【國立臺灣大學109學年度畢業典禮 致詞代表 資訊工程學系韓哈斯】
Student Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
International student Seth Austin Harding from Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
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校長、教授、以及在螢幕前的各位同學,大家好。非常感謝臺大給我這個機會。我是韓哈斯,來自美國華盛頓特區。我會以自身的真實經驗出發,來跟大家分享臺大帶給我的收穫。
我當初為什麼選擇來台灣求學呢?我小時候非常喜歡看武打片,然後我十歲的時候去看了一部電影叫做「功夫熊貓」。這部電影成為了我最喜歡的電影,主角「阿波」的故事跟我的故事很像。我看完了之後就決定要開始學功夫,所以去了「美國武術學院」。那個時候我每天都聽旁邊的人講中文,到了高中我就決定開始學中文。當時我遇到了一位貴人,她是從台北到美國來教書的中文老師,她教的課是我當時最喜歡的課,我每天去她的教室跟好朋友練習。到了高中畢業時,我是全高中中文最好的非母語人士。同時,我第二喜歡的課程是電腦科學,那時候我是程式能力數一數二的學生。後來在成功錄取夢寐以求的學校:臺灣大學之後,我感到雀躍不已,因為我既可以繼續學習中文,也可以持續在世界頂尖的學府中,往電腦科學的方向精進自我。
不過老實說,當我回顧大一的時期,我也曾迷失自我。雖然我修了很多很多的中文課,但是我那時只聽得懂大概一半的課程內容。跟大家對美國人的印象不同,我其實很害羞,也很害怕舉手提問,我甚至不太敢參與社交,所以當時朋友也很少。我開始想家,也變得有一點憂鬱。那時籃球是我唯一的紓壓方式。
但更不幸的是,我在打籃球時弄傷了我的前十字韌帶,做了兩次手術,需要一年半才能恢復。許多的負面情緒壓得我喘不過氣。我被困在人生的低谷,不知如何是好。我覺得我的中文不夠好,我也被診斷出失眠跟ADHD,另外,美國高中的數學太簡單了,來這邊不夠用。種種壓力讓我足不出戶,找不到自己的人生方向。後來,我向臺大心輔中心以及我的心理醫師尋求協助,然後我也開始跟系上有更多互動。有一位教授叫徐宏民跟我說,"Never give up",雖然那時候我覺得這句話太過於簡化了我的問題,不過,在我仔細思考了一個禮拜之後,我下定決心,發誓不讓自己被這些事擊敗。我決定要克盡全力,認真做好每件事。這是我人生的轉捩點,我開始變得異常自律。當時廖世偉教授和洪士灝系主任帶我進入它們的研究室鑽研學術。這重燃了我對資訊工程的熱忱,提醒了我當初會愛上這個領域的原因。我開始研究人工智慧以及區塊鏈,也開始跟其他系上同學交朋友,一起成立臺大人工智慧應用社NTUAI。NTUAI現在是校內頗具規模的技術研究社團,致力於推廣人工智慧給任何對該領域有熱忱的學生。歡迎加入NTUAI,可以掃描我們的QR CODE。
最近,由於疫情的緣故,我已經一年半沒回美國了。但是沒關係,因為我已經找到了我第二個家。我很愛臺大,以及台灣的人事物。雖然我經歷了人生的低潮,但這裡的一切總是給我滿滿的祝福與協助。最後,我想送給大家「功夫熊貓」裡的一句台詞: "You just need to believe"。只要用樂觀的態度去面對困難,就有能力改變自己,甚至改變身旁所愛的人。就像阿波的父親說的,"心誠則靈,只要你相信,點石就能成金。根本沒有什麼秘笈。只有你。"謝謝大家。
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President, professors, and classmates, I'm very honored to be here. Thank you to NTU for giving me this opportunity. My name's Seth Austin Harding, and I'm from the D.C. metropolitan area. I'm going to tell a real story that's personal but that's relatable and what I see as the real me.
What motivated and guided me to take my undergraduate studies in Taiwan? When I was very young, I really loved watching kung fu movies, and when I was 10 years old, I went to the theater to watch "Kung Fu Panda". This became my favorite movie as I felt like the story of the main character Po was one to which I could very much relate. After watching this movie, I decided that I wanted to start learning kung fu, so I went to the United States Wushu Academy. At the time, I began hearing Mandarin on a daily basis, so when I was in high school, I decided to begin formally studying Chinese. It ended up being my Chinese teacher from Taipei who was my favorite teacher who taught my favorite class, so I decided I'd hang out in the Chinese classroom every day and practice lots. By the time graduation came around, I had attained the highest proficiency in Chinese among any non-native speaker in my school. My second favorite class was computer science, and I ended up attaining among the best coding skills in my school. After getting accepted to the school of my dreams -- National Taiwan University -- I felt honored, humbled, and excited; I could now spend time at among the world's finest universities studying Chinese and at the same time advancing my knowledge of computer science.
But when I look back at my freshman year, to be honest with you, I didn't know what I was doing. Despite having taken very many Chinese classes, when I went to the NTU lectures, I understood only about half of what the teachers were saying. Contrary to most people's impressions of an American, I was actually too shy to raise my hand, to ask questions, or to even meet with teachers after class, so I had very few friends at the time. I started to become homesick and depressed. At that time, I found that basketball was the only way I knew of relieving my stress. However, while playing basketball, I had torn my ACL and it would take two surgeries and a year and a half in time to fully recover. At this point, I felt caught between a rock and a hard place. In fact, this was the lowest point of my life, and I didn't know what to do. I felt like my Chinese wasn't good enough, I had been diagnosed with insomnia and ADHD, and I felt like the math taught in America was too simple to allow for me to keep up with my classmates. I was under immense pressure, and at this time, I lost any sense of purpose or direction. Later on, I went to seek help from NTU counseling, from my psychiatrist, and from my department. I reached out to Professor Winston Hsu from CSIE, and he told me this: "Never give up"; it was such an oversimplified way to approach such a complex series of problems, I had thought. However, I pondered these words intensely for one week, and by the end of that week, I had made a firm decision. This would NOT be another example of me giving up. I decided to go all out, to work diligently and passionately on all tasks at hand. This was the turning point of my life; I started to discipline myself to a very high degree. At this time, I met my then-to-become advisors Professor Shih-Wei Liao and Professor Shih-Hao Hung and entered their labs to begin research. Finally, the passion that I had for computer science that I had previously held in high school was kindled again, and I was finally reminded why I loved this field. I began my research life in blockchain and AI, and at the time I entered the lab, I also began creating NTUAI. NTUAI is now a large and highly successful NTU club that is dedicated to the research and public understanding of AI. Welcome one and all to join us; please scan our QR code here.
For a year and a half I haven't returned to America because of covid. But not to worry; I have found my second home, away from home. I love it here in NTU and I cherish all of the things I've had the privilege to experience in Taiwan. I've gone through the most difficult of struggles in my life here, but I've also had the most fortunate and blessed of experiences. To conclude, I'd like to quote a line from "Kung Fu Panda": "You just need to believe". As long as you are willing to adopt an optimistic attitude in facing challenges and hardships, you may become a positive force in changing the lives of those around you as well as your own life. It all depends on how you view it; just like what Po's father says, "there is no secret ingredient. It's just you." Thank you, everyone.
詳見:
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an old saying中文 在 換日線 Crossing Facebook 的最佳貼文
【Singaporean Food Culture】#theHawkerCentre
The Hawker Centres is an open-air food court most commonly found in Singapore. It has been a part of Singapore’s life day-to-day basis, becoming one of Singaporean well-known cultures and heritages.
A hawker Centres is not just a place to eat. Still, a community of all Singaporeans, young to old, from unemployed to bosses, local and tourist - all come together in this vibrant place to share laughter and stories.
There is an old saying that“If you haven’t come to a Hawker Centre, you haven’t really gone to Singapore.”
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an old saying中文 在 EZ Talk Facebook 的最佳解答
#EZTalk #你不知道的美國大小事 #badapple
Food idioms Part 1
🇺🇸美國生活用語~水果篇🍎
蘋果有好有壞,你知道bad apple是什麼意思嗎?可不是白雪公主吃了昏去的那顆毒蘋果喔~
Because food plays such an important role in people’s lives, it’s only natural that it would make its way into commonly used idioms. Everybody loves fruit, so let’s start with fruit-related idioms!
Apples are probably the most common fruit in the English-speaking world, so there are plenty of apple-related expressions. One of the oldest, which can be found in Shakespeare, and even the Bible, 🍎is “apple of one’s eye,” which means “sb. very precious or dear.” Ex: Bill’s daughter is the apple of his eye. And because apple pie is the classic American dessert, 🍎 “as American as apple pie” is used to describe things that are typically American. Ex: Blue jeans are as American as apple pie.
But not all apples are good. The expression 🍏 “bad apple” comes from the old saying: “One bad apple spoils the barrel,” which means it only takes one bad person to ruin a group or project. Ex: There’s always a bad apple at every workplace. The apples in the following expression can be either good or bad: 🍏 “The apple never falls far from the tree,” which means that, for better or worse, children often have the same traits as their parents. Ex: Kim is a talented musician just like her father, so I guess the apple never falls far from the tree.
【✍關鍵單字】
1. make one’s way (to/into):本意為「前進」,也可作為譬喻用法,指「有所進步、進展」,或是「取得成功」。
2. precious:「珍貴的」
3. One bad apple spoils the barrel. spoil指「糟蹋、毀掉」,barrel指「釀酒桶」,整句原意是一顆壞掉的蘋果就會破壞整桶酒的風味,對應到中文就是「一顆老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥」。
【📕中譯】
食物是生活不可或缺,因此自然會有許多從食物衍生出的用語。而每個人都喜歡吃水果,我們就先來聊聊與水果相關的諺語。
蘋果大概是英語系國家最常見的水果,因此英語中有一大票跟蘋果相關的諺語。其中一個可追溯到莎士比亞時期、甚至在聖經中就出現的古老用法是:apple of one’s eye「眼裡的西施」,指「相當珍貴的人」。例如:Bill’s daughter is the apple of his eye.(女兒是比爾眼中的寶貝。)此外,由於蘋果派是經典的美國點心,所以as American as apple pie「(像蘋果派)具美國特色的」這個片語可以用來敘述任何一想到美國就會想起的事物,如:Blue jeans are as American as apple pie.(牛仔褲是典型美國事物。)
不過,可不是每顆蘋果都是好蘋果呦。bad apple一詞來自於古老俗語One bad apple spoils the barrel.(一顆老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥。)指團隊中只要有一個害群之馬就會壞事。如:There’s always a bad apple at every workplace.(每個職場中都會有顆老鼠屎。)接著要介紹的這顆蘋果則是可好可壞:the apple never falls far from the tree「掉落的蘋果必離樹不遠;有其父必有其子,或上樑不正下樑歪」,這句話可以用來稱讚或貶低某人,如:Kim is a talented musician just like her father, so I guess the apple never falls far from the tree.(金跟她爸一樣,是個天才音樂家,我想這就是有其父必有其女。)
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an old saying中文 在 Nigel Sparks Youtube 的精選貼文
Dato' Maw is not your ordinary "Dato". He is one of the proudest Cina I know. Dato' Maw is fearless when it comes to pushing boundaries, breaking stereotypes and saying what needs to be said. His goal is to fill the void between two generations, the old and the new. Make great music that's close to us as Malaysians and prove the whole of Chinese Music Industry here in Malaysia wrong!
Super proud to see how he has found his sound and never backing down from what he truly believes in. I am inspired after listening to his come up and struggles. Hope this inspires you too.
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Timecodes :
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Are you a real dato?
2:30 - How we met
7:16 - Was the Chinese rap scene bigger then or now?
8:48 - Did you make a cap?
12:38 - Fired from working in Levi’s
13:06 - I was a tuition teacher
19:14 - You came with a luggage bag
24:28 - Mutual friends on Facebook
34:18 - I met Justin Bieber
38:03 - Hypeman is actually an occupation here in Asia
39:00 - Huat cap sold out
41:46 - Money and face
46:27 - Very hard meh to get a million views?
50:53 - I wanna be a YouTuber
51:22 - Rap of China
54:29 - What is Ban Huat?
1:02:07 - No need think of your future ah?
1:03:11- Eh you wanna be Namewee ah?
1:05:06 - Inside a box until the day they die
1:09:42 - Daughter wants to be on OnlyFans
1:11:05 - Who do you want to prove wrong?
1:12:40 - How many “Journey to the West” do we need?”
1:15:55 - “Wei jibai, I’m Chinese leh”
1:16:28 - You feel like prostitute
1:21:56 - Legacy
1:24:35 - Outro
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