Online Class Notes (Jesse) [19.5]

Is the earth a game? It is a philosophical problem.
As far as I know, the earth is the only planet where creatures can live in the universe. It has all the elements which human needs, sunshine, water, air, etc. It rotates leading to the change of daytime and nighttime and it revolves bringing us the four seasons. Plants have the purification functions, absorbing carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen. Animals being the predators or preys keep the balance of food chain. Such the earth looks perfect until humans appear.
We humans are so weak but dominate the earth. We don’t have muscles to defend ourselves when we are born. Our skins cannot protect ourselves from the strong sunshine for a long time. It is so difficult for us to have babies. Our brains have been only developed for 5% and we have very limited life. It is kind of a joke that such a weak race is the speaker of the earth.
So, I was always thinking that God or aliens create the perfect world as a chess board and humans might be the pieces of this game. Chasing wealth, Staying lazy，ignoring relatives，attacking friends are the things humans always do. So，if I were a piece，I would enjoy my life every day，not to hurt others deliberately as the destiny of a piece is to be eaten.

Is the earth a game? It is a philosophical problem.
As far as I know, the earth is the only planet where creatures can live in the universe. It has all the elements which humans need / human beings need, sunshine, water, air, etc. It rotates leading to the change of daytime and nighttime / leading to the day-night cycle and it revolves bringing us the four seasons. Plants have the purification functions, absorbing carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen. Animals, being the predators or prey, keep the balance of the food chain. The earth looked perfect until humans appeared.
We humans are so weak but dominate the earth. We don’t have muscles to defend ourselves when we are born. Our skin cannot protect us from the strong sunshine for a long time / for an extended period. It is so difficult for us to have babies / to procreate. Our brains are only 5% developed and we have very limited lifespans. It is kind of a joke that such a weak race is the speaker / dominant species of the earth.
So, I was always thinking that God or aliens created the perfect world as a chess board and humans might be the pieces of this game. Chasing wealth (during the course of our careers), Staying lazy (by sitting on the couch playing video games)，ignoring relatives，attacking friends are the things humans always do. So，if I were a piece，I would enjoy my life every day，not hurting others deliberately as the destiny of a piece is to be eaten. / I would enjoy my life and not hurt others.

Vocabulary

equator – the middle line of the earth
eg. China is north of the equator, and Australia is south of the equator

cell
eg. every 7 years every cell in your body is refreshed

my judgement has improved

I was gullible – I easily believed everything

true < > false

I can tell XYZ by doing sth
I can tell XYZ based on the way someone says it, the look on their face, the tone of their voice, their word choice

talk about people behind their back

I don’t get to know them privately

you know what kind of person you want to be based on when you meet people that you don’t like, and you think I don’t want to be like them.

simulation – a computer based reality
eg. look up on youtube: “are we living in a simulation?”

The Truman Show 

Grammar

it’s easily to get hurt – it’s easy to get hurt / you can get hurt easily

many people they always …

they chase for money

until – the condition before changed at that time
I was asleep until 9AM when my alarm went off. = I stopped being asleep at 9AM
I didn’t know how to use “being” until I watched your video
The earth looked perfect until humans appeared
Class won’t start until all the students have arrived. = when they arrive the class starts

The class is finished.
The class has been finished.

Pronunciation

philosophical – fil lo SOF fic cal 

creatures – “kree churz”