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。
文章來自於New Humans of Australia (有取得授權)
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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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哇!終於打了第一劑AZ疫苗!還好我在台灣,透過在線系統預約,就可以超快速輕鬆安排接種疫苗。我在一個陽光普照的早晨於當地的一所小學完成接種。所有工作人員與接種民眾都非常有條不紊,因此很快就完成了。早上 9 點抵達學校,我們被安排到了其中一間教室,在裡面接種了疫苗,然後被告知要等到早上9點30分以防萬一身體有什麼狀況,就像訓練過一樣,一到9點30分,所有教室裡打疫苗的人整整齊齊地排隊離開校園,一路上都有保持社交距離。超喜歡台灣人的!時時刻刻都會替其他人著想。
打完疫苗後,我感覺自己身體狀況很好耶!我們一家人開車到陽明山看看我爸安息的地方,並帶著大寶二寶看看爺爺,度過了一個完美的晴天!
然後當我回到家時,剛吃完晚飯,副作用才開始產生。我變得很累,我不得不馬上上床睡覺,直到第二天早上才起床。我因為覺得冷而一直發抖,直到我把自己用棉被裹得像墨西哥捲餅,然後我覺得我把自己裹得太緊,所以才輕微發燒。這段時間,我的身體都非常酸痛,所以我無法入睡。終於在第二天早上,副作用才減輕,我才變得比較好。 (當然我沒有告訴Vincent Soberano 我已經好了,所以我可以跟他說我需要休息,因為我正在經歷疫苗的「副作用」。)
你接種新冠疫苗了嗎?提供小建議給那些還沒有打第一劑的人,確保你時常補充水分!
Wahoo! Got my AZ first dose! Thank goodness I’m here in Taiwan where access to vaccinations are quick and easy to schedule by booking an appointment with their online system. I got mine done bright and early at a local elementary school. They are so organized and fast. I got there at 9AM we’re filed into classrooms, got vaccinated and then were told to wait until 930AM in case there were any problems, and like clockwork at 930 AM everyone left the classroom single file perfectly socially distanced from the classroom all the way out onto the street. Love the people here! Always concerned about the well-being of others.
After that dose, I was feeling on top of the world! We took a nice drive to visit my dad on Yangming mountain. Bringing the kiddos along to pay their respects. Spending a perfect sunny day with the family!
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Did you get your Covid Vaccine yet? My advice to those who haven’t taken their first dose yet, make sure you stay hydrated!
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Music 🎵
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/8Di2U764Rb/
Lyrics
Wish that I could find the words
To describe you now
As I am laying next to you
and the world goes quiet
Wish that I could make you see
How you fit me perfectly
And I fall
Fall for you again
We’ve been through it all
You’re the one who understand
In a world where hope grows thin
You’ve completed me
And the story left within’
Tells me how to breathe
Wish that I could make you see
How you fit me perfectly
And I fall
Fall for you again
We’ve been through it all
You’re the one who understand
The one to make things right
And I fall
Fall for you again
We’ve been through it all
You’re the one who understand
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WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (lyrics)
You cut out a piece of me, and now I bleed internally
Left here without you (no, no, no), without you (ooh, ooh)
And it hurts for me to think about what life could possibly be like
Without you (no, no, no), without you (no, no)
I can't believe that you wouldn't believe me
Fuck all of your reasons
I lost my shit, you know I didn't mean it
Now I see it, you run and repeat it
And I can't take it back, so in the past is where we'll leave it, uh
So there you go, oh
Can't make a wife out of a ho, oh
I'll never find the words to say I'm sorry
But I'm scared to be alone
You cut out a piece of me, and now I bleed internally
Left here without you (no, no, no), without you (ooh, ooh)
And it hurts for me to think about what life could possibly be like
Without you (no, no, no), without you (no, no)
Oh-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh, woah
Oh-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh, woah
Without you, without you, ooh
Oh-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh, woah
Oh-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh, woah
Without you, without you
It's gon' be hard here on my own
And even harder to let you go, I
Really wish that we, could've got this right
So here I go, oh
Can't make a wife out of a ho, oh
I'll never find the words to say I'm sorry
But I'm scared to be alone (oh)
You cut out a piece of me, and now I bleed internally
Left here without you (no, no, no), without you (ooh, ooh)
And it hurts for me to think about what life could possibly be like
Without you (no, no, no), without you (no, no)
Oh-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh, woah
Oh-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh, woah
Without you, without you (no, no, no
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日本では、何かを選び出すことを「ピックアップ(Pick up)」と表現しているのをよく目にするのですが、実はこれは和製英語になります。「Pick up」というフレーズ自体は存在しますが、ネイティブは別の意味として使っています。今日は、日本で使われる「ピックアップ」の正しい英表現、及び英語における「Pick up」の正しい用法についてご説明いたします。
📝今日のレッスンのまとめ📝
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1. Pick out「選び出す」 0:47
・I picked out a few designs that I liked.(好きなデザインをいくつか選びました)
・Can you help me pick out a souvenir?(お土産を選ぶのを手伝ってくれない?)
・Go ahead and pick out a wine that you like.(どうぞ自由に好きなワインを選んでください。)
2. Pick up 「拾う・片づける」 1:55
・Pick up your trash.(ゴミを拾って)
・Pick up your toys!(おもちゃを片付けないさい)
3. Pick someone up「〜を迎えに行く」 2:32
・Can you pick me up?(迎えに来てくれる?)
・I'll pick you up at 5.(5時に迎えに行くね。)
・I'll pick up John.(ジョンを迎えに行きます。)
4. Pick up 「〜を取りに行く」 3:18
・I’ll pick up the clothes.(クリーニング屋に出した洋服を取りに行ってくる)
・Can you pick up the cake?(ケーキを取りに言ってくれる?)
5. Pick up「〜を買う」 3:51
・I picked up some snacks at the convenience store.(コンビニでお菓子を買いました)
・Can you stop by Starbucks and pick up some coffee?(スタバによってコーヒーを買ってきてくれない?)
6. Pick up 「おごる」 4:29
・I'll pick up the tab tonight.(今夜は私がおごるよ)
・I'll pick up the bill tonight."(今夜は私がおごるよ)
7. Pick up「電話に出る」 5:12
・Did she pick up?(彼女電話にでた?)
・She didn't pick up. It went straight to her voicemail.(電話に出ませんでした。すぐ留守電になりました)
8. Pick up 「習得する」 5:48
・I picked up English watching movies.(映画を見て英語を身につけました)
・She's really good at snowboarding. She picked it up right away.(彼女はスノボーが上手です。すぐに覚えました)
・I picked up some French while I was in Paris.(パリにいる間、フランス語をちょっと身につけた)
9. Pick up「再開する」 7:09
・Let's pick up where we left off.(中断したところから始めましょう)
・It's getting late. We can pick up where we left off tomorrow.(遅くなってきたので、明日この続きをしましょう)
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