9/03/2024

杂学小得

读书、听故事、走路,这样机械规律的节奏,撑着我熬过这几个月。

听故事,颠覆并重新形塑了我的近代历史观。

书读得杂,间或偶有小得。

  • 茶壶风暴:A tempest in a teapot(美式)或 A storm in a teacup(英式),指一件事原本没什么大不了,却被弄得很严重。 A lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important. 对号入座,怒己不争。
  • 棘轮效应:Ratchet Effects,经济学理论。棘轮是只能向一个方向旋转的齿轮,不能倒转。被经济学家用来形容人的消费习惯形成之后有不可逆性,易于向上调整,难于向下调整。用咱老祖宗的话来说,就是由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难。国运使然,消费降级,不可避免。
  • The more things change, The more they stay the same: 19世纪法国作家 Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr 写的。换句话说,就是 Despite apparent changes or advancements in society, certain fundamental aspects or patterns remain unchanged over time。即表面巨变之下,事物往往一成不变。再用咱老祖宗的话来表达:万变不离其宗。
  • Ellipses: A form of eloquence, allowing silence to talk. "Using ellipses help me to say a lot, by not saying. I can not express my enormous need for you. So much unsaid. So much suggested!"

记忆力愈发不济。读过的书,默记的金句,转瞬即忘。

大概,可能,Alzheimer's disease,就在街角转弯处,虎视眈眈,等着我......

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