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Sunday, November 27, 2016

#6 Steve Jobs’ Talk

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

Vocabulary

1. diverge [daɪˈvɜrdʒ] (v.) 分歧
      Ex: This is where our opinions diverge from each other. (這就是我們意見產生分歧之處。)

2. quote [kwoʊt] (n.) 引用
      Ex: He quoted some old Chinese sayings to illustrate his points. (他引用了中國的一些俗話來解釋他的觀點。)

3. intuition [ˌɪntuˈɪʃn] (n.) 直覺
      Ex: He knew this thing by intuition. (他憑直覺瞭解了這件事。)

4. poetic [poʊˈetɪk] (adv.) 詩意的
      Ex: There is a poetic quality to her playing. (她的演奏富有詩意的品質。)

Sentence

1. Don't lose faith. 不要失去信心。

2. Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. 常保飢渴求知,常存虛懷若愚。

Comment

I think the three life stories that Steve Jobs has said are quite reasonable in his sense. Perhaps my life experience is not enough, so I can not produce good resonance, but I admire him that he find his goal at seventeen years old.  I hope I also can find my future goal as soon as possible.

Friday, November 18, 2016

#5 English song

Song: Lucky

Singer: Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Singers’ information:

Birth name: Jason Thomas Mraz
Nationality: American
Born: June 23, 1977 (age 39)
Occupation(s): singer, songwriter
Language: English
Representative works of music: I'm Yours, Lucky
Birth name: Colbie Marie Caillat
Nationality: American
Born: May 28, 1985 (age 31)
Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter, actress, guitarist, pianist
Language: English
  
Official MV:
         (Reference: YouTube)

Lyrics:

 Do you hear me, I'm talking to you
 Across the water across the deep blue ocean
 Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
 Boy I hear you in my dreams
 I feel your whisper across the sea
 I keep you with me in my heart
 You make it easier when life gets hard

 I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
 Lucky to have been where I have been
 Lucky to be coming home again

 Ooohh ooh ooh ooh

 They don't know how long it takes waiting for a love like this
 Every time we say goodbye
 I wish we had one more kiss
 I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

 I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
 Lucky to have been where I have been
 Lucky to be coming home again
 Lucky we're in love every way
 Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
 Lucky to be coming home someday

 And so I'm sailing through the sea
 To an island where we'll meet
 You'll hear the music fill the air
 I'll put a flower in your hair
 Though the breezes through trees
 Move so pretty you're all I see
 As the world keeps spinning round
 You hold me right here right now

 I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
 Lucky to have been where I have been
 Lucky to be coming home again
 Lucky we're in love every way
 Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
 Lucky to be coming home someday

 Ooohh oooh oooh ooh ooh
 Ooohh oooh oooh ooh ooh
  
Vocabulary:

 1. whisper [ˈwɪspɚ] (n.)低語
     Ex: You'll have to whisper or he'll hear.
     (你得小點兒聲說,否則他會聽到的。)

 2. sail [sel] (v.) 航行
     Ex: They were going to sail around the little island, against the tide.
     (他們打算繞著小島逆潮航行。)

 3. breeze [briz] (n.) 微風
     Ex: The sun went in, and the breeze became cold.
     (雲層遮住了太陽,微風有了些涼意。)

 4. spin [spɪn] (v.) 旋轉
     Ex: The boat started to spin around in the water.
     (船開始在水中打轉。)


Why you likes the song? 

In fact, come into contact with this song was an accident, because I am not concerned about the news of English songs. Therefore, almost all knew the English song that is known from Twitch broadcaster*.
 
At that time, I was listening to a favorite Twitch broadcaster group, LNG Workshop. Their members, Wannasinging and Niaws, were chanting the song, Lucky. The moment I thought this song was very brisk rhythm, plus I liked the two Twitch broadcasters singing. So after a few days, I went to YouTube to found the day of the video record file. Since then I fell in love with this song!

* "Twitch broadcaster" means Twitch實況主
* Twitch is a live streaming video platform. (https://www.twitch.tv/)

Cover MV: (Cover by Wannasinging & Niaws)
         (Reference: YouTube)

 
Reference:
 1. Singers’ information: Wikipedia
 2. Official MV_Lucky: YouTube
         (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvIVA9-FMQ)

 3. Official MV_I'm Yours: YouTube
        (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A)

 4. Cover MV_Lucky: YouTube
         (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sO-THcdl2w)

 6. Vocabulary: iCIBA
         (http://www.iciba.com/)