【翻譯新聞】TAIPEI: Riding Toward a More Liveable City

Street-smarts, gumption and a dollop of luck are part of the basic arsenal for bicycle-commuting in Taipei.

在臺北騎自行車上下班的路途上，基本上就像在軍火庫中，需要擁有街頭智慧、勇氣和運氣。

For expatriate Adam Graudus, his daily commute is a 30-minute endurance event involving boorish scooter and bus drivers, as well as obtuse general motorists.

對於外籍人士Adam Graudus來說，他的每日通勤是一項30分鐘的耐力活動，可能會利用騎機車，開車，甚至搭公車通勤。

“Drivers, scooter riders in particular, don’t indicate or look before switching lanes, or backing out of parking spaces. And buses cut in sharply to make a stop even though it means obstructing my lane,” says the video producer, who’s been bike-commuting in the capital for three years.

“司機，尤其是機車騎士，在換車道前，或者在停車的地方，都不需要指出或查看。”而公車切道也變多時間停留，即使這意味著會擋到我的車道。”在台北騎自行車持續三年的視頻製作人說。

“In 2016, I was sideswiped by a driver who changed lane without indicating whilst exiting a bridge off Bade Road. We agreed not to file a police report because I wasn’t seriously injured,” says Graudus, adding: “Last year I was knocked over by scooter driver who made a sudden left turn.”

2016年，我被一名司機擦身而過，司機在駛出一座橋的時候，沒有指示車道(打燈)，直接改變車道。我們同意不去警察局報案，因為我沒有嚴重受傷，”Graudus說，並補充道:“去年我被摩托車騎士撞倒，因為他突然左轉。”

And that's just the physical danger – the city’s air pollution also made Graudus fall ill a couple of times.

以上的情況是身體的危險—而這個城市的空氣污染也使得Graudus生病幾次。

On the flipside, the 27-year-old lauds the city’s river bikeway network, which provides well-maintained and congestion-free routes to Taipei’s nooks and corners.

另一方面，這位27歲的先生稱讚了城市裡的“自行車道”網路，該網路為臺北的角落和角落提供了良好的維護和擁擠的線路。

“Also, people here are quite encouraging of cyclists, giving you the thumbs up or a jiayou (加油) [literally "give it gas"] – just for making the effort to cycle on the road. It’s quite a contrast with my bike-commuting experience in the UK,” he adds.

”這裡的人也非常鼓勵騎自行車,給你豎起大拇指或加油(加油)(字面上的“給氣體”)——只是讓努力週期在路上。這與我在英國的自行車通勤經歷形成了鮮明的對比。

Taipei’s transport vision

台北行車願景

Two years ago, more than 1,000 mobility experts, urban planners, activists and academics from 43 countries descended on Taipei to present case studies and bounce around ideas at the Taipei Velo-city Global conference.

兩年前，來自43個國家的1000多名移動專家、城市規劃人員、活動人士和學者來到臺北，在臺北舉行的全球會議上展示了案例研究和想法。

Initiated by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) in 1980, the Velo-city Global conference series is designed to plug cycling as a sustainable mode of transport for a livable city. Previous host cities have included London, Vienna, Barcelona, Vancouver and Adelaide. Taipei holds the honor of being the first Asian city to host the conference.

由歐洲自行車手聯合會(ECF)於1980年發起的全球會議系列，旨在將自行車作為宜居城市的可持續交通方式。之前的主辦城市包括倫敦、維也納、巴賽隆納、溫哥華和阿德萊德。臺北是第一個主辦這次會議的亞洲城市。

ECF cited Taipei as “a great example of cities who put people at the centre of their development plans.” It helps that Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is a passionate cycling advocate and completed a round-island bike tour, covering 380 km in 20 hours, to kick off the conference.

ECF認為臺北是“城市的典範，他們把人們放在發展計畫的中心。”這番話幫助市長柯文哲成了一位充滿熱情的腳踏車提倡者和完成了一趟自行車環島之旅，20小時中騎過380公里，開始了會議。

Taipei’s public bike-share system is referenced by other Asian cities, from Singapore and Beijing to Shanghai and Seoul, who have sought to set up similar bike-share programs. With a daily turnover rate of 8.3 trips per bike and 200,000 users per month, usage figure for YouBike matches the world’s best.

從新加坡、北京到上海和首爾，其他亞洲城市都在借鑒臺北的公共自行車共用系統，他們也試圖建立類似的自行車共用項目。每天每輛自行車的周轉率為8.3，每個月有20萬用戶，YouBike 使用數字也是全球獨一無二的。

And women make up 50 percent of the cycling population – a gauge of the city’s cycle-friendliness.

而女性佔了騎自行車總人數的50%——這是衡量城市自行車友好度的一個指標。

A 2014 ECF report shows cycling mode share (percentage of total trips done by bicycle) in Taipei stands at 5.5 percent. In comparison, mode share figures for American cities with populations over 1 million hovers below 2 percent (2016 American Community Survey Data Report), and at a mere 2 percent in London (Travel in London Report 10). But bikes account for more than 50 percent of trips in cycling utopias like Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

一份2014年的ECF報告顯示，在臺北騎自行車的比例(騎自行車出行的比例)為5.5%。相比之下，美國人口超過100萬的城市的模式共用資料低於2%(2016年美國社區調查資料報告)，倫敦僅為2%(倫敦旅遊報告10)。儘管如此，腳踏車在自行車烏托邦的旅程中佔據了超過50%的路程，比如哥本哈根和阿姆斯特丹。

At Velo-city 2016, Taipei Deputy Mayor Charles Lin (林欽榮) pledged that by 2020, commutes via green transport should account for 70 percent of all trips in Taipei, with cycling accounting for 12 percent.

Velo-city 2016臺北副市長林欽榮承諾，到2020年，通勤者藉由綠色交通通勤的比例應該會達70%，其中公共自行車佔12%。

“Taipei’s transport vision is driven by the integration of bicycles with buses, the Metro and walking to boost mobility; transport is about moving people, not cars,” he added.

“臺北的交通願景是由自行車與公車、捷運和步行的整合推動的，交通是關於移動的人，而不是汽車。”他補充道。

As Velo-city buzz fades, how has Taipei fared?

隨著Velo-city buzz的消失，臺北的情況如何?

For starters, the city’s mobility vision isn’t about creating a bike-commuting capital. Cycling is part of a whole ecosystem that shapes a liveable, safe and inclusive city, Taipei City Government’s Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Tiger Chen (陳學台) tells The News Lens.

首先，這座城市的流動性願景並不是要創造一個自行車通勤的資本。騎自行車的整個生態系統的一部分的樣貌是一個宜居、安全、包容的城市，臺北市政府交通部(DOT)局長陳學台告訴The News Lens.。

“I used to think we should just construct bike lanes to promote cycling,” says Chen, who bike-commuted for four years at his previous office. But on a recent work trip to the Netherlands, Chen changed his rationale.

“我過去認為，我們應該建造自行車道來提倡騎腳踏車，”陳說，他在他的之前的工作地點，騎腳踏車騎了4年。但在最近一次去荷蘭的工作之旅中，陳改變了自己原有的想法。

“Taipei’s environment and context are so different from Holland’s. Their population density is low, the country’s terrain is flat and the temperate climate is conducive for cycling, even in winter or summer,” he elaborates.

陳說明，“臺北的自然環境和文化背景和荷蘭不同。荷蘭的人口密度低，國家地勢平坦，適宜的氣候有利於騎行，即使是在冬天或夏天。"

“What we need to push is not long-distance bike commuting but to cycle the first or last miles of a commuter’s journey, and the ability to transfer seamlessly between the various modes of public transport.”

“我們需要推動的不是長距離的自行車通勤，而是能讓騎腳踏車變成通勤族的第一個或最後幾英里路的好選擇，以及在不同的公共交通模式之間實現無縫銜接的能力。”

By design, Taipei adopts a multi-pronged approach: from improving cycling infrastructure and upping bus rapid transit service to carving out more pedestrian-friendly streets and subsidizing users’ public transport expenses.

通過設計，臺北採取了多管齊下的方法:從改善自行車基礎設施和快速的公車服務，到開闢更多的行人專用街道，並補貼用戶的公共交通費用。

From 214 stations and 7,000 bikes in 2016, YouBike now has 400 stations with 13,000 bicycles. Taipei’s bike lane network currently totals 502.7 km (from 498.4 km in 2016); including 86.4 km of designated bike lanes, 304.3 km of dual-use sidewalks and the 112 km-river bikeway. In 2016, the city announced plans to build an additional 192.9 km of bike lanes by 2019.

2016年，從214個車站到7000輛自行車，YouBike現在有400個車站，擁有13,000輛自行車。臺北的自行車道網路目前總長502.7公里(2016年為498.4公里)，包括86.4公里的指定自行車道、304.3公里的兩用人行道和112公里長的公路自行車道。在2016年，政府也宣佈計畫到2019年再修建192.9公里的自行車道。

From April 2, MRT passengers are allowed to board with full-sized bikes during weekday off-peak hours (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) with the exception of busy stations like Taipei Main Station and Zhongxiao Fuxing. Previously, full-sized bikes were only allowed on board on weekends and public holidays.

從4月2日起，旅客可以在工作日的非高峰時段(上午10點至下午4點)乘坐全尺寸的自行車，但臺北車站和忠孝復興等繁忙的車站除外。以前，全尺寸自行車只在週末和公眾假期使用。

But do more bike lanes attract more cyclists? A common gripe among cyclists using sidewalk-placed bike lanes is the risk of running down pedestrians. Either from ignorance apathy or the innate human impulse to walk between white lines, some pedestrians tend to gravitate towards the bike lanes.

但是，更多的自行車道會吸引更多人成為騎車者嗎?一個共同的埋怨是騎自行車的人使用人行道當腳踏車道，這樣會有撞到行人的危險。無論是出於無知的冷漠，還是由於人類天生的衝動，想要在白線之間行走，有些行人傾向于轉向自行車道。

Yet bike lanes serve a purpose for inexperienced bike commuters, according to Chan Kai-Sheng (詹凱盛) of cycling advocacy group Taiwan Urban Bicycle Alliance (TUBA).

然而自行車道的目的就是為了服務不熟悉的腳踏車通勤族，根據騎自行車宣傳組織台灣城市單車聯盟(TUBA)詹凱盛說。

“Segregated bike lanes give commuters a sense of security and they serve as a gateway for the regular bike-commuting,” says Chan, one of TUBA’s founders. Debuting at Velo-city 2016, TUBA was formed by a band of zealous cycle commuters to make cycling more visible in the city. To date, they’ve organized a series of cycling-related events like Bike2Work, Critical Mass, Ride of Silence and the Criterium Bike Race.

TUBA的創始人之一的詹說:“分隔的自行車道給了通勤者一種安全感，他們成為了普通自行車上下班的通道。”在2016年的Velo-city首次亮相，TUBA是由一群熱情的騎車通勤者組成的，他們讓騎行在城市中更加可能。到目前為止，他們已經組織了一系列與騎自行車的相關的活動，如Bike2Work, Critical Mass, Ride of Silence和Criterium Bike Race。

TUBA brings cyclists together within an organized platform to hash ideas, initiate projects, engage the government and make cyclists’ voices heard. For example, Chan represented TUBA in the Livable and Sustainable City Autonomy Regulations Draft public hearing and raised the point that bicycle traffic was not listed in the plan.

TUBA將騎車者聚集在一個有組織的平臺中，以散列想法，發起專案，與政府互動，讓自行車手的聲音被聽到。例如，詹代表TUBA在Livable and Sustainable City Autonomy Regulations Draft的公聽會上聆聽，並提出了自行車交通沒有列入計畫的觀點。

Grassroots movement

草根運動

One of their most successful initiatives is the Bike2Work campaign. Founded by TUBA member Pu Chen (陳濮), Bike2Work set up coffee booths at various strategic locations in the city center every Friday morning. Volunteers make and give out free coffee to bike commuters, gather cycling data and propagate road safety. From one location in February 2016, the campaign had expanded to 12 locations by December 2017 when the Taipei City government stepped in to fund the project.

他們最成功的項目之一就是Bike2Work運動。由TUBA 成員陳濮發起，Bike2Work是在每周五早上的市中心附近的好位置，設置咖啡停靠站，讓志工們給騎腳踏車通勤的人免費提供咖啡，收集自行車資料，宣傳道路安全。從2016年2月的一個地點開始，到2017年12月，這活動已擴展到12個地點，那時臺北市政府介入，為該項目提供資金。

“We see more and more people making the effort to bike-commute on Fridays just to be part of Bike2Work,” says commissioner Chen. “We would love to work more with and support NGOs like TUBA.”

“我們看到越來越多的人為了成為Bike2Work的一分子，而在週五騎腳踏車上班，”陳說。“我們多付出一點，也希望能有更多人支持像是TUBA這樣的非政府組織。”

From the Bike2Work surveys, TUBA identified areas with high bike-commuting frequencies like Zhishan, Neihu (內湖陽光) and 城中 (the intersection of Wuchang St. and Zhonghua Road and the neighborhood of Ximen) and proposed ideas to improve cycling infrastructure. The number of Taipei bike commuters has increased steadily. For example, data from December 2016 and December 2017 shows an increase of 10 percent of commuters in Xinyi area and 34 percent at City Hall.

來自Bike2Work調查結果發現，TUBA 研究發現像芝山、內湖陽光和城中(武昌聖的交集和中華路和西門站的附近)都是騎自行車高的地區，以及提議想法來改善自行車基礎設施。臺北騎自行車的人數穩步增長。例如，2016年12月和2017年12月的資料顯示，信義地區的通勤者增加了10%，而在市政廳則增加了34%。

“We received lots of positive feedback from the public and identified three main reasons why Taipei folks bike-commute: out of habit, for exercise and convenience,” says Chan, a 38-year-old software engineer. Bike2Work has garnered more than 1.3 million Facebook and over 850,000 Instagram hits.

38歲的軟體工程師Chan說:“我們從民眾那裡得到了很多積極的回饋，並指出了臺北人騎車出行的三個主要原因:出於習慣，為了運動和方便。”Bike2Work在臉書上已經獲得了超過130萬的粉絲數和超過85萬的Instagram點擊量。

“We want to show city folks there are many modes of transport, not just cycling,” adds Chan. “If a motorist tries bike-commuting even for just one day in a year, he can see a cyclist’s perspective. It’s about cultivating mutual respect among road users.”

“我們希望向市民展示，有多種交通方式，不只有交通運輸，”陳說。“如果一個汽車駕駛願意嘗試一年內騎腳踏車通勤，他就能看到騎車者的視角。這是為了培養道路使用者之間的相互尊重。"

Not all cyclists are rule-abiding, courteous citizens either. In a survey by DOT on cycling safety, nearly 40 percent of pedestrians complained about cyclists who ride on arcades or sidewalks, and 20 percent of respondents abhor cyclists who weave in and out of traffic or ride outside of designated cycling lanes.

並非所有的騎自行車的人都是遵守規則、有禮貌的公民。在一項關於自行車安全的調查中，近40%的行人抱怨騎自行車的人騎在騎樓或人行道上，而20%的受訪者討厭騎自行車的人，他們在交通或自行車道外亂穿梭。

But more importantly, the city government is increasingly engaging cyclists and treating cycling as a rightful mode of transport.

但更重要的是，在政府努力下逐漸吸引越多的人成為騎自行車的通勤族，把自行車當作一種合法的交通工具。

“City Hall is starting to clarify traffic sign rules and introduce regulations about riding on sidewalks, how cyclists should behave and trying to push for child bike seat regulations,” Chan says.

陳說:“市政府開始明確交通標誌規則，並介紹人行道上的騎行規則，騎自行車的人應該如何行動，並努力推動兒童自行車座椅的規定。”

Plugging green mobility

宣傳綠色出行

TUBA’s survey revealed that a common commuting mode for Taipei residents is a combo of YouBike, MRT and bus. In line with the city’s transport vision, City Hall runs campaigns like Green Transportation Day (綠色運輸日) to push green mobility.

TUBA的調查顯示，對臺北居民來說，一種常見的通勤模式是騎自行車、搭捷運和公車。符合城市交通願景，市政廳舉辦的活動像是綠色運輸日推動綠色出行。

In 2017, Taipei rolled out five new “Main Line” buses that connect the city’s arterial roads. These buses run at four-to-six-minute frequency with an average waiting time of five minutes. This April, an additional 11 bus lines will be rolled out.

在2017年，臺北推出了五輛連接城市主幹道的“主線”公車。這些公共汽車以4 - 6分鐘的頻率運行，平均等待時間為5分鐘。今年4月，還將推出11條公車線路。

Starting April 16, commuters can purchase a 30-day “All Pass Ticket,” at NT$1,280 (US$44) for unlimited rides on MRT and buses, and free use of YouBike for the first 30 minutes. Commuters can enjoy discounted fares when they transfer between Youbike, MRT and bus. Under the city’s Neighborhood Environment Enhancement program, 324.2 km of green pedestrian lanes have been carved out in secondary streets.

從4月16日起，通勤者可以購買30天的“月票”，搭捷運和公車不限次數的票價為1280元(44美元)，在前30分鐘免費使用自行車。通勤者在你的自行車、捷運和公車之間轉換時可以享受折扣票價。在該城市的社區環境改善計畫下，在二級街道上開拓了324.2公里的綠色人行道。

In 2016, the percentage of public transit user stands at 42.8 percent, and 60.4 percent including cyclists and pedestrians, according to DOT.

根據交通部的資料，2016年公共交通用戶的比例為42.8%，其中包括騎自行車和步行者的比例為60.4%。

Policy and education

政策與教育

Post Velo-city, the Taipei City government added “safety” into their main transportation policy slogans: “green,” “share,” “intelligent/smart.” Although 2017 traffic fatality statistics shows the lowest figure – 65 deaths, in the last 10 years; 90 percent of the fatalities involved those aged between 18 to 25. And as of 2016, motorcycles accounted for 58 percent of traffic fatalities within Taipei city. In Taipei and the metropolitan areas, motorcycles outnumber cars by more than two to one (there were 3.14 million motorcycles versus 1.47 million cars in 2017).

臺北市政府將“安全”增加進主要交通政策口號:“綠色”、“共用”、“智能”。“儘管2017年的交通事故死亡率統計資料顯示，在過去10年裡，死亡人數是最低的65人;其中90%的死者年齡在18到25歲之間。截至2016年，臺北市的交通事故死亡人數中，機車占58%。在臺北和大都市區，機車的數量比汽車的多了約兩倍(在2017年有314萬輛摩托車和147萬輛汽車)。

“Our most pressing issues are traffic congestion, air pollution and road safety,” admits Commissioner Chen. “There are just too many private vehicles on the road.”

“我們最緊迫的問題是交通堵塞、空氣污染和道路安全問題，”陳說。“路上有太多的私家車。”

Emissions from motorized vehicles (dubbed “mobile pollution sources") are the main source of air contaminants in urban areas, severely impacting air quality and public health, according to a reportfrom Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). Advocating bike lanes and subsidizing the purchase of electric auxiliary bicycles are some of the measures proposed by the EPA to control “mobile sources of air pollution”

根據臺灣環境保護署(EPA)的一份報告，機動車排放的廢氣(被稱為“移動污染源”)主要來自城市空氣污染物，嚴重影響了空氣品質和公共衛生。提倡自行車道和補貼購買電動自行車是EPA提出的控制“空氣污染的流動污染源”的措施之一。

In recent years, the city has reduced parking spaces for motorcycles, eradicated free parking for cars and introduced parking fees for motorcycles.

近年來，該市已減少了機車車位，取消了汽車免費停車，並引入機車停車費。

Pushing for active mobility and public transport is not enough, according to Professor S.K. Jason Chang (張學孔), the director of Advanced Public Transport Research Center at National Taiwan University.

推動積極的流動性和公共交通工具是不夠的,來自台大教授張學孔說。

“The city government needs to come up with a clear policy to manage private cars and motorcycles, and provide incentives to promote the use of green energy,” says Chang, also an adviser to the Taipei City government on the policy and planning of urban development and mobility.

“市政府需要制定一個明確的政策來管理汽車和機車，並提供激勵措施來促進綠色能源的使用，”張說，他同時也是臺北市政府關於城市發展和交通的政策和規劃的顧問。

“Smart City equals livable city. Unless your population, the elderly and kids can safely walk across the street and your kids can enjoy the alleys or sidewalks without worrying about safety, and our traffic fatality rate is reduced by 50 percent, we are not qualified to be called a Smart City.”

智慧城市相當於宜居城市。除非你的人口、老人和孩子可以安全地穿過街道，孩子們可以放心走在大街或人行道，而不用擔心安全問題，以及我們的交通事故死亡率降低了50%，否則我們沒有資格被稱為智慧城市。

Educate, educate, educate

教育，教育，教育

From the various initiatives and projects implemented since Velo-city taipei, the city government seems to be on the right track, but Chang thinks more resources should be spent on education and awareness campaigns for road users.

從臺北市政府開始實施的各種計畫和專案，市政府似乎走上了正確的道路，但張認為，應該把更多的資源投入到道路使用者的教育和宣傳活動中。

“Education is daily work – you can’t take one shower every three months and stay clean. It’s a behavioral and cultural change,” he adds. “We need to run a series of programs to educate on appropriate interaction and manners among road users and manage the conflicts between cars, motorcyclists, bicycles and pedestrians.”

“教育是日常工作——你不能每三個月就洗一次澡，還能保持乾淨。”這是一種行為和文化上的改變。”他補充道。“我們需要開展一系列的專案來教育道路使用者之間的適當互動方式和禮儀，並處理好汽車、機車、自行車和行人之間的衝突。”

As bike-commuter Graudus sums up: “In the UK, the biggest issue I had with motorists was people deliberately trying to run you off the road because you are a cyclist. Here, it’s a lot less malicious and more about people just not thinking about what they are doing on the road.”

就像自行車通勤者Graudus總結說:“在英國，我和汽車駕駛們最大的問題是，人們故意讓你離開馬路，因為你是一個騎自行車的人。”在這裡，不會面臨太多的惡意，更多的是人們沒有想過他們正在路上做什麼。

*練習翻譯，不可盡信翻譯的中文*

原文網址:  https://goo.gl/gbnWyh

【奔跑吧兄弟/ 跑男】挑戰極限! 菜英文卻要英文演講，觀眾還是外國人!(崩潰)

對於母語是中文，又少看英文的人來說，尤其又是個不愛讀書的人，說英文肯定是個極大的挑戰，更別提站在聯合國總部裡演講給西方母語人士聽了!
壓
力
極
大
!
這集的跑男是我看的第1集，我看的很感動，以真人秀方式呈現一般人的自然反應，掙扎、不自信、悲觀，面對自己的弱項，敢去挑戰並盡力去做，說起來簡單，做卻很難!
(只要面臨過的人就能體會，我還能看哭，這也挺絕了😂)
第一關的英文挑戰，面對考官面試做自我介紹，並且考驗臨場反應，鄧超、陳赫等英語不太會說的人，用幽默、臉皮、智慧解決困境，不太會說，竭盡所能的說出單字跟人溝通，多笑與人溝通，他懂我懂大家都快樂~
導演的一段話"面試或人與人間的交往，難免遇到些尷尬的場合，如何去化解考驗人的反應力，以及智慧"，這真的挺重要的~~書可以讀差，但這臨場反應不可以太差，否則後果...☠
英文的最終考驗竟然是演講，2小時準備演講，然後直接上台，無彩排!比較有人性的地方有兩點，1.準備時有小老師指導英文，2.演講能看稿，不需背稿，一般而言，演講不能看稿念...
這期間，能看到英文底子差的鄧超、陳赫一度想放棄，後來又重回到現場學習，找人耍嘴皮子抒發壓力，玩來玩去減輕壓力...讓我想到之前工作的地方，充滿著打屁笑聲，冒出一句"是不是最近壓力太大"，我才驚醒原來說屁話也是一種紓壓方式啊~~我是看小說，不知道其他人的紓壓方式是什麼，可以分享在下面啊~(照理沒人理~)
看他們站在演講台上，心裡雖然緊張，但他們總歸是個藝人，給大家看手不抖，台風穩健，講話鏗鏘，越說越自然，我心裡真的很佩服。
回想之前學生時期，選了一門英語課，菲律賓老師不懂中文，個性很幽默及懂學生，我一個聽不懂英語的"耳聾"，全程聽英文，還丟臉的亂說"中式英文"，這算的上這門課的日常，期中要我們英文演講。
我利用網路強大的翻譯字典+自己的文法結構寫完了演講稿，練習練習再練習，私底下練沒問題，就算小地方忘記或是臨時補充，都可以繞過去，真正上台我可就沒像鄧超、陳赫等人的鎮定了，我在講台上來回走緩減緊張，(不得不說這挺有效的，至少我說完了，沒忘記任何一段)但底下的老師後來說不要一直走，觀眾頭很暈，現在想起還是很想笑，可以到處走是老師給的建議，我只是做的過頭罷了~~
我那時也算是個傻，現在還有加劇的情況😱
總結三點:
1.肯挑戰自己不擅長的項目，不簡單，挑戰的過程重要，挑戰完都有種快感!
2.臨場反應、化解尷尬等軟實力都是不可或缺的能力
3.英語是溝通的工具，願意打開心房和人溝通比較重要
最後補充一點，維也納的聯合國部會的長官們讓人驚艷，中文很標準，還有一位外國人會說廣東話!
這告訴我們什麼?
1.國際競爭激烈
2.中國地位有一定高度
3.人才是放到哪裡都可以存活的，
人才有何條件?不論年紀、種族等條件的人，只要夠有本事就是人才!

越努力越幸運 之 《偶像練習生》，努力就會成長??

越努力越幸運是"偶像練習生 "的slogan，這也是在節目中一直營造出的氛圍，越到最終越濃烈。
在短短的四個月中，練習生們脫胎換骨，我也見證所謂努力越幸運的例子。

像是錢正昊，原本給我的印象就是隻小綿羊，軟軟的可愛弟弟，擅長唱抒情的歌，後來他需表演跳舞、比較強勢的歌，舞台上表演的他總讓人訝異，出乎人的意料之外，表演什麼像什麼，進步超多!

還有董岩磊，第一次表演他還什麼都不會，竟然能撐到前50名，他的進步與努力真的很激勵人心。

雖然這兩個人沒有進前9名，但他們獲得人生重要的東西:努力和堅持，遇到困難，也不輕易放棄，他們靠著努力，在舞台上表演到最後，提升不少粉絲數，以及讓自己變強，更重要地，認識到好兄弟、好夥伴。

以及一直表現亮眼的蔡徐坤，第一次站在舞台就很有企圖心，已經將自己準備好隨時可以"戰鬥"，聽說小時候他還演過戲，也自己做過好幾首歌曲，背後付出的努力肯定巨多，所以他也算是個好例子。

節目期間，張藝興這位努力本人，說他當練習生時期，每天除了吃飯5分鐘和睡覺外，其他時間全在練習，一直練習，加上我之前看他上過的節目，對他的認知真的就是"努力"，在他身上更可以見證所謂"越努力越幸運"。

(此篇不考慮節目的各種抄襲、負面新聞)

節目設計:

比賽淘汰機制，有別於傳統比賽，淘汰人的是市場機制，不是評審(導師)，一切看你合不合觀眾胃口，肯為你進行投票支持你。需要觀眾配合投票，投票會引起粉絲群的團結力，想辦法給自己喜歡的偶像投更多的票，例如a喜歡農農，他自己投票外，可能會請沒在看的朋友投票給他，而且每個練習生的親朋好友也會看節目、投票，更擴及各大年齡層~~~

怎麼看就是穩賺的生意，9人出道基本的粉絲影響力有，人氣有，觀眾緣有，基本實力有，節目背後的生意邏輯極為強烈，牛逼!神!

100位練習生進去就是對自己的評測，考驗每個人對自己的認知符不符合實力，第2關是表演，導師會給相對應的評測，如果小偶對自己的評測是A，但實際拿到C，其中的心情落差極大，考驗練習生的抗壓。

接下來就是利用3天練歌練舞，錄製每個人的最終成果，再進行一次評分，說等級F不能上台表演，"只有一次錄製機會"，錄砸了就沒有上台機會，當事人肯定備受折磨，就好像當學生時，教授說只有一次考試，考過了你就過了，考砸了就重修的意思一樣，越在意越容易搞砸，至少有些人真的沒錄好，降為F。

我自己也是個魯蛇，我比較關心F等級的人的反應，大多人心情沮喪不再練習，唯有秦奮持續練習，並且帶動其他人一起練舞，繼續練好舞蹈。

遇到絕境，並且繼續想辦法打倒眼前的困境，後來真的如願上台表演，如果努力真的會有回報，那麼F組做到了。
換到任何地方都一樣，面前有一座看似怎麼都越不過的山，但你想盡一切辦法實踐去攻克它，多少都會留下一點痕跡，甚至可能讓你如願越過。

接著節目的邏輯就是每次表演都淘汰約一半的人，並在每集的表演前鋪陳練習生遇到的難題，或團體互助的過程，簡單說，故事，引發觀眾的共鳴，很好看，像見證練習生們的成長似的，當媽似的，被他們感動的一把眼淚一把鼻涕。

倒數第2集，練習生們和導師合作舞台，有點睛效果，練習生們長大了，有點資格可以和導師共同表演了，能跟得上導師的節奏了，讓舞台更有看頭，注入新的元素~簡單說，就是學生和老師合作有看頭，能吸引觀眾看!

最終出道的一集，利用直播方式簡單粗暴的解決哪9人有出道資格，對練習生們的心理素質要更要求，基本上，就是歌手等級的素質了...因為是線上直播，所以能很快速的知道結果，完整終結這檔節目，延伸至其他節目。

能出道的9人像是林彥俊，我從沒想過他是9人當中的一個，跌破眼鏡，但不管怎樣，結果已定，祝福這9個練習生能夠出道表演啦~~~


由節目獲得的收穫:

1.努力多少能有點回報
2.不管能力多差，抱持良好態度學習，總有做完善的一天
3.團體的支持力量，可以讓人進步


從蔡徐坤、陳立農、尤長靖、錢正昊、董岩磊、秦奮、林超澤、胡致邦等練習生身上，我也得到不少感觸，即使夢想不同，但是努力與堅持一件事情是共通的，換做到任何事都一樣。

每週看他們努力練習的樣子，總刺傷我要努力，不然對不起自己。

我想這就是這節目帶來的額外效益吧，滿滿的正向力量，能夠煽動觀眾的心，但就如練習生說的，"這裡不是結束，而是每個人的開始。"

去哪個行業都一樣，都需要努力與堅持，練習生離開舞台，抱持這個想法，時機一到成功很容易實現!

共勉之。

【翻譯新聞】Self-compassion, meditation and happiness

“I’m simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I’m saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness of your thought processes.It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.

"我想說，有一種方法可以保持理智。我想說的是，你可以擺脫過去在你身上發生的瘋狂行為。只是簡單地回憶你的思維過程。它只是靜靜地坐著，回憶過去，就像真的回到當初，歷歷在目。只是回憶，不干涉，甚至不評判，因為當你判斷你失去了純粹的客觀目擊者。當你說“這很好，這很糟糕”的時候，你就已經跳到思考的過程了。

It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.” — Osho

這需要花一點時間在單純的回憶和思考間創造一點區隔。一旦有區隔，你就會大吃一驚，你不是聰明者，你是目擊者，一個觀看者。這個觀看的過程是真正宗教的煉金術。因為隨著你越來越深地紮根於觀看，思想開始逐漸消失。你還是你，但頭腦是完全空的。這就是啟蒙的時刻。這是你第一次成為一個無條件的，理智的，真正自由的人。— Osho

When people consciously practice gratitude, they are likely getting higher flows of reward-related neurotransmitters, like dopamine. Research suggests that when people practice gratitude, they experience a general alerting and brightening of the mind, and that’s probably correlated with more of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine.

當人們有意識地練習感恩時，他們可能會得到更多的與獎勵相關的神經遞質，比如多巴胺。研究表明，當人們練習感恩時，他們會經歷一種普遍的頓悟和正向精神，這可能與較多的 neurotransmitter norepinephrine(神經傳遞去甲腎上腺素)相關。

What’s more, research has also shown that it’s possible to slow the loss of our brain cells. Normally, we lose about 10,000 brain cells a day. That may sound horrible, but we were born with 1.1 trillion. We also have several thousand born each day, mainly in the hippocampus, in what’s called neurogenesis. So losing 10,000 a day isn’t that big a deal, but the net bottom line is that a typical 80 year old will have lost about 4 percent of his or her brain mass — it’s called “cortical thinning with aging.” It’s a normal process.

更重要的是，研究還表明，我們有可能減緩腦細胞的流失。正常情況下，我們每天會損失大約1萬個腦細胞。這聽起來很可怕，但我們出生的時候有1.1萬億。我們每天也有幾千細胞長出，主要是在海馬體中，也就是所謂的neurogenesis(神經元的成長)。所以每天損失1萬細胞並不是什麼大不了的事情，但總的來說，80歲的人會失去大約4%的大腦細胞——這被稱為“隨著年齡的增長，皮質變薄”。這是一個正常的過程。

But in one study, researchers compared meditators and non-meditators. In the graph to the left, the meditators are the blue circles and the non-meditators are the red squares, comparing people of the same age. The non-meditators experienced normal cortical thinning in those two brain regions I mentioned above, along with a third, the somatosensory cortex.

但在一項研究中，研究人員比較了冥想者和非冥想者。在左邊的圖中，冥想者是藍色的圓圈，而非冥想者是紅色的方塊，比較相同年齡的人。非冥想者在我上面提到的那兩個腦區經歷了正常的皮質變薄，還有第三個軀體感覺皮層。

However, the people who routinely meditated and “worked” their brain did not experience cortical thinning in those regions.

然而，那些經常冥想和“工作”的人在這些區域沒有大腦皮層變薄。

Kristin Neff, from Texas University, tried to introduce a new concept, called self-compassion — queting one’s inner critic and replace it with a voice of support, understanding and care. This time I will say few more words about each of the components of self-compassion.

來自Texas 大學的Kristin Neff試圖引入一種新的概念，叫做“自我同情”，這是一種對內心的質問，取而代之的是支援、理解和關心的聲音。這一次，我將對自我同情的每一個組成部分再多說明幾句。

There are three main components of self-compassion:

自我同情有三個主要組成部分:

1.Self kindness (vs. self judgement). This is an active component. It is more than an attitude. It is actively seeking what is helping and soothing us, what is helping us to heal, repair and regenerate faster.

1.自我仁慈(vs.自我判斷)。這是一個活躍的部分。這不僅僅是一種態度。它正在積極地尋找幫助和撫慰我們的東西，幫助我們更快地治癒、修復和再生。

2.Common humanity (vs. isolation). Very often, when something inconvenient happen to us, we ask: Why me?. We need to understand than nothing is perfect. Sometimes life goes wrong. We do not need to isolate ourselves, to suffer in silence, as this happen to us, Us as the big Ego, the most important being on Earth. Even if this is the trend, the mistake that everyone consider it as a normal fact. It is better to be connected. To not be cut off from others. We are not the only one suffering, There are others like us, and all of us are part of a bigger sphere, called humanity.

2。大多數的人(vs.孤獨的人)。很多時候，當我們遇到不如意的事情時，我們會問:為什麼是我?我們需要瞭解，沒有任何事情都能一直順遂的。有時候生活過的不好。我們不需要孤立自己，也不需要默默承受，因為這每個人都會發生，是存在地球上的事情。甚至是一種趨勢，還讓每個人都認為這是很正常的事。和他人有所連結事比較好的事情，不要與人隔絕。我們不是唯一一個受苦受難的人，也有像我們這樣的人，我們所有人都是一個更大的領域的一分子，叫做人。

3.Mindfulness (vs. over-identification). Notice your suffering. Try to be with is as it is. Do not avoid it. In doing this, you will become more powerful, more courageous. Emotionally, many of us are in constant pain, due to our self-critic component of our personality. This is not needed. This can and must be changed. We need to be supportive and confident with ourselves. If a problem appear, we do not need to go straight in problem solving mode, and then struggle to solve it right away. Some problems take time, some are never meant to be solved. This is not the optimal attitude. Try to observe first, to estimate and to realize that this could be difficult. Not to use all our resources to solve what we consider to be a problem. Most of the problems are somewhere in the future. If we are in the present, many of the problems are not here. Like Mark Twain used to say: “In my life i have a big number of problems and difficulties, and most of them never happen.”

3.心感(vs.過度在意)。你感覺到痛苦時，嘗試和它相處，不要逃避。這樣做，你會變得更強大，更勇敢。在情感上，我們中的許多人都處於持續的痛苦之中，這是由於我們性格中自我批評的部分造成。這不是必要的，而這是可以且必須改變的。我們需要對自己鼓勵和對自己有自信。如果出現問題，我們不需要直接在解決問題的狀態，然後努力解決它。有些問題需要時間，有些問題永遠也解決不了。這不是最佳的態度，應該先試著觀察，估計和認識到這可能是困難的。不要用我們所有的資源來解決我們認為的問題，大部分的問題都在未來的某個地方。如果我們一直處在現在，許多問題不在這裡。就像馬克吐溫曾經說過的:“在我的生活中，我有很多的問題和困難，而且大多數都不會發生。”

Consider all these thoughts for a moment, and do your gram of practical action.

花點時間思考所有這些想法，和嘗試付諸實踐。

原英文網址: https://medium.com/@mihalachecatalin/self-compassion-meditation-and-happiness-fe05792bfd80

ps.練習英文翻譯，不可盡信中文

【翻譯文章】Mozilla launches Facebook Container add-on to isolate your web browsing activity from Facebook

Mozilla was the first major brand to announce it was “pausing” its advertising on Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal. Today, the organization announced a new tool it said will help keep Facebook from tracking your browsing across the web.

在劍橋分析公司(Cambridge Analytica)的資料隱私醜聞之後，Mozilla是第一個宣佈它在Facebook上“暫停”廣告的主要品牌。今天，該組織宣佈了一項新工具，該工具將幫助Facebook追蹤你的流覽網頁。

The Facebook Container add-on for Firefox promises to make it “much harder” for Facebook to track you when you’re not on its site. Mozilla has been working on the technology for several years already, accelerating its development in response to what it called a “growing demand for tools that help manage privacy and security,” according to a statement issued by Mozilla today.

Firefox的Facebook容器外掛程式保證，當你在它的網站上時，Facebook很難追蹤你的"資訊"。根據Mozilla今天發佈的一份聲明，Mozilla已經對這項技術進行了多年的研究，開發的速度逐步加快，以應對它所稱的“對幫助管理隱私和安全的工具的日益增長的需求”。

Most people are probably aware that data they directly give to Facebook — such as “liking” a Page or updating their relationship status — may be sold to advertisers. But fewer people know that Facebook can also track their activities on other websites that have integrated with aspects of Facebook’s tracking technology, such as the pervasive “Like” button. And it’s in this scenario that Mozilla is now hoping to play the good guy.

大多數人可能意識到，他們直接給Facebook的資料——比如“喜歡”一個頁面或者更新他們的關係狀態——可能會被賣給廣告商。但更少的人知道，Facebook也可以追蹤他們在其他網站上的活動，這些網站整合了Facebook的追蹤技術，比如無處不在的“讚”按鈕。在這種情況下，Mozilla希望能扮演好這個角色。

The add-on, which can be installed through the usual means in Firefox, essentially “isolates” your Facebook profile from the rest of your web browsing, meaning you can use Facebook as usual without experiencing the off-site tracking part.

這個外掛程式可以通過Firefox的常規方式安裝，本質上是“隔離”你的Facebook個人頁，這意味著你可以像往常一樣使用Facebook，而不用離線防止追蹤。

How it works

如何運作

As its name suggests, the Facebook Container add-on is, well, a container — you access Facebook from within a little silo that is disconnected from the rest of your browser. When you install the extension in the first instance, all your existing Facebook cookies and data will be deleted.

顧名思義，Facebook的容器外掛程式是一個容器——你可以從一個 巨大的穀倉(silo) 裡進入Facebook，而這個巨大的穀倉(silo)與你的其他流覽器斷開連接。當你安裝完擴衝插件後，所有現有的Facebook cookie和資料都將被刪除。

When you next go to log in to Facebook, the site will load in a separate blue-colored tab, which serves as the “container.”

當你下次登錄Facebook的時候，網站將會載入一個單獨的藍色標籤，作為“容器”。

If you interact with a Facebook share button from within another Firefox tab it will load within the Facebook Container tab, but Facebook will know that you have interacted with that third-party website. It’s also worth noting here that Facebook comments and Like buttons on websites in other tabs won’t work, and you may also encounter problems if you try to log in to a website using your Facebook credentials on third-party websites.

如果你從另一個Firefox選項卡中與一個Facebook共用按鈕進行交互，它將載入Facebook的Container選項卡，但是Facebook會知道你已經和第三方的廠商網站進行了互動。同樣值得注意的是，Facebook的評論和其他選項卡上的按鈕不會起作用，如果你試圖登錄一個在第三方的廠商網站上使用你的Facebook，你可能也會遇到問題。

While it’s true that you can already browse privately in Firefox via a “private window,” doing so means that you will access all websites in that mode, not just Facebook. The add-on is purely about keeping Facebook from tracking you passively as you shift from website to website, though as noted it may “break” some Facebook Platform features that you have become accustomed to using on third-party sites. But hey, you can’t have it all ways.

雖然你確實可以通過“私人視窗”在Firefox中隱私瀏覽(應該類似無痕)，但這樣做意味著你仍進入過各種你點進的網站中，而不僅僅是Facebook。這款外掛程式純粹是為了讓Facebook不能全面的追蹤掌握你所有的瀏覽紀錄，你的隱私不會讓臉書全部知道，儘管它可能會“打破”一些你已經習慣了在第三方的廠商網站上使用的Facebook平臺功能。但是，你不可能有所有的方法。

Today’s announcement comes a month after Google rolled out a new filter within Chrome to block ads that don’t comply with standards set out by the Coalition for Better Ads. Last week, Mozilla announced its 2018 roadmap for Firefox, which also includes a blocker for “bad ads,” as well as other tools to prevent autoplaying video and provide breach alerts, something the company had previously tested.

今天的聲明是一個月前,谷歌推出了一個新的篩檢程式在Chrome阻止廣告不符合標準設定的廣告。上周,Mozilla Firefox宣佈其2018年的規劃,該公司之前測試的像是一個攔截器”壞廣告”,以及其他工具來防止播放視頻和提供違約警報。

The Facebook Container add-on fits into that broader scheme of things, insofar as Mozilla wants to position Firefox as a privacy- and security-focused browser. And what better way to capitalize on Facebook’s current privacy scandal than by launching an add-on that promises to keep the company from tracking you?

Facebook的“容器附加元件”符合這一更廣泛的計畫，因為Mozilla希望將Firefox定位為隱私和安全的流覽器。還有什麼更好的方法來利用Facebook目前的隱私醜聞，推出一款可以不讓臉書跟蹤你的瀏覽器外掛呢?

“There’s an important conversation going on right now about the power that companies like Facebook wield over our lives,” Firefox VP Nick Nguyen said in a blog post. “These businesses are built on technology platforms that are so complex, it’s unreasonable to expect users to fully understand the implications of interacting with them. As a user of the internet, you deserve a voice and should be able to use the internet on your own terms.”

火狐副總裁Nick Nguyen在一篇貼文中說:“現在有一場重要的對話正在進行，關於像是Facebook這樣的公司對我們的生活有什麼影響。”“這些事業是建立在複雜的技術平臺之上的，指望用戶完全理解與他們互動的影響是不合理的。”作為一名網路使用者，你應該有發言權，能夠按照自己的方式使用網路。

原英文網址: https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/02/mcafee-finds-that-gamers-are-strong-candidates-for-cybersecurity-jobs/

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