【國立臺灣大學109學年度畢業典禮 致詞代表 資訊工程學系韓哈斯】
Student Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
International student Seth Austin Harding from Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering

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校長、教授、以及在螢幕前的各位同學，大家好。非常感謝臺大給我這個機會。我是韓哈斯，來自美國華盛頓特區。我會以自身的真實經驗出發，來跟大家分享臺大帶給我的收穫。

我當初為什麼選擇來台灣求學呢？我小時候非常喜歡看武打片，然後我十歲的時候去看了一部電影叫做「功夫熊貓」。這部電影成為了我最喜歡的電影，主角「阿波」的故事跟我的故事很像。我看完了之後就決定要開始學功夫，所以去了「美國武術學院」。那個時候我每天都聽旁邊的人講中文，到了高中我就決定開始學中文。當時我遇到了一位貴人，她是從台北到美國來教書的中文老師，她教的課是我當時最喜歡的課，我每天去她的教室跟好朋友練習。到了高中畢業時，我是全高中中文最好的非母語人士。同時，我第二喜歡的課程是電腦科學，那時候我是程式能力數一數二的學生。後來在成功錄取夢寐以求的學校：臺灣大學之後，我感到雀躍不已，因為我既可以繼續學習中文，也可以持續在世界頂尖的學府中，往電腦科學的方向精進自我。

不過老實說，當我回顧大一的時期，我也曾迷失自我。雖然我修了很多很多的中文課，但是我那時只聽得懂大概一半的課程內容。跟大家對美國人的印象不同，我其實很害羞，也很害怕舉手提問，我甚至不太敢參與社交，所以當時朋友也很少。我開始想家，也變得有一點憂鬱。那時籃球是我唯一的紓壓方式。

但更不幸的是，我在打籃球時弄傷了我的前十字韌帶，做了兩次手術，需要一年半才能恢復。許多的負面情緒壓得我喘不過氣。我被困在人生的低谷，不知如何是好。我覺得我的中文不夠好，我也被診斷出失眠跟ADHD，另外，美國高中的數學太簡單了，來這邊不夠用。種種壓力讓我足不出戶，找不到自己的人生方向。後來，我向臺大心輔中心以及我的心理醫師尋求協助，然後我也開始跟系上有更多互動。有一位教授叫徐宏民跟我說，"Never give up"，雖然那時候我覺得這句話太過於簡化了我的問題，不過，在我仔細思考了一個禮拜之後，我下定決心，發誓不讓自己被這些事擊敗。我決定要克盡全力，認真做好每件事。這是我人生的轉捩點，我開始變得異常自律。當時廖世偉教授和洪士灝系主任帶我進入它們的研究室鑽研學術。這重燃了我對資訊工程的熱忱，提醒了我當初會愛上這個領域的原因。我開始研究人工智慧以及區塊鏈，也開始跟其他系上同學交朋友，一起成立臺大人工智慧應用社NTUAI。NTUAI現在是校內頗具規模的技術研究社團，致力於推廣人工智慧給任何對該領域有熱忱的學生。歡迎加入NTUAI，可以掃描我們的QR CODE。

最近，由於疫情的緣故，我已經一年半沒回美國了。但是沒關係，因為我已經找到了我第二個家。我很愛臺大，以及台灣的人事物。雖然我經歷了人生的低潮，但這裡的一切總是給我滿滿的祝福與協助。最後，我想送給大家「功夫熊貓」裡的一句台詞： "You just need to believe"。只要用樂觀的態度去面對困難，就有能力改變自己，甚至改變身旁所愛的人。就像阿波的父親說的，"心誠則靈，只要你相信，點石就能成金。根本沒有什麼秘笈。只有你。"謝謝大家。

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President, professors, and classmates, I'm very honored to be here. Thank you to NTU for giving me this opportunity. My name's Seth Austin Harding, and I'm from the D.C. metropolitan area. I'm going to tell a real story that's personal but that's relatable and what I see as the real me.

What motivated and guided me to take my undergraduate studies in Taiwan? When I was very young, I really loved watching kung fu movies, and when I was 10 years old, I went to the theater to watch "Kung Fu Panda". This became my favorite movie as I felt like the story of the main character Po was one to which I could very much relate. After watching this movie, I decided that I wanted to start learning kung fu, so I went to the United States Wushu Academy. At the time, I began hearing Mandarin on a daily basis, so when I was in high school, I decided to begin formally studying Chinese. It ended up being my Chinese teacher from Taipei who was my favorite teacher who taught my favorite class, so I decided I'd hang out in the Chinese classroom every day and practice lots. By the time graduation came around, I had attained the highest proficiency in Chinese among any non-native speaker in my school. My second favorite class was computer science, and I ended up attaining among the best coding skills in my school. After getting accepted to the school of my dreams -- National Taiwan University -- I felt honored, humbled, and excited; I could now spend time at among the world's finest universities studying Chinese and at the same time advancing my knowledge of computer science.

But when I look back at my freshman year, to be honest with you, I didn't know what I was doing. Despite having taken very many Chinese classes, when I went to the NTU lectures, I understood only about half of what the teachers were saying. Contrary to most people's impressions of an American, I was actually too shy to raise my hand, to ask questions, or to even meet with teachers after class, so I had very few friends at the time. I started to become homesick and depressed. At that time, I found that basketball was the only way I knew of relieving my stress. However, while playing basketball, I had torn my ACL and it would take two surgeries and a year and a half in time to fully recover. At this point, I felt caught between a rock and a hard place. In fact, this was the lowest point of my life, and I didn't know what to do. I felt like my Chinese wasn't good enough, I had been diagnosed with insomnia and ADHD, and I felt like the math taught in America was too simple to allow for me to keep up with my classmates. I was under immense pressure, and at this time, I lost any sense of purpose or direction. Later on, I went to seek help from NTU counseling, from my psychiatrist, and from my department. I reached out to Professor Winston Hsu from CSIE, and he told me this: "Never give up"; it was such an oversimplified way to approach such a complex series of problems, I had thought. However, I pondered these words intensely for one week, and by the end of that week, I had made a firm decision. This would NOT be another example of me giving up. I decided to go all out, to work diligently and passionately on all tasks at hand. This was the turning point of my life; I started to discipline myself to a very high degree. At this time, I met my then-to-become advisors Professor Shih-Wei Liao and Professor Shih-Hao Hung and entered their labs to begin research. Finally, the passion that I had for computer science that I had previously held in high school was kindled again, and I was finally reminded why I loved this field. I began my research life in blockchain and AI, and at the time I entered the lab, I also began creating NTUAI. NTUAI is now a large and highly successful NTU club that is dedicated to the research and public understanding of AI. Welcome one and all to join us; please scan our QR code here.

For a year and a half I haven't returned to America because of covid. But not to worry; I have found my second home, away from home. I love it here in NTU and I cherish all of the things I've had the privilege to experience in Taiwan. I've gone through the most difficult of struggles in my life here, but I've also had the most fortunate and blessed of experiences. To conclude, I'd like to quote a line from "Kung Fu Panda": "You just need to believe". As long as you are willing to adopt an optimistic attitude in facing challenges and hardships, you may become a positive force in changing the lives of those around you as well as your own life. It all depends on how you view it; just like what Po's father says, "there is no secret ingredient. It's just you." Thank you, everyone.

詳見：
https://www.facebook.com/NTUCommencement/posts/2718185771805180

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#美國大選
經過將近三天的開票，Joe Biden終於贏得選戰成為美國第46任總統。
聽他選後第一次發表的演說時，我正在曬衣服🤣
帶著耳機邊曬邊聽，很多地方都聽到全身起雞皮疙瘩，所以特別分享影片以及讓我有「觸電」感覺的秒數記下分享給大家🇺🇸必須要說，很多時候聽英文原文真的比看中文翻譯有感覺多了！我盡量在下方解說給大家聽。不過我先說好喔，我不是什麼專業的演講評論家也不是個政治狂熱者，但是這的確是場有歷史意義且優秀的演講，單純分享我自己喜歡的地方囉！也歡迎大家分享你們喜歡的段落給大家一起學習！
(2:52~3:03)
I pledge to be a President who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn’t see Red and Blue states, but a United States.
我承諾成為一個尋求團結而非分裂的總統。我看到的不是紅州或藍州，而是美利堅合眾國(United States of America)。
👉 USA是United States of America，在這次選舉中清楚地看到不論是種族、黨派或貧富，都深深地撕裂、分化美國，所以希望不再用顏色、黨派分Red states or Blue states，而是回到USA的本意就是United States。矮額～這是我第一個雞皮疙瘩的地方。

(6:20~7:05)
And to all those who supported us: I am proud of the campaign we built and ran. I am proud of the coalition we put together, the broadest and most diverse coalition in history. Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Progressives, moderates and conservatives. Young and old. Urban, suburban and rural. Gay, straight, transgender. White. Latino. Asian. Native American.
I mean it. Especially for those moments when this campaign was at its lowest ebb— the African American community stood up again for me. They always have my back, and I’ll have yours.
還有每個支持我們的人，我以我們建立的競選團隊與選戰操作感到光榮。我以我們組成的聯盟感到驕傲，這是史上最廣泛、最多元的聯盟。有民主黨的、共和黨的，還有無黨籍人士，有進步勢力、中間派還有保守派，有年輕的，有老人，有市區跟郊區民眾，也有人來自鄉村地區，有同志、異性戀者，也有跨性別者，有白人、拉丁美洲裔、亞裔，還有美洲原住民。
特別要紀念我們在選情最低迷的時候，非裔美國民眾再次站起來支持我。他們總是支持我，我也支持你們。
👉 這一整段真的要看現場片段，尤其在列舉各種族性別者時，看到他們如此被包容，有這麼幾秒整個拜倒在Biden演講魅力中了！

(7:34~7:53)
It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. And to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans. They are Americans.
這是拋開尖刻言辭的時候，要降溫，再見到彼此，聆聽彼此。如果要進步，我們就必須停止把對手當成敵人。我們不是敵人，我們都是同胞。
👉 這裡Biden即席地重複了兩次They are Americans. 經過四年的人權蹂躪後，現在這句話這麼強而有力地講出來真的很有後坐力！

(9:56~10:17)
That plan (the Biden-Harris COVID plan) will be built on a bedrock of science. It will be constructed out of compassion, empathy, and concern.
I will spare no effort, non, or commitment, to turn this pandemic around.
那項計畫將以科學為基礎，依憐閔、同理心與關懷的原則規畫。我將竭盡全力，全心承諾扭轉疫情。
👉 第兩句話其實真的有當場打臉Trump的意味，”will be built on a bedrock of science”，聽了其實挺過癮的😎

(10:48~11:05)
Refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate with one another is not some mysterious force beyond our control. It’s a decision. It’s a choice we make.
民主黨興共和黨拒絕相互合作的原因，並非某種我們無法控制的神祕力量。它是個決定，是我們所做的選擇。
👉 我人生中的信仰一直就是：也許你天生不善良，但永遠可以「選擇」當一個善良的人。所以聽到這句話也真的很有感。

(13:52~14:17)
We’re always looking ahead.
Ahead to an America that’s freer and more just.
Ahead to an America that creates jobs with dignity and respect.
Ahead to an America that cures disease — like cancer and Alzheimers.
Ahead to an America that never leaves anyone behind.
Ahead to an America that never gives up, never gives in.
我們眼光總是向前看，盼望一個更自由、更公正的美國，一個用品格、尊重來創造工作機會的美國，一個可以治療諸如癌症、阿茲海默症等疾病的美國，一個不放棄任何一人的美國，一個不輕言放棄、屈服的美國。
👉 真的好喜歡最後一句：Ahead to an America that never gives up, never gives in. 我覺得我要把”Never give up, never give in.”當做近期的人生座右銘了！

你們呢？你們哪幾段看到起雞皮疙瘩？也分享讓我知道吧！

影片出處：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q78XXkhx0o&t=771s

自己蠻喜歡的 NA 的賽評 Kobe 發了一篇他對於最近 LCS 的看法。
為了練習英文，所以我把他翻成中文，如果大家有興趣可以看一下。
順便也可以幫我看看有沒有翻譯不通順或是翻錯的地方
哈哈哈哈
如果有類似的文章也請推薦給我練習 QQ
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Hey! Dropping some thoughts on some of the big LCS stories and teams this morning ahead of recording the Dive:

Hey! 在今早錄《 The Dive》之前寫下一些關於 LCS 故事和隊伍的想法。

C9 will be our MSI representatives but the upcoming buffs to cinderhulk which follow these sejuani buffs improve tank options for their competitors and when you pair that with the increased power of enchanters and scaling champions like Orn, teams will have better chances in the last 6 weeks of LCS to turtle out a possible win against the powerhouse C9 squad.

C9 將會是代表 LCS 出賽今年 MSI 的隊伍。但是再史瓦妮增強以後，緊接而來的餘燼附魔增強將會讓 C9 的競爭對手有更多坦克英雄的選擇，當你把這些新的坦克選擇和影響力越來越大的輔助類英雄和後期有高影響力的英雄，如厄爾，放在一起看時，你會發現其他隊伍在剩下最後六周的賽程中，將會有更好的機會可以贏過現在的聯盟強權 C9。

I think liquid will rise to be a top 3 team again but it is going to take more time practicing with Broxah and they will still not surpass C9 or reach their previous levels of NA dominance because even though they will improve this split, the rest of the league has improved as well.

我認為 TL 會回升到聯盟前三名，但他們需要更多的時間和 Broxah 練習與磨合，不過即便如此他們仍沒辦法超越 C9 或是達到他們之前在 NA 賽區宰制的等級，因為即便他們在這個賽季進步了，聯盟中的其他隊伍也同樣再進步。

What the FK happened to Crown and CLG? We don’t give out a “Dade award” for regular season but Crown has got to be the biggest underperformance of a single player compared to expectations set for him preseason. Ruin also seems to be struggling and the entire team having problems coordinating their engagements with their DPS at the same time resulting in the L’s piling up.

Crown 跟 CLG 到底在幹三小? 我們在例行賽並不會頒發 Dade award 獎，但 Crown 的現在的表現和季前大家對他的期待可以說是落差最大的。Ruin 看起來也打得相當掙扎。同時，整個 CLG 在開戰和輸出位的協調上也是大有問題，這些原因導致了一系列的落敗。

TSM went 0-2 and made some more mistakes in the mid game resulting in them getting out scaled but they have shown real promise in their draft flexing (Qiyana, Sett, Orn…) and I do prefer a proactive style of play so I would encourage them to continue to work through the mistakes and not give up on their new direction.

TSM 目前二連敗並且在遊戲中期犯下了不少的錯誤導致他們的評級下降，但他們展現了他們對於多使用錯位英雄的企圖( 姬亞娜、賽特、厄爾...) 而我相當喜歡這種積極的選角模式，所以我想要鼓勵他們持續解決目前遇到的錯誤，不要放棄他們的新戰術方向。

IMT are second place right now, and deserve the spot. However, I don’t think they will even be able to hold onto a top 4 spot if Eika doesn’t step up individually or they don’t import a different midlaner. Roaming is incredibly important for the mid position right now and he is currently sitting at the 2nd lowest forward % and lowest damage % of all mids. Meanwhile, their team play and objective focus is really paying off and having veterans like Xmithie and Soaz can often get you wins that people didn't expect you to get on paper.

IMT 目前是排名第二，而他們也值得這個名次。但是，如果 Eika 個人能力沒辦法拿出應有的表現或是他們沒有引進其他的中路選手，我認為他們將沒有辦法維持在前四名。在現在的比賽中，遊走能力對於一名中路選手而言是至關重要的，然而，目前在聯盟所有中路選手中 Eika 的推線率是倒數第二、傷害占比倒數第一。與此同時，IMT 的團戰配合與物件導向的戰術打法有著很好的成效，而且當你的隊伍中有 Xmithie 和 sOAZ 這種老將的時候，他們往往可以替隊伍拿下一些出人意料的勝利。

See you next weekend! I'm really excited for patch 10.4 tomorrow in soloqueue so I'll be spamming games ;)

大家下周見! 我對於明天即將在 soloqueue 到來的 10.4 版本感到相當興奮，所以我會狂打遊戲。

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