【文/周強】 天才賈伯斯十月五日過世,十月二十四日全球同步上市這本他生前唯一授權的「賈伯斯傳」。台灣也在同一天打出數十萬冊這本號稱是年度最暢銷的書,聲勢不輸哈利波特。 賈伯斯一生充滿傳奇,歷經大起大落,就連這本傳記也充滿故事性。擔任作者的艾薩克森,曾經擔任過時代雜誌(Times)的總編輯與CNN的副總裁。他曾經寫過幾本相當不錯的傳記,包括<愛因斯坦傳>、<季辛吉傳>與<富蘭克林傳>等等。二年前,當賈伯斯第一次找他寫傳記時,艾薩克森認為這是一個成功企業家的沽名釣譽,竟一口回絕。但是後來艾薩克森聽說賈伯斯不久人世、來日無多,於是才答應接下這個邀請。 艾薩克森之所以願意執筆,除了50次左右的訪談,最重要的條件是賈伯斯答應他可以訪問任何想要訪問的人 – 包括昔日情人與敵人,而且出版前不需給賈伯斯過目。賈伯斯說:「我一生或許有一些不光彩的事,…但是卻沒有不可告人的事。」 → “I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of,…But I don’t have any skeletons in my closet that can’t be allowed out.” “skeleton in the closet”,skeleton是「骷髏」,「衣櫃裡的骷髏」是指「不可外揚的家醜」。 讀英文版「賈伯斯傳」是要訓練同學的英文閲讀能力,尤其是長篇文章的閱讀能力。雖然基本上多益測驗是沒有長篇閲讀的,即使最長的Part 7的Double Reading(雙篇閱讀)也只是將近千字的文章,但是在準備多益測驗的同學,一定是從閱讀比測驗題更長的文章來累積閱讀的耐心與能力,才能應付測驗時的試場壓力以求取高分。更何況在真實的國際職場裡,閱讀長篇的英文合約、英文的產品市場分析報告、英文的會議紀綠等等,在在都需要英文長篇閱讀能力。 許多同學拿到六百多頁的英文版「賈伯斯傳」,通常第一句話是問:「我的單字不夠,沒辦法看英文書!」英文字彙要學多少才夠?八千字?、一萬字? 一萬五千字? 還是兩萬字?其實不要讓英文字彙阻礙了你閱讀的興趣!就算英文讀了十年、二十年,也還是會有不認識的字彙,尤其在分工這麼細的今天,每個行業都有特殊名詞,比方說” margin”這個英文字,在出版業指的是「頁面邊緣的空白處」,在經濟學裡指的是「邊際效應」,在會計界又指得是「毛利」- 你可需要很多年才能通曉這三種字義,但是不要讓字彙絆住你!所以在讀英文版「賈伯斯傳」之前,先要把「英文字彙」這個干擾因素放下、先把英文字典和電子詞典(翻譯機)收起來! 不查英文字典要如何讀英文版「賈伯斯傳」呢?你一定聽過略讀(skimming)的觀念!做英文長篇閱讀時,一定要運用「略讀」的方法;「略讀也者,瀏覽、不經意地看過、只掌握文意大綱是也!」。「略讀」是快速地看過文句,以得到一個主要論點的印象,而不是一字一句地精讀、細讀。多益測驗的出題單位ETS,其英文學習專家們說,增強英文能力要: → Practice skimming a passage quickly to get a general impression of the main idea, instead of carefully reading each word and each sentence 根據人類在寫作時的思維理哲,寫作的人若是要強論一個論點時,這位作者會「返覆申說」,因此讀者可以從前後文中不同的遣詞用字來了解文意。在作英文長篇閱讀時,要學習從作者舉的例證、做的比較、引述的話語、衍伸的推論等等,來了解文意,這是略讀的精神。就如同前述,即使你不知道“skeleton in the closet” 是家醜的特定說法,但從“skeleton in the closet that can’t be allowed out” 應可猜出這是指不可告人之事。ETS的英文學習專家們說,閱讀的技巧是: → Choose some unfamiliar words in the passage and guess the meaning from the context (surrounding sentences); then, look them up to determine their meaning (在閱讀的篇章中,從不熟悉的字中選擇重要的,從前後文中猜一下,然後再查字典) 這種略讀的精神也與多益測驗的出題單位ETS,在出題的哲學上不謀而合,因為多益測驗在第七部份(Part 7)的篇章閱讀常會問你: What is the purpose of this letter? (此信目的是什麼?) What can be inferred about Ms. Smith? (關於Smith女士,可以推論出什麼?) What is suggested about Mr. Brown in this memo? (這封公文中,可以得知Brown先生什麼事?) What is the goal of this organization? (這個組織的目標是什麼?) What is the main idea of this report? (此報告的主旨是什麼?) Part 7常以”suggest”、”imply”、”infer” 這三個字來問你這篇文章的意涵,這種題型在45分鐘左右要答完Part 7的48題的時間配當下,是不可能用逐字逐句的精讀法完成,而應採用「略讀法」,所以要看英文版「賈伯斯傳」作練習。 賈伯斯傳奇的一生,早已流傳在人間。比方說,他出生後就被領養、二十歲出頭即成立蘋果公司、三十歲不到就身價兩億、被自己創立的蘋果公司逐出、接手大導演喬治魯卡斯的皮克斯(Pixar)動畫公司進入好萊塢(Hollywood)電影界、班師回朝蘋果、以智慧型手機iPhone與平板電腦iPad大戰群雄等等。這些故事其實世人早已耳熟能詳。讀英文版「賈伯斯傳」的時候,在已經知道故事背景的情況下,更能欣賞英文的文字之美而不用受制於故事發展的干擾。在讀完每個故事段落,可以試著找出主要大意,ETS的英文學習專家們強調這種練習: → Practice making inference and drawing conclusions based on what is implied in the passage as a whole (練習從文章整體的隱含義之中,做推論與結論) 艾薩克森的這本「賈伯斯傳」,沒有小說裡過度修飾的長句,文字適中而不艱澀繞口;許多書中的句子是引述自訪談的對話,所以都淺顯易懂。書中的許多故事發生在職場,對於以國際職場溝通能力為導向的多益測驗,英文版「賈伯斯傳」不論在聽、說、讀、寫上,都是好教材。 你很怕上台做簡報吧?! PowerPoint使你在台上有安全感嗎? 但賈伯斯說:”People who know what they are talking about don’t need PowerPoint.” (知道自己要說什麼的人,不需要PowerPoint),你想不想知道賈伯斯為什麼自己不用、也不喜歡別人用PowerPoint做簡報(presentation)?你想不想知道艾薩克森如何用英文描寫賈伯斯選擇執行長庫克(Tim Cook)做為他的接班人? 你想不想知道賈伯斯竟是常常公然哭泣的性情中人?你想不想知道賈伯斯為何與如何偏執於簡約與創新?用與愛迪生、愛因斯坦齊名的賈伯斯在1955到2011「時勢造英雄、英雄造時勢」的傳奇故事豐富你2012的寒假吧! 相信我,就算不查字典,讀完英文版「賈伯斯傳」,你的閱讀功力也大增,周強老師如是說!<h1 style="line-height:15pt;margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;">【學好英文拿走HTC】【家政婦三田~日文好好學】</h1>

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【聯合報╱記者何烱榮/田中報導】 
國泰空中少爺羅國方(右三)跟學生分享學習英語的經驗。 記者何烱榮/攝影
學校放寒假了,彰化縣立田中高中英文老師黃雁祥邀請國泰航空公司「空中少爺」羅國方,到學校與學生分享飛行筆記;羅國方鼓勵學生說,人生要有夢和熱情,努力學好英語,不僅能找到好工作,也能快樂地遨遊世界。黃雁祥說,羅國方是他的好友,具有美國紐約州大學英語教學碩士學位,曾任翻譯員、成人英語教師,以輕鬆詼諧的方式,跟學生分享學習英語和當空服員的經驗。羅國方說,他念國中時,英語常考不及格,因夢想環遊世界,立志當空服員,因此努力學英語,後來參加托福考試還拿滿分,出國研究英文教學,如願當上空中少爺。羅國方說他是資深空服員,已是是空「爺」了,同樣資深的女空服員,也不能講「空姐」,要說「空奶」,引起台下120多名學生大笑。他還帶來澳洲的無尾熊布偶、鑰匙圈當有獎徵答小禮物,讓同學感覺2小時的演講,像是一趟快樂旅程。羅國方說,學好英文的方法就是「3M」,找到學習動機(Motivation),建立學習模式(Modet),持之以恆(Maintenance)。「英語是旅遊最輕便的行李」羅國方跟學生說,英語是全世界90%都在學習的語言,可以幫你走遍世界,結交不同國籍的朋友,也是求職、升遷、加薪的好幫手。41766_100001326202816_7454.jpg  

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經驗豐富的Teacher Allan (阿倫)  
Hi, my name is teacher Allan.  Coming from Chicago, Illinois, in 2007. I started teaching English online to foreign students here in the Philippines. I teach English to students from the age of 10 to the age more than 60 years old, male and female. 

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  熱情開朗的Teacher Shey(雪老師)  
Hello there! My name is Teacher Shey! I am 34 years old and an Aquarian. I have been doing this English online teaching for about five years now. I’ve taught Koreans and French students and I am really excited in teaching Taiwanese students this time. I am a graduate of Broadcast Communication and then I took have a post graduate course which is Teacher Education. After that, I earned some units in Graduate School with the program Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching. Just a year ago, I started going to Law School. I am not enrolled for this semester but I am planning to go back and finish it. I went to the same university with for all those courses, which is the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
哈囉!我是Shey(雪)老師,今年34歲 的天瓶座。過去五年的線上教學經驗中,曾教過韓國與法國的學生,這次即將與臺灣學生接觸體驗令我相當興奮。大學與研究所時期我分別攻讀了廣播通訊與師資培 育。之後,我也在研究所期內修習了幾個英語教學文學碩士的學分。大約一年前左右,我開始修習法學院的課,這學期雖然還沒有正式註冊,卻也一心想著要重回母 校完成法學課程。這些年來的所有課程全部都一貫在菲律賓綜合科技大學完成。

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亞洲教學經驗豐富的Teacher RON(朗老師)
 
Hello, Bonjour, Ni hao!  My name is Ron and I have been teaching ESL throughout Asia for the past 12 years.  My undergraduate is from UNB and Masters degree from Dalhousie University-both high ranking Canadian schools.  I have also obtained CELTA certification and attended dozens of TEFL conferences.  In my free time, I enjoy doing community work, flying, MTB racing and recently rekindled an old hobby of competition shooting.
你好,我是朗老師,目前已經在亞洲各國教授英文超過12年的時間了。我在紐布朗斯維克大學拿到學士學位,碩士學位則是在達浩斯大學取得,兩所都是排名很好的加拿大學校。我擁有成人英語教學證書(CELTA),也參加過十幾次英語教師培訓(TEFL)的研討會。在空閒時,喜歡參加社區活動,駕駛飛機,越野單車競賽,最近又開始對射擊競賽產生興趣。

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親切好爸爸Teacher John(約翰老師)
 
Hi this is John from HiTutor.  It’s nice to meet you. I’m married with two lovely children. Most of the time we play and enjoy watching movies. I was born under the sign of Virgo and if I’m not mistaken, I believe I was born in the year of the Ox.  I have been teaching English online since 2003.
 

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多益救星密琪老師(Teacher Mitch)  
Hi this is Mitch from HiTutor. Nice to meet you! I was born on January 2nd , so my star sign is the Capricorn. I am single and am currently sharing an apartment with friends. In my spare time, I like hanging out with friends, watching movies and I simply adore reading books. While I was studying at the University of the Philippines, my friend introduced me to a foreign student and I really liked teaching her English. So I decided to teach English as a Second Language and have been doing it for more than five years now.

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文學專家堤娜老師 (Teacher Tina)  
Hi! My name is Tina. I’m 32 years old. I graduated from the Philippine Normal University with a degree in Bachelor of Secondary Education and majored in English from. I also have post graduate units in English Language Teaching. I have been a teacher since 2005. I have taught Filipinos, Chinese and Korean students from pre-school to post-graduate level. Aside from English, I have taught Philippine literature and research paper composition.


你好,我是堤娜,今年32歲。我從中等教育學系畢業,主修英文。另外在空中大學進修英語教育。從2005年就開始當老師,曾經教過菲律賓人,中國人和韓國人;年齡層從學齡前到研究生都有。除了英文之外,我也教授菲律賓文學,和論文寫作。

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   樂觀積極的娜塔老師(Teacher Nats)  

Hi! My name is Natalie. You can simply call me Nats. I was born under the sign Aries. I believe people born under Aries are usually very earnest, and determined. They accomplish what they resolve to do against all opposition. They are good schol­ars, bright, witty and great talkers. It’s funny when I meet new people, because they can tell right away what my sign is. I enjoy sports such as volleyball and badminton. Reading books about positive thinking, emotion and self-development has also become my hobby.

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興趣廣泛的安祖老師(Teacher Andrew)  
Hello.  My name is teacher Andrew.  I’m 38 years old and I graduated with a degree in Marketing from the University of the East in the Philippines.  I’m also a programmer using Clipper and C languages.  I have taught for a couple years now and enjoy it very much.  

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  具有政治法律背景的Teacher Jo (Saturday)  

Good day! I am Jo, 35 years old.  I was born on June 13, which makes my astrological sign Gemini.  I am self-reliant, painstakingly, patient and can be a little stubborn at times.  Gemini’s are Communicative, witty, Intellectual and eloquent so I think that this job of teaching English suits me well.


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  擅長美式英文的Teacher Babara(芭芭拉)
Hi! My name is Barbara, I am 29 years old. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising Arts from the University of Santo Tomas. For 6 years I have worked as a Customer Service Representative for American accounts. I have been exposed to their native language for a long period of time which has helped me become more proficient in English. I enjoy reading books and watching movies during my spare time. But what I love most is spending time with my family at home cuddling with my kids and storytelling.


你好,我是芭芭拉老師,今年29歲。我大學主修廣告,之前六年的時間我都擔任美商公司的客服人員,所以已經長時間處於美國腔調,也很熟悉美式英文的用法。空閒的時間,我喜歡閱讀與電影,不過我最愛的還是和家人相處,和孩子一起享受故事時間。

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