one minute after starting and keep the speed low. The engine speed should not exceed 3,000 ~ 3,500 rpm, and it is generally kept at 2,000 rpm to avoid excessive wear of the engine and gearbox. Wait for the engine temperature to rise to the normal operating temperature (about 3 to 5 minutes), and then resume normal driving.
In a word, the correct hot car method can protect the engine and gearbox and prolong the life of the car. In the cold winter, it is necessary to warm up the car, but don’t over-warm it to avoid wasting fuel and time.
WHO discusses ending COVID-19’s global emergency as soon as possible.
"When we enter the fourth year of the pandemic, we are definitely in a much better situation now than a year ago." Tan Desai said that at the peak of the Omicron epidemic, more than 70,000 deaths were reported to WHO every week. By last October, the number had dropped to less than 10,000, which was close to the lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic.
On January 27th, Geneva time, the World Health Organization (WHO) held the 14th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 (Covid-19) pandemic to discuss and evaluate whether the current COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a public health emergency (PHEIC) of international concern. After the meeting, WHO Director-General Tan Desai will make a final decision according to the recommendations of the Committee. The relevant results are expected to be announced as early as January 30th.
Three years ago, on January 30, 2020, WHO announced that the new coronavirus epidemic was a public health emergency of international concern, and issued the highest alert level of United Nations agencies. On March 11th of that year, WHO declared that the COVID-19 epidemic constituted a global pandemic.
Thereafter, every few months, the emergency committee will hold a meeting to discuss whether the COVID-19 pandemic meets the standard called "public health emergencies of international concern". The 13th recent meeting was held on October 13th, 2022, and the outcome of the meeting still maintained the global emergency in COVID-19.
According to the binding international treaty "International Health Regulations", public health emergencies of international concern need to meet three standards: serious, sudden, abnormal or unexpected; It may spread across national boundaries; It may require a coordinated international response.
At the press conference held on December 14th last year, Tan Desai expressed the hope that "COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be a public health emergency of international concern" in 2023. According to reports, the criteria for ending the global emergency in COVID-19 will be discussed at the meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee in COVID-19 in January 2023.
Does the current epidemic in China affect the decision?
On January 27th, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made an opening speech at the meeting of the Emergency Committee in COVID-19, summarizing the current global epidemic situation.
"When we enter the fourth year of the pandemic, we are definitely in a much better situation than a year ago." Tan Desai said that at the peak of the Omicron epidemic, more than 70,000 deaths were reported to WHO every week. By last October, the number had dropped to less than 10,000, which was close to the lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, he pointed out that since the beginning of December last year, the number of deaths reported every week in the world has been rising. The lifting of restrictions in China has led to a sharp increase in the death toll in the world’s most populous country. "Last week, nearly 40,000 people reported to WHO died, more than half of them from China. In the past eight weeks, more than 170,000 deaths have been reported. The actual number is definitely much higher. " At present, WHO has updated the relevant data page (WHO COVID-19 Dashboard) to include the cases and deaths reported in China in recent weeks.
Global data of infections and deaths in Covid-19. Source: WHO official website
Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman, told Caixin that on January 26th, 2023, China reported more cases and deaths to WHO. From December 9, 2022 to January 23, 2023, more than 87 million cases and more than 75,000 deaths were reported in China (excluding Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan Province). With these additional data, the cumulative number of cases worldwide has increased from more than 664 million to more than 751 million. The cumulative global death toll has risen from more than 6.7 million to nearly 6.8 million.
Harris said that China CDC issued additional announcements on January 15th, 21st and 25th, but the data shared were not classified by date, so WHO could not include them in the report. When asked to what extent the information provided by China will affect the decision on whether to lift the state of emergency, Harris only said, "The Committee has reviewed all relevant global data on the issues under consideration."
According to the website of China CDC, from December 8, 2022 to January 26, 2023, there were 78,960 cases of Covid-19-related deaths in hospitals nationwide, including 6,473 cases of respiratory failure caused by Covid-19 infection and 72,487 cases of basic diseases complicated with Covid-19 infection.
Professor Zhang Style, head of the Department of Epidemiology and tenured professor at UCLA School of Public Health, recently said in a column that considering the future development and control of COVID-19 infection and severe death in China, it is unlikely that WHO will decide to terminate the state of emergency of "public health emergencies" at the meeting at the end of this month. He estimated that if COVID-19 infection and severe death in China were effectively controlled, WHO would declare the end of the state of emergency within this year. However, the possible sequelae caused by COVID-19 need to be further studied and effective methods should be adopted to prevent and treat them.
Countries adjust epidemic prevention policies
In his speech on January 27th, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that there are still the following challenges:
Vaccines, treatments and diagnostic methods are essential to prevent serious diseases, save lives and reduce the pressure on health systems and health workers. But the global response is still faltering, because in too many countries, these powerful life-saving tools have not yet reached the people who need them most — — Especially the elderly and health workers.
Many health systems around the world are struggling to cope with COVID-19, in addition to taking care of patients with other diseases, including influenza and RSV, as well as health workers who are short of work and exhausted.
At the same time, the global monitoring and gene sequencing have declined sharply, making it more difficult to track known mutations and detect new mutations. Constant errors and false information are weakening the public’s trust in safe and effective COVID-19 control tools.
Liu Shansi, a Chinese virologist at Ohio State University and an academician of the American Academy of Microbiology, said in a recent interview with a reporter from the Science and Technology Department that the toxicity of Omicron has been weakened recently, which can be considered as a change from pandemic to endemic. "The overall trend of virus evolution is that the pathogenicity is getting weaker and weaker, although it will increase at some stages." He pointed out that it is still necessary to be alert to cross-population transmission in Covid-19 and gene recombination in Covid-19, but as long as this kind of situation does not occur, he hopes to see WHO announce the end of COVID-19’s "global pandemic" in 2023.
In response to public health emergencies of international concern, WHO will issue a set of action suggestions to countries, including: strengthening surveillance to identify new cases, isolating cases and quarantining contacts; Take measures to screen at borders, airports, ports or entry points; Inform the public about the risks of the disease and the additional protective measures that individuals can take; And if there is no vaccine at present, additional research may be needed to develop treatments or vaccines.
A few days ago, Japan and South Korea have successively adjusted their epidemic prevention levels or related epidemic prevention policies.
On January 27th, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that Covid-19 would be downgraded to "Category 5" in the Infectious Diseases Law on May 8th. After the change, the observation time of infected people and close contacts will be cancelled, and medical care will be transformed into a normal system in stages. In addition, it is up to the individual to decide whether to wear a mask indoors or outdoors.
On January 20th, Korean Prime Minister Han Dezhu presided over an epidemic prevention meeting to discuss the adjustment of the indoor mandatory mask order. On January 30, the South Korean government announced that from now on, only people are advised to wear masks indoors, and it is no longer mandatory. The Korean government mask order was completely lifted after more than 27 months. However, medical institutions, pharmacies, high-risk places, public transport carriages, etc. will continue to maintain the obligation of indoor masks. For five high-risk situations, Korean epidemic prevention departments strongly recommend wearing masks.
The government of China has also adjusted the infection of the new coronavirus from "Class A tube" to "Class B tube" from January 8th. Isolation measures will no longer be implemented for Covid-19 infected people, and close contacts will no longer be judged; No longer delimit high and low risk areas; No longer take quarantine and infectious disease management measures for entry personnel and goods. The detection strategy is adjusted to be willing to check and check.