Sunday, May 25, 2008

Open or Close? | 開口或閉口?

Language: English | 中文
Recently, I tried to find out the meaning of the song, Un'Emergenza D'Amore, an Italian song of Laura Pausini.

I found out that, everytime I heard the line: Dentro le mie tasche, ovunque andrai, I heard a lovely sound from the word dentro. I spent little time to figure which part, and finally, it was the e of the syllable den-.

Then, it became quite confused. Was it an open e? Or, was it a close e sound? I decided that, though not 100% sure, it was a close e becuase it didn't match it when I tried to make it an open e.

You know, Italians are genius. They are native Italian Phonology Masters. Italian word doesn't have any accent on the stressed syllable, except that if it is the last syllable, to tell whether the vowel is open or close. Even so, just pay attention next time, you will find that they pronouce each word correctly. Open or close vowel, single or geminated consonants, 100% correct, no mistakes.

Of course Laura is one of the native masters. But anyway, I searched the word dentro from the online dictionary De Mauro (link), to make sure if I was correct, and, yes, I got déntro.

Amazing. I was impressed by their genius, again, and also, by the lovely sound of the word dentro. Just heavenly. Divina!

Saturday, May 24, 2008

中『頭』獎了

今天跟著球隊去比賽。到了賽場後,大家先練習練習,熱一熱身。

太陽很大,超熱的,練完後,就到樹蔭下坐下。坐著坐著,一位學長過來,坐我旁邊。然後,跟我說:
「咦,哩位同學,你好似中佐『頭』獎 wo~」
(咦,這位同學,你好像中了『頭』獎了喔~ ^ ^)
那個當下我還不是很懂,他告訴我,手撥一撥頭。撥了,他說不是那裡;還有。嗯,撥到了,看一看,鳥糞……

各位怕禽流感嗎?呵呵,一生人有幾次機會,會給人屎噴在頭上的呢?

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

“Je suis allé en Taiwan.”

Language: English | 中文
During the french class this afternoon, our professor, François, asked us what we had done the last big big vacation.

"Je suis allé en Taiwan," I began. Then, as what I expected, he said helpfully, "À Taiwan."

I didn't repeat it. I kept moving on. In my opinion, à Taiwan is not correct.
  • Using en implies Taiwan is a country, and à implies that it is a city, district, etc.

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Righty? Lefty? | 左撇?右撇?

Language: English | 中文
Monday, during the football class, when I was practicing kicking long ball, something happened. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't make the ball fly. Maybe just ten to fifteen meters, then the ball started falling, hitting the ground, then it began bouncing and rolling.

I couldn't believe it. It was my right foot! How come? And what was more, my right foot didn't feel right. It started aching, its ankle. Oh, my my...

So, I tried it with my left foot. At first, I just kept kicking it wide. But after few tries, well, suprisingly, I started to do it well. As if it was just a piece of cake! I just learnt how to kick the ball to the sky, all of a sudden, and by myself.

That was really odd. I am supposed to be a righty, although I use left foot to jump and left hand to bat and to use fork (and I occasionally use chopsticks with my left hand).

So, this afternoon, I told my friend about this. He said, well, you are a lefty. No, I'm not, and this is really full of it. I am having a test about kicking long ball and shooting penalty and something this Thursday. I only can hope my right foot will cure itself by that day. I don't know how to shoot penalty with my left foot...

Friday, March 28, 2008

一月份所看電影清單 | The Movies I saw in January

以下是一月份所看的片單 (發在這邊的)
  • Atonement (2008)

    今年難得的文藝好片……結局很強,相當感人、有力的電影。第一次看電影看到眼淚滴下來……

    2008-01-03
  • Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

    白痴智障到不行的片,彈琴那段笑得我好辛苦 XDDD

    2008-01-08
  • Joyeux Noël (2005)

    充滿人性的片子,還蠻感人的……用一波又一波的人性,一次又一次的「人」,打動著你……音樂也是,很感人 (像是 Adeste Fideles,還有 I'm Dreaming of Home)

    此外,本片還可以讓你同時練習法文、德文、英文 (英國口音、蘇格蘭口音、歐洲人口音) 的聽力,外加一些些的拉丁文,一舉多得。

    不過想抱怨一下的是,演員就是演不出在唱歌的感覺,產生了一種距離感,可惜 (聲樂的部份是用配的)

    另外,裡面有 Diane Kruger 喔!Daniel Brühl 我整個沒認出來,留了鬍子就變成熟了……

    2008-01-09
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

    為什麼 Arwen's Song 沒有收在 OST 裡呢?

    這次終於看到 AragornBlack Gate 前戴著 Evenstar 的畫面了,不然想說摔碎掉的那一幕明明是幻象,怎麼到後面就真的不見了……原來一直都被衣服遮住,只有一兩幕可以清楚看到,真的很難找……

    Aragorn 說了 "For Frodo." 後,獨自衝過去,然後 PippinMerry 看到後跟著,然後其他人都一起衝過去那幕,很讚!

    2008-01-13
  • The Science of Sleep (2006)

    有些地方還蠻搞笑的;結局很棒喔!喜歡 Gael García Bernal 的可以看看喔;看了這幾年他演過的角色,真的是越來越喜歡這位演員了。Charlotte Gainsbourg 蠻像她爸的,同時間還有她媽媽開始老的時候的那種韻味;戲裡跟 García Bernal 演得很對味,表現得很棒!

    2008-01-16
  • Cloverfield (2008)

    看完後,真的覺得……(Spoilers:主角他們是狗屎運嗎,超人喔……有夠神;另外,開直昇機那個人是智障喔,活該……)

    很喜歡裡面的 Marlena

    這套片應該會蠻感人的吧?建議一個人去看,還有,不要坐太前 XDDD

    2008-01-18
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

    一向都蠻喜歡看 Will Ferrell 演戲的;看到 "Ali G" 算是個驚喜吧,認不出來 XDD

    有吻戲!有吻戲!XDD

    2008-01-23
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

    Cate Blanchett 表現得很好!

    基本上這套電影有點比較像是在敘述一段故事一樣,這一件事情發生了,就到下一件……然後戰爭,然後結局。不過還是要重申,Cate 真的演得很好,引發很多的化學作用,使得這套電影變得深厚很多;另外我很喜歡 "Sir Francis" 那鎮靜的臉~

    2008-01-24
  • Stardust (2007)

    關於這套電影,以後會另闢一篇來談談……

    嗯,在家看的話,就是得用 5.1,把音量調大,才會幸福啊!今年超完美的生日禮物!

    2008-01-17, 2008-01-26
  • Look at me (2004)

    老實說,有的畫面我笑出來了 XD

    2008-01-26

基本上,一月份是看了蠻多電影的。原因是,剛開學,而且發現到學校圖書館裡其實藏了蠻多好電影的,所以,常常沒課沒事幹的時候,就會看部電影……最近倒是沒那麼快活了 orz