關於 perseverance pronunciation ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

我們到底應該用哪一種英文口音溝通?

真的要看同學的目的和說話場合是什麼。

若是為了跟聽眾產生共鳴，那可能用他們熟悉的口音和說話方式，你說的話才會直達到他們的心坎裡。

同學來看一下Presentality分析李光耀 (新加坡開國最主要的領導人)與人民溝通的方式和他選擇使用的口音。

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📌 不知為何，幾天前我的 Youtube 突然推薦了前新加坡總理李光耀 (Lee Kuan Yew) 接受西方媒體採訪的影片。

我知道很多名人說李光耀是他們最敬佩的領導人之一，但我從來沒看過他說話的影片， 我就決定來看看他是否真的很會溝通。

結果，我的天啊，太強大了。

就算影片是幾十年前的，影像跟聲音的畫質都不是很好，你還是可以感受到他講話的力道、威嚴、還有魅力:

https://youtu.be/VexrmTacOAA

我們就來解析他的一些溝通及說話技巧吧。

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📌 如果這是你第一次聽他說話，你第一個注意到的，很可能是他的英文有多流利。畢竟人家可是在英國劍橋大學受教育的，英文根本就是母語。

但除了口音之外，最能展現語文能力的，是他的用字遣詞。

選擇有效的字眼，及潛在意義。

當第一位記者問他，他對美國在越戰使用武力的看法時（有點敏感啊！），他的回答，每個字都選擇的很巧妙。

*我把值得注意的幾個字，用大寫標示起來：

I would like to see a great deal more CAUTION, a more SELECTIVE EXERCISE of your enormous range of weapons you’ve got, and more BRAINS AND FEET — preferably Vietnamese brains and feet — rather than more power and GADGETRY.

他回答這個問題的時候當然要小心，不能過度批評美國政府，所以他選的字，也符合了這位記者想要表達的 “restraint” (克制)

•Caution — 會比 “Should use power more carefully” 要來的更溫和 (你可以自己唸出來看看，連 caution 的字本身都比較柔和)。

•Selective — 他不告訴美國怎麼使用武力，只是說 be selective，就是要選擇性的使用。

•Brains and feet, rather than gadgetry — 這邊也很巧妙，把當地的人，用 brains and feet 來代表，更能強調他們的長處，比 “local people” 更能夠有說服力。而且他選擇 gadgetry — 就是 fancy tools 的意思，但其實就是武器，但如果他說武器就太直白了，說成 “fancy tools” 又可以強調這個的短處，讓人覺得沒錯，brains and feet 確實比較好。

他能夠選擇好的字眼的原因，其中當然有他受過的教育、以及過去累積的經驗。但同樣重要的，是他不疾不徐的風格。

如果我們把他現場說出上面那段話的每個停頓點寫出來，變成分行，會變成這樣：

I would like…

… to see a great deal more caution…
… a more selective exercise of…
your…
enormous range of weapons you’ve got, and uh…
more brains and feet…

他幾乎每幾個字就會停頓一下，不但給自己時間思考，也可以表現出深思熟慮的感覺。

適時的停頓，可以讓你沈穩、有力!

停頓加上強調字眼的力道有多強大，我們看接下來這段就知道了，這也是我整個訪談中最喜歡的一段之一，在影片中的 17分25秒左右開始。

他對記者表示，他這次來美國，是要看美國人對於越戰，是否真的有決心。

我同樣把他停頓的地方分行，而且用大寫，表示他特別強調的字：

You MUST demonstrate, and which…
I’ve really come here to understand better…
is whether YOU…
as a PEOPLE…
have got that resolution (註：不是解決的意思喔，是決心)…
that stamina, that perseverance, AND…
most important of all…
*這裡明顯放慢速度，還對聽眾眨眼一下
infinite patience, AND…
*這裡一個超級長的停頓…
the capacity to hold back…
your desire to settle this quickly and get it over with, because this is a very different kind of war…
The other side is not in uniform. You are.

*還記得我們上次提到的長短句交錯嗎？這一段是不是就有用到這個原則呢？

我相信看上面的一段，就可以感受到他說話的力道，但還是推薦大家去看影片。這段話他 deliver 出去的方式，實在太好了。

尤其是說到 “infinite patience” 的時候，他整個把音拉的超級長，似乎想要讓很長很長的音，來讓聽眾感受到那個 “infinite”。

Note: 這是另一個演講技巧：就是讓你的音調、語氣、音量等等，來傳達字面上的意思。沈重的訊息，就用低沈緩慢的方式來說。要強調時間很長或過的很慢，就把字句的音本身拉長等等。

他連說到這段的時候，臉上的表情都很有趣，好像在跟美國人上一課：

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📌 Speaking the Audience’s Language

李光耀也很會看聽眾來調整自己的溝通方式。

如上面提到，李光耀上面對西方媒體說話的用字，都是比較有學問的，完全展示他的知識水平。畢竟東方人到了西方，不能被看貶。如果他說的是 highly-educated English，西方聽眾會比較覺得 ah he’s on our level!

你看看他對自己生涯的回顧，寫的多文雅：

I am not given to making sense out of life — or coming up with some grand narrative on it — other than to measure it by what you think you want to do in life.

他不是寫 “I don’t try to make sense of life”，而是 “I am not given to making sense out of life”。他還在後面加個 “grand narrative”。滿文學的。

但他跟自己國家的老百姓說話，就不是這樣了，也不能這樣。

把上面他跟西方媒體訪談的英文，與下面這個對新加坡人民做的演說相比，就很明顯了。甚至連口音也變了！

https://youtu.be/bGMKiv8-bzM

開頭他說：

I hope to tell you what merger means, why it’s good for all of us, why it’s coming, and why some people are deliberately creating trouble and difficulty…

很白話文對不對？

他就是一個很會看聽眾說話的人。當地媒體就曾經指出...

📌 完整文章請參考Presentality! Learn from their experience and expertise!

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📌 我以前一直認為，反正新加坡不算個民主，李光耀完全掌權，當然可以照他自己的意思去做事情。但看完這些影片，讀了一些分析，發現我想錯了。

新加坡這麼小的地方，沒什麼資源，周圍環繞著這麼多的勢力，不但有東南亞的大國們，也有外來的勢力：美國、英國、澳洲、日本等等… 他是如何在這麼複雜的歷史背景下，不只持續掌權，生存，而且還打造今天的新加坡？

我相信他的溝通能力，一定是關鍵：對不同的勢力，在不同的時機點，用對的故事跟語言，傳達他需要傳達的訊息。

It’s not just about speaking. It’s about speaking to achieve your goals.

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相關詞彙:

•accent 口音，腔調
•pronunciation 發音
•enunciate 清楚地念（字）；清晰地發（音）
•intonation （尤指對話語意義有影響的）語調，聲調
•intelligibility 可解度，清晰度，可懂度，明瞭度，可理解性

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2023 Year of the Rabbit
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Year of the Horse
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the year of the Rooster
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the year of the Rooster
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Dog - Love Compatibility
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the year of the pig
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【一筆一畫的秘密】THE SECRET IN YOUR NAME
(English writing below)

師父曾說，如果自己運氣不好時，可以多寫自己的名字來補運，但只限吉祥的名字。😁

「李季謙」這名字是我師父取的。我的原名，主頑固，與六親和他人的關係不好。名字裡有帝王之格，很年輕就會做領導性的工作，但帝王帶兵打江山時，必定會有血光之災，會受傷流血，因此原名有開刀住院格，而且到老都是如此。

當時我和師父沒見過面，是我第一次打電話給師父時，他在電話中爲我分析名字。他說的都對。確實在我十二和十三歲時，我的眼睛就已開刀過兩次，還留下疤痕，也因長期腸胃不好曾住院。無論是家裡或外面，人緣都不好。我讀書時，就已被老師認定有領導能力。出來工作時，事業運賺錢能力也扶搖直上。可以說，無論我在哪裡就職，要突顯自己的才幹，得到官位或加薪，從來不是問題。但，一切的好，都必須付出代價。

我原本是單姓單名，父親取的。父親、爺爺、大伯和我妹一樣是單姓單名，很是獨特，令許多人誤以爲我不是新加坡人。因爲名字別緻，又有延續李家傳承的感覺，我告訴師父我不想改名。

師父便笑說是我固執作怪，不要改名的原因不實際。真正要延續家族傳承，讓祖先臉上有光，不是保留個名字就算，而是自己本事做出來的事情。如果自己的名字讓自己一直出事，何來的成就可言，又豈是祖先想看到的？祖先沒讀什麼書，如果懂姓名學，他們怎可能不要我有個好名字助運呢？

我特別喜歡我名字裡的「謙」字。師父說將來我會有大成就（他沒說是哪方面），這字會提醒我不要太驕傲。因爲人紅是非必定多，這「謙」字的甜度，比我原名更討喜，能減少許多別人對我的誤會。

師父取名，甚是用心，有遠見。因為我尚未拜師，根本沒想到自己會做今天這樣的工作。

我的身分證仍然保留原名，算是對祖先的一個交代。但在外和家人之間，都是稱呼我的新名。我覺得就猶如有些人爲自己取洋名一樣，祇是漢字的靈動力遠遠超過英文字母，能夠給予我的加持是非一般的。如果你現在稱呼我的原名，我還會倍感陌生呢！

我改名已13年，確實一年比一年好。

學姓名學，必需先學八字學。因爲名字是後天，八字是先天。名字是用五格來斷吉凶。每個字有自己的五行和音律。讀不懂客人的八字，無法深入知道她他名字的缺憾在哪裡，更沒辦法以一個良名去彌補她他八字的不足。可惜我在姓名學方法沒有天賦。學了許久，能很好的解析一個名字，卻無法爲客人取良名。所以需要改名的客人，我都介紹他們去找師父。

但，人是多疑的，有些祇是空有發財夢，卻並非幹大事的料。

客人中，有些拖了許久，才聯絡師父。如果是爲自己，就算了。但有些是爸爸媽媽級的人物，爲自己的愛情結晶，也依然自私。

事先已告訴某位媽媽，她孩子名字很不吉利，會如何如何，我勸她去找師父改名。她說會來找我看孩子的八字，我笑笑。妳在我面前說的是幾句真話，妳當我真不懂嗎？怕傷了妳的自尊，給面子不說破而已。

後來，幼女真的出事了，她才嘗試聯絡師父，說她認為現在是「好時機」。（不是錢的問題）

母愛，不見得真的是最偉大的。雖然孩子不是她最疼的，如此拿孩子的命運來冒險，也是有過失。

大家要懂，你口中說的「好時機」是你自己的一種感覺，不見得和現實吻合。說不定，因為你的婆媽，你已錯過了最佳的時機了。

另一位男客人，也說他會找師父改名。我一樣笑笑。一個男人，有多少本領，就算沒有照片，在臉書私訊裡講幾句話，我便已知。更何況，我已見過他本人三次。他，最終也沒有找到師父。

改名改命，不是你拿錢給我們，我們就「應該」、「必須」、「肯定」爲你服務。你在一旁偷偷觀察我們時，我們也一樣在觀察你，看你有多少耐力與誠意，看看你會不會去幫助社會。

自古，學風水命理的都知道，客人必須有德，我們才能教他如何改命造命。這是祖師傳下來的戒律。違背了這個戒律，爲了名利，胡亂教導，罪業深重。自己不是見死不救，如果真是這樣的心態，我們何必寫那麽多文章，免費供大家閱讀冥想？祇是有些人，真的不能讓他好命有錢，會累人累己的。

不是錢跟地位，決定你能不能夠有良名。你的八字，你的面相有德，你自然而然就拿得起一個良名。

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Shifu once said that if you find your fortunes dwindling, you can write your name in repetition to boost your luck. Condition is it must be an auspicious name in the first place. 😁

My current Chinese name 李季謙 was given by my Master. My old name dictated my stubbornness and poor relationships with my family. It carried the fate of an emperor, which explained my many leadership positions from a young age. Like an emperor leading his men to fight for his empire, there was bound to be bloodshed. This will cause me to incur more injuries, that call for surgery and hospital stay, all the way to old age.

At the time, I had never met Shifu in person. In my first phone call to Shifu, he analysed my Chinese name over the phone and was accurate on every count. Indeed when I was 12 and 13 years old, I underwent 2 eye surgeries and had scars to prove for it. Due to long-term stomach issues, I was hospitalised before. Be it family or external relations, I did not have good interpersonal relations. During my schooling days, my teachers saw my leadership qualities and groomed me. After I started working, my career luck and money-making abilities were always rising.

You can say that, no matter where I went, being recognised, getting promotions and pay raise were never a problem for me. However, as with all things good, there was always a price to pay.

My original Chinese name only had a single Chinese character, given by my father. His own name, just like those of my grandfather big Uncle and my sister, is also of a single Chinese character. It was different from the norm and because of that, many thought I was not a Singaporean. I felt my name was quite special and formed a continuity of the Lee’s family lineage, so I told Master that I did not want to change my name.

Shifu laughed at my stubbornness and impracticality. He said the true way of continuing the family lineage and bringing glory to our ancestors lies not in a name, but in achievements accomplished with my own abilities. If my name was going to bring me misfortunes, how would I have any sustainable achievement and would my ancestors wish to see me constantly in trouble? Given the little education of my ancestors, would they not want me to have a good name to aid my fortune in life, if they had known better?

I am especially fond of the character 謙 in my current name. Shifu predicted that I would have great accomplishments in the future. Although he did not said in which aspect, this character would remind me not to be proud, as gossip tends to surface when one's popularity surges. The sweetness in this character 謙 is much more likeable than my original name, and it will help minimise misunderstandings others have of me.

Shifu always put in such meticulous effort and foresight in crafting Chinese names.

I was not even a disciple of him at that time. I had no idea I would be doing what I am doing now.

My identity card still retains my old name, as a mark of respect to my ancestors. But in my work and with the family, I use my current name. I think of it as somewhat like coining a Christian name. Most people do not have their Christian names in their ICs either. But my edge is that historically, Chinese Han characters are more powerful in influencing one person's luck, than English alphabets. So the empowerment I get is definitely extraordinary. If you address me now by my old name, I would feel very alien indeed!

Since my name change 13 years ago, I have seen improvements year after year.

When we learn anthroponymy, we must first master the subject of Bazi. Because names are acquired, whereas Bazi are inherent. The auspiciousness of a Chinese name is determined by the five grids. Every Chinese character and its pronunciation has a different unique element. If you are unable to decipher the Bazi of a client thoroughly, you will not be able to find out what is regrettably missing in his/her Chinese name. Nor will you be able to come up with a good name to make up for the lack in the client's Bazi.

Unfortunately, I have no talent in anthroponymy. While I can analyse a name very well, I am unable to coin good Chinese names despite learning for many years. Hence, for clients who have this need, I always refer them to Shifu.

Alas, humans are suspicious by nature. Some only dream of riches but have no real ability to achieve it.

Among clients, some took too long to contact Master. If it is only for one’s own benefits, I could not care less. But some were parents seeking improvement for their own children, yet were too selfish to act swiftly.

I once told a mother that her child's name was very inauspicious and what would happen in the future. I advised her to look for Shifu for the change of name. She said she would seek my help in getting her child's Bazi read.

I smiled to myself. You really think I have no idea how much truth there is in your words? I kept mum because I did not want to hurt your pride.

Later on, her youngest daughter really got into trouble. She attempted contacting Shifu, citing that "it is a good time now". No, she didn't have money issues.

I had seen enough to say this: a mother's love isn't always the most noble.

The daughter was not her favourite child. But to risk your child's destiny this way, it is a sin.

Please understand that your “right moment” is based only on your own feeling, which may be incongruent with the reality. For all you know, you might have let the "best moment" fleet past because of your indecisiveness.

Another male client told me that he would definitely look for Shifu to change his name. I also just smiled. I do not need to meet a man in real life, to know how much real ability he truly has. It is telling enough from a photo or a mere few words exchanged via PM. Moreover, I had seen him thrice. He eventually did not seek Shifu's help.

Just because you are willing to fork out money, it does not mean we MUST, SHOULD, SURELY will serve you.

Changing your name and destiny for a fee is not a given, nor is it our obligation. As you secretly observe us from the sides, we are also doing the same. We see how much sincerity and perseverance you have and whether you will give back to the society.

Any one who learns Chinese Metaphysics should know that since ancient times, a client must have virtues before we can help him/her to transform and establish his/her favoured destiny. This is a precept laid down by the grandmasters. If we flout it for the pursuit of profits and fame, we would be heavy sinners.

Do not think of us as someone who will watch you sink and die. If we are indeed of such character, why would we put up so much free content, videos and articles, for your consumption and thinking? There are indeed people that do not deserve more riches in life, otherwise havoc to oneself and others will ensue.

Wealth and status do not decide if you can have a good name. If you possess virtues in your Bazi and facial features, you will definitely be able to carry a great name.