美國在台協會與台灣原住民族委員會很高興宣布，「百合綻放新創學程」開放招募學員！將有30名原住民女性有機會參與講座、工作坊、商務參訪以及各式展覽與活動，拓展商業視野。課程全數免費，以中文進行。現在就快報名，至9月10日報名截止！報明網址: https://reurl.cc/7rEkRy.

相關說明會將於8月25日在屏東、8月26日在台東、9月6日在台北舉行。參加說明會：https://pse.is/3jcyj7

The American Institute in Taiwan and Taiwan’s Council of Indigenous Peoples are excited to announce the launch of the Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs (IWE) Program! Thirty indigenous women will have an opportunity to explore the basics of business through lectures, interactive workshops, business site visits, and fun fairs. Trainings will be conducted in Mandarin, and most importantly, are free of charge! Apply now!

IWE Program information sessions will held in Pingtung on August 25, Taitung on August 26, and Taipei on September 6. Applications close September 10.

For IWE information and online registration, visit: https://reurl.cc/7rEkRy.

To register for the IWE information sessions, visit: https://pse.is/3jcyj7

#InspiringWomenEntrepreneur #IndigenousWomenEmpowerment

下週一 5/31 下午班最後名額：https://lihi.tv/l642j
我在口譯課堂上，常跟大家探討很有意思的中英文差異
中文：「你真的很over！」這句話的英文要怎麼說？
老實說，第一時間是不是想講：You are too over!
聽英文的人往往一頭霧水：Over what?

這時候很多人就急了。
不能這樣說，那要怎麼說？

其實翻譯是從理解開始
要先理解over指的是過份，還是誇張/誇飾，或者戲劇化

1) 過份 That's so over the top!
You crossed the line.

2) 誇張 You're exaggerating!

3) 戲劇化 You're so dramatic!
You're such a drama queen.

大家講英文時候面對的挑戰
就是很忙
腦海中找單字、想時態、顧文法
常常沒辦法監測自己最後講出什麼

常見 #英文錯誤 在 #時態 ＆ #中文文法的英文

🧠腦子：She visited a friend last night.
👄嘴巴：She visits a friend last night.

🧠腦子：I like English very much.
👄嘴巴：I very like English.

🧠腦子：You’ve gone too far!
👄嘴巴：You're too over!

身為台灣土身土長的英文老師＆口譯員
我對於同學的困難感同身受

上課的時候不僅會跟你說：
#該怎麼說才對
#怎麼說會更好

還會教你：
#如何意識錯誤
以及一輩子累積 #語言敏銳度

追加一下
講錯話的時候，英文有個說法是 That came out wrong.
表示 I didn't mean what I said. I actually mean...

注意，這句話的重點
是講者自己有「意識」到說出來的跟想表達的有落差
（或是太傷人/尷尬/色情.....等）

我的課堂上很大的比重
在建立學員一生有用的「語言意識」
不再不求甚解

一起來養成好意識
跟投資的複利效益一樣
越早開始越賺，現在就開始
下週一 5/31 下午班最後名額：https://lihi.tv/l642j

#疫情間全線上同步
#每個人都有練習機會
#罵罵浩會不定時出沒喔🤫

【Joshua Wong speaking to the Italian Senate】#意大利國會研討會演說 —— 呼籲世界在大學保衛戰一週年後與香港人站在同一陣線

中文、意大利文演說全文：https://www.patreon.com/posts/44167118

感謝開創未來基金會（Fondazione Farefuturo）邀請，讓我透過視像方式在意大利國會裡舉辦的研討會發言，呼籲世界繼續關注香港，與香港人站在同一陣線。

意大利作為絕無僅有參與一帶一路發展的國家，理應對中共打壓有更全面的理解，如今正值大學保衛戰一週年，以致大搜捕的時刻，當打壓更為嚴峻，香港更需要世界與我們同行。

為了讓各地朋友也能更了解香港狀況，我已在Patreon發佈當天演說的中文、英文和意大利文發言稿，盼望在如此困難的時勢裡，繼續讓世界知道我們未曾心息的反抗意志。

【The Value of Freedom: Burning Questions for Hong Kongers】

Good morning. I have the privilege today to share some of my thoughts and reflections about freedom, after taking part in social activism for eight years in Hong Kong. A movement calling for the withdrawal of the extradition law starting from last year had escalated into a demand for democracy and freedom. This city used to be prestigious for being the world’s most liberal economy, but now the infamous authoritarian government took away our freedom to election, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and ideas.

Sometimes, we cannot avoid questioning the cause we are fighting for, the value of freedom. Despite a rather bleak prospect, why do we have to continue in this struggle? Why do we have to cherish freedom? What can we do to safeguard freedom at home and stay alert to attacks on freedom? In answering these questions, I hope to walk through three episodes in the previous year.

Turning to 2020, protests are not seen as frequently as they used to be on the media lens, partly because of the pandemic, but more importantly for the authoritarian rule. While the world is busy fighting the pandemic, our government took advantage of the virus to exert a tighter grip over our freedom. Putting the emergency laws in place, public assemblies in Hong Kong were banned. Most recently, a rally to support press freedom organized by journalists was also forbidden. While many people may ask if it is the end of street activism, ahead of us in the fight for freedom is another battleground: the court and the prison.

Freedom Fighters in Courtrooms and in Jail

Part of the huge cost incurred in the fight for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong is the increasing judicial casualties. As of today, more than 10 thousand people have been arrested since the movement broke out, more than a hundred of them are already locked up in prison. Among the 2,300 protestors who are prosecuted, 700 of them may be sentenced up to ten years for rioting charges.

Putting these figures into context, I wish to tell you what life is like, as a youngster in today’s Hong Kong. I was humbled by a lot of younger protestors and students whose exceptional maturity are demonstrated in courtrooms and in prison. What is thought to be normal university life is completely out of the question because very likely the neighbour next door or the roommate who cooked you lunch today will be thrown to jail on the next.

I do prison visits a few times a month to talk to activists who are facing criminal charges or serving sentences for their involvement in the movement. It is not just a routine of my political work, but it becomes my life as an activist. Since the movement, prison visits has also become the daily lives of many families.

But it is always an unpleasant experience passing through the iron gates one after one to enter the visitors’ room, speaking to someone who is deprived of liberty, for a selflessly noble cause. As an activist serving three brief jail terms, I understand that the banality of the four walls is not the most difficult to endure in jail. What is more unbearable is the control of thought and ideas in every single part of our daily routine enforced by the prison system. It will diminish your ability to think critically and the worst of it will persuade you to give up on what you are fighting for, if you have not prepared it well. Three years ago when I wrote on the first page of prison letters, which later turned into a publication called the ‘Unfree Speech’, I was alarmed at the environment of the prison cell. Those letters were written in a state in which freedom was deprived of and in which censorship was obvious. It brings us to question ourselves: other than physical constraints like prison bars, what makes us continue in the fight for freedom and democracy?

Mutual Support to activists behind-the-scene

The support for this movement is undiminished over these 17 months. There are many beautiful parts in the movement that continue to revitalise the ways we contribute to this city, instead of making money on our own in the so-called global financial centre. In particular, it is the fraternity, the mutual assistance among protestors that I cherished the most.

As more protestors are arrested, people offer help and assistance wholeheartedly -- we sit in court hearings even if we don’t know each other, and do frequent prison visits and write letters to protesters in detention. In major festivals and holidays, people gathered outside the prison to chant slogans so that they won’t feel alone and disconnected. This is the most touching part to me for I also experienced life in jail.

The cohesion, the connection and bonding among protestors are the cornerstone to the movement. At the same time, these virtues gave so much empowerment to the mass public who might not be able to fight bravely in the escalating protests. These scenes are not able to be captured by cameras, but I’m sure it is some of the most important parts of Hong Kong’s movement that I hope the world will remember.

I believe this mutual support transcends nationality or territory because the value of freedom does not alter in different places. More recently, Twelve Hongkong activists, all involved in the movement last year, were kidnapped by China’s coastal guard when fleeing to Taiwan for political refugee in late-August. All of them are now detained secretly in China, with the youngest aged only 16. We suspect they are under torture during detention and we call for help on the international level, putting up #SAVE12 campaign on twitter. In fact, how surprising it is to see people all over the world standing with the dozen detained protestors for the same cause. I’m moved by activists in Italy, who barely knew these Hong Kong activists, even took part in a hunger strike last month calling for immediate release of them. This form of interconnectivity keeps us in spirit and to continue our struggle to freedom and democracy.

Understanding Value of freedom in the university battle
A year ago on this day, Hong Kong was embroiled in burning clashes as the police besieged the Polytechnic University. It was a day we will not forget and this wound is still bleeding in the hearts of many Hong Kongers. A journalist stationed in the university at that time once told me that being at the scene could only remind him of the Tiananmen Square Massacre 31 years ago in Beijing. There was basically no exit except going for the dangerous sewage drains.

That day, thousands of people, old or young, flocked to districts close to the university before dawn, trying to rescue protestors trapped inside the campus. The reinforcements faced grave danger too, for police raided every corner of the small streets and alleys, arresting a lot of them. Among the 800+ arrested on a single day, 213 people were charged with rioting. For sure these people know there will be repercussions. It is the conscience driving them to take to the streets regardless of the danger, the conscience that we should stand up to brutality and authoritarianism, and ultimately to fight for freedoms that are guaranteed in our constitution. As my dear friend, Brian Leung once said, ‘’Hong Kong Belongs to Everyone Who Shares Its Pain’’. I believe the value of freedom is exemplified through our compassion to whom we love, so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own.

Defending freedom behind the bars

No doubt there is a terrible price to pay in standing up to the Beijing and Hong Kong government. But after serving a few brief jail sentences and facing the continuing threat of harassment, I learnt to cherish the freedom I have for now, and I shall devote every bit what I have to strive for the freedom of those who have been ruthlessly denied.

The three episodes I shared with you today -- the courtroom, visiting prisoners and the battle of university continue to remind me of the fact that the fight for freedom has not ended yet. In the coming months, I will be facing a maximum of 5 years in jail for unauthorized assembly and up to one ridiculous year for wearing a mask in protest. But prison bars would never stop me from activism and thinking critically.

I only wish that during my absence, you can continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, by following closely to the development, no matter the ill-fated election, the large-scale arrest under National Security Law or the twelve activists in China. To defy the greatest human rights abusers is the essential way to restore democracy of our generation, and the generation following us.

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人類第一個確認來自外太空的物體，從遙遠的星系飛來，與地球擦身而過。這是外星人的宇宙飛船嗎？

註：行星的「行」，讀作行路的「行」，而非行人的「行」，否則會和恆星的「恆」同音造成混淆。這個讀音我是參考教育局ETV的。

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☛都市傳說、都市傳說真相系列（中文字幕）：
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Credit：NASA/ESO 3:20
Reference： Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System - NASA
Meech, K. J., Weryk, R., Micheli, M., Kleyna, J. T., Hainaut, O. R., Jedicke, R., ... & Denneau, L. (2017). A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid. Nature.