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  耶穌生日囉!!!

        For today's Christian, the origin of Christmas is, and should be, the birth of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible. Nothing more and nothing less. However, most of what we witness on December 25th each year has absolutely nothing to do with that blessed day, which probably occurred in late summer or early fall about 2,000 years ago. In fact, most of the customs and traditions of Christmas actually pre-date the birth of Jesus, and many of them are downright deceptive in their meaning and origin. Here are a few examples: 

The date of December 25th probably originated with the ancient "birthday" of the son-god, Mithra, a pagan deity whose religious influence became widespread in the Roman Empire during the first few centuries A.D. Mithra was related to the Semitic sun-god, Shamash, and his worship spread throughout Asia to Europe where he was called Deus Sol Invictus Mithras. Rome was well-known for absorbing the pagan religions and rituals of its widespread empire. As such, Rome converted this pagan legacy to a celebration of the god, Saturn, and the rebirth of the sun god during the winter solstice period. The winter holiday became known as Saturnalia and began the week prior to December 25th. The festival was characterized by gift-giving, feasting, singing and downright debauchery, as the priests of Saturn carried wreaths of evergreen boughs in procession throughout the Roman temples. 

  女權運動:

        戰爭時期，女性撐起半邊天

        擁有投票權 白女先於黑女

        Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide.

        In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed. 

        Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to vote (suffrage); to hold public office; to work; to fair wages or equal pay;              to own property; to education; to serve in the military or be conscripted; to enter into legal contracts; and to have marital or parental rights.

  "Gay" meant "happy" 50 years ago.

gay

【美】【俚】(一般指男子)同性戀的

• 鮮豔的; 豔麗的; 衣著華麗的

  The package was tied with gay ribbons .   包裹用色彩鮮豔的絲帶捆紮好。

• 快樂的; 爽朗的; 輕快的lesbian 

  Tonight she was gay and anxiety - free .   今晚她無憂無慮, 很是高興。

• 放蕩的; 尋歡作樂的

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  "Lesbian" is derived from Lesbos 

         The word "lesbian" derives from Lesbos, the island where the ancient Greek poet Sappho was born; her name is also the origin of its nowadays less common synonym "sapphic". The narrators of many of her               poems speak of infatuations and love (sometimes requited, sometimes not) men and women have for both genders.

 莎莎:「就算男女平權也要有選擇阿!女生幹嘛一定要爭取開大車、搬重物?要懂得讓男生服務!」

  二戰讓美國、歐洲的勢力消長

        美國借貸給參戰各國，回收時發了一筆戰爭財

        美國成為世界超級強權

  學生運動為社會改革的推動者

        韓國光州運動:光州事件，又名光州民主化運動（광주 민주화 운동）或五·一八光州事件，發生於1980年5月18日至27日期間。事件本來發生在南韓光州及全羅南道。是一次由當地市民自發的要求民             主運動。當時掌握軍權的全斗煥中將下令武力鎮壓這次運動，造成大量平民和學生的死傷。

        中國五四運動:五四運動發生於1919年的5月4日，是一場發生於中國北京、以青年學生為主的學生運動，以及包括廣大群眾、市民、工商人士等中下階層廣泛參與的一次示威遊行、請願、罷課、罷                  工、暴力對抗政府等多形式的愛國運動。事件起因在第一次世界大戰完結後舉行的巴黎和會中，列強把德國在山東的權益轉讓給日本，即山東問題。當時北洋政府未能捍衛國家利益，國人極端不滿，              從而上街遊行表達不滿。當時最著名的口號之一是「外爭強權（對抗列強侵權），內除國賊（懲除媚日官員）」。

        台灣野百合運動:三月學運又稱野百合學運或台北學運，是台灣在1990年舉行中華民國總統選舉前的3月16日至3月22日發生的學生運動。在該次運動中，人數最多時曾經有將近6000名來自台灣南北              各地的大學生，集結在中正紀念堂廣場上靜坐抗議，他們提出「解散國民大會」、「廢除臨時條款」、「召開國是會議」、以及「政經改革時間表」等四大訴求。這不但是中華民國政府遷台以來規模             最大的一次學生抗議行動，同時也對台灣的民主政治有著相當程度的影響。在該次學生運動後，時任總統李登輝一方面依照其對學生的承諾，在不久後召開國是會議，另一方面也在1991年廢除《動員              戡亂時期臨時條款》，並結束「萬年國會」的運作，台灣的民主化進入新階段。

  motion picture 

        A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to phi phenomenon. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditionalanimation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. Contemporary definition of cinema is the art of simulating experiences, that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations

  美歐的碩博士班制度不同

       莎莎:「照著美國學校給的stigma,時間到了，東西自然就拿到了!還不用看別人臉色」