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Use Emojis Carefully

One of the nice things about emojis is that people from all over the world can understand them. But I have recently learned that some emojis have different meanings in China.

表情符號的好處之一是來自世界各地的人都能理解它們所要表達的意思。但是我最近了解到有一些表情符號在我們中國有不同的含義。

Take the basic smiley face emoji. At first， I thought it was just a normal， friendly smile. But later， I found out that it can mean something different. It can mean that someone is looking down on you or even mocking （嘲笑） you. Look， although the emoji is smiling， its eyes are looking downward， which makes it look like a fake （虛假的） smile.

就拿基本的笑臉表情來說吧。起初，我以為這個笑臉只是一個正常友好的微笑。但是后來我發現，這個笑臉可能有另一種意思，可能意味著某人看不起你，甚至嘲笑你。你看，這個表情符號雖然在微笑，但它的眼睛是向下看的，看起來就像是虛假的微笑。

Or what about the smiling face with a waving （搖擺） hand？ It certainly looks friendly enough. But actually， some people use this emoji to show that they dont want to talk to someone - the hand is waving“goodbye”， as in“never talk to me again”.

那么，微笑著揮手的表情呢？它看起來很友好，但是實際上，有些人用這個表情來表示不想和別人說話——揮手說“再見”，意思就是“不要再跟我說話”。

In fact， some emojis also have double meanings in Western countries. One of my favorite emojis is the “cry-laugh” emoji. At first， it meant “rolling on the floor laughing”. But over the years， the meaning has changed. It is often used to describe situations that are so tragic that you cant help but laugh to cheer yourself up.

事實上，一些表情符號在西方國家也有雙重含義。我最喜歡的表情符號是“哭笑”。起初，它的意思是“笑到在地板上打滾”。但是這些年來，這個意思已經改變了。它經常被用來表達非常悲慘的境況，以至于你只能用苦笑讓自己振奮起來。

It looks like the language of emojis changes over time， just like real languages. We should be careful how we use it when speaking to others.

看起來表情符號的意思會隨著時間的推移而改變，就像真實的語言一樣。當和別人聊天時，我們應該小心使用。

Whats Wrong with White Fur Animals

Can you name some animals that have white fur （皮毛）？ Arctic （北極的） foxes and white-coated weasels （白鼬） do. They live in cold， snowy places. Their white fur is the same color as snow. This helps them easily hide in their environment. Their enemies （敵人） have a hard time finding them.

你能說出那些有白色皮毛的動物的名字嗎？北極的狐貍和白鼬就是這一類動物。它們居住在寒冷多雪的地方。它們的白色皮毛和雪的顏色是一樣的，這有助于它們隱藏自身，躲避敵人。

But their white fur may not always be able to protect them. Because of global warming （全球變暖）， winters are starting later and ending sooner. Enemies can easily see white-fur animals when there is no snow around them. One day， there may be no more of these animals left.

但它們的白色皮毛并不總是能保護它們。由于全球氣候變暖，冬季開始得越來越晚，結束得越來越快。當周圍沒有雪的時候，白色皮毛動物的敵人就很容易發現它們。終有一天，這些白色皮毛動物將會完全消失。

The white-coated weasel is one example of this. They live in a forest in Poland. They have brown fur in summer that turns white in winter. Scientists from Poland found that between 1997 and 2007， the number of snowy days in the weasels environment dropped from 80 days to 40 days.The number of white-coated weasels fell by 20 percent when there was less snow. Many of them were eaten by foxes and other animals.

白鼬就是一個例子。它們生活在波蘭的森林里，夏天它們的皮毛是棕色，冬天它們的皮毛變成白色。波蘭科學家發現，從1997年到2007年，在白鼬生存的環境里，下雪的天數從80天下降到40天。當雪少的時候，白鼬的數量下降了20%，因為許多白鼬被狐貍和其他動物吃掉了。

Maybe， In the future， the weasels might just have brown fur year-round， or change their fur later than usual.

或許，未來，白鼬一年四季都只是褐色的皮毛了，或者它們換白毛的時間會比現在更晚。