Yesterday evening I was giving an English lesson at Chung Hwa Telecom , as my students were reading out loud their New Year resolutins that I had asked them to write the week before ... I noticed there is one thing in common about their resolutions ... there are so many things that they hope to achieve this year ...
昨天晚上再跟中華電信員工上課時 聽著每個人輪流念著自己的新年新希望我要求他們做的功課 我發現有個共同點 他們都希望自己今年可以做到很多事
then I asked them another question - " what are the things that you have always wanted to do , but you haven't been able to do ? "
接著我問他們一個問題 有哪些事情是你一直都想做 但是卻都還沒做到
So everyone began giving me things ..such as " wanted to learn to wear Make up " " wanted to learn Japanese " " wanted to be able to speak English fluently " " wanted to buy a house " " wanted to do exercises 4more " " wanted to lose weight " ..........
接著每個人開始給我一些答案 像是 "想學化妝" "想學日文 " "想把英文說的更好" "想買房子 ""想減肥" ..............................
then I asked they " WHAT are the REASONS that stopped them from acheiving ? "
接著我問他們那是什麼原因令他們至今無法達成目標
" I can't find a friend to go shopping for comsmetics with " " I don't have time to study English " " I don't have time to practice Japanese " ....... and some people say " because of the laziness " are the reasons they gave .
結果他們的答案令我好笑 想學化妝但還沒學的原因居然是 因為找不到朋友陪他逛街買化妝品 其他沒學日文或英文的 就是 " 沒時間 " 一些更誠實的說 因為 "懶惰 "
Then when I asked one of the girls how MUCH time she thinks that she needs to practice Japanese ? she answered , " 2 hours each day "
因為好奇 我問了其中一個女生說 你覺得要花多少時間學日文才夠 他說 " 一天兩小時 "
Personally , I don't understand why people usually think that they need a lot of time each day to learn a language .. and it often becomes the main reason why they stop themselves to try or find themselves can't do it . even though they might have been thinking , dreaming about learning another language for a long time ...
個人意見 我不懂為什麼人通常認為他們一定要每天花 "很多時間" 才能學好一個語言 而這也變成一個他們無法學好的理由之一 或是讓他們還無法行動的原因 即使他們常常夢想著要學另一個語言
Of course , it does require a a lot of time , a lot of efforts to learn a language well... I have been there , and I know how it is like .
當然 學語言要花很多精神與時間 或許一些天份會學的更快一點 我曾經是過來人 我知道那種感覺
This afternoon, we went for my first swimming lesson this month ... ha ha , but I have gone swimming a few times this month .... only my schedule didn't fit the swimming lesson schedule . Everyone , including the instructor was happy to see me and teasing me about seeing me for the first time this month .....
so some of them were chatting with me asking how often I come for lessons ... then some of them saying how they think that they want to give up as they don't see a huge progress , because they can't come very often so they won't be able to learn to swim . I didn't say anything .
今天下午 我上了這個月第一堂的游泳課 哈 雖然這個月已經要結束了 但是至少我這個月還是有去游泳幾次 只不過是一直無法配合游泳課的時間
當我到時 每個人 包括教練 都很開心看到我 笑我說這個越第一次見面 我一個月才來一次 之類 有一些太太們在旁邊閒聊說自己的游泳學習心得 他們說想放棄 因為他們覺得自己沒進步 因為無法常常來 我在旁邊聽著 沒說什麼
However , I have been thinking about the conversations I had with the students yesterday and the people at the pool this afternoon......... and I think about the way I handle these things I have been learning ... photography , Spanish , swimming .... especially , for swimming , I really want to learn , but I can't force myself to give any more time than I can offer now ... so I don't give myself any time line , and because of the dear of water I have , I don't give myself any pressure to learn ...
可是 我一直想著昨天學生的對話及今天游泳課時他們說的 我再仔細想想自己最近學習的過程 我的攝影 西班牙文 游泳 特別是游泳 我真的很想學 我一直都想 但是我一直無法逼自己去擠出更多時間去練習 因此 我不給自己時間限制 加上天生怕水 我不給自己壓力
of course , I know that I will not learn it well, or fast ... but my purpose is not to learn it fast , I want to LEARN TO SWIM and no matter how long it will take ... and if I choose to give up taking lessons just because of the limited time I can give , then I will be stepping further from achieving my goals , won't I ? It will be more unlikely for me to be able to swim . And even if you can only practice English 10 minutes everyday , but it's better than not staring doing it at all . . That's what my attitude towards things I wan to learn . .
當然 我知道 照我這樣的進度 一定是學不好 會很快學會 但是 我的目標本來就不是很快學會 而是學會游泳 不管他要花我多久時間 而且我若是因為我無法給更多時間
去上課 所以才放棄學習 那我不就是倒退的走 反而離達成目標越來越遠 就算每天只有10分鐘 也好過連開始都沒開始吧 這是我個人對學習的態度
I understand there are some people think that because when they want to learn something , they want to devote themselves , all the time they can give into it , in order to get a good result . therefore , if they don't see the time of chance to do so now , they might as well not do anything at all ... But what happens if the time , the chance they have been waiting never comes ?? I don't know ... this is just my personal opinion
我了解有些人是不一樣 他們喜歡在想做一件事情時是能夠全心去做 把所有時間精神都投注在上面 以期能夠快速達到最好的結果
因此 如果他們找不出時間或機會現在去做 他們就乾脆先不做 就等等
但是 萬一他們一直等的機會或時間都沒來怎麼辦?
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