在澳洲認識了一個英國人Chris,有陣子他跟我說,hey, touch my balls。
Left Chris, right Jeremey.
可能是受到Team America的影響吧,他很喜歡balls。

本來我不知道怎麼回答,還好後來看South Park學到一句:
I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.
意思是,就算拿著十尺長的竿子,我也不想碰。
當有某個話題你不想談,可能很噁心或太爭議性了,你就可以用這句。
所以之後我回他一句:I won't touch your balls even with a hundred-foot pole.哈哈。
From left: Hannah, Jeremey, Chris(England), Chris(Australia).
這兩位Chris有英語教師資格,現在正在韓國教書,類似那種英語體驗營吧,上課教些專門學科(例如商業相關課程),用英語教學。
真是羨慕,跟世界各國的老師一起,開party。
2009/01/26
I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
標籤: Learning English
2009/01/17
遇強則強
在2007年底剛到澳洲時,英文是很破爛的,單字量不足,聽力超差,開口說句話要想個好半天結結巴巴。後來到了Echuca工作,跟大家聊天才慢慢有所進步。
一開始都找亞洲人哈啦,算是起步走吧,大家英文差不多,說說談談比較沒有心理障礙。
左June(韓),後Elle(韓),右Madoca(日),前Tsukasa(日)。
之後我也不常跟外國人交談,講個半天pardon了好幾次,也沒講到什麼有營養的內容,真是慚愧,要不得的想法啊,跨不出第一步要怎麼進步呢?後來在某一次因緣際會下,被兩個酒鬼推入火坑,眼花耳熱後,意氣素霓生,大概喝醉後膽子大了,跟他們混熟了聊開了,就啥米攏不驚囉。哈哈哈。
中Chris(英),右Chris(澳)。
認識了很多人,真是美好的回憶啊。
漸漸地感覺自己英文聽說有進步了,不過後來發現一件事,當跟英語系國家的人聊天時,感覺很棒很順,狀況好的話,聊到愉快的點會一起笑出來,不會有慢半拍的情況,那種感覺差很多,就好像講電話時如果delay產生的彆扭感;可是跟亞洲人講話時,不管他的程度跟我比起來高或低,我不由自主的會懷疑,發音清楚嗎?這樣說他聽得懂嗎?單字他會嗎?一瞬間好像我的程度降低三十趴,自己都不知道自己在說什麼。
左一跟左三這兩位日本女生英文很好,除了有在語言學校待過外,我想最重要的是,她們常常跟外國人開party!
莫非這就是所謂的遇強則強遇弱則弱,果然跟非英語系國家的人講話不會進步啊。
標籤: Learning English
2009/01/12
From Malta
At my last few days in Sydney before came back home, I met a guy from Malta.
What? Malta? Oh, my god. It's near to the Sicilia which is near to Italy.
Left one is Robert.
Robert from Malta, Marie from Germany.
We had lived together in an shareroom in Sydney for a week. I was surprised that he knew this shareroom because usually only Taiwan know it. He got the information from his Taiwanese friends he met in Western Australia. Wow, strangely, he met many Taiwanese there instead Japanese or Koreans. I also met some Taiwanese in that shareroom, but the girl I asked for sending me photos didn't do me the favor. So no pictures, sigh.
As you can tell, they are a couple.
He give me a name card of him and her. Hey, there are his XBOX 360 and Wii account on the card. And he bought XBOX 360 and played it in the shareroom. Haha. I met several backpackers who carried PS2 or Wii or XBOX around traveling. Pretty good. Playing it with roommates immediately shortens the distance between strangers.
They are still in Sydney and they saw New Year fireworks.

Nice to meet you, Robert and Marie.