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现代社会，互联网的发达，以及疫情的影响，让更多的人能在家工作。

In modern society, with the development of the Internet, and the impact of the epidemic, more people can work from home.

越来越多的人不再需要一个固定的单位去上班，例如去一个公司里上班，去一个部门上班，去一个机构里上班。

More and more people no longer need a fixed unit to go to work, such as to go to work in a company, a department or an organization.

越来越多的人在家里上班，通过互联网来完成自己的工作。或者不通过互联网，但是是为自己工作。

More and more people work from home and complete their work through the Internet. Or not through the Internet, but working for themselves.

这种工作我们可以叫做自由职业。那么，我来举几个例子。

This is what we might call freelancing. So, let me give you some examples.

例如自由摄影师，他通过展现自己的作品，可以招来越来越多的客户，例如他专门拍摄婚纱摄影，或者专门拍旅游照片。

Freelance photographers, for example, can attract more and more clients by presenting their work, such as those who specialize in wedding photography or travel photos.

另一个，是上次说到的蛋糕私房店，这一类呢，比较适合女性。

The other is the cake private shop mentioned last time, which is more suitable for women.

最近几年，还有一些专门写网络小说的人，成为了网络作家，他们通过在网上发布自己的作品，赚到了很高的版权费。

In recent years, some people who specialize in writing online novels have become online writers, who earn high copyright fees by publishing their works online.

还有一类非常普遍的就是设计师，因为设计师只要对着电脑完成自己的工作，然后再通过互联网交付给客户就可以了，那么它有更多的灵活性，所以现在有很多的自由设计师。

Another one that's very common is designers, because designers just have to do their work in front of the computer, and then deliver it to the client over the Internet, so it has more flexibility, so there are a lot of freelance designers now.

还有一类就是现在在中国非常多的一群人，他们做的是自媒体，我个人认为“自媒体”这个说法不太准确，但是我们就暂且这样称呼吧。

There is also a large group of people in China who do "We Media". Personally, I think the term "We Media" is not accurate, but let's call it that for the moment.

有的自媒体是做短视频，有的自媒体是写文章，有的自媒体是发音频。

Some we-media is to make short videos, some we-media is to write articles, and some we-media is to make audio.

今天给大家念一篇文章。

I'll read you an article today.

我的一个朋友，现在在许多人看来事业顺利，生活美满。但大家不知道的是，他刚毕业的时候，曾经经历过一段艰难的日子。

A friend of mine now has a successful career and a happy life in the eyes of many people. But what we don't know is that he went through a hard time when he first graduated.

因为他所学的专业比较冷门，他在求职的时候常常碰壁。很多投出去的简历都石沉大海，经过无数场招聘会，但后面都被委婉地拒绝了。

Because his major was not popular, he was often rejected when applying for a job. Many resumes were sent out with no response, and he went to numerous job fairs but only to be politely rejected.

那段日子，他每天早上都是鼓足了干劲出门，但每天回来都感觉到非常的沮丧。

At that time, he would go out every morning with all the energy he could muster, but every day he would come back feeling very depressed.

为了不让家人担心，他说谎说自己已经在上班了，不再需要家里提供费用。他用上学做兼职攒下来的钱付了房租，还要考虑剩下的钱怎么分摊到每一餐，才不至于挨饿。

In order not to worry his family, he lied and said he was already at work and no longer needed money from his family. He paid his rent with the money he saved from a part-time job at school and had to figure out how to divide the rest of the money into each meal so that he wouldn't starve.

就这样坚持了两个月，他终于被一家小企业录用。

After two months of this, he was hired by a small business finally.

上班时，他永远是部门里最努力的那一个；下班后，学习各种专业书籍，逼迫自己以最快的速度适应新的岗位，最终他通过了试用期，顺利地转正。

At work, he was always the hardest-working guy in his department. After work, he learned various professional books and forced himself to adapt to the new position as quickly as possible. Finally, he passed the probation period and successfully became a regular employee.

工作慢慢步入了正轨，他利用周末和假期参加各种培训。几年后，他跳槽到了一家大公司。

His job slowly fell into place, and he spent weekends and holidays attending various training sessions. After a few years, he jumped to a big company.

他说，这么多年过去了，他时常会想起那一段艰苦的日子。随着阅历的增长，他越来越感谢那段经历，感谢那些艰难磨砺了他的心智，激发了他的潜力。

He said that after so many years, he often thought of that hard time. As he grew older, he became more and more grateful for that experience, for the hardship that sharpened his mind and stimulated his potential.

正是因为吃过苦，他才更明白拼搏的意义，才会一直不断地努力向前。

It is because of suffering, he will understand the meaning of hard work, and will have been constantly trying to move forward.

很多时候，这样的文章会给我们心理安慰，给我们鼓励。但是呢，很多时候人们把这种文章叫做“心灵鸡汤”，它可以安慰你的心灵，但是这个世界是非常复杂的。它可能略过了一批残酷的事实，而只给你讲让你振奋，让你欣慰的事情。

Many times, such articles give us psychological comfort, give us encouragement. But, a lot of times people call this kind of article "chicken soup for the soul", it can comfort your soul, but the world is very complicated. It may skip over a batch of brutal facts and tell you only the things that cheer you up and make you happy.

曾经有一个很有名的综艺节目，他是一个辩论节目，中国的年轻人都非常喜欢看。他有一个题目，就是“我们要不要感谢生活带来的苦难”。

Once there was a very famous variety show, it was a debate show, the young people in China w

我有一个朋友，想自己开一个烘焙店。

I have a friend who wants to open her own bakery.

嗯，她的弟弟本身就是开烘焙店的。烘焙店是什么呢？主要就是做一些蛋糕点心。

Well, her brother owns a bakery himself. What is a bakery? It makes cakes and desserts.

据说他们主要利润最大的产品就是生日蛋糕，一个生日蛋糕的成本可能只要二三十元，但是售价一般都是一百多以上。

It is said that their most profitable product is the birthday cake. The cost of a birthday cake may only be 20 to 30 yuan, but the price is usually more than 100 yuan.

这个朋友呢，她不想一开始就开一个实体店。一方面她没有这么多的资金，另一方面她也无法承担实体店所带来的各种事务以及风险。

And this friend, she didn't want to start with a physical store. On the one hand, she doesn't have so much money, and on the other hand, she can't afford all kinds of business and risks brought by a physical store.

所以呢，现在很多的小女孩儿在家里面做一个烘焙私房店，私房店的意思就是在家里面做，有订单的时候就给客户送过去。

So, now a lot of little girls run a bakery in their home, which means they make products at home and deliver them to customers when they have orders.

即便是在家里面做这样一个烘焙店，它所要采购的设备和原材料也要花费几万甚至十几万的费用。

Even if such a bakery is made at home, the equipment and raw materials it needs to purchase will cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of RMB.

我们身边就有一些成功的案例，这些小女孩在家里面做蛋糕做点心，然后通过互联网卖出去。

There’re some successful cases of little girls around us, they make cakes and cookies at home and then selling them over the Internet.

她说有一个朋友就靠做这种烘焙私坊店，一年左右的时间，就买了一个好车。

She said that one of her friends made this kind of bakery, bought a nice car in about one year.

还有一个做蛋糕私房店的，他主要给客户定制生日蛋糕，还与婚庆公司合作，给婚礼现场提供蛋糕点心。

There is also a bakery owner who specializes in custom-made birthday cakes. He also cooperate with wedding celebration companies to provide cakes and snacks for weddings.

这些烘焙店因为节省了房租成本，一般都会采用很好的原材料，不会用劣质的奶油、牛奶等等，所以他们的蛋糕吃起来非常的清爽，而且很健康。

Because these bakeries save the rent cost, they usually use good raw materials instead of inferior cream, milk and so on, so their cakes taste very fresh and are healthy.

这一个做烘焙私房店的人呢，他有单子的时候就做蛋糕，没有单子的时候就去湖边钓鱼，这样的生活是不是很惬意呢。

This guy who runs the bakery, he makes cakes when he has orders, and he goes fishing at the lake when he doesn't have orders. Isn't that a nice life?

其实在当下，年轻人的工作节奏非常快，而且互联网上有各种的案例告诉这些年轻人，有很多的自由职或者创业项目能做着自己喜欢的事情，并且又能赚钱，甚至比打工上班赚的钱还要多。

In fact, nowadays, the work pace of young people is very fast, and there are all kinds of cases on the Internet that tell these young people that there are many free jobs or entrepreneurial projects that can do what they like and make money, even more than being am employee.

所以有越来越多的年轻人放弃固定的工作而选择创业，或者叫作做自由职业。

As a result, more and more young people are abandoning their regular jobs and choosing to start their own business, or do freelance work.

其实这在中国来讲是一个非常好的现象和趋势，这表明工作的多样化以及年轻人的活力。

In fact, this is a very good phenomenon

有一个理论说，一个人越炫耀什么，他就越缺什么。

There is a theory that what a man shows off, what he lacks.

你认同这种说法吗？鉴别一个人真正的实力，就要看他在炫耀什么。

Do you agree with that? To judge a man's real strength is to see what he is showing off.

如果他炫耀自己是名校毕业，那么学历就是他的上限，如果他炫耀他有百万的豪车，那么车子就是他的上限。

If he shows off that he graduated from a famous university, then his degree is his upper limit; if he shows off that he has a million luxury cars, then the car is his upper limit.

他为什么要炫耀自己的学历经历？因为那是他最辉煌的经历。

Why does he show off his academic experience? Because it was his greatest experience.

他为什么要炫耀他的车子，因为那是他能买得起最贵的车子。

Why does he show off his car? It's the most expensive car he can afford.

他为什么会炫耀自己的生活方式？因为那是他能理解的最有品味的生活方式。

Why does he show off his lifestyle? Because it was the most tasteful way of life he could understand.

曾经看到一个说法，就是穷人突然变富，就会很喜欢炫耀。但是本身家庭就很富裕或者出身贵族的人，就不会炫耀自己的地位或金钱。

I once saw a saying, the poor suddenly become rich, will like to show off. But people from wealthy or aristocratic families do not show off their status or money.

你认同这样的说法吗？

Do you agree with this statement?

还有一个类似的说法，是越表现自信的人，其实越自卑。

There is a similar saying that the more confident a person is, the lower he or she feels.

从某种意义上说，我很认同这种观点。

In a sense, I agree with this view.

另外呢，我发现身高比较矮的男性，在某种程度上很自卑，而他的自卑所表现出来的就是一种对抗性的自信。

In addition, I have found that shorter men have low self-esteem to some extent, and their inferiority is reflected in a kind of antagonistic confidence.

另外呢，还听到一种说法，就是如何培养自己的自信呢？如何让自己自信起来呢？

In addition, I also heard of a saying that how to develop one's own self-confidence? How to make oneself confident?

有一种说法是不断的成功，反复的成功，你就自信了。

There is a saying that repeated success, repeated success, you will be confident.

比如当我做一件事情，第一次的时候，我很紧张，第二次我就不那么紧张啊，比如演讲，当我演讲了很多次之后，就会变得很自信了。

For example, when I do something, the first time, I am very nervous, the second time I am not so nervous, such as speech, when I have given speech for many times, I will become very confident.

另外还有一种理论说，真正的自信是源于原生家庭充满爱充满温暖的成长环境。

Another theory is that true confidence comes from a loving, warm upbringing in the family of origin.

你认同哪一种观点呢？

Which view do you agree with?

当我们走出学校，开始工作，开始组建自己的家庭，开始有了孩子，我们就有了更多的压力。

When we get out of school, start working, start having a family, start having kids, there's more stress.

我们周围的大多数人都没有定期的进行体育锻炼，所以很多人都一直处在亚健康的状态。

Most of the people around us don't do physical exercise regularly, so many of them are in the state of sub-health all the time.

在中国的健身房，是办会员卡的形式。很多的人办了一张年卡，但是只去了几次，最开始要努力健身或者减肥的决心很快就没有了。

In Chinese gyms, it is the form of membership card. Many people sign up for an annual pass, but after only a few visits, the initial resolution to make effort to fitness or lose weight quickly fades.

中国人的工作时间很长，尤其是现在有了互联网的社交软件，仿佛没有了准确的上下班时间，不管是清晨还是夜晚，你都要及时的回复工作消息，处理工作的事情。

Chinese people work a long time, especially now with the Internet social software, it seems that there is no accurate time to go and leave work, no matter in the morning or at night, you have to timely reply to work messages, deal with work matters.

所以剩下来为数不多的休息时间，人们就想静下来好好休息一下，而没有力气再去做体育锻炼。

Therefore, with the few rest time left, people would like to calm down and have a good rest, and have no energy to do physical exercise again.

如何才能有所改善？这是涉及到个人规划、社会文化和经济发展多个方面的问题。

How can this situation be changed? It involves many aspects such as personal planning, social culture and economic development.

最近，一艘货轮卡在了苏伊士运河中间，几百艘船无法通行，导致了巨额的经济损失。

Recently, a freighter got stuck in the middle of the Suez Canal, impassable to hundreds of ships and causing huge economic losses.

苏伊士运河开建于1859年，在大量的埃及苦工的劳作下，经历了十年才完成。

The Suez Canal was built since1859 and took ten years to complete with the work of a large number of Egyptian laborers.

苏伊士运河建成后，欧亚之间的货运路程大大缩短了。

After the completion of the Suez Canal, freight travel between Europe and Asia was greatly reduced.

经过了一百多年的发展，苏伊士运河的作用越来越重要，每年大概有10%的世界贸易都要从苏伊士运河经过。

After more than 100 years of development, the Suez Canal has become increasingly important, with about 10 percent of world trade passing through it every year.

这次事件反映出来了苏伊士运河管理的问题。

The incident reflects problems in the management of the Suez Canal.

有一些文章分析这次事故最有可能赔偿的就是这艘轮船的所有方，一家日本的轮船公司。

Several articles have suggested that the most likely candidate for compensation is the ship's owner, a Japanese shipping company.

苏伊士运河管理的混乱所带来的意外事件，难道真的要让这样一家轮船公司来承担吗？

Should such a shipping company really be left to bear the unexpected consequences of the chaotic management of the Suez Canal?

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