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The Picnic 野餐趣(上)
空中英語教室 20250625
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修正英文文法，句首要大寫，不要斷句，每個句子要換行，每個肯定句要有句點，疑問句要有問號。同時將簡體中文修改為繁體中文，不要將原文的英文翻譯成中文
Hello friends
My name is Anne Marie and today is a great day to learn something new.
So let’s do that together.
I’m David and this is Studio Classroom.
We have a great lesson for you today.
We are going to learn all about the word "pick."
But first, let’s ask a question.
Dave, what is something that you gripe about?
Oh, what do I gripe about?
I think I gripe sometimes about if I go to the convenience store and they don’t have the little tuna and egg salad sandwich that I love.
Oh, you gripe about the 7-Eleven sandwich?
Oh, I’d gripe if it’s not there.
Okay, I might just be a little bit like, I like that kind — it’s not here.
Okay, well friends, as you can see, the word "gripe" means to complain.
I generally gripe if I feel that things aren’t fair.
I tend to complain about it and talk about it under my breath like this.
But that is kind of what we’re talking about today.
Our article is called "The Picnic," and we are going to meet a character who likes to gripe.
Let’s get right into it.
The Picnic
Come on, everybody! We’re going on a picnic!
"Anthony, it’s a beautiful day, so we’re going on a picnic," declared auntie.
"I love picnics!" danced the little ant.
auntie said, "We’ll pick up your cousin Tyrant on the way."
Anthony stopped in his tracks.
He sighed, "But Tyrant picks on everyone, and he complains all the time.
He picks apart everything.
Does he have to come?"
"Yes," smiled auntie.
"But don’t worry.
We’ll have a splendid time," auntie promised.
"Now hurry up and come along!"
Hi everyone, welcome to Language Lab.
I’m Jack.
我們先來看動詞 declare，意思是「宣布」或「聲稱」。
來看例句：
"‘I’m the king of the castle!’ Timothy declared proudly, standing atop the large boulder."
Timothy 自豪地站在大石頭上宣布：「我是這座城堡的國王。」
或是："His biography began with the sentence: ‘The worst day of my life was the day Britain declared war on Germany.’"
他的自傳以這句話開頭：「我人生中最糟糕的一天，就是英國向德國宣戰的那天。」
Declare 的名詞是 declaration，意思是「聲明」或「宣言」。
比如："The police asked me to write an official declaration of the crime I had witnessed."
警方要我寫一份正式的聲明，說明我所目睹的犯罪事件。
Declaring 的形容詞是 declarative，則是「陳述的」意思。
比如："A declarative sentence is a statement that presents factual information, whether it’s of great importance or a minor detail."
陳述句是一種陳述事實資訊的語句，無論它是非常重要的資訊還是微不足道的細節。
Okay friends, let’s meet our characters in this lesson.
We read, "Come on everybody! We’re going on a picnic."
Who is our first character to talk here in this next line?
Our first character to talk is auntie.
She is talking to Anthony, which is a really cute name because they’re all ants.
We’ll find out actually later in the story.
She says, "Anthony, it’s a beautiful day, so we’re going on a picnic," declared auntie.
And then the little ant says, "I love picnics!"
And we see here the word "danced."
"Danced the little ant."
It probably means that he was so excited that he was doing a little dance as he was responding to his aunt.
But his dancing does not last for long.
On the very next line, auntie says, "We’ll pick up your cousin Tyrant on the way."
Oh no, Tyrant!
That’s not a very nice name.
We’ll talk about that in a moment.
First, let’s talk about "to pick something up" or "pick someone up."
If you pick something up, it literally means that you lift it up or collect it.
But if you’re picking up a person, it usually means that you’re on the way to go somewhere, and they are going to ride with you in your car or whatever mode of transportation you are taking.
Yes, for example, maybe the mother picks up her daughter from dance practice on her way home.
That’s right.
All right, but now we see this word "Tyrant."
A tyrant is a cruel or oppressive leader.
That’s right.
Now, see, in this particular story, I think maybe they wanted it to be read as like "Tyr-ant" because he’s an ant.
But that’s not actually the way the word is pronounced.
And the fact that they had this name means that this person probably is not very nice.
For example, "The people rebelled or fought back against the tyrant.
They didn’t want him to be in charge."
Well, when Anthony heard that Tyrant was going to be with them, he stopped in his tracks.
It means that he suddenly halted.
He suddenly stopped.
That’s right.
Kind of like walking, walking — and he stops.
"He stopped in his tracks when he saw the bear."
Oh yeah, that would definitely make me stop in my tracks.
We read on here.
He sighed, "But Tyrant picks on everyone."
If someone picks on someone else, it means that they tease them or that they are a bully to them.
That’s right.
Sometimes older kids will pick on the younger kids when they’re playing together on a playground.
We also see that Tyrant also complains all the time, and he picks apart everything.
Wow, he’s got a lot of complaints about this guy.
He does.
Now, the word "complain" means to express dissatisfaction.
It means that you’re unhappy about something and you are going to tell people that you’re unhappy.
That’s right.
Maybe all the students are complaining about how much homework that new teacher gives.
And we also see this phrase "pick apart."
If you pick something apart, it means that you’re criticizing it in detail.
It can also mean that you’re taking something physical apart a little bit at a time. 
That’s right.
Maybe the teacher picks apart every mistake that they find in the essay, which might make them a good teacher.
But he’s not happy about this.
He says, does he have to come?
And yes, smiled Auntie.
That’s what she says to him, and he’s not happy.
But he says, yes, but don’t worry.
We’ll have a splendid time.
All right, this word "splendid" is a good one for you to know, friends.
This means to be very impressive or excellent.
For example, the concert was splendid.
All right, we have more to learn.
So let’s go to the next part of our conversation right now.
The Picnic
So they picked up Cousin Tyrant and joined a line of other ants.
They marched a long way, marching, marching, marching.
As was often the case, Tyrant picked on Anthony.
He stepped on his toes.
He called him names.
He tried to pick a fight.
And he complained, are we there yet?
He whined, I’m tired.
I’m hungry.
今天的 Usage Tip 要來看 "as is often the case" 句型，意思是一如既往。
可以放在主要子句的前面或後面來說明所敘述的內容很常見。
課文這句 "As was often the case, Tyrant picked on Anthony."
"As" 在這裡是以整個主要子句為先行詞，才引出形容詞子句。
關係代名詞 "which" 也是相同用法。
但是 "as" 可以帶出如同的語意，而且 "which is often the case" 無法放在句首，只能接在主要子句的後面。
來看一個例句：
"The outgoing student volunteered to lead the group discussion, which is often the case."
這位外向的學生自告奮勇帶領小組討論，這種情況經常發生。
All right.
Even Anthony did not want his cousin to come on this picnic.
He had to go, so they picked up Cousin Tyrant and joined a line of other ants.
This is how ants often get from one place to another.
They walk in a little line.
Yeah, it’s quite interesting.
They use their little feelers to understand each other.
It’s actually really crazy.
Ants are amazing creatures.
But we see the description of how they are moving.
It’s called marching.
They marched a long way, marching, marching, marching.
If you march, it means that you walk with purpose or in a group.
Yeah, usually we hear this word when referring to soldiers marching together.
Left, right, left, right.
Or even a parade, right?
Yes, all the performers, they’re playing their instruments as they’re marching along down the street.
That’s right.
So we see here, as was often the case, Tyrant picked on Anthony.
Oh no, little Anthony is getting bullied by his cousin.
He stepped on his toes, and he called him names.
If someone calls you names, you are being insulted.
They are using words to insult you or call you mean things.
That’s right.
Maybe the bullies are always calling kids bad names at school.
It’s not very nice to call someone names.
Now, it also turns out that Tyrant also tried to pick a fight.
This is a very interesting phrase for you to know.
What does it mean to pick a fight?
It just means to start an argument or a conflict.
So sometimes there’s nothing going on that would make someone want to fight someone else.
But they decide to pick a fight anyway.
They decide to start something.
Here’s an example of how you could use "pick a fight" in a sentence.
Don’t pick a fight over small things.
That’s very good advice.
If it’s a small thing, just let it go.
Why pick a fight?
Life is too short.
Now, in our next sentence, we see that Anthony just complains.
Oh, and Tyrant is complaining.
Oh, you complaining, complaining.
Are we there yet?
He whined, I’m hungry.
I’m tired.
And ta ta da ta ta ta ta.
Oh, it sounds like there was no end to Tyrant’s complaining.
This happens sometimes when someone starts complaining about something.
Some people who aren’t satisfied are not satisfied about anything.
No matter what they do.
No matter what you do to help them.
They are just complainers.
And that can be very exhausting to deal with if you’re someone trying to satisfy this person’s needs.
But we see here that Tyrant is making things even worse.
Not only is he complaining, but he’s also calling Anthony names like, oh, you’re dumb.
You’re weird.
You smell bad.
You’re smelly.
And he’s trying to pick fights over small things.
Tyrant doesn’t sound like a very nice little ant.
We’re going to find out how this story continues in just a moment.
But right now, let’s go to today’s Info Cloud.
Hello everyone.
Welcome to Info Cloud.
Oh wait, sorry Rex.
Do you want to open the show today?
We always take turns.
And we’ve been working together for so long.
You don’t have to be a people pleaser with me.
Oh, that’s a relief.
Let’s talk about what it means to be a people pleaser.
Well, to please someone means to make them happy.
But a people pleaser is always trying to make other people happy, even if it harms the people pleaser or it makes them unhappy.
Trying to be a people pleaser is tiring.
You have to work hard to think about what others want.
And you have to ignore your own wishes or needs.
Being a people pleaser is more than just being a good neighbor or a considerate friend.
It can be unhealthy if you don’t also take care of yourself.
It’s not a bad thing to make other people happy.
But it is important to remember that you can’t please everyone.
That’s right.
And "you can’t please everyone" is a common expression that reminds us that what makes one person happy could bother someone else.
That’s true.
You will always end up doing something that someone doesn’t like.
That’s why we say you can’t please everyone.
That’s why it’s good to remember that you can’t please everyone no matter how hard you might try.
But saying you can’t please everyone is not an excuse to do nothing.
Instead, it’s a reminder to find balance.
Try to help others but take care of yourself too.

people pleaser 討好別人的人
很多時候，很多人會為了達成某些目標去取悅別人。
你可以說這類型的人是 people pleaser，也就是討好型人格，或是討好別人的人。
People pleaser 不管做什麼樣的事情，都會先盡量討好每個人。
有時候是為了某種目的，有時候只是單純的個性使然。
雖然討好別人沒什麼問題，但是我們要記住 You can’t please everyone。
你沒辦法討好每個人。
如果試圖這麼做，最後可能會精疲力盡甚至迷失自己。
這就是今天的 INFO Cloud。我們下次雲端見。

The Picnic
Just then, the commander ant picked up the scent of a picnic basket.
The ants picked up speed, marching, marching, marching.
They finally arrived at the picnic.
"Well, it’s about time," griped Tyrant.
"Mmm," smiled auntie.
"Just look at all the sandwiches, potato chips, fried chicken, cakes, watermelon, and pie."
"Yeah, who," cheered Anthony.
"Can we pick and choose whatever we like?"
接下來看 commander 這個名詞，意思是指揮官或司令。
比如 because of his fair minded leadership, the commander earned undying loyalty from his soldiers.
由於公正的領導，這位指揮官贏得了士兵們永遠的忠誠。
相關的形容詞 commanding 是指威嚴的。
比如 the students fell silent, sensing the commanding presence of their principal.
學生們感受到校長的威嚴氣勢，瞬間鴉雀無聲。
他的名詞是 commandment，就是戒律。
Pew，the Ten Commandments are an ancient set of moral codes from the Bible that have influenced the laws of many nations, including the United States.
實際也是聖經中一套古老的道德準則，它影響了包括美國在內的許多國家的法律。
Friends, we’ve met three different ants in our lesson today.
We have little Anthony, his Auntie, and also Tyrant who is a bully to Anthony now.
We’re going to meet yet another ant.
That’s right.
We’re going to meet the commander.
Just then, the commander ant picked up the scent of a picnic basket.
If you pick up the scent of something, it means that you smell something.
The scent of something is the smell of something.
Exactly.
For example, I love the scent of fresh flowers.
Now, you saw that word commander in your language lab already, friends.
So you know that this is the ant who is in charge of all of the ants.
Now they picked up the scent of a picnic basket.
And then the ants picked up speed.
What does it mean if you pick up speed?
It means that you begin moving faster.
You’re marching.
They were marching along, maybe like this at the beginning,
and then they pick up the scent of the picnic basket,
and then they pick up speed.
They begin marching faster.
Marching, marching, marching.
I bet they’re really excited to find out what is in that picnic basket.
Picnic food tends to be really delicious.
They finally arrived at the picnic.
"Well, it’s about time," griped Tyrant.
Now, we used this word griped before, friends.
So let’s define it right now.
If someone is griping, it means that they are complaining in an annoying way.
Sometimes, if you have a complaint, you might express your complaint in a way that is fair and you’re just telling people something that you don’t like.
But if you’re griping, it means that you’re doing this in a way that nobody wants to hear.
It’s super annoying.
It sure is.
And it’s often times over something that’s not that important.
For example, if I’m hungry and it’s the morning,
I’m not awake yet,
and they don’t have the sandwich I want at 7-11,
and I’m griping about it,
that’s not an important thing to gripe about.
I should just get something else.
I’ll be fine.
Yes.
Griping is just annoying.
Exactly.
Tyrant is griping here.
But Auntie is very patient.
She says, "Mmm," smiled Auntie.
"Just look at all the sandwiches, potato chips, fried chicken, cakes, watermelon, and pies."
"I am now getting hungry.
I want to go to this picnic.
Goodness gracious, don’t just give it to the ants, give me some right?"
Yeah.
Anthony’s pretty excited about this picnic too.
He says, "Yahoo! Can we pick and choose whatever we like?"
That’s right.
Can we pick and choose?
Pick and choose is a really good phrase.
You’ll see that, actually, we were talking about this between the lessons.
We were talking about the little sushi restaurants where the sushi goes around on the conveyor belt,
and you can pick and choose what you want.
Pick and choose means to take some things and not others.
This can be a good thing or a bad thing.
If you pick and choose what you want, that’s very positive.
For example, John and Kate loved to go to the pastry shop, especially if they had time to pick and choose.
Now, if people are picking and choosing because they don’t like anything,
this more has the idea that they’re a picky person and they aren’t thankful for what they have.
Maybe they’re griping about the fact that the thing that they really want isn’t there.
Exactly.
All right.
So this picnic sounds really great.
Anthony is excited about it because they can pick and choose what they want.
We have more to talk about in just a minute, but first, let’s go to today’s fun fact.
Hello, fact friends.
I am Detective Ernest Finder,
and I have a fun picnic fact for you today.
Did you know that one style of picnic is called a barbecue?
This is when meat is cooked outside.
Now, not all barbecues are picnics.
Sometimes people eat inside.
There are fewer ants inside.
But a barbecue is usually a kind of picnic.
And that’s today’s fun picnic fact.
Friends, we sure did learn a lot of different "pick" phrases in today’s lesson.
So let’s take some time to review them right now.
Which ones stood out to you, Dave?
Well, I think just the one about picking up, pick up, pick out, pick apart, pick and choose.
They’re all so different.
If you pick something up, then you’re picking up an object.
Or you’re going to find someone and bring them from some place.
I think that’s one of the more interesting ones because if you can pick someone up,
it might mean you’re physically picking them up.
But if you’re talking about it like, "Oh, I’m going to pick you up on my way to school,"
it means that you’re going to get that person and bring them somewhere.
I think these kinds of phrases, these kinds of little phrasal verbs, are such a useful and actually very fun part of English.
Definitely.
I totally agree.
How about you, friends?
Which one of the pick phrases from today’s lesson did you like?
Well, that’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And I’m David.
And we’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom.


The Picnic 野餐趣(下)
空中英語教室 20250626
(使用CapCut 自動字幕功能)
修正英文文法，句首要大寫，不要斷句，每個句子要換行，每個肯定句要有句點，疑問句要有問號。同時將簡體中文修改為繁體中文，不要將原文的英文翻譯成中文
Hello friends.
My name is Anne Marie.
And today is a great day to learn something new.
So let’s do that together.
I’m David.
And this is Studio Classroom.
We are on the article titled The Picnic.
Where we are learning about all different kinds of "pick" words in English.
We also met some very interesting characters yesterday.
Can you tell us about them?
Yes we met auntie Anthony, the Commander, and Tyrant.
All these characters are ants.
They are trying to get some food at a picnic.
And one of them isn’t very nice.
Tyrant, yes.
He’s always picking apart everything that Anthony says.
Picking a fight with him.
Just doing all kinds of things.
Anthony really wished that they did not have to pick him up on the way to the picnic.
That’s right.
What’s going to happen next?
We’re going to have to find out in the first part of our conversation for today.
The Picnic
Of course just don’t pick up anything from people’s plates.
She warned people don’t like sharing with ants.
Get your food.
I’ll pick out a spot to eat.
The cousins hastened off.
Anthony found a delicious cookie.
But Tyrant just picked through some chips.
He found a chicken bone that had been picked clean.
This food is terrible.
He complained it’s been picked over.
I don’t want any of it.
But then he saw a cake with chocolate frosting.
Looks delicious.
He said so what if it’s on someone’s plate?
I’m getting a piece.
Hi I’m Jack.
今天的Usage Tip是So What If的用法。
劇情中的So What If是So What加上If。詞句意思是某事發生又怎樣，帶有不屑或不在意的態度。So What If跟Who Cares If意思類似。兩者多用於口語。
正式或比較理性的說法是What Does It Matter If或是It Doesn’t Matter If。
我們來看例句。
What does it matter if the outcome is not perfect?
At least we tried our best.
結果不完美又有什麼關係呢？
至少我們盡力了。
Well at the end of yesterday’s lesson we heard Anthony ask his auntie if he can pick and choose what he wants from the picnic.
How does auntie respond?
He says of course.
Just don’t pick up anything from people’s plates.
She warned people don’t like sharing with ants.
Get your food.
I’ll pick out a spot to eat.
Here we see the first one of our pick phrases for today, friends.
If you’re picking something out, it means that you’re selecting something from a group.
That’s right.
So for example, she helped me pick out a new outfit for the event tonight.
Okay now.
The next part of our story.
We see Tyrant and Anthony are going out together.
They hastened off.
Now this word hastened is a really interesting one for you to know, friends.
We don’t use it too much in conversational speech anymore.
But you will see it quite often in writing.
This means to act or move quickly.
For example, the students hastened to finish the project because it was due tomorrow morning.
Okay in this next part of the story, we find out what the ants find to eat.
Anthony found a delicious cookie.
But what did Tyrant do?
Tyrant just picked through some chips.
Pick—if you pick through something, it means that you search carefully among different items.
Different things that might be in one place.
And this could be a good thing or a bad thing.
The idea here that he’s picking through, it just means that he’s not really satisfied with what he’s finding.
Here’s another example of how you could use "pick through" in a sentence.
She picked through her stationery for the perfect card.
That means she has something very specific in mind.
And she was looking at all of the other options.
That’s right.
Now we see here that I’m thinking wow, there was so much good stuff at that picnic that auntie said.
But Tyrant is not happy with it.
He says he found a chicken bone that had been picked clean.
He says this food is terrible.
Something has been picked clean.
It means that it’s been completely emptied or all the good parts have been taken.
Right.
For example, the store was picked clean after the sale.
There was hardly anything left on the shelves.
That’s right.
He goes on complaining.
He says this food is terrible.
He complained it’s been picked over.
I don’t want any of it.
Picked over is another great phrase to know, friends.
This means that something has been thoroughly searched through, thoroughly sorted, or maybe a lot of people have already made their choice.
So there’s not a lot left.
That’s right.
I remember going to thrift stores that sold old clothing when I was in high school.
And if you went on the day that they had a big sale, kind of like the example you just gave, you had to get there early.
Or else you’d find all the racks had been picked over.
Exactly.
Tyrant doesn’t want any of this food.
It’s been picked over.
But then he saw cake with chocolate frosting.
Do you like frosting?
Depends on the frosting.
You know some frosting is really good.
Maybe this is that kind.
But frosting is just the sweet icing that you see on cakes or cupcakes or any kind of dessert.
Mmm yes.
Anthony really wants this cake with the chocolate frosting.
He said looks delicious.
So what if it’s on someone’s plate?
So what if?
You saw that already.
Thanks for teaching that to us, Jack.
But this goes directly against what auntie told him to do, doesn’t it?
It sure does.
And that means that this is guaranteed to not go very well.
For Tyrant.
No not at all.
He says I’m getting a piece.
Let’s find out what’s going to happen, friends, and go to the next part of our conversation.
The Picnic
No, cried Anthony.
You heard auntie.
What does she know?
Laughed Tyrant.
And disobeying auntie, he marched onto the paper plate where the cake was.
Tasty, he grinned as he picked at the frosting.
我們來看動詞 disobey。意思是不服從或是違抗。
來看例句。
When you disobeyed your parents, one consequence might be increased tension in your relationship.
當你不順服父母時，後果之一可能是你們的關係會變得更加緊張。
Disobey 的形容詞是 disobedient，是指不聽話的。
Hugh, although she was notoriously disobedient as a child, she grew up to be an honorable law-abiding citizen.
雖然她小時候出了名不聽話，但長大後卻成為一個可敬守法的公民。
它的名詞是 disobedience。
例如，He instantly regretted his disobedience and tried to make amends by apologizing and changing his behavior.
他立刻對自己的不服從感到後悔，並試圖透過道歉和改變行為來作為彌補。
Oh this Tyrant, he is going to get in trouble and his cousin Anthony knows it.
Anthony says no, you heard auntie.
He knows that auntie told them not to take food off of people’s plates.
Because people don’t like that, do they?
We see here though that Tyrant does not trust auntie nor does he respect auntie.
He says what does she know?
And he’s laughing about it like haha, what does auntie know?
What does she know about cake?
Tyrant wants to get what he wants to get no matter what.
Now when you see this phrase, friends, what does he or what does she know, it means that you’re expressing doubt about someone’s knowledge.
You’re saying that you know better than they do.
So you’re not going to follow what they have said.
That’s a bad idea, especially in this situation.
auntie has been an ant a lot longer than Tyrant has, but he doesn’t respect her and he doesn’t care.
Another way you could use this phrase is to talk about someone who maybe they’re gonna start a business.
But you feel like oh, what do they know about running a business?
You doubt that that person has the ability to do the thing that they’re trying to do.
Exactly, and we see here in this next part that Tyrant decides to disobey auntie.
You learned about that word disobey in your language lab, friends.
He’s going directly against what auntie told him to do.
We see this word marched again here.
He marched onto the paper plate where the cake was.
We talked about this word marched multiple times.
And I think here in this circumstance we’re talking about doing something with purpose.
He knows what he’s going to do.
He’s making a choice.
That’s right.
A lot of times we can be like that when we’re making choices to disobey or to do things that we know that might be wrong.
But we just kind of march into it.
And then when something happens and we have to deal with the consequences, then we learn.
Oh, that’s why my auntie or my mom or my dad told me not to do that thing.
But Tyrant hasn’t learned that yet.
He gets onto the plate, marches onto the plate, takes some of the cake and says tasty.
And he grins as he picks at the frosting.
This word grins kind of makes me laugh a little bit.
It’s kind of like smiling.
But oftentimes when you see someone is grinning, they’re showing a lot of teeth.
And if it’s an evil smile or an evil grin, we don’t say smile, we say evil grin.
Because he’s happy about it.
But I don’t know, he’s kind of being bad at the same time like this.
Maybe evil grin?
Tiama, I think so.
Okay well yes.
Yeah it’s a very good description of what grin means.
So you could, for example, you could say that oh, the Prince gave an evil grin when he saw that he got his way.
Now grin doesn’t always have to be evil, right?
But usually it means that you’re showing a lot of teeth.
And it’s not as soft as a word as smiling.
That’s right.
Now we also see that he picked at the frosting.
If you pick at something, it means usually that you eat small amounts of food.
Or at least it means here.
And we oftentimes use it in that way to describe someone just eating small amounts of something, picking at something.
Exactly.
For example, you could say she picked at her salad because she didn’t feel very hungry.
Sometimes little children pick at their food if they don’t like what’s being served.
They just take little bites and move it around on their plates.
Now we are going to find out what happened when Tyrant marched onto that plate.
But first, let’s go to our Info Cloud.
Hello friends, welcome to Info Cloud.
Garrett, I saw you decline that free lunch earlier, what happened?
Hey Rax, well it was a peanut butter sandwich and I’m allergic to peanuts.
So I had to pass.
That makes sense.
But you know, it reminded me of the saying, beggars can’t be choosers.
That’s a good one.
That phrase means if you’re asking for help or relying on someone’s generosity, you shouldn’t be too picky about what you receive.
It’s often said to remind people to appreciate what’s being offered.
Instead of focusing on what they’d prefer.
It applies to so many situations too.
Like if you borrow clothes, you can’t complain about the style of those clothes.
Or if someone gives you a ride, you can’t be too picky about the music they play in their car.
Exactly.
But of course, it’s important to balance gratitude with basic needs like my allergy earlier.
Appreciation doesn’t mean compromising your health or safety.
True.
Context matters indeed.
Thanks for shedding light on this classic saying, Rex.
And to our viewers, if someone helps you out, remember to be thankful.
Beggars can’t be choosers.

Beggars can’t be choosers. 乞丐沒有選擇餘地
當我們接受別人的幫助，應該存著感恩的心，不能挑三揀四。
就像西方的一句諺語：Beggars can’t be choosers.基本上是乞丐不能當選擇的人。
雖然聽起來可能有點不舒服，但 "beggars can’t be choosers" 是在表達接受別人慷慨付出的時候，不能夠太挑剔。
例如借了別人的衣服，就不應該抱怨衣服的款式。
如果有人開車載你一程，你也不應該對他們車裡播放的音樂太過挑剔。
"Beggars can’t be choosers" 也就在提醒人們接受幫助的時候應該有的禮節。
這就是今天的 Info Cloud。我們下次雲端見。

The Picnic
Suddenly the plate shifted.
Wow.
Scared as he was, Tyrant held on.
A plastic fork cut into the cake above his head.
A bite-sized piece of cake disappeared.
Help, screamed Tyrant.
But it was too late.
Ants, a voice sounded.
Suddenly Tyrant was struck by the fork.
Tyrant tumbled to the ground alongside pieces of cake and frosting.
Leaving auntie and Anthony to pick up the pieces.

接下來看 shift 這個字。它可以當動詞或是名詞。
當動詞時是「轉移」或「推卸」的意思。
比如：You always try to shift the blame, but you’re the one who made the mistake.
Riley 對妹妹大喊說：你總是想推卸責任，但明明犯錯的是你，然後氣沖沖地離開。
Shift 如果當名詞，是「改變」的意思。
比如：There was a noticeable shift in her attitude after the teacher pulled her aside and talked to her privately.
老師把她叫到一旁私下談話後，她的態度有了明顯的轉變。
Shift 另外一個意思是「輪班」。
譬如：Grabbing her purse, Mom said, “You’re on your own for dinner. I’ve got a late shift tonight.”
媽媽拿起錢包說：「你自己吃晚餐吧，我今晚要值晚班。」

Friends, nothing good can come from Tyrant disobeying auntie’s instructions not to climb on people’s plates at the picnic.
And we see something happens here in this next part.
Suddenly the plate shifted.
Wow.
Scared as he was, Tyrant held on.
Oh no.
This plate got picked up by a person.
And then a plastic fork cut into the cake above his head.
Now usually when you’re at home using silverware to eat, you’re not usually using plastic or disposable silverware.
You’re usually using silverware made of some type of metal.
But at a picnic, oftentimes the cleanup is easier if you use things that are one-time use or disposable like plastic.
This is a synthetic material that’s used to make many different products.
Yeah.
There are many toys made of plastic.
You could say that the box of LEGO bricks were all made of plastic.
But I would recommend trying to use as few of these kinds of single-use products as possible.
Because it’s not very good for the environment.
That’s right.
Well, here we see that this fork cut into the cake above Tyrant’s head.
A bite-sized piece of cake disappeared.
This was a close call for Tyrant.
I think he might have been eaten very easily.
He would have.
And that would have been bad both for him and the human.
Because one time I accidentally took a bite out of a piece of cake that was covered with ants.
And let me tell you, it was not a very fun experience.
Was it at a picnic?
It was in my house.
Oh no.
I put a piece of cake, I was eating it, I remember it was a piece of carrot cake.
I took a bite.
I got it from a bakery.
I put it on my window sill.
And then this was when I was living in the States.
I was throwing something on the computer.
And then I reached over.
I took another bite, and it’s crunchy all of a sudden.
I’m like well, that’s strange.
Like that part of the carrots that were crunchy, that I did.
And then I looked down and it was a brown cake.
So I didn’t notice right away.
And I looked closely.
And the surface of the cake was kind of moving a little bit.
And that’s when I realized that I had a mouthful of little black ants.
And I, of course, swallowed it.
But I didn’t want to throw it away.
I don’t know.
I guess I had already swallowed it.
But I had a stomach ache for a while after that actually.
And I threw the cake out.
Yeah.
It was terrible.
Okay, well this was almost happening to Tyrant as well.
He almost got eaten because of cake.
He said help.
He actually screamed this.
He screamed for help.
But it was too late.
So to listen to auntie.
"Ants," a voice sounded.
The voice of the people, I guess.
Suddenly Tyrant was struck by the fork.
Oh, if you’re struck by something, it means you’re hit by it.
Tyrant tumbled to the ground.
If you tumble, friends, it means that you fall suddenly or roll over.
It’s like falling, but it’s really not very graceful, right?
And it oftentimes hurts.
For example, the child tumbled down the stairs after slipping on something.
Ouch.
We see here that he tumbled to the ground alongside pieces of cake and frosting.
Leaving auntie and Anthony to pick up the pieces.
This is a great phrase, friends.
It is so useful for a lot of different situations.
If you pick up the pieces, it means that you’re trying to recover from some type of setback.
That’s right.
For example, after losing the game, the team had to pick up the pieces.
Okay.
You can also pick up the pieces if you have a ruined relationship.
Or if you get a bad grade on a project.
The way you handle those things after they happen, you can say, I need to pick up the pieces to recover.
And the fact that auntie and Anthony are picking up the pieces after Tyrant has fallen on the ground, tumbled to the ground, it sounds to me like Tyrant may no longer be with us.
That’s possible.
Or it could mean that he’s just learned a very important lesson about eating cake on people’s plates at picnics.
We have more to learn about in just a moment, friends.
But first, let’s go to today’s fun fact.
Hello facts friends.
I am Detective Ernest Finder.
And I have a fun fact for you today.
Did you know if a word has "ant" at the end, it often means a person who does something?
It’s true.
For example, entrant, someone who enters a contest.
Participant, someone who participates in an activity.
Or combatant, someone who fights in combat.
Now elephant is not the same, but you get the meaning.
And that is today’s fun fact.
All right, poor Tyrant.
I guess you could maybe say he got what he deserved.
Because no one really liked him.
And he continually wasn’t listening to auntie.
He was someone who liked to gripe a lot.
Do you know anyone who whines when they don’t get what they want?
I mean, I can whine sometimes when I don’t get what I want.
And it’s very annoying to myself.
Especially when I think back on it like oh, why was I whining so much about that?
Maybe I was tired.
I was hungry at the time.
And so I was responding to something by griping instead of being more mature and thankful.
I do that sometimes too.
I can really be a whiner when I don’t get what I want.
What about you, friends?
Well, that’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And I’m David.
And we’ll see you next time right here on Studio Classroom.


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