關於 at ease意思 ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

「微解封」的英文怎麼說？

最近有蠻多同學寫信來詢問這個問題。

📌 首先，這是ＣＤＣ對「微解封」的聲明：

網傳「三級警戒微解封的不可思議之處」指揮中心：原同住家人就不受限制，謠言邏輯誤導且比喻失當，請勿輕信轉傳，造成防疫困擾。

完整公告請參考：https://bit.ly/3wHPQHT

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好，回到主題。

首先，我們知道解除疫情封鎖的英文是「lift COVID-19 restrictions」。

📌 lift (v.) 解除 （封鎖⋯⋯）

「lift」這個字有許多意思，這裡作為動詞使用，意思是：

to end a rule or law 取消、撤銷規定或法律

• The restrictions on water usage have been lifted now that the river levels are normal.

河水的水位已經恢復正常，因此用水限制被取消了。

• At last they've lifted the ban on jeans at the club.

最終他們取消了在俱樂部禁止穿牛仔褲的規定。

詳見劍橋詞典：https://bit.ly/3yKMzIZ

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📌「lift」在新聞稿中，也常被用來敘述解除與疫情封鎖相關的法令與措施：

• Scotland is due to move to Covid level 0 on 19 July, with most legal restrictions lifted on 9 August.

蘇格蘭將於７月１９日降至０級警戒，絕大多數的法律限制將於８月９日解除。

• The lifting of most Covid guidance and legal restrictions in England is expected on 19 July.

英格蘭絕大多數的新冠肺炎指示與法律限制預計將於 7 月 19 日解除。

——BBC

來源：https://bbc.in/36r8kS2

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• Is it wise to lift England’s Covid restrictions fully?

英國對新冠肺炎全面解封是否明智？

—— The Guardian

來源：https://bit.ly/3e6m6h6

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• Boris Johnson says England on track to lift Covid restrictions and rules on mask-wearing.

強森表示，英格蘭有望解除戴口罩的限制與規定。

• He said that regulations mandating face masks would be lifted and people would no longer be instructed to work from home.

他說，將解除強制戴口罩的規定，民眾亦無須在家工作。

——CNBC

來源：https://cnb.cx/3xANqf4

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• All across the country, mask mandates have eased, restrictions have lifted and most states have gone back to business as usual.

全國各地已放寬戴口罩的規定，限制已經解除，各州多已恢復正常營業。

• A state is considered fully reopened once it has lifted all specific restrictions on businesses statewide.

一旦該州解除對商業活動的所有特殊限制，就會被視為全面重啟。

——NY TIMES

來源：https://nyti.ms/3wyK9vq

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那為「微」解封到底該怎麼說？

在此一語境中，媒體常見的說法有下列幾種：

📌 1. loosen restrictions 放寬限制

loosen (v.) 鬆開，使…放鬆

• France and Belgium loosen Covid restrictions for summer.

法國與比利時放寬了夏季的新冠肺炎限制。

——BBC

來源：https://bbc.in/3hxEG3X

• Chile will loosen restrictions against the coronavirus for residents who are fully vaccinated.

智利將對已完成疫苗接種的居民放寬新冠肺炎的限制。

——Bloomberg

來源：https://bloom.bg/3e8XqEL

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📌 2. ease rules/restrictions 放寬規定／限制

ease (v.) 減輕；減低；緩解

• Belgium is also easing its rules to allow indoor dining at cafes and restaurants.

比利時還放寬規定，允許於咖啡館與餐廳內用餐。

• While promoting the easing of restrictions on Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron was slapped during a visit to a hotel school in the south east of France.

週二，在推動鬆綁限制的同時，法國總統馬克宏在參訪法國東南部的一所飯店學院時挨了一巴掌。

——BBC

來源：https://bbc.in/3hxEG3X

• U.S. Retail Sales Forecast Rises Sharply as Covid-19 Restrictions Ease

隨著新冠肺炎限制的鬆綁，美國銷售預估驟升。

——WSJ

來源：https://on.wsj.com/3k4kJDB

• As restrictions ease, glimpses of a pre-pandemic world have begun to reappear.

隨著限制的鬆綁，世界在疫情前的些許景象開始重現。

—— The Economist

來源：https://econ.st/3hz5ZuS

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📌 3. partially lift restrictions 部分解除限制

• Taiwan’s CECC considers partially lifting Level 3 restrictions from July 12.

臺灣的中央流行疫情指揮中心考慮自７月１２日起部分解除３級警戒。

——Taiwan News

來源：https://bit.ly/36ybljm

• While many cultural attractions in France were reopening on Wednesday as coronavirus restrictions were partially lifted.

儘管只解除了部分新冠病毒的限制，法國的許多人文景點已於週三重新開放。

——NY Times

來源：https://nyti.ms/3hR6cIE

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📌 若要講得更細的話，可用以表達欲終止特定措施與法令：

• Other changes include an end to rules on working from home, although employers will have to agree the number of days staff come into the office in advance.

其他改變包括終止在家工作的規定，但雇主須提前同意員工待在辦公室的天數。

——BBC

來源：https://bbc.in/3hxEG3X

要全面重啟的話也可以使用「fully reopen」：

• In the few states that have yet to fully reopen, governors have set targets for doing so based on vaccination rates or other health measures.

在少數幾個尚未全面重啟的州裡，州長們已根據疫苗接種率或其他健康評估，設定了全面重啟的指標。

——NY Times

來源：https://nyti.ms/3wyK9vq

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📌 然而，表達或翻譯一個複雜的概念，須先參考語境（context）與語域（register）。如此，在詮釋時才可能提供完整且精準的表達。

context與register 的定義: https://bit.ly/2SsdxTg

最後，與疫情相關的資訊可至ＣＤＣ官網查證：https://www.cdc.gov.tw/

如果還有其他用英文表達「微解封」的方式，也歡迎到下方留言與我們分享～

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防疫相關的「時事英文」：https://bit.ly/2RWgfD3

英文學習「生態系」: https://bit.ly/2VvSfIE

圖片出處: Google Images

【我親愛的Zoom視訊客人們】
To My Dear Zoom Clients

我忍了真的⋯⋯真的⋯⋯很久，今天過後實在忍無可忍，一定要叮嚀所有過去和未來的客人們。

我年紀很大了，受不了太大的刺激。

拜託，你們可以Zoom好來嗎？😓😑

一、Zoom視訊的視角 = 拍護照照的視角

護照自2020年起就已成為古董，但大家這一生應該有拍過證件照吧！

對了，就是要頭髮整齊，讓我看到你的雙耳、雙眼、鼻子、嘴巴、頸項和肩膀，到胸部。

我批八字時，需要看整個面相。不要讓你一半的臉掉出鏡頭外，這樣很像鍾無艷，也不要嘴巴不見掉，這樣我很像在跟一條羅漢魚視訊。

我看面相包括看你的嘴巴、牙齒和說話時的嘴形。是的，看相就是需要那麼仔細。

如果你的螢幕太低，那就找書本或舊報紙，把螢幕墊高一點。別讓我整一個小時半只看到你的雙下巴，會把你的面相比例給看錯。

不要一直告訴我不好意思，方法是人想出來的。

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二、光線

太暗，我看你如見鬼。
太亮，我會看不清你的膚色。
拉開窗簾，不要背向陽光。
有必要的話，就直接開燈！

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三、勿放什麼椰樹沙灘/金門大橋的虛擬背景圖

什麼虛擬背景圖都不要放啦～

我的家美最重要，我不在乎你的家美不美，我只是來看命的。

如果你的Wi-Fi不是很強，電腦功能不是很厲害，這類的虛擬背景圖會讓你的視訊畫面卡卡的。

有時你轉個身，整個右邊不見了，或部份的頭髮少了，讓我覺得我好像在看恐怖片，嚇人啊～

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四、環境和聲音

有些海外客人其實非常用心。為了與我視訊，特別去買有麥克風的耳機🎧，讓我能更清楚的聽到他們的聲音。😍

沒有使用耳機和麥克風的客人，往往他們的聲音會有種空氣般的回音，如果他們本身講話又小聲，我的耳機聲量開滿，我還是聽得滿辛苦的

也有香港和馬來西亞客人租過會議室、鐘點房間或單人工作室，就是為了不受家人的干擾，能安心的與我視訊。😍

最有趣的是，去年新加坡阻斷措施時，有位男客人跑到屋外的走廊坐在地上與我視訊。只是外頭風聲有點大，我好幾次都聽不清楚他的聲音。

曾有客人在咖啡廳與我視訊。咖啡廳裡的高談闊論聲和器皿的敲擊聲，頻頻從我的耳機闖進我的耳朵，哇～我的耳朵那時真的是活受罪，還要裝一副氣定神閒的樣子。

天啊，兩次過後，我寧願退錢，也不再見這樣的客人了。耳朵只有一對，我要保護好啊！

在這裡聲明：一般我們買手機時的那種有麥克風的耳機，就已能視訊。沒有戴耳機和麥克風的客人，我一概會拒絕諮詢，把費用原銀奉還。

五、孩子

曾試過諮詢的前20分鐘，一直被女客人的小孩打擾，進來哭著要媽媽主持公道。

如果你家中有六歲以下的兒童，會時不時來敲你的門，我建議你還是先別約我。你這樣會分心，無法聽好我交代的事，而我也得一直等你去安撫你的孩子，就無法在限定時間內看完你的八字，這樣對誰都不公平。

六、我只見客人一人

這個規矩，從我一出道就定下來，也清楚的寫在網站上，根本不用一而再的來試探水溫。

但這兩個星期，還是有客人硬闖關，事先安排自己的配偶/孩子坐在電腦的另一面，要他們聽我講他的八字。

我從不改我的規矩，也沒有八字或風水是我非看不可的。

讀書這麼高，連自己的命都不能自己負責，這已經不是能改到命的人了。

你一定要你的配偶陪你聽，那你需要的不是我來教你改命，是你的配偶來安你的心。

將來若還有這樣的事，我會直接中斷視訊，把錢退回去。

七、「我第一次用Zoom！」

可是從報名那天到今天的諮詢，你有兩個月的時間去摸索。

兩個月，怎麼還是錯誤百出？因為客人根本沒有事先準備和練習。

結果我就這樣等了20分鐘，還得等對方下載軟件。

Zoom不難使用，但如果是你沒有花時間去摸索，就不要撒謊，直接說，我就直接退現錢。

品德是改命的資糧，不要為了自己能脫身就隨便編一個漏洞百出的謊，還說自己是好人。這...不會臉皮太厚了嗎？

小事都不願做好，絕對不會成大器。

八、暈車

有些客人用Ipad或手機來視訊。

重點是，他一支手拿著手機，一支手拿筆寫筆記。他一邊寫，另一支手就一邊搖晃。他做在床上，移動一下，手機就彷彿大海嘯幾下🌊

我一天如果見三個這樣客人，我的視線就搖晃了5個小時。工作完畢後，頭也會痛得厲害，無法完成晚上製片的工作。

沒有自拍器三腳架，也應該有些書本或東西來頂著手機。

各位，多點善心，為我著想一下吧⋯⋯

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To My Dear Zoom Clients

I have been enduring it for a really really long time. That's it! I am gonna put a stop to this after today and send out this reminder to all my past and future clients.

I am getting on in years, and cannot stand too much stimulation.

Please.... can you guys do a proper Zoom?

Number 1: Going on screen in Zoom = Taking a photograph for your passport.

Since 2020, the passport has become something of an antique but I believe everyone has taken some kind of ID photos! Yes, the ones with your neatly combed trusses where I can see both your ears, nose, mouth, neck, shoulder all the way to your chest.

I would like to see your full face during the Bazi Consultation. Please don't allow half your face to fall off the screen and you end up looking like Zhong Wu Yan! Please also don't hide your mouth making me feel like I am talking to a Arrowana.

When I analyze your facial features, it includes your mouth, teeth and the shape of your mouth while you are talking. Yes, it is down to such level of details.

If your PC / Laptop monitor is too low, please find a book or old newspapers and stack it on top. Please don't let me only see your double chin for that 1.5 hours, as I would probably get the proportion of your face wrong.

Don't keep telling me you are apologetic. Think of a way out.

Number 2: The background lighting.

Too dark, you risk looking like a ghost.

Too bright, I cannot figure out your skin color.

Draw open the curtains, but don't face your back to the sunlight.

If necessary, just turn on the lights!

Number 3: Background images of coconut trees on sandy beaches or the Golden Gate Bridge.

There is no need to put on a virtual background. I only care about how my hone looks, I am not bothered by yours. I am only here to see your Bazi.

If your WIFI signal or your PC / Laptop performance is poor, using the virtual background can often make your Zoom video choppy. Sometimes when you turn your body, one side of your body or some part of your hair will disappear. It's really like one of those spooky movies scaring the wits out of me.

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Number 4: Background environment and noise.

Some of my overseas clients really put in effort for our Zoom sessions. They bought a headset with a mic so that I can hear them properly and vice versa.

Those that did not use a earphone or a headset often sounded echo-ish, and if they spoke softly, I would have to turn on the volume on my side full throttle and still have a hard time trying to hear them.

There are some clients from Hong Kong and Malaysia who would rent meeting rooms, hotel rooms or private work spaces by the hour so as to reduce any disturbance from others and better focus on the Zoom session with me.

I recalled an interesting incident during the Circuit Breaker last year. A client from Singapore Zoom-ed with me along the corridor outside his house. Most of the time, I was hearing the howling of the winds rather than his voice.

Some clients sat themselves in coffee places for our session. These places are often filled with loud chatters and the clanging of cups and plates, and my ears suffered terribly. Yet, I have to continue to be seen as composed and attentive.

Goodness me, after 2 of such experiences, I decided that I rather refund these clients and never see them again. I have only 1 pair of ears and I want to protect them at all costs!

A normal earpiece that comes with the purchase of a handphone is good enough for Zoom video calls. For clients who do not have a earpiece/headset and a mic, I would end the consultation and refund the monies.

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Number 5: Children

There was once where a session with a female client was repeatedly disrupted by her kids, running in crying for their mother to settle their quarrels. If you have children below 6 years of age, and likely to interrupt our session, I suggest you don't book a consultation with me.

You will be distracted, unable to focus on my advice and I have to wait for you to clear up the situation with your children, eating into the allowable time for me to complete the consultation. This is unfair to both you and me.

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Number 6: I only meet one person, that is the Client.

I have set this requirement the day I stepped into this line of work, and it is clearly written in my booking form. There is no need to try your luck under any circumstances.

But in the space of 2 weeks, there were some clients who rode their luck and got their spouse / child to sit on the other side of the screen to listen in on our consultation.

I never change my stance, and there is no single client that I cannot afford to lose.

If you insist to have your spouse sit in, it is apparent that you do not need me to help transform your destiny. Rather you really need your spouse to put your heart at ease.

If such things happen the next time, I will end the session immediately and refund the fees.

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Number 7: "My first time using Zoom"

But you have 2 full months to prepare before our actual consultation. You did not end up wasting time exploring the software and I wasted 20 mins waiting for you to download the software.

Zoom is an easy software to use but if you did not spend the time to familiarize yourself with it, please quit the lies and tell me directly. I will refund the consultation fees on the spot.

Our moral ethics serve as the foundation for our transformation. Stop weaving web of lies to get out of sticky situations, and still claim that you are a good person. Isn't this too thick-skinned?

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Number 8: Giddy spells

Some clients use Ipad or their handphones for the Zoom session. Crucially, they hold the device with one hand, and take notes with the other. As they write, the other hand holding the phone becomes shaky. If he is doing that on his bed, his handphone would shake like a tsunami wave every time he changes his position.

If I see 3 such clients within a day, it would be 5 hours of shaking visuals for me. That would mean a splitting headache at the end of my work day, and not being able to work on my videos at night.

Even if you don't have a tripod stand, at least prop up the device with a book or something.

Please everyone, please be kind and have mercy on me......

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「我的志願」

Translation: @benkongenglish
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前陣子受學校邀請
向9-12年級的小朋友分享「職涯規劃」
希望讓孩子及早認識各行業的特質
減少在畢業的關口胡亂選擇大學科系的遺憾
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雖然我的演講主題是「我的志願」
但不是「我的 志願」
而是「我 的志願」
意思是以成為「我自己」為志向
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前大半堂課的時間都被我用來談人生
人生不長 其中一大部分是讀書 工作 貸款 退休
如果你不能成為想成為的人
如果你不能投入自己喜歡的事情
甚至以之為職業
你滿意嗎？ 開心嗎？ 甘願嗎？
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與其追逐社會讚賞的職業
不如先傾聽內心的聲音 多嘗試 多體驗
明白自己的熱情與潛能所在
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Invited by a school to a sharing regarding “Career Planning” in the hope of giving 9-12 grade students perspective on the quality of each industry and thereby bailing them out of regret of choosing the wrong faculty in university.
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Notwithstanding the topic being “My Dream”,
it is not “My, wishes” but “My - Ideal”, depicting my dreamed self.
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I spent more than half of the time sharing the meaning of life.
Life is short. A large part of it comprises studying, working, repaying loans and retirement.
If you cannot evolved into a person in your ideal;
If you cannot be involved in the things you like and make a career out of it,
will you be content? Joyful? At ease?
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Instead of chasing careers that is glorified by everyone, why not listen to the voice within; experience and make more attempts to understand your passion and potential?