可以講 an #ask、a #tell,係名詞
//明報英文 | 毛孟靜
To ask、to tell 大家都識得,屬小學程度、簡單不過的詞語,I will ASK him to TELL me about it.
我會去問他,着他告訴我。
不過,這些平易的字,常常會另有用法,別有深意。譬如說,一樣是 to ask,以下這一句,就跟一般的「問」不一樣了:Is that too much to ask?
上述這句話表達懊惱不忿,旨在反問:不過是冀望一點簡單的什麼,這樣的要求也算苛刻?例如:
* I just want you to be on time. Is that too much to ask? 我不過想你準時,這要求過份嗎?
而to tell,亦可解作to have an effect(產生效果):
* She's been under a lot of stress and it's starting to tell. 她一直承受頗多壓力,後遺症開始浮現。
而把ask 和 tell 變做名詞,成為an ask、a tell,又是另一個故事了。
初遇 an ask,自然而然地會以為這是潮語,不對呢,原來早已在古英語(Old English)出現。今日的an ask,基本上等於 a request,一項請求。
* I realise it's a big ask, but I hope you can do it. 我知道這是一項很大的要求,但希望你能做到。
有說,新世代的 an ask 源自金融行業的 bid and ask:bid是買家願意購入的最高限價;ask則是賣家願意出售的最低叫價。An ask在30年前左右開始流行,但至今仍然給視為口頭俚語,不能入文。
* It is a big ask for him to go and stand there for 90 minutes.要他站足90分鐘,是過份要求了。
《牛津字典》說,ask 在新時代作為名詞,通常前面會加 big、huge 或tough 一類的形容詞,意思係something that is a lot to ask of someone(對人有過份要求),或something difficult to achieve(難以滿足的要求),如同文首的Is that too much to ask?
而 a tell 的用法就比較有迹可尋。現成的形容詞是 tell-tale,代表突顯、展示及「露出馬腳」之意:
There was the tell-tale bulge of a concealed weapon in his pocket. 他口袋鼓起一角,分明就藏了一件武器。
另有 a tell in poker,是指玩撲克——又叫 show hand(「沙蟹」)——之際,神色姿態露出端倪,讓對家知道底牌。
* I never played poker, so I never learned to read a tell. 我不玩「沙蟹」,所以不會觀貌察色。
* A player gains an advantage if he understands the meaning of another player's tell. 若能從對家神態動作「讀心」,就可佔上風。
* I looked for a gesture, a tone of voice, a "tell" that would tell if he was the killer. 我尋找一個姿勢,一種聲調,一點「蛛絲馬迹 」來定奪他是否就是兇手。//
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後遺症in english 在 謙預 Qianyu.sg Facebook 的最讚貼文
【公益影片】A VIDEO TO HELP CHILDREN
(English writing below)
2017年七月,我第一次從客人那兒認識到川崎症,覺得這甚少被人認識的幼童病症極為恐怖,於是寫了篇貼文。當時我只有兩百多位臉書朋友,結果這貼文被許多父母在臉書上分享了74次。
在新加坡,每年200位幼童會患此病。此病容易被當成普通發燒來治,而誤了治療的黃金時段。有的病兒因此而死亡,有的康復後有會一輩子都有後遺症。
今年讀到在新加坡有更多孩童患了川崎症,便上Youtube搜索,發現沒多少簡而易懂的英文影片介紹這病症。目前的都是由醫療人員所拍,因此Youtube演算法一般不會把這類的影片推薦給一般的觀眾。
今年底或明年初,我會把這貼文拍成影片放在我的頻道上: 謙預。我的觀眾群,大多是有幼童的家長,希望不同的風格,有助於更多人在Youtube上能認識到川崎症。
兩年前那貼文引來了很多母親來聯絡我,並提供孩子的八字供我研究。非常感謝妳們。如果父母們也想與我一同讓更多人認識川崎症,歡迎私訊我你們孩子患川崎症時的徵兆照片。 別擔心,我不會用這影片來做個人謀利。
帶大一個孩子很不容易,有了正確知識,願這育兒的路上爸爸媽媽們都能走得更平坦,孩子平安長大。謝謝你們!
2017年7月的貼文:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155691351334614&set=a.10151679991989614&type=3&theater
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In July 2017, I first heard of Kawasaki Disease from a client. I realised how little known this terrifying disease is and hence wrote a post to introduce it. I only had about 200+ FB friends at that time, but that post got shared 74 times over Facebook.
Every year in Singapore, 200 young children get infected with Kawasaki Disease. This illness is often misdiagnosed as the common fever, hence sometimes missing the golden period to seek the right treatment. There are children in Singapore who had died from this disease, while others who recovered suffer from aftereffects in their hearts.
When I read more news about Kawasaki Disease getting more prevalent this year, I went to Youtube to do a search "Kawasaki Disease". To my surprise, I realised there were not many English videos which makes Kawasaki Disease easy to understand.
Most of the English videos on Youtube are shot by medical personnel mainly Westerners, hence it is highly unlikely that the Youtube algorithm will recommend this category of videos to the general audience, especially those in Singapore.
By this year end or early next year, I will make a video out of my 2017 post and upload it on my Youtube channel: QIANYUSG. My audience is mainly parents with young children. Hopefully with a different presentation style, this will help more people to know about Kawasaki Disease on Youtube.
When I posted that post two years ago, many mothers contacted me and provided me with their children's Bazi for my study. Thank you so much. If parents of children with Kawasaki disease wish to assist me in this initiative, you are welcome to send me photos of your children when they were showing symptoms. Don't worry, I will not use this video for monetisation objectives.
It is very tough to bring up a child. With the right knowledge, may more parents find it easier to raise their kids. May all children grow up healthy and safe.
My post in July 2017:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155691351334614&set=a.10151679991989614&type=3&theater
後遺症in english 在 玳瑚師父 Master Dai Hu Facebook 的最佳貼文
【玳瑚師父客人見證】《怎樣才能在一年之內把您收入增加8倍》
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR INCOME 8X WITHIN 1 YEAR (English version below)
文 / 李承修先生 Written by: Mr Lee Cheng Xiu
我在2017年中期的免費超市購物活動中,第一次見到玳瑚師父。我能接觸到玳瑚師父是由於上了季謙師姐的風水課程,而過後看到她在臉書上的帖子。我想首先感謝師姐讓我能認識到這一位能改善我的命運的一位師父。
我認識玳瑚師父時,祇不過是個沒什麼錢的大學生。當時,我剛開始學習怎樣做網上銷售。和很多剛開始的人一樣,那時我不是做得很好。雖然已經花了不少錢購買在線課程和請導師教導,但是仍然沒有什麼恆持的成績。
這一切都在我到文華東方酒店,首次參加了玳瑚師父餐會,大約一個星期後而改變。我聽取玳瑚師父的建議,更換了對我八字有利的手機和電腦的壁紙後,在四個小時之內得到我這一生的第一個訂單。接下來的幾個月裡,我的電子商店產生的收入,足夠支付我那學期的學校費用。
採取師父的建議,讓我在2018一年之內把收入增加大概8倍。我想用這個見證來表達我的感謝,並分享玳瑚師父幫助我的方式。
#1: 準確的預測
在2017年的一場餐會後,師父預言:我在2017年九月的收入將是我那一年的高峰。那時,我的網店訂單每個月都在增兩倍,所以我無法想像會如何發生。果真,我10月的收入真的比9月的還要低。而在2017年十一月中,因為自己粗心大意造成多個疏忽,必須把網店關閉及買掉。所以九月真的是我收入最高的那一月。
我在2018年頭,元旦過後,在機場與玳瑚師父見面時。他根據我的房屋平面圖,準確地說出我們搬入這家後的家運和家人的行為。他還依照我家的平面圖和我的八字,做了幾個預言。
在2018年年底,我回顧了一下,這些預言和之前師父說的搬家後的改變都非常的準。
他特別提醒我在2018年裡,不要不要做任何人的擔保人。在他告訴我的兩天後,我收到了一位朋友的電話。這朋友希望我在他新成立的公司擔任董事職務,因為他需要一位新加坡籍的公司董事。 想到師父兩天前的提醒,我拒絕了。
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#2: 慷慨
我在年頭參加了師父舉辦的拜天公活動。由於那時有點吝嗇,我祇準備了少許的供品。其他參與者的供品還沒燒完一半,我就已經把自己帶來的供品燒完了。看到我空手站著時,師父大方的給了我一堆供品,希望我能因此得到福報而回饋社會與眾生。
相關貼文: https://www.facebook.com/masterdaihu/videos/1394812880630258/
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#3: 風水佈局
在2018年農歷新年後的一次餐會上,玳瑚師父教了我們四個參與者一個簡單的風水佈局,可以在我們的家中擺設。這個佈局的用意是為了幫助財富,並且可以通過一些經濟實惠的常見雜貨物品,快速輕鬆地建立起來。
我2018年初從頭開始設立新網店,所以業務做得並不好。 但每當我更新這個佈局,一定會最少得到一兩個訂單。我在整個2018年裡保持了這個佈局,相信這有助於我收入的增加。
相關貼文:
https://www.facebook.com/masterdaihu/photos/a.678706218907598/1389735174471362/
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#4: 穿著建議
在餐會中,玳瑚師父會提供給我和其他參與者,有利於我們的各種服裝品牌的建議。 這些建議都是根據我們的八字而量身定制。 我的衣櫃以前裝滿了對我不利的衣服,可能這些便讓我一直都感到疲倦。 與同年齡層的人相比,我真的比正常人睡得多。
用對我有利的品牌和顏色,更換了我衣櫃裡大部份的衣物後,我發現自己更有活力,而且我需要睡覺的時間大大減少了。 幾年前在一次事故中折到腿,造成我的膝蓋上會有非常惱人的疼痛。在我改造衣物之後,這後遺症也彷彿在同時間大大減少了。
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#5: 食物建議
我在一次的餐會上而瞭解,我們吃的食物,實際上與我們的身體健康以及財務方面的財富有密切相關。在幾次餐會的過程中,玳瑚師父告訴我一些餐廳、麵包店和咖啡館對我的八字特別有利。當我感覺需要提升自己的運氣時,我會去這些地方吃一些對我比較旺的食物,麵包,飲料等等。確實,我通常會在進食時或之後,看到收入小幅度的增長。至今,我依然經常使用這種方法增財。
在去年的超市購物活動(我第一次見到師父時),他也建議了我應該吃的幾種食物類型,以及一些我應該避免的食物。我關注了我的飲食習慣一陣子後,發現當我遵循師父建議的飲食時,我確實每天工作比較好,感覺比較順利,比較舒服。
由於這些建議,我不得不捨棄我曾經愛過的某些食物,但我發現在經過一段時間不吃它們之後,我不再喜歡它們了。
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#6: 體重建議
在2017年的一次餐會中,玳瑚師父告訴我,我的體重與我的財富有關。師父說當時我的體重太重了,如果我想富裕,我應該努力效仿某位著名中國億萬富翁的體重。
這一點,我回想了我自己的過去,發現它是真的。 我遭遇的任何不幸(例如財富損失等)似乎都發生在我放縱自己,忘記運動的一段時間。
即使在今年,我發現這體重與運氣的相關性依然成立。 當然,在網上銷售,收入必存在一些起伏,但我發現我做得最好的月份是我體重最輕的月份,而賺得最少的時候也是我最重的時候。我在這半年的收入大概有6萬新幣,其中一半是利潤。為了答謝師父給我的指點,帶來那麼多的利益,我在年初給了師父一個紅包。
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我希望這個見證可以鼓勵任何尋求明確前進道路的人,與玳瑚師父聯繫。 很難找到具有這種成就水平的師父,願意通過餐會提供幫助。
我當時願意把師父的數百篇臉書文章都閱讀與按贊完,是因為我覺得師父的建議非常實際。加上,還有季謙師姐的推薦。當時,我覺得他是一位我可以學習的人,我心想反正讀完這些文章只需要一兩天的時間,不妨去讀,會對我有幫助。
但是,在與師父溝通時要記住你的禮貌,並遵守諾言。 這是我自己正在努力改進的地方。
感謝您的閱讀,我希望這見證對您有幫助。
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I met Master Dai Hu for the first time in the middle of 2017, at a free grocery shopping event that he held. I originally came into contact with Master Dai Hu after attending Ji Qian’s workshop and viewing one of the Facebook posts that she shared, so I’d like to thank her for connecting me with this Master who has changed my life.
When I first met Master Dai Hu in 2017, I was a poor student starting out with my online business. Like most people just starting out, I was not doing very well. Despite spending a sizable sum on mentors and courses, I was still not able to generate revenue sustainably. This changed approximately 1 week after I met Master Dai Hu, after my first meal session with him at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. I generated my first sale on my ecommerce store around 4 hours after heeding his advice to change my phone and laptop wallpapers to something more favourable to my Bazi chart. In the months following, my ecommerce store managed to provide me with enough income to cover my expenses for the school term.
Following Master Dai Hu’s advice, I managed to increase my revenue by approximately 8 times in the year 2018. I’d like to use this testimonial to express my gratitude and also to share the ways in which Master Dai Hu has helped me.
#1:ACCURATE PREDICTIONS
After a meal session in August 2017, Master predicted that my income in the month of September 2017 would be the highest for the year. At that point my little store was doubling in revenue every month, so I didn’t see how that would play out. True enough, my revenue for October 2017 was lower than September 2017, and I had to shut down and sell the store website in mid-November 2017 due to multiple oversights on my end. Hence, indeed September was my highest income for 2017.
After a meal session in August 2017, Master predicted that my income in the month of September 2017 would be the highest for the year. At that point my little store was doubling in revenue every month, so I didn’t see how that would play out. True enough, my revenue for October 2017 was lower than September 2017, and I had to shut down and sell the store website in mid-November 2017 due to multiple oversights on my end. Hence, indeed September was my highest income for 2017.
I also met Master Dai Hu at the airport in early 2018, right after the Gregorian New Year. He made several deductions about events that occurred after we moved into the house, with respect to my family’s behaviour and luck.
He made multiple future predictions based on my house floor plan and my personal Bazi. Looking back at the end of 2018, these predictions (as well as the historial deductions) have been very accurate.
He specifically warned me not to be a guarantor for anybody this year. 2 days after he told me that, I received a call from a friend who wanted me to assume a directorship in his newly incorporated company as he needed a Singaporean company director. In light of the suggestion just 2 days past, I refused.
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#2: GENEROSITY
During the offering ceremony for the Jade Emperor organised by Master Dai Hu in early 2018, I brought a rather small amount of offerings due to my stinginess. I had finished burning all of the things I had brought before the other participants at the event had even finished burning half of theirs. Seeing that I had nothing left, Master Dai Hu generously gave me a large bundle of his own offerings. He hoped that with the good fortune I received, I would give back to the society and sentient beings.
Related: https://www.facebook.com/masterdaihu/videos/1394812880630258/
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#3: FENG SHUI FORMATIONS
At a meal session right after the Chinese New Year in 2018, Master Dai Hu taught 4 of us participants a simple Feng Shui formation that could be set up in our homes. The formation was meant to help with wealth, and it could be set up very quickly and easily with a few affordable common grocery items.
I was restarting my store from scratch earlier this year, so my store wasn’t doing very well. But I would invariably get a few sales on my normally desolate store each time I refreshed the formation.
I kept the formation in place throughout this year, and I believe it can be credited with my increased revenue.
Related: https://www.facebook.com/masterdaihu/photos/a.678706218907598/1389735174471362/
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#4: SUGGESTIONS ON CLOTHING
During meal sessions, Master Dai Hu would give myself and other participants suggestions on the types of clothing brands that are favourable for us. These suggestions are personalised based on our Bazi. My wardrobe was previously filled with items of clothing that were unfavourable to me, which could have been causing me to feel tired all the time. I was sleeping much more than was normal for someone my age at that point.
After replacing most of my wardrobe with my favourable brands and colours, I find myself more energetic, and the hours I need to sleep have been greatly reduced. The extremely annoying pain in my knee (the result of breaking my leg in an accident several years back) also seems to have been greatly reduced around the time I revamped my wardrobe.
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#5: SUGGESTIONS ON FOOD
I learned in a meal session that the food we eat is actually quite closely tied to both our physical health, as well as our fortune in financial matters. Over the course of several meal sessions, Master Dai Hu told me about a certain restaurant, bakery and cafe that were particularly favourable for my Bazi. I would go to these places to consume the food when I felt like I needed a little boost. True enough, I would usually see a small spike in revenue during or right after my visit to these places. I still use this method very often.
During the grocery shopping event (the first time I met Master), he also enlightened me on several food types that I should be having more of, as well as some foods that I should be avoiding as much as possible. I tracked my diet intake for a bit, and I found that I really do work and feel better when I follow the diet suggested by Master.
I had to eliminate certain foods that I used to love because of these recommendations, but I find that after a certain amount of time not eating them, I don’t really like them any more.
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#6: SUGGESTIONS ON WEIGHT
During a meal session in 2017, Master Dai Hu told me that my weight was correlated with my fortune. I was told that I weighed too much at the time, and that I should strive to emulate the frame of a certain well known Chinese billionaire if I wanted to prosper.
I thought about this for a bit, and found it to be true based on my own history. Whatever misfortunes I suffered (such as loss of wealth etc) seemed to occur at points in which I had let myself go and forgot to exercise for a period of time.
I find this weight-luck correlation to be true even this year. Granted, there is some variability in income for online businesses, but I find that the months in which I do the best are the months in which I weigh the least, and vice versa.
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I hope that this testimonial can encourage anyone seeking clarity for the path ahead to reach out to Master Dai Hu. It is extremely rare to find a Master with this level of attainment who would be willing to help through his learning sessions. My total revenue for the year was approximately 60,000SGD, with about half of that being profit. To thank Master for the pointers given and to show my appreciation for all the lessons he has provided, I gave a red packet to him when I met him earlier this year.
I was willing to read and click Like on hundreds of Master’s article posts on Facebook, because I felt that the suggestions he provided were extremely practical and easy to use. Moreover, he was recommended by Ji Qian. Back then, I felt like he was someone I could learn from, and that I would benefit from reading the articles that he had written. Besides, it would only take me a day or two at most to finish reading and liking all the articles, so I really didn’t have anything to lose.
However, do remember to mind your manners when communicating with Master, and keep your promises. This is something that I, myself, am trying to improve on currently.
Thank you for reading, and I hope this was helpful 😀
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