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一夜成名的服装设计师
吴季刚是一位有名的服装设计师。九岁和家人从台湾搬到加拿大。小时候,吴季刚对读书没有兴趣,但是喜欢玩芭比娃娃,也喜欢帮娃娃设计衣服。他十七岁时拿到芭比娃娃设计奖的冠军。

Where am I
I have long thought that prepositions are the most annoying feature of English for students of that language. Why is it “in the night city of time”? Why am I “in the house” but “at home”? Why is “of example” wrong, but “by way of example” is correct?

Addressing People through Courtesy Titles- “Surname + Title”
Once you have mastered this unit, you will be able to use several titles to address people appropriately.

Asking for Opinions with “…… zěnmeyàng?”
Once you have mastered the unit, you will be able to use five phrases to respond to the questions “How about …?”.

Thinking about thinking
So how to translate different conceptions of the English verb “to think” into Chinese? I don’t claim to have entirely resolved it, but this is how I, well, think about it.