2024年11月6日星期三
2024年11月5日星期二
Response-Ability
While the word proactivity is now fairly common in management literature, it is a word you won't find in most dictionaries. It means more than merely talking initiative. It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.
subordinate: to treat as of less value or importance
conducive to something: making it easy, possible or likely for something to happen
Reactive people are also affected by their social environment, by the "social weather." When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don't, they become defensive and protective. Reactive people build their emotional lives around the behavior of others, empowering the weakness of other people to control them.
反應過敏的人會受到社會環境、「社會氣候」的影響。當人們對他們好時，他們就會感覺很好；當人們對他們不好時，他們就會變得防衛性和保護性很強。反應過敏的人的情感生活建基於別人的行為，讓別人的弱點反過來控制自己。
Proactive people are still influenced by external stimuli, whether physical, social, or psychological. But their response to the stimuli, conscious or unconscious, is a value-based choice or response.
積極、富責任感的人仍然會受到外界刺激的影響，無論是生理、社會或心理上的刺激。但他們對刺激的反應，無論是有意識或無意識的，都是以價值為基礎的選擇或反應。
misery: great physical or mental pain
exclaim: to say something suddenly and loudly, especially because of strong emotion or pain
demise: death
crucible: a place or situation in which people or ideas are tested severely, often creating something new or exciting in the process
forge something: to put a lot of effort into making something successful or strong so that it will last
testimony: a formal written or spoken statement saying what you know to be true, usually in court
transcend: to rise above or go beyond the limits of
bridesmaid: a young woman or girl who helps a bride before and during the marriage ceremony
protracted: lasting longer than expected or longer than usual
faculty: ability
agony: extreme physical or mental pain
an affirmative word or reply means ‘yes’ or expresses agreement
Online Dictionaries Used:
www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
www.merriam-webster.com
Translated with the help of DeepL and Edited
Stephen R. Covey "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
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劉德華主演的《焚城》帶你走進輻射的世界
近日，香港影星劉德華主演的電影《焚城》正在熱映。影片以虛構的放射性物質銫-137洩漏事件為背景，再次將「輻射」這個話題帶入大眾視野。作為一名醫學物理學家，我認為這是一個很好的契機，讓我們一起來探討輻射防護和日常生活中的輻射接觸問題。
輻射是一把雙刃劍，它在造福人類的同時，也可能帶來潛在的危害。醫學上，放射性同位素銫-137被廣泛應用於輻射儀器的準確性監測。一旦銫-137大量洩漏，其高能伽瑪射線將人體健康和環境安全構成嚴重威脅。因此，我們必須樹立科學的輻射觀，一方面要認識到放射性物質的醫學價值，另一方面也要清楚輻射的危險性，學會如何正確地防範和應對。
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撰文：張浩賢
2024年11月4日星期一
Etomidate
近年香港有人將「太空油」依托咪酯混入煙油，透過電子煙吸食，至今三人疑似吸食後死亡。今年亦至少六十九人管有或售賣太空油被捕，較去年的九宗急劇增加。
太空油暫時只受《藥劑業及毒藥條例》監管，未列入為毒品。政府目標明年上半年將其列入《危險藥物條例》，加大罰則及阻嚇力。吸毒問題嚴重，醫療衛生界立法會議員林哲玄認為需要現在處理，相信透過「先訂立，後審議」方式，立法程序並不複雜，希望政府交代立法時間表。
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Etomidate is an ultrashort-acting, non-barbiturate hypnotic intravenous anesthetic agent. Etomidate does not have any analgesic properties. It is administered only by intravenous route.
Barbiturates belong to the group of medicines called central nervous system depressants.
Some of the barbiturates may be used before surgery to relieve anxiety or tension. In addition, some of the barbiturates are used as anticonvulsants to help control seizures in certain disorders or diseases, such as epilepsy.
First Habit of Highly Effective People
squat: to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
vicious: dangerously aggressive
overrated: rated or valued too highly
pontificate: to give your opinions about something in a way that shows that you think you are right
endeavor: an attempt to do something, especially something new or difficult
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." said Henry David Thoreau.
dominion: dominion (over somebody/something) (literary) authority to rule; control
Self-awareness enables us to stand apart and examine even the way we "see" ourselves --- our self-paradigm, the most fundamental paradigm of effectiveness. It affects not only our attitudes and behaviors, but also how we see other people. It becomes our map of the basic nature of mankind.
自我意識讓我們能夠站在不同的角度，審視我們 「看待」自己的方式——我們的自我範式，也就是最基本的效能範式。它不僅會影響我們的態度和行為，還會影響我們看待他人的方式。它成為我們對人類基本本性的映射。
conditioning: the training or experience that an animal or a person has that makes them behave in a particular way in a particular situation
acknowledged: generally recognized, accepted, or admitted
tender: marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions
bratty: (of a person, especially a child) badly behaved
Viktor Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning"
postulate: to suggest or accept that something is true so that it can be used as the basis for a theory, etc.
repugnant: making you feel strong dislike
decency: propriety
shudder: to shake because you are cold or frightened, or because of a strong feeling
perish: to cause to die
indignity: a situation that makes you feel embarrassed or ashamed because you are not treated with respect; an act that causes these feelings
shovel: to dig or clean out with a shovel
captor: one that has captured a person or thing
endowment: a quality or an ability that you are born with
Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.
Within the freedom to choose are those endowments that make us uniquely human. In addition to self-awareness, we have imagination --- the ability to create in our minds beyond our present reality. We have conscience --- a deep inner awareness of right and wrong, of the principles that govern our behavior, and a sense of the degree to which our thoughts and actions are in harmony with them. And we have independent will --- the ability to act based on our self-awareness, free of all other influences.
在刺激與反應之間，人有選擇的自由。
在選擇的自由中，包含了那些使我們成為獨一無二的人類的賦予。除了自我意識之外，我們還有想像力——在我們的腦海中創造超越當前現實的能力。我們有良知——對於是非對錯、規範我們行為的原則有深刻的內在意識，並且知道我們的思想和行為在多大程度上與這些原則保持一致。我們有獨立的意志——能夠根據我們的自我意識行事，不受所有其他影響。
instinct: a natural quality that makes people and animals tend to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training
Online Dictionaries Used:
www.merriam-webster.com
www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
Translation with the help of DeepL.com
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美國大選涇渭分明 自由派濁水求新路
【明報社評】美國第六十屆總統選舉明天(十一月五日)舉行，兩大候選人特朗普與賀錦麗支持率持續膠着，突顯美國政治深刻分裂，鑑於特朗普有拒絕接受選舉結果前科，有輿論甚至擔心選後美國可能陷入政治混亂。今次選舉結果如何，有待開票揭曉，二零二一年國會山莊騷亂是否會重演言之尚早，但焦慮情緒正在美國蔓延，尤其是自由派已將特朗普「定性」為民主制度與自由主義價值觀的直接威脅，勝敗不僅關乎誰入主白宮，更關乎到什麼是美國社會主流核心價值。倘若賀錦麗勝出，自由派當然可以謳歌美國民主制度韌性；萬一特朗普最終當選，美國自由主義價值將面臨一場前所未有的衝擊。
特朗普︰共和黨
賀錦麗︰民主黨
謳︰粵音鷗
謳歌︰意思是歌詠以頌功德，出自《楚辭·離騷》。
《與成功有約》詞彙 03.11.2024
What you see determines what you do, and what you do determines what you get.
haul: the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win
inadvertently: by accident; without intending to
profound: very great; felt or experienced very strongly
Our lives are much like numbers on a page (game provided by Sean Covey). They are hard to navigate. There are so many choices and challenges. It's easy to get lost or less than effective.
在我們的生活中有許多選擇和挑戰。很難駕馭、很容易迷失方向，往往導致效率不高。其一個解決方案是改變自己的觀點，作者稱之為思維方式轉移。所見決定所為，所為決定所得。
signify: to be a sign of something
dismay: a worried, sad feeling after you have received an unpleasant surprise
hidden agenda: an ulterior motive
ulterior: going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper
Online Dictionaries Used:
www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
www.merriam-webster.com