同學期待的政治英文影片第一集總算出爐了! 在此先聲明，我跟Howard老師純粹是分析英文，兩位總統都是神人級的第二語言使用者! 此影片的目的不在於比較兩者的英文能力，而是提供學習者英文口語的實際操作和可以注意的小細節。 以下是影片中提到的一些資訊，請看完再發表評論:
馬英九（1950年7月13日－），中華民國政治人物，曾任中華民國第12、13任總統、國民黨主席等職。畢業於國立台灣大學法律學系，其後前往美國深造，獲紐約大學法學碩士學位，哈佛大學司法學博士學位。曾經擔任蔣經國總統的英文翻譯。
影片: https://youtu.be/lRACKQkgFqc?t=32
Former President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou, in conversation with Jerome A. Cohen, discusses student exchanges between Germany and France.
●沒有看稿子
●非常有經驗的講者
●發音大致上標準 (Prussia 普魯士, herald, tribune, presidency)
●good use of stress (enhancements)
●流暢度有練過特別停頓來思考
●提連貫性跟內容組織的部分
●會以故事的方式去切入重點
用的評分系統: https://www.ielts.org/-/media/pdfs/sp...
●wide range and skillful use of vocabulary: are aware of, feel uneasy, visionary leaders, engage in a massive student exchange, worked miracles, became cornerstones
●mistakes: skip school, quit school, tense--become cornerstone
●short, concise sentences suited for clear public speaking
●lexically dense sentences
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蔡英文（1956年8月31日－）是中華民國（臺灣）的政治人物、法律學者、律師，為現任中華民國總統，原擔任民主進步黨主席。她先後獲得國立臺灣大學法律學系法學士、康奈爾法學院法學碩士、及倫敦政治經濟學院法學博士，曾任教於國立政治大學法學院和東吳大學法學院。
影片: https://youtu.be/5ygpAnK02uk?t=55
President Tsai Ing-wen in Harvard giving advice to students on policy challenges, choices, and leadership in the next decade
●沒有看稿子
●英式發音* (taught, good), 非常清楚
*其實很多英國人不喜歡英式口音這個標籤，英國人覺得他們自己講的才是真正標準的英文，是美國人才有口音
而且現在的英國(聯合王國)也是四個國家組成的，每個區域的發音都有一些區別。
用的評分系統: https://www.ielts.org/-/media/pdfs/sp...
●用詞豐富: rebellious, challenge your teachers and contemporaries, make yourself suited for changes, sharing values, expediting
●流暢度, 有些停頓, 但是思考內容的停頓絕對是自然的!
●文法沒有任何的錯誤 (a rebellious one, meaning...分詞構句, everything that is taught 形容詞子句, what is true today...名詞子句)
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對我而言，英文是一種工具，不覺得每一個政治人物都需要英文，有專業和可靠的翻譯輔助，就足夠了。
媒體報導: https://wp.me/p44l9b-1G4
在此提供我的「心智圖詞彙攻略」課程: https://bit.ly/2teELDq
也獻上Howard老師會走路的翻譯機，《會走路的翻譯機，神級英文學習攻略本》 http://bit.ly/2DfGrhH
最後要感謝炙瞳夢 RED FILM幾位大導演的友情協助，幫我們拍出一級棒的影片!
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