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#LittlePeaGrandJourney
Little Pea's Grand Journey
#小豆子的大冒險
What is the best solution to a creative dry spell? A grand journey!

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[演講技巧] 用對的語言，說給對的人聽：看蕭美琴的 ALEC 演講

Presentality再次幫同學分享政治人物演講技巧。這次Andrew Yang 分析的對象是現任駐美代表蕭美琴 (Ambassador Bi-khim Hsiao)!

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這幾天看到網路上很多人稱讚蕭美琴在美國給的一場演講，是在 American Legislative Exchange Council 大會給的。Youtube 上還有完整的影片。

我就想要從一個英文撰稿人跟演講教練的角度，看一下她到底是哪裡講的好？

Ok, let’s go. First, the speech video itself: https://youtu.be/5ozMcauCjbs

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📌 連開頭都跟傳統台灣官員不一樣

她一開頭，就用一種很 personal 的方式回應主辦單位的介紹：

Thank you Karen for that kind introduction…

畢竟用人家的 first name，就感覺比較親切對不對？通常外交場合，都是用 last name 的。

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📌 而且她跟台灣大部分官員用英文演講的時候有一個很不一樣的地方：

她講話的時候，是看著聽眾的 lol。

你可能會覺得搞啥啊，講話不是就要看著對方嗎？但其實很多台灣官員可能是語文能力關係，或是沒時間把稿子弄熟，演講的時候大部分的時間是盯著稿子的，所以跟聽眾的 connection 真的就會打折扣。

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📌 另外一個小細節，就是她的節奏。

台灣很多官員不只是唸稿，還唸的斷斷續續，不停的卡住，蕭美琴就不一樣，講的算是非常流暢，尤其到後半段整個進入一個很好的 flow。

大家可能會覺得這只是英文好，但其實不完全是。我們也看過很多英文比蕭大使還要好的人，演講超級卡。

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📌 講「對的字」，給對的聽眾

第二個細節，就是她的用字遣詞。

我們注意這裡：

I’m so honored to be able to be here in person, to use this occasion to express my gratitude… to the so many outstanding freedom-loving legislators around the United States.

還有這裡，講到主辦單位 ALEC 頒獎給蔡總統，她說：

It is also recognition for the freedom-loving people of Taiwan, and our determination to keep Taiwan free.

我們要指出的共通點在哪裡？

對，就是 “Freedom-loving”。

我在美國住十幾年，從大學到研究所到華府工作，周圍的朋友大多都是左派的，我不記得他們之中有任何人，任何一次，說過 “freedom-loving” 或甚至強調 freedom。這代表蕭大使真的很會對「對的人」說「對的話」。

她知道這群聽眾是美國保守派的，「自由」對他們來說是絕對的價值跟原則。所以一說完這段，就迎來熱烈的掌聲。

我猜今天如果蕭大使對的是左派的聽眾，她肯定不會一直提到這些字眼。

她也不忘用 “side-by-side” 的語法，來強調台灣跟美國的價值。很多台灣官員都只會制式的重複：We share with you the values of freedom and democracy, blah blah blah…

但蕭大使就做一點變化：

I often say that you are living in the land of the free.

We are living on the island of the free.

Good line，又迎來一些掌聲。

*Btw, 為什麼是 “land of the free” 而不是 land of free 或是 free land？因為自由的不是土地，而是「人」，所以美國人才會說 “we are a free people”。所以 “the free” 代表的其實是「自由的人」。

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📌 掌控敘事 (Narrative)

我們再來看一段非常不錯的：

We also believe that it is only in societies that respect the freedom of speech, where true innovation can propel technology that advances human progress, instead of technology that is abused and used for surveillance and controlling their people.

美國時常有很多的辯論：我們應該要把什麼項目放在第一？科技進步？經濟成長？還是民主價值？

我在美國唸外交時，幫我們上課的前官員也會說：「我們先不要硬推民主，而是先幫助這些國家經濟成長，之後他們自然就會變成民主國家。」

蕭美琴的這段，就是一個反向的論述：如果沒有言論自由，就不會有真正的創新，因為科技會被用來控制人民，而不是真的改善大家的生活。

這就是敘事 (narrative) 的重點：不是只是提供一大堆 information 給大家 (this is what most people do)，而是告訴大家要怎麼去「詮釋」這些資訊 (跟我們時常在說的 “framing” 有關)。

絕大部分台灣官員出去演講的時候，是完全沒有核心論述的，就只有提供一堆人家沒興趣也永遠不會記得的 information。

Can you spell B-O-R-I-N-G?

引用對方可以體會的經歷

講完一些硬一點的議題之後，她把話題帶到比較個人的層面：

I’m an ambassador now, I work in Washington, DC, but I used to be like you, I came from a legislature in Taiwan, I understand that all politics are local. And when we go back to our constituents, we wanna deliver on economic progress, we wanna deliver on the common values that we share.

說到個人經歷，突然感覺比較輕鬆，溫和對不對？這是一種非常好跟聽眾建立連結的方式，畢竟不是每一位外交官，都有跟聽眾同樣的經歷，所以她很會利用自己的強項。

但她這麼說，可是有目的：把聽眾的注意力帶到 “economic progress for constituents” 之後，她馬上用大家可以理解的數字，提醒聽眾台灣對美國「地方經濟」的重要性：

We’re in the State of Utah now, [Taiwan’s] size is only 15% the size of Utah, but we are the 8th largest consumer of US agricultural products in the world.

然後還不忘轉換成人均的數字！

Which means, per capita wise, each Taiwanese citizen is the second largest consumer — per capita wise — the second largest consumer of American agricultural products.

蠻厲害的對不對？但這樣還沒有結束喔！

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📌 需要完整分析的同學請留言「用對的語言，說給對的人聽!」。

還有, 快快訂閱Presentality，即時收到這些精闢分析!!!

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ー年齢は？Age?
21歳 im twenty one :)

ー誕生日はいつ？Birthday?
2000年7月28日 July 28th 2000
millennium baby (did i spell that right?)

ー学年は？what year are you?
今は早稲田の大学4年生です！2021の秋から4年生になりました！im a senior in college!! waseda university yay

ーどこの人？where are you from?
im full japanese!! 日本人！

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156cm! i think thats like 5'1

ーカメラは何使ってる？ what camera do you use?
my iphone. too lazy to buy a camera lmao

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Japan 生まれ Indonesia, Singapore, and Japan 育ちの青山舞莉です！早稲田大学の政治経済学部に通っています。スポーツ、フード、おしゃれ、メイク、お出かけ、なんでも経験したい好奇心旺盛なミーの大好きなことをアップしていきます！

ー年齢は？Age?
21歳 im twenty one :)

ー誕生日はいつ？Birthday?
2000年7月28日 July 28th 2000
millennium baby (did i spell that right?)

ー学年は？what year are you?
今は早稲田の大学4年生です！2021の秋から4年生になりました！im a senior in college!! waseda university yay

ーどこの人？where are you from?
im full japanese!! 日本人！

ー身長は？Height?
156cm! i think thats like 5'1

ーカメラは何使ってる？ what camera do you use?
Canon

ー編集ソフトウエアどれ使ってる？Editing software?
Adobe Spark for thumbnails & Final Cut Pro for my videos :)

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CREDIT
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Intro by SIMPLY INTROS!
https://youtu.be/u4q69J2PwXM

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當鈴鼓聲響起時
是該跟著靈感先生走的時候了…
在音樂路上
進行一場不設限的實驗與冒險

韋禮安WeiBird
全新演繹經典英文單曲《Mr. Tambourine Man》
你準備好一起出發了嗎？

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韋禮安全新演繹英文單曲《Mr. Tambourine Man》致敬民歌搖滾教父 Bob Dylan，這首歌是 Bob Dylan 被改編最多次的經典作品之一，《Mr. Tambourine Man》是一首關於「靈感」的歌曲，韋禮安化身為「鈴鼓手先生」，以輕鬆率性的唱腔和編曲重新詮釋，帶著隨性反叛的冒險精神，透過旋律不疾不徐地恣意地暢想和夢想。

《Mr. Tambourine Man》在單曲封面和 MV 設計中特別以六〇年代的復古配色為視覺基調，歌曲旋律從簡單到豐富的層層變化，象徵靈感從點線面的迸發，視覺上更用幾何色塊來呈現樂器的律動。就像《Mr. Tambourine Man》歌曲中一再重複的「I’ll come followin’ you」，對韋禮安來說，沒有靈感時最簡單的解方不是原地等待，而是出發尋找，藉由音樂、電影、書籍，甚至只是烹飪⋯⋯等等生活裡與音樂毫無相關的事情輸入新的刺激，讓身體和腦袋動一動，自然而然就能產生新的創作能量。現在就打開耳朵，準備好一起出發！

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♩ 歌詞 Lyrics

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

Though I know that evening's empire has returned into sand
Vanished from my hand
Left me blindly here to stand, but still not sleeping
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering

I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly across the sun
It's not aimed at anyone
It's just escaping on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facing

And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time
It's just a ragged clown behind
I wouldn't pay it any mind
It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time
Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted frightened trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

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♩ 音樂製作 Song Credit

作詞｜Bob Dylan
作曲｜Bob Dylan
製作人 Producer｜韋禮安 WeiBird、蔡尚文 Aven Tsai
編曲 Arrangement｜保卜．巴督路 Baobu Badulu
吉他 Guitars｜保卜．巴督路 Baobu Badulu
和聲編寫 Chorus Arrangement｜韋禮安 WeiBird
和聲 Chorus｜韋禮安 WeiBird
口琴 Harmonica｜藤井俊充 Toshi Fujii
製作行政 Production Administrator｜廖婧紋 Melrose Liao
錄音工程師 Recording Engineers｜蔡尚文 Aven Tsai (Vocal、Chorus、Harmonica)、單為明 Link Shan (Guitars)
錄音室 Recording Studios｜Awesome Music Studio (Vocal、Chorus、Harmonica)、Lights Up Studio (Guitars)
混音工程師 Mixing Engineer｜宋星凱 Sean M. Sinclair
混音錄音室 Mixing Studio｜ff studio

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♩ MV製作 Music Video Credit

美術設計 Art Design | 蘇柔方 JouFang Su
動態設計 Motion Design｜朱詠任 Tino Chu


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