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20210126 Tuesday

Sonnet 11

As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow’st
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow’st
Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest.
Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase;
Without this, folly, age, and cold decay.
If all were minded so, the times should cease,
And threescore year would make the world away.
Let those whom nature hath not made for store,
Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish;
Look whom she best endowed she gave the more,
Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish.
She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby
Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.

The BBC has rejected a complaint against Laura Kuenssberg for using the phrase “nitty-gritty”, which anti-racism campaigners claim originates from the slave trade.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-laura-kuenssberg-nitty-gritty-b900886.html

Nitty gritty 核心 the basic facts of a situation

Big rise in redundancies among young people

Redundancy 解雇

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55808052

wazoo たくさん

https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/shakespeares-sonnets/sonnet-11/