Leisure Time
一、The Wider World
1、Universities cut holidays
多所高校缩短国庆假期
A number of universities have reduced holidays for the coming National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, as students are encouraged not to leave campus for nonessential travel to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
国内多所高校决定缩短即将到来的国庆中秋长假，鼓励学生非必要不离校，以防止新冠肺炎的传播。
This year's National Day holiday, which runs from Oct 1 to 8, has been extended one day as Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Oct 1.
今年10月1日恰逢中秋节，因此国庆假期比往年多了一天，从10月1日一直持续至10月8日。
Wang Dengfeng, head of the department of physical, health and arts education under the Ministry of Education, said at a news conference last month colleges should make region-specific arrangements in line with current epidemic prevention and control requirements.
教育部体育卫生与艺术教育司司长王登峰在上月举行的一个新闻发布会上表示，高校要根据当地实际情况和当前疫情防控的要求合理安排假期。
Students and faculty members are being encouraged not to leave campus for nonessential travel and avoid mass gathering activities, especially in places with poor ventilation, he added.
鼓励广大师生非必要不离校，不参加聚集性活动，特别是在空气不流通的场所。
2、Oscars' new diversity rules
奥斯卡推出多元化新政
Starting in 2024, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will only give the top Oscar to movies that are more diverse - either on screen or behind the scenes.
从2024年开始，美国电影艺术与科学学院只会把奥斯卡最佳影片奖颁给更加多元化的影片——无论是幕前还是幕后。
For movies to be eligible for the best-picture award, they'll have to adhere to two of four diversity categories, which cover everything from casting to marketing.
影片必须遵守四个多样性规则中的两个才能入围最佳影片。这四个多样性规则涵盖从选角到市场营销等方方面面。
The new standards come after years of criticism that the Academy Awards, Hollywood's highest honors, are too white and male.
多年来，人们一直批评奥斯卡这一好莱坞最高荣誉过于白人化和男性化，新规因此出台。
Other categories the Academy will consider when looking at diversity are whether the leadership and project teams are diverse, whether distribution or finance companies behind the film offer opportunities to underrepresented groups.
奥斯卡会考虑多元化规则的其他方面包括：领导和项目团队是否多元化，电影背后的发行公司或金融公司是否为代表性不足群体提供各种机会。
3、Full stop is 'intimidating'
年轻人为何
爱用句号?
Full stops intimidate young people when used in social media communication as they are interpreted as a sign of anger, according to linguistic experts.
语言专家表示，在社交媒体交流中使用句号会让年轻人感到恐慌，因为他们认为这表示愤怒。
Teenagers and those in their early 20s, classified as Generation Z, have grown up with smartphones, which they use to send short messages without full stops.
青少年和那些20岁出头的人被称为Z世代，他们在智能手机的陪伴下长大，用智能手机发送短信，但不使用句号。
Linguistic experts are now investigating why teens interpret a correctly-punctuated text as a signal of irritation.
语言专家正在研究，为什么青少年会把正确地使用了标点的短信理解为愤怒的信号。
Linguist Dr Lauren Fonteyn of Leiden University in Holland, tweeted: "If you send a text message without a full stop, it's already obvious that you've concluded the message. So if you add that additional marker for completion, they will read something into it, and it tends to be a falling intonation or negative tone."
荷兰莱顿大学的语言学家劳伦•方廷博士在推特上写道："发短信时不加句号，很明显你也已经说完了。所以如果已经结束了，你还额外加上一个表示完成的符号，人们就会从中解读出一些东西，往往是一种下沉的语调或负面的口吻。"
二、Charming Slang
英语俚语是英语中用于非正式场合的常用语言，幽默风趣，地域性强。但很多时候，我们听到英语俚语时，往往无法理解其中的意思，这就需要我们在平时生活中不断学习与积累。今天我们就带领大家开启英语俚语的学习旅程吧。
1.Bite The Bullet 终于下定决心要做一件难事，咬紧牙关
例句：It is a challenging goal, but we have to bite the bullet now.
这是一项具有挑战性的目标，但我们现在必须咬紧牙关，勇敢地为此奋斗。
2.Raining Cats And Dogs雨下得特别大
例句：The hiking is cancelled since it is raining cats and dogs.
因为下着倾盆大雨，徒步旅行被取消了。
3.Get One’s Goat激怒某人
例句：He always knows what to say to get my goat.
他总是知道说什么来激怒我。
4.Get Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed早起有起床气
例句：He must have gotten out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.
他今天早上一定是有起床气。
5.Butter Someone Up奉承、讨好某人
例句：When you butter someone up, you are trying to make it easier for you to get what you want from them.
当你奉承别人时，是在尝试让你自己更轻松地从别人那里获得你想要的。
6.Let The Cat Out Of The Bag不小心泄露秘密
例句：Jonathan loves to let the cat out of the bag.
乔纳森爱泄露秘密。
7.Bury The Hatchet化干戈为玉帛，停止战争，握手言和
例句：All previous ill will has been removed, we have agreed to bury the hatchet.
前嫌尽释。
8.One For The Road践行酒
例句：Before I Went home, he persuaded me to have one for the road.
在我回家之前，他劝我喝了最后一杯酒。
9.Cat Got Your Tongue不合时宜的沉默，本来到你说话了，却一言不发
例句：Has the cat got your tongue? You have not called me in days.
你怎么不说话？你好多天都没打电话给我了。
10.Big Wig某领域里举足轻重的人
例句：She wore a new hairpiece every day and was considered a big wig.
她每天都带一个新的假发，被认为是一个大人物。
Life of Studying Abroad
越来越多的大学生在完成本科学业之后选择去国外留学深造，拓展眼界和学识。那么你知道在申请留学之前要做哪些准备吗？今天我们就带你去了解下留学应做哪些准备。
First of all, to determine the countries to go to, for example, the Commonwealth countries need IETLS, the United States needs TOEFL or GRE scores. If you don't have enough English, you may need to take a preparatory course or a language course.
首先，要确定要去的国家，譬如英联邦的国家留学需要考雅思，美国需要托福或GRE的成绩。如果英语成绩不够，可能需要上预科或者是语言课程。
Search for interested schools and courses, learn about the curriculum, tuition. Different countries, different courses tuition and living expenses may vary a lot.
搜寻所感兴趣的学校和课程，了解课程设置，学费情况。不同国家，不同课程学费及生活费差异可能会很大。
Secondly, in the process of application, most schools need you to submit the application form, the highest education background, and the report card, the degree certificate, the graduation certificate and the report card need to be fair and translated. Then, when you receive the admission notice from the school, you need to apply for a visa, which probably needs a capital certificate. If you are a parent who helps pay the tuition, you need a parent's work and income certificate, and a birth certificate Ming, proof of kinship between children and their parents, physical examination form and proof of no criminal record are also required in some countries. All information and supporting documents need to be in Chinese and English.
其次，申请的过程中多数学校都需要你提交申请表格，最高学历，成绩单、学位证，毕业证和成绩单都需要公正和翻译。然后，当收到学校的录取通知书之后就需要办理签证，大概需要资金证明，如果是父母帮忙交学费的话就需要，父母的工作及收入证明，出生证明，子女与父母的亲属关系证明，有些国家还需要体检单，和无犯罪记录的证明，全部的资料及证明文件都需要中英文的。
It's probably that. According to different conditions and requirements, different destinations, different courses and objectives, each person will have different experiences in studying abroad.
大概就是这些，每个人根据自身条件和要求的不同，留学目的地不同，所学课程及自己的留学目标的不同会有不同的留学经历。
四、Poetry Roamer
The Road Not Taken未选择的路
——Robert Frost 罗伯特•弗罗斯特
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference
黄色的树林里分出两条路
可惜我不能同时去涉足
我在那路口久久伫立
我向着一条路极目望去
直到它消失在丛林深处
但我却选择了另外一条路
它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂
显得更诱人，更美丽
虽然在这两条小路上
都很少留下旅人的足迹
虽然那天清晨落叶满地
两条路都未经脚印污染
呵，留下一条路等改日再见
但我知道路径延绵无尽头
恐怕我难以再回返
也许多少年后在某一个地方
我将轻声叹息把往事回顾
一片森林里分出两条路
而我却选择了人迹更少的一条
从此决定了我一生的道路
五、Different Winds
白族是受汉文化影响较深的少数民族，主要分布在云南、贵州、湖南等省份，在形成与发展过程中，创造了灿烂的经济文化。今天，我们为大家介绍一下关于白族的传统节日和独特的建筑风格。
March street, also known as "Guanyin city" and "Guanyin Street", is a grand traditional festival of Bai nationality, and also a grand gathering of folk material exchange and recreational activities.
三月街亦称"观音市"、"观音街"，是白族传统盛大的节日,也是白族传统的民间物资交流和文娱活动的盛会。
March street is held at the foot of DIANCANG mountain in the west of Dali city from March 15 to 21 every year.
三月街每年农历三月十五至二十一日在大理城西的点苍山脚下举行。
At first, it had the color of religious activities, and then gradually became a grand material exchange meeting. It is not only a place for exchange, but also a garden for performing various dances, horse racing and competitions.
最初它带有宗教活动色彩，后来逐渐变为一个盛大的物资交流会,它不仅是个交换场所，还是表演各种舞蹈、赛马、竞技的园地。
Bai residential buildings have a unique style. Houses are mostly in the form of three rooms and one screen wall or four in five patios. They attached great importance to the decorative art of gatehouse building and screen wall, door and window carving and gable color painting.
白族民居建筑有着独特的风格。住房多采取三房一照壁或四合五天井格式。他们十分重视门楼建筑和照壁、门窗雕刻及山墙彩画的装饰艺术。
The gatehouse decoration is usually made up of clay sculpture, wood carving, color painting, stone carving and green brick. It is vigorous and stable, beautiful and generous, which reflects the architectural talent and artistic creativity of the Bai working people.
门楼装饰，通常采用泥塑、木雕、彩画、 石刻和青砖等组成串角飞檐，雄浑稳重，美观大方，体现了白族劳动人民的建筑才华和艺术创造力。
播音主持：赵婷婷 王怡鑫 田金桐 王振康 王瑞雪
责任编辑：郭 华 陈嘉咏
实习编辑：张佳卉
责任审核：尹 平 郭元硕