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I don’t often tell people this
If you’ve seen my news report
You’d know that I use to be a pro
One of the top in tennis
And yet years later,
Not once have I tried to tell people

Truth be told
For about 10 years of my life
I spent most of my childhood on the court
Regardless of the weather
That’s where I’d spend most of my days

You’d be surprised
The reason why I don’t kiss and tell
Well... is because I took no pleasure
Training was tough
Discipline was harder
But that was nothing compared to my life

For those who know me well
They know I am an optimistic person
But it has taken me a long time to get here
Cause truth be told
I had a very disturbing childhood

I don’t know if it was because of my personality
But for six years, I was severely bullied
Most of the time verbally, but sometimes physically
I tried ever so hard to fit in
But whatever I did,
Nothing seemed to do the trick

I am not proud of my past
Despite the glory and all
I’d rather forget my childhood
I’d rather have amnesia
Anything would be easier than to
Have to go through that torture again

As time has passed
Though some who were horrendous have apologized
Others have never thought of their damage
Overall, there is just more pain than glory

If you know me, you know that I am strong
I am not someone who shows their vulnerability that easily
But for once, I think I owe everyone the truth

Thank you bullies for making me stronger
Because of you, I have learnt that
- Self love is important
- No one is more deadlier than your own mind
- When you stop caring about what other people think about you, life is much more bearable
- A happy day is always a better day
- When I am that much better, one day, you will look up at me

Finally, I would like to thank all the people that have helped me through my dark days, whether it would be friends, family, or loved ones. Thank you for tolerating me with all of your compassion. I am better because of you.

Don’t worry, your kindness will be rewarded when the time comes.

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我有件事情很少告訴他人
或許你們看完我的報導後猜到了
曾經 在很久以前 我是個中華隊選手
或許不是最頂尖的 但也有不錯水準
這麼多年來 這麼光榮的事情
我卻一次都不曾告訴他人

老實說
人生中有10年待在網球場上
童年在球場上隨風而去
無論天氣如何
球場幾乎是天天報到的地方

但你萬萬沒想到
之所以不喜歡告訴他人我的這番過去
是因為... 它是痛苦的
訓練當然辛苦 但球員誰不是這樣
年紀輕輕學會自律 當然也是一番挑戰
但這些辛苦沒辦法與我的生活品質比較

那些在生活中與我很親很熟的人
他們都知道我其實蠻樂觀開朗的
但老實說 今天能這樣也是花了很久時間調適的
因為我的童年不堪回首

以前常常聽到是我個性問題
但六年整整 每一天總是要忍受不斷的言語霸凌
有時甚至會有生理上的傷害
即使再怎麼改 再怎麼合群
無論再怎麼努力 很少有愉悅的一天

我對我的未來並不榮耀
即使成績再怎麼揮霍
我寧可忘了這個童年
我寧可失憶
任何事情都比起那個生活好

隨著時間的過去
部分曾對我厭惡之極的霸凌者回頭道歉了
但仍有一些人不認為自己有造成傷害
比較下來 我寧願不想記起這麼多的負面情緒

如果你懂我 你就會知道我很堅強
我並不是一個隨便讓人看到我軟弱一面的人
但事到如今 我覺得我欠大家這回真相

我要感謝當初霸凌我的人
因為你們 我學會
- 怎麼愛自己
- 自己的意識與信念才是最惡毒的敵人
- 當你停止在乎他人時，生活會變得很美好
- 快樂也是一天 難過也是一天 選擇快樂吧
- 當我把自己變得強大時 有一天 你們會低頭

最後，我想感謝人生說陪我經歷風風雨雨與各種黑暗時期的家人/朋友/至親們。因為有你們寬大的包容，才能造就今天的我。因為你們，我變得更好。

有一天，我一定會報答你們這份溫暖

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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

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*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

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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!

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