Algorithm of Words

Putting admirable rationales of university education into practice is never easy. While it is popular to emphasize market values and competitive rankings, moral values and ideals sound way too lofty nowadays. Under tensions on campus and in society, the head of a university takes the role of striking a balance as skilfully as possible. Professor Joseph Sung is no exception to all these challenges. He has been enjoying university life with teachers and students, going through ups and downs with them. This book, a collection of 57 blog articles by Professor Sung during his tenure as the seventh Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, tells us the stories. He talks about higher education and social responsibility, pathways and choices our youths make, the visions he had and the challenges he faced, and life values which he wishes his students could take seriously. Though generations come and go, he still cares that they live a simple, noble and humble life. He hopes we ca

The crisis of masculinity surfaced and converged with the crisis of the nation in the late Qing, after the doors of China were forced open by Opium Wars. The power of physical aggression increasingly overshadowed literary attainments and became a new imperative of male honor in the late Qing and early Republican China. Afflicted with anxiety and indignation about their increasingly effeminate image as perceived by Western colonial powers, Chinese intellectuals strategically distanced themselves from the old literati and reassessed their positions vis-à-vis violence. In Mastery of Words and Swords: Negotiating Intellectual Masculinities in Modern China, 1890s–1930s, Jun Lei explores the formation and evolution of modern Chinese intellectual masculinities as constituted in racial, gender, and class discourses mediated by the West and Japan. This book brings to light a new area of interest in the “Man Question” within gender studies in which women have typically been the focus. To fully r

Qi-Deng Sheng was one of the most philosophically incisive creative writers on the Taiwan island in the 1960s and 70s, and one of the most controversial figures in local literary history. Criticism of his work is polarized, in a sort of tug of war between “collective consciousness” and “individual will” in the cultural landscape of a rapidly modernizing society. As the hive mind buzzed, Qi-Deng Sheng tuned out and listened to his inner voice. As he explains in the above quotation, he regarded writing as a creative process that differentiated the ego from the group, and reality from falsehood. In other words, he wrote to build a sanctuary for his individuality. On the one hand, he was committed to conveying his personal beliefs through his works, rejecting vulgarity wherever he found it: in social groups, cultural trends, even literary critics. On the other hand, he was dedicated to highlighting the antagonism between self and society––to spotlighting the poor, deprived, embattled, iso

人氣YT創作者、完美演繹台語歌的美國女孩 「Tristan H. 崔璀璨」感動推薦！ "Mandarin might open doors, but Taiwanese opens arms." 「中文能打開大門，但台語才能打開人心。」 "This book is more than a language guide — It’s an invitation to understand Taiwan more deeply." 「這本書不只是語言學習指南，更是一張邀請你走進台灣文化的門票。」 ===================================================== 在台灣會說中文還不夠，你是否曾在街頭、夜市、或小吃攤前 聽到熟悉卻又陌生的台語？這本書正是為你而寫！ Whether you're visiting, working, or settling in Taiwan, this book helps you unlock the secrets of real local life—through Taiwanese. 輕鬆學會100個最實用的台語詞語與短語！ Learn 100 of the most practical Taiwanese words and phrases. 具備基礎級以上的中文學習者都能輕鬆學習！ Anyone with a basic level of Chinese language proficiency should find this book accessible. 台灣是個多語社會，除了華語之外，台語一直是使用人口最多的語言之一。這本書是為了來台旅遊、工作或定居的外籍人士、移工、新住民，以及想教外國友人台語的台灣人而寫的。 台語在台灣社會中與華語交織，是日常生活中不可忽略的一部分，無論是在夜市買東西，還是在電視劇、新聞中，都會接觸到台語。然而市面上針對外國人學習台語的書籍相對稀少，而且許多台語教材都以華語為教學語言，對於不熟悉漢字的學習者來說可能有困難。因此，本書以華語、英語雙語呈現，並且特別設計以漢語拼音標註台語，選擇日常生活中經常使用的台語詞彙和短語，搭配具體場景的例句，讓學習者能夠立即活用。 Taiwan is a multilingual society. Bes

內容簡介 Wisdom That Transforms Lives Twenty-five centuries ago, a man who had once lived in royal luxury walked barefoot across the dusty plains of India, sharing insights that would forever change human history. The Buddha—“the Awakened One”—dedicated forty-nine years of his life to illuminating the path beyond suffering for all who would listen. This first volume presents 36 stories from the Buddha’s life and the lives of his disciples, each revealing the Buddha’s remarkable ability to meet people where they were and guide them toward realization. Readers will discover the Buddha’s insights on the importance of kindness, right speech, right actions, and community living that remain profoundly relevant to our lives today. Each story concludes with “Words of Wisdom” that connect ancient guidance to contemporary challenges. Throughout the collection, we see how the Buddha’s gentle yet powerful approach led others to profound insights, inspiring many to become his disciples and

How a professional understands “landscape” will determine the value he/she places on it and the actions he/she will take to intervene. In other words, the view of landscape influences fundamentally how and in what way the landscape profession involves itself in a landscape. The view of landscape gives direction to guide professional performance and also the impetus driving the use of knowledge and technical skills to provide solutions to landscape issues. Indeed, our limited knowledge and understanding of a landscape can limit the creative solutions we can offer. This book aims to clarify the concept of landscape using the most recent understandings to offer diverse and profound new meanings which can point towards novel creative landscape interventions. In order to build the links between landscape theories and everyday life experience, this book interprets landscape according to five interlayered dimensions. It was written in two languages, and uses notes, stories, drawings, and phot

國際暢銷小說《失落詞詞典》姊妹作 思索階級、性別、家庭與戰爭之書 「我們的命運太平凡了，眾神才懶得關心，而我們的旅程最遠只會到達出版社。」 牽動世界各國命運的第一次世界大戰，改變了歐洲的國際情勢。 位於英國傑里科克萊倫敦出版社的裝訂廠裡， 有一個渴望求學、受教育，勝過於裝訂書籍的女孩， 見證了戰火帶來的創傷，同時邂逅了愛情， 更發現她能夠透過閱讀來改變自己。 追求知識與理想，交織戰火、親情與愛情 一段充滿創傷、淚水與希望的底層女性聲音 居住在牛津運河船上的書籍裝訂工廠女工佩姬，從十二歲就進入位於傑里科的克萊倫敦出版社的裝訂廠工作，每天負責為印刷好的稿件摺紙、配頁和裝訂。在機械般重複工作的縫隙，她總是偷偷閱讀著她摺紙和配頁的書稿，儘管它們缺少前言和後語。佩姬一直羨慕著能進入牛津薩默維爾女子學院的學生，她們能盡情地閱讀文學、史學、哲學、化學。 然而第一次世界大戰的烽火與流亡的難民改變了她的生活。隨著英國大舉徵兵，印刷廠的男丁，舉國上下的男人陸續投入戰場，而牛津社區也迎來比利時逃亡過來的倖存者，薩默維爾學院也被暫時徵用為傷兵收容醫院。「想做點什麼」的佩姬志願成為照顧傷兵的朗讀與寫字員，替他們讀字與寫信。 動盪不安的戰爭氛圍是小說中的背景音，作者琵璞．威廉斯（Pip Williams）以平實而細膩的筆法，描寫在第一次世界大戰的殘酷歷史中，裝訂廠女工如何面對親情的缺口與感情的追求；以女性小人物的視野，演繹一段在社會階級和性別限制的時代下，女性追尋知識的歷史。 本書特色 ★國際暢銷小說《失落詞詞典》（The Dictionary of Lost Words）姊妹之作 ★亞馬遜讀者4.5星好評 ★琵璞．威廉斯（Pip Williams）又一歷史與女性書寫的感人力作 ★一部橫跨多元類型的作品：融合英國文學、歷史小說、職人小說、女性小說 ★深刻描寫牛津出版社書籍裝訂廠小人物於戰爭背景下的命運與生活 各方盛讚── 「《傑里科的書籍裝訂工》是一部自信且思慮周詳的姊妹作，它豐富了威廉斯（Williams）的文學世界，同時也探討了階級、家庭、創傷和紀念。威廉斯完全融入了書籍裝訂工廠的世界，這一點表現得淋漓盡致──幾乎每一頁都是無可挑剔的。」 ──《衛報》（The Guardian） 「（一部）迷人的姊妹作

◎53首中英對照詩，一本主流外、雙語創作的詩集面世了！ ◎篇幅雖然薄、輕，但藝術性、獨創性、一貫性以及困難度的含金量極高。 ◎這是一場永世之旅，歲月的光輝裡有奮鬥的足跡，自身的美麗和不變的慈愛。 自由、世界、光明、大地、亙古、真與美、永世、偉大、愛、思想 Freedom、World、Light、Earth、Truth and Beauty、Eternity、Greatness、Love、Thought ¹自由也在時空裡，²似海洋與陸地來自於您那裡；³它們是深廣到毫無邊際。⁴ 我的言詞的遠展之翼的飛翔，⁵與閃電的怒吼一般，⁶永遠無法到達您的遠方。 ₁The freedom is also in time and space ₂like the ocean and land come from thy side; ₃they are so deep and wide that they are boundless. ₄The flight of the far-spreading wings of my words ₅will never reach thy distance ₆like the roar of lightning. ¹我尚且未能確切知曉，²自由來自何處， ³但您已給了我們那必要的自由，⁴以致腳能行走而翅能飛翔！ ₁I still do not know exactly ₂where the freedom comes from, ₃but thou hast given the necessary freedom to us ₄so that the feet can walk and wings fly!

榮獲美國出版人協會（Association of American Publishers）電腦資訊科學最佳書籍獎 電腦網路技術無所不在：每天，我們從海量的資訊中搜尋到所要的資訊、我們上傳照片到臉書上、我們運用公鑰加密來傳送私人資訊例如信用卡號碼等等、我們使用數位簽章來確認所造訪的網站的真偽…… 這本書介紹了讓電腦網路世界得以運作，塑造今日人類生活的九種最重要的演算法（algorithm）。作者挑選這九大演算法的標準是： 1.每天會被一般電腦使用者用到的演算法。 2.必須能解決現實世界的具體問題。 3.主要是與資訊科學理論有關的演算法。 4. 美、簡潔、優雅。 本書所介紹的九大演算法是：搜尋引擎的索引（search engine indexing）、網頁排序（page rank）、公鑰加密（public-key cryptography）、錯誤更正碼（error-correcting codes）、模式辨識（pattern recognition，如手寫辨識、聲音辨識、人臉辨識等等）、資料壓縮（data compression）、資料庫（databases）、數位簽章（digital signature），以及一種如果存在的話將會很了不起的偉大演算法，並探討電腦能力的極限。 作者將我們日常生活會用到的電腦功能背後的道理，以淺顯易懂的方式介紹，不具備資訊科學的背景也可以了解。而且令人驚喜的是，每一種演算法，都是一個解決問題的創意與線索，也讓我們得以一窺近代數學家、資訊科學家的努力探索成果。面對越來越科技化的現代生活與職場挑戰，這些基本原理和概念值得我們去了解、吸收，為未來世界做好準備。 媒體好評： 「這是一本很容易讀的書，介紹了一些很重要的演算法。最重要的是，這本書傳達了一種神奇——不光是指科技的成就，而是使得電腦發揮神奇功能的美麗科學。」 Andreas Trabesinger，《自然物理學》(Nature Physics) 「這本書寫得非常好……風格相當平易近人，適合廣大讀者閱讀。」 John Gilbey，《泰晤士報高等教育專刊》(Times Higher Education) 「作者讓讀者有一種發動機的感覺，這台發動機為網路世界提供動力……本書讓讀者體會真實世界，開始看到這些演算法在你我周遭活跳跳。」 Kevin Slavin，《新科學家

“…free my life with words that I felt , /not with words because they rhymed, /but because they touched my soul…” Indeed, Julia only writes what touched her soul, and in so doing takes us with her on a literary journey filled with her thoughts, visons, dreams, joys, and at times, her sorrows. Dr. Chiu Ha Ying Medical Practitioner and Paediatrician With obvious joy and mischief, she picks up each ‘stone’, lovingly and painstakingly cuts, chisels and polishes, bringing out the facets and the sparkles, turns us to the light, revealing all the radiance in a spectrum and multitude of shades and colours. Sharon Evans Partner, Foo and Li, Solicitors and Notaries Like the best portrait artists, Julia has the amazing ability to convey the essence of a person in a few brush strokes and to bring them to life. Barbara Meynert Business and thought leader …the way she “sees beauty in her eyes, hears music in her ears, says words of love from her lips...” makes this world a better place for thos

拉丁詞語是英文法律乃至歐洲法律的一大語言特色。作為專業術語，拉丁詞語濃縮了法律人士之間的共識，其在醫學領域也有同樣的作用。掌握這些拉丁術語很有挑戰性，但也大有裨益。 本書是第一本以香港常用的拉丁法律詞彙翻譯為主題的中英文法律專書，挑選了在香港法律領域中105個最常用的拉丁詞語作解釋。本書除提供基本資訊，如詞性、讀音和詞義外，更提供詞語的中英文翻譯、從雙語法律文本中篩選的適當例句，以及根據雙語判決書提供每個詞彙的使用率。 《香港法律語言常見拉丁詞彙》極具實用參考價值，有助律師、法律從業員、翻譯人員、法律系學生等掌握拉丁法律詞語的用法，亦有助其他讀者認識法律語言及了解香港語言狀況。 Latin terms constitute a special feature of English legal language as well as the language of Law in many European countries. They encapsulate specific meanings shared across the legal professions internationally, as is the case with medical terms in Latin. Mastering them can be both challenging and rewarding. Featuring 105 Latin legal terms, this is the first Chinese-English book to describe the most commonly used Latin words and phrases found in Hong Kong’s legal instruments and laws. The bilingual examples were meticulously collected from statutory and judicial sources to help readers better understand their meanings and their actual usage in the context of Hong Kong. The provision of usage

Leung Ping Kwan is one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down-to-earth, of the modern and the traditional, of the serious and the humorous, of the local and the universal. In his own words, ‘I want my poems about things to be a dialogue with the world, to learn and be inspired by the shapes, smells and colours of things….’ This collection has been carefully curated, and is arranged under ten thematic sections: Lotus Leaves, Hong Kong, Macao, Foodscape, After the Book of Songs, Strange Tales: After Pu Songling, Clothink, Museum Pieces, Places and Friends, and Bitter-Melon and Others. These translated poems, and the delight they bring, are a celebration of the continuing legacy of a remarkable Hong Kong poet.

聯名推薦 楊世瑞：新北市及人中學校長/北一女中前校長 馮 燕：台灣大學社會工作學系 專任教授 陳藹玲：富邦文教基金會 執行董事 專文推薦 公孫策：聯合報「去梯言」專欄作家 張明熙：成功大學醫學院 基礎醫學生化所教授 John Fleissner：A prominent member with 40 years experiences in environmental engineering industry. 乘了長風，也破了萬里浪／公孫策 美國人做美國夢理所當然，中國人做美國夢就沒那麼簡單。劉又華台大畢業隻身負笈美國，然後在美國成家立業，開花結果，她的經歷正是我們這一代留學生的成功典型。本書內容除了人事時地物清楚之外，對於創業經驗著墨甚多，有「禮賢能士，更上層樓」的成功原理，也有「倒戈總經理」的被突襲經驗，而「芳絲的Me Too訴訟」則是可能遇到的員工的(各種)問題的處理經驗，簡單說，創業的辛酸與顛簸都在裡頭，讀者閱讀時都能體會得到。 你所收成的 就是你所播種的／張明熙 這是一本適合所有年輕人閱讀的勵志書籍，更是給心想創業，尤其想要在美國創業的年輕人的指南和典範。美國是一個白人為主的社會，我看到了一個瘦小的又華，不畏艱難，勇往直前，憑藉著她的堅強意志，聰明智慧，高瞻遠矚，在異鄉闖出了一片亮麗天空，創造了奇蹟，她是一個巨人，我強力推薦這本書給每一個人。 A heartfelt story／John Fleissner To paraphrase from Teddy Roosevelt's famous 1910 speech in Paris on citizenship, Terry was the woman in the arena, striving valiantly, daring greatly, and doing the hard work it takes to know the triumph of high achievement. She tells her story now to you with hope that you will find inspiration and courage in her words. 不安現狀，嚮往冒險… 能在30年之後，退休前，把公司帶到有四百多名員工與上億美元的年營業額的規模：靠的

Many words have been used to describe John Pope Hennessy, the former governor of Hong Kong. “Controversial” is perhaps the briefest way to outline his character. Yet we may be guilty of ascribing modern ideas to our understanding of characters of the past. An Irish Catholic raised during the age of empire and rising nationalism, a devout Tory and Disraeli follower, a believer in both the benefits of empire and a patron of local talent in his postings, it is easy to view Pope Hennessy as a man of contradictions. This volume traces Pope Hennessy’s history from his early beginnings in famine Ireland to his attempts to rise through the ranks in London. It goes on to cover his early postings to Labuan, West Africa, and, of course, Hong Kong, as well as his final days with his family. His actions and his personality are laid bare for readers fo form their own opinions of one of Hong Kong’s most enigmatic governors.

The JINTIAN [今天] series of contemporary literature features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Titles in the series are edited by Bei Dao, Lydia H. Liu, and Christopher Mattison. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation. “Jami Proctor Xu’s exceptional translation of Song Lin’s lyric landscapes magically captures the poet’s original mind, offering readers an authentic experience of one of our generation’s great writers. A book to savor.” —Ari Larissa Heinrich, translator of Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre (NYRB, 2014) “Translation as poetry. That is the excellent way Jami Proctor Xu presents poetry by Song Lin. The impact of warm breath on my skin is an imprint forever. One will never forget it or erase it. Word

For myself, however, it is the human element, the recollected words, the remembered faces, which give life to the printed record.” James Hayes’s many writings have made a major contribution to knowledge about life in rural Hong Kong. This book presents sixteen of his illuminating and original articles, each of which is rooted in his experiences as a district officer, administering and visiting villages under his care. His interest in the life and lives of the people went far beyond the formal demands of his official work, and Dr Hayes grew to admire and respect the villagers. As a result, his writings are suffused with his affection and esteem. Intended for scholars in the field of New Territories history as well as general readers interested in rural life in the region, A Pattern of Life provides a fascinating, academically important, yet highly readable picture of traditional life in rural South China and reinforces Dr Hayes’s reputation as one of the most important writers on the N

The Dark Side 2: Day Zero and Other Stories is a mix of stories, dividing broadly between six’horror’ stories and six’thriller’ stories. Horror stories often fill us with dread and show us a much darker side of human behaviour. At the same time, they can be funny and satirical. The other six stories are more varied. Some are thrillers where the main aim is to excite the reader. Some like’Auto Message’ try to say something about how technology is affecting our daily lives. Others like’The Curse’ try to show us, in a humorous way, how greedy people could be. The great thing about stories is that they carry us into another world on top of helping us to learn words, parts of speech and sentence construction. If we dive into the pool of good stories, we’ll learn how to swim – using those good examples in our own writing.

近代中國詩之英譯範本，去認識中華文化的價值 今天，我們在一本書中細讀現代中國三十位風雲人物的詩詞，可以認清每個人的人格和事業功過，同時看清歷史的過程和真實。 ★ 欣賞古詩體裁寫現代人情世事 陳寅恪有「以詩證史」的說法。實在，詩詞流瀉的人情，連歷史亦容納不盡。今天，我們在一本書中細讀現代中國三十位風雲人物的詩詞，可以認清每個人的人格和事業功過，同時看清歷史的過程和真實。 Chen Yinke offered a concept of “poems substantiate history”. As we present in one book the poems of thirty poets who had helped to shape modern China, we anticipate readers to find the contents rich, revealing and meaningful. Our readers will see from the words of the poets a clear view of who is what, and identify wise decisions from selfish mistakes. They will then understand history in human dynamic terms.

Having analysed the most common English errors made in over 600 academic papers written by Chinese undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers, Steve Hart has written an essential, practical guide specifically for the native Chinese speaker on how to write good academic English. English Exposed: Common Mistakes Made by Chinese Speakers is divided into three main sections. The first section examines errors made with verbs, nouns, prepositions, and other grammatical classes of words. The second section focuses on problems of word choice. In addition to helping the reader find the right word, it provides instruction for selecting the right style too. The third section covers a variety of other areas essential for the academic writer, such as using punctuation, adding appropriate references, referring to tables and figures, and selecting among various English date and time phrases. Using English Exposed will allow a writer to produce material where content and ideas—not language mist

★ 最時尚、最「身歷其境感」的英語學習書！ ★ 跟著書中的精華英語對答， 學時尚精品業界【秘書特助】、【行銷】、【公關】的know-how！ 在電影《穿著Prada的惡魔》中，衣著、妝容亮麗的助理在街頭四處為惡魔老闆米蘭達奔波時，我們看到身為時尚產業特助的工作並不容易，想要脫穎而出，不僅要加倍努力，你還需要這本，為自己的「英文」＋「職場實力」加分！ 本書4大特點 1. 秘書特助工作的內容介紹：透過作者精闢的文字，了解時尚產業特助、秘書，到行銷公關，會碰上的48種工作內容！ 2. 職場上實況對談的一問二答：自48項流程延伸出48種情境，僅收錄「最精華的」對答內容，帶著讀者編「聽」MP3，同步提升英語「聽」、「說」能力，邊像是看小安和米蘭達大老闆互動的重現，刺激學習動力！ ★ 想知道【時尚產業秘書特助】、【行銷公關人員】（PR）和【攝影師】（photographers）、【造型彩妝師】（stylists）、【部落客】（bloggers）、【模特兒】（models）都說了些什麼？絕對要鎖定這個小單元！ 3. 秘書特助對談技巧小提點：堅持「最精準的」英文用詞，就像時尚產業對「時尚精品」做最高標準的要求，英文講對很重要，但英文應答技巧更教你「如何」講對，和「詞窮」、「中式英文」Say goodbye！ 4. 秘書特助經驗不藏私分享：英文能力提升了，專業知識與工作小訣竅更不能少！ ★ 在這個小單元中，學得到【Part 1 秘書特助篇】收錄從特助由內勤（如接聽電話、安排行程）至外務（幫老闆跑腿、跨部門工作支援），到更進一步的公司營運、招募新血與策畫團隊向心力等任務的TIPS。 ★【Part 2 秘書特助行銷公關篇】則著重行銷公關會碰上的媒體、品牌經營、硬體統籌等挑戰與工作小技巧，有助讀者能有不出錯的表現，讓老闆、廠商驚艷！ ◎時尚關鍵KEY WORDS，你都知道了嗎！ 直筒長裙：pencil skirt 亞麻：linen 排扣襯衫：button-down ★ 鎖定Part 1 秘書特助篇【Unit 9 做老闆的門面】！ 粉色喀什米爾圍巾：the petal soft cashmere scarf （形容粉紅色不會只有pink這個字！） 櫻花色系：the color of cherr

“Tu Fu is ... the greatest non-epic, non-dramatic poet who has survived in any language.”—Kenneth Rexroth The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the “first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature.” He merged the public and the private, often in the same poem, as his subjects ranged from the horrors of war to the delights of friendship, from closely observed landscapes to remembered dreams, from the evocation of historical moments to the wry lament over his own thinning hair. Although Tu Fu has often been translated, and often brilliantly, David Hawkes’ classic study, first published in 1967, is the only book that demonstrates in depth how his poems were written. Hawkes presents thirty-five poems in the original Chinese, with a pinyin transliteration, a character-by-character translation, and a commentary on the subject, the form, the historical background, and the individual lines. There is no other book qui

Prof . Rong-an Chen has devoted himself to the research of Chinese classifiers for forty years, and the ultimate achievement is the publication of a dictionary discussing the usage of Chinese classifiers in ancient time. There has been English dictionary of contemporary Chinese measure words in the market, but there is not any English dictionary talking about ancient Chinese classifiers. The absence of such a kind of dictionary in the book stores motivates him to write this dictionary. The document data collected in this dictionary begins from the oracle bone inscription in the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC) to 1949A.D., when the famous Chinese author Lao She’s (老舍) article《四世同堂》was written. This dictionary has the following outstanding features: 1. It includes 730 entries, and has incorporated the newly found classifiers from excavated wooden slip documents, such as ‘絜xié’, ‘ jiăn’, ‘偶ŏu’, ‘秉bĭng’, ‘格 gé’, ‘給j ĭ’, ‘町tǐng’, ‘捼rúo’, ‘陽/揚yáng’, ‘真zhēn’, ‘辟bì’, ‘資zī’ and ‘布bù’, etc. 2. The auth

I'm a failure. I always have the feeling that I want to get back somewhere, but I don't know just where it is. 我感到失意。我心裡一直渴望能有個回歸的地方，卻遍尋不著。─O Henry. Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving! 愛情、事業、家庭、信仰、藝術或是愛國情操，在飢餓的面前，不過是文字浮影罷了。 歐．亨利（O. Henry）是美國知名的短篇小說作家，與契訶夫和莫泊桑並列世界三大短篇小說巨匠。歐．亨利著作豐富，一生中留下了一部長篇小說和近三百篇的短篇小說。其小說內容主要以美國的大城市生活（尤其是紐約）為背景，主人翁以中下階層的平凡老百姓為主，場景涵蓋公寓、酒館、劇院、公園等，常自詡為「四百萬」個小市民之一，而非「四百」個富翁之一，寫出金錢社會裡的小市民心聲。 歐亨利的寫作手法誇張、幽默、詭異，他善於捕捉細微的生活場景，描述人物的喜怒哀樂。其筆下的商人、強盜、警察、流浪漢，無不栩栩如生、愛恨分明。他以幽默的筆法化解筆下人物的悲情，用「含淚微笑」的方式嘲諷當時的資本主義社會，更加深其作品的社會意義。 歐亨利小說的最大特色，在於其「出人意表的結局」，即所謂的「歐亨利手法」。其小說之起承轉合，層次分明，情節則一路巧妙安排，極富戲劇性，往往發展到最後，便筆鋒一轉，令人啼笑皆非。這種寫作手法同時影響美國文壇甚巨。 本書自歐亨利的三百多篇短篇佳作之中，精選最膾炙人口的15篇，包含〈聖誕禮物〉、〈最後一片藤葉〉、〈警察與讚美詩〉及〈命運之路〉等，帶您一窺其獨樹一格、幽默深刻的小說世界。 1. The Last Leaf（最後一片藤葉） 2. The Gift of the Magi（聖誕禮物） 3. The Cop and the Anthem（警察與讚美詩） 4. The Romance of a Busy Broker（忙碌證券商的愛情故事） 5. The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein（愛情迷幻藥） 6. Sprin

用來吟誦的詩！精選51首雋永經典英詩，首首唯美動人。 用來聆聽的詩！沉浸優美英詩吟誦，曲曲動聽。 用來觀賞的詩！穿插世界名畫，引你走進詩畫之境。 用來學習的詩！詳介詩人的背景和詩風，賞析詩歌。 A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. 詩，始於歡愉，而終於智慧。 ─美國詩人，佛洛斯特 (Robert Frost, 1874-1963) Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. 詩，是會呼吸的思想，是會焚燒的文字。 ─英國詩人，湯瑪斯．格雷 ( Thomas Gray, 1716-1771) Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. 詩是波濤情感的自然流露。 ─英國詩人，渥茲華斯 (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850) 一般人讀「英詩」，往往墜入五里霧中，難入其境掌握詩之真義。究其根本，英詩不僅具備特有的格律、用詞、艱澀的古字，加上詩人所賦予的修辭技巧，在在讓英詩有令人望之卻步，不敢親近之感。 本書依照時代先後排序，精選英國自伊麗莎白時代至維多利亞時代的二十位代表詩人，以愛情詩為主軸，每章開頭先說明該時代背景、詩歌的變革及代表詩人，接著介紹該時代詩人的詩歌作品與解析。 不論詩歌想表達的是詩人的愛國情懷、一個故事、一段回憶或一段戀情。在透過對時代背景的了解，加以詩人風格及詩作分析，都能引領讀者進入「思」與「想」的跌宕起伏，激盪出詩情與詩意。 選詩採中英對照，附有單字解釋及音標，讓讀者便於理解研究；行文間搭配名家插畫，品詩情佐以畫意，讓人馳騁於英詩的想像世界，沐浴在藝術之美中。 【本書所羅列的詩人】 1. Sir Thomas Wyatt（湯姆斯．懷亞特爵士） 2. Christopher Marlowe（克里斯多夫．馬婁） 3. William Shakespeare（威廉．莎士比亞） 4. Sir Philip Sidney（菲利浦．西德尼爵士） 5. Ben Johnson（班．強生） 6. Andrew Marvell（安德魯．馬維爾） 7. John Donne（約翰．但恩） 8. Robert Herrick（羅伯．海瑞克） 9. Wil

The Inspieration of Shopping and Try Local Taiwanese Food By TraNews Reporter Li, Chuan Gue TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan (TraNews) - It is hard to use words to describe the art in Taiwan. It is harder to see through specific feature when you visit a spot. However, the Art Museum District in Taichung attracts many people coming ot experience the beauty of the place. Due to the city development plan, the area will not remain the same after 10 years.

《海的比喻》是收藏於《WORDS & THE WORLD詞與世界》盒裝叢書裡，此叢書由二十本袖珍版詩選組成，分別收錄來自二十位國際著名詩人的精選作品。

《牆角之歌》是收藏於《WORDS & THE WORLD詞與世界》盒裝叢書裡，此叢書由二十本袖珍版詩選組成，分別收錄來自二十位國際著名詩人的精選作品。

《對一隻烏鴉的命名》是收藏於《WORDS & THE WORLD詞與世界》盒裝叢書裡，此叢書由二十本袖珍版詩選組成，分別收錄來自二十位國際著名詩人的精選作品。

Miss Pronunciation(可譯為發音小姐或發音錯誤二種意思)就是花音小姐，她活潑可愛，但是常常花(發)錯音，一個不一樣的發音，就能帶你走上不同的旅程。 當她說It’s a sick book，你會想原來書也會生病啊，那有沒有書醫生呢，可是原來她想說的是 A thick book ，還有當她說Let’s Pray，你會以為要開始祈禱，但其實她是說Let’s Play…，跟著花音小姐的旅程就是充滿著這麼多驚喜! Miss pronunciation is a fun house mirror for words. In this book you can actually see how mispronounced words twist the original meaning and make fun of themselves, as Miss Pronunciation makes a thick book ‘sick,’ shrinks a law school into a ‘low school,’ and spins a tiger’s fangs into ‘fans.’ Readers will be tickled by the funny twists and award-winning illustrations, while English teachers may find fresh ideas for teaching pronunciation. 產品特色 1. 本書獲2009新一代數位媒體金獎 2. 全英文繪本，以有趣插圖教導孩子英語發音可能的錯誤。

本書分上、下二冊，蒐集世界各地諺語菁華共1,000句，上下冊各500句。為求各地諺語能相互比較，另蒐集「義近諺語」1,032句，附列於相關主句之後，並依諺語之性質分章編列。其內容如下： 【上冊】分道德與修養（Moral and Cultivation）、學問與智慧（Learning and Wisdom）、人生思想（Thoughts for Life）、意志與毅力（Ambition and Willpower）、言行（Words and Deeds）以及政治（Politics）共五章。 【下冊】分處事態度（Attitudes toward Work）、人際關係（Interpersonal Relationship）、親情（The Love of Blood Relatives）、友情（Friendship）、男人與女人（Men and Women）、健康（Health）、財富（Wealth）以及其他（Others）共八章。 本書編譯之目的，乃欲使讀者浸淫於世界各類諺語菁華之同時，亦能對英文之程度有所增進。熟諳各地諺語不但能洞悉不同民族之文化內涵，亦可作為言談或寫作之引言，以強化其立論基礎，並可做為個人修身養性之準繩。

本書分上、下二冊，蒐集世界各地諺語菁華共1,000句，上下冊各500句。為求各地諺語能相互比較，另蒐集「義近諺語」1,032句，附列於相關主句之後，並依諺語之性質分章編列。 其內容如下： 【上冊】分道德與修養（Moral and Cultivation）、學問與智慧（Learning and Wisdom）、人生思想（Thoughts for Life）、意志與毅力（Ambition and Willpower）、言行（Words and Deeds）以及政治（Politics）共五章。 【下冊】分處事態度（Attitudes toward Work）、人際關係（Interpersonal Relationship）、親情（The Love of Blood Relatives）、友情（Friendship）、男人與女人（Men and Women）、健康（Health）、財富（Wealth）以及其他（Others）共八章。 本書編譯之目的，乃欲使讀者浸淫於世界各類諺語菁華之同時，亦能對英文之程度有所增進。熟諳各地諺語不但能洞悉不同民族之文化內涵，亦可作為言談或寫作之引言，以強化其立論基礎，並可做為個人修身養性之準繩。