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国际左撇子日
International Left Handers Day
Famous left-handed people：
音乐天才莫扎特（Mozart）、俄罗斯诗人普希金（Pushkin）、物理学家爱因斯坦（Einstein）、牛顿（Newton）、西班牙大画家毕加索（Picasso）、艺术大师卓别林（Chaplin）、著名作家马克·吐温（Mark Twain）、英国前首相丘吉尔（Churchill）、美国前总统奥巴马（Barack Obama）、意大利大画家达芬奇（Leonardo Da Vinci）......
下面看看关于左撇子，你不知道的那些事。
Left-Handers Day 2019: The history behind the celebration and 13 facts about the wonderful left
From scissors and smudged ink to spiral-bound notebooks and impossible-to-use tin openers, the lefties' life struggle is real.
While our increasingly digital world has brought advantages to both the left and right, International Left-Handers Day continues to be observed every year in recognition of our left-handed friends and famous faces.
表示“弄脏的，模糊不清的”，英文解释为“dirty or not clear”举个🌰：
The signature was smudged and impossible to decipher.
签名被弄得模糊一片，无法辨认。
表示“（书或笔记本的纸页）螺旋装订的”，英文解释为“a spiral-bound book or notebook has pages that are attached together by a long wire that is twisted around and put through small holes in the sides of the pages”。
表示“开罐器”，英文解释为“A tin opener is a tool that is used for opening cans of food.”
这里提两个不常见的含义，
1）表示“庆祝；庆贺；欢度”，英文解释为“to celebrate festivals, birthdays, etc.”举个🌰：
Do they observe Christmas?
他们过不过圣诞节？
2）表示“遵守，奉行（规则、法律、习俗等）”，英文解释为“to obey rules, laws, etc. ”举个🌰：
The old people in the village still observe the local traditions.
村里的老人仍然遵守当地的传统。
To mark International Left-Handers Day, which takes place today, we've put together some lovely left-leaning facts for you to enjoy.
So take a moment to pause and appreciate the plight of your cack-handed friends living in a right-handed world, or if you're a left-hander then celebrate today - it's for you.
表示“苦难；困境；苦境”，英文解释为“a difficult and sad situation”，如：the plight of the homeless 无家可归者的艰难困苦。
表示“笨手笨脚的；笨拙的”，英文解释为“a cack-handed person often drops or breaks things or does things badly”。
When is Left-Handers Day 2019?International Left-Handers Day is observed annually on August 13, in celebration of the uniqueness and differences of our fellow lefties.
The history of Left-Handers DayDean R Campbell, founder of the Left-Handers International Inc, first observed the day in 1976, to help raise awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed.
Annual observances continued after the first recognition by Campbell and the day was later declared an official celebration by the Left-Hander's Day Club on August 13, 1997.
Today, many left-handers take to social media on August 13, to share the challenges and inconveniences they face in a predominantly right-hand world.
表示“绝大多数，主要地”，英文解释为“mostly or mainly”举个🌰：
The city’s population is predominantly Irish.
该城市的人口绝大多数是爱尔兰人。
While using right-handed scissors, writing in spiral notebooks and playing musical instruments are seen as modern-day struggles, left-handers have also been subject to different treatment in the past.
Left-handedness was once viewed negatively by previous generations, dating back to the Middle Ages, when lefties were thought to be possessed by the Devil.
In later years, some left-handed children were compelled by their parents and school teachers to use their right hand for writing tasks.
表示“强迫；逼迫；迫使”，英文解释为“to force someone to do something”举个🌰：
As a schoolboy he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter.
在小学阶段，即使在冬天他也被迫穿着短裤。
Research also shows that left-handed people could be more likely to experience certain conditions too. For example, a study by Yale in 2013 found that 40 per cent of those with schizophrenia are left-handed, while 11 per cent of those diagnosed with mood disorders such as depression are left-handed.
schizophrenia /ˌskɪtsəʊˈfriːnɪə/ 表示“精神分裂症”，英文解释为“a serious mental illness in which someone’s thoughts and feelings are not based on what is really happening around them”。
According to a Journal of Economic Perspectives study, left-handed people are more likely to work in manually intensive fields and most notably, earn 10-12 per cent less than those who use their right hand.
Famous left-handed peopleFrom US presidents and Royal Family members to artists and philosophers, a number of the famous faces we all know put pen to paper with their left hand. 13 facts about the wonderful left1. Just 10 per cent of the world's population is left-handed and this has remained roughly the case for thousands of years. Men are also more likely to be left-handed.2. Historically left-handed people were considered inferior, with the use of the left hand being associated with witchcraft.
与superior相反，表示“（与其他人或物相比）差的，次的”，英文解释为“not good, or not as good as someone or something else”举个🌰：
I felt very inferior among all those academics.
与那些学者在一起，我自惭形秽。
表示“巫术；魔法”，英文解释为“the use of magic powers, especially evil ones, to make things happen”。
3. Left-hand shakes are a sign of disrespect. This derives from the Middle Ages where people used to use their left hand to wipe after going to the toilet.4. The word sinister comes from the Latin word "sinestra" which originally meant “left” but took on meanings or “evil” or “unlucky.”sinister（邪恶，不详）一词取自拉丁语中的sinestra（左）。
表示“不祥的，凶兆的；阴险的；邪恶的”，英文解释为“making you feel that something evil, dangerous, or illegal is happening or will happen”举个🌰：
There is a sinister side to these events.
这些事件有邪恶的一面。
5. Wedding rings worn on the third finger of the left hand originated with the Greeks and Romans, who wore them to fend off evil associated with the left-hand.
表示“避开，回避”，英文解释为“to defend yourself from something such as difficult questions, competition, or a situation you do not want to deal with”举个🌰：
She uses her secretary to fend off unwanted phone calls.
她让秘书挡掉不想接的电话。
6. Tennis champion Rafael Nadal switched to being a left-handed player - and there's a myth that his coach and mentor Toni Nadal noted it would give him a bigger advantage on court.7. A left-handed compliment is a criticism couched as a compliment; otherwise known as a backhanded compliment, such as “you are very competent for someone so inexperienced.”
表示“隐含讥讽的恭维”，英文解释为“a remark that seems to say something pleasant about a person but could also be an insult”，也可以说backhanded compliment.
作动词，熟词僻义，表示“（用某种文体或方式）表达，措辞”，英文解释为“to say or write words in a particular style or manner”举个🌰：
The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms.
这封信故意写得含糊其辞。
8. Christianity traditionally associated the left with evil through its description of a Last Judgement where the damned (“goats”) are sent to the left, and the saved (“sheep”) to the right.
9. In The Simpsons, character Ned Flanders set up a shop to recognise the plight of left-handed people. Named “The Leftorium”, it specialised in left-handed products.《辛普森一家》中的内德（Ned）开了一家左撇子用品专卖店。10. Five out of the last eight US presidents write with their left-hand - Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.11. Lefties are also called "southpaws". The term was coined in baseball to describe a left-handed pitcher.
表示“（尤指拳击等运动中）惯用左手的人，左撇子”，英文解释为“a person who prefers to use their left hand rather than their right, especially in a sport such as boxing”。
13. There's even a place called Left Hand. It's in West Virginia, US but sadly the town isn't named after its left-handed community. It's actually named after nearby Lefthand Run creek.
表示“小溪；小河”，英文解释为“A creek is a small stream or river.”
补充：
up the creek表示“陷入困境；处于困境”（in trouble）举个🌰：
If any more people resign, we'll be really up the creek.
如果再有更多的人辞职，我们真的就麻烦了。
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