二月 2007
07-02-16
09:02:57, 分类: 新知 年关杂感
春节临近，网上网下，接到不少朋友的祝福，也收到参加一些活动的邀请，甚至我通话帮助的老太太也祝我中国新年快乐。农历年节的意味在海外一年比一年浓厚，这自然与各国华人移民的增多和华人文化的渗透分不开。在此，我亦向各位海内外读我博客、关心我的朋友们致以新春的问候，祝大家春节愉快，金猪年事事如意！
新近读了两篇文章，一篇是英文的，正是情人节的那天，讲的是现代社会里会用电脑上网的人，多数都有一个情人，这个情人，就是用来上网的电脑。统计下来，大家每日花在电脑上的时间（不包括工作）实际上超过了与丈夫或妻子交流的时间。人们心甘情愿地为电脑情人而废寝忘食，沉迷其中，难以自拔。所以，文章建议，最好的情人节礼物，不是巧克力和鲜花，而应该是对爱人多一些关注，减少一点对情人电脑的依恋，要象负责任的吸烟一样，负责任地使用电脑。
另一篇文章是中文的，讲述了chinglish（中国式英语）的流行。什么long time no see, drink tea,peaceful rising之类，已然成为英语大家族的新词汇。最妙的是，文章说海外华人作家对中国式英语融入英语家族功不可没，并举了几位著名华裔作家，如谭恩美等人的例子，说的正是这些以英语写作的华人作家，将中国式思维、风格甚至字词潜意识（或不可避免地）带入作品，才增加了他们作品的魅力，有了独特的美感，从而获了一些奖项云云。这倒让我近来紧张的心理多少有些放松，原来担心中国式思维会阻碍英文写作，现在看来似乎不必刻意去改，顺其自然也不是不可以啊。
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新近读了两篇文章，一篇是英文的，正是情人节的那天，讲的是现代社会里会用电脑上网的人，多数都有一个情人，这个情人，就是用来上网的电脑。统计下来，大家每日花在电脑上的时间（不包括工作）实际上超过了与丈夫或妻子交流的时间。人们心甘情愿地为电脑情人而废寝忘食，沉迷其中，难以自拔。所以，文章建议，最好的情人节礼物，不是巧克力和鲜花，而应该是对爱人多一些关注，减少一点对情人电脑的依恋，要象负责任的吸烟一样，负责任地使用电脑。
另一篇文章是中文的，讲述了chinglish（中国式英语）的流行。什么long time no see, drink tea,peaceful rising之类，已然成为英语大家族的新词汇。最妙的是，文章说海外华人作家对中国式英语融入英语家族功不可没，并举了几位著名华裔作家，如谭恩美等人的例子，说的正是这些以英语写作的华人作家，将中国式思维、风格甚至字词潜意识（或不可避免地）带入作品，才增加了他们作品的魅力，有了独特的美感，从而获了一些奖项云云。这倒让我近来紧张的心理多少有些放松，原来担心中国式思维会阻碍英文写作，现在看来似乎不必刻意去改，顺其自然也不是不可以啊。
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07-02-04
21:05:05, 分类: 新知 Pressure from Michelle
Today, I got a mail from Shanghai's Michelle. Here is a section of her letter:
How’s your English study going? Remember our pact? – that we each give ourselves 10 years for our ‘weaker’ language to catch up with our strong one? You’ve enrolled yourself in a school, but I’m not far behind either. I’ve bought myself abridged versions of 史记 and资治通鉴 where they place the 文言version along with the白话 one. I’m therefore able to have some idea what those (otherwise intimidating) history books say. I really, really believe that to be a good journalist, I must write my china stories with the history of China at the back of my mind. I’ve also picked up the habit of spending 5 minutes each day to memorize famous quotes from ancient poems/essays/sayings. In addition, I try to read as much as I can. Right now, I’m reading a 好玩interpretation of Ming history called “明朝那些事儿“ by a blog writer called 当年明月。It’s a bestseller in China right now, and presents Ming history in a ‘modern,’ accessible way – eg, one of the chapters is titled ‘朱元璋的第一桶金”。I’m also reading 易中天’s book on三国and watching CCTV’s 百家论坛 DVDs. I know from your interview that my Chinese ‘education’ is not as remotely 正统as yours, but it’s better than nothing.
Well, I really, truly feel pressure now. Of course , I remember our pact--that we each give ourselves 10 years for our ‘weaker’ language to catch up with our strong one, but how can I keep the same pace as sho does? She is much younger than me! Anyway, under this pressure , from now on, at least, I will try no longer to regard literature review as a killer .
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How’s your English study going? Remember our pact? – that we each give ourselves 10 years for our ‘weaker’ language to catch up with our strong one? You’ve enrolled yourself in a school, but I’m not far behind either. I’ve bought myself abridged versions of 史记 and资治通鉴 where they place the 文言version along with the白话 one. I’m therefore able to have some idea what those (otherwise intimidating) history books say. I really, really believe that to be a good journalist, I must write my china stories with the history of China at the back of my mind. I’ve also picked up the habit of spending 5 minutes each day to memorize famous quotes from ancient poems/essays/sayings. In addition, I try to read as much as I can. Right now, I’m reading a 好玩interpretation of Ming history called “明朝那些事儿“ by a blog writer called 当年明月。It’s a bestseller in China right now, and presents Ming history in a ‘modern,’ accessible way – eg, one of the chapters is titled ‘朱元璋的第一桶金”。I’m also reading 易中天’s book on三国and watching CCTV’s 百家论坛 DVDs. I know from your interview that my Chinese ‘education’ is not as remotely 正统as yours, but it’s better than nothing.
Well, I really, truly feel pressure now. Of course , I remember our pact--that we each give ourselves 10 years for our ‘weaker’ language to catch up with our strong one, but how can I keep the same pace as sho does? She is much younger than me! Anyway, under this pressure , from now on, at least, I will try no longer to regard literature review as a killer .
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