上班族必備軟實力

[Richard has his Chinese name on his chop.]

Ever since ancient times in China, little wooden stamps, called chops, have been used to indicate ownership and authority. The ink is usually red and when inked and pressed, it imprints on whatever document it is applied.

The chop is the Chinese equivalent of the American signature. Your bank will keep a record of the impression from your chop and if you try to use a different one, they will notice. You cannot fool them, because there are always little subtle differences in all chops--just like in a signature. Your transaction will not be processed until you have the correct chop. You can cry and scream all you want. Believe me, I have tried.

Some old chops of mine.

【日本人から見た台湾】　『虹！』

　早速ですが皆さんにクイズです。

「虹は半円である。　○か×か？」

　…正解はのちほど！

　今回の話題は「虹」です。中国語では「彩虹」と書きます。

[Richard had many amazing adventures this summer.]

In the summertime, school kids in America don’t have much to study or work on. For most, there are three months with no school and no work. The weather is warm, the days are long, and time is free. It is time to read, travel, and play.

Most students don’t go to summer school, and when they return to school to start a new year, they have to accomplish the most frequently assigned essay in school history. It is called, “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”. So, after three months of frolicking, swimming, and goofing off, the student has to stand up in front of the class and make up stuff about their most recent summer.

父親節快到了，趁著老爸出國回來的時候，邀兄弟姊妹一起去接機。
不過，兩手空空去接機的話，感覺有點空。
當然要幫老爸作張炫麗的歸國歡迎海報才夠看！
一起來看看歸國歡迎海報怎麼做吧 ^__^

台湾島最東端の地、「三貂角」へ行ってきました！

　公共交通機関を使って行く場合には、

台北駅から台湾鉄道で福隆駅まで1時間程度、そこから公共バスで30分ほどで行けます。

[Richard has actually never played the Candy Crush game.]

Apps, short for applications, is the new name for what we used to call programs. They are useful on your smartphone, which is a small computer after all. There are many apps that you can install on you phone and they can be very useful.

The Samsung S Health app is a convenient way to keep track of how many calories you eat every day. It also counts how many steps you take, and you can keep a record of your weight every day.

[In order to form a more perfect union...]

“Our constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.” That is what one U.S. president said as he was pardoning a previous U.S. president so that he would not face the consequences of his illegal actions. It seemed a little bit contradictory at the time.

To characterize America by a single word, you would have to use a word like “Spangled”.

經營的虱目魚粥店，由於租約到期，要搬家了。

搬家最麻煩的是，熟客不一定天天來，無法一一告知

只好再搬遷前在店裡貼搬遷公告。

【日本人から見た台湾】　『マンゴーの名産地へ！』

　先日、マンゴーの名産地「玉井」へ行ってきました！

（写真0724-0）

[Richard has been in Taiwan for 16 years and thinks that he has seen it all.]

Every so often in Taiwan, something will suddenly become popular and everyone will want it. It is usually some kind of food like doughnuts, egg tarts, or ramen. Who knows why it happens or what is going to be next. It may be mass hypnosis, a reaction to environmental stress, or some sort of mental manipulation by alien super beings.

Cream-filled desserts, egg custard tarts, ramen, and Mr. Donut are just some of the fads that have swept through Taiwan. To find the latest, you only need look for a long line. It may be caused by mass hypnosis, the waiting in long lines and buying designated valuable things like they were going out of style.

　先日、台湾南部の「屏東」と「高雄」へ遊びにいってきました。

　往路は、台北駅深夜1:05発の統聯客運（台湾最大の旅客バス会社）のバスに乗って屏東へ。

　台北駅の近くに、「台北轉運站」という長距離バスターミナルがあります。

　このターミナルは商業施設と同じ建物に入っており、ターミナルは24時間営業。

放空的周末，一起去作夢吧 

【我想要做一個夢】
-時間：即日起~2016/2/21，9:30 -17:00
-地點：臺北市立美術館

[Richard grew up in the city of Tulsa in the state of Oklahoma, but has lived in Taiwan for the last 18 years.]

Taiwan is in the Far East. We call it the Far East because it is far far to the east, but not too far. If it was too far to the east, then it would be in danger of becoming the Near West. The Far East is so far away that the culture, language, and religions are mostly different from those in the USA.

I have been in Taiwan long enough to start seeing my hometown as a foreign land. My old Tulsa neighborhood is basically the same as when I was there, but there are enough little differences that it has become oddly strange, and strangely odd. I’m used to Taiwan, which is my home now.

Quiet streets outside the front window of my old house.

Tulsa seems to be larger than it was. Houses seem farther apart. The old neighborhood has become a bit more run down. We were always too close to the airport. There is much noise from the airplanes. The city grows to the south and the east, not to the north. For all these reasons, there has been little change. It just feels like it to me.

登革熱盛行，不過得到登革熱的症狀，究竟是怎樣呢？

這時，就用非常好色，製作登革熱症狀海報，貼在醒目的地方。

被蚊子叮咬後，若出現症狀，就可以立即檢視囉

涼爽的周末，一起去看展吧 

【臺灣製造 • 製造臺灣】

[Richard honk, Richard beep, honk beep honk for almost 20 years.]

Honking the car or scooter horn is a primitive form of communication, like dogs barking. It expresses anger. “Hurry and move!”, it says. Geese also honk, with little hope of communicating anything complicated. If a goose wants to say that he feels a little down in the dumps and has a vague sense of foreboding, then what can he do? All he can do is honk.

The car horn is more important in Taiwan than in the USA. In America, the honk usually means, “Wake up! The light’s changed! Move your stupid car!” In Taiwan, honking has more meanings. Its main meaning is, “Wake up! The light is about to change! You should be moving already!” But there are other meanings.

先日、日本人と台湾人の感覚の違いを体験する出来事がありました。
ある日、部屋の照明がつかなくなりました。

（写真0413-1）

雨綿綿不斷的日子裡，
一起去看畫吧 

【真相達文西．天才之作特展 2015 台北華山】

愛慢跑，想用慢跑號碼牌記錄慢跑歷程…
愛參加慢跑活動，想要設計自己的號碼牌…
同學、公司同事組隊慢跑，慢跑號碼牌也可以增添慢跑樂趣…

許多校園的入口設計是川堂，兩邊側牆貼滿標語及公告版，接著就直通教學區或行政區走廊。 隨著校園逐漸數位化、資訊化，校園川堂不再佈滿海報紙製作的公告版，取而代之的能傳遞更多訊息的數位看板。

今天介紹一款，許多校園採用的數位看板 – 非常好播。許多學校採用後，幫助管理川堂資訊的老師，節省許多製作海報的時間，資訊也可輪流播放，不必擔心公告牆的空間問題。

--使用方式，就像製作Powerpoint一樣簡單，裏頭還有許多範例、圖片可使用

古靈精怪的小丸子，登台囉 ~
喜歡小丸子的朋友，一起看展沉浸美好回憶中吧 

[Richard was married in Taiwan 17 years ago.]

A Taiwanese wedding is a lavish and intricate affair. Before the wedding, couples usually have wedding photos taken. These are taken by professional photographers, and involve many clothes changes in various scenic locations. It is all put into a lavish photo album that they can show off and cherish the rest of their happily wedded lives.

The main part of a Chinese wedding is the banquet. It is important. Family and friends are seated at large tables, and delicious food is added continuously to the daisy wheel. If people don’t finish the first courses, then they will have trouble fitting subsequent dishes onto the table. It can be quite a battle, moving stuff around and emptying plates. They usually start with appetizers and go through soup and several main dishes that might be lobster, sashimi, boiled fish, beef, stir-fried meats and veggies, pork, and much more. The last few dishes will be some sort of cold sweet bean soup and various fruits.

　突然ですが質問です。

①　あなたはトイレに入った後、手を洗いますか？

②　手を洗ったあとは、拭きますか？

先日、東京に住む20代女性が、夫をナイフで切りつける事件がありました。

這個夏天，好多童年愛的卡通在台灣展覽
一起去看看吧 

【miffy米飛兔60週年特展】

[Richard is an American in Taipei and is pleased with the service.]

We tip in America. This is where you give extra money to wait staff, hotel workers, taxi drivers, and others. It is a way to reward good service.

Fifteen percent is the common tip for restraunts. A quick way to figure the tip amount is to take the total cost and divide by 10. (That’s just moving the decimal point over one spot.) Then add half of that amount, and there you have 15 percent, and you didn’t need to use any trigonometry. Taxi drivers require a little bit more.

Just leave a few bucks on the table.

Many restaurant workers are not paid well and they need to collect tips in order to cover their daily expenses. So tipping at restaurants is expected. Just leave the tip on the table as you leave. If a waiter or waitress wants to earn good tips, they should try to work in a more expensive restaurant. 15 percent of an expensive meal is a lot more than 15 percent of a cheap one. Don’t tip at fast food places.

    
身為補習班行政人員的棠棠，暑假是她最忙的時候了，除了新生招募外，暑假還要協助舉辦課外活動。
課外活動是學生們最興奮的時刻了，可以跟著好同學們一同外出過夜，體驗難忘的暑假之探險之旅。
不過，棠棠，除了要協助與遊覽車行洽談，處理許多行程、保險的事宜，也需要製作遊覽車的團名卡呢。
這時，幸好有非常好色可以幫助棠棠五分鐘就能完成遊覽車團名卡的製作

偶爾打報告，有些資料都是圖片資料，想擷取裏頭的部分文字來使用，但是卻不想一個字、一個字慢慢打。

這時候，丹青文字辨識系統 ( 丹青OCR ) 就派上用場啦 ， 一起來看看丹青文字辨識系統，怎麼用吧 

[Richard tries not to be too obnoxious.]

There are many manners and customs to be aware of when you are a guest in a Taiwan home.

• Take your shoes off before you go inside.
• Don’t make hyena noises.
• Hold the rice bowl in your hand when you eat. That makes you look like you are really enjoying the meal.
• Don’t stick the chopsticks upright in the rice. This will remind people of incense and funerals.
• It is not polite to say that you don’t want to eat any more food, say that you are full, that you could not possibly eat another bite of the delicious food. This way you won’t insult your host.

In Taiwan, it is easy enough to buy a drink, but if you are with a group, you cannot just drink. You must offer your glass in a toast to someone, “Cheers”, “Here’s to your health”, or something like that. If you want a sip, the fastest way is to offer a toast to one of your drinking partners. But after you have toasted everyone in your party several times, they may start to get tired of you.

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