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sometimes I feel a little stuck like there's too many options
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and if I choose the wrong one well my life might just fall apart
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and I find that I distract myself
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so I don't even have to make a choice my mornings
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look the same every day wake up at 7 do a little bit of exercise make a yummy breakfast, eat an apple, and then my favorite part, having a cup of coffee.
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After that, I like to go for a walk where I can think of new ideas.
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And that's when it happens.
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Every time.
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I start to question everything.
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Am I making the right decision?
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Do I really know what I'm doing?
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How will all of this come together?
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And my mind starts to race.
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But it wasn't always like this.
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For a while, I didn't have to make any choices.
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They were made for me.
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Andrew, can you take the trash out?
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Yeah.
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It's not that I didn't know what I was going to do, it's that others made all of my choices.
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All I had to do was listen.
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Until one day I realized I wanted to do something different.
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I picked up a camera for the first time in 2018.
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I had a fascination with images, mainly images that convey an emotion.
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I quickly realized that I didn't know how to take photos, but I went for it.
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I would go out every day and just try to capture a photo that meant something to me.
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I tried so hard for years to get big jobs and take my photography to the next level, but it never happened.
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Honestly, I wanted to give up.
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I felt like I had made the wrong choice in this pursuit, but with Every Day That Passed, I continued showing up.
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And five years after I picked up a camera for the first time, I was asked to shoot for Grammy award -winning artist Dea.
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I felt like I wasn't ready for this opportunity,
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mainly because I always viewed my work and my skill still as a beginner.
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I had never worked on a set before
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so to be thrusted into the lion's den I felt I was out of my depths.
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But just as I did every day leading up to it I tried to capture a photo that would convey an emotion.
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There was something so surprising about realizing how far I had come simply by showing up every day
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and trying to learn something new with each day.
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Looking back I realized that the fears and doubts that you have when starting something new don't always go away, and sometimes they morph into new fears,
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but being able to ignore them and press forward, you realize they hold no weight.
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And that takes us to our next endeavor, which didn't go so well.
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I've always wanted to create some sort of brand, and after a few years of doing photography, my friend Meredith and I decided to create a brand to bring creatives together.
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It was called Made by Saturday.
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The goal was simple, create a brand
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that would bring not only our friends together
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but also creatives we had never done anything like this before
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so we weren't sure how to start there was a strange
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piece in not having any expectations of what it could be our main goal bring people together
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and that's exactly what we did we designed shirts and sweaters
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and hosted our first pop -up and it went perfectly musicians baristas
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and a lot of our friends came we also sold out of everything
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that we designed from there me and meredith were eager to get back to the drawing board.
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And that is where it all changed.
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You see, after our first pop -up, I had put an unrealistic expectation on myself.
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The feeling of being successful had polluted my thinking.
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I didn't want to be viewed anymore as a failure, which led me to play it safe.
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I found myself disagreeing with Mare on her ideas.
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I didn't want to do anything that was a maybe.
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It had to be perfect.
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I found that in the beginning stages of doing anything new, you'll be bad and you need to be okay with that
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because that allows you the freedom to explore
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and try new things the lack of embracing
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that ultimately led to the end of made by saturday
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and experiencing all of that is what allowed me to follow through with endeavor number three
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youtube something that i always wanted to do yet at the same time it seemed like an impossible dream.
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I was already editing for a YouTuber and I knew how to make videos, but anytime I clicked record to film myself, it seemed like I didn't know what I was doing.
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There's a harsh reality in starting new things.
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First, it's exciting.
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And then that excitement wears off really fast.
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You go through a process of uncertainty and fear.
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And it's easy to connect your identity with what you're doing.
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To everyone else, it was a cute little hobby.
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But to me, it was something more.
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It was something that I had to see through.
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I had grown tired of starting new things and never finishing them.
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I knew that this time, it would have to be different.
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I'd have to give a new level of focus.
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And that is where Brick comes in.
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Brick is a physical device that temporarily removes distracting apps. But how?
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First, you choose the apps you want to block and then you brick your phone.
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This is different than the time limit feature on your phone because you can't just add more time.
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With brick if the physical device isn't with you you can't open the app
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which means I can use my phone more as a tool and less of a distraction.
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So what are you waiting for?
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Use the link in the description below to get 10 % off your next purchase
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and thank you brick for sponsoring this video.
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Ultimately the pursuit of these three things have told me
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that you can't just wait around and keep wondering if you're making the right choice.
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A mentor of mine used to tell me, instead of hoping you're doing the right thing, make it the right thing.
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There was something so simple about that.
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I don't think any great inventor or artist started out with 100 % confidence in their idea.
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And even as they pursued it, they probably encountered a lot of discouragement.
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I found that within all three of these pursuits, I had to deal with comparison in the early stages.
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I compare my day 1 to someone's day 1000 and I don't think that's very fair.
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I also found that I can't hold myself to expectations I can't control.
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For example, how people receive my art or my videos.
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I can only control the quality.
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So if there's a hundred people like it or a hundred thousand people, it doesn't change the quality or the importance of the thing I did.
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So maybe using the fact you don't know how it'll all
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work out as a reason not to do it maybe it's
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the very reason you should do it i wanted to to film this part
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because this is the reality of the process like you're making something
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and you don't think it's great
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but you just got to keep moving forward i guess
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and i feel like we can watch videos like this and get really
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inspired and like oh i'm just gonna go do it
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and it negates the reality of the emotions that you actually feel
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when you embark on
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that thing i i took footage of uh me writing i kid you not i'm literally writing this right now
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and i just i like i just was like is this
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is this even good like what i don't even know
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and i feel like the script so far in the video is good
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but now that i'm halfway through
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or whatever i'm just like what yeah i essentially the the intro to my video like you start
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and then all of a sudden you hit something
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and then in your mind you're just like dude i don't even know
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if this is good and yeah it's just really it was really hard
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i feel like i put a lot of pressure on myself to make this video perfect
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because my last one did so well
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and i didn't want to feel like i was taking a
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step back i wanted to feel like i was progressing
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and the whole time
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while making it is just like no the the voices in
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my head of like no this isn't a good idea this
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is dumb this is bad I realized I wanted to talk about
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that because you again you can watch a video like this
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and just be inspired to go do something but that doesn't mean
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that those voices won't be there having the understanding of like I'm gonna go through these like ebbs
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and flows but if I can just remain consistent through it the final product will be
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so worth it
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so i'm i'm like halfway through the video i don't feel
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great about the video to be honest i'm just gonna keep making it
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and hopefully by the time you're watching this part you'll have seen the whole thing
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and think dang that was a good video
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and i'm glad he stuck with it
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so i said this in my last video as well
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that for everyone
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that watches this video only about 20 percent of people will make it to this part um
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and if you are a part of
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that 20 leave a comment letting me know
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that you're a part of the 20 but also what is
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that what are those questions and those fears
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that keep coming up every time you think about something you want to pursue
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and maybe i don't know someone can read the comment
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and they've gone through that thing they can they can tell you like hey it's
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that none of that is true and you can make it through
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but yeah i don't know guys um hopefully by the time
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I'm done this the video will be I'm just rambling I hope this video was good anyway love you guys
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 146 個句子、1736 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 9:38。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 180 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 84% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| brick 名詞 | /ˈbɹɪk/ | 磚仔 /磚仔, 磚 /磚 |
| emotion 名詞 | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | 感情, 情感 |
| pursuit 名詞 | /pɝˈsut/ | 追求 |
| expectation 名詞 | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | 等待 |
| photography 名詞 | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ | 攝影 /攝影 |
| capture 動詞 | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | 捕獲 /捕獲, 佔領 /佔領 |
| pursue 動詞 | /pɚˈsu/ | 追求 |
| halfway 副詞 | /ˌhæfˈweɪ/ | 半路, 半途 |
| inspire 動詞 | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | 授意, 鼓舞 |
| convey 動詞 | /kənˈveɪ/ | 傳遞 /傳遞, 輸送 /輸送 |
| distract 動詞 | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | 分心 |
| endeavor 名詞 | /ɛnˈdɛv.ɚ/ | 努力, 使命 |
| consistent 形容詞 | /kənˈsɪs.tənt/ | 一貫的 /一貫的 |
| ignore 動詞 | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | 無視 /無視, 忽略 |
| compare 動詞 | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | 比, 比較 /比較 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| go through 動詞 | 通過 /通過 | |
| pick up 動詞 | 拾取, 撿 /撿 | |
| pop up 動詞 | 彈出 | |
| show up 動詞 | 露面 | |
| come together 動詞 | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | 集合, 聯合 |
| come up 動詞 | 上來 /上來 | |
| give up 動詞 | 投案, 自首 | |
| go away 動詞 | 離開 /離開, 走 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 60 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I'm, don't, didn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, trash /tɹæʃ/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, photography /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, temporarily /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 brick, emotion, pursuit 這類單詞。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | were made · was asked · be thrusted |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | I've always wanted · have told · they've gone |
什麼是跟讀法？
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