My challenges continued in Kathmandu
I returned to Kathmandu from Dolakha a bit worse for wear. I had planned to stay in the village only one week. But a political strike halted public transportation, which forced my translator and me to stay longer. Then the day the strike ended I got food poisoning, which delayed my return another two days. "Flexibility is key." That advice from the nonprofit's director seemed like ages ago.
I finally arrived at Summit Girls Dormitory, my home away from home in Kathmandu. Thirty Nepali girls lived here, all students at a local university. Few of them spoke English, but we still connected right away. When I arrived, a thin girl about 18 years old came up to me, took my arm and said, "I love you!" She then whisked me upstairs to show me the room she shared with three other girls. But our budding friendship was short-lived. That evening the dorm "father" told me I couldn't hang around the other girls anyone. Why? I was too fascinating and would distract them from their studies.
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Teaching Topic: Different Forms of Strike Action
When employees get really upset with their employer, they may decide to stop working, and sometimes the result is a strike action or more commonly known as a strike.
That's right, Ken.
What usually happens is employees just walk out of their work place, and so a strike can also be called a walk out.
But, there is a difference between the two.
Right. Walk out is normally used to refer to a strike in its earliest moments.
A strike that is in its second or third month is not called a walk out because everyone has, well, walked out.
And, then, there are also times when workers choose to do the opposite of walking out.
They refuse to leave their work place until a settlement is reached.
And, that is called a sit down strike.
Which can also be called a sit-in.
But a sit-in usually refers to a type of demonstration in which participants occupy a space by sitting down and refusing to move until certain demands are met.
OK. And then, there are hunger strikes.
That is when people protest by not eating.
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. were two famous people who went on a hunger strike.
And there is one other type of strike.
When moms are fed up with household chores, they may decide to go on strike by not cooking a meal or not doing the laundry.
This is, of course, an informal usage of strike. Moms who go on strike often do so because they don't feel appreciated.
strike = strike action = walkout罷工
sit-down strike霸占罷工 sit-in靜坐
hunger strike絕食抗議
- I'm going on strike! 我要罷工!
(口語用法，如：家庭主婦有一天覺得太累了，不想煮飯做家事時，可以向家人說!)
Grammar Gym
short-lived: doesn't last for a long time.
- But our budding friendship was short-lived.
- Wendy's dream to become a vet was short-lived when she realized she was allergic to dogs and cats.
- Spencer's plan to study abroad was short-lived when his mother became ill and he had to take care of her.
Language Lab
worse for wear (idiom)狼狽地、疲憊地 adj.破舊的、損壞的
Someone or something that is slightly/somewhat/much (etc.) (the) worse for wear looks worse after doing or experiencing something.
- After being lost for two hours, we reached the hotel a bit worse for wear.
經過兩小時的迷路，我們疲憊不堪的到達旅館
- Daddy's armchair is a bit worse for wear.
爸爸的扶手椅已經有點老舊了
translator n.翻譯員、譯者、口譯者(=interpreter) translate v.翻譯
a person who changes words written in one language into a different language
- You need a professional translator to translate this document.
你需要一位專業的翻譯員來翻譯這份文件
- Brendan took his translator to the meeting.
Brendan帶著口譯員，一起來參加會議
whisk v.迅速帶走(送走)、快速經過
to move or take (someone or something) to another place very quickly
- The movie star was whisked away in a van.
一部廂型車快速的把這位電影明星帶走
- The patient was whisked to the OR right away.
這位病人立刻快速的被送進開刀房
- The president whisked through Japan and went back to the US.
總統快速的過境日本後，回到美國了
distract v.使分心、使轉向、使苦惱 [dis-字首-離開]
to take (attention) away from someone or something
- The kids were distracted by the noise from the construction site.
小朋友因為工地的噪音而分心
- Frank would not let anything distract him from his online game.
Frank不會讓任何事物，干擾到他打線上遊戲
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