Very very sad, but Very very true.
《英語一生中》
「一個逃走、一個留守、一個壯志未酬」
《Sky News》日前關於BNO港人心聲的新聞故事,原來在視象版本中,還有另一名受訪者現身說法。大家不用興奮,那個不是我,是另一名沒打算離港的年輕人。(唔駛諗住有機會笑我!)既然,大家都看過帖文,那就讓我們賞析一下記者的報道和寫作手法,又可藉機學好英語。
報道以紀錄片手法拍攝,先由李小姐在街頭穿梭(點解唔舒舒服服係屋企做訪問?),交待出她的家庭背景和移民英國的決定。然後,就用以下文字入題:
This isn’t how Mrs. Lee imagine her middle age in HK. Anonymous interview, using a pseudonym, her voice altered, all for safety as she prepares to leave her home. Beijing imposed a tough new National Security Law. Britain offered the way out. Still it is not an easy choice for an unlikely refugee.
這並不是李太想像中,在香港中年的場景。因為安全理由,要以匿名訪問、冠以假名、聲音處理,全因她正準備離開家園。北京實施強硬的國安法,英國提供了出路。然而,對於一個「非一般的難民」來說,這絕非容易的決定。(因為諗住走,做個訪問都要咁。)
首個訪問完結,接著解釋政策,由明年一月起,容許BNO人士入境定居,居留後可以入籍成為公民。(全港人都知,唔譯喇!仲有記者講咗7年入籍,應該係5+1)
雖然逃生門打開,但又不是人人想法一致:
But not everyone wants to take up that offer. Pong is a filmmaker who documented last year’s protest. His BNO passport expired more than a decade ago and he doesn’t plan on getting another one.
不過,並非人人都會接受英國提供的幫忙。邦是一個電影製作人,紀錄了去年的社會運動。他的BNO過期逾10年,而他無意續領。
再由邦講出會留守的心情,和可能待致言論自由收窄到創作受影響時,或考慮會走,但又會不會太遲?之後,再帶入第三名受訪者:
The mood in HK is different now. Exuberance and violence of last year’s protest replaced by anxiety and resignation. Arnold, another pseudonym, protested the last long year.
香港的氣氛已經出現變化。去年運動期間的熱情和暴力不再,換來的是憂慮和無奈接受。另一個假名受訪的阿樂,在漫長的去年中抗爭。
阿樂的心聲⋯⋯(無語😓)
Arnold’s never imagined leaving HK. Now he said his home has become unfamiliar to him. It is only the name that remains.
阿樂從未想像過要離開過香港,但認為香港已經面目全非,留下的只有一個名號。
佳句摘錄與賞析:
三個個案無論走與不走,都充滿無奈。大家看到中年入晚的,會義無反顧的帶著子女離開,但作為「非一般難民」也不是個容易的決定。港人的身份(身世)複雜,此刻是難民?移民?英國海外國民?還是殖民地遺民?以「Unlikely refugee」來表達,就完全交待了這種身份角色上的矛盾和衝突。
雖然,大家看到較年輕的會選擇留守,但也滲出淡淡的無力感。去年運動期間的熱情和暴力不再,換來的是憂慮和無奈接受。 ( Exuberance and violence of last year’s protest replaced by anxiety and resignation.) 這句詩化的文字,道出香港過去一年的變化。由激情陷入無力;由動態走入靜止;再由有聲進入無聲。情景交融下,再畫龍點睛地形容阿樂抗爭了漫長的一年(last long year) 。說一年、太漫長。觀眾亦無不唏噓嘆息。
最後結語則簡潔而有力,「(香港)留下的只有一個名號。」(It is only the name that remains.) 再一次把觀眾由歎息,帶入無語狀態,再一次有聲入無聲⋯⋯
影片傳送門: https://youtu.be/eNIA8zSPyHQ
文字版重溫: https://news.sky.com/…/this-is-for-my-children-hong-kongers…
#英語一生中
#中文都要學
#琵琶行
#別有幽愁暗恨生
#此時無聲勝有聲
圖片來源:Sky News
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過13萬的網紅Susie Woo 戴舒萱,也在其Youtube影片中提到,前一陣子,在梅根與哈利在歐普拉的採訪過後,英國知名主持人皮爾斯摩根(Piers Morgan)在自己的節目'早安英國'(Good Morning Britain)與節目搭檔貝雷斯福德(Alex Beresford)爭執有關梅根專訪的事件,最後皮爾斯憤而離席,並在當晚辭去主持人職務。 今天我要來分享...
take the interview中文 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的最佳貼文
[時事英文] 蔡英文總統BBC專訪關鍵英文詞彙
今天要來與大家分享蔡英文總統的BBC專訪! It's an insightful one!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
專訪(中文): https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-51115705
專訪(英文): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51104246
報導內有影片!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has told the BBC that China needs to "face reality" and show the island "respect".
1. face reality 面對現實
2. show respect 表示尊重
★★★★★★★★★★★★
She was re-elected for a second term on Saturday, winning by a landslide after a campaign in which she focused heavily on the rising threat from Beijing.
3. win by a landslide 以壓倒性優勢獲勝
4. focus heavily on... 特別專注於...
5. rising threat 上升的威脅
★★★★★★★★★★★★
The Chinese Communist Party has long claimed sovereignty over Taiwan and the right to take it by force if necessary. Ms Tsai* insisted that the sovereignty of the self-governing island was not in doubt or up for negotiation.
-\-\BBC
6. the Chinese Communist Party 中國共產黨
7. claim sovereignty 主張主權
8. take it by force 以武力攻下台灣
9. the sovereignty of ...的主權
10. self governing 自治的
11. not in doubt 毫無疑問
12. not up for negotiation 不能談判
*President Tsai
★★★★★★★★★★★★
"We don't have a need to declare ourselves an independent state," the 63-year-old president told the BBC in an exclusive interview, her first since the election. "We are an independent country already and we call ourselves the Republic of China, Taiwan."
13. declare 宣布
14. an independent state 一個獨立的國家;政府
15. exclusive interview 專訪
16. an independent country 一個獨立國家
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Such statements infuriate Beijing, which wants a return to the "One China" principle favoured by the main rival she saw off in the race for president, Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang party. His party traces its roots to the defeated nationalists in the Chinese civil war, who fled to Taiwan and continued to see the island as part of a greater China from which they had been usurped.
17. infuriate 激怒
18. return to 還給, 歸回
19. main rival 主要競爭對手
20. trace its roots 追根溯源
21. defeated the nationalists 戰敗的國民黨
22. flee to 逃往
23. be usurped 被篡奪
★★★★★★★★★★★★
In recent years, that concept of One China has proved a useful compromise, Taiwanese supporters of it argue. China insists on its acceptance as a prerequisite for building economic ties with Taiwan, precisely because doing so is an explicit denial of its existence as a de facto island state.
24. a useful compromise 有用的協定, 妥協
25. insist on 堅持
26. a prerequisite for... ...的先決條件
27. build economic ties 建立經濟聯繫
28. a explicit denial 明確否認
29. de facto 事實上
★★★★★★★★★★★★
But it is clear that Ms Tsai* believes her victory is proof of how little appetite there now is for the One China concept and the ambiguity it allowed over Taiwan's real status. "The situation has changed," she says. "The ambiguity can no longer serve the purposes it was intended to serve." And what has really changed, she suggests, is China.
-\-\BBC
30. it is clear that… ...是清楚的
31. proof of… …的證明
32. how little appetite there is for... 對...沒有多少胃口; 對...不接受
33. One China concept 一個中國的概念
34. ambiguity 模棱兩可
35. real status 真實狀態
36. intend to serve… 所欲實現的(成效)
*President Tsai
★★★★★★★★★★★★
"Because [for more than] three years we're seeing China has been intensifying its threat... they have their military vessels and aircraft cruising around the island," she says. "And also, the things happening in Hong Kong, people get a real sense that this threat is real and it's getting more and more serious."
37. intensify its threat 加劇威脅
38. military vessels and aircrafts 軍艦和飛機
39. get more serious 變得更嚴重
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Taiwan's interests, she believes, are not best served by semantics but by facing up to the reality, in particular the aspirations of the Taiwanese youth who flocked to her cause. "We have a separate identity and we're a country of our own. So, if there's anything that runs counter to this idea, they will stand up and say that's not acceptable to us. "We're a successful democracy, we have a pretty decent economy, we deserve respect from China."
40. Taiwan’s interests are not best served by semantics. 文字遊戲並非最佳實現台灣利益(的方式)
41. semantics 語義學; 文字遊戲
42. face up to reality 面對現實
43. the aspirations of the Taiwanese youth 台灣青年的志向
44. flock to her cause 湧向她的目標
45. a separate identity 一個單獨的、不同的身份
46. run counter to 違反;有悖常理,背道而馳
47. a decent economy 像樣的、相當不錯的經濟制度
48. deserve respect 值得尊重
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-51115705
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51104246
https://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5098630
Image source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51104246
★★★★★★★★★★★★
時事英文大全: https://wp.me/p44l9b-1Y8
take the interview中文 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的精選貼文
[時事英文] 蔡英文總統BBC專訪關鍵英文詞彙
今天要來與大家分享蔡英文總統的BBC專訪! It's an insightful one!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
專訪(中文): https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-51115705
專訪(英文): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51104246
報導內有影片!
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has told the BBC that China needs to "face reality" and show the island "respect".
1. face reality 面對現實
2. show respect 表示尊重
★★★★★★★★★★★★
She was re-elected for a second term on Saturday, winning by a landslide after a campaign in which she focused heavily on the rising threat from Beijing.
3. win by a landslide 以壓倒性優勢獲勝
4. focus heavily on... 特別專注於...
5. rising threat 上升的威脅
★★★★★★★★★★★★
The Chinese Communist Party has long claimed sovereignty over Taiwan and the right to take it by force if necessary. Ms Tsai* insisted that the sovereignty of the self-governing island was not in doubt or up for negotiation.
--BBC
6. the Chinese Communist Party 中國共產黨
7. claim sovereignty 主張主權
8. take it by force 以武力攻下台灣
9. the sovereignty of ...的主權
10. self governing 自治的
11. not in doubt 毫無疑問
12. not up for negotiation 不能談判
*President Tsai
★★★★★★★★★★★★
"We don't have a need to declare ourselves an independent state," the 63-year-old president told the BBC in an exclusive interview, her first since the election. "We are an independent country already and we call ourselves the Republic of China, Taiwan."
13. declare 宣布
14. an independent state 一個獨立的國家;政府
15. exclusive interview 專訪
16. an independent country 一個獨立國家
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Such statements infuriate Beijing, which wants a return to the "One China" principle favoured by the main rival she saw off in the race for president, Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang party. His party traces its roots to the defeated nationalists in the Chinese civil war, who fled to Taiwan and continued to see the island as part of a greater China from which they had been usurped.
17. infuriate 激怒
18. return to 還給, 歸回
19. main rival 主要競爭對手
20. trace its roots 追根溯源
21. defeated the nationalists 戰敗的國民黨
22. flee to 逃往
23. be usurped 被篡奪
★★★★★★★★★★★★
In recent years, that concept of One China has proved a useful compromise, Taiwanese supporters of it argue. China insists on its acceptance as a prerequisite for building economic ties with Taiwan, precisely because doing so is an explicit denial of its existence as a de facto island state.
24. a useful compromise 有用的協定, 妥協
25. insist on 堅持
26. a prerequisite for... ...的先決條件
27. build economic ties 建立經濟聯繫
28. a explicit denial 明確否認
29. de facto 事實上
★★★★★★★★★★★★
But it is clear that Ms Tsai* believes her victory is proof of how little appetite there now is for the One China concept and the ambiguity it allowed over Taiwan's real status. "The situation has changed," she says. "The ambiguity can no longer serve the purposes it was intended to serve." And what has really changed, she suggests, is China.
--BBC
30. it is clear that… ...是清楚的
31. proof of… …的證明
32. how little appetite there is for... 對...沒有多少胃口; 對...不接受
33. One China concept 一個中國的概念
34. ambiguity 模棱兩可
35. real status 真實狀態
36. intend to serve… 所欲實現的(成效)
*President Tsai
★★★★★★★★★★★★
"Because [for more than] three years we're seeing China has been intensifying its threat... they have their military vessels and aircraft cruising around the island," she says. "And also, the things happening in Hong Kong, people get a real sense that this threat is real and it's getting more and more serious."
37. intensify its threat 加劇威脅
38. military vessels and aircrafts 軍艦和飛機
39. get more serious 變得更嚴重
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Taiwan's interests, she believes, are not best served by semantics but by facing up to the reality, in particular the aspirations of the Taiwanese youth who flocked to her cause. "We have a separate identity and we're a country of our own. So, if there's anything that runs counter to this idea, they will stand up and say that's not acceptable to us. "We're a successful democracy, we have a pretty decent economy, we deserve respect from China."
40. Taiwan’s interests are not best served by semantics. 文字遊戲並非最佳實現台灣利益(的方式)
41. semantics 語義學; 文字遊戲
42. face up to reality 面對現實
43. the aspirations of the Taiwanese youth 台灣青年的志向
44. flock to her cause 湧向她的目標
45. a separate identity 一個單獨的、不同的身份
46. run counter to 違反;有悖常理,背道而馳
47. a decent economy 像樣的、相當不錯的經濟制度
48. deserve respect 值得尊重
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-51115705
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51104246
https://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5098630
Image source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51104246
★★★★★★★★★★★★
時事英文大全: https://wp.me/p44l9b-1Y8
take the interview中文 在 Susie Woo 戴舒萱 Youtube 的最佳貼文
前一陣子,在梅根與哈利在歐普拉的採訪過後,英國知名主持人皮爾斯摩根(Piers Morgan)在自己的節目'早安英國'(Good Morning Britain)與節目搭檔貝雷斯福德(Alex Beresford)爭執有關梅根專訪的事件,最後皮爾斯憤而離席,並在當晚辭去主持人職務。
今天我要來分享他們兩位在節目中使用的用詞與說法,這也是一個聽力練習,大家可以來測試看看能理解多少影片的內容喔!
📌Useful vocabulary and phrases
- Covert 隱蔽的
- Overt 明顯的
- Cocoa 可可
- Cut and run 與生活中的某人做切割
- Negative press 負面的報導
- To trash 摧毀(同 destroy)
- To brush it off 忽略
- To take a step back 退一步再考慮不立馬做決定
- To cut someone off 把某人從生活中刪除
- Diabolical 非常糟糕/惡魔般的
- To spout off 一直說話不停止
- Ruthless/Ruthlessly 無情的/無情地
- Social climber 利用他人提升自己的地位
- To live in cloud cuckoo land 比喻 有此看法的人'瘋了'
- Stratospheric 平流層
- To have your cake and eat it 魚與熊掌不可兼得
- To cash in on 用...來賺錢
- The beginning of the end 形容 一個事物開始結束
- Ostracised 被排擠的
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