#美國大選
經過將近三天的開票,Joe Biden終於贏得選戰成為美國第46任總統。
聽他選後第一次發表的演說時,我正在曬衣服🤣
帶著耳機邊曬邊聽,很多地方都聽到全身起雞皮疙瘩,所以特別分享影片以及讓我有「觸電」感覺的秒數記下分享給大家🇺🇸必須要說,很多時候聽英文原文真的比看中文翻譯有感覺多了!我盡量在下方解說給大家聽。不過我先說好喔,我不是什麼專業的演講評論家也不是個政治狂熱者,但是這的確是場有歷史意義且優秀的演講,單純分享我自己喜歡的地方囉!也歡迎大家分享你們喜歡的段落給大家一起學習!
(2:52~3:03)
I pledge to be a President who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn’t see Red and Blue states, but a United States.
我承諾成為一個尋求團結而非分裂的總統。我看到的不是紅州或藍州,而是美利堅合眾國(United States of America)。
👉 USA是United States of America,在這次選舉中清楚地看到不論是種族、黨派或貧富,都深深地撕裂、分化美國,所以希望不再用顏色、黨派分Red states or Blue states,而是回到USA的本意就是United States。矮額~這是我第一個雞皮疙瘩的地方。
(6:20~7:05)
And to all those who supported us: I am proud of the campaign we built and ran. I am proud of the coalition we put together, the broadest and most diverse coalition in history. Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Progressives, moderates and conservatives. Young and old. Urban, suburban and rural. Gay, straight, transgender. White. Latino. Asian. Native American.
I mean it. Especially for those moments when this campaign was at its lowest ebb— the African American community stood up again for me. They always have my back, and I’ll have yours.
還有每個支持我們的人,我以我們建立的競選團隊與選戰操作感到光榮。我以我們組成的聯盟感到驕傲,這是史上最廣泛、最多元的聯盟。有民主黨的、共和黨的,還有無黨籍人士,有進步勢力、中間派還有保守派,有年輕的,有老人,有市區跟郊區民眾,也有人來自鄉村地區,有同志、異性戀者,也有跨性別者,有白人、拉丁美洲裔、亞裔,還有美洲原住民。
特別要紀念我們在選情最低迷的時候,非裔美國民眾再次站起來支持我。他們總是支持我,我也支持你們。
👉 這一整段真的要看現場片段,尤其在列舉各種族性別者時,看到他們如此被包容,有這麼幾秒整個拜倒在Biden演講魅力中了!
(7:34~7:53)
It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. And to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans. They are Americans.
這是拋開尖刻言辭的時候,要降溫,再見到彼此,聆聽彼此。如果要進步,我們就必須停止把對手當成敵人。我們不是敵人,我們都是同胞。
👉 這裡Biden即席地重複了兩次They are Americans. 經過四年的人權蹂躪後,現在這句話這麼強而有力地講出來真的很有後坐力!
(9:56~10:17)
That plan (the Biden-Harris COVID plan) will be built on a bedrock of science. It will be constructed out of compassion, empathy, and concern.
I will spare no effort, non, or commitment, to turn this pandemic around.
那項計畫將以科學為基礎,依憐閔、同理心與關懷的原則規畫。我將竭盡全力,全心承諾扭轉疫情。
👉 第兩句話其實真的有當場打臉Trump的意味,”will be built on a bedrock of science”,聽了其實挺過癮的😎
(10:48~11:05)
Refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with one another is not some mysterious force beyond our control. It’s a decision. It’s a choice we make.
民主黨興共和黨拒絕相互合作的原因,並非某種我們無法控制的神祕力量。它是個決定,是我們所做的選擇。
👉 我人生中的信仰一直就是:也許你天生不善良,但永遠可以「選擇」當一個善良的人。所以聽到這句話也真的很有感。
(13:52~14:17)
We’re always looking ahead.
Ahead to an America that’s freer and more just.
Ahead to an America that creates jobs with dignity and respect.
Ahead to an America that cures disease — like cancer and Alzheimers.
Ahead to an America that never leaves anyone behind.
Ahead to an America that never gives up, never gives in.
我們眼光總是向前看,盼望一個更自由、更公正的美國,一個用品格、尊重來創造工作機會的美國,一個可以治療諸如癌症、阿茲海默症等疾病的美國,一個不放棄任何一人的美國,一個不輕言放棄、屈服的美國。
👉 真的好喜歡最後一句:Ahead to an America that never gives up, never gives in. 我覺得我要把”Never give up, never give in.”當做近期的人生座右銘了!
你們呢?你們哪幾段看到起雞皮疙瘩?也分享讓我知道吧!
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【素人推薦文-最重要的夥伴】
四年前,我請在旅途中遇到的兩位好朋友,幫我寫一段他們對我的感想。不愧是我的好朋友,所以在兩年前,我終於收到了其中一位瓦倫的回覆(我們是拖時間比賽嗎XD)。當我現在要把他們整理到書裡面時,覺得NG的片段也太好笑了,所以決定一刀未剪的放上來給大家瞧瞧,你就會知道,在路上可能會遇到什麼樣沒頭沒腦只會拼命講幹話的好朋友 :D (以下是我的翻譯,原文可以往下跳到最後)
「兩位:
我終於找到時間寫些句子給Min,這真的不是一件容易的事情,因為當我開始認真寫個三句話之後,就會忍不住接一些廢話進去。這真的不是一件容易的事,試想看看,如果你得寫一篇關於某人好話的文章,但其實你心裡清楚她其實是個騙子,因為她總是跑去搭火車?
因此,這是我第一個嘗試:
Min是一個像金一樣純的人,她充滿愛和精神,總是穿白色衣服。她沒有騎車,而是在地球上飛行了50厘米。 不...他媽的!
第二次嘗試:
親愛的人們,我必須警告您:這本書是一本幻想小說!如果作者寫了幾公里這樣的文字,很有可能實際上是公尺;當她寫單車時,她意味著火車;當她寫帳篷時,其實指的是一間三星級酒店。
第三次嘗試:
關於第一個騎單車的背包客女子從德國乘火車到臺灣的簡短故事。
我第一次遇到Min時是在德黑蘭的土庫曼大使館大樓外。她問我:「您是Vali嗎?德國人,騎單車前往烏茲別克斯坦嗎?我是Min,我也想去那裡,我們可以一起騎嗎?」
那時候,我不想結識其他騎單車的人。某方面來講,我已經聽夠別人的故事,並很享受自己一個人的旅行。自從我的旅伴朱莉從伊斯坦堡離開我之後,我便開始享受旅途中的寂靜與寂寞。所以我並不想和Min一起旅行,但我只是回答她:「好吧,...是的,好吧,如果我們都能順利拿到簽證,就可以一起騎車。」於是她問了我的聯繫方式,最後她也真的打電話給我一起去領取簽證。
我們開始一起旅行時,我的伊朗簽證只剩9天,因此我每天必須不斷地趕路,我不確定Min是否能夠跟上,因為這將會改變騎車的節奏。但是當我開始認識Min時,我發現她是一個有趣的女孩,一個只燃燒熱情就打算從慕尼黑回到臺灣的女人,充滿了理想和天真。
她只是單純的展開了計劃,在還不知道接下來會發生什麼事,也沒有任何騎乘單車和露營經驗的情況下。她帶了一個彈出式的帳篷,那種帳篷你只會為了在車上應付緊急情況而準備的帳篷;是當你可能在開高速公路回家的路上,因為太過於勞累,而決定扔出這種圓形帳篷休息一下才會用到的那種。而她的單車也沒有前袋,所以她所有的裝備都扛在單車的後面以及她的背上,因為她竟然背了一個背包!實際上,她是第一個騎單車從德國到臺灣的背包客。這就是Min令人印象深刻的一件事:她有這個想法,然後她做到了。
她得到一台贊助的單車和一些贊助的裝備,然後就拿著這些東西展開旅程。她的思考模式不像我這樣的德國人,在計劃開始之前必須擁有完美的單車和完美的裝備。對她而言,在還沒有這些條件之前就可以動身了。我永遠不會知道她何時開始計劃,以及為何要做這趟旅行,我想連她自己都不確定,即使在書裡她告訴了你們不同的故事。
所以在伊朗的時候,我們開始認識彼此,而我的內心也開始轉變,我發現和Min一起騎車真是太好了。
有一天我們還遇到了香港人Senda,傍晚我們一起紮營時,他們兩個在抱怨伊朗米飯因為不夠粘稠,所以不能用筷子吃。請想像一下,有三個人聚集在他們各自的帳篷前,在伊朗沙漠中繁星密布的星空下,而我這顆德國馬鈴薯陷入了一場關於米飯的討論之中。我不得不為自己大笑,當我告訴他們在煮飯時我加了鹽時,他們倆都非常生氣。從這種情況下,我了解到米對於Min、Senda和其他將米作為主食的人來說是非常重要的。於是,我決定再也不會煮米飯給他們,因為他們比我更知道如何煮好米飯。
之後Senda前往阿富汗,Min和我前往馬沙德(Mashad),我們就此分開直到在烏茲別克再度相見。在土庫曼斯坦的途中,我遇到了一個叫雷蒙,又名骯髒的旅行者的瘋子,我們一起前進,當我們離開土庫曼斯坦時,我們又遇到了Min,組成一個黃金三角的夢幻單車隊。雷蒙非常熱愛騎單車,是一個非常可愛的傢伙。我們三個在一起的時刻如此獨特,在一起共享每一天,只有在夜晚時,被帳篷的薄布分開。我們一起騎單車,一起出汗,一起奮鬥,一起度過美好的夜晚,同時在帳篷前烹飪美味佳餚,共享非常愉快的自由與自主的時光。當我現在回想起來,不得不承認那是我一生中最美好的時光。Min是其中很大的一部分。
如果您想進一步了解Min和她的冒險經歷,則必須購買此書。真是太神奇了,我在馬桶上翻起書頁,就在那待了兩天,直到看完為止。讀這本書就像呼吸吉爾吉斯斯坦高原的空氣一樣,就像在雷蒙身後騎車並聞到他的屁味一樣。這將是一本暢銷書,是一本令人難忘的書。絕對推薦!買吧!」
-Valentin R (一位來自德國的瘋狂自行車旅人,和Min一起旅行了兩個月)
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來來來~想要一起蹲在馬桶上兩天的請往這裡請
👉https://pse.is/minbook
🤭我個人是很好奇, 他到底蹲了兩天看什麼東西?
🤔不要說我的書沒有德文版, 連中文都還在做編輯...
🤫到底是看了什麼啊...? XDDDD
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(原文)
Hey guys,
while staying for four days in Bangkok to repair audio amplifiers for rich Thai men I finally I found the time to write some sentences about Min and it was really not easy, because when I start writing something like this, I will write bullshit after three sentences. It is really not easy. Have you ever written something about another person and you have to talk good about this person while you know she is a liar and always went by train?
So the first try:
Min is pure gold. She is full of love and spirit and always wears white clothes. She is not cycling, she is flying fifty centimeters over the earth. NOOOOO fuck it!
second try:
Dear people, I have to warn you: this book is a fantasy book! If the author writes about kilometers on the bicycles she meant probably meters. When she writes bicycle she means train, when she writes tent she means three star hotel.......NOOOOO shit!
third try:
A short story about the first backpacker woman on a bicycle who travelled from Germany to Taiwan in a train
The first time I met Min was at the Turkmen embassy building in Teheran when she encountered me and asked: „Are you Vali, the German guy travelling to Uzbekistan by bike? I am Min, I also want to go there and I wanted to ask you if we can ride together?“
At this time I didn't want to know any other cyclists, somehow I was bored to hear stories of others while I was having a great adventure by myself. I enjoyed the silence and loneliness on the road since Jule, my cycle mate, left me in Istanbul. So actually I didn't want to travel with Min in the first moment, but I just answered to Min: „Well,...yes..., ok, if we get the visas we can ride together.“ So she asked for my contact and she really called me to pick up the visas.
I only had nine days left in Iran before my visa expired so we had to go really quick and I didn't know if Min was able to catch up. It was a change in rhythm for my bike tour, but when I started to know Min I found out that she is a funny girl with a burning ambition to fulfill her aim travelling by bicycle from Munich in Germany to her home country of Taiwan. A woman full of spirit and a good portion of naivety. She just started the trip without knowing what will come and without any experience of cycling and camping before this trip. She was equipped with a pop up tent, the kind of tent you have in the car for an emergency, when you are still on the highway and you get to tired to drive home. So you have this kind of round tent that you can throw and it pops up as a tent by itself. She also didn't have front panniers (bags) on her bike, so all her equipment was in the back – and also on her back, because she was wearing a backpack! Actually she was the first backpacker on a bicycle to travel from Germany to Taiwan. And that is the impressing thing about Min: she had the idea to do this trip, so she just did. She got a sponsored bike and some kind of sponsored equipment and she just took this and started the tour. She didn't think the German way like me who had to have a perfect bicycle and perfect equipment before I started. No, she just started without any spare parts for the bicycle, without any experience in cycling and camping. I never found out when she started to have this idea and why and probably she doesn't know herself even if she tells you different in this book.
So in the time in Iran we got to know each other and my mood was turning and I found out that it is nice to cycle with Min.
On day we also met Senda, an Hongkongnesian guy and in the evening Min and him were complaining about the Iranian rice, because it is not sticky so you cannot eat it with chop sticks. So you must imagine three people in front of their tents under a really nice Iranian starry sky in the desert and me as a German potato in the middle of this rice dicussion. I had to laugh for myself a lot and when I told them that I put salt in the rice when I cook it, the both got really angry. From this situation I learnt that rice must be something really important for Min, Senda and other people that eat rice as staple food. This night I decided to never cook any rice for them, because the knew it always better in terms of rice.
Senda went on to Afghanistan and Min and me went on to Mashad and we divided there to meet up in Uzbekistan again. On the way through Turkmenistan I met a crazy guy called Raimon a.k.a. Dirty Traveller and we went on together and when we left Turkmenistan we met Min again forming the golden triangle of cyclism, a dream team. Raimon is really passionate about cycling and a really lovely dude. We three had so much unique moments together, sharing the whole day together, only the nights we were divided by the thin cloth of our tents. We cycled together, we sweat together, we fighted together, we had nice evenings together while cooking nice dishes in front of our tents and having a really good time of freedom and self-determination. When I think back to this time now I have to admit that it was somehow the best time of my life. And Min was a big part of it.
If you want to know more about Min and her adventures you have to buy this book. It is totally amazing, I read it on the toilet and stayed there for two days until I finished reading. Reading this book is like breathing in the air of the Kyrgizian Plateau, it is like smelling the fart of Raimon while riding close behind him. It is just a best seller. It is the book that takes you and never leaves you. Absolute recommendation! Buy it!
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[時事英文] Chicken Attack
★★★★★★★★★★★★
2017新年剛過,就出現最新的洗腦歌曲「Chicken Attack」。雖然歌曲本身沒什麼艱澀難懂的詞彙或真理 (e.g. Chicken attack! Chicken attack!) ,但是歌手石井健雄 (Takeo Ischi) 勇於追求自己的夢想和奮戰不懈的精神非常值得我們學習!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
The new viral video involves a bizarre plot and yodeling done by a Japanese man named Takeo Ischi. Yodeling is a form of singing that is associated with the people living in the Central Alps, a vast mountain range covering parts of Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. Yodeling was originally used by shepherds to call out to their animals, but it eventually became an art form. Ischi, with no indication of any German heritage in his family, first heard yodeling on the radio in high school and fell in love with it ever since.
Following his father, Ischi went to university for mechanical engineering. However, he never gave up on his dream of becoming a yodeler. Using old records, Ischi taught himself to yodel in his spare time, and began performing on Japanese television. During a six-month period where he studied abroad in Germany, Ischi went to Switzerland, where he sang and yoldeled at a beer hall in Zurich. He then performed on television and soon after that became known in Germany as the "Japanese yodeler."
Looks like Chicken Attack will soon give PPAP a run for its money.
★★★★★★★★★★★★
時事詞彙
viral video 病毒影片
bizarre 奇異的
Chicken Attack 雞的攻擊
yodel 約德爾唱法
latest hit 最新熱門歌曲
high pitch 高音調的
hilariously catchy song 朗朗上口的搞笑歌曲
chorus/refrain 副歌
the Central Alps 中阿爾卑斯山脈
shepherds 牧民
old records 舊唱片
beer hall 啤酒屋
give…a run for… money 競爭對手構成挑戰*
PPAP 時事英文詞彙: https://goo.gl/eUFaeA
★★★★★★★★★★★★
*give someone a run for his money: http://www.voachinese.com/a/wi-give-someone-a-run-for-the-money/2638584.html
Sources:
https://www.elitereaders.com/chicken-attack-by-takeo-ischi-japanese-chick-yodeler-most-catchy-song-2017/
http://mashable.com/2017/02/07/chicken-attack-song/#gAJ6Bwz9eOq6
https://goo.gl/80p4fN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Ishii
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Video (English): https://youtu.be/miomuSGoPzI
Video(中文字幕): https://youtu.be/rAVZiDvs6iA
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Lyrics:
Give that back!
Otherwise you will regret it!
You are going to stop me alone?
Who told you I was alone?
You should know that a man with the power of nature
Can bring you to the end of your luck
And you should know by my stride
And the look in my eyes
That you're about to be massively
Forced to give up!
Chicken attack!
Chicken attack!
Watch your back
Before it fades to black
They might look harmless
But they'll kick your non-chicken ass
Go chicken go!
Go chicken go!
Now go, now fly
You own the sky
With the power of nature
You're never alone
And you can't let evil run amok
Every beast
Every tree
Follows me to the end
And you're about to be massively
F*****!
Chicken attack!
Chicken attack!
Watch your back
Before it fades to black
They might look harmless
But they'll kick your non-chicken ass
Go chicken go!
Go chicken go!
Now go, now fly
You own the sky
You're young and you're hungry
Perhaps short on money
I give this chicken today
Its eggs for your dinner
Its legs for next winter
You won't have to steal again
What a merciful person
Are you able to control all animals?
I can control all animals
But chickens are the best!
Help! Help!
My brother was held hostage
In a bank robbery in Fujimi!
Don’t worry! It’s going to be OK!
Go chicken go!
Go chicken go!
Now go, now fly
You own the sky
(In Theaters 2017)
★★★★★★★★★★★★
More of Ischi's yodeling: https://youtu.be/yO7MWuJ7zLA
spare me中文 在 C's English Corner 英文角落 Youtube 的最讚貼文
JR又來了!這次是當面試官!
老實說,我第一次面試時(非老師工作)就是帶著「零經驗」的履歷去的,
那時真的就是憑著我的「一片真心」打動面試官!(哈哈!😜)
我記得我大致上就是如影片中這樣說的!
稍微解釋一下這堂課你需要做到的步驟:
Step 1: 這一步中沒有給中文字幕,希望藉此能打開耳朵仔細聽,試著理解內容。
Step 2: 第二步的repetition(反覆練習)和imitation(模仿)非常重要,每個人花的時間都會不同,不要覺得花上好多天練習就表示練習沒效率,反而,這會是你發覺自己進步很多、單字記的很熟、句型馬上蹦出來的關鍵!
Step 3: 在這一步驟中,我把我的部分換成靜音,讓你好好展現練習的成果,和JR模擬一場真實的面試喔!
對話全文:
JR: How are you doing this morning?
Cat: I’m doing great. Thank you.
JR: So, tell me something about yourself
Cat: Sure. I started off my career as an English teacher five years ago. I mainly taught Elementary school kids. One of my major duties was to communicate with anxious parents, and to talk to them about their kid’s behavior at school. I believe it took a lot of patience and communication skills to be able to pull it off.
JR: Catherine, you do know this is a marketing company right? Marketing and education are totally different fields. Why do you think you’re qualified to fit in this position as a marcom specialist?
Cat: Well, I’m the person who welcomes challenges. I understand I’m trying to get into a totally different field, however, I’ve always had a passion for digital marketing. In my spare time, I would read books or study articles about content marketing, influencer marketing, SEO and all that. I even worked part time to manage C’s English Corner’s fan page.
JR: Oh, C’s English Corner, that’s very very famous in Taiwan. So, why should we hire you again?
Cat: I don’t have much hands-on experience. But working as an English teacher in the past five years, I’m pretty confident to say that I’m an observant person with flexibility and good communication skills.
I know I am new to this field, but I am willing to take on an entry-level position and work my way up.
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【生活休閒英文】#5 六個直白的中翻英錯誤 // 如何選擇練口說管道?
https://goo.gl/PCCMRx
如何用英文在國外點餐 https://goo.gl/v4pLGm
如何順利過海關? https://goo.gl/S1ppYZ
聽懂機場廣播 https://goo.gl/DJZ8Kw
我在台灣的自學方法 https://goo.gl/wyUjVc
旅行英文#9 【住飯店】各種需求英文//如何無形中增加單字量?
https://goo.gl/nQnAuF
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