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歡迎收看英文易開罐

The following video is going to be in English

以下影片會是全英文

so remember to turn on the cc subtitle if needed

所以記得開啟你的 cc 字幕

I'm so glad to see a lot of people

我很開心看到許多人

enjoying learning English

透過英文易開罐

by watching 英文易開罐

享受學英文的樂趣

and even want to major in English

甚至有人還因此想唸英文系的呢

since some of you

既然有些人

are getting more and more curious about

越來越對英文係要學什麼

what english majors are doing in college

感到很好奇

I was wondering maybe

我在想或許

I can share some of my experience

我可以和大家

with you guys

分享下我的經驗

so

所以

Here we go

我們開始吧

I've always been interested in English

我一直都對英文很有興趣

and that's probably the reason

或許就是因為這樣

why it's the subject

英文一直是

that I do the best

我所有科目裡面最拿手的

I mean

我的意思是

compared to math of course

當然是和數學比較囉

who llikes math

誰會喜歡數學啊

also

而且

I'm a big fan

我也一直是神話故事的

of those mythical stories

忠實粉絲

like Zeus

像是宙斯

his wife Hera

他老婆赫拉

Athena so forth and so on

雅典娜等等

so I was pretty excited

所以當我知道我錄取英文系時

to be an English major

我還滿興奮的

because I finally have the chances

因為我終於有機會

to get to know more about

多了解一些這些

those mythical stories

神話故事了 (宙斯sleep around的部分嗎)

As a people person as I am

身為一個外向的人 (明明很邊緣)

I love meeting different people

我喜歡認識各種人

and making friends with those

並且和有著不同文化的人

with different cultures

交朋友 (確定有在交朋友?)

so I was wondering

所以我就在想

If I were an English major

如果我主修英文

I could have better communication skills

我可能就會有更好的溝通技巧

to make friends with the people

來和全世界的人

from all around the world

交朋友了

That sounds pretty fun huh

聽起來滿好玩的對吧

and most importantly

最重要的是

You guys know what it is?

你知道是什麼嗎 (我怎麼知道)

My friends think that I'm a...

我的朋友覺得我是

Hipster

文青

She's definitely a hipster

一定是個文青

This August

今年的八月

will be very summer

很夏天

My parents think I'm a...

我爸媽覺得我是

Walking Dictionary

人肉字典

She's a walking dictionary

她是一個人肉字典

Hey Effy

嘿 胖子

You study English Literature right?

你是讀英文系的對吧

so...

那

Can you translate this article for me?

你可以幫我翻譯這個文章嗎

It's not very long

不長啦

Like only 2000 words

只有2000字而已

Just give me before 2:30 ok?

兩點半之前給我囉

A lot of people think that...

很多人覺得我是

Party Animal

派對購物

A club goer

很愛跑趴

She's a club goer

她一定很愛跑趴

It's not fair

不公平啊

It's not fair

天公伯啊

The department of English Literature

在台灣的

in Taiwan

英文系呢

can basically be devided

基本上可以被歸來成

into two parts

兩種

One is more of literature

一種著重在文學

and the other one is more of a

另一種則偏重

teaching program

教學

so as far as I know

就我所知

NTU and NCCU

台大和政大

focus more on the literature part

都是比較偏文學的

In addition to basic courses like

除了基本的課程

oral training and writing courses

像是口說及寫作外

We get to read mythology

我們會讀神話故事

Other basic courses include

其他基本的課程包括

introduction to linguistics

語言學

If you're interested

如果你對於一個語言如何行程

in how a language is formed

感興趣的話

you would definitely

你一定會

have a lot of fun

在語言學這門課中

in linguistics classes

找到許多樂趣

The second year begins with

第二年則會開始有

English literature

英國文學

followed by other literature classes

以及其他相關的文學

such as American Literature

例如美國文學

poems, plays and the bible

詩歌、戲劇以及聖經

We also get to take a deeper look

我們也會更深入的了解

at how a culture is formed

一個文化是如何形成的

and how it changes

以及它如何隨著時間

along with time

而改變

In the third and forth year

在第三及第四年

things are getting more and more difficult

課程的難度更上一層樓

Students now basically know

學生基本上都知道

what whey want to learn about

他們想要學什麼

so we have like translation

所以我們會有翻譯課程

or interpretation courses

以及口譯課程

cultural studies and modern novels

文化研究及現代小說

Here, we get to know

在這裡呢

a lot of theories

我們會學到很多理論

and we try our best

並且要試著

to analyze the texts

用這些理論來

through those theories

分析文本 (黃大謙逆)

which is not easy

這一點也不容易

but it was very, very interesting

但是非常非常的有趣

One thing for sure

而且可以肯定的是

If you want to enjoy all the courses

如果你很享受

I've mentioned above

剛才這些課程

you need to put through

你一定會歷經

a huge bunch of reading load

超多的閱讀

It may be very difficult

可能會滿難的

but as soon as you finish all the reading

但當你完成後

the sense of achievement

成就感

is beyond words

是無法比擬的

Other schools like NTNU

其他像是師大的學校

some of the students

學生們需要

need to intern

先當實習生

before they can be a real teacher

才能成為老師

I've heard some rumors that

我有聽說一些謠言

the internship

就是實習

isn't very easy

其實並不容易

it isn't any easier than

甚至和當兵

doing the military service

一樣困難

Basically

基本上

You are kinda

你就像是

the other teachers' bitch

那些正職老師的奴隸一樣

and you can not say no to them

而且你又不可以叫他們閉嘴滾自己做 (亂翻)

My parents think I'll be

我爸媽覺得我會變成

A teacher

一個老師

sin 30 degree is

sin 30 度是

1/2

1/2

cos 60 degree is

cos 60度是

1/2

1/2

tan 45 degree is

tan 45 度是

1/2

1/2

sorry wrong teacher

啊對不起錯角色了

A...for apple

A...蘋果

B...for banana

B...香蕉

C...for cello

C...小提琴 (三小)

My friends think I'll be

我朋友覺得我會

Out of employment

失業

Can you give me some money

可以給我一點錢錢嗎爸拖爸拖

In fact

事實上

after graduation

在畢業後

English majors have a lot of choices

英文係有很多選擇

If you love literature

如果你喜歡文學

you can go to graduate school

你可以去研究所

to study more literature

讀更多的文學 (說廢話!?)

If you love teaching

如果你喜歡教學

just as I do

像我一樣的話

you can go

你可以去

and be a teacher

當個老師

A lot of my friends

我許多朋友 (你有朋友?)

took some business school courses

在大學時候

when they were still under graduates

有修一些商學院的課

yeah

嗯

so

所以

so eventually

所以最終

they'll go to graduate school

他們就會去商研所

to study for their MBA degree

完成工商管理碩士的學位

most importantly

最重要的是

with great English skill

有著好的英文

you can do all kinds of jobs

你可以做各種工作

You can do anything you want

你可以想做什麼就做什麼

Being English majors

身為一個英文系學生

we expect

我們不只要

not only good English skills

有好的英文

We're building our scarcity

還要打造稀缺性

People nowadays

現在的時代

need more than one skill

每個人不止需要一個專長

to compete with all the world

才能在社會有競爭力

so making ourselves irreplaceable

所以我們要讓我們有不可取代性

is the top priority

這是最重要的

Take Mark Zuckerberg for exmple

例如 馬克祖克柏好了

He's a master of coding right

他超會寫程式語言的

but does he settle for this

但他有因此自滿

and stop learning other skills

停止學習嗎

HELL NO

沒有嘛

He keeps learning Chinese

他不斷地學中文

to be a more successful man

並且成為了一個更成功的人

He even gave a speech in Chinese

他甚至來了個全中文的演講

When he was visiting

當他去中國的

one of the most prestigious universities in China

頂大時

and of course

而且當然

among those important skills

在許多重要的技巧中

English is definitely one of them

英文絕對是其中一個

In department of English literature

在英文系

We don't just learn how to speak good English

我們不只學怎麼說英文

or write good English essays

寫英文

We learn a lot of new perspectives

我們還有了新的視野 (是寫輪眼開眼了!?)

to look at the world

來看全世界

The more I see

看得角度越多

the more curious I am

我就變得越好奇

When you're willing to learn more about the world

當你願意以不同的角度了解世界時

there's nothing gonna stop you

沒有東西可以阻止你

from learning

不斷學習

and there's nothing gonna stop you

沒有東西可以阻止你

from making yourself better

變得更厲害

And that's a wrap

以上

For today's introduction to English majors

就是今天英文系的介紹

Is there any topic you would like us to share?

還有什麼想看的主題嗎