/ March 5, 2018 47-Year-Old NEET, Jobless since Graduation . Summary: Unable to find a job after graduation, a 47-year-old Japanese man gave up looking for one and has been receiving about HK$9,000 a month from his mother for over 20 years. Worried about their family’s financial situation, his 51-year-old brother intervened and promised to put an end to this arrangement when he reaches 50 years old. . Language Enhancement: Intervene (v.)(介入) 「介入」是指當一個處境開始變得棘手時插手或干擾，以免任由它繼續惡化下去。最常與它搭配的對象是打鬥和爭執，但例如是一間機構或政府的政策也可以。注意它是不及物動詞，用法是 intervene + in + N.。 e.g. I was about to make an impulsive purchase on a new jacket, but my friend intervened and stopped me. e.g. Stop intervening in how I spend my free time. That’s none of your business. . #english #news #englishinnews #newsoftheday #language #enhancement #dse #kennethlau #kenjoy #英文 #時事英文熱點 #dse2018 #dse2019 #dse2020 #dsefighter #dseenglish #2018dse #2019dse #2020dse #20180305

< 出書了！ > 上星期突然收到David的電郵，說是得到Sigmund Groven的推薦，邀請我進行一個Skype Interview，準備推出一本書名為 < Love of Chromatic Harmonica >。 當我首先看到Sigmund Groven (Tommy Reilly 傳人，現今的大大師級人馬)的推薦時，已經有點受寵若驚。然而，當我再仔細一點細閱另外18位同樣獲邀的人選，更是使我不得不倒抽一口涼氣！名單中大部份也早在我出世前便已成名的大師級人馬，例如傳說中的Franz Chmel，多年前已在世界舉行大大小小的大師班的Brendan Power，爵士樂大師Jens Bunge 等等。 所以，上星期日早上9時，非常準時地，我便戰戰兢兢地打開了Skype，滿腦子空白一片地Accept了David的來電了。 ' Hello Leo! It was a fantastic playing and arrangement on the Invierno Porteno by Piazzolla! Would you like to describe how you have made the pieces outstanding, and what do you think Piazzolla intended to do?' 一聽，便知有備而來！Piazzolla...好像是半個世紀前的事了，最近滿腦子都是Miles Davis、Chick Corea、James Brown、Bill Evans... ' Let me start with how I interpret the song, there are five paragraphs from the piece... (竟然仲記得...)' 一邊講，一邊絞盡腦汁記返兩年前篇曲時的感覺... 'What you have to do, is to articulate, imagine something different in every paragraph. To tell a story...' 邊講著講著，好像終於知道自己在說什麼了！ 就是這樣，談了兩小時。Articulation、音色、音量、用氣、呼吸的用法、口型、演繹、變化、手協調度的 Milestone、手型、坐姿、口琴設計、五種震音的方法、用Mic、口琴的潛力等等.... 兩小時，很不夠用！但那種一邊暢談口琴，一邊把自己花了十幾年鑽研口琴的初步理解道出，而同時又有一個能完全明白歸納的聽眾的感覺，真的好不痛快！ 再一次感謝一眾前輩的提攜，能夠擠身這本書的一整個章節，絕對非自己一人之力可以成真的！相信這本書亦將會是口琴界的一本傑出的作品，有鑑於早前數次的電郵對話已看出那名作家的文藝水平！ This is their website! http://masterofharmonica.com/