【國立臺灣大學109學年度畢業典禮 致詞代表 政治學系林語萱】
Student Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
Yu-Hsuan Lin from the Department of Political Science

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校長、師長、家長，和在螢幕前難以置信這就是我們的畢典，卻也真實面對的所有臺大畢業生，大家好，我是政治學系四年級的林語萱。

比起說著我們會鵬程萬里、前程似錦，今天，我更想邀請各位一同擔任NTU Sweety Course的貢獻者，整理出綜合過去四年，且能帶著走出校園的三個成長學分：勇氣、彈性和自己。

大二上，我休了學，在零下三十幾度的低溫、強颱般的逆風和看不見天際線的白色大地中，越野滑雪了半個多月，只為了跟著亞洲第一支南極長征隊伍，在世界的盡頭，找到那個能夠超越極限的自己。參與這個計畫，或許是大多人眼中的不正常，然而它卻成為了我人生中最有收穫的選擇之一。相信在臺大這個充滿可能性的校園裡，許多人心中，也有這麼一個想征服的南極，它可能不怎麼正常，也不怎麼容易，但別忘了帶著勇氣這個學分去做、去闖你認爲是對的事物。

再來，還有個學分，叫做彈性。還記得那些腳踏車被水源阿伯給拖吊，只好改成走路或騎Ubike2.0的日常嗎？我們在一次又一次的校內小組合作、校外的家教實習中，反覆上著適應不同情況的實驗課，而疫情又加重了它的loading，原本以為上一屆已經夠慘，沒想到這一屆竟然還更糟的情況下，我們滾動式的調整上課的樣貌，努力用NTU Cool的1.5倍速上課。在唯一不變就是變的這個世間常態中，臺大教會了我們保持彈性的生存之道。

最後，最最重要的學分，是我們自己，沒錯，就是在螢幕前的每一個你你你。從大一忙碌於轉系和雙主修的菜鳥，變成焦慮著左右張望他人下一步的大四老人，我們總汲汲營營的害怕落後別人，擔心無法成為自己心中想成為的樣子，但當回過頭，騎過幾千次椰林大道後的我們，其實早已不是從前那個自己了。所以未來，當外界的環境，督促和逼迫著我們精益求精，好還要更好時，記得回到內心，聽聽它的聲音，由它來告訴我們：你不必成為誰，你只需要相信自己。

除了勇氣、彈性和自己這三個學分外，還有一張加簽單也別忘記，是一路陪伴我們的家人和師長，一個人的任性，需要很多人的愛才能夠成全，謝謝你們在成長路上的陪伴和鼓勵，我們才能夠放肆的任性。

最後的最後，我想起了一戰後的西班牙大流感，它帶走的生命比戰爭還多，但在時間洪流下也終究有結束的一天。誰知道一百多年後的今天，我們也被迫參與了歷史的進程。也許未來看似困難重重，但卡繆在瘟疫裡提醒了我們：「惟有甘願在困難的堅實土壤中去生根立足，才能夠獲得果實。」今天後的明日，我們將在不同的土壤中勇敢挑戰、彈性應對和相信自己，且帶著滿滿的愛去生根立足，為自己、為我們所身處的社會，產出最甜美的果實。準備好了嗎？讓我們一起推動歷史的進程吧！臺大109屆的畢業生們，畢業快樂，或許現在的我們無法面對面相聚，but I’ll see you down the road！謝謝大家。

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President Kuan, respected faculty, honored guests and family, and to my fellow NTU graduates who would never have imagined our commencement hosted in this way but still making the best of it, good morning. I am YU-HSUAN LIN, from Department of Political Science.

Rather than wishing the best and the brightest futures to us all, today, I want to urge each and every one of you to join in and contribute to NTU Sweety Course, and put together three amongst the most important credits from these past four years. They are courage, elasticity, and ourselves.

I took a temporary leave in my sophomore year. At minus 30 degrees Celsius, with howling headwinds and blizzards all over the sky, I did cross-country skiing for more than half a month, to challenge myself beyond the limit at the very end of the world. My Antarctic venture may seem absurd to many, but it was one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done in my life. At NTU, a campus of endless possibilities, we all have a South Pole in our hearts, an undoubtedly challenging and perhaps laughable goal we yearn to achieve. But do not forget the credit of courage we have gained from these past years, and choose whatever it is that you believe is right.

The next credit, is adaptability. Do you remember the days when our bikes being towed and having to walk or take Ubike 2.0 to class? We learned to adapt through group projects in the classes and private tutoring off-campus, and the ongoing pandemic has added extra loading to our everyday challenges. We thought the previous year was bad, but this year is even worse. We adjust the way we took courses on a rolling basis, trying to catch up from NTU COOL at 1.5x speed. The only thing that doesn't change is change itself. NTU taught us how to adapt to survive.

Last but not least, and arguably the most important credit, is ourselves. That’s right, It’s each and every one of you behind the screens. From a first-year newbie busy planning your double major or transfer, to a senior wandering around anxiously as our peers taking next steps, we work hard painstakingly in fear of falling behind of other, and wonder if we can become the person we want to be. But looking back, after countless rides along the Royal Palm Boulevard, our old selves have already long gone. So, in the future, when the outside world is constantly pushing us to make the best even better and to reach beyond limits, remember to listen to that little voice inside of you. Listen to it as it tells you, there isn’t a certain or definite role you must fulfill, all you need is to have faith in yourself.

Besides the three credits I just mentioned, don’t forget the Petition for Adding Course: our families and professors who accompanied us along our journeys. It requires loves from many to accomplish caprice of one. Thank you for your company and encouragement along the way to allow us to be self-willed boldly.

Lastly, the Spanish flu outbreak after WWI came to my mind recently. It took even more lives than the battle fields. However, it too, eventually ended as time went by. Who knew that after a hundred years, we would also be a part of a similar history? It seems that adversities are awaiting us, but Albert Camus had already reminded us in La Peste “Like wandering shadows that could have acquired substance only by consenting to root themselves in the solid earth of their distress.” When tomorrow comes, in different corners on the Earth, we shall challenge, respond adaptively, and believe in ourselves. With each step that we take, we take with all the love there is within us. Let us contribute to ourselves and to our society, and may our efforts bear the sweetest fruits. Are you ready? Let’s push history forward! Hats off to all NTU graduates of 2021! Although we are unable to celebrate face to face now, I’ll see you down the road! Thank you all!

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英文學術寫作寶典 7: Being Critical 批判思考句型 1

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最新的學術寫作片語在這裡，希望可以幫助大家寫出好文章!

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As an academic writer, you are expected to be critical of the sources that you use. This essentially means questioning what you read and not necessarily agreeing with it just because the information has been published. Being critical can also mean looking for reasons why we should not just accept something as being correct or true. This can require you to identify problems with a writer’s arguments or methods, or perhaps to refer to other people’s criticisms of these. Constructive criticism goes beyond this by suggesting ways in which a piece of research or writing could be improved.

… being against is not enough. We also need to develop habits of constructive thinking.

Edward de Bono

作為一名學術作者，你應該對所使用的資源持批判態度；這本質上意味著要對閱讀的內容有所質疑而非點頭稱是，僅因該資訊是被發布的。批判也可能意味著尋找原因，我們不應直接接受某些東西是正確或真實的；這可能需要找出作者的論點或方法存在的問題，或者可能要參考其他人對這些論點或方法的評論。極具建設性的批評透過提出改進研究或寫作的方法來予以指教。

「 ...僅僅反對是不夠的。我們還需要養成建設性思考的習慣。」

——愛德華·德·波諾，心理學家，在1960年代末期提出「水平思考」方式，改變了日常人採用「垂直思考」方式容易出現的問題。

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Make a sentence with the phrases below!

“Woman” was, in a nutshell, a beautiful film. I don’t say that lightly, and it’s not an adjective I use much. However, it’s the one word I found myself thinking and feeling over and over again during the 100 minutes of dazzling footage. Perhaps it’s the only coherent thought that emerges in the forefront of my brain after the intensity of the film.

看完「女也」我只能用一個詞去形容：美。我不輕易的使用美這個形容詞，但是看完這100分鐘，令人百感交集的各種畫面與言語，唯有「美」這個詞浮現在我的腦海裡。

Visually, the variety of women pictured is stunning. Nearly all the ways females can be classified are represented, in intense detail. I realized that before I never looked at people properly—-how different we are, how similar we are! The tableaus of different women’s lives was also enthralling. So much said in those few seconds. It reminded me of a scrap quilt; so many different prints, all beautiful in their own way, and seemingly so different; yet all together as one cohesive whole.

世界各國各式各樣女性的畫面令人驚艷，幾乎每一種女性都有被代表到。在觀看這些女性的臉孔時，我居然發現我好像從來沒有這麼仔細的觀察過人的面相。仔細觀察，他們的故事其實就描述在他們面相裡。而且，越看越發現，雖然千人千面，但我們的故事大同小異。在短短的幾秒鐘，我們就可以深深的感受並且了解這個女人的人生。這個電影裡有著幾百個角色，但是我並不覺得雜亂—就如一塊拼布一樣；各式各樣的圖案，但是組合在一起時是個美麗的一片。

Is it an easy watch? It is, and it isn’t. It’s so intimate, and familiar—-you could be watching your friend, your relative, even yourself. And yet the topics are not always so comfortable. All the joy and pain of women’s identities are covered, from those wonderous moments of self-discovery, growth and love to those experiences of violence, trauma and oppression. Myriad topics are illuminated through a few sentences of a woman’s story; education, motherhood, child marriage, trafficking. It is not easy to handle. But as the women say again and again, “we are women, so we are strong.” Even after feeling these hundreds of stories in a short amount of time, we find that there is a greater force, able to contain all the sadness and pain, and even find space for compassion, love, joy and hope. As John Berryman put it in 77 Dream Songs, “Women is better, braver.”

令人喜悅又痛心的訴說，容易消化嗎？當然不。這些女人的故事，可能是你家人的，可能是你朋友的，也有可能是你的。一個女人的身分與特質深深的被討論，而且有一百個面相，有些是溫馨的，有些是幽默的，有些是可悲的。各國女人面臨的難題也有帶到，包括社會不喜歡討論的家暴與人口販運。不，它不是一個很容易消化的電影。但是像電影裡女性說到的一點，「我們是女人，所以我們很堅強。」就算有醜陋或痛苦的經驗，我們擁有更大的力氣包容它，關懷它，甚至還有足夠的愛心與勇氣與它並存，迎接有希望的未來。如John Berryman詩人所寫，「女人更好，更勇。」

For the record (and I spent awhile thinking about it): I am an inquisitive woman.

想了很久，覺得 #我是好學的女人 #女也3月5日上映

上映資訊我會放在留言中 <3 記得下週3/8婦女節，一定要支持
～感謝 捷傑電影 的邀請～

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從2016年最經典的音樂作品，JJ林俊傑的「不為誰而做的歌」開始，又回返到2006，2007年最經典的蘇打綠「小情歌」與孫燕姿的「我懷念的」，Lara梁心頤用全新的詮釋來探索「懷念為了找回自己」的概念。

那些奮不顧身，不顧一切的日子，你是否也經歷過？這首「不為誰而作的懷念小情歌」組曲是Lara從心靈探索旅程回來錄的第一首，裡面唱出了她在這段時間內經歷的一切。她的聲音小心翼翼，卻依然穩定優美，像在探索每段旋律裡的各種可能性。編這首組曲時，發現把這三首經典曲子的詞連在一起反而也能創造另外一種故事，唱出一種「對過去懷念為了找回自己」的概念。在這個資訊爆炸的時代，為了追求各種各樣的夢想我們偶爾也會迷路，失去原始的自己。所以這首組曲想表達的是，不要為了放縱自己而懷舊。讓「懷念」變成一種工具，幫助自己填滿心靈的活力，再繼續走下去。

Moving backwards from one of 2016's most popular hits, JJ Lin's 'Twilight' to the classic 'Little love song' and 'What I miss' by Sodagreen and Stefanie Sun respectively, Lara's mashup coalesces concepts from the three to tell a story that is uniquely hers.

Everyone experiences certain periods in their life that shine brighter than others; vivid memories that bring back muted emotions of joy, impulsiveness-perhaps that long-forgotten feeling of adrenaline coursing through your veins. "Nostalgia Mashup" is one of the first musical works Lara has recorded upon returning from her soul-searching journey; and is a song rich with her experiences during that period. When putting these three songs together, it was found that by matching the lyrics a certain way, the words organically came together to tell a story of reminiscence in order to find oneself again, and to have the courage to move on. In the age of information where opportunities are endless and time zooms by, this song is a reflection on the concept of nostalgia, not as an excuse to lock oneself in a closet of memories refusing to face the world, but as a tool to help one reflect upon their past experiences from a new perspective, learning more about oneself from it, and growing as a person.

「不為誰而作的懷念小情歌Nostalgia」
原唱：JJ林俊傑／孫燕姿／蘇打綠
原曲：JJ林俊傑／李偲菘／吳青峰
原詞：林秋離/姚若龍／吳青峰
編曲：Martin 'Musa' Musaubach

原諒我這一首 不為誰而作的歌
感覺上彷彿窗外的夜色
曾經有那一刻 回頭竟然認不得
需要 從記憶再摸索 的人 和他們關心的
的地方 和那些走過的 請等一等

我懷念的是無話不說　我懷念的是一起做夢
我懷念的是爭吵以後　還是想要愛你的衝動
我記得那年生日　也記得那一首歌
記得那片星空　最緊的右手　最暖的胸口

你知道
就算大雨讓整座城市顛倒
我會給你懷抱
受不了 看見你背影來到
寫下我 度秒如年難捱的離騷
就算整個世界被寂寞綁票
我也不會奔跑
最後誰也都蒼老
寫下我 時間和琴聲交錯的城堡

夢為努力澆了水 愛在背後往前推
當我抬起頭才發覺 我是不是忘了誰
累到整夜不能睡 夜色哪裡都是美
一定有個人 她 躲過 避過 閃過 瞞過
她是誰 她是誰 是誰

我懷念的是無言感動　我懷念的是絕對熾熱
我懷念的是你很激動　求我原諒抱得我都痛
我記得你在背後　也記得我顫抖著
記得感覺洶湧　最美的煙火　最長的相擁
我放手　我讓座　假灑脫　誰懂我多麼不捨得
太愛了　所以我　沒有哭　沒有說

這是一首簡單的小情歌

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