＃一起讀英文同學募集中
＃找外籍老師一起上課
大家知道我最近在讀英文，雖然沒有什麼特定的目的，但是備用著，或許有一天就用得著，加上沒有目的的學習本身就是一件蠻開心、蠻紓壓的事。

而阿富律師這一兩年跟著一位加拿大籍英文老師Erik也一天一小時讀了不少英文文章，聽、說能力都進步了不少。

我最近有一個想法，想找我們的英文老師Erik來開個機動型的英文課，帶著大家讀英文文章或新聞，讓想學英文或維持一點英文基礎的人一起來上課。

以下是我的想法：
頻率～初期先從每週一天開始。
時間～每週一或二的10:00輪流。
時長～1小時讀英文＋半小時聯誼。
費用～估計300元/次/人當次繳交（含學費、場地、茶水）
報名方式～加入LINE群組每週自由報名，不會有壓力，不用浪費錢
地點：捷運台北橋站旁
教學方式：加拿大籍老師用英文上課讀英文新聞（放心，他中文也很好）
適合：英文要好不壞或想來開心學習的朋友們

有興趣、或有問題、或有建議，歡迎留言或私訊我喔！

來分享我今天讀的英文文章：
Sales Processes Research 2020 – Something Old, Something New
2020的銷售研究～有些舊，有些新

Despite the huge growth in marketing and sales automation, along with the growing popularity and acceptance of self-service sales processes, reports of the death of the salesperson are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.
儘管市場營銷和銷售自動化的巨大發展，以及自助服務銷售流程的日益普及和接受，但馬克·吐溫的說法卻誇大了推銷員去世的報導。

Along with 隨著
growing popularity 日益普及
self-service 自助
exaggerated 誇張的；誇大的
paraphrase 釋義
Growth 發展；發育；發達；演化
Despite 儘管 in spite of
Automation 自動化

Higher value B2B sales still need a competent salesperson to close the deal. But how have the processes and techniques of salespeople changed in the modern world?
更高價值的B2B銷售仍然需要有能力的銷售人員來完成交易。 但是，在現代，銷售人員的流程和技術如何發生變化？

Competent 能幹的；得力的；可以勝任的
原文出處：
https://www.saleshacker.com/sales-processes-research/

由高教公民團隊製作、厚達212頁嘅《靴下無聲：香港警察侵犯人權報告》出街喇。本報告由多名政治學、歷史學、法律學者合作撰寫，旨在推動國際調查警暴，一於同佢開年👊👊👊
Progressive Scholars Group released the “Silencing Millions: Unchecked Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights by the Hong Kong Police Force”. Written by a team of political, historical and legal scholars, this 212-page report advocates for international inquiry for police brutality. Let’s give the police a “Happy New Year” 👊👊👊

【#警暴報告PoliceBrutalityReport】高教公民發表《靴下無聲：香港警察侵犯人權報告》，報告旨在記錄2019年6月至12月期間，香港警察如何違反國際人權準則。
Progressive Scholars Group released the “Silencing Millions: Unchecked Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights by the Hong Kong Police Force”. The report aims at documenting the violations of internationally recognized human rights by Hong Kong Police from June to December 2019.

📘英文報告全文English full report：https://docdro.id/0EA2Bhy
📗中文行政摘要Chinese summary：https://docdro.id/whd3Oxb
📒結論中文譯本Conclusion Chinese translation：https://docdro.id/RbumrSc

報告重點包括：
Main points of the report include:
• 本報告詳盡分類、討論和解釋香港警察如何在2019年示威中涉嫌違反國際法的執法準則、人權標準和各種國際規範。香港警察暴力之嚴重程度和規模，在已發達社會中極為罕見。
This report categorizes, discusses, and explains the possible breaches of international law of law enforcement (LOLE), international human rights laws (IHRL), and various international standards and rules by members of the Hong Kong Police Force during the 2019 Protests. Most important, the scale and intensity of the abuses committed by the Hong Kong Police Force have been unprecedented in developed societies.
• 由於香港政府和中國政府持續拒絕對警暴問題進行獨立調查，加上本地的監察制衡機制已被認為缺乏能力進行和意願調查，國際調查將是唯一出路。
Due to the HKSAR government and the PRC government’s refusals to launch any independent inquiry to police brutality, as well as the inability of the local check and balance mechanism to launch any meaningful investigation, international inquiry will be the only way-out.
• 本報告建議國際機構盡快展開調查，包括聯合國安理會、聯合國人權理事會、國際刑事法院、聯合國人權事務高級專員辦事處等等，這些機構都具備啟動獨立調查之權力。此外，自由世界國家應參考美國之《香港人權與民主法案》和《全球馬格尼茨基人權問責法》，調查和制裁違反人權之香港警官；英國亦應根據該國《2001年國際刑事法院法案》之權力，調查香港警隊中的英國藉警官。
This report recommended that the case should be investigated by competent international bodies such as the United Nations Security Council, Human Rights Council (UNHRC), or the International Criminal Court (ICC), or the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), as they are all empowered to launch independent inquires. In particular, Free World countries should follow the example of the United States to pass legislations similar to the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” and the “Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act” so as to impose sanctions on those police officers who have violated human rights; the United Kingdom should also make use of its “International Criminal Court Act 2001” to initiate an investigation on the Hong Kong Police Force personnel who were British nationals.

國際調查，唯一出路！
International inquiry, the only way-out!

#香港警察 #警暴 #國際調查 #唯一出路 #同佢開年 #高教公民 #學術自主 #公民自強
#PoliceBrutality #InternationalInquiry #hongkongprotest #hkpolice #popo #policestate #fightforfreedom #standwithhongkong #ProgressiveScholars

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好文一篇~~~沒時間用中文劃重點，大家來練習英文閱讀吧!!

不過有一句很重要 --> Remember: It wasn't the kettlebell that hurt your back but how you USED the kettlebell that hurt your back.

切記，不是"壺鈴"傷了你的背，而是"你怎麼用壺鈴"傷了你的背。

所以當你使用壺鈴受傷了，請勿責怪這個偉大的工具，而是要思考自己是怎麼使用壺鈴，是否有找專業的指導教練喔~

Kettlebells: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Here are a few notes, mostly scribbled up at random, on how I feel the kettlebell is best used, and some of its shortcomings.

The Good.

**For Strength: Here the BEST application of the kettlebell is for upper body pressing strength and maybe front squats. In all other ways the barbell (or even your own bodyweight) is better.

That said, how strong do you need to be? The kettlebell can develop more than enough "everyday" strength in all major lifts (pushing, pulling, hinging, squatting, etc).

**For Fat Loss: Where the kettlebell really shines is for metabolic conditioning. The compact nature of the cast iron, and how it lets you transition seamlessly between movements, makes it just absolutely marvelous for short, intense, sweaty workouts.

Surely you can use a barbell, or even dumbbells, for something like complexes, but they don't feel as good or as right as the kettlebell does.

**Return on Investment: The kettlebell is convenient, easy to learn (under the guidance of a good coach), and covers about 80% of all the fitness you could need (strength, flexibility, mobility, metabolic conditioning, fat loss, etc).

The Bad.

** For Strength: If you want to go beyond just "everyday" strength the kettlebell starts to show its shortcomings. In other words, don't expect to develop any overly impressive deadlift with kettlebells alone.

**The Dogma: Somehow, and I'm not going to say I'm not partly to blame, because I am, but there is a strong, almost zealotic attachment to kettlebells for a lot of people.

Just remember it's not the tool that matters, but the method. Don't lose out on the benefits of training with other implements because you feel some deep-rooted romantic notion to defend and use only the kettlebell.

The Ugly.

** Technique: This is not the kettlebell's fault, but the coach's, nor is it exclusive to the kettlebell, but I see more bad technique in swings, cleans, snatches and get ups than I care to count.

Remember: It wasn't the kettlebell that hurt your back but how you USED the kettlebell that hurt your back. The kettlebell has no vendetta against you personally, I swear.

So be judicious. Get a coach--a competent coach--to teach you. There are plenty out there. You just have to be willing to look.

Strong ON!

- Pat