📍防疫第四招：寫一封英文信

Dear Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,

Have you ever visited Taiwan? It is a small island right next to China that has an area of 35,808 square kilometers with 23.6 million inhabitants. YES. We have our own constitution, our own government and our democratically elected leaders. We are a sovereign state.

And YES. Taiwan is a developed country. Although Taiwan has been excluded and blocked or barred from many international organizations and communities due to China’s interference and suppression, Taiwan still managed to have the best healthcare system and advanced medical technologies among the best in the world.

Do you still remember? In the end of 2019, it was Taiwan that warned WHO and China about possible human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, but Chinese authorities silenced doctors and refused to admit. Then what have you done?

You did not make it public! You tolerated China’s lack of transparency and decided to be their accomplice in making the coronavirus pandemic a global catastrophe.

You deliberately put people’s health at risk, and now the whole world suffers from China’s initial denials, continuous cover-ups and your inability. Unfortunately, COVID-19 had 91,595 deaths by today. How much more to come?

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No one judges you because of your race or skin color, nor hairstyle nor gender, but your dereliction of duty! And, hey, those judgments and complaints actually come from not only Asia, not just Europe, but all over the world!

You have always treated Taiwan’s absence in WHO with indifference. Like a wicked ally of China. And when this whole coronavirus gone wild, you continued to refuse all the kind warnings and messages from Taiwan. We’re always here, and we’re willing to help.

How dare you accuse Taiwan of these unfounded allegations when you’ve always been the person with power who keeps discriminating and trampling Taiwan and Taiwanese people the whole time?

In Taiwan, we value human rights, liberty and equality. We are always described kind and friendly. Yet facing injustice, on no account must we endure. We strongly oppose your malicious smear and bullying. We demand a public apology from you to Taiwan and Taiwanese people.

#shameonyouTedros
#shameonyouWHO

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彈到屎 / 動詞 介詞 名詞 /

n. 台語念比較傳神

有時候當一個人太邪惡（比如希特勒）或太可惡（比如毛澤東），我們不會有機會歧視他；我們只能無視他，然後想辦法讓自己更強大。

有點孤單，但非常堅強。

但還是難免，彈到屎。

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昨天氣到決定寫一封英文信，結果寫到大半夜可惡。好久沒寫英文作文，好生疏喔天啊😂 我只想做個好國民，但當個好國民有點累🙄

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😎特別說明：據說有些人的FB會自動把我的英文信翻譯成中文，記得把功能關掉才能看到英文原文～

我的中文不可能寫得那麼不流暢好嗎😎

彈到屎 / 動詞 介詞 名詞 /

n. 台語念比較傳神

有時候當一個人太邪惡（比如希特勒）或太可惡（比如毛澤東），我們不會有機會歧視他；我們只能無視他，然後想辦法讓自己更強大。

有點孤單，但非常堅強。

但還是難免，彈到屎。

—

昨天氣到決定寫一封信，結果寫到大半夜可惡。寫給誰看我不知道，但就是很想寫。但好久沒寫這種主題的英文作文，好生疏喔媽呀🙄

台灣人平白無故被栽贓實在很怒😷😡

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#shameonyouTedros
#shameonyouWHO

Dear Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,

Have you ever visited Taiwan? It is a small island right next to China that has an area of 35,808 square kilometers with 23.6 million inhabitants. YES. We have our own constitution, our own government and our democratically elected leaders. We are a sovereign state.

And YES. Taiwan is a developed country. Although Taiwan has been excluded and blocked or barred from many international organizations and communities due to China’s interference and suppression, Taiwan still managed to have the best healthcare system and advanced medical technologies among the best in the world.

Do you still remember? In the end of 2019, it was Taiwan that warned WHO and China about possible human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, but Chinese authorities silenced doctors and refused to admit. Then what have you done?

You did not make it public! You tolerated China’s lack of transparency and decided to be their accomplice in making the coronavirus pandemic a global catastrophe.

You deliberately put people’s health at risk, and now the whole world suffers from China’s initial denials, continuous cover-ups and your inability. Unfortunately, COVID-19 had 91,595 deaths by today. How much more to come?

_

No one judges you because of your race or skin color, nor hairstyle nor gender, but your dereliction of duty! And, hey, those judgments and complaints actually come from not only Asia, not just Europe, but all over the world!

You have always treated Taiwan’s absence in WHO with indifference. Like a wicked ally of China. And when this whole coronavirus gone wild, you continued to refuse all the kind warnings and messages from Taiwan. We’re always here, and we’re willing to help.

How dare you accuse Taiwan of these unfounded allegations when you’ve always been the person with power who keeps discriminating and trampling Taiwan and Taiwanese people the whole time?

In Taiwan, we value human rights, liberty and equality. We are always described kind and friendly. Yet facing injustice, on no account must we endure. We strongly oppose your malicious smear and bullying. We demand a public apology from you to Taiwan and Taiwanese people.

#shameonyouTedros
#shameonyouWHO

—

😎特別說明：據說有些人的FB會自動把我的英文信翻譯成中文，記得把功能關掉才能看到英文原文～

我的中文不可能寫得那麼不流暢好嗎😎

👍 俐媽英文教室：倒裝句
EEC孩子最近學完了所有的倒裝句，可別以為這文法高階又少見，它可是很常出現在寫作之中。光在Wild(那時候我只剩下勇敢)這本書裡，俐媽就找出好多倒裝佳句喔！
🚧 There, it would be easy to reach, should I need it.
⚠️ 原句為There, it would be easy to reach, if I should need it. "可能性極低"的假設語氣中以should表示"萬一"，又假設語氣中有三個字(had, should, were)可以形成倒裝--去掉連接詞if，再將had/should/were與主詞對倒。因而if I should need it變成了should I need it.
🚧 Seldom did anyone manage to get it right, and even I stumbled over it a good portion of the time.
⚠️ Seldom表"不常"，為否定字，置於句首時後面形成"be/aux. + S"的倒裝句形式。其它常見否定字有never, rarely, barely, scarcely, hardly, in no time, only, not until, not only...but also..., nowhere, little等等。
🚧 I realized that under no circumstances while on my date tomorrow could I take off my pants.
⚠️ under no circumstances表"決不"(= never = in no way = by no means = on no condition = on no account)為否定字，故後面形成could I take off my pants的倒裝句構。
🚧 As omnipresent as the snow was, I also sensed its waning, melting imperceptibly by the minute all around me.
⚠️ 原句為Although the snow was omnipresent,...，為強調形容詞omnipresent而將其置於句首，although the snow was順勢向後移，但although不能放在句中，因此改成though或as(較常見)。此句中的as即表"雖然"。omnipresent (a.) 無所不在的，字首omni- = all，而present為形容詞表"出席的；出現的"。
🚧 Much as I wanted to open it that night on the trail, I wasn't willing to lug the empty bottle all the way to Timberline Lodge.
⚠️ 原句為Although I wanted to open it that night on the trail,...，表"雖然"的倒裝句只可強調adj./ adv./ N，因此要強調動詞時，要額外在句首加上副詞much。故Although I wanted to open it that night on the trail,... = Much as I wanted to open it that night on the trail, ...
🚧 Into the box went the foldable saw and miniature binoculars and the megawatt flash for the camera I had yet to use.
⚠️ Here/ There/ 地方副詞/ 介副詞(i.e. into, away, off, in, out, up, down...)置於句首時，後面的主詞和動詞要對置形成倒裝句。The bus comes here. = Here comes the bus.，而The foldable saw and miniature binoculars and the megawatt flash for the camera I had yet to use went into the box. = Into the box (地方副詞) + went (動詞) + the foldable saw and miniature binoculars and the megawatt flash for the camera I had yet to use (主詞)。
⛽️ 注意：若主詞為代名詞時，則不倒裝，如He comes here. = Here (副詞) + he (主詞) + comes (動詞).
🚧 As soon as I got my pack off, I lay on the tree as if it were a couch--a sweet respite from the ground.
⚠️ as soon as為連接詞表"一...就..."。本句亦可以寫成No sooner had I got my pack off than I lay on the tree as if... = Hardly/Scarcely had I got my pack off when/before I lay on the tree as if...
⛽️ "No sooner + had S Vpp + than + S + Ved"及"Hardly/Scarcely + had S Vpp + when/before + S + Ved"均為表"一...就..."的倒裝句構。
👀 打完這些重點，俐媽的兩隻眼睛也倒裝啦～