本次作業是假裝自己是兩百多年前雪梨藍山原住民記者來寫一篇報導有關英國人首次帶著大批犯人過來定居的故事。花了一些時間找資料但花更多時間寫故事，寫寫改改。雖然挺難的但卻也挺好玩。有空又看的懂英文的人可以認識一下。
- Apr 23 Mon 2007 23:04
藍山原住民記者採訪報導 feature stories from 1788
- Apr 14 Sat 2007 01:19
my translation practice 我的翻譯練習
Dear all,
眾親朋好友大家好，
- Apr 09 Mon 2007 00:32
復活節的感恩
今天是復活節假期的第一天，Good Friday，大概所有的商家行號都沒開門吧！雖然澳洲的基督教人口不如想像的多但今天是國定假日。
前幾天在購物中心看到小朋友們帶著兔子與彩蛋的帽子真是可愛，超市擺滿了巧克力兔與彩蛋，不敢想像如何把那些全部吃掉，西方人的身材就是這麼來的吧！
Good Friday在字典中譯為復活節前的星期五，耶穌受難日。耶穌是在星期五殉難而在三天後的星期日復活，所以四月的第一個星期日是復活節，紀念耶穌，同時也感謝他為大眾受難來去除眾人的惡。兔子與雞蛋都是生命的象徵，這是我從教會的朋友口中得知的，想知道更清楚的話，情請自己上維基百科查吧！
天氣變涼了，一早睡到中午才起床，向窗外望去，一向藍天白雲的雪梨天空今天居然一片陰霾，就像台北往日的天空一般，令我格外的想家。早上起來是被同學的電話叫醒，當時還在做著鹹酥雞的夢。夢見自己要做鹹酥雞但問同學為什麼要那麼麻煩呢？明明去買就可以了嗎！夢中自己恍然大悟的說：「我還以為我在雪梨呢！」一覺醒來真失望。因為還沒吃到就醒了。
一如前天的夢，夢中知道自己在作夢，心中想著或許我來澳洲生活的這一切都是夢吧！在夢中想著，把眼睛閉上繼續睡吧，醒來就會在台灣懷念的床上了。應該不難想像我醒來時發現自己還是在澳洲的失望與落寞吧！原先都不覺得自己想家，原來想家是由夢反映出來的。
星期六受Sam的邀請到她寄住的Alice與Nelson家吃飯。吃割包配貢丸湯。夠台灣吧！幸福的我與Chris一起去混了一整天。吃飯、看電視、玩小孩、聊天、我還在人家的沙發上睡著了！晚上又去吃日本料理，裝潢非常中式的餐廳。
感謝Sam每次都作好吃的料理，還經常給我積極、正向的不同觀點，給我好的建議與鼓勵以及介紹我一些很好的朋友。
Alice與 Nelson 是一對可愛的夫妻。Alice 記性好，常會說一些Sam的笑話給我們聽，而Nelson 很耍寶，常把我們騙的團團轉。對了，希望 Alice的身體早日康復。
Joyce 與Kevin的六個月大的小男孩Brian又乖又可愛，但是就在我抱他時上了兩次大號。他們說以後小孩便秘就找我，我的特異功能又添一項：催便。
感謝Kevin與Joyce給了我三條被與餐具(Sam也貢獻許多)。
還認識了新朋友酷媽Jessica還有她的好動的Oscar。一歲多的他昨天幫Alice家的地拖的挺乾淨的。
該睡了，下次再繼續謝吧！
- Mar 30 Fri 2007 23:16
how can I not complain + international night
How can I not complain? Like today, we had a seminar of interpreting practicum. And what we had to do was to interpret the speaker's speech. However, it's a very academic essay and the speaker were just reading from the notes. It was about legitimacy and authority through ordination and election. I wonder if a native speaker who is not familiar with the topic would understand it all. It's just too difficult for us to understand not to mention to interpret it. Besides, the speaker was 50 minutes late. It's a torture to sit there since most of us do not understand the speech and it's just meaningless. I got angry again and complained to the secretary who was in charge of this. She said it's just the first speech and I should be patient. I could wait until I finish my attending the fifth speech and if I still feel I don't learn anything from them, then I can complain at that time. Don't you think I have another good reason to get angry because of her answer?
- Mar 25 Sun 2007 22:46
看不完的書
太可怕了！有看不完的書等著我！還要上法庭觀摩與許多的實習課。自己要做的事多到說不完但是對課程的不滿也同樣的數不盡。很討厭要做我覺得沒意義的事。
- Mar 25 Sun 2007 00:40
小姐變成豬
是不是有這麼一部電影啊？今天去逛街，又到朋友家，整整吃了一週份的零食：從酸梅、雪花梅、黑糖梅、魷魚絲、洋芋片到巧克力，QQ糖，玉米棒(雪梨真的什麼都有，只是貴了些)還在加上自己做的燕麥餅，而且就在發現自己來雪梨已經胖了三公斤後。人性的自我毀滅吧！反正都胖了，多吃一些也沒差，明天再減囉！
- Mar 23 Fri 2007 23:38
失望與感恩
怎麼也沒想到來澳洲讓我最失望的竟是師資。語言學系的老師相當不錯但我本科的老師不論是教翻譯或口譯的老師都沒有教學品質可言，尤其是中國人，有些是混到不行，有些是沒經驗，英文都不好我不知道她怎麼能當翻譯或口譯員，真是把我氣瘋了！
- Mar 23 Fri 2007 21:48
study shock
I knew I would feel disappointed at certain point when I study in Australia but I had never thought the education quality would fail me like this. The teaching quality is unbelivable bad and I couldn't believe that I am here in Australia. Today I went to ask my teacher of interpreting technique, who is French and gave us some lectures in general techniques in English. Since I felt that I did not learn much in class and feel very frustrated in class and would like to spend some time study on my own so I asked her if she recommend any books and ways but the answer I got was that I needed to practice on my own and found out my weakness and improve it. Feel like swearing. If the teacher could not give me any direction and all I need to do is practice on my own then why I came all the way, paid so much to get the answer that you have to practice on your own. She gave me her last words, be patient and good luck then she walked away. What else can you expect when you paid so much money and came all the way here. I broke down and went to the counseling service. The whole teaching system is just driving me crazy. Some people are quite helpful and I guess I am to the point that if I keep on feeling like this I will go crazy.
- Mar 13 Tue 2007 22:00
焦慮中 用吃飯、做飯來紓解
上週因為對課程的不滿加上課業的壓力，有點接近崩潰邊緣。
