Close your eyes and listen to this young artist sing, and you'll probably think she's Asian. Yet in reality, Corinna Chamberlain (陳明恩) is a blond, blue-eyed Westerner. Her life began in 1982 in Hong Kong when Chamberlian was born to missionary parents. Her Austration mom and New Zealander father chose not to live in a Western community. Instead, the family lived in a rural part of Hong Kong, where there were few foreigners.
Growing up, Chamberlian had mostly Chinese friends, and as a result, she speakings fluent Cantonese. Her understanding of Hong Kong and its people sets her apart from most Westerners. In spite of all that, Chamberlian suffered an identity crisis. "I was struggling as a teenager. Am I Chinese, or am I Western?" she asked herself. She felt, thought and spoke Chinese. But because she looked Western, the Chinese community didn't consider her "one of [their] own."
Yet all of that would change in a surprising way - through her music.
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Teaching Topic: Count Your Blessings! (學英文已沒有那麼難了)
早期的英文單字有多種變換,
一個字可能有五種拼法,
五種發音, 有些形容詞可能有十一種變換,
而且可能有陽性跟陰性的分別,
現在的英文就簡單多了,
blond 這個字可以說是少數留下來的變換字,
他的拼法男女有別,
男性: blond, 女性: blonde
但在英語簡化的過程下,
有沒有按照這個規則已經沒有那麼重要了
Grammar Gym
Growing up, Chamberlian had mostly Chinese friends, and as a result, she speakings fluent Cantonese.
[Verb1-ing], [subject]+[verb1], and as a result, [subject]+[verb2].
- Studying at the university, Freddy had an early morning job, and as a result, he became a morning person.
- Traveling through Europe, Gloria tried all kinds of dishes, and as a result, she decided to open a restaurant.
Language Lab
blond adj. 金黃色
a man who is blond has pale or yellow hair
- The model in the shampoo commercial has beautiful blond hair.
blond n. 白皮膚金色頭髮的人
a woman with pale or yellow-coloured hair:
- Margaret is the only blond in her family.
instead adv. 反而；卻
used to say what is done, when you have just said that a particular thing is not done:
- Brenda didn't go to the States for graduate school. Instead, she went to England.
instead of prep. 替代
used to say what is not used, does not happen etc, when something else is used, happens etc:
- Instead of traditional Chinese food, the couple chose to serve a Western buffet at their wedding banquet.
set apart v. 使與眾不同；顯得特別突出
if a quality sets someone or something apart, it makes them different from or better than other people or things;
to keep something, especially a particular time, for a special purpose
- Tom's excellent math ability set him apart from the other students.
- Hanna's amazing looks set her apart from other contestants.
identity crisis n. 自我認同危機
a feeling of uncertainty about who you really are and what your purpose is
- Many people have an identity crisis during their teenage years.
midlife crisis n.中年危機
a period of worry and lack of confidence that some people experience when they are about 40 or 50 years old and begin to feel that they are getting old
- Ray is facing a midlife crisis now. He feels a sense of hopelessness.
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