也許可能 May

最後了...今天



謝謝你陪我共度的時光



還回去了一趟他經常駐足的老地方



半年了，那麼長，那麼短



離開這裡前，莞爾回顧了一眼



然後......



如果說是告別



也不為過

不可錯過 Must-Have

這幾年市面上充斥著某些勵志書籍



它們的封面都掛著大大的字樣



「人生必上的N堂課」、「你不可不做的N件事」或是「成就致富或領導的人生」



好像是如果沒有達到或是這樣去做



你的人生就缺憾了...



沒有書籍告訴我們如何救濟貧困、幫助別人



或是"如何成為失敗的人?"



只教導我們如何勝過週遭的人事物



或是某種朝聖樣貌的方法和路徑去完成"成功的"任務



生命，真的有那麼複雜嗎?



如果能讓你感覺「活過就好」



那就值得了吧...





(English version)

There have been recently crammed with an avalanche of books with

the same title that how to eke out a better living.

Such as "N courses you must attend," "N things you must do in your life"

or "How to get richness and develop your leadership."

That seems if you don't fulfill these behaviors or promises,

your will regret for your missing in a whole life.

However, there is no book telling us how to help the weakness or the poor,

even "how to be a loser," 

but somehow teaching us to surpass everything in your ambience.

These contents of books are like the pilgrimage of Odyssey to complete your life mission.

Is "Life" composed of more than four letters in it?



If your life can make you feel like ever living and still being alive,

that means your present life is worthwhile for you to lead.

天生左派 Right Minds

如果你不解我所下標題(這可不是翻譯錯誤喔!!)

看看下面這句你就能有所知悉：

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, 

then only left-handed people are in their "right" minds!

「如果右腦(right brain)控制著左邊身體，那麼全世界只有左撇子才是正常人！」



世界上有 10~12% 的人是左撇子。左撇子的存在，肯定有他的理由。

因為作者「伍曼」，身為左手幫的狂熱分子，決心解開左撇子之謎。

自古以來，左邊似乎就被右邊長年歧視著，彷彿右邊才是正確、正常，

連《聖經》裡也說：「耶和華的右手（而非左手）高舉，耶和華的右手施展大能。」



無論哪個文化，都有一大堆不好的字眼都和左有關。例如拉丁文的「左」字（sinister）同時有不祥、邪惡、陰險的意思，中文的左遷，代表降級，左衽代表蠻族服飾（次於右衽的華夏民族）。甚至現在的英文字典裡，對左手的定義仍有有缺陷的、殘廢的、難搞的、笨拙的、無能的、愚鈍的、不好的右邊、邪惡的標誌這樣的解釋。這本書基本上就是記錄了一個左撇子，在一個「右撇子」的世界裡，尋找自己為什麼會成為一個左撇子的原因的痛苦歷程。當「左」這個概念如此被污名化且貼滿標籤，左撇子的地位自然也好不到哪裡去。在西方過去被視為是罪惡之手，野獸的印記，撒旦的同路人。蘇格蘭人認為一個人特別倒楣，是因為受洗時碰到左撇子神父。印度人用左手處理髒東西等等。右撇子的姿勢被認為是正常的（regular）左撇子則被視為怪咖（goofy）。這些還不是最糟的，生活裡到處都是為右撇子設計的工具（例如水龍頭開關、嬰孩湯匙餐具、剪刀等等），左撇子只能被迫去適應接納。



這種慣於使用左手或右手的偏好，是否不只是與生俱來的天性而已。但是人類文明史上的許多重要發展，像是語言的出現、啟蒙時代的大躍進，都跟一些左撇子的大人物脫不了關係，像是柏拉圖、達爾文、卡爾薩根(Carl Sagan，1934-1996，美國知名天文學家、科學教育哲學家)、古爾德(Stephen Jay Gould，1942-2002，美國知名古生物學家、科普作家)、喬姆斯基(Noam Chomsky，1928--，美國知名語言學家，也是西方知識界重要左派意見領袖)等一票人，當然也少不了愛因斯坦。



於是，作者展開一場環球之旅，拜訪全球少數研究人類用手傾向的實驗室和科學家，試圖釐清左撇子的成因，存在的可能目的與理由，為何沒有被演化所淘汰等等，甚至找上手相學、字跡學，就是想要找出左撇子到底哪裡不一樣，而這些不一樣又到底是哪裡得罪了右撇子，搞得左邊臭名遠播想洗都洗不掉？把困難複雜科學假設說的童叟能解外，也紀錄了自己為了解開左撇子之謎。





書名：神秘左手幫：左撇子的身世之謎

作者：大衛•伍曼

譯者：童一寧

出版社：早安財經

不翼而飛 Winglessly Gone

一直反覆揣想我和你之間的問題



想來想去 最後還是只能順其自然



一直想表示我很在乎？



也許只是我的生活太空閑了。



以前我一直覺的不翼而飛這個成語很奇怪，



但現在才發覺說的還真是貼切。



是你讓我們永遠永遠不斷錯過，到最後換回笑與忘並蒂的兩朵，於沉默的彼岸。





我知道這樣的撤退其實是很激烈的，



不過這也不是沒有原因，



在每片羽翼增生的時刻，你總是不在。





是我太強求了，



你說的對，



我知道其他人也會跟你一樣地說。



而一切都夠了，我已經花太多的代價去懂。





                        ......excerpted from Vincent Wu



這是給黑色星期五最好的禮讚

歷久彌新 Stand the Test

How to develop a habit of learning English?

I dislike that someone asks me how to get high grades on test.

I mean language is a tool for most speakers to use, bot for the test.

If you want to need some suggestions of high grades,

I think this is a wrong place for you to refer to my methods.

As time goes by, in my opinion,

the way to deal with exams may not stand the test of learning.

1.Reading the news

 News are alwayas contained with morden and correctly-gammered vocabulary, phrases and sentences. Such as CNN, Time and Wikipedia, they are all excellent guides for learning materials without charging any paymant. 3 articales a day keep you familiar with English. In addition, write down the words unknown with intact sentences. Because of reading the articles, you may get some background of materials, and that helps you memorize the words, even use them in your usual life.

2.Trying to listen

 Afetr accumulating some words as your base, you may try listen to some formal programs such as CNN news and BBC radio. Their pronunciation is so indigenious and can do more help om listening. Besides, try to get the details from your listening, it may need time to get improved. So just keep trying!

3.Speaking practice

 When you are in bath, you can ask yourself some yes-or-no and pro-or-con queations to train the skill of speaking. This behavior looks ridiculous and clousy, but it definitely develops the sense of organization and construction. Last but not least, all the accumulation is for the goal of communication and sharing with each other! They are not time-consuming but demand your efforts.

成績來了 View Scores

Test	Test Date	Reading	Listening	Speaking	Writing	Total
TELXML	March 17, 2007	25	22	22	25	94

(P.S. Each part worths 30 points and the total is 120 points)

Reading  Skills	Level	Your Performance
Reading	High(22-30)	Test takers who receive a score at the HIGH level, as you did, typically understand academic texts in English that require a wide range of reading abilities regardless of the difficulty of the texts. Test takers who score at the HIGH level, typically have a very good command of academic vocabulary and grammatical structure; can understand and connect information, make appropriate inferences, and synthesize ideas, even when the text is conceptually dense and the language is complex; can recognize the expository organization of a text and the role that specific information serves within the larger text, even when the text is conceptually dense; and can abstract major ideas from a text, even when the text is conceptually dense and contains complex language.
Listening  Skills	Level	Your Performance
Listening	High(22-30)	Test takers who receive a score at the HIGH level, as you did, typically understand conversations and lectures in English that present a wide range of listening demands. These demands can include difficult vocabulary (uncommon terms, or colloquial or figurative language), complex grammatical structures, abstract or complex ideas, and/or making sense of unexpected or seemingly contradictory information. When listening to lectures and conversations like these, test takers at the HIGH level typically can understand main ideas and important details, whether they are stated or implied; distinguish more important ideas from less important ones; understand how information is being used (for example, to provide evidence for a claim or describe a step in a complex process); recognize how pieces of information are connected (for example, in a cause-and-effect relationship); understand many different ways that speakers use language for purposes other than to give information (for example, to emphasize a point, express agreement or disagreement, or convey intentions indirectly); and synthesize information, even when it is not presented in sequence, and make correct inferences on the basis of that information.
Speaking  Skills	Level	Your Performance
Speaking about familiar topics	Fair(2.5 - 3.0)	Your responses indicate you are able to speak in English about your personal experiences and opinions in a mostly clear and coherent manner. Your speech is mostly clear with only occasional errors. Grammar and vocabulary are somewhat limited and include some errors. At times, the limitations prevent you from elaborating fully on your ideas, but they do not seriously interfere with overall communication.
Speaking about campus situations	Fair(2.5 - 3.0)	Your responses demonstrate an ability to speak in English about reading material and experiences typically encountered by university students. You are able to convey relevant information about conversations, newspaper articles, and campus bulletins; however, some details are missing or inaccurate. Limitations of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation at times cause difficulty for the listener. However, they do not seriously interfere with overall communication.
Speaking about academic course content	Fair(2.5 - 3.0)	Your responses demonstrate that you are able to speak in English about academic reading and lecture material, with only minor communication problems. For the most part, your speech is clear and easy to understand. However, some problems with pronunciation and intonation may occasionally cause difficulty for the listener. Your use of grammar and vocabulary is adequate to talk about the topics, but some ideas are not fully developed or are inaccurate.
Writing  Skills	Level	Your Performance
Writing based on reading and listening	Good(4.0 - 5.0)	You responded well to the task, relating the lecture to the reading. Weaknesses, if you have any, might have to do with slight imprecision in your summary of some of the main points and/or use of English that is occasionally ungrammatical or unclear.
Writing based on knowledge and experience	Good(4.0 - 5.0)	You responded with a well-organized and developed essay. Weaknesses, if you have any, might have to do with use of English that is occasionally ungrammatical, unclear, or unidiomatic and/or elaboration of ideas or connection of ideas that could have been stronger.

Scores are posted online 15 business days after the test date (with a few exceptions) 

and then mailed to you and your designated score recipients.

Well, not really great(actually 100 points is my goal),

but I think I have done my best on my first formal exam at 3 a.m.

It is worth to take the test and measure myself what I learn and how I use my English so far.

94 points, it is over the lowest limitations of sharing-student program.(托福成績達213/84以上)