盧老師憶唐先生

「當你同人接近時，莫有十分確切的證據，你不要想他也許有不好的動機，這不僅因為你誤會而誣枉人，你將犯莫大的罪過；你必是常常希望看見他人之善，你將先從好的角度去看人。」

東江縱隊

the Communist guerrillas (游擊隊) of the East River Column

Kempeitai

憲兵隊
Japanese military police

Gregorian calendar

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Gregorian-calendar

2000 was a leap year (閏年)...1800 and 1900 were not leap years, neither will 2100 or 2200 be leap years.

http://www.npl.co.uk

beyond burger without soybean

The Beyond Burger™ (素漢堡品牌) packs 20 g of plant-based protein (植物蛋白) and has no genetic modified organisms (非基因改造生物GMOs), soy (大豆) or gluten 麩質 (a tenacious 緊粘不放的elastic protein substance especially of wheat flour that gives cohesiveness to dough生麵團).

Information modified from: beyondmeat.com and merriam-webster.com

Although phytoestrogens (一種植物雌激素) are chemically similar to estrogen and behave like the hormone (荷爾蒙) in some respects, they are far weaker. Men don't need to worry about feminizing (女性化) effects from eating soy-based foods.

Source: health.harvard.edu

…To identify possible effects of isoflavones (異黃酮) on male fertility (生育能力), we evaluated reproductive parameters (independent variables) in rats receiving dietary exposure to a characterized mixture of soy-derived isoflavones. Beginning at 10 weeks of age, rats received chronic dietary exposure to the soy isoflavone mixture (200 or 2000 mg/kg diet) for a minimum of 12 months. Controls received unsupplemented chow diet only for the same period...Absolute and relative weights of the testis (睪丸) and epididymis (副睪) in groups receiving high or low doses of isoflavones were comparable to those of controls, and histopathologic (組織病理的) evaluations demonstrated that testicular morphology (形態) was similar in all study groups. Isoflavone exposure had no significant effects on spermatid (精子細胞) count, sperm production, or sperm morphology in any group...

Faqi, A.S., & Johnson, W.D. (2004). Reproductive toxicity assessment of chronic dietary exposure to soy isoflavones in male rats [Abstract]. Reproductive Toxicology, 18(4), 605-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.02.013

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye (黑麥), and barley (大麥). It is found mainly in foods but may also be in other products like medicines, vitamins, and supplements. People with gluten sensitivity have problems with gluten. It is different from celiac (小腸) disease, an immune disease in which people can't eat gluten because it will damage their small intestine.

Source: medlineplus.gov

fever and body height

https://www.quora.com/Does-our-height-grow-after-we-get-a-fever

fortune

chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs；luck, especially good luck

OUP

arbitrary: existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will

capricious: governed or characterized by caprice

caprice: a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion (念頭) or action

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