「人閒桂花落，夜靜春山空。月出驚山鳥，時鳴春澗中。」
王維《鳥鳴澗》
桂花(Osmanthus)原產於中國西南及日本
是我最喜歡的花
2011年10月19日 星期三
2011年10月14日 星期五
1001010圓山花博爭艷館賞國慶軍機
花博的昔日場地依然有花朵盛開著
Flowers are still blossoming on Taipei Flora Expo field.
花博爭艷館正好在國慶軍機的航道下
巨大的轟隆聲很震撼
The Expo Dome was right under the flight path of military aircrafts on Double Ten day.
第一次親眼看到一排排分列的軍機整齊地在天空飛行
It was the first time in my life to see so many military aircrafts fly in an aero parade in the sky with my own eyes.
朝遠方(即總統府的方向飛去)
The aircrafts flew to The Office of the President.
雷虎小組以三色彩煙秀壓軸
At-3 jets released three-colored smoke air show.
進去爭艷館休息
Take a rest in the Expo Dome.
順便參觀台北only特色展
Take a look at the show.
想要氣球的眼神
A glimpse that shows the craving for balloons.
眼中只有氣球了
A mind occupied with balloons at the moment.
2011年10月13日 星期四
2011年10月11日 星期二
1008故宮至善園之遊
很久沒到故宮的至善園了
雖然故宮的康熙與太陽王路易十四的展覽非常吸引我
但要和小小咪盡情遊玩的話
至善園還是首選
(大人要20元入園費)
入口處的小橋流水就很有古意
The bridge and the stream near the gate are in old Chinese style.
洗筆池
Brush Washing pond.
洗筆池賞魚
Watching fish by the pond.
又大又多的錦鯉
There are a lot of big colored carps.
碧橋西水榭賞黑鯉魚
Watching black carps by the West Bridge Pavilion
又大又舒服的碧橋西水榭有三面可悠閒賞魚
Big and cozy West Bridge Pavilion has three sides for people to watch fish.
小小咪獨自賞魚
Little Little Ming watched fish by himself.
穿起爸比的大拖鞋在松風閣旁小徑悠哉散步
Take a walk in Daddy's big slippers.
在松風閣二樓遠眺四方
Look far into the distance on the second floor of Pine Wind Pavilion.
Look far into the distance on the second floor of Pine Wind Pavilion.
從松風閣二樓俯看碧橋流水榭更美
Seen from above, West Bridge Pavilion is more beautiful.
在松風閣二樓有音樂飄揚
There is music playing on the second floor of Pine Wind Pavilion.
Dragon Pond
龍池
2011年10月6日 星期四
Steve Jobs' talk about death in Stanford Commencement Speech 賈伯斯談論死亡2005史丹佛大學畢典演說
今早聽廣播新聞時, 令人驚訝的消息是賈伯斯去世了。
賈伯斯在2005年史丹佛大學畢業典禮時講到了面對死亡這件事所教會他的事，跟歐普拉在2008年同樣在史丹佛大學的畢典演講http://chuvivian.blogspot.com/2011/07/stanford-commencement-address.html ，講到她人生所學到的教訓時，都提到了follow your heart (Jobs)及follow your feelings(Oprah)
同樣地點, 不同時間, 但同樣都是美國現今的傳奇人物,一樣精采觸動人心的演說， 跟下一代所分享的思維都是告訴年輕人傾聽自己內心的聲音, 人生是自己的, 過自己想要的生活。
下面是賈伯斯該演講時的部份內容:
"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
"This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
以上英文參考於下列網站http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/10/steve-jobs-talked-about-death-in-2005-stanford-commencement-speech-2/
賈伯斯在2005年史丹佛大學畢業典禮時講到了面對死亡這件事所教會他的事，跟歐普拉在2008年同樣在史丹佛大學的畢典演講http://chuvivian.blogspot.com/2011/07/stanford-commencement-address.html ，講到她人生所學到的教訓時，都提到了follow your heart (Jobs)及follow your feelings(Oprah)
同樣地點, 不同時間, 但同樣都是美國現今的傳奇人物,一樣精采觸動人心的演說， 跟下一代所分享的思維都是告訴年輕人傾聽自己內心的聲音, 人生是自己的, 過自己想要的生活。
下面是賈伯斯該演講時的部份內容:
"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
"This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
以上英文參考於下列網站http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/10/steve-jobs-talked-about-death-in-2005-stanford-commencement-speech-2/
2011年10月3日 星期一
"Vanity and pride are different things." 『虛榮與傲慢是不一樣的東西。』；Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Pemberly Manor 珍 奧斯汀的傲慢與偏見
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice
『虛榮與傲慢是不一樣的東西，雖然兩者常常被當成同義字用。一個人是可以傲慢卻不虛榮的。傲慢比較是關於我們對自己的看法，而虛榮則是關於我們要別人怎麼看我們自己。』
珍 奧斯汀 傲慢與偏見
最近在家看BBC所拍的Pride and Prejudice傲慢與偏見(DVD),很精緻的電視小品, 共36小集, 每集約10分鐘, 劇中Mr. Darcy的Pemberly莊園及建築真的是美的令人屏息。
在小說文本中是這樣描述Pemberly的:
"It was a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on the rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills;--and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal nor falsely adorned."
『它是一棟巨大漂亮的石砌建築,，在高聳的地面上直直的矗立著， 後方是森林小丘的山脊，前面是一條正在漲潮的小溪， 如此地自然，一點都沒有人工的痕跡，小溪的河岸點綴既不單調也不做作。』
DVD中的Pamberly是取景於英國 Derbyshire的 Chatsworth House，這棟建築是英國最多人參觀也最受歡迎的鄉村豪宅(stately home)。以下的網站可以看到它的美http://www.chatsworth.org/關於BBC的 傲慢與偏見 DVD中, 也有不少漂亮的莊園(manor)，可參考下方網站
http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/2009/07/manors-maketh-the-movie-the-houses-of-pride-and-prejudice-2005/
2011年9月28日 星期三
0925士林官邸
玫瑰園入口右側架高的玫瑰花
Framed roses on the right of the entrance of the rose garden.
玫瑰園入口左側盛開的牽牛花
Blossomy morning glories on the left.
玫瑰園小徑的父子照
Father and son on the path.
手中有餅乾的快樂娃
A happy kid with a cookie.
追氣球的男孩
The balloon runner.
小孩都愛氣球
Kids always love balloons.
在士林特力屋前坐搖椅
Sitting on a rocking chair in front of Test Rite Shilin branch.
2011年9月26日 星期一
0924花博爭艷館之遊;建國百年經建特展&湯瑪士防走失包真實用
花博早已結束，留下的場地成為民眾休閒的去處
捷運圓山站外的爭艷館常有不錯的展覽，戶外的空間又大又安全，
成為我們一家的新歡
成為我們一家的新歡
The Flora Expo was closed long ago, and the area has become a nice place for leisure.
Our new favorite site is the Expo Dome out of the Yuanshan MRT station.
Its outdoor space is vast and safe for kids.
戴起帽子耍酷
A cool boy in a red cap.
想當初逛花博，此處人山人海地排列著
There used to be a lot of people lining up out of the EcoARK during the exposition.
There used to be a lot of people lining up out of the EcoARK during the exposition.
現在方圓百尺就只有這對父子擁抱著
Now the place is so empty that the two enjoy themselves on the ground.
過了中山北路的天橋來到台灣館的場地
Passing the overpass of Zhongshan North Road to the Taiwan Garden.
The main structure of Taiwan Garden is a bamboo dome.
從裡面往上瞧
用竹編的天幕很有意境
Looking up from the inside.
An artistic view.
天幕的外觀
The exterior of the dome.
天幕旁有一個靜謐的小池塘
涼風徐徐又有竹聲颼颼
讓人很放鬆
Next to the dome is a little pond, peaceful and quiet.
The sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo grove is very relaxing.
Next to the dome is a little pond, peaceful and quiet.
The sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo grove is very relaxing.
小小咪撿起小石頭
Little Little Ming picks up a stone.
到爭艷館參觀建國百年經建特展
有湯瑪士的防走失包
小小咪也可以自由地逛
Visiting the Centennial Economic Development Exhibition insdie the Expo Dome.
The Thomas & Friends's keeper bag with strap is useful in this kind of place.
The Thomas & Friends's keeper bag with strap is useful in this kind of place.
小小咪一直來回地走這會變色的玻璃步道
Little Little Ming keeps walking back and forth on the glass walk that changes color.
2011年9月23日 星期五
環保尿布, 布尿布的英文, 學習褲的英文
最近開始幫小小咪使用布尿布及學習褲了
尿布相關英文
尿布 diaper
布尿布, 環保尿布 cloth diaper
紙尿布 disposable diaper
尿布襯墊 diaper liner; diaper pad
尿布套 plastic pants
髒尿布桶 diaper pail
學習褲 diaper panty
environmentally friendly; reuse again and again until they become worn; as rags or burp cloths
尿布相關英文
尿布 diaper
布尿布, 環保尿布 cloth diaper
紙尿布 disposable diaper
尿布襯墊 diaper liner; diaper pad
尿布套 plastic pants
髒尿布桶 diaper pail
學習褲 diaper panty
environmentally friendly; reuse again and again until they become worn; as rags or burp cloths
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