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No.4 #2003年SARS
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🔥SARS：歷史的教訓是否被汲取

🧐 Hong Kong’s experience with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was a dress rehearsal for the coronavirus. The virus first appeared in China, which tried to cover it up and then had to resort to drastic quarantines to quash it.
香港於2003年經歷了SARS疫情，該疫情可謂新冠肺炎的預演。SARS病毒最早出現在中國，起初官方沒有及時披露疫情，隨後不得不採取嚴厲的隔離措施來阻止其蔓延。

- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 嚴重急性呼吸道症候群
- rehearsal 排練、預演
- cover up 掩蓋、掩飾
- resort to （在別無辦法的情況下）訴諸、依靠、採用⋯
- drastic （尤指行動）嚴厲、猛烈、激烈的
- quash 鎮壓，平息

✏️ Initially, the government played down the outbreak. By late March it broke out in an apartment complex and as news spread, social distancing arose almost spontaneously.
政府起初淡化了疫情的嚴重性， 到了3月底，香港一幢公寓大樓爆發疫情，經媒體報導之後，香港市民幾乎自發地採取了社交隔離措施。

- play sth. down 對…作低調處理；淡化…的重要性（或糟糕程度）
- break out 爆發、突然發生
- complex （n.）綜合大樓、建築群
- spontaneously 自發地

📑 “Fears of the SARS virus took root in the whole city,” Alan Siu and Y.C. Richard Wong, economists at the University of Hong Kong, wrote in a 2004 article. “Face masks were selling briskly and could be seen everywhere. Public places were disinfected several times a day. People washed their hands much more frequently and avoided going out to crowded places. Restaurants, shops, cinemas, and other entertainment venues were deserted.”
香港大學經濟學家蕭如彬（Alan Siu）和王於漸（Y.C.Richard Wong）在2004年一篇文章寫道：「對於SARS病毒的恐懼感開始在整個香港蔓延，口罩迅速售罄，到處都可看到戴口罩的市民。公共場所每天消毒數次，人們更頻繁地洗手，儘量不去擁擠的地方；餐廳、商店、電影院和其他娛樂場所無人光顧。」

- take root 深入人心；被牢固樹立
- briskly 迅速地/輕快地
✍️形容詞的brisk有輕快/生氣勃勃的意思，例如：a brisk walk（輕快的步伐）
- disinfect 爲…除菌、替…消毒
- deserted 空無一人的
✍️desert是沙漠，而deserted就是像沙漠一般空蕩蕩、空無一人的樣子

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❓Quiz: Although the city hasn’t been locked down, the usually crowded ____ are still _____ due to the imprint SARS left on the collective psyche.
由於當年SARS在人們心中留下不可磨滅的印象，儘管政府沒有宣布封城，平時人山人海的觀光景點仍空無一人。

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A. tourist attractions/ deserted
B. Jurassic Park/dinosaur
C. tourist spots/dessert

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林作x全職獵人久保Cover Letter Carving範例

以下範例可以作為各位寫Cover Letter的參考。

Fillture Career Coaching的客戶裏面，有工作年資尚淺的，也有工作年資超過20年的。他們也是來自於各行各業。目前來說，沒有哪一行或哪一個輩份的最多。我們不認為有最好的格式 － 每個人都會根據年齡、資歷、行業以及個人特點而有所不同。共同點，就只是幾樣：最好的英文，最清晰的表達，最真摯的情感，以及最有自我和自信的一面。下面這個Cover Letter例子，屬於我們頗為正常的一份。裡面一切的個人資訊已經被編輯，但屬於一個真實案例，客戶是來自於金融業年資少於10年的年輕人，他希望能夠到一個更大的平台，從事他這幾年來專門負責的工作，於是找了我們幫忙：

Dear Sir/ Madam,

With nearing X years of successful experience in the wealth management industry, I am firmly in the belief that the time is ripe for me to move on to what is considered one of the largest XXX in Hong Kong. I am confident that I possess the qualities necessary to thrive at such an outstanding company and in particular, become a valuable prospect as investment analyst in the Investment Department.

My investment journey as an analyst at fund distribution platforms, hedged funds and wealth management companies have honed my Top-down and Bottom-up approach as well as having personal investment conviction. Indeed, I believe the latter strength is the key to my achievement thus far – I take pride in being independent-minded, which is becoming increasingly important in this ever-expanding complex financial market. The valuable experience at XXX helped me to develop my personal market belief through mutual funds training and provided me a hands-on training in Bloomberg Terminal ( BBG).

From there, notwithstanding a tempting offer from XXX, my intention to move on to bigger and better things in mutual funds and hedge funds led me to secure a precious experience at XXX as XXX, which has provided me a perspective in practical option-trading strategies and the operational side of running a hedged fund. Throughout my time at the company, various stocks were identified and individuals’ fair value via Discount Cashflow model ( DCF ) were calculated. I provided constant economic updates to the Portfolio manager. My particularly proud achievement was to have successfully predicted that XXX would plummet significantly, a full week before it actually happened when no one in Hong Kong saw the same. This is due to my wide-than-usual horizon in terms of the information platforms I would survey. I am uniquely adept at looking into mainstream and niche mainland financial websites and other channels for the most updated information as well as gossips. This is the source of my being able to often come up with contrarian views. On the operation side of XXX, I was also responsible for calculating daily NAV to the portfolio manager.

Lastly, in my current job, being part of the investment team, my duty is to oversee the company’s XXX and set up investment outlook to our XXX. Timely reports and Top-down analysis on various economies were produced to the investment team committee and sales. Last year, I was honoured to play a notable role in securing a XXX return for the portfolio, beating the Hang Seng Index by XXX, and was rewarded to speak as the company’s sole representative on behalf of the research team at XXX 2019, which I greatly enjoyed. Finally, I personally boosted the client base by XXX, a rate well above average in the space of X months.

I look forward to having further discussions with you in an interview. Please contact me at xxx@gmail.com or at +852xxxxxxxx if you have any further enquiries about my academic background and work experience. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours faithfully,
XXX

這份 Cover Letter 的厲害之處在於幾個地方：

1. 英語的掌握能力，明顯比一般只是文法沒錯（而我們收到的初稿絕大部份甚至不會能夠做到這點）要好很多，於是句子的組織、節奏感都更像是一個native speaker。而風格上並不是死板的官方英文，有在一些位置故意地更談話feel一點，務求不虛情假意，更真摯。
2. 一些動詞和形容詞的選擇，也是讓這份看起來更加讓人印象深刻。即使內容不是很特別，給人的感受都變得更主動、更自信。
3. 要分享工作經驗，但細節留給CV。這裏是炫耀自己有多少功績的地方，要故事性地展現一些獨有的成就，無論是多大多小，給人感覺你是有自己的位置的。
4. 最後，要做一個有Edge的人。這封信有著強烈的個人定位，明顯有血有肉，知道自己的想法是什麼、態度是什麼。

我們認為，一份好的Cover Letter可以令到HR更加快過濾你，讀完之後可以理解你是一個什麼樣的求職者。甚至在腦海入面已經勾劃出你的影像、你的故事、你的目的。一份好的Cover Letter能夠立體地勾劃你，可以令到HR更加容易去和Line Manager描述、推薦你。

歡迎PM查詢此項服務，我們提供預約見面（Bespoke)，面對面溝通了解，從而雕塑出最好的你。

【書局裡超過千本的英文文法書，我最推薦哪一本？】

今天大放送，要幫助大家回答一個大哉問。

我開玩笑的，大家知道我最討厭這種問題。請允許我娓娓道來。

想想看，你知道下面兩句話，哪一句話對嗎？
• The results turned out to be quite satisfying to him.
• The results turned out to be quite satisfied to him.

如果我們今天想學好文法，不理解文法學習的本質，若我們只期待有一本很好的文法書，可以讓我們的文法變好，就如同認為「有了六法全書就可以變成大律師」、「看了戴資穎寫的羽球手冊就能變羽球高手」般謬誤。

在你發問我有沒有推薦的文法書之前，今天我想要先跟大家分享 2 個學好英文文法一定要知道的概念：

• linguistic complexity (語言複雜度)

• cognitive complexity (認知複雜度)

了解了這兩種複雜性的差異後，就更能夠突破自己的學習瓶頸、更能夠找到學習的盲點。我們快速來看兩個例子：

Example (1) I'm bored. vs. I'm boring.

為什麼托福、多益近滿分的台灣學生，還是偶爾要說很無聊想找事情做時，講成 "I'm so boring." 呢？ 這就是典型「語言複雜性低、認知複雜度高」的狀況。

boring, bored 兩種分詞形容詞一點也不難，但是背後要表達的概念、跟與中文的衝突 (中文的「我很無聊」可以解讀成 I'm boring. 跟。I'm bored. 兩種)，造成認知上的複雜。

「認知上複雜」的使用規則，容易變成錯誤殘存下來（不論程度)。所以「學習意識」變得格外重要。

Example (2) 學生想用 I'm so stressed. 時用成 I'm so stressful.

我們先公平來看 "stress vs. stressed vs. stressful" 以語言形式來看，一點都不困難。但是背後所包含的「上下文關係和條件」在困難。

翻開字典一看，都是這樣的例句 (先不看定義)：

• Moving to a new house is a very stressful experience.

• Looking after small children can be very stressful.

• Keeping the whole thing a secret is obviously very stressful for her.

從眾例句中可以得知，stressful 要讓人感到有壓力，通常是一個 experience 或 situation，並不是「人」。更甭論要表達自己感到壓力的狀況。

想要學好，我們就不能做 「stressful = 壓力的」這樣的簡單學習，但這將必然對於我們在使用時會造成認知上的壓力。

如同 I'm bored / boring. ㄧ樣，這樣 linguistically simple 但 cognitively complex 的字彙用法，就容易在我們的寫作、口說中以文法錯誤的方式殘留下來（不論程度)。

✔︎ 很多人不知道我有一套在世界各地，在家裡就可以上、可以看的英文文法線上課程（當然實體也有)。若你對於內容有興趣，歡迎內信取得英文文法＋搭配詞的免費公開課。人生最後一次，我帶你/妳用正確的方式學好英文吧！