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Let’s do that together. My name is Anne Marie,  
and this is Studio Classroom. Friends, do you  
remember things well?  
We’re talking about something called *nostalgia*  
today. Anne Marie,  
I’ve got a question for you. Are you ready? Okay,  
all right, do you often think  
about the past?  
Why or why not? Oh, do I often think about the past? Well,  
I guess it depends on which past you are talking about.  
If you’re talking about last week  
or when I was in college or when I was a little girl,  
I guess  
I do think about all of those times to a different degree.  
Well, friends, memory is important,  
especially when you’re memorizing your English vocabulary,  
but let’s learn why it’s important right now.  
Remember when  
*nostalgia’s* effects on people and culture?  
Do you ever find yourself looking back on earlier times,  
remembering happy moments from the past?  
*Nostalgia*, the feeling associated  
with remembering happiness in the past,  
is often described as bittersweet.  
It is bitter because you long for things that are no more,  
but sweet as you enjoy remembering your past happiness.  
Some psychologists even distinguish  
positive nostalgia from negative nostalgia,  
depending on whether happy emotions or sad ones  
dominate a person’s experience.  
Hi, I’m Jack.  
今天的usage tip是要來介紹動詞  *distinguish*的用法。  
*Distinguish*當及物動詞的時候，後面要接解析詞 *from*，就是 *distinguish A from B*。  
當不及物動詞時，後面可以接介系詞*between*，就是 *distinguish between A and B*。  
兩個用法都是指區分出 A 與 B 兩者的差異。  
*Distinguish*的同義詞 *differentiate*辨別也具有上述兩個用法。  
來看例句：  
Without guidance, young children could find it hard to distinguish between right and wrong.  
年幼的孩子若沒有指導，可能難以分辨對與錯。 
 
All right, friends, today we’re talking about something called  
*Nostalgia*. It’s a big word. What does it mean, Emory?  
Okay, before we get into our lesson,  
let’s talk about what nostalgia is.  
*Nostalgia* is a longing or wishing for a time in the past,  
so you’re not just  
remembering something that happened in the past,  
you are wishing for those feelings to be felt again,  
or you’re wishing you could go back to that time.  
I see. So, in a sentence, you could say,  
“I get nostalgia a lot  
when I think about my childhood in Chicago.” Friends,  
is there anything that causes nostalgia for you?  
Talk about it.  
We read here *Nostalgia’s effects on people and  
culture*. That’s going to be our subject today,  
but how does our article begin?  
All right, well,  
we see here: Do you ever find yourself  
looking back on earlier times,  
remembering happy moments from the past? Is this  
you, friends?  
Do you think about things that happened in your past and  
think of them fondly or think of them happily?  
Friends, sometimes we’ll say  
*looking back on something* when we’re talking about a memory, right?  
The opposite of that is *looking forward to something*,  
when you’re expecting or anticipating  
something that has not happened yet.  
But today we’re talking all about looking back.  
We read, *nostalgia,*  
the feeling associated with remembering  
happiness in the past,  
is often described as bittersweet.  
There’s a word  
there you should know: *associated with*.  
That means connected by a specific relationship.  
The noun version of that, *associate*,  
means someone who you are connected with,  
often by a work relationship. Okay,  
here’s how you could use the word *associated* in a sentence:  
*What are the symptoms associated with that illness?*  
But there’s another word  
that we need to look at at the end of this sentence, friends,  
and that is the word *bittersweet*.  
If something has a *bittersweet* feeling  
or it makes you feel *bittersweet*,  
it means that it’s happy  
but you also feel sad at the same time. Ooh, okay!  
So I could say, *The baseball player*  
thought about last year’s season  
and felt it was bittersweet.  
His team lost,  
but he got some personal records now.  
Those are two flavors, right?  
*Bitter* is a harsh taste and *sweet* is typically  
a good, pleasant taste.  
So, it’s a great adjective. That’s right!  
But we read on here, friends: *It is bitter*  
because you long for things that are no more,  
but sweet as you enjoy remembering your past happiness.  
So this is where that feeling of nostalgia comes from.  
I see. *Remember, the past is gone.* Sometimes in English, we say,  
*Don’t dwell in the past* or  
*Don’t dwell on the past.*  
It means don’t spend all your time  
thinking about things that have passed already.  
Today, we read,  
*Though some psychologists even distinguish  
positive nostalgia  
from negative nostalgia, depending on whether  
happy emotions or sad ones*  
dominate a person’s experience.  
If you distinguish something here as a verb,  
it means you set it apart from other things. For example,  
*Can you distinguish between the two kinds of animals?*  
Can you tell them apart? Do you know  
which is which?  
So, there are different kinds of *nostalgia* that are  
distinguished from each other here,  
one depending on the emotion that they cause someone  
to feel, and the question here is what kind of feeling  
dominates your thinking about the past?  
*Dominate* is an interesting verb.  
It is. Let’s define it together.  
*Dominate* means to have power over something or someone  
or to be able to influence someone or something.  
You could say, *The dish would have been good,  
but a salty flavor dominated it too much.*  
Well, friends, what dominates your thinking  
when you think about your past?  
I know for me,  
it depends on the time of life I’m thinking about,  
but typically,  
there are a lot of happy memories from the past.  
Let’s continue our reading together to find out more  
about nostalgia.  
Remember when,  
in today’s culture,  
expressions of nostalgia are becoming common.  
People share old social media posts,  
remembering the good old days.  
They buy products made years ago from second-hand stores  
and enjoy media that reminds them of their childhoods.  
Taking note of these trends,  
companies are offering products  
that resemble those of earlier decades.  
These include classic video games adjusted for new consoles  
and new games that resemble early video games.  
我們來看 *resemble* 這個動詞，意思是相像或類似。來看例句：  
*My son’s drawing of me resembled a bear more than a person.*  
我兒子把我畫得更像一隻熊而不像人。  
或者是 *Creme Brulee resembles Taiwanese egg pudding,* except it has a crust of burnt sugar on the top.  
焦糖布丁與台灣的雞蛋布丁類似，只是上面有一層焦糖脆皮。  
*Resemble* 的名詞是 *resemblance,* 也是相像的意思。  
*He stared at the woman who bore a striking resemblance to his first love, whom he hadn’t forgotten even after 50 years.*  
他盯著那位與他初戀情人非常像的女人看，即使 50 年過去了，他仍然沒有忘記他。
Alright friends, we just read together in today’s culture, expressions of nostalgia are becoming common. That’s right! So, we see here in the culture that we live in today, how society operates and works together. People really enjoy nostalgia. There are a couple of reasons for this, but I know personally, I feel very nostalgic about certain things I experienced growing up, or certain toys that I had, or certain ways of life that may not be as common anymore. Sometimes when I see, for example, a toy that I had when I was little, I want to get it for my kids. Yeah, that’s right, because you want to feel those feelings again. Sometimes we remember things a little bit differently than they happened, and that’s a part of nostalgia too.
But we read here together, people do something—they share old social media posts, remembering the good old days. We’ve talked about social media before, but here’s a new phrase: "the good old days." What does it mean?
Okay, the good old days is talking about a time that’s considered by the person who is speaking to be better than the time that they are in right now. So no matter how old you are, if you are talking about the good old days, you’re talking about a time that you think was different than the time we’re in right now. Okay, so you could use this in a sentence: You could say, "Remember when people didn’t post on social media? Those were the good old days."
Sometimes we add the word "old" to describe things, and it’s a way of making it feel a little bit more emotional. That’s a really good point. And I have to say, I’ve really seen this happen on social media, especially in the last few years. Some influencers are even dressing up like they did ten or fifteen years ago, or maybe they’re just sharing the types of photos they took when social media first came out. Those are all forms of nostalgia.
You know, there’s this phrase: "history repeats itself." Sometimes because of nostalgia, we read here that these people, they buy products made years ago from second-hand stores and enjoy media that reminds them of their childhoods. Like you said, Emery, sometimes fashion repeats itself. A second-hand store is a store that sells things that were used and then often donated or resold. There’s another type of store called a thrift store. That’s a little bit more about charity, but a thrift store is a type of second-hand store. That’s right.
Do you ever buy products from a thrift store or a second-hand store, friends? That’s a great thing for you to talk about in English.
So, let’s get back to our article. We read, "Taking note of these trends, companies are offering products that resemble those of earlier decades." Now we see this phrase "to take note of something," and this means to pay attention to it. Ooh! You could actually literally take notes in class so you remember it, right? But here, this phrase is a little different. I could say, "I took note that my wife loved the color red, and I got her red roses for Valentine’s Day." It’s important to take note of the world around you, right?
We also read here that companies are offering products that resemble those of earlier decades. As you said, resemble is what you learned about. Let’s go on here, though, and read: "These include classic video games adjusted for new consoles, and new games that resemble early video games."
Alright, you ever play video games, Emery? Yeah, you know what I played a lot with my brother when I was growing up? We had one specific console that we really loved—the Nintendo 64. Oh, that was a very popular console, just like Xbox or PlayStation. A console is the actual hardware, kind of like the computer on which you play the game. We really liked to play Mario on Nintendo 64, and then later, we also got my dad’s old Atari, which was a console from even before the Nintendo 64. We were able to play some really old-school video games on that.
You know, one trend I’ve seen with video games is something that in English we call "retro" (R-E-T-R-O). This is the kind of video game that feels nostalgic—it makes you feel like you’re playing a video game from an older time, even though it’s a modern video game. Well, friends, talk about what you’ve learned so far. For now, let’s go to our info cloud.
Hello and welcome to Info Cloud! We have some swell words to teach you today. "Swell," that sounds like something a grandpa would say. You’re not wrong. "Swell" was a popular word in the 1950s. It described something that was great or, to use a common word, cool. What are some other examples of terms like that? In the 1960s, people liked to say "far out," and in the 1970s, "groovy" was a popular word. I’m guessing these words had some connection to culture at the time. Maybe they became popular from a show or movie. Nowadays, words like that spread quickly on the internet and become viral.
If something is cool today, younger people might describe it as "fire" or "lit." I think a lot of older people would have trouble accepting and using words like "lit." If someone uses outdated words, they might be described as "stuck in the past." They prefer words or things that were familiar to them when they were young, and maybe they aren’t willing to change. That’s why we say they are stuck—it would take a lot of energy to make them do things differently.
It’s great to learn new things so that we don’t get stuck in the past.

fire或是lit，很火的意思
經常跟大家分享一些不同年代流行的英文用語，例如"Swell"在1950年代非常流行，用來形容很棒的東西，就像我們現在說的cool。在1960年代，人們喜歡說"far out"，而在1970年代，"groovy"才是酷的代名詞。不過"酷"這個字現在也慢慢的不流行了，現在人很喜歡說"fire"或是"lit"，也就是很火的意思。如果有人使用過時的詞彙，他們可能會被形容為"stuck in the past"，停留在過去。當你學習英文，有時了解一下最新的流行用語也是相當有趣的一件事情。這是今天的Info Cloud。我們下次雲端見。

Remember when social media platforms offer filters that can make pictures look like old photographs? Some restaurants are even putting together menus that feature some dishes from the 1970s, and the fact that people are buying all these products shows that those people want to experience nostalgia.
接下來看這個名詞："platform"意思是平台或講台。例如：
"I plan to use platforms like Facebook and Instagram to advertise my interior design business." (我計劃利用Facebook和Instagram等平台來宣傳我的室內設計事業)
或是 "During the school concert, one of the students fell off the platform, knocking over his music stand and twisting his ankle." (在學校音樂會上，一名學生從講台上摔下來，撞倒了音樂架並扭傷了腳踝)
"Platform"也可以指宣言或正義。例如：
"The politician is seeking re-election on a platform for creating a greener, more eco-conscious city." (這位政治人物正在尋求連任，主張創建一個更環保、更具生態意識的城市)
Well, friends, we’re talking all about nostalgia and the crazy things that make people do. Have you ever posted a picture on social media with a filter? We read here that social media platforms offer filters that can make pictures look like old photographs. Interesting, right? That’s right!
So, what a filter is here in this context, friends, is a function that improves or changes the overall appearance of an image. Sometimes you could download filters onto your phone and use them, or maybe you use them through a social media app such as Instagram or TikTok. You can select a filter, and it will put something over your photo to change the way it looks.
You know, Amari, there’s a filter that I often use with my kids when I’m on a trip and we’re taking pictures. It’s a filter that puts a donut around my face—like a little donut with the little dots on it. They love it! It cracks them up. We like to play with filters sometimes when we’re talking. My kids like to use filters that change their faces to look like animal faces, yeah.
And here, we’re talking about filters that make your pictures look old. It’s a part of nostalgia.
We also read about something restaurants are doing. Some restaurants are even putting together menus that feature some dishes from the 1970s. This phrase "put together" you can also say "compile" means when you take multiple things and add them together to become something new. For example, you could put together an outfit. There are a lot of individual pieces in an outfit, but then when you put them together, they make one complete thing.
Now we see something else in this sentence as well, friends, and that is the word "dishes." We are not exactly talking about plates, cups, and bowls here; we are talking about a particular food served as part of a meal. Yes, this is actually a really, really important vocabulary word to use because I’m sure at some point you’ll be in a restaurant where the menu is in English. It’s nice to know what to call the food items. For example, you could say, "I really liked the spicy dish, but I didn’t love the dish with the fish." That’s a good point.
Okay, we read on here, friends, and the fact that people are buying all these products shows that those people want to experience nostalgia. Is nostalgia something that you want to experience, friends? Is it something that you are experiencing about a time in the past? This is a great thing for you to talk about in English.
But right now, it’s time for us to go to today’s fun fact!
Fun Fact Segment
Hello, fact friends! I am Detective Ernest Finder, and I have a fun fact for you today. Did you know that nostalgia comes from two Greek words? "Nostos" means coming home, and "algos" means pain. Oh, coming home pain! So, nostalgia originally meant the pain of thinking about your home when you are away. Haha, sometimes we call that "homesickness" in English, and that is today’s fun nostalgia fact.
Well, friends, we’re talking about memory, and I hope your memory is good because it’s time to talk about it with our "Talk About It" question. And Marie, are you ready?
I’m ready! Alright, what brings on feelings of nostalgia for you?
Oh, well, there are several things that bring on feelings of nostalgia for me. The first, like our article said, is social media. It’s so easy to access all different kinds of content now that remind me of the good old days. But something else gives me nostalgia too, John, and maybe you’re the same way. Sometimes when I see my kids playing a certain game or playing a certain way, it reminds me of when I was a little girl and I liked to do that too. That makes me really nostalgic.
I agree! As a parent, seeing my kids playing brings on a lot of nostalgia. And you know, with technology these days, my phone even sends me old pictures. It’s probably trying to get me to feel some nostalgia. That’s true!
Alright, friends, that’s all the time we have for today. My name is Anne Marie.
And my name is John.
Friends, thank you for joining us today. We’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom. Bye!


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Hi friends, welcome back!
My name is John, and today is a great day to learn something new.
So let’s do that together!
My name is Anne-Marie, and this is Studio Classroom.
Friends, we’re so happy you are joining us today—
especially because we’re talking about something called nostalgia.
Anne-Marie, what did we learn yesterday?
Well, first, we defined the word nostalgia.
Friends, if you forget, this is the longing or wishing feeling that you get when you think about a time in the past.
Now, yesterday we learned that nostalgia is bittersweet.
Bittersweet is a feeling of something being happy and sad at the same time.
We also learned this phrase: “the good old days.”
And we learned that some companies are trying to get you to think of the good old days—
and then, of course, buy their products. So look out!
Friends, what are things that make you experience nostalgia?
I hope you’ve talked about it!
But for now, it’s time to go to Day Two of our fun lesson on nostalgia.
Remember when...
This desire for nostalgia makes a lot of sense
because this feeling has psychological benefits.
It can improve a person’s mood and self-esteem,
sometimes helping people handle difficult transitions in life.
It can also help people connect with others as they share memories.
Hi, I’m Jack。今天的 Usage Tip 要來看名詞 sense 這個字。
在這裡的意思是「意義」或是「含義」。
比如這句話：
This desire for nostalgia makes a lot of sense because this feeling has psychological benefits.
這裡的 make a lot of sense 表示「頗具意義」，它也可以用 much 來替換。
若要表示「意義不大」或「不具意義」，可以用 little 或 no 來修飾，
另外也可以用 not make any sense 來表達「毫無意義」，語氣會比 make no sense 更強。
來看一個例句：
The new rule doesn’t make any sense and unnecessarily complicates the procedure.
這項新規則毫無意義，並且無謂地使過程變得複雜化。
Well, friends, now the million-dollar question:
Why do we have this thing—nostalgia?
Anne-Marie, what did we read?
Well, this is really interesting, friends. We see here:
This desire for nostalgia makes a lot of sense because this feeling has psychological benefits.
You saw that phrase “make a lot of sense” in your usage tip for today.
And now we need to talk about this word: psychological.
This is relating to the mental and emotional state of a person.
Okay, so it’s a little bit different from the word physical,
which refers to your body, right?
You could say, “I felt sick, but I think it was mostly psychological,
because the doctor said nothing was actually wrong with me.”
So we’re talking about psychology,
which is the study of psychological things.
We read:
It can improve a person’s mood and self-esteem.
There’s that word: mood—which basically means how a person is feeling.
That’s right!
What is your mood right now, friends?
Are you feeling happy or sad?
Are you angry or hurt?
That all has to do with your emotions and your mood.
There’s a word called moody, and it’s an adjective.
If you describe someone as moody, it means they’re in kind of a bad mood.
So you could say, “That teenager was really moody this morning,” for example.
We also read here:
Sometimes it helps people handle difficult transitions in life.
So there’s a purpose for this.
That’s right.
Let’s talk about what that word transitions means.
This is the process or period of changing
from one state or condition to another.
So basically, you’re trying to get from this point to that point,
and that time in between is a transition.
Okay, so remembering the good things about the past
can help with those transitions.
Just to use it in a sentence:
I went through a lot of transitions when I moved here.
I changed my home, I changed my job, and even the people around me were different.
So transitions are often great,
but we have things in our mind to help us.
And we read:
It can also help people connect with others as they share memories.
Interesting!
That’s true, because no matter where you are,
there’s probably going to be someone who has gone through similar experiences as you.
If you both feel those nostalgic feelings about those experiences,
it can help you connect and bond as well.
Now, as John said, one type of transition he experienced
was moving locations or to a new country.
But there are many different transitions you could be making as well, friends.
Getting older is one type of transition.
Going to a new school—that’s another one.
So there are many different ways you could use this word.
And what scientists are thinking is:
If we think about our memories in a positive way,
it makes us want to share them.
And there’s nothing like sharing memories that helps people get to know each other, right?
So sharing things can often be good.
There’s an English idiom we sometimes use:
“to have rose-colored glasses.”
And having rose-colored glasses means
you look at things in a positive way.
It’s almost like you have a happy filter on your brain.
So part of nostalgia is you have this happy filter
about things in the past or your memories.
I think we’re going to talk more about that phrase in the next section,
so let’s get right into our next reading for today:
Remember when...
But nostalgia can also lead to emotional problems.
Focusing on the past can make people less satisfied with the present,
and make it harder to find motivation
to improve their current situation.
Nostalgia can also lead people to view earlier stages of life
with rose-colored glasses.
They may forget about or ignore past hardships,
thinking only about the positive side of things.
我們來看 hardship。這個名詞的意思是「困難」或者「艱辛」。
來看幾個例句：
When we endure hardship patiently, we learn about ourselves, develop compassion for others, and become more resilient.
當我們耐心地忍受艱難困苦時，我們會學會了解自己、對他人產生同情心，並變得更堅韌不拔。
或者是：
After experiencing ten years of economic hardship, he finally found a steady job.
經歷了十年的經濟困難後，他終於找到了一份穩定的工作。
再看一句：
Some people consider living without electricity a hardship, but I appreciate that simplicity and the slower pace it brings.
有些人認為沒有電的生活很困難，但我很感激它所帶來的簡單與緩慢的生活節奏。
Well, friends, we’ve talked about some of the benefits of nostalgia.
But let’s talk about some potential problems with it.
We read:
But nostalgia can also lead to emotional problems.
And why is that?
Well, we see here in our article:
Focusing on the past can make people less satisfied with the present.
This is so true.
Some people either think too much about what has happened before,
or think about what’s to come.
They forget to live in the moment and appreciate what they have.
We see that word satisfied here.
John, let’s talk about what that means.
Okay!
If you’re satisfied, it means you are content,
and there’s a feeling of not needing anything else.
Being satisfied is a great feeling.
That’s right.
And we read here:
This can make it harder to find motivation to improve their current situation.
Now, what do we mean when we say motivation?
Motivation is the thing that drives you internally—
the thing that causes you to do something.
For instance, you could say:
My motivation for finishing all my homework early was because I wanted to relax more this weekend.
Here’s another example:
She has so much motivation to learn English, so she’s a good student.
But we read on here:
Nostalgia can also lead people to view earlier stages of life with rose-colored glasses.
Right. Friends, we talked a little bit about that phrase “rose-colored glasses.”
But first, let’s talk about this phrase: stages of life.
Okay. This is one of those transitions we were talking about earlier.
This is a different phase that everyone passes through during their regular lifetime.
Stages of life can be divided in many different ways.
For example, you could say elementary school is one stage of life.
Becoming a parent is another one.
That’s right.
Stages of life is a great way to describe where you’re at and what you’re doing.
You can also say this phrase a little bit differently: life stages.
Life stages are pretty much the same thing as stages of life,
but oftentimes life stages refer to the bigger ideas—
like childhood as a life stage,
old age is another life stage.
That’s a really good point.
And now we have this phrase that we talked about earlier: rose-colored glasses.
Let’s review it for a moment, okay?
Rose-colored glasses means a way of viewing the world that is generally positive,
and often a little bit too positive or detached from reality.
So you could say that in a sentence, for example:
Everyone told her that her relationship was toxic, but she viewed it through rose-colored glasses.
That means there were problems in this relationship, and everyone could see it—
but she just wanted to see the good in it.
Now friends, there’s a great adjective: rosy.
The color rose, by the way, is kind of a light reddish-pink, right?
But if you say, “Wow, I was feeling really rosy today,”
it means positive and happy.
Or you could say:
Everything was really rosy that morning. The birds were singing, the sun was shining—it was a great day.
And that’s where we get that phrase: rose-colored glasses.
Well friends, there’s more in our article. We read here:
They may forget about or ignore past hardships, thinking only about the positive side of things.
Now this is something that we talked about a little bit yesterday.
Sometimes when we remember situations, we don’t always remember them clearly.
And maybe you view your childhood, or an earlier part of your life,
as being really perfect and happy.
But maybe you’re only remembering the positive side of things.
This isn’t to say, friends, that you should go back and think through all the bad things that happened,
and think about them and dwell on them.
No—what we’re saying is that we need to be satisfied with where we are in life now,
and not let nostalgia cause problems.
We’re going to talk more about this in just a moment.
But first, let’s go to today’s Info Cloud!
Hello everyone, welcome to Info Cloud!
Carrots, would you agree that things were better back in the good old days?
Uh, well, I do find myself happily remembering a lot of things from my past.
But what do you mean by “the good old days”?
I suppose I’m talking about the time when I was younger.
The good old days is a phrase we use to describe a time in the past
we think of as better, or a time when we were really happy.
Hmm, so one might say:
Back in the good old days, I could stay up all night chatting with friends.
Now, I have too many responsibilities.
Yes! But more than that—
the phrase “the good old days” is often used to describe a period of time
that’s generally considered better for the society or a country as a whole.
Many people look back at a simpler time—before smartphones and social media—
and think those were the good old days.
It could also be a time when the nation’s economy was better,
or its relationship with its neighbors was more peaceful.
Yeah—it’s okay to have good memories of the good old days.
But don’t forget to embrace today and all its opportunities too.

good old days 往日美好日子
今天要分享一個非常有趣的流行語。Good old days 美好的舊日子。
Good old days 指的是過去非常快樂的時光，通常是人們年輕時的日子。
In the good old days, I could stay up all night chatting with friends.
在年輕的時候，我會通宵和朋友聊天。
Good old days 也經常用來形容整個社會或國家過去被認為是更好的某段時期。
例如：
I miss the good old days when there were no smartphones.
我懷念那些沒有智慧型手機的舊日子。
懷念美好的舊時光是可以的，但也不要忘記我們現在所擁有的一切。
這就是今天的 Info Cloud，下次雲端見！

Remember when
How can you find a balance remembering the past without letting it interfere with the present?
Start by making a conscious effort to recognize and be grateful for the positives in your current situation.
While remembering the past, focus on lessons you’ve learned and ways you’ve grown and changed over the years.
And share these memories with others to deepen relationships by learning more about each other or bonding over shared experiences.
Nostalgia can bring many benefits to individuals and to communities,
but we must also be careful to avoid its pitfalls.
接著來看形容詞 grateful，意思是「感激的」。
譬如：
Though I am grateful for all the well-meaning offers of help, I’d rather handle this myself.
雖然我很感激大家善意的幫助，但我想自己處理這件事。
或者是：
Before beginning our Thanksgiving meal, our family tradition is to take turns sharing one thing we’re grateful for.
在開始感恩節晚餐之前，我們家的傳統是輪流分享一件我們感恩的事。
Grateful 的副詞是 gratefully。它的意思也是「感激地」。
譬如：
Coughing uncontrollably, he gratefully accepted the glass, gulping the water quickly to stop coughing.
他不由自主地咳嗽，感激地接過水杯，趕緊大口喝下止咳。
Now a question, friends:
How can you find a balance remembering the past without letting it interfere with the present?
So how can you think about the past and remember it, but not let it get in the way of what you’re doing now?
And that’s exactly what the phrase interfere with means.
If something is interfering with another thing, it means it’s getting in its way or preventing it from doing something important.
Here’s an example:
Please don’t interfere with your brother while he’s doing his homework.
Don’t bother him or keep him from doing what he’s supposed to be doing.
But we read on here:
Start by making a conscious effort to recognize and be grateful for the positives in your current situation.
So now we’re going to learn how to not be too tied up in the past,
and not worry too much about the future,
but focus on our current situation.
And we see this phrase: to make a conscious effort.
This means to do something in an intentional way.
Okay, what is something you make a conscious effort to do?
You might make a conscious effort to pick up all your trash and recycle as much as you can.
One thing I need to make a conscious effort to do is to remember names.
I wish my memory was better—I’m always forgetting names.
Friends, what are some ways you are making a conscious effort to improve your English?
If you’re watching this program, that shows you probably are making a conscious effort. Good job!
But how does our lesson continue, John?
All right, we get some advice—let’s see what we think:
While remembering the past, focus on lessons you’ve learned and ways you’ve grown and changed over the years.
Okay, so focus on how you have improved in your life—
because remember, we’re learning hopefully our whole lives, right?
That’s right. And we see here that remembering is not enough.
Share these memories with others to deepen relationships by learning more about each other or bonding over shared experiences.
Bonding is a great word for us to take a look at, friends.
What does it mean?
Okay, bonding means becoming close emotionally or becoming attached to each other.
Now, the word in there, bond, is kind of like the word bound, which means to tie up.
So if two people are bonding, it means they’re getting close.
Here’s an example:
The friends did some bonding over a chat in the coffee shop.
So they probably spent some time together and talked about things that were important to them.
You know what? Sharing memories is a big part of bonding.
Friends, if you feel like you’re a person that might have a hard time making conversation,
remember to do two things:
Ask people questions about their life.
Don’t stop there—make sure you’re willing to be open with people.
And always be sure to be conscientious and be very careful with your relationships.
All right, let’s see how our lesson ends, friends.
We read:
Nostalgia can bring many benefits to individuals and to communities,
but we must also be careful to avoid its pitfalls.
We have one more word here we want to look at, and that is the word pitfalls.
This is a hidden or unexpected danger or difficulty.
That’s right. You’ve seen this word before—
remember, people used to catch animals in spiked pits.
Those were pitfalls, right?
So you could say:
One of the pitfalls of going to school near such good restaurants is I’m always spending my money eating out.
Friends, what’s a pitfall that you need to look out for?
All right, friends, it’s time for us to do something fun right now.
Let’s go to today’s Fun Fact!
Yes, you—oh, hello fact!
Friends, I am Detective Ernest Finder, and I have a fun fact for you today.
Did you know?
Originally, nostalgia was thought of as a bad thing.
Doctors were trying to help soldiers not feel sad and miss their homes,
so they tried to fix nostalgia.
But nostalgia is still around today—so I guess they failed.
And that is today’s Fun Nostalgia Fact!
All right, friends, now let’s talk about it together!
This is our Talk About It questions—so make sure you practice speaking out loud.
Anne Marie, are you ready?
I’m ready!
All right, Anne Marie—when you remember the past, do you think of the good things or bad things? Explain.
This is a really good question.
And I don’t think I could say one answer or the other.
Because, friends, I’m in my 30s,
and I don’t think there’s any person alive who hasn’t had bad things happen to them
or had difficult times in their past.
So of course, when you look at the good things that have happened in your life,
you feel good feelings.
And when you look at the bad things in your life, you feel bad feelings.
I think one of the secrets is to be thankful for both—
be thankful that you survived the bad things,
and be thankful for all those good things.
Well, friends, that’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And friends, my name is John.
Thank you for joining us today.
We’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom.


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