#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

因為今天是二二八事件73週年紀念日，我們特別挑選了一篇台灣公眾人物的碩士論文摘要來做 #校對 #編修 示範，這位公眾人物就是現任台北市議員侯漢廷。

圖片的上方是節錄自侯漢廷的碩士論文「二二八史觀與歷史真相─反正合試論」的英文摘要第一段，圖片的下方則是我們用Track Changes編修過的版本。如果您覺得太多紅色修改紀錄難以閱讀，您可以參考以下經過校對過的文字⬇️

This paper discusses the responsibility of both the Chief Executive Office and the Chairman of the Nationalist Government for the February 28 Incident. The opinions of supporters and opponents of the Government’s approach to the February 28 Incident are collected and organized in this thesis. The Chief Executive’s Office was not authoritarian and the Chief Executive, Chen Yi, did not politically marginalize Taiwanese people. Hyperinflation was in fact prompted by Japanese colonial rule and the Second World War. In addition, Chen Yi also tried to combat corruption. However, the implementation of local self-government, local elections and all kinds of deregulations resulted in the decline of political stability, which gave the opportunity for rioters to advocate reforms.

我們先不論侯漢廷對於二二八事件的描述是否屬實，讀完以上文字，您是不是覺得比原文通順許多呢？

如果侯漢廷選擇了提供英文的碩論摘要，其實他應該先找 #專業校對師 幫忙編修自己的文稿，而不是直接將這充滿錯誤的英文提送論文審查。論文登上了「臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統」，充滿錯誤的英文摘要不但會跟著他一輩子，而且也讓不懂中文的學術研究者無法閱讀。與其這樣，不如一開始就不要提供英文摘要反而還比較好。

如果您重視英文的正確使用，並希望自己的論文摘要是通順無誤的英文，歡迎您來信到contact@dubandko.com跟我們聯繫！

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[美國文化觀察]

川普前幾天說, 以後的移民要在移民美國時, 就要會說英文. 經濟學人這篇文章講的挺好: 其實移民移居美國後, 早晚都會說英文的.

在我身上其實也應證了這說法. 旅居美國十幾年, 雖然平常有跟此地的台灣同胞保持互動, 但因為身處在美語環境, 也為了生存下去, 所以我漸漸地習慣說英文, 聽英文歌, 看美國電視, 看原文書. 我也很清楚地意識到, 自己的母語(中文)能力在退化中. 所以我前幾年開始接英翻中的case, 而兩年前也開始藉著寫中文個股分析與開部落格來彌補這問題. 很多時候不是我故意在秀英文, 而是我真的不知道該用甚麼中文字來表達意思了, 或是我覺得用英文能夠更傳神地表達我的想法.

"Rather than refusing to learn English, today’s immigrants actually abandon their first language much more readily than previous generations. German, the language spoken by the president’s ancestors, is a case in point. Germans arrived in America in big waves in the middle of the 19th century. Generations later, they were still speaking German at home; a small number were even monolingual in German despite being born in America. Only with America’s entry into the first world war did German-speakers drop their suddenly unpopular language.

Today the typical pattern is that the arriving generation speaks little English, or learns it imperfectly; the first children born in America are bilingual, but English-dominant, and their children hardly speak the heritage language. This is as true of Hispanics as it is of speakers of smaller languages—and all without a lecture from the White House."

以下是全文:
DONALD TRUMP’s young administration is adept at one particular manoeuvre. Whenever the president is having a terrible time in the press, for some embarrassing statement, interview or imbroglio, the White House announces a far-reaching policy designed to stoke up his nationalist base while infuriating his opponents. In February it was the proposed ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. Last month it was the announcement on Twitter that he would not let transgender soldiers serve in the military.

In each case, the new policy tends to hurt people who can be portrayed as threatening outsiders to ordinary Americans who work hard and pay their taxes. Yesterday’s announcement to back a months-old plan to overhaul America’s immigration rules falls in the same category. If implemented, it would reward applicants with sought-after job skills who already speak English, at the expense of low-skilled workers without language skills.

This may seem perfectly sensible: after all, skilled immigrants are a good thing. But as an ongoing shortage of farm workers in California shows, unskilled immigrants are just as crucial. Equally, it is a good thing if immigrants speak English. But they need not speak it before arrival: as it is impossible to participate fully in American life without speaking English, the incentive to learn it quickly is overwhelming.

The administration’s emphasis on English skills therefore harks back to an old myth that the linguistic make-up of America, which has been an English-dominant country for a long time, is changing: that the status of English is somehow threatened, especially by Spanish, but more generally by the notion that English is no longer needed in the economy.

The myth goes something like this: today’s immigrants want to come to America to isolate themselves into communities that do not speak English. American policy tacitly encourages this by not being tough enough in requiring English. In the past, immigrants happily learned English quickly; “my grandpa came here from the old country but he refused to speak his old language; he insisted on getting by in his broken English until he was fluent.” But today’s immigrants no longer do so, as multiculturalism has replaced the melting pot.
All of this is wrong. America began as a thin band of English colonies clinging to the eastern coast, vastly outnumbered by speakers of other languages. The foreign-born percentage of the population peaked not last year—the administration likes to talk of “unprecedented” numbers—but in 1890, when the share of foreign-born residents was at an all-time high of 14.8%. This proportion has risen again after declining in the mid-20th century (it stood at 12.9% in the 2010 census). America today has multilingual big cities with their voting instructions in Korean, Chinese and Russian.

Historically, this is the norm rather than the exception: the years from 1925 to 1965, when immigration was almost completely cut off, were unusual. But those born from the 1940s to the 1960s became used to the low numbers of foreign-born residents, regarding this state as normal. That in turn supported a belief that America has always naturally belonged completely to English.
For most of its history, America was precisely the “polyglot boardinghouse” Teddy Roosevelt once worried it would become. That history has turned out very well not just for America, but for English—the most successful language in the history of the world. Along with American power, English has spread around the globe. At home, wave after wave after wave of immigrants to America have not only learned English but forgotten the languages their parents brought with them.

Rather than refusing to learn English, today’s immigrants actually abandon their first language much more readily than previous generations. German, the language spoken by the president’s ancestors, is a case in point. Germans arrived in America in big waves in the middle of the 19th century. Generations later, they were still speaking German at home; a small number were even monolingual in German despite being born in America. Only with America’s entry into the first world war did German-speakers drop their suddenly unpopular language.

Today the typical pattern is that the arriving generation speaks little English, or learns it imperfectly; the first children born in America are bilingual, but English-dominant, and their children hardly speak the heritage language. This is as true of Hispanics as it is of speakers of smaller languages—and all without a lecture from the White House.

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【奪寶爭霸戰】是一款復古的街機遊戲，結合炸彈超人+射擊遊戲。
路上可獲取各種不同武器，勝利的關鍵是擊敗對手並獲得戰利品。
可4人遊玩，也可跟CPU對戰，各種不同職業，如戰士、法師、弓箭手、忍者、盜賊、秘使每個都有特殊技能，及各種不同關卡可選擇

兩種不同的遊戲模式:
自由對戰: 獲得最多金幣者獲勝
奪寶大戰: 取得寶箱後要跑回基地，但由於寶箱非常沉重，所以移動非常緩慢，每獲得一個寶箱增加10分，獲得最多者獲勝。

Super Treasure Arena is a unique mix of retro-inspired arcade action and objective-based arena shooters.
The result is a frantic game where collecting and stealing loot from your opponents is the key to victory.
Play locally via split-screen with your friends, or challenge other players online!

With two different game modes you can beat each other up.
In"Free For All" everybody is on his/her own to eliminate other players and collect the most coins.
"Treasure Run" on the other hand a treasure chest will pop up in the middle of the map and you have to carry it back to your starting point.

Of course treasure chests are pretty heavy, so you can only move very sluggishly.