study gathering之世界大不同

前幾天toastmaster辦了個活動，是個簡單的英語聊天，由英文比較好的人擬幾個題目然後用英文討論，因為覺得是個練習的機會就去參加看看，雖然因為不太會搶話所以聽多過說，但是這些題目還蠻有深度的，學到的東西是不一樣的。

其中有一個題目是如果你有小孩，你會怎麼教育他，大家說出自己的看法，有這樣的機會和很多人open mind討論這些，其實我覺得是很不錯的機會。

這些人都比我年長一些。有些人在不久將來將遇到這些問題，有些人未雨綢繆的從自己的生命經驗中，把答案都想好了。

其實我覺得這個問題很深，這並不是很簡單的問題，因為想這個題目的時候，我有種感覺是在檢視自己的過去的生命經驗，喜歡的和不喜歡的經歷，都會反映在教育小孩子的方針裡。有人覺得一個小孩只要學會負責任，和解決問題的能力，學校教育並不是最重要的。有的人則偏向自己有能力的話，能夠付出就多付出一些，希望小孩少走一些冤枉路。可以感覺的出來，大家都很努力的過生活，或許身上有不少的傷痕，但是他們越挫越勇。

相較之下，我似乎是幸福多了，求學的過程中都還算順利，父母幾乎都不干預我的決定，可以說羅馬都是自己造的，雖然好像是有些搖搖欲墬，哈哈~但是就是甘願。如果硬要找出可以更好的空間的話，大概就是少了引導與鼓勵。我想如果有一天我必需照顧小孩的時，我覺得每天再忙都要抽半個小時關心小孩今天做了什麼，然後給與回饋，因為回饋是很好的胡蘿蔔。

by Newman Chang

[活動] 納尼亞˙哪裡呀

【納尼亞˙哪裡呀】活動，希望大家覺得很好玩。夢時代實在很大，假日人又多，到處都擠來擠去，連我這個知道關卡地方的主辦人都走的好累、好辛苦。活動一開始有些混亂，大家都不知道要怎麼解題，讓我緊張了一下，如果都解不出來那不就糗大了，好在玩過一次後都有慢慢步上軌道。我想可能是許多人都已經脫離玩這種遊戲很久很久。謝謝五位小關主，這次活動修改又修改，人數變來又變去，好再有你們支持與幫忙、給我想法、協助活動設計，才讓活動有個完美的ending。我也要謝謝大家給我機會在八月辦活動，讓我去台北前，可以留下個什麼給大家J
　　2006年4月我加入ALE MAX Toastmasters：那時覺得大家很遙不可及，我就像個路人甲，只是剛好與你們待在同個會議室當中。2008年9月我暫時離開：謝謝大家的祝福，現在的我能深深感受到大家"一起"的感覺。Fall con.康康舞表演、採草莓、meeting後85度C喝茶聊天討論事情、Outing、studying gathering，兩年半的時間從C1到C8，說長不長、說短不短，但卻有滿滿的回憶在，很高興認識大家。我在台北會好好讀書，回高雄也會繼續參加meeting的。

by Jenny Hung

哪裡呀傳奇

今天的club的活動主辦者是Jenny，我們要依照他所提供的謎腳在夢時代裡面尋找關主，並且闖關，有比手畫腳阿，擠眉弄眼阿，和陌生人換錢ㄚ，演個短劇等等...就是做一些平常不會做的事情，這些事情因為很多人一起做而變的有趣。

在第一關的時候因為玩的很順，覺得氣勢還蠻強。Tony的成語很強，比手畫腳才猜出一個字，所有可能的答案就被唸光了，Henry知道的歌名很多，"數字+歌名"這關，它的貢獻很多。Coco是我們的導遊，只要有店名跟著她走就對了。
可惡的Janson他是第二關的關主，這關我們全軍覆沒，氣勢由盛轉衰。五關裡面我覺得最難的是賓果連線這關，
時間只有二十分鐘，達成五個目標才連成一條線，這樣也才一分，真是分數難賺。
最讚的一關大概是Julia這關，這應該是最好賺分的一關，因為它只是考考一些簡單的日常生活單字，尋找附近的店照照相，算是最好得分的一關。
最後一名的懲罰是發傳單，身為第四名的小隊長wallace，眾人皆罪你獨扛，誰叫你是小隊長呢，辛苦你了，呵

by Newman Chang

ALE MAX’s Second Outing-納尼亞，哪裡呀?-需要一點智慧和活動力

8/24是我們偉大的President Jason上任以來，ALE MAX舉辦的第二次outing(這樣會不會太狗腿)!也是小Jenny暫別我們club的嘔心瀝血之作。身為ALE MAX長老級的會員(偶說的是資歷，不是年齡哦)，當然要力挺到底，所以就穿著ALE MAX的T-shirt，帶著我們家小弟一同參加去。

在夢時代大廳集合完畢後，身為B組的組長，衝啊~帶著我們組員闖關去啦!!蝦米，組員只有我弟!沒關係，姐弟同心，其力斷金!

首先，不得不佩服咱們家Jenny，關主所在地的提示，還真需要些頭腦來破解，加上對Dream Mall不是粉熟，常會當在那邊，好里家在，有好心的關主，給點小提示。當然，還要有點體力，在各樓層間走來走去，找尋關主所在地的店家，所以要有智慧又有體力的人，才辦得到!

這次活動共有五關，各有各的特色，Mayna的「Show Time」，得當場編出推銷ALE MAX的廣告短片，極具挑戰性與創意；Julie的「…..」(那關叫什麼…)，要抽籤完成任務，借手錶啦、拿十元換五十元，搞得很像詐騙集團，不過這可以訓練膽量，因為對陌生人開口，還真需要一些勇氣呢；Lillian Tseng的「比手畫腳」，要會熟悉成語、歌曲名稱、觀光景點，還要五官運作協調，告訴我們平時要讀書還有助於facial expression；Jason的「…..」(又叫什麼….我記性不好!)，得跟關主PK，這對於不精通玩電動玩具的我，有點困難，PK飛碟球，還會自己把球打進洞，白白送分給對手，還好沒資格參加奧運，不然這次奧運的「國恥日」可能會是我造成的；最後，是Lillian Chen的「賓果遊戲」，這大概是難度最高又最累的一關吧!!得跑來跑去，搜尋目標。還是Darlene厲害，居然能找到願意留資料給ALE MAX的人，給她拍拍手&放煙火!!應該多多跟她學習，我們club就會出運啦。

感謝Jenny舉辦這個活動，如果沒有這個活動，我大概也不敢在那麼多人的shopping mall中，演戲、跟陌生人交談等，這種經驗很難得，也讓我真的有回到大一新鮮人時的感覺，玩得超開心的唷!!給Jenny掌聲鼓勵!!有空回來看我們哦~

沒參加的會員，後悔了吧!下次outing要報名哦!!

by Amanda Hus

August Outing__納尼亞˙哪裡呀

Photo by: Jason Wu; Lillian Chen; Lillian Tseng; Newman Chang

 

If you have photo want to share wit, you can send it to PRVP

 

彩繪活動

by: Newman

Toastmaster有一個彩繪T-shirt的小活動，啥~畫T-shirt~

社團T-shirt背面文字設計的不錯，不過正面留了一大塊白，就是為了DIY嗎~

沒有畫畫天份的人要怎辦呢，Janathan和我有一樣的問題，所以他沒有去不過我還是去了，反正好玩去試試看也好。

突然想起學長提過的鄉民T-shirt，於是想說把冏字加到T-shirt上，上網搜尋了一下，找到了彎彎的手繪圖，印出來後就準備出發。

Jason是我們的club的president，在他的T-shirt上畫了個綠J，非常的顯眼，但是看起來蠻弱的...，不過娛樂大眾是需要一點勇氣和犧牲的。

雙J小姐奮力的用珠珠拼出閃耀的名字，兩個小時後我的圖案完成了，自己覺得很滿意，只想先照張相。

2008/08/19 Lanuguage Evaluator's Report

Grammarian: Wallace Hsu

1. 只有連接詞(conj)才能連接兩個句子.常見的連接詞有and,or,but,so,yet,for,nor。
其形式為 (1) conj + s + v+.......+ s + v......
(2) s + v +........,conj + s +v......
而常見的錯誤便是把連接副詞拿來當連接詞用,這是不可以的；請記住連接副詞不是連接詞，不能拿來連接兩個句子。常見的連接副詞如：however,due to , thanks to , owing to........
常見錯誤形式如：　s + v +,..........,therefore + s + v +......... (x)

2. it's = it is　(虛主詞 + 動詞)
its (為所有格，表它的)

3. do與make的分別　
do較偏向從有到無的感覺，而make則偏向從無到有的感覺
一些片語如下，順便提供一下自己的記法，或許對大家有幫助
　 1. do the research 做研究(有一個問題存在,經過研究後,被解決掉就沒有問題了) 　
2. do the job
3. do the dish 洗碗盤(本來有一堆髒東西要洗,洗完後就沒有髒的東西了)
　4. make bed 鋪床(本來床是一團亂,有經過鋪床的過程後,就有了一個整齊的床了)
　5. make a discovery (在經過辛苦的探索後,發現了一些原本不知道的事物)　
6. make love

Marketing and Advanced Speech Skills Training

Marketing and Advanced Speech Skills Training

(Southern Taiwan)

南區推廣及進階演講技巧研習會

District 67, Toastmasters International

Date日期: September 6, 2008 (Saturday) 9月6日(週六)

Time時間: 09:00-12:30 上午九點至中午十二點卅分, 13:00-16:30 下午一點至四點卅分

Fee收費: NT$500-/club, lunch not included.

Venue地點: 南新國中Nan-Xin Junior High School

台南縣新營市民治路65號, 65 Minzhi Rd, Xinying City, Tainan County 73047, Taiwan

Participants參加者: Division D & Southern F members are welcome

歡迎D部/F部南區的會員們參加

Registration報名洽: Max Fan 范銘峰, D2 Governor D2區總監, max.fann@msa.hinet.net, 0925636917

詳細 AGENDA 節目表

檢視較大的地圖

2008/08/18 Jason Wu's A16 speech

A16 The Briefing
Title: the interest of running a club
Date: 08/19/2008
Time: 8 to 10 for speech, 5 for question period

Objectives:
Apply the key steps in the preparation of a briefing and the organization of material.
Give a briefing according to a specific objective so the audience will have an understanding of the information.
Effectively handle a question-and-answer session following the briefing.


Opening
“Interest” is an interesting word it has several meaning, therefore you may wonder what I want to talk about, right? So let me explain this word first. “Interest” means as you know some thing what you concern about, what you are eager to know or do, because you like it, it can make you happy. So “interest of running a club” means that why running a club can make you happy. And then another meaning for “Interest”, it can means benefit or profit, when you deposit money in bank, bank will pay you a little of money that call interest, so interest=money=benefit, “interest of running a club” can means what benefit you can get if you run a club. Besides these meanings “Interest” also can means importance some thing will give us great influence not only affect you. So “interest of running a club” also means that why running a club is important for us. Now you know what I want to talk about, three parts of running a club.

First one, why running a club can make you happy. I believe every one has his dream and goal when you are realizing your goal you are making your dream come truth you do it alone do you feel lonely? And you might face problems you don’t know how to solve it that makes you depressed at that moment nobody accompany you nobody encourage you could you keep going to conquer the adversity? Even in the final you reach your goal but nobody share the result and happiness with you could you be happy to enjoy your success? Of course not, we all face this situation or heard this kind of story many times, nobody will feel happy. But in our club we have officer team if you were an officer you not work alone you have partners to realize the goal with you many people will inspire you when need encouragement when you need help always you can fine some one who want to give you a hang, we do it together we encourage each other we help each other, in the end of year we share the result together. So being an officer running a club can really makes you happier.

Second one, what benefits you can get from running a club. 1. Develop your SQ. what is SQ? It is social intelligence quotient. People are social we live together, so we must know how to social we must develop our SQ. If you were an officer you need to set goal for members, therefore you have the chance to view things and think from other member’s side you could be more considerate you need to comfort and concern about members and then influence them you need to persuade them to cooperate with your policy then you could know how to communicate. 2. Make a lot of friends. If you were an officer you need to contact many people, when you work with them you could have chance to know them more and make your relationship closer. 3. Build self confidence. From magazine we can see that many fellow toastmasters build their self confidence when they served as an officer, because they realized their goals they got the feedback then they became confident. If you were an officer you also could get it.


Third one, why running a club is important for us. We all knew that environment can give people great influence, so Mencius his mother moved three times for him our past president Darlene was same with her, but besides that people are another important element for environment, right? If you choose the wrong person to be the officer he will set wrong goal for us lead us to the wrong direction, in the final we may lose our club. Do you want it happen? If you really like this club I believe you don’t, and for other people we have obligation to maintain this place let them can grow here positively, because we took this benefit before.

Dear fellow toastmasters from our past officer election I could feel that our members are so kind and so modest, because our election was so peaceful, nobody want to be the officer, but in the bottom of my heart I suggest you to be the officer, you can get benefits from the process you can make your life happier add colors in your life and you can be the important person in our club, because you can design our club’s future, seldom people have the key to open the door you should seize this opportunity don’t give the wrong person this key, I hope next year our election will be competitive I will see many candidate eager to be the officer.

DIY Activity- Make Your T-Shirt More Colorful

Did you miss last time's DIY Activities to draw or created your own style T-shirt? If yes, it's OK, because we are going to do it again on Wednesday. Do not miss this time, because we don't know when we will open again.

If you would like to join, you haven't get your T-shirt. Contact Lillian C and she will bring your T-shirt for you

Date: 08-20-2008(Wed.)

Time: 07:00pm~

Venue: 高雄市建國一路411號3樓

Study Gathering--Let's Talk! (Aug.26)

Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm, Tuesday, Aug.26
Charge: NT$50 per member/NT$100 per guest
(Please register and pay the fee in advance to Treasure-Wade Wu)
Place: No.157, Zhongzheng 4th Rd., Qianjin District, Kaohsiung City 801
高雄市前金區中正四路157號 (布蘭奇咖啡)


Time /Session /Trainer
19:30-20:30 /Career / Jason Wu
20:30-21:30 / Investment / Lillian Tseng

Life and Dream Jason's study gethering briefing

What is your dream life? Do you strive to get it? Yes, I believe everyone does it, but many people didn’t realize it, because we can’t control our destiny, our plan is not always on schedule, so should we give up? No we shouldn’t, in our life some phases, we all knew, we will face it such as “study in school” “working” “marriage”, “nurturing children” “accident” “retire life” “buying a house” “death”, if we arrange it before we meet it then we could handle it easier we could make right decision, then your dream could be true. This time our study gathering, we would like to discuss this topic “career”, you could get advises from other member’s experience.
derivatives 衍生性商品 inflation 通貨膨脹
fixed interest 固定利率 floated interest 浮動利率
leverage 槓桿原理 guarantee 擔保品
pension 退休金 crisis危機 轉機
supply and demand theory 供需理論
mutual fund 共同基金 bond 債券
agriculture 農業

That's Not Funny!

That's Not Funny!

By John Kinde, DTM

Why people find your perfect joke offensive.

If a book of dirty jokes falls open in the woods and nobody is there... are the jokes offensive? No. You need an audience of at least one person.

W

hether a joke is in poor taste is not about the content of the joke. And it's really not about the speaker or writer of the joke. It's about the interpretations and reactions of the listener or the reade5r. One person's joke is another person's rude comment. What makes one person laugh makes another person blush in embarrassment. What some people consider subtle wit is nothing but an insult to someone else. As speakers we need to understand some of the factors that account for these differences.

It's About Them

Conditioning By Society. People are influenced by their families, friends and other social and cultural experiences to think that certain things are funny, and that other things are offensive. This isn't necessarily good or bad. It just is, although it carries more of a negative impact when the offensive humor ruins relationships and attacks a group's self-worth. Humor based on a stereotype, even if it's accurate, can have a negative impact on society. On the other hand, humor can disarm a stereotype. Creating effective humor is very difficult, because the end result (the judgment of the receiver) has less to do with the speaker's intent, delivery or the content of the joke. It's more about the history, experiences and conditioning of the listener.

Playing Police Officer. Some people find material offensive not because it offends them, but because they are afraid it will offend someone else. They have a self-appointed role as the protector of society and they censor material they feel may cause discomfort to others. Sometimes these "police officers" play a valuable role in challenging poor-taste humor.

Perspective. A humor line can be offensive to men for one reason and to women for another reason. In a humor writing contest based on the gender of words, a writer submitted this line: "Pants are feminine because in most homes it's the women who wear them. " This can be offensive to women feeling it's a putdown of assertive women or women who work outside the home. It can also be offensive to men who feel it's an attack on their masculinity and that it implies that women are superior to them. In either case it doesn't matter what the attitude or intent of the speaker was. The perspective of the listener affects that person's reaction.

Such a history of oppression that they've become conditioned to see putdowns in places where none was intended. Being offended becomes an automatic, knee-jerk reaction. On the other hand, they may be living with a history in which humor was used as a weapon to dehumanize their particular minority.
For example, the Nazis in World War II Germany used comical political cartoons about Jews to desensitize the general population toward a group of people they planned to annihilate. As a result, people of Jewish heritage may feel they have every right to be vigilant. Other people will have their own reasons for watchfulness. Consequently, deciding how far to take your jokes is not easy. Just be aware that you see things through your own filters, and you may need to expand your cultural awareness and sensitivities. The best caveat is one of the oldest: Know your audience.

Pushing Buttons. I found a couple of satire Web sites that hit some hot spots. One was on the subject of relationships between blacks and whites. The other was on gay marriage. Both Web sites played with stereotypes. The comments posted to both sites demonstrated the power of satire to push buttons on both sides of an issue. It showed how people with opposing views on each subject could be offended by the same material. And conversely, it showed how people on both sides of the issues could love the Web sites and appreciate the humor. It was less about the sites than the opinions and judgment of the viewers. Other hot-button issues for humor include immigration, gun control, religion, abortion and affirmative action.

The Two Percent. It's said that two percent of people will be offended by anything you say or do. There is truth to that. Most jokes will probably be found offensive by someone. If your goal is to offend no one, don't speak or write to anyone. A better goal is to find the socially prevalent line that divides the humor of good and bad taste for most of your particular audience and try not to cross it without purpose. Accept the fact that some people will be offended no matter what you do, and don't lose sleep over their opinions Instead, concentrate on the 98 percent who remain and try not to alienate them.

What Can You Do?
Know Your Intent. Understand why you use humor. What is your motive behind each line of a joke? Is it that you really don't like the group you're poking fun at? When your're coming from a negative place, your humor is likely to be off target, offensive and divisive.

Have Self-Esteem. Although the impact of a joke depends on the receiver, it is also true that humor at others' expense is often created by people who are trying to boost their own self esteem by ridiculing others. I've noticed that people who are emotionally healthy and balanced are less likely to denigrade others than those who have self-worth issues.

Seek the Truth. Dont fall into the trap of thinking you own the truth. It's a mistake to label other people's actions and behaviors with the motivations you believe are behind them. Your guess will often be wrong. The resulting negative judgments will weaken your relationships.

Be Challenged. dont take the simple road to humor by doing the easy jokes based on sex, body parts and negative stereotypes. Create humor that takes thought and creativity. It's more challenging, more funny and less offensive. Two years ago I won our District Humorous Speech Contest with a speech that played with a challenging topic: how To succeed In Business By Going to Work Naked. The challenge was to develop a five- to seven-minute speech without talking about sex, body parts or bodily functions.
My favorite joke had innuendo that I just couldn't include in the speech, even though I loved it. It was good practice in making judgments on what was appropriate.
I'm sure some people thought, for their own valid reasons, that it was not an appropriate topic for a Toastmasters contest. Just the word "naked" pushed buttons for some people. And remember the two-percent rule? Winning four levels of Toastmasters competition indicated to me that I met the challenge of good taste.

Do your homework. Keep your radar tuned for the possibility of sensitive material in your talk. In most of my programs I include humor based on inside information about a group, provided to me before an event. When I presented a motivational program for a group in California, a member of the group was known to go on vacation to the same island destination each year. It was an inside joke to say that she vacationed on Fantasy Island. Using that material seemed safe, but after the program the woman complained to me about the joke. No matter who gave me the information, I was responsible and should not have hesitated to talk to the target of my humor.
Warning your target does not reduce the impact of the humor. Although it takes away the element of surprise for that one person, it's still fresh material for the audience as a whole. Since you've done your homework, it will make you more confident, and the person who is the target of the humor might lvoe the joke even more for taking part in its creation.

Get permission. Then, there was the time I was entertaining at a 50th birthday party. I sometimes do a segment referred to as "The Question Man" where I pretend to answer the audience's written questions. Actually I create all the questions and answers myself. That time, I had been informed that a guy named Bob was getting married for the fourth time. he had been divorced three times before. I knew that this might be a ripe subject for humor. But would Bob think it was funny? So Iasked him, "Is the fact that this is your fourth marriage something that you joke about?" The answer was yes. I also asked, "Does your fiancee think it's funny, and is it something that the two of you joke about?" yes and yes. Next, Ishared the joke with him in advance.

Here's the setup line: "I have been invited to Bob's wedding next month...should i go?" And my answer: "Yes...and to the one next year too!" I implied that by next year he will be planning his fifth wedding. The joke was a hit and Bob and his fiancee loved it. I was comfortable using it because I had requested permission.


Play it safe. The time-tested advice from the speaking circuit is "when in doubt...leave it out." Although I'll push the edge occasionally, over the years I've become more conservative in my judgments. Always play it safe and you'll never have to be sorry.

Not long ago I observed an elderly woman being seated at a blackjack table with a man who was in his 50s. He was bold enough to ask the woman's age. She replied that she was 91 years old. His response was: "My grandmother was 91 when she died! When you get to heaven, look her up and tell her I said hi." His comment was the same as saying: "You're almost dead!" No doubt he meant well and was trying to be jovial with her, but it's possible he offended her instead.

Be a student. When you find a Web site or newspaper article that you love or hate, ask yourself why you feel the way you do. Try to understand what is pushing your buttons. Then study the postings and opinions of others Try to understand what makes other people tick. You'll become stronger at building relationships when you understand yourself and others.

Walk A Mile. Step into the shoes of someone different from you. Be sensitive. Build links, relationships and bonds. Use humor to grow our collective family and not tear it down. let your positive humor shed light the next time you take the platform to entertain and move an audience.

Copy from: Toastmasters Magazine October 2006, volume 72,No.10

2008/08/05 Language Evaluator's Report

Grammarian: Lillian Chen
many people doubts (no "s")
in dangers (no "s")
I will very lucky (I will "be" very lucky
I no here for long time (I "not " here for long time)

"appreciate" should be "admire"
"strong our bone" should be "strengthen our bone
"now economics going down" should be "now economy going down"
"question time" should be " Q&A section"
"please tell me if you still have question" more formal way to say " please let me know if you still have question"

aflatoxin[]=黃麴毒素
casein[]=酪蛋白
osteoporosis[] =骨質疏鬆
calcium[]=鈣