【德】叔本华 著

• 人的命运的根本差异可能要从三个维度来界定：1）Ta是怎样的人：最广泛意义上的品行（健康、力量、美貌、气质、德性、智力及其所受的教育）；2）Ta拥有什么（各类财产、占有物）；3）在他人的评价中占据何种位置……第一个决定性地优于后两个…… 一个性格忧郁的人会把一场戏解读成一出悲剧；而对乐观派来说，可能只是一场有趣的冲突；对一颗冷漠的心来说，它可能是毫无意义的事情。
• 我们唯一力所能及的事，就是尽可能充分运用我们所拥有的个人品质，然后只追求那些能让这些个人品质发挥作用的事物，或者说努力去争取和这些个人品质完美契合的事物——除此之外，一概避免。
• “一个人的内在拥有什么”才是他幸福的首要因素。
• 最能让我们直接感到快乐的就是温和而开朗的情绪……确保和促进喜悦感，应该是我们在追求幸福的路上要努力达到的最高目标。
• 有了健康，一切都是快乐之源。

Sixteen days ago, I set a new goal to make sure the automatically recognized subtitles on YouTube match exactly what I intended to say.

To do that, I updated my English-learning approach, spending more time on Duolingo and shadowing some US and UK TV series.

After uploading a video this morning, I found the subtitles matched what I intended to say exactly.

Well, maybe it’s because I didn’t say much, or the AI recognition system has been updated.

I felt happy anyway.

As I’ve mentioned before, many types of fruit ripen in China during the summer. That’s a big attraction for people like me who love fruit.

Last Sunday, I found another nice thing about summer days.

It was hot that day, so I had to wait till the sun was going down to exercise outdoors.

When I was cycling along the Huangpu River, I noticed the sky looked like a magnificent oil painting because of the light of the sunset. And it was changing moment by moment.

I captured some of the view. You can watch the video here.

But I have to say, I didn’t capture the most beautiful part, because at that moment, I had only gotten my iPhone in hand and had to hold my bike while taking the video.

If you want to see this type of sunset in Shanghai in person, you need to come here in the summer. In other seasons, the sunsets from that point are still beautiful, but not with this kind of quality.

As I’ve mentioned before, we have a language-learning community on Teams called ‘Chatting in Chinese and English’.

We chat with each other in both English and Chinese in Teams meetings on weekends.

There have been several misunderstandings regarding timing recently, so I would like to establish some community rules for us to follow.

Here are some suggestions:

1. Before 8 p.m. on Thursday, Beijing time, post a message to confirm the meeting time. If no one posts a message to confirm the meeting, or if nobody else responds to the message within 24 hours confirming that they plan to attend the weekend meeting, then the meeting is cancelled.
2. When confirming the meeting time, feel free to mention the topics you’d like to discuss.
3.  Respect the language proficiency and cultural background of each member, and do not ridicule, discriminate against, or engage in personal attacks against others.
4. Please avoid sensitive topics such as politics or religion, and be respectful of personal privacy.

Do you have any more suggestions? Feel free to let me know.

Thanks in advance!