隨手現代詩，運用單字outgrow (長大了而不再需要…)
Love and Growth
Boys outgrow toy cars.
Girls outgrow Barbies.
But, they never outgrow those
Who stayed with them through hard times.
Parents,
Don’t just give your children toys and dolls.
Give them your words and hands.
愛 成長
男孩長大後遺忘了玩具車；
女孩長大後遺忘了洋娃娃；
但 他們永遠不會忘記誰陪他們度過難熬的時光。
爸爸媽媽啊!
別只是供應你的孩子玩具及洋娃娃；
握他們的手 跟他們說說話。
<If—>是英國詩人Rudyard Kipling於1895年創作的一首短詩，讀過多次，今天受感動多一些，雖然中文翻譯版本很多，我喜歡自己動手，跟大家分享共勉。
如果
IF
如果別人將他們的失敗責怪你 你仍然保持冷靜
如果別人質疑你但你相信自己 而且寬容那質疑
如果你能等待且不厭倦於等待 被欺騙卻不欺騙
或 被憎恨不為所動
不急於鋒芒外露 不急於侃侃而談
如果你有夢想卻不被夢想主宰 有想法卻不受限
如果你經歷了各種成功與失敗 對兩者公平對待
如果你忍受你說的實話被扭曲 被用來誤導他人
或 生活意義被摧毀
卻只能彎腰低頭 用殘破工具修復
如果你做對的事並且付出一切 擲骰子般定輸贏
輸了就重新開始 不逢人怨聲載道
如果你有心有魄力且用盡體力 即使早沒有氣力
你一無所有撐住 用意志力說撐住
如果你能與人對談時保持正直 帝王同行不忘本
如果你的敵人朋友無法傷害你 你尊重人而不過
如果你以百米衝刺的每秒速度 填補無情每分鐘
你就擁有世界以及世界上一切 孩子你是大人了
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
每個台灣小孩都必須學習英文，但多數不會就讀外文系，也不會出國留學，可是這些台灣孩子當然也希望有好的英語能力，畢竟英語是世界語，無論在生活或職場都有其便利性及重要性。一年半前我開始了「帶學英文的孩子到演講台」的計畫，目的是讓台灣孩子體會到即使他們不就讀外文系，也不出國留學，也能將英語提升到具有競爭力的程度。我用我自己做例子，於是也開始英語演講，面對自己人演講壓力不夠大，表現不夠好，於是也開始對外演講，但沒有知名度的我能去哪裡演講？幸運地知道了KTC高雄英語演講協會，於是加入成為會員，也開始在KTC安排下能規律的演講。
並不是沒有英語應用的環境就學不好語言，而是要創造環境。只要平時有正確規律的訓練(參考超凡遠距全文輸入輸出訓練)，所有人都能將英語提升到相當不錯的程度，讓英語成為具有競爭力的工具。
(1)要有自信; (2)要像是學騎腳踏車一樣; (3) 別忘記自己是台灣人，不必當外國人！
大多數學英語台灣人的我們都不會就讀外文系，也不會出國留學，但是我們想學好英語，因為要提升競爭力。英語是工具、是技術，因此學習的效率及效果非常重要，超凡遠距創辦人李其興Paul Lee在屏東鄉下長大，不曾出國留學，多年來從事建築業，但現在全心投入發展全文輸入輸出訓練，幫助台灣學習英語的孩子，因為有著2030雙語國家的願景，我們到時要成為做好準備的那一群。
全文輸入輸出訓練是以說寫輸出為目的的訓練課程，有興趣的朋友請造訪全文輸入輸出訓練。
應用單字
To know what you are, first let’s define “ideas,” “events,” and “people.”
Discussing people here means to talk about a person, usually in a negative, sarcastic way. Discussing events means to talk about what happen in our life and how those things cause problems to us. Discussing ideas means to find out what is behind an event, for example, the cause or solutions to the problems. Don’t be the small minds!
Unfortunately we are surrounded by them in our life. They follow celebrity gossip, start office politics, and backstab and criticize others. Online, they shame or attack each other. In real life, they make comparisons and complaints about this and that. They are happy with others’ failures. Small minds are judgmental, get offended easily and tend to reiterate what has already happened. They are good at identifying others’ mistake, blaming others, yet they have no solution. Small minds discuss something that seems interesting, but detrimental to their relationship with others and family. Average minds look beyond people and focus on events. They identity facts, start conversation, and provide opinion based on the facts.
Yet it is a fallacy that just discussing events makes people smart. It probably does, but we can be smarter if we offer solutions to the problems. Great minds find solutions to problems, even if the problems don’t seem to relate to them. Stay average, but try to move closer to the great. Stay average, but prevent yourself from being the small.
點此連結了解如何進行全文輸入輸出訓練!
We can change the words we use to change our mindset. No matter whether we talk to others or to ourselves. Mindset is how you see the world and how you see yourself in the world. With a negative mindset, our life seems difficult, small setbacks feel like failures, new situations feel daunting, and trying feels hopeless. With a positive mindset, mistakes are what we learn from, something new is an exciting challenge, hard work brings results, and our world is a great place.
Changing your mindset can be simple. You just need to change the words you use. Your choice of words is an important way to create a happy world around you. You can help your children, students, and friends to develop a positive mindset. You just need to change the words you say to them and help them to change the words that they say. Here are some examples of how to turn around words: ‘It is too hard’ becomes ‘It may take some time and effort.’ ‘You made a mistake’ becomes ‘Hey, mistakes help you improve.’ This creates a 180 degree turn around from a negative, hopeless feeling to a positive, forward-looking view.
Words are powerful and our brains believe what we hear. The right words spoken in the right way can bring us love, money and respect, while the wrong words—or even the right words spoken in the wrong way — can lead people to argument, distrust, or hatred. We must carefully orchestrate our speech if we want to achieve our goals and bring our dreams to fruition.” Help your children, family, people around you and yourself to hear the right words that are going to create your happy world.
Every word matters.
我們可以改變我們說的話來改變我們的思維模式，無論我們是對他人說話或是對自己，思維模式就是你如何看這個世界及如何看在這世界的自己。帶著負面思維模式，我們會覺得人生很難，小小挫折就像是大大失敗，新的處境令人感到氣餒，任何嘗試都是無望的。帶著正面思維模式，錯誤可讓我們從中學習，覺得新事務是很棒的挑戰，覺得辛苦會帶來成果，我們的世界很美好。
要改變你的思維模式很簡單，只需要改變你說話時所使用的字，選擇你說話時所用的字是很重要的，選擇用字可以在你周邊創造快樂環境，你可以幫助你的孩子、學生、或朋友
發展正面思維模式。你只需要改變你說話的方式以及幫助他們改變他們說話的方式，這裡有幾個如何轉變用字的例子，「這太難了!」 轉變成 「這可能需要一些時間及努力」，「你錯了!」 轉變成 「錯誤有助於你改善」，這樣能創造180度的轉變，從一種負面的、無望的感受轉變成正面的、前瞻性的看法。
文字是很有力量的，而我們的大腦相信我們聽到的字，對的話語用正確的方式表達能帶給我們愛、金錢以及尊敬，然而不對的話語，或甚至是對的話語用不正確的方式表達，會帶給當事人爭論、不信任、及仇恨，我們必須警慎細心策畫演說，如果我們想要，達成目標以及讓夢想實現，幫助你的孩子、家庭、身邊的人、還有自己，讓大家都能聽到正確的話語，創造你的快樂世界。
每個字都很重要!
重要單字片語
(1) 國中超前佈署800字
(2) 高一必記600單字
(3) 升大學最重要單字
易混淆單字片語：spend/cost/take等令人困惑的單字。
重要句型及表達
(1) 容易混淆的副詞：hard/hardly; near/nearly…
(2) That做為關係代名詞(✖which)的狀況
表達升級
(1) 好字好句：好用簡單的用字，讓你的表達立即升級。
(2) 好用句型：好用、常用的句型或片語。
(3) 英文搭配字：all or nothing… 等立即升級口說及寫作。
特定場合英文
(1) 旅行時用到的英文
有關單字這個單元除了有個學習階段必記單字，還有不同用途的單字，例如造句時的搭配字、或口說及寫作用到的轉折詞(構建中)等等，請多加下載或瀏覽運用。然而真正要運用單字請加入超凡遠距全文輸入輸出訓練。
請播放下方GEPT中級口說試題聲音檔，從頭聽到尾，並依循頁面從上而下按照指示作答：
請在15秒內完成並唸出下列自我介紹的句子，請開始：
My seat number is (複試座位號碼後五碼), and my registration number is (複試准考證號碼後五碼)。
第一部分 朗讀短文
請先利用1分鐘的時間閱讀下面的短文，然後在兩分鐘內以正常的速度，清楚正確的讀出下面的短文。請開始閱讀，閱讀時請不要發出聲音。
An Eskimo boy becomes a man when he kills his first polar bear. The polar bear, which may be nine feet long and weigh 1,000 pounds, is a very dangerous animal. To kill one takes a great deal of courage and skill. The boy who can kill a polar bear has developed the skills and courage needed to be a hunter—and a man. Polar bears give the Eskimos meat to eat, skins for clothing, and oil for heating and lighting. A boy who can provide all these things has certainly become a man.
The population of chimpanzee in the wild is shrinking because it is hunted to be sold. For every chimp that is taken alive, five to ten chimps die. In the past fifty years, Africans have sold three to four thousand chimps for use in business and experiments. If this practice continues, the chimp may become extinct. The United States has put the chimpanzee on the endangered animals list, which will make it against the law to sell them to the United States. Once on the list, they will have a better chance to survive.
第二部分 回答問題
這個部分共有10題，題目已事先錄音，每題經由耳機播放兩次，不印在試卷上。第1題至第5題，每題回答時間15秒；第6題至第10題，每題回答時間30秒。每題播出後，請立即回答，回答時不一定要用完整的句子，請在作答時間內盡量的表達。
第三部分 看圖敘述
下面有1張圖片及四個相關的問題，請在一分半鐘內完成作答。作答時請直接回答，不需要將題號及題目念出。首先請利用30秒的時間看圖及問題。
問題
請將下列自我介紹的句子再唸一遍，請開始：
My seat number is (複試座位號碼後五碼), and my registration number is (複試准考證號碼後五碼)。
第一部分回答範例
第二部分回答範例 15秒答題示範
第二部分回答範例 30秒答題示範
第三部份看圖敘述
無論您是(1)注重口說寫作的國高中生; (2)提升競爭力的英文老師; (3)努力成為各科雙語老師; 或(4)提升專業英語說寫能力的碩博生或社會人士。請洽客製化訓練課程詢問專線。
唯一雲端虛擬教室，將想法全文輸入輸出訓練🎯，雲端專人訂正提供改善建議。
影片線上教學平台：Youtube教學頻道
提升國際競爭力 加入超凡遠距 。
請播放下方GEPT中級口說試題聲音檔，從頭聽到尾，並依循頁面從上而下按照指示作答：
請在15秒內完成並唸出下列自我介紹的句子，請開始：
My seat number is (複試座位號碼後五碼), and my registration number is (複試准考證號碼後五碼)。
第一部分 朗讀短文
請先利用1分鐘的時間閱讀下面的短文，然後在兩分鐘內以正常的速度，清楚正確的讀出下面的短文。請開始閱讀，閱讀時請不要發出聲音。
Ice cream is a favorite all over the world. In Japan, it is made with a hard cookie on the outside like a cone. In Italy and France, ice cream usually contains nuts and fruit. Eskimos like it very much, so they use airplanes to fly it to them. Maybe Americans eat the most ice-cream all over the world. Every year Americans eat over seven hundred million gallons of ice cream. There are more than two hundred flavors for them to choose from. Two very popular flavors are strawberry and chocolate.
Does using pictures for writing sound interesting to you? The people in Egypt did it a long time ago. This ancient writing system is called hieroglyphics, or picture writing. In this old Egyptian system, each picture stood for an idea. People carved these picture words on temple walls and in other places where people often got together. The pictures told stories about the Egyptian gods and kings. They also told stories about animals. People used the picture words to keep records of other business information.
第二部分 回答問題
這個部分共有10題，題目已事先錄音，每題經由耳機播放兩次，不印在試卷上。第1題至第5題，每題回答時間15秒；第6題至第10題，每題回答時間30秒。每題播出後，請立即回答，回答時不一定要用完整的句子，請在作答時間內盡量的表達。
第三部分 看圖敘述
下面有1張圖片及四個相關的問題，請在一分半鐘內完成作答。作答時請直接回答，不需要將題號及題目念出。首先請利用30秒的時間看圖及問題。
問題
請將下列自我介紹的句子再唸一遍，請開始：
My seat number is (複試座位號碼後五碼), and my registration number is (複試准考證號碼後五碼)。
第一部分回答範例
第二部分回答範例 15秒答題示範
第二部分回答範例 30秒答題示範
第三部份看圖敘述
無論您是(1)注重口說寫作的國高中生; (2)提升競爭力的英文老師; (3)努力成為各科雙語老師; 或(4)提升專業英語說寫能力的碩博生或社會人士。請洽客製化訓練課程詢問專線。
唯一雲端虛擬教室，將想法全文輸入輸出訓練🎯，雲端專人訂正提供改善建議。
影片線上教學平台：Youtube教學頻道
提升國際競爭力 加入超凡遠距 。
口說能力是學習語言的終極考驗，但是口說能力的養成是聽說讀寫綜合訓練的結果，必須要有足夠的背景知識、熟練的句型結構、清楚的咬字發音，若平時沒有規律做聽說讀寫訓練，臨場考試比較容易因為緊張或議題不熟悉出狀況，BN全文輸入輸出訓練可幫助學習者聽說讀寫均衡發展。 全民英檢(GEPT)分三大部分：(一)朗讀短文，(二)回答問題，及(三)看圖敘述。
全民英檢中級口說 1
全民英檢中級口說 2
全民英檢中級口說 3
全民英檢中級口說 4
第一部分為朗讀短文，應試訣竅為：
(1)快速掃描全文時務必掌控文意，唸的時候要明白所唸文意，如此才能投入情感。
(2)對生字或難唸的字，掃描時要特別留意，運用自然發音及區分音節的概念將字自信唸出。
(3)短句從頭到尾一氣呵成唸完，長句在連接詞或逗號停留。
第二部分為回答問題，應試訣竅為：
(1)注意時間，盡可能在時間內多發揮，但最重要是想法完整性呈現。
(2)萬一沒聽懂也不要愣住，用聽懂部分作答即可。
(3)不一定要根據事實或本身經驗回答，可以稍微誇大或用想像力加料回答。
第三部分為看圖敘述，應試訣竅為：
(1)找出圖片中的人事時地物及關連性。
(2)若人事時地物稍嫌單調，注意天氣、顏色，背景
超凡遠距知識英語 
