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Keep a Journal寫日記
空中英語教室20240203
well hello there
welcome to studio classroom
and thank you very much for joining us here today
my name is Gabe and i’m Ann Marie
friends we’re glad
you’ve joined us
because today is a great day to learn something new
it certainly is let’s do that together
we’re going to be talking about
doing something
it’s an activity that could actually
be a pretty good habit to have
the name of our lesson is
try journaling
weeks ago we posted a poll on our Instagram
and it was this question do you keep a journal
actually 36 percent of you only 36 percent said yes
you keep a journal
but we also had a question
what are your thoughts about journaling
and Marie what were some of those responses
we got some great answers to this question
thank you so much for responding friends
we said
some people said it is relaxing and enjoyable
somebody else said journals are useful
because you can use them to practice English
someone made a very good point
that you have to have patience in order to keep a journal
and also another comment
i liked was someone said that journals are nice
because you can look back and reread them when you’re older well
friends again
thank you very much for those responses
and those are some great thoughts about journaling
we’re going to see how some of those responses match
what our lesson has to say about journaling
so let’s get right into it try journaling
try journaling
putting pen to paper can be good for you believe it
or not one of your best wellness tools can be a journal
writing down your ideas and experiences in a journal
helps to reduce stress journaling
which can also be a creative outlet
lets you explore your imagination and organize your thoughts
hi everyone welcome to language lab
i’m Jack
我们先来看reduce这个动词
它的意思呢
是减少或是降低
譬如we can help reduce pollution by using our own bags
when we go shopping购物时
使用自己的袋子可以帮助减少污染
或是
the vaccine sharply reduced the number of hospitalizations
and deaths caused by the disease
疫苗大大地降低了
该疾病造成的住院和死亡人数
reduce也指透过加热使液体量减少
例如if you reduce the amount of Liquid
you put in the soup
it will become a stew如果减少汤汁量变稠
就会变成炖菜
接下来看imagination这个名词
意思呢是想象力或是创造力
例如Parker has a wild imagination
so he is always making up fun STORIES
Parker的想象力天马行空
所以总是能编出有趣的故事
或者是Julia’s friends love the gifts
she gives because she uses her imagination when buying them
Julia的朋友们都喜欢他送的礼物
因为他买礼物的时候都发挥了想象力
imagination也指幻觉或是幻想
例如was that my imagination
or did you just see
Robbie walk by too是我的错觉呢
还是你也看到Robbie经过呢
thank you very much
Jack and France use your imagination to come up with your own
example sentences using those words
lets get into it try
journaling putting pen to paper can be good for you
if you put pen to paper
that means you are not just thinking about something
you are writing your thoughts down
you are not necessarily using a pen or a pencil
we use this phrase
even if you are going to use a computer
and type your thoughts out the idea
is you are getting your thoughts out somewhere in writing
that’s right we often use this phrase to say
we are starting the process of writing something
it’s that action of actually starting to write
and it says
here that putting pen to paper can be good for you now
if something is good for you
we usually hear this
in the sense of exercise or something healthy
or eating certain foods
right eat your vegetables they are good for you
but this phrase can refer to things that are good for you
mentally as well
and that’s the idea with journaling journaling is good for your
mental state
all right well
we read believe it
or not one of your best wellness tools can be a journal
believe it or not that something we say
when we want to express something that could be hard to believe
or it
could be a fact that is kind of shocking or surprising to people
this always makes me think of a chain of museums
in the United States
called the ripples
believe it or not kind of like a museum you walk in
and there’s a bunch of stuff in there
that is just really weird about some of the weird things
that you can see on earth or the weird things
that people have done that’s right
so even if you think it’s not true
it is true one of the best wellness tools
you can have is a journal
writing down your ideas and experiences in a journal
helps to reduce stress now
we see that word experiences there
and this has the idea of the things
that you have been through
experiences can be good or bad things can be a good experience
or a bad experience
but writing them all down in a journal
has benefits journaling
which can also be a creative outlet
lets you explore your imagination and organize your thoughts
i read this quote recently
i forget who it’s from it was super short
it was just four words
it says overthinking
with a question mark write underthinking read
oh
what do you think about that
i’m not sure what i think about it
why did you like that quote well
because a lot of times
we think about something too much
we’re over thinking we’re over analyzing something
it’s probably a good thing at
that point to get your thoughts out on paper now
if you’re kind of bored
and you’re not thinking about a whole lot
recently anything of significance anyway
maybe you want to stimulate your brain and read something
so over thinking right under thinking
read and journaling can be a creative outlet especially
when it comes to writing down your thoughts
but let’s talk about that word outlet
it’s a way in which your emotions or energy can be expressed
we often talk about creative outlets for example
several years ago
here on studio classroom
a creative outlet for me
was writing some songs with a partner or a couple of people
here at studio classroom
that was a creative outlet for me
i really enjoyed doing that as part of my job and Marie
when you think of a creative outlet in your own life
what comes to mind well
i enjoy making things with my hands DIY projects
so that is a good creative outlet that i like to do
but this can be anything friends maybe you like to write
or maybe you like to draw or paint or play a musical instrument
those are all different creative outlets
we’ll be right back after our next reading
try journaling
one benefit of journaling
is that it helps you improve your writing skills
writing routinely
helps you become better at putting your thoughts into words
journaling can be a tool to solve problems
too writing about challenges can
help you see them from different angles
and come up with solutions plus
writing down your dreams
and goals can motivate you to work toward them
接着来看routinely这个副词
它的意思呢
是常规的例型的
譬如
Sam routinely wakes up at six a m and goes for a morning
walk to start his day
Sam早上固定6点醒来
然后去散步
开始新的一天
或是our team routinely holds weekly meetings
to discuss the progress of our project
and any problems we might be having
我们的团队每周都召开例行会议
讨论专案的进展以及可能遇到的问题
再来看一句
Sarah routinely checks her email
during the day to stay up to date on work matters
Sarah白天都会固定检查他的电子邮件
以了解工作上的最新情况
thank you so much Jack okay
we read on here
one benefit of journaling
is that it helps you improve your writing skills that matches
one of the responses
we got on our what you said
question about someone wanting to practice their English
it’s a way of practicing your English
and that of course
can help you improve your writing skills
and speaking of practicing your English
i just have to mention here that this lesson was actually
a suggested requested topic from one of our students
one of our listeners they wrote into our social media
and asked if we could teach a lesson about journaling
so thank you so
much for that excellent suggestion
this is a great article and a great topic for us to talk about
but back to writing skills
here’s why it improves your writing skills
journaling helps you to write routinely
and this helps you become better
at putting your thoughts into words well
if you put your thoughts into words
it means that maybe you have a lot going on in your mind
and you are thinking a lot of different things
but it might be hard for you to actually communicate
those to others
whether that is through writing or speaking
so journaling can help you practice doing that i read another
quote a little while ago
i thought it was really interesting
and i think it’s pretty true it’s by this guy
named Edgar v Roberts okay
it’s unwritten
thought is an incomplete thought now on first glance
you might think well you know is that true
maybe i can just express myself
just as clearly without having to write something down
and yeah it’s good to talk about things in person with people
but actually
you can really get your thoughts down in kind of a precise way
and get exactly what you’re thinking down on paper
if you have the time to do that
and if you make the time to do that unwritten
thought is an incomplete
thought i found that to be true in my own life
i have only journaled a few times in the past
and it’s often times when i’m going through
something really intense
especially something emotionally
that i’m not able to communicate to others
and i’ve always been very surprised
after i get done writing out my thoughts that
maybe i think a different way about that thing
than i actually expected myself to
or i discovered something about myself through that process yeah
i think what happens
is what normally happens in a conversation with other people
like somebody else will point out a flaw in our own
thinking right
but when we don’t have that conversation with other people
when we’re writing
we’re having that conversation with ourselves
and we’re able to think about the flaws because we see them
as we’re writing them out
which is why we might change our minds when thinking right yeah
and another word that comes to mind
that’s not in our lesson
but it’s really good goes along with this point here
to put your thoughts into words is the word articulate
articulate could mean that you’re speaking clearly
but
it could also mean that you’re expressing something very well
as well as good to articulate your thoughts
that’s right well
we read here journaling can be a tool to solve problems
too writing about challenges
can help you see them from different angles
and come up with solutions
that’s a good phrase for you to know
friends to come up with something
you can come up with a solution
you could come
up with an idea
let’s talk to the rest of the class and see
if they can come up with any ideas for the project
we read writing down your dreams and goals
can motivate you to work toward them
and of course
if you’re working toward something that means
you’re doing something
you’re putting in the effort or energy right now
with a certain goal in mind
she’s working toward getting a doctorate degree
she’s putting a lot of time and effort into it well
we’ll be right back after today’s infocloud
hello friends
welcome to infocloud
hey Garrett
a student
just asked me about the difference between wellness and health
i could not answer him to be honest
i don’t know the difference ah
that’s alright
that is a very interesting topic to talk about Rex
wellness and health are very similar
but there is still a difference
so tell us how are they different well
in general health
is often referring to the physical condition of a person
and wellness is
the overall well being of a person
including emotional and spiritual
health has to do the medical condition of a person whether
or not they have diseases or some kind of illness
yes health can also refer to how physically fit and strong
a person is what about mental health
that’s not physical good point
mental health still includes medical conditions
that may require treatment from a doctor other than health
i think staying happy is
good for my overall wellness
that’s a great example
although there is a difference between wellness and health
if you use them
interchangeably
people will still understand what you mean
though just try to use both of these terms
今天跟大家介绍
两个跟健康有关的用语
Wellness跟health
Wellness跟health都是健康
但是两者有不一样的地方
首先health通常是指身体上的健康状况
例如疾病
或是任何需要医疗行为的症状
Wellness经常是指一个人的身心灵状况
有一大部分是针对精神
或是心灵层面的健康
不过Wellness跟health有些地方是重叠的
像是mental health就是精神健康
或是心理健康
这方面也是属于Wellness的范围
这就是今天的INFO cloud
我们下次云端见
try journaling
another thing about journaling
is that it’s a safe place for your you can write about things
you might not want to share with others
that can help you understand yourself better
plus reading your entries can show you how much
you’ve grown over time
give journaling a try it might help you more than you know
最后来看entry这个名词
它的意思是项目或记录
譬如Isabel’s last entry in her
diary was before she left for college
Isabel最后一次写日记
是在他上大学之前
entry也有进入或是参加的意思
譬如to gain entry to the club
you need to be on the guest list or have a membership card
要进入这个俱乐部
你需要在受邀的宾客名单上
或者有会员卡
或是the entry fee
for the exhibition was reasonable
so many local artists could afford to participate
展览的入场费很合理
所以许多当地的艺术家都能负担得起
well we read here another thing about journaling is
that it’s a safe place for your secrets in theory anyway
i have something to share about this
because there’s a journal that i completed many years ago
you know a notebook that i finished
and i i you know
usually put on my shelf or something it disappeared
i don’t know where it went
it’s totally gone
it’s totally gone
like so it’s somewhere
it’s somewhere maybe someone has it
maybe someone found it
and maybe they threw it away
or maybe it was it was thrown away or something but anyway
i know that in that journal
were some of my more personal and dark secrets
oh
so i think that’s kind of funny
right that our lesson is saying a journaling
is a safe place for your secrets
you really do need to keep your journal in a safe place
it can be a good place for your secrets is
maybe what our lesson should say
because it says here
you can write about things
you might not want to share with others like your deepest
darkest secrets that can help you understand yourself better
understanding yourself better is a great thing to do
friends because this can really give you a self awareness
if you have self awareness
it means you understand
how you think and how you feel
and how you react in certain situations
having good self awareness
allows you to do better in school and do better in work
and just generally be more at peace with who
you are as a person
that’s right self awareness what we read here
plus reading
your entries can show you how much you’ve grown over time
and yes this is what we call
what we write in our journal
each time we sit down to write
it’s called a journal entry or a diary entry
so this shows how much you’ve grown over time
we could refer to this as personal growth right
that’s right yeah
if you have personal growth
it means that you’re improving your character
or things about yourself
not in relation to anybody else
but your own personal life and you’re growing those things
you’re improving in those things over time
well like
i said journaling can sometimes be referred to as a diary
and there are maybe slight differences
but some people do call their journals a diary
there’s this
quote i was in a play the importance of being earnest
and one of the characters had a funny lining
it went like this gwendolyn
she says i never travel without my diary
one should always have something sensational to read
in the train
so she thinks
that her own life is very dramatic
her own life is very dramatic but the fact is Ann Marie
it’s kind of funny you know
thinking about you know
getting excited over something you wrote yourself
but maybe you wrote something ten years ago and now
it seems kind of ridiculous or dramatic yeah
for sure
or you’re kind of surprised that what you were going through
was that big of a deal
and maybe you weren’t freaking out more than you were yeah
exactly anyway
friends do you keep a diary or a journal
well we see give journaling a try
it might help you more than you know
all right well
if something happens more than you know
it has the idea of it’s happening
more than you can imagine or maybe you don’t think it’s a lot
but it really is for example
most of our parents care about us more than we know
we can’t imagine how much they care for us all right well
we will be back after today’s fun fact
hello fact
friends i am detective
Ernest finder
and i have a very fun fact for you today did you know
that Leonardo da Vinci
the famous painter from the year 1500 kept a journal it’s true
he liked to write and draw and invent things
and we can learn about many of his inventions from his journal
i hope he’s not mad that we’re reading his journal
but oh well he probably doesn’t care now
cause he’s dead and that’s today’s fun
fact
well earlier i share that i do keep a journal sometimes
when i’m going through something difficult in life
but you haven’t shared yet Gabe do you keep a journal
i have tried at different points in my life
to have a habit of keeping a journal
i think it’s a really good idea to write your thoughts down
actually reminded me of this book called the artist’s way
a lot of artists
a lot of creative people swear by this book
it has really helped them in their creative journey
both personally and professionally one of the reasons
i haven’t been able to get into it yet is
because one of the tasks is that you need to write three pages
every morning as soon as you get up
oh
that’s a lot of time that’s a big time commitment
and i want to commit to it before
i actually continue with the rest of the book
but i think i can be able to commit
and that this book will benefit me in a lot of ways
like it has benefited a lot of other people anyway
friends it’s been a fun lesson about journaling
we should all give journaling a try
and if we haven’t journaled in a long time
it’s time to get back into it
we’ll see you next time right here on studio classroom
so proud to have you in my life
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1樓. Alice122024/07/08 12:11The fnf poem is very interesting, it was great to read it(alicemagnet12@gmail.com)
