短評：湊佳苗《藍寶石》

本來就不那麼喜歡短篇集，看完第一篇後有點後悔：什麼，不是長篇呀？……抱著想盡快看完的心態讀下去，沒想到讀到最後一篇書就放不下來，最後幾頁還被打動到。意料外的好看。

No Easy Day

內容詳盡而不失趣味，常常看到一半噗嗤笑了出來，而且敘述得很流暢，人物寫得很生動，書本打開後就不會想停下。實在很想多知道一點關於 “Jen” 的事 (忍不住會將 Zero Dark Thirty 裡的 Maya 投射上去)。不知作者寫完這本書，是否會受到圈內的人排擠或抱怨？不過要抱怨的話，不如抱怨美國政府。任務結束以後消息一直爆出來，資料洩漏得不遺餘力。

My Sister’s Keeper

我很喜歡 Campbell 跟 Julia 的那幾段。我很喜歡 Julia 替廚房的家電命名。很喜歡關於 Dr. Neaux 的那幾個笑話。很喜歡 Anna。可是，當 Brian 的傳呼機響了以後，不知道為什麼，我就是知道最後結局會怎樣……結局實在是太傷心了，Kate 的每字每句……本來不想再看一遍的，不過現在正在看第三遍了……

聽說拍成電影了。對 Cameron Díaz 沒什麼期待。到暑假的時候再看看吧。

薄伽梵歌

我很喜歡這本書。每次念完後，就像充完電一樣，變得更有自信，更加清楚自己該做什麼。拋棄利益，拋棄成見，拋棄得失。拋棄對行為結果的執著吧！

關於【薄伽梵歌】：薄伽梵歌 - 維基百科

Started Learning Korean | 我學韓文的第一步

Language: English | 中文

When I was in junior high, I always wanted to learn Korean. And finally, last week, I bought a book and started learning Korean.

This is the book:

莎郎嘿喲！韓語 I Love Korean!

I like this book. Basically, every Korean sentence is accompanied by a Romanized transcript and the same sentence with Chinese characters. And most importantly, a CD is provided.

Thanks to that CD, I found more than ten mistakes in the pronunciation guide section. Here, I am going to list some of them:

Vowels:

1. ㅓ can be [ɔ] and [ʌ], rather than just [ɔ].
2. Similarly, ㅕ can be [jɔ] and [jʌ], rather than just [jɔ].
3. ㅡ sounds more like [ɨ]. Definitely not [ʌ]!
4. I know that nowadays most people pronounce ㅚ as [we], however, the speaker recorded pronounces it as [ø].
5. ㅢ sounds [ɨi] to me. Definitely not [ui]!

Consonants:

1. When ㅅ is followed by [j] or [i], it becomes [ɕ] (like x/ㄒ in Mandarin), rather than [ʃ].
2. ㅈ can be [tɕ] and [dʑ], rather than [tʃ] and [dʒ]!
3. ㅊ should be [tɕ^h]. Not [tʃ^h]!
4. ㅃ, ㅉ, ㄸ, ㄲ, and ㅆ represent consonants produced with more tense, rather than making them voiced.

But, anyway, it is a good book, for beginners like me. Perhaps I will take a Korean Beginner course at university, since I found Korean language quite fun and enjoyable.

其實從國中開始就想要學韓文了，但直到上週，買了一本書後，才算真正地開始起來。

這本書蠻不錯的：

莎郎嘿喲！韓語 I Love Korean!

我喜歡它的一點是，每句韓文，都會附上羅馬字母的表音，以及加上了漢字的原文。而且，很重要的一點是，還附上了一張 CD。

因為那張 CD，我在「發音簡介」那一部份裡，找出超過十個錯處……這裡先列一些出來好了……

母音：

1. ㅓ 的發音應該是 [ɔ] 或是 [ʌ]，而不單單是 [ɔ]；
2. 同樣地，ㅕ 應該是 [jɔ] 或是 [jʌ]，而不單單是 [jɔ]；
3. ㅡ 聽起來比較像是 [ɨ]；絕對不會是 [ʌ]！
4. 我知道現在大部份的人都會將 ㅚ 發成 [we]，可是錄音裡的人是將 ㅚ 發成 [ø] 的。
5. ㅢ 聽起來比較像是 [ɨi] 喔！怎麼會是 [ui] 呢？

子音：

1. 當 ㅅ 在 [j] 或是 [i] 前的時候，發音會變成 [ɕ] (就像國語裡的 x/ㄒ)，而不是 [ʃ]；
2. ㅈ 的發音是 [tɕ] 以及 [dʑ]，而不是 [tʃ] 以及 [dʒ]！
3. ㅊ 應該是 [tɕ^h]，而不是 [tʃ^h]！
4. ㅃ、ㅉ、ㄸ、ㄲ、ㅆ 是表示發音時比較強列、比較緊，而不是單單把清音變成濁音啊！

不過不管如何，這本書還是蠻不錯的，只是有點很入門就是了。現在想說，接下來的那個學期，是不是應該在大學上一上韓文課呢？呵呵，其實韓文並沒有想像中令人討厭嘛。

When I was in junior high, I always wanted to learn Korean. And finally, last week, I bought a book and started learning Korean.

This is the book:

莎郎嘿喲！韓語 I Love Korean!

I like this book. Basically, every Korean sentence is accompanied by a Romanized transcript and the same sentence with Chinese characters. And most importantly, a CD is provided.

Thanks to that CD, I found more than ten mistakes in the pronunciation guide section. Here, I am going to list some of them:

Vowels:

1. ㅓ can be [ɔ] and [ʌ], rather than just [ɔ].
2. Similarly, ㅕ can be [jɔ] and [jʌ], rather than just [jɔ].
3. ㅡ sounds more like [ɨ]. Definitely not [ʌ]!
4. I know that nowadays most people pronounce ㅚ as [we], however, the speaker recorded pronounces it as [ø].
5. ㅢ sounds [ɨi] to me. Definitely not [ui]!

Consonants:

1. When ㅅ is followed by [j] or [i], it becomes [ɕ] (like x/ㄒ in Mandarin), rather than [ʃ].
2. ㅈ can be [tɕ] and [dʑ], rather than [tʃ] and [dʒ]!
3. ㅊ should be [tɕ^h]. Not [tʃ^h]!
4. ㅃ, ㅉ, ㄸ, ㄲ, and ㅆ represent consonants produced with more tense, rather than making them voiced.

But, anyway, it is a good book, for beginners like me. Perhaps I will take a Korean Beginner course at university, since I found Korean language quite fun and enjoyable.