Re: [Talk] I'd like to be back

看板EngTalk (全英文聊天)作者jhond231 (Ariel)時間10年前 (2014/11/22 01:07)推噓0(0推 0噓 0→)

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※ 引述《JimmyWr ( jimmywr)》之銘言： : hello, everybody. : I am Jimmy, the oldest administrator of this board 9 years ago. : It has been a long time I haven't practiced my English. : I practiced my Engish at my ex-job which is deal with the patent : and trademark applications. : When I was in college , I spent a lot of time studying Japanese. : My Japanese proficiency test has got N2 level before I graudated, : so I also can speak Japanese well and take view Japanese website. : I love Japanese, so I can spent all of the time reading the Japanese : drama and tv shows, news paper, chatting with my Japanese friends, : on LINE in the real life. : Exactly, my English ability has declined largely. : Besides, when I studied Japanese in my collge life, : I regard Japanese is the most beautiful language so I told myself : it's not so necessary for study west language because Japanese : is more catchy and adorable. : Since then I became afraid to talk with westerners and : I started to view the west people by judgement because their race and culture : are totally different from us. : I thought west people are not so friendly for asian because their concepts : are totally different from easterners. : My conception of the world became narrow, until one day I spot so many : videos which I can see so many west people post their reaction to Korean pop : music video . Like this : : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwtq-mS7XtoFqBgwAatCj9Q : His name is Mr. Breen, he is my friend on Facebook. : I thoght " oh my god, the west people also listening and watching : the music come from Asia. : So did I get misunderstanding with the people come from west? : It's not only one or two , when you type "KPOP REACTION " into the : serching bar on YOUTUBE, then you will find out there are so many west people : watching KPOP videos until now. : The west people hasn't looked down on Asian, : if you had some characteristics attactive then you will also be respectful : by them. : It's a big culture gap, now for me learning English is not just for : bussiness nessecity but also for getting more understading toward west : countries. : If we confined our orbit into Asia, then we will lost so many chances, : not only on bussiness, but also a general world view. : That's it. : Thanks for reading my long and tedius thinking. long, but it make a point, thanks for ur sharing. -- Sent from my Android -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 223.143.25.2 ※ 文章網址: http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/EngTalk/M.1416589678.A.6A5.html