When you see clowns, what do you think of? Most people think of laughter and silly behavior.
Clowns have been making people laugh in countries all over the world for hundreds of years. Often, to make people laugh, clowns pretend to be dumb, or they say ridiculous things.
Many kings and queens had clowns to make their friends laugh. Since clowns were thought of as stupid, they were often able to say things that other people would have been punished for saying. So, even though they weren't treated very well, they were able to speak the truth when other people could not. Maybe that's why most clowns are shown wearing a big, red smile underneath their big, red nose. (Kayleen Hartman, staff writer)
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當你看到小丑，你會想到什麼呢？許多人會想到笑聲與傻里傻氣的舉動。
數百年以來，小丑逗得世界各地的人開懷大笑。通常，為了讓人們發笑，小丑會裝笨，或說些滑稽的事。
許多國王皇后雇用小丑來讓朋友開懷大笑。由於人們認為小丑很笨，小丑往往可以講些別人說了可能會被處罰的事。所以，雖然他們沒有受到良好待遇，卻可以講出別人不能說出口的真相。也許，這就是多數小丑為何在斗大的紅鼻子底下，可以帶著燦爛又火紅的笑容見人的緣故。 （翻譯：賴美君）
Historians are rethinking the way the Holocaust is being presented in museums as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the last Nazi concentration camps this month. Shocking images of the mass killings of Jews were “used massively at the end of World War II to show the violence of the Nazis,” historian Tal Bruttmann, a specialist on the Holocaust, told AFP. But in doing so “we kind of lost sight of the fact that is not normal to show” such graphic scenes of mass murder, of people being humiliated and dehumanized, he said. Up to this
When people listen to music today, they typically use streaming services like YouTube or Spotify. However, traditional formats like vinyl records have regained popularity in recent times. Vinyl records are circular discs that store music in grooves on their surfaces and are played on a turntable. As the turntable’s needle runs along these grooves, it picks up vibrations and translates them into sound. The history of vinyl records dates back to the late 1800s, but material and technological challenges delayed mass production until the 1950s. Despite early versions having short playtimes and poor sound quality, vinyl records introduced a new era
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