This past year’s global situation has allowed me to fully revisit the tennis world and coach regularly again.
It has been a decade since I have work...
This past year’s global situation has allowed me to fully revisit the tennis world and coach regularly again.
It has been a decade since I have worked with such an expansive pool of students. At the time, I taught and trained both children and adults ranging from the ages of 5-60, levels ranging from novice to advanced, but mostly children and teenagers.
However, a couple of years ago I did take a hiatus from showbiz and acting in China as I had the opportunity to work and travel with a professional tennis player. It was a very rewarding, yet challenging experience, to say the least.
Many people have asked me why I do not just coach and train players completely full time. I usually just smile and brush it off with a tactful
“I don’t know.”
The truth is, I have had an extreme love-hate relationship with the game.
Growing up, the time spent on court not only acted as a healthy environment where I could progress as a player and as a person, but it also acted as an escape from the difficult emotional and psychological roller coaster on the home front (I will not go into this now).
Looking back, I am so grateful to have been surrounded by coaches, from places such as India and Eastern Europe, whom understood the value of teaching and mentoring with a “school of hard knocks’ approach. They continuously reminded me that:
“There will always be people in situations worse off than you. Back home, players were playing on courts made from cow dung and with holes in their shoes, not to mention wondering when their next full meal would be.”
Though I don’t think I can honestly say that I fully understood them at the time, these reminders and perspectives acted as the rock that kept me from drifting away.
So, this is where I am coming from in terms of my relationship with tennis. 2020 has been a blessing in disguise, as I have had the opportunity to work with many wonderful people, both on and off the court.
Thanks to all my students. I hope you are learning as much as I am learning from you. Cheers.
不好意思，不翻成中文了，文有點太長😆.
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honestly意思 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的最佳解答
Elon Musk的演講藝術
Presentality的Andrew大大來幫大家分析了!
Elon Musk 違反賈伯斯時代的演講準則，反而加深自己的魅力!
Elon Musk 可說是全世界影響力最高的商業領袖之一，而且在媒體及社群媒體的聲望奇高無比（IG 有200萬追隨者，Twitter 有6000萬），甚至一句話就可以影響市場的走向。
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他肯定是溝通大師對不對？而且舞台魅力一定很強大？
Well... 從溝通成效的角度來看，他是很厲害沒錯，但如果你看任何一場他的演講，你肯定會覺得很困惑。你會覺得：這個人怎麼這麼尷尬，這麼不會講話？
隨便在 Youtube 上面搜尋他演講的影片，看個幾分鐘，你就會知道我們在說什麼了。看個幾分鐘就可以跳出至少以下的問題：
• 說話吱吱唔唔，贅字一堆
• 停頓在很尷尬的地方，感覺不知道自己在哪裡
• 投影片視覺，跟口述的內容常常對不起來
• 容易忘記自己要說什麼，明顯要去偷瞄一下投影片，不然無法繼續說等等...
啊... 那他到底厲害在哪裡？為什麼一個講話這麼尷尬不流暢的人，能夠迷惑全球這麼多人，發揮如此大的影響力？
我們看完一些他演講影片的結論，是他的魅力來源，跟「前一波」的商業領袖，如 Steve Jobs，截然不同。你甚至可以說，**他們的風格是完全相反的。**
我們今天就從 Musk 的一些演講中，來看他的反向操作！
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📌 反操作1：Jobs Overstates, Musk Understates
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首先，Steve Jobs 開始用的一個「技巧」，說好聽是「讚嘆」，說難聽就是「誇大」，不論發表的產品是否真的是突破性創新，反正就是用 "incredible"、"revolutionary" 等字眼來形容。英文的一個形容，就是 "overstatement" - 把什麼東西都講的「超過」一點。
結果一大堆商業演講的人，做產品無法像 Jobs，但用誇張的形容詞卻學的很像。
Musk 就不一樣。
他自己知道他做的事情很難（讓永續能源普及、把人類變成多個星球的物種），所以他反而用很「沒什麼大不了」的字眼跟語氣來傳達，反而讓這種「謙虛」變成一種效果。這個就不是 "overstatement"，而是 “understatement" - 什麼東西都講的收斂一點。
舉個例子：他2016年介紹太陽能屋頂的時候，有描述一個很大，很難實現的未來，是這樣說的：
> What is the future that we want? It's consisted of really appealing solar roof... then combine that with storage, and with electric cars.
It's an obvious 3-part solution... Yeah... 3 part solution... uh...
It's really not that complicated.
沒錯，他講完之後停頓了一下，然後說嗯，對，就是三個部分，真的沒那麼複雜 lol。
好比在跟聽眾說：「啊就很簡單啊，你們還要我說什麼？」連聽眾都笑出來：
影片: https://youtu.be/4sfwDyiPTdU?t=187
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如果是賈伯斯派的門徒來說，可能會說：
➜We are building a grand future - a future of endless renewable energy and clean mobility, but with the sort of convenience you couldn't even imagine.
To build this, we've had to overcome a trinity of challenges that have bedeviled generations prior:
1. Houses that generate energy during the day all by themselves
2. Efficient and integrated storage
3. And the best electric cars the world has ever seen
Ok，我寫的有點誇張，但 you get the point。
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他最近在發表 Tesla Bot 的演講中，也描述了一個很大的未來，你看看他的說法：
➜ What is the economy? It is uh... at the foundation, it's labor. So what happens when there's... uh... no shortage of labor?
So I think in the long-term, there will need to be universal basic income (applause)... Not right now, because the robot doesn't work (laugh)... we just need a minute.
Essentially, in the future, physical work will be a choice... if you want to do it, you can, but you wouldn't need to do it. Obviously it has profound implications for the economy, because... the economy, at its foundational level, is labor, and capital is just distilled labor, then... is there an actual limit to the economy? Maybe not...
你很難想像有人可以把一些這麼遠大的願景 - 人力工作變成一個選擇、每人都享有基本收入等等 - 用更平鋪直述的方式，沒什麼好大驚小怪的語氣說出來。
連開發萬用機器人的難度，他都只是說 "We just need a minute" lol。
Again 歡迎你們自己看影片，體驗一下：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUP6Z5voiS8
Btw... Musk 還隨口說了一句 "capital is just distilled labor"。別叫我翻譯，因為我根本不知道這是什麼意思，尤其是 "distilled" 在這裡的用意。如果你去 google "distilled labor"，也找不到什麼東西，只有不到兩千個 search result。
有人會覺得 Musk 太聰明了，所以才會常常說出正常人不懂的話，但我個人覺得他是故意的：就是要「埋」一些每人聽得懂的話，才能加深他「天才」的形象。
Musk 把複雜困難的事情說成很簡單，還有另一個好處：就是大家可能會覺得「這些很難的事情，好像難不倒他耶，嗯他看來真的是個天才！」
大家可能有時候會聽人家說，在西方，就是要懂得如何吹捧自己。但其實有時候不一定要這樣。
💡你做的事情是真功夫時，謙虛反而會放大。
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📌 反操作2：尷尬反而是魅力
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其實，在賈伯斯用流暢的舞台表演稱霸市場之後，很多企業家都下苦工，練就一身演說武功。如 Bill Gates 或是 Mark Zuckerberg，都很明顯的從內向而且不會演講的人，變成老練的演說家。
Musk 很明顯沒有。Honestly, he's not even trying。
上面的影片，一個是2016年，一個是2021年，你覺得哪個舞台上的 Elon Musk，比較尷尬？這個當然有點主觀，但我兩個都看完之後，會覺得今年的他，講的更卡，更不好。
但是 Elon Musk 很明顯的根本沒有在 care 這一塊 lol。如果他有心要成為非常流暢的講者，你覺得這種小事能夠難倒他嗎？
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honestly意思 在 紀亞文 Edwin Facebook 的最佳解答
This past year’s global situation has allowed me to fully revisit the tennis world and coach regularly again.
It has been a decade since I have worked with such an expansive pool of students. At the time, I taught and trained both children and adults ranging from the ages of 5-60, levels ranging from novice to advanced, but mostly children and teenagers.
However, a couple of years ago I did take a hiatus from showbiz and acting in China as I had the opportunity to work and travel with a professional tennis player. It was a very rewarding, yet challenging experience, to say the least.
Many people have asked me why I do not just coach and train players completely full time. I usually just smile and and brush it off with a tactful “I don’t know.”
The truth is, I have had an extreme love-hate relationship with the game.
Growing up, the time spent on court not only acted as a healthy environment where I can progress as a player and a person, but it also acted as an escape from the difficult emotional and psychological roller coaster on the home front (I will not go into this now).
Looking back, I am so grateful to have been surrounded by coaches, from places such as India and Eastern Europe, whom understood the value of teaching and mentoring with a “school of hard knocks’ approach. They continuously reminded me that:
“There will always be people in situations worse off than you. Back home, players were playing on courts made from cow dung and with holes in their shoes, not to mention wondering when their next full meal would be.”
Though I don’t think I can honestly say that I fully understood them at the time, but these reminders and perspectives acted as the rock that kept me from drifting away.
So, this is where I am coming from in terms of my relationship with tennis. 2020 has been a blessing in disguise, as I have had the opportunity to work with some wonderful people, both on and off the court.
Thanks to all my students. I hope you are learning as much as I am learning from you. Cheers.
不好意思，不翻成中文了，文有點太長😆.
#tennistraining #tenniscoaching #tennis #tennisplayer #tennisplaying #tennislove #tennisinstruction #tennislife #網球 #網球教學 #網球教練
honestly意思 在 Claudia Mo/毛孟靜 Facebook 的最佳解答
用 #英文 講 #下台階: #an #out
#a #climbdown
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可有聽過這句話？「人生在世不外處理三面：人面、場面及情面」。一句過，也就是面子問題。
於是，見到有人困於尷尬處境，要幫他挽回面子，可以給他一個下台階，讓他脫困。
下台階，英文怎麼說呢？有人會直譯 bottom bench、或 down the steps，當然都不對。也有意譯：
•Try to make the situation less embarrassing. 嘗試令情况沒那麼尷尬。
但這樣形容不夠完善，因為可以純粹是打個哈哈打圓場，缺乏下台階包含的實質意思。
另有一句：
•With diplomatic skill, the man sitting opposite had offered him a way out. 坐在他對面的男子，以外交手腕給他一個下台階。
A way out 出路，亦即我們常說的 exit strategy 離場策略。
To offer A WAY OUT，有更簡單的講法，是 to give AN OUT，就直接等於「給人一個下台階」。
不要以為 an out 只不過是 a way out 的縮短版，事實是 an out 本身就有清晰的字典解釋：
An excuse or reason for avoiding an unpleasant situation. 避免不快場面的藉口，或理由。
•We must arrange the negotiations so we have an out if we need it. 我們必須搞好談判安排，以備有需要時體面地離場。也就是下台階。
•I honestly don't want to go to that gathering, I wish I have an out. 我真的不想去那個聚會。我希望我有個好的藉口。
•Our suggestion gave her an out, if she was willing to take it. 我們的建議給了她下台階，還看她是否願意接受。
也有對話作例：
•甲：Thanks much for your help just now. 謝謝你剛才幫忙。
乙：Glad to give an out. 樂意提供一個下台階。
也即是說，既可向人提供 give an out；亦可以自給 have an out，自找出路。
要留意的是，英文的 an out 多純粹指避開尷尬不快的場面，回看中文下台階牽涉的「面子」成分，就重許多了。
或問，可否亦用 offer a climb-down？也可以。Climb-down 指往下爬，意境更見清晰。最大的分別，是一般指已見敗局，自行鳴金收兵：a retreat，as from an indefensible opinion or position 一己之見站不住腳而退場。
看這句英國新聞標題：
Coronavirus laws may not go ahead — as PM mulls a climbdown. 防疫法例或未能通過——首相（Prime Minister）考慮自找下台階。//