I miss the British colonial days.
【#迷上英式英文】英女皇的電視演說
蕭叔短評:This will go down in history as one of the best speeches ever to have graced the English language.
This is the power of language. It’s more than just beautiful words and carefully crafted sentences. It’s also about having the empathy to understand what your audience needs at this moment, and what you, in your unique position, can deliver.
這一段寫得尤其好:
"I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge, and those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any, that the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country."
蕭叔叔
PS:聽還聽,女士們最好唔好學她發音,尤其是vowels。除了老一輩的英國皇室或貴族,正常英國人(即使是受過高等教育的)不會這樣說話。請另找模仿對象。
演說全文:
I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time. A time of disruption in the life of our country: a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all.
I want to thank everyone on the NHS front line, as well as care workers and those carrying out essential roles, who selflessly continue their day-to-day duties outside the home in support of us all. I am sure the nation will join me in assuring you that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times.
I also want to thank those of you who are staying at home, thereby helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones. Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it.
I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country. The pride in who we are is not a part of our past, it defines our present and our future.
The moments when the United Kingdom has come together to applaud its care and essential workers will be remembered as an expression of our national spirit; and its symbol will be the rainbows drawn by children.
Across the Commonwealth and around the world, we have seen heart-warming stories of people coming together to help others, be it through delivering food parcels and medicines, checking on neighbours, or converting businesses to help the relief effort.
And though self-isolating may at times be hard, many people of all faiths, and of none, are discovering that it presents an opportunity to slow down, pause and reflect, in prayer or meditation.
It reminds me of the very first broadcast I made, in 1940, helped by my sister. We, as children, spoke from here at Windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety. Today, once again, many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones. But now, as then, we know, deep down, that it is the right thing to do.
While we have faced challenges before, this one is different. This time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. We will succeed - and that success will belong to every one of us.
We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.
But for now, I send my thanks and warmest good wishes to you all.
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過283萬的網紅bubzbeauty,也在其Youtube影片中提到,Hey dolly angels! I've been feeling extra girly these days with these vintage floral nails. I've been seeing a lot of these floral nails in Japanese ...
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Update: I appreciate all the support I’ve been getting and I’m glad that this issue has sparked a debate about racism. Many people recognise that racism exists in any form/colour. Racism exists in every country. Demonising a certain group of people because of their nationality/race/skin colour even in this case is unacceptable and only furthers the problem. There have been different kinds of comments on this post. Some comments made with well-intentions, others with less. I will be limiting comments to this post, and removing the details relating to the incident for the police to carry out their invesitigations unhindered. But the discussion relating to racism remains. Talk to someone about racism— discuss how racism might arise in your society and how we can tackle such a senseless issue. I hope we can move forward to be better people for the future!
Original post: (without details of incident)
The spread of coronavirus has resulted in panic across the world — with people debating as to the severity of the situation: is this a deadly virus that we should all be afraid of? Or is it just similar to the common flu? It is without doubt that the medical effects of the COVID-19 has taken the front stage in issues across the world (and rightfully so). However, when we have been focusing solely on the health effects of the coronavirus, we fail to see the social effects that has surfaced from the spread of this virus— where racism has found yet another excuse to rear its ugly head.
I’ve always believed that racism was grounded in stupidity— that people who actually believed one’s ‘racial group’ or ‘nationality’ defines an individual must surely be so ignorant that they deserve my pity. Surely, an ethnic Chinese cannot be ‘British’ or a white-skinned person cannot be Chinese? What makes us ‘Chinese’, ‘Indian’, ‘Malay’ or some other race? Most of us have ancestors of different races. What should we make of a Singaporean who has an English father and a Chinese mother? Is she Chinese or English? What then, should we make of an individual with bloodlines tracing from many different places? How should we classify an individual who has ancestors hailing from Africa, China, England and Italy? Racists argue that people are a certain way because of their race. But how can this argument hold when we realise that race is such a malleable concept? I have believed for long that racism is grounded in stupidity, but I realise today that to say so, is not only being kind to racists, but also gives them an excuse.
Racism is not stupidity — racism is hate. Racists constantly find excuses to expound their hatred— and in this current backdrop of the coronavirus, they’ve found yet another excuse. From refusing service to a Chinese-looking person to racially-motivated hate crimes, every single one of these acts are based on racism. People dismiss racism with statements such as ‘it’s not all of us — only a minority are racists and this does not reflect on a city/country’. While factually true, not only it does not change the fact that this is an ugly problem that has plagued humanity for a very long time, but also it belittles this problem we have. Racism has changed it form and shape through the years and it is once again rearing its ugly head in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
Why should anyone, simply because of the colour of their skin, be subjected to abuse, in any form, verbal or physical? Why should anyone keep quiet when someone makes a racist remark towards them?
*(See: https://edition.cnn.com/…/coronavirus-racist-at…/index.html…)
Disclaimer update:
- This post is intended to bring people together and not divide us based on arbitrary things such as skin colour. Comments demonising a group of a certain skin colour (white or black etc) completely defeats the purpose! Even a Chinese can be racist towards a Chinese, and while it is confusing, the point remains that the demonising of a certain assumed race of my attackers only serve to further the message of the racists. It only seeks to divide us even further and it is unfair towards the billions of white/black-skinned people who are defined by their individuality- who are so much more than their skin colour! Demonising a certain group of people because of their skin colour is racist in itself and its completely unacceptable.
- PLEASE, do not use this post as a platform to continue to propagate racist tendencies- humanity has suffered enough. People of any skin colour can and have suffered racism at some point in our lives and the main point is to realise this is an issue, try to BE THE CHANGE, instead of contributing to racism.
- If you have reached here, thank you so much for reading till the end of this post. I just want to say I hope we can all work together to stamp out racism in this world (regardless of whom it is against) and build a better future!
how do you say can in british english 在 Apple Tan Qian Jing Facebook 的精選貼文
Update: I appreciate all the support I’ve been getting and I’m glad that this issue has sparked a debate about racism. Many people recognise that racism exists in any form/colour. Racism exists in every country. Demonising a certain group of people because of their nationality/race/skin colour even in this case is unacceptable and only furthers the problem. There have been different kinds of comments on this post. Some comments made with well-intentions, others with less. I will be limiting comments to this post, and removing the details relating to the incident for the police to carry out their invesitigations unhindered. But the discussion relating to racism remains. Talk to someone about racism— discuss how racism might arise in your society and how we can tackle such a senseless issue. I hope we can move forward to be better people for the future!
Original post: (without details of incident)
The spread of coronavirus has resulted in panic across the world — with people debating as to the severity of the situation: is this a deadly virus that we should all be afraid of? Or is it just similar to the common flu? It is without doubt that the medical effects of the COVID-19 has taken the front stage in issues across the world (and rightfully so). However, when we have been focusing solely on the health effects of the coronavirus, we fail to see the social effects that has surfaced from the spread of this virus— where racism has found yet another excuse to rear its ugly head.
I’ve always believed that racism was grounded in stupidity— that people who actually believed one’s ‘racial group’ or ‘nationality’ defines an individual must surely be so ignorant that they deserve my pity. Surely, an ethnic Chinese cannot be ‘British’ or a white-skinned person cannot be Chinese? What makes us ‘Chinese’, ‘Indian’, ‘Malay’ or some other race? Most of us have ancestors of different races. What should we make of a Singaporean who has an English father and a Chinese mother? Is she Chinese or English? What then, should we make of an individual with bloodlines tracing from many different places? How should we classify an individual who has ancestors hailing from Africa, China, England and Italy? Racists argue that people are a certain way because of their race. But how can this argument hold when we realise that race is such a malleable concept? I have believed for long that racism is grounded in stupidity, but I realise today that to say so, is not only being kind to racists, but also gives them an excuse.
Racism is not stupidity — racism is hate. Racists constantly find excuses to expound their hatred— and in this current backdrop of the coronavirus, they’ve found yet another excuse. From refusing service to a Chinese-looking person to racially-motivated hate crimes, every single one of these acts are based on racism. People dismiss racism with statements such as ‘it’s not all of us — only a minority are racists and this does not reflect on a city/country’. While factually true, not only it does not change the fact that this is an ugly problem that has plagued humanity for a very long time, but also it belittles this problem we have. Racism has changed it form and shape through the years and it is once again rearing its ugly head in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
Why should anyone, simply because of the colour of their skin, be subjected to abuse, in any form, verbal or physical? Why should anyone keep quiet when someone makes a racist remark towards them?
*(See: https://edition.cnn.com/…/coronavirus-racist-at…/index.html…)
Disclaimer update:
- This post is intended to bring people together and not divide us based on arbitrary things such as skin colour. Comments demonising a group of a certain skin colour (white or black etc) completely defeats the purpose! Even a Chinese can be racist towards a Chinese, and while it is confusing, the point remains that the demonising of a certain assumed race of my attackers only serve to further the message of the racists. It only seeks to divide us even further and it is unfair towards the billions of white/black-skinned people who are defined by their individuality- who are so much more than their skin colour! Demonising a certain group of people because of their skin colour is racist in itself and its completely unacceptable.
- PLEASE, do not use this post as a platform to continue to propagate racist tendencies- humanity has suffered enough. People of any skin colour can and have suffered racism at some point in our lives and the main point is to realise this is an issue, try to BE THE CHANGE, instead of contributing to racism.
- If you have reached here, thank you so much for reading till the end of this post. I just want to say I hope we can all work together to stamp out racism in this world (regardless of whom it is against) and build a better future!
how do you say can in british english 在 bubzbeauty Youtube 的精選貼文
Hey dolly angels!
I've been feeling extra girly these days with these vintage floral nails. I've been seeing a lot of these floral nails in Japanese nail magazines lately and I can definitely see why it's so popular with Japanese girls. Nothing screams CUTE or GIRLY more than pretty flowers. Matched with a polka dot design, the combination makes it even younger, sweeter and cuter.
I'm gonna show you guys how to do this very elegant and cute nail design.
It looks detailed and intricate but it's actually quite simple to do. No professional nail tools are required. All you need is nail polishes and tooth picks.
I'm still recovering from a chest infection. I actually completely lost my voice last week and then I had to wait until my voice sounded less like a man hence the delay of this video. If I sound different, it's because of all the sexy phlegm.
Full list of nail polishes I used & pictures of my nails posted here:
http://www.bubzbeauty.com/bubbi-likes/343-diy-vintage-floral-nails.html
I'm ashamed to say it's only recently I've heard about British designer Cath Kidston despite living in UK most of my life. I see a lot of floral furniture and textiles everywhere but I had no idea the designer is so associated with the print. Shameful Bubz =_="
Music: Only One Instrumental by BoA & Day By Day Instrumental by SNSD.
Ps. I was kinda worried the engagement ring will take focus away from the nail tutorial but I felt bad taking it off. Sorry if it looks 'in your face'. I didn't intend to pull focus on to it.
Thank you so much for watching.
Much love, Bubz xx
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