翻轉視界 18 Changing Perspective
There's not just one road to the destination, but many roads. You just need to take the little step that’s right in front of you, and then the next one, and a few years down the track, they will seem like massive achievements.
通往目的地的路不止一條,有很多路可走。你只需要邁出眼前這一小步,然後再邁出下一步,幾年下來,將會成為巨大成就。
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I didn’t meet my father until I was 6 years old. My parents had a comfortable, middle-class life in Shanghai, or as close as you could get under communism. But they always wanted to live overseas, and just before I was born, my dad came to Sydney to set things up. I don’t know why, but in the end, my mother and I didn’t join him until I was 6.
•a middle-class life 中產階級生活
•set things up 打點一切
•live overseas 往海外生活
•in the end 最後 (表達在經過一段時間或一連串事件之後的結果)
直到六歲前我都未曾見過父親。我的雙親在上海過著舒適的中產階級生活,或著說,在共產階級下所能得到的最接近的生活。他們一直響往海外生活,就在我出生前,我父親來到雪梨打點一切。但不知何故,直到六歲那年我與母親才終於與父親團聚。
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Unfortunately, half a year after we arrived, he left us. That was a huge shock. Our transition had already been quite difficult, as we both didn't speak English. Also, as Shanghai was such a big bustling city, Sydney felt a bit like the countryside, especially on the weekends, as no shops were open back then!
•shock 令人震驚的事件(或經歷);驚愕,震驚 (come as a great shock 讓人倍感震驚)
•transition 轉變;過渡
•a bustling city 繁華都會
不幸的是,就在我跟母親抵達半年後,父親離開了我們。這是個巨大的打擊,因爲我們不會說英文,在適應過渡期本就已過得相當艱辛。此外,不同於上海的繁華都會,雪梨更像鄉下,尤其在週末,那時連商店都不開門。
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We were very much reliant on my dad, not only financially, but also as a conduit into the wider community. So to have that broken was quite distressing. I remember Mum crying a lot. As we had become socially isolated, we didn’t find out anything about Centrelink, so we survived on her savings for a while, and then got some help from her family back in China.
•be reliant on… 依賴...
•a conduit into 進入...的渠道
•distressing (adj.) 令人苦惱的,令人擔憂的
•become socially isolated 變得孤立於社會
•survive on her savings 僅靠的她積蓄過日子
我們相當依賴我父親,不僅是經濟,他也是我們進入更廣泛社區的渠道。因此,當局面被打破時令人相當痛苦,我還記得母親時常哭泣。由於我們孤立於社會,所以我們並不知道澳洲社會福利聯絡中心 (Centrelink)的任何資訊,僅靠母親的積蓄支撐了一段時間,然後從母親在中國的娘家得到一些幫助。
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Eventually, Mum moved us down to Melbourne, where we were able to make some new networks and family friendships. But I was bullied a bit at school about things like my food and clothing! Whenever someone bullied me, I would defend myself, but because I didn’t have the language skills to explain to the teacher why, I got in trouble quite a bit. I ended up having to move school 3 times before I came to Balwyn Primary School, which was relatively multicultural.
•be able to 能夠
•make new networks 建立新的人脈,關係網
•be bullied 被霸凌
•language skills 語言能力
•get in trouble 惹上麻煩
•end up 最後處於;最後成爲;以…告終
•relatively 相對地
•multicultural 多元文化的
最後,母親帶著我搬遷到墨爾本,在那我們能夠建立起新的網絡與家庭情誼。然而。我在學校飽受霸凌,例如我的食物及衣物。每當有人霸凌我,我會自我防衛,但我的語言技巧不足以向老師解釋事發原因,因此常常陷入麻煩。後來我不得不再三轉學,直到就讀相對多元文化的博文小學(Balwyn Primary School)。
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After that, I did alright. Music featured very prominently in my life. I had started learning the violin from the age of 2.5 years old and even with all the troubles that were going on in my life, had somehow still kept up with it. As a result, I got a music scholarship to Trinity Grammar School. But even there I used to get into quite a lot of mischief, and would often skip school to go to the movies.
•do alight 過得不錯,做的不錯
•feature (v.) 以…為特色;給…以顯著的地位
•prominently 重要地;著名地;突出地,顯眼地
之後,我便過得不錯。音樂在我生活中佔有重要的一席之地,我從兩歲半開始學習小提琴,儘管生活中事事不如意,我依然堅持不輟。因此,我獲得三一文法學校( Trinity Grammar School)的音樂獎學金。但即使在那,我也常惡作劇、逃學看電影。
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By the end of year 11, I was told I would have to either repeat the year, or consider going to another school, which was quite humiliating for my mum. I decided to move school and surprisingly, I ended up doing quite well in year 12! As a result, I ended up getting into a double degree in Law and Music at Monash.
•repeat the year 留級 ; 重唸一年
•humiliating 令人感到恥辱的,丟臉的
11年級結束時,我被告知要麽被留級,要麼考慮轉學,這對我母親來說相當丟人。我決定轉學,而令人驚訝的是,我在12年級的時候表現優異,最後錄取蒙納士大學法律與音樂雙學位。
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When I started, my first thought was that I didn’t belong because I had done so badly in school up to year 11 and everyone else seemed so smart. But I put my head down, got through it, and ended up getting a job in the legal department of a major manufacturing company, which was a different approach to what most law students do.
•do not belong 不屬於這
•put my head down 埋頭苦幹
•the legal department of ...的法律部門
•a different approach 不同途徑
•approach (思考問題的)方式,方法,態度
當我開始進入大學,最初的想法是我不屬於這,因為我在11年級前都表現不佳,而這裡的人似乎都聰明絕頂。但我埋頭苦幹,咬牙撐過,最後在一家大型製造公司的法律部門找到工作,這與多數法律系學生的途徑不同。
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I really enjoyed it. It was hard work, but I learned a lot of foundational business, legal and corporate communication skills. After that I worked in corporate governance in RMIT, then started to moonlight as a lecturer in the Law Faculty. Eventually, they asked me if I wanted to do a PhD and I blindly said yes! I next worked at Swinburne University, and then was head-hunted to lead the corporate legal team at the Commercial Passenger Vehicles Commission.
•foundational 基礎的
•communication skills 溝通技巧
•corporate governance
•moonlight (v.) (尤指瞞著僱主)從事第二職業,兼職
•headhunt (v.) 物色(人才); 挖角
•legal team 法律團隊
我非常喜歡這份工作,這是份辛苦的工作,但我學習了很多基礎商業、法律以及公司溝通技巧。之後我在皇家墨爾本理工大學( RMIT)從事公司治理工作,並開始兼職擔任法律系講師。後來他們問我是否想要讀博士,我便盲目地答應了。接下來,我在斯威本大學(Swinburne University)工作,再被挖角到商用小客車委員會領導法律團隊。
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I had a good life, but after a while, I realised I wanted a different kind of job. I could see my seniors were making a lot of money but that their family life was not that good. And looking at my own upbringing, I wanted to be the kind of father who could be present in my own kids’ lives. So I decided on dentistry. It would not only allow me to use the hand skills that I had developed from playing the violin, but also the analytical and reasoning skills that I'd developed in law. Plus it would be flexible, and offer me a stable income and the chance to meet different people every day!
•upbringing 教養
•decide on sth 決定某事或東西
•analytical and reasoning skills 分析和推理能力
•offer a stable income 提供穩定收入
我的生活很不錯,但一段時間後,我意識到自己想要一份不同的工作。我知道前輩們賺了很多錢,但他們的家庭生活並不美滿。看著自己的成長經歷,我想要成為可以在孩子生活中出席的父親,所以我決定改行當牙醫。這項職業能讓我使用從拉小提琴中發展出的手部技巧,也能運用我在法律中發展出的分析與推理技能。此外,這個職業相當靈活,能為我提供穩定收入,並有機會每天與不同的人見面。
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My now fiancée, who was my girlfriend at the time, was also applying for further study, and coincidentally we both got into university in South Australia, so we moved to Adelaide together a few years ago.
•fiancée 未婚妻
•at the time 當時
•apply for 申請
•further study 繼續教育,進修;進一步研究;深造
•coincidentally 碰巧地;巧合地
我的未婚妻,當時的女友,也申請繼續深造,巧的是我們都考上南澳大學(University of South Australia),所以幾年前一起搬到阿得雷德( Adelaide)。
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I was lucky to get a university job at Flinders University. Initially, I started out as a casual lecturer in the law school, but I’ve since transitioned into teaching health law and research, and I’m currently writing a few books on the intersection between law and medicine. And also, obviously, trying to finish my dentistry degree!
•start out as… 起初擔任...
•transition into… 轉變到...
我很幸運的在福林德斯大學(Flinders University)找到工作,起初我在法學院擔任臨時講師,但我後來轉換到醫事法教學及研究。目前我正撰寫幾本關於法律與醫學相接的書籍,並努力完成我的牙醫學位。
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Mum eventually retrained as a Chinese high school teacher, and she’s still teaching to this day. Like most first generation migrants, she struggled quite a lot, and invested heavily in my success. After we’re married, my fiancée and I are planning to have children, and I’m sure they will have it much easier than I did.
•retrain 重新培養;再培訓;再訓練
•to this day 至今
•first generation migrants 第一代移民
•struggle a lot 掙扎奮鬥許久
•have it much easier 過的比較輕鬆
我的母親最終重新接受培訓,成為一名中文高中老師並執教至今。如同大多數第一代移民,她掙扎奮鬥許久,並為我的成功投資甚多。我與未婚妻打算婚後生孩子,我確信孩子會過的比我輕鬆得多。
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Still, a lot of the failures that I’ve had in my life have really informed a lot of my successes. Looking back, I wouldn't really want to change that to have a smoother life.
•inform [正式] 影響某人的態度或意見
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/inform
•have a smoother life 有一個更順遂的人生
我的生活中的種種失敗確實為我的成功提供借鑑。回首過去,我不會想要改變那些坎坷經歷去擁有一個更順遂的人生。
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Over the years, I've learned that perseverance is very important. I hope that through telling my story, I can be an example to others who might be in a similar position as I was: to show that there's not just one road to the destination, but many roads. You just need to take the little step that’s right in front of you, and then the next one, and a few years down the track, they will seem like massive achievements.
•over the years 多年來
•perseverance 不屈不撓,堅持不懈
•be an example 成為榜樣
•be in a similar position 處於相似的處境
•down the road/line/track 將來(的路)
多年來,我學到堅持不懈是至關重要的。我希望透過講述自己的故事,能成為其他可能與我有相似處境的人的榜樣:向他們展示通往目的地的路不止一條,有很多路可走。你只需要邁出眼前這一小步,然後再邁出下一步,幾年下來,將會成為巨大成就。
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what is 文法 在 Alexander Wang 王梓沅英文 Facebook 的最佳解答
#3D英文筆記術折扣碼 #限時 #留言送軟硬裝講義
【「硬裝」(思維模板) &「軟裝」(語塊):學好英文最關鍵的 2 個東西】
英文口說和寫作要用的道地,要的不是 #盲目地一直說、也不是再背更多單字、學更多文法(你可以背了 15,000 單字、有一本文法書在旁邊讓你看,但還是用得很不道地)。
如果拿房子來比喻,你要有「軟裝」(沙發、電視) 和「硬裝」(系統櫃、木工工程、地板)。軟裝就是 #3D英文筆記術的八種語塊(詳見補充講義)。
有了「搭配詞」你才知道「你今天噴什麼香水?」英文是要說,“What perfume are you wearing today?” 不只學 perfume, 要學的是 wear + perfume。這是 #軟裝。
但是只有語塊,很多時候英文用起來,你會很容易「詞窮」,而且會覺得哪裡還是跟母語人士表達的 "flow" 不同。那是因為:
「母語人士在講英文時,有很多的『#表達習慣』。學好這種表達習慣,就是『學習 #英文腦』。」
例如,在表達「意識到什麼事」、「想到」、「記得」、「學習」到什麼時,他們不約而同地會使用:
・It is still fresh in my memory that…
・It dawned on me that…
・It wasn’t lost on me that…
・Of all the lessons I have learned, …
例如,在表達「時間」、「狀況」概念時,他們不約而同地會使用:
・Growing up, I… (從小到大,我...)
・All along, … (一直以來)
・For the first time in XXX… (在~以來第一次)
・It was the first time I’ve ever had to…
・Toward the end of…
在表達「原因」時,很多時候他們會不約而同地使用:
・A lot of sth was because…
・S+V, in part because... and in part because...
・…turned out to be…
・It really comes down to…
・The key to Noun is…
這些「#硬裝」。#你可能都在哪裡聽過他們,但沒有一套「#系統」。之後會再跟大家分享,因為我即將有一套全面的「思維模板 (硬裝)」線上課程要推出啦。
新課上架前,你可以先把 #3D英文筆記術中的「軟裝」學起來。
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what is 文法 在 Facebook 的最佳解答
「給你一個擁抱。」(圖所傳達的意境。)
我在網路上藉由一個療癒的遊戲,認識了一個跟我同歲,來自印尼雅加達(Indonesia)的心理諮商師。
從認識到現在的時間裡,我每天盡力用著「大學被當三年的英文程度」與她對話,她是一個非常溫暖、貼心、善於傾聽、也很善解人意的人。
即使語言的不同讓我常常言不及義,或是要查著很多的單字才能對話,但她總會不厭其煩的等我。
今天遇到她的時候,她一如往常的問起我最近如何?
我跟她分享了,這一波颱風造成的天氣變化,導致我的病情突然急轉直下,從昨天晚上開始一直喘不過氣,呼吸變得很吃力,手腳也沒有力氣抬高,需要去醫院治療。
也順便告訴她,台灣的疫情趨緩了,可能會在近期微微解封,同時也問起她這幾天好嗎?
她告訴我,印尼的疫情這幾天極速惡化,從本來開始趨緩的兩三千人,突然擴大到單日確診破5萬人。
她的一位要好的朋友,在這一波疫情下過世了,而她的grandma、aunt、uncle、brother都確診了COVID-19 ,而且狀況都不是很好。
她說,她一直告訴自己,情緒、心智、身體的平衡在此刻都非常重要,如果她不夠strong,就無法支撐家裡撐過這一波的挑戰。
自己沒有什麼能做的,也無法到醫院去探望他們,唯一能做的就是在此刻照顧好自己。
聽到這個消息,心裡非常的難過,我用了很破、很沒有文法的英文說:”I am sorry, I can’t do anything… I just can give you a hug.”
那個當下我感到自己極度渺小,世界上有這麼多人還在疫情的肆虐中痛苦、疾病的惡化中掙扎,而我的痛苦就是這世界的某一小部份罷了。
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無論是肺炎、又或是重症肌無力都會引發呼吸困難。
因此可以感受到,不能好好呼吸是一件多麼辛苦的事情,但我們依然盡著所剩的力氣,努力喘著下一口氣。
印象中她曾經問我,為什麼選擇勇敢?
我說:「我時常也不知道為什麼要勇敢,過去我認為我之所以勇敢是為了對在我身邊的人交代,不讓他們擔心。
但現在好像多了一點什麼。
如果我不面對眼前的苦痛,我就無法見證自己成為我想成為的樣貌。」
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我拿起樂器,彈了一首《天空之城》給她。
宮崎峻的天空之城,之於我的某一層意義是——「對於美好世界及和平理想的嚮往,並義無反顧的追尋。甚至明白,無論結果如何,都感謝這份自己所付出的勇敢。」
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對話的最後,她說了兩句話。
“I promise what hurts now won’t hurt forever. “
“Jiayo! Lue!”
接著我們擁抱,各自離開了遊戲中,繼續面對著自己人生的課題。
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最後那個英文單字,我想了很久——原來是「加油」啊。
是我最不喜歡的那兩個字,但在那一刻我卻沒有感受到不舒服,因為在此時此刻的當下,我們伴著彼此在努力著,在現實世界中繼續面對那些苦難。
最後想分享她曾經跟我說過的一句話給各位。
“White is not always light and black is not always dark.”
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如果有人能把以上的句子翻譯的很好聽,歡迎在底下留言!我打英文的地方大都是我不知道怎麼翻會比較好聽或適切,能意會而不能言語的部份🤣
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至於我的狀態⋯⋯感覺似乎又到了必須進廠維修換血的時刻,這一波,能撐的過去嗎?
我不太確定,但是心情上卻很平靜,可能是知道這時候,平穩是最能讓自己安心的一種狀態了吧。
就好好休息吧,許律。
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「不好意思、對不起」英文有很多用法,如何分辨用哪一個?日本人對朋友跟對長官的道歉方式大不同!
01:18 sorry 對不起
01:22 I feel so sorry 我真的很對不起
01:39 apologize 道歉
01:52 apology 道歉
02:09 My bad 我的錯
02:15 I apologize 我道歉
02:18 My apology 抱歉
03:45 When I said sth... 當我說...
03:50 ...I wasn't thinking ...我沒有想太多
04:05 I'm sorry I hurt you 我很抱歉我傷害到你
04:13 I'm sory I hurt your feelings 我很抱歉我傷了你的感覺
06:37 What can I do for you to feel better 我可以做什麼讓你感覺好一點
06:45 I would never say something like that again 我不會再說那種話了
07:34 I notice... 我注意到...
11:45 ごめん Gomen
12:18 すみません Sumimasen
12:44 ごめんなさい gomennasai
13:18 申し訳ございません Moushiwakegozaimasen
13:53 미안해 mianhae
14:05 미안 mian
14:23 죄송합니다 joesonghabnida
16:30 pardon me 不好意思(沒聽清楚)
16:51 excuse me 不好意思(借過一下)
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what is 文法 在 吉娜英文 Youtube 的精選貼文
#吉娜生活英文實用句
#英文怎麼說
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A: Do you want to call for delivery?
B: Sure. What do you want to get? I want pizza.
A: Okay. Let me call it in.
A: 你想要叫外送嗎?
B: 好啊。你想叫什麼?我想要披薩。
A: 好的。我來叫外送。
2. I've been studying English all my life. However, it's still hard for me to open my mouth and speak it.
我一輩子都在學習英文。然而,我仍然很難開口說英文。
3. Meditation can help you relax and quiet your mind. At the beginning, just three or five minutes is enough.
冥想可以幫助你放鬆,讓思緒安靜下來。一開始,只要三到五分鐘就夠了。
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what is 文法 在 Susie Woo 戴舒萱 Youtube 的最讚貼文
#母親節 #聽力練習
今天是許多國家的母親節,但你(妳)知道,英國的母親節日子跟很多國家不一樣嗎?
在今天的影片,我將介紹英國的母親節以及在母親節我們會怎麼慶祝,同時今天的影片我也有準備一些問題來問大家,歡迎大家在下面留言回覆你的答案,要仔細聽才會知道正確答案喔~
Questions:
1. When is Mother's Day in the UK?
a. 22nd March
b. 3 weeks before Easter
c. Today
2. When was today declared Mother's Day in the US?
a. 1940
b. 1914
c. 1950
3. What type of yellow flower did I mention?
a. Dandelions
b. Daisies
c. Daffodils
最後,Susie也祝全天下的媽媽,母親節快樂!
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