梧：話說在下見到寰雨膠事錄 國際新聞 Gaus.ee 台 膠總話留得喺FB開page嘅都係做善事，因為for profit都去晒Patreon嗰啲platform咁話⋯⋯在下唔否認，keep住呢個page都係同開善堂差唔多，得閒幫下大家提供笑料吹下水only。發財埋便，好行唔送⋯⋯

屌，唔係啦，在下想講嘅其實係——FB algo已經開始連你個post痴條outside link都可以照斬你reach，呢個動作代表咩？FB係企圖將content留喺FB嘅平台裡面，呢一刻係主要想對付大媒體呢類content provider，一係科水買廣告，一係將多啲content放低喺度。

先同大家分享吓在下呢幾日嘅實驗結果——使用台式po文法，reach同engagement真係高返一截，即係so far嘅observation都係FB algo對created content仲係留一手的；甚至對IG 內容都順攤啲（參考游大東嘅相片post）。

根據呢個logic嘅話，其實好難唔發現，當FB嘅platform有足夠嘅provider留夠genuine content之後，佢就會開始玩（integrated）subscription platform⋯⋯Patreon都變得獨角獸，以FB嘅財力，一係高價買一個platform返黎，再唔係就自己整返個出黎打。先勿論得唔得，但係個business strategy似係會咁行。

反FB嘅人會繼續hate FB壟斷，但係FB嘅最大優勢，始終都係一個有完整生態嘅integrated platforn。

甚至諗遠一啲，佢可以幫content provider整private VIP groups，開始monetize WhatsApp。

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🎊 第一波中獎學員: 蔡馥如

📰 Why self-promotion doesn't have to be taboo?

🀄 為什麼自我推銷不必忌諱?

Many of us instinctively hate the idea of blowing our own trumpets. Yet it's important to understand how best to highlight our skills – especially now.

📌 第一段說明，我們許多人instinctively(本能地)討厭blowing our trumpets (自我吹捧)。然而，在這時代，要了解如何顯示我們的才能是很重要的。

The mere idea of self-promotion makes many people wince. Trumpet-blowing is something a lot of us aren’t good at and that’s no surprise, given we’re taught as children that ‘boasting’ isn’t an attractive quality. “We get hung up on self-promotion coming across as arrogant,” explains Stefanie Sword-Williams, author of F*ck Being Humble: Why Self Promotion Isn’t a Dirty Word. “But if you’re not an arrogant person, you won’t deliver it in that way.”

📌 本段說明，自我推銷的想法使許多人wince (畏縮)。Trumpet-blowing (自我吹捧) 是我們很多人都不擅長的事，其實不奇怪。因為我們從小就被教導說 boasting (吹牛) 並不是一種吸引人的特質。 《X你的謙虛》作者威廉史瓦特就說：「為什麼 self-promotion (自我推銷) 不是一個不好的詞? 但是，如果您不是一個 arrogant (自大的)人，您不會讓人有那樣的感覺。」

In fact, taking pride in your professional accomplishments should be considered a normal part of life, not a taboo, experts say. Highlighting your skills well can feed into workplace success, and whether you’re changing jobs, want to move up at work or show your boss what you’ve been achieving, being able to self-promote effectively is an advantage.

📌 本段說明，專家表示，實際上，以自己的專業 accomplishments (成就) 為榮，應該被視為生活的正常部分，而不是taboo (禁忌)。出色地展示自己的技能可以促進工作場所的成功，無論您是要換工作，想升職還是向老闆展示您所取得的成就，能夠effectively (有效)自我推銷都是一個優勢。

Right now, the need to ‘self-sell’ has arguably never been greater, as pandemic-hit businesses weigh up what they do – and don’t – need going forward. It’s particularly true for some groups; women, who traditionally struggle to promote themselves, have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 recession, for example. Home workers could also benefit; research shows that they suffer from a lack of face-to-face time with managers, which negatively impacts career progression.

📌 這段說到：目前，可以說“自售” 的需求從未如此強大，因為受到疫情打擊的企業weigh up (權衡)了他們要做的事情和不需要做的事情。對於某些群體來說尤其如此；例如，傳統上為提升自我而 struggle (奮鬥)的女性尤其受到 Covid-19 衰退的影響。家庭工人也可以受益；研究表明，他們缺乏與經理面對面的時間，這會對職業發展產生負面影響。

“If we don’t invest the time in demonstrating our value, we run the risk of not being considered as ‘needed’,” explains Sword-Williams. “The content you put out about yourself is what you will be known for – so it’s essential that you control that narrative.”

📌 Sword-Williams 解釋說：“如果我們不花時間 demonstrate(證明) 自己的價值，那麼我們就有被認為不是'需要'的 risk (風險)。” “發布給自己的內容就是您將廣為人知的內容—因此，控制該 narrative (敘述)至關重要。”

Post-pandemic, how we promote ourselves could help determine whether we thrive in the workplace or linger, overlooked, on the side lines. That means overcoming squeamishness and learning how to explain our skillset properly. Fortunately, it’s something we can all master.

📌 疫情發生之後，我們如何推銷自己可以幫助確定我們在工作場所 thrive (茁壯成長)，或是在職場上 linger (徘徊)被忽視。這意味著要克服 squeamishness (神經質)，學習如何正確地解釋我們的技能。幸運的是，這是我們所有人都能掌握的東西。

In its simplest form, self-promotion is the act of drawing attention to your work and achievements. Whether it’s a post shared on your LinkedIn, an email check-in with your boss or a conversation with an important contact, self-promotion shines a spotlight on your successes with a view to developing a personal brand, furthering a career or asserting yourself in your field. It’s a skill that’s as important for someone trying to get on the employment ladder as it is for a CEO.

📌 在最簡單的形式中，自我推銷是一種引起對您的工作和成就的關注的行為。無論是在LinkedIn上分享貼文，與老闆的電子郵件，還是與重要聯繫人對話，自我推銷都將 spotlight (聚焦) 於您的成功，以發展個人品牌，促進事業或在自己領域建立聲譽。對於想get on the employment (升職)的人來說，這項技能與對於首席執行官的一樣重要。

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今天買了肉桂捲很開心，然後5/6飛機又被華航取消了❤️❤️ 那就來點英文閱讀測驗吧
#我網站超多國王小老師因為我錯字文法超多
#終於輪到英文小老師出頭天的時候了
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About being an influencer/blogger/KOL/whatever you call
As someone who’s being writing for 6 years and making profit from her own website, during this special time ( asa. jobless ) I finally got time to answer and talk a bit about my career to those people who are interested.

“How can you be a blogger ?” “What makes you want to be a blogger ?” “Why people likes to read your articles instead of other bloggers?”

So, 2014 is the year I started to write, I met 冰蹦拉 :: 美食旅行 in Microsoft as an intern. We were like Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in the movie, just I left her first and she brought me into this blogger’s world.

At first, as a young creature who just graduated from uni. , who studied sociology(all you got is passion trust me lol super fucking innocent). I started my blog for the goal to “change the world”, “let the minority got seen by the majority”. “help people” I kept writing articles about NGOs, Exhibitions, Museums, Homeless, Social Issues and believing as long as I put efforts on them people will love my blog.

After a few months, I realized one thing.
People really don’t give a shit about these issues. hahahahaha.
(You have to know Taiwan has changed a lot in the past 6 years. And I’m happy that is getting better and better.)

So, I had to write about things people want to read to build up the basic page views and followers and so on. I had to write a lot about foods ( which I hated so much to take pictures between or before eating them) and I started to put pictures that have my face and body in my articles too. ( which I also hated a lot. ) I had to learn how to be a proper blogger and influencer and in the same time don’t lost my own personality during the time I’m “blooming”. I have sent so many emails to websites, medias that I like and want to cooperate with them. I have got rejected too. Finally, I made it. I started to receive emails instead of sending them. I started to be the one who can decide how much do I want to get from taking the cases.

After you become a “proper blogger” I personally think this is the most important time.

Because this is the time you really got the chance to “influence” people, to show people what do you think is right. To let people see what you initially want them to see, to affect their idea of traveling, living , reading. thinking.

And this is the time I start to have my own personality back.
And this is the time I start again to promoting things I care, things I think people should care.

From one of the first blogger who’s writing a lot about “solo-traveling” to statistically speaking Taiwan has much more solo travelers in the past 2 years. I imagine I did make some change. From hundreds people who has sent me emails, messages and thank me that without my articles they were unable to have the courage to travel by themselves. I believe that even I’m just a nobody I still and am doing some changes and making influences.

And this is the time I know I can’t not lost my own personality.
Every single article I create represents ME.
And this is the time I know I have to make choices.
Every single opportunity I grab represents WHO I AM.

In the past 2 years, social media has changed a lot. People got less patient about reading, people stop using Facebook. Instead, they fall in love with Instagram , Youtube, Live stream. and clients too. So I have rejected so many cases just because “I want to do the things I like and prefer. ” I don’t know how should I do videos since I don’t even watch them, I hate instagram so much due to its super superficial so I prob. just promote it once a year on my Fans page. No need to mention live stream. Have you seen me smile hahaha

But yea, is challenging. When the whole world is changing, when everyone got e-books you can’t be the only one who’s still going to the libraries. ( True story btw, I’m damn old LOL )

But yea, I have never wanted to be a part of “normal” group. I have never wanted to give up what I think is right to write instead of what I got more money from. I have never wanted to change my personality because people want me to do so.

So I’m still fighting.
So I’m still struggling.
So I can still keep the job I love so much.
So I can say I’m really happy to do it for living.

6years has passed, hopefully I will have 6 years more.

88BARS BABY TAKE THEM WAY BACK TO THE BASICS

📢 數位收聽 : https://kumachan.lnk.to/88BARS
🔔 訂閱頻道 : https://sonymusic.pse.is/KumaChan


///Song Lyrics
I’m never the same
還是一直變
yeah I changed the game 華語嘻哈圈 Ever since 無限
小雨來的不是時候 還是多愁善感 bout下雨天
但我爺爺小時候就教我 大頭大頭下雨不愁 now I just make it rain
Flowing like 安卓三千 來自下個千禧年
ATLien 先馳得點的先知
I see the future like Mary with my 千里眼
天之驕子的天資
再加上堅持到底的偏執
外加上顏值 到底老天是否太明顯的偏心
one in a billion

maybe沒有話語霸權
林北有BAR的霸權
意思是either u love me or hate me when I drop them BARS
你逼不得已 gotta listen （facts！）
what's poppin I’m hopping on pop charts
把餅畫大 圈粉帶回嘻哈圈
剛唱完小巨蛋同一晚find me at 公館水管音樂moshing
Bitch why u sobbing
在那邊抱怨 說我太主流了 好了啦
我隨便一個主流跨刀 都能讓你主打歌命喪我刀下
說我太商業 不夠underground
cus I’m on top man
堅持不降價錢
天天過年 每場當做在唱跨年 （早跟你說過了！）

火大了 sending shots like 喝乾啦
Flow hotter than哪吒的
Got a whole lotta gold locked up in my vault
gotta go harder than my role model 羅大佑
Roll another 大的 yo
嗨大了
我普攻
你就以為開大了
絕世武功
該害怕了
像有開掛的
Jedi Knight Sky walker
My god
叫我嗆金曲評審 太瞎了
您別挨罵了
Why bother
U already know know I’m higher brother
My 思維 is out of control
Out of this world さようなら
This that 奧林匹亞等級高速運作
奧林匹克等級高級動作

花式比劃 honey 哩跨隆沒
大師級畫作 灑脫潑墨
傻了你懷疑我拍子跑拍
像跟莎士比亞說你文法用錯

你分不清我的真假動作
就像我分不清我的真假朋友
被我當眾戳破他說「真假？」
bro你反應真假 你所謂的真 假得真假

不經一事 不長一智
但不好意思 我還是不可一世
不合時宜 什麼意思
這首沒有跟你要有副歌的意思
不讓你附和的意思
整個超過你能夠負荷的意思
i’m too good的意思
KTV只能開原唱 看我獨秀的意思

我一枝獨秀 又一直突破
一絲不苟 flow 一滴不漏
氣勢如虹 got them bitches all shook
No hook shit got them bitches all hooked

No new friends me & rgry
沆瀣一氣
Going stupid aw silly me
Flow too sick 絡繹不絕 需要隔離衣
lil loser on that PTT talking bullshit 我芙蓉出水
當眾處決 遇到true MC 嚇到補血 需要康乃馨
na mean
叫我
Bully的bully我 不理解為何有這麼多的
pussy網路裡面 自以為自己有多了不起
Usually注意力不值得處理你但我有天
看著那些初級班的 菜雞在那互啄
看了一個下午feelin like a 公園裡的阿伯
Kind of funny how u 為了你的五斗米能
匯到你的戶頭裡能跪的像個扶不起的阿斗
太多饒舌歌手 連八個八都落的七零八落
killem all
扳機一口 殺了八十八個BAR u can call this殺雞儆猴
（88BARS baby take them way back to the basics
I’m back from my hiatus)


///Song Credit
演唱人：熊仔
詞：熊信寬
曲：熊信寬／rgry
製作人：rgry
編曲：rgry
錄音工程師：熊信寬
混音工程師／母帶後期處理：rgry
OP：Sony Music Publishing (Pte) Ltd. Taiwan Branch


///MV Staff
Creative Direction：NXWV
Fliming：GJ94

Executive Producer : Jizo, Howl
Director: Ai Chen
Line Producer : Cindy H
D.O.P : BORU
First Assistant Camera : Yi Chun Lin
Second Assistant Camera : Jyun Yu Dai

Gaffer Leo Chen
Electrician Xin Yuan Huang / Joa Ming Jo
Editor: Ai Chen
Colorist / VFX : BORU
VFX Supervisor : Well Liu
Digital Compostion : Chen Chiung Yu

Stylist : Howl
Hair Stylist : Jun
Special Thanks : Xiu Wei Lin
Make Up Artist : Fi Lin




///Follow 熊仔
熊仔 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/poeteknology/
熊仔 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/poeproduction/
熊仔 Weibo : https://www.weibo.com/u/3919089509

Sony Music Taiwan CPOP - 華語粉絲團
https://www.facebook.com/SonymusicTaiwanCPOP/
Sony Music Taiwan CPOP - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/sonymusic_taiwan/

#熊仔 #88BARS #大嘻哈時代

你大學遇過恐怖的室友嗎？Teacher Kevin 在這次的英文 Podcast 分享網友在 Reddit 上訴說自己當年恐怖的遭遇。歡迎大家先不要看文稿，試著用聽的訓練自己的英文聽力。

訂閱：
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-LfXeUtpvAczV1w1yTq4eQ

Podcast 連結
APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E5%96%AE%E5%AD%97-%E7%89%87%E8%AA%9E-%E6%96%87%E6%B3%95/id1462457142
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wqKj2KnfHXLRa8AaIeyOn

-------單字-------
*horror 恐怖
--I like horror movies.
*entertainment 娛樂
*comparison 比較
*start off 開始
--Let me start off by saying how much I hate you.
*brilliant 很厲害
--Jack is a brilliant scientist.
*confirm 確認
--I need to confirm my schedule.
*kind 種類
--What kind of music do you like?
*horrendous: terrible, very bad
--He developed a horrendous snoring problem the week of finals.
*finals 期末考
*intolerant 不寬容
*tolerant 寬容
*sexist 性別歧視
*racist 種族歧視

-------文稿-------
標題：Do you have a college roommate horror story?
I would like to hear your stories about terrible college roommates, if not for entertainment, at least for comparison. I'll start off. I go to a school where the students are a bit weirder than the rest of the country, and my roommate is considered weird, so that should give you an idea. As best I can describe, he was like a child, in a child's body, but with the age of someone in college. Don't get me wrong, the kid is brilliant… but he was terrible at life. I'll start the description in the way that I got to know him. He scratched, a LOT, noisily and mainly his face. He talked to himself, and not the “confirming things I need to do” kind of talk to himself, the Gollum to Sméagol talk to himself. He developed a horrendous snoring problem the week of finals. He was incredibly intolerant, as well as sexist. So if you have some good stories, share them!

＊歡迎收聽全台灣最有趣的英文 Podcast。英文單字，片語，文法由 Teacher Kevin 主持，本節目可以在 Apple Podcast, Spotify 及所有 Podcast 平台上找到，無論搭車、騎車、打掃、運動，都可以邊做事邊學英文。
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#英文 Podcast #英文不難 #英文單字

こんにちは、イムランです！

大人と子供向けの英会話レッスン動画をアップしています。

コペル英会話（http://coper.biz/）の校長やってます。
あとは、株式会社ブルーフレイム(http://www.blueflame.jp）という英語の全てを楽しくする会社の代表取締役です。

YouTubeでは「英語/英会話は意外と楽しい」と思っていただけるような動画を作っています。

英語発音と英語のリスニングを軸に英語のスピーキング、たま〜に英文法も教えたりします。

あと、英語の本を１７冊出していて、教材もけっこうな数出していて、日本全国でセミナーやってます。セミナーは意外に少人数なので、ご都合がつく方はご参加ください。セミナーはYouTubeの動画レッスンほどはじけていないので、ご安心ください。もっと全然真面目にやっています。