{"podcast":{"title":"The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski","slug":"the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","podcast_index_feed_id":7041700,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6211048/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski--6211048","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f83dcb84278d17f0d93fb0a890241367.jpg","author":"Steven Sirski","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T00:19:39.960493+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700"},"episode":{"title":"SSAB - April 20, 2026","slug":"ssab-april-20-2026","published_at":"2026-04-20T09:19:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-april-20-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ssab-april-20-2026--71487741","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71487741/a0b464c4_2715_cebb_d213_f45443544f6d.mp3","summary":"420! Snicker snicker! hee hee hee Off to the museum! First time in a long time! Crowds a go go and wow, sandstorm and catkins abound. 假装上班! jiǎzhuāng shàngbān is all the rage! Also known in the West as “quiet quitting”. Another new phrase: 脱下孔乙己的长衫 (removing the long gown of Kong Ji — a short story by Lu Xun).https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/mockupation-phrase-of-the-weekhttps://cerclearning.tp.edu.tw/modern/datapage/77 And using Claude to build a B-Roll list, now, just to download, organize, categorize, and edit. What’s next with all this gadgetry? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA ***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Hope you have a great start of week! ⸻ 《孔乙己》（简化版） 鲁镇的酒店和别的地方不一样。门口有一个大柜台，里面有热水，可以温酒。工人下班后，会花几文钱买一碗酒，站在柜台外喝。如果多花一点钱，可以买点小菜。穿长衫的人比较有钱，他们会进里面坐着慢慢喝。 我十二岁开始在咸亨酒店当伙计。掌柜觉得我不够聪明，不让我招待有钱人，只让我在外面干活。后来我连卖酒也做不好，就改成专门温酒的工作，很无聊。 掌柜很凶，客人也不太友好。只有一个人来时，大家才会笑，这个人就是孔乙己。 孔乙己是唯一一个穿长衫却站着喝酒的人。他个子高，脸色不好，衣服又脏又破。他说话总是文绉绉的，别人听不太懂。大家都笑他，还给他起了外号“孔乙己”。 他一来，大家就取笑他，说他偷东西。他脸红着辩解，说“读书人的事不能算偷”。大家听不懂，但觉得很好笑。 听说孔乙己以前读过书，但没有考上，也不会做生意，所以越来越穷。他有时帮人抄书换饭吃，但因为懒，经常做不好。后来只能偶尔偷东西。不过他在店里从不欠钱，就算没钱，也会记账，一个月内还清。 有时候别人问他认不认识字，他会不高兴。有人问他为什么考不上，他就很难过，说一些没人听懂的话，大家又笑。 他有时跟孩子说话，还想教我写字。我不耐烦，不理他。他很失望。 孩子们也会围着他，他会分茴香豆给他们，但很小气，每人一颗。 后来有一天，掌柜说孔乙己很久没来了，还欠钱。有人说他偷了大户人家的东西，被打断了腿，可能已经死了。 过了一段时间，他真的来了。他变得又瘦又黑，不能走路，只能用手爬。他还要喝酒，说下次再还钱。大家还是笑他。他喝完酒，就慢慢爬走了。 从那以后，再也没有人见过他。掌柜还记着他欠的钱。 我想，孔乙己大概已经死了。 00:00 Museum Teaser Cold Open00:33 Daily Podcast Reset01:31 Beijing Skies And Smog Talk05:17 Pollution Then And Now07:01 Four Twenty In China10:…","meta_description":"420! Snicker snicker! hee hee hee Off to the museum! First time in a long time! Crowds a go go and wow, sandstorm and catkins abound. 假装上班! jiǎzhuāng shàn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3024,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/episodes/ssab-april-20-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-april-20-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}