今天教到我很討厭的一章 - 經濟成長率,為什麼很討厭呢,因為這章課文內容全是字,沒什麼數學可算(我只有算題目時英文特別順),必須要真的"lecture",講故事。第二小時一開始沒多久,全班勉強被我維持在至少看起來都是醒著的狀態,正好講到經濟蕭條、經濟衰退時,順應時景,順便試圖提振士氣,就搬出了一個老掉牙的笑話:
You know the differences between a recession and a depression?
When your neighbor loses his job, it's called an "economic slowdown".
When you lose your job, it is a "recession".
But when an economist loses his job, it becomes a "depression".
雖然有點難笑,It's not a haha joke,心想,至少會有點反應吧。沒想到,講完之後,全場鴉雀無聲,四十幾雙眼睛和我對看,時空,呈現靜止狀態(It's ... very ... depressing ...)。
好吧,裝作什麼事都沒發生過,"So we know that real GDP growth rate is ..."。


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