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【#蕭叔叔的英國文學課】論仁君

No man shall rule unless he is benevolent. For a cruel ruler corrupts his people with his cruel and hateful ways.

There will be no principles, no laws, no ethics, no standards by which measurements are made. It is only by sheer chance that such a state can even exist.

It is no disaster that a city is not sufficiently fortified and armed. It is no great harm that lands lie unused and wealth does not accumulate.

True disaster looms when civility is raped and learning despised, when thieves thrive and scoundrels rule. That is when the end of a state is near.

梳9，其實不是「英國文學課」；這段文字，是蕭叔叔9譯。

原作者是孟子，蕭叔讀著覺得頗有意思，就譯成英文。譯得好爛，請有識之士不吝賜教，儘管怒D。

原文：

「惟仁者宜在高位。不仁而在高位，是播其惡於眾也。上無道揆也。下無法守也，朝不信道，工不信度，君子犯義，小人犯刑，國之所存者幸也。故曰，城郭不完，兵甲不多，非國之災也；田野不辟，貨財不聚，非國之害也。上無禮，下無學，賊民興，喪無日矣。」

孟子《離婁上》

【#蕭叔叔的英國文學課】論仁君

No man shall rule unless he is benevolent. For a cruel ruler corrupts his people with his cruel and hateful ways.

There will be no principles, no laws, no ethics, no standards by which measurements are made. It is only by sheer chance that such a state can even exist.

It is no disaster that a city is not sufficiently fortified and armed. It is no great harm that lands lie unused and wealth does not accumulate.

True disaster looms when civility is raped and learning despised, when thieves thrive and scoundrels rule. That is when the end of a state is near.

梳9，其實不是「英國文學課」；這段文字，是蕭叔叔9譯。

原作者是孟子，蕭叔讀著覺得頗有意思，就譯成英文。譯得好爛，請有識之士不吝賜教，儘管怒D。

原文：

「惟仁者宜在高位。不仁而在高位，是播其惡於眾也。上無道揆也。下無法守也，朝不信道，工不信度，君子犯義，小人犯刑，國之所存者幸也。故曰，城郭不完，兵甲不多，非國之災也；田野不辟，貨財不聚，非國之害也。上無禮，下無學，賊民興，喪無日矣。」

孟子《離婁上》

#迷上英式英文【男神Cumberbatch的男神聲線】
#蕭叔叔講莎士比亞

演英國電視劇火紅的男神Benedict Cumberbatch擁有一把超重低音的磁性男生，身為聲音控的蕭叔叔，也不禁為之顛倒。這一短片，是Cumberbatch為BBC電視劇拍的廣告，題為A Lifetime of Original British Drama on the BBC。

其中他朗讀的一段文字，來自莎士比亞劇As You Like It的著名獨白All the World’s a Stage，講述人由呱呱墜地到衰老死亡的過程。全文如下。

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

蕭叔叔輕輕用廣東話粗略解釋大意：

人生如舞台上七段戲。

第一階段，係又嘈又嘔奶嘅手抱BB。

第二階段，係lur地唔願意返學嘅小學雞。

第三階段，係sighing like furnace，整天唉聲嘆氣，要生要死，對住小事如愛人條眼眉都可以作到首慘情詩嘅超難頂lovers。

第四階段，係滿口古怪誓言，終日打打鬧鬧，為榮譽連砲彈都唔怕嘅軍人。

然後第五階段，開始變成離地中產，成為又肥又貪，滿口道理嘅官。

第六階段，身形漸漸縮水，開始衣不稱身，聲線變弱，由雄厚聲線，變到老人家嗰D好似吹口哨嘅vee vee聲。

第七階段，係second childishness。也就是說，你點嚟，就會點去，變番好似BB仔一樣，冇牙、冇眼、冇味覺、乜9都冇。

同場加映，蕭叔叔上年在明報寫的文章：

【我有特別的學英文技巧－讀莎士比亞】蕭愷一

【明報專訊】讀莎士比亞，不應該是文學學生的專利。蕭叔叔的writing學生，不論長幼，都要讀莎士比亞的詩和劇。「點解要讀這些『英文的文言文』？」不少學生問。莎士比亞的的文字，的確同現代英文好不同，不論句式，詞序，用字，以至串法，都不一樣。假如不是要學寫古文，讀來作甚？主要有兩個原因。

第一，閱讀甚至背誦莎士比亞，有助掌握英文輕重音的節奏。英文這個語言，著重音節的輕重，這種輕重音相隔的節奏，好比中文的平仄，文筆是否流暢，好多時要看這個。不論寫作還是說話，不拿捏好輕重音，英文好難學得好。但這不是本文主旨，未來再跟大家詳談。

第二個原因，也是今天蕭叔叔要跟大家說的：多讀老莎的文字，有助解決寫作軟弱無力，言之無物，含糊不清，累贅不堪等港式英文常見的毛病。莎士比亞的文字有什麼特點？用字靈活多變而精簡，比喻新穎而深刻。今天蕭叔叔找來兩句取自莎士比亞的劇作和情詩的例子，跟大家一同感受他文字的創造力和感染力。

第一句來自戲劇 The Merchant of Venice。劇中反派角色猶太人 Shylock 借錢給男主角，合約訂明假如主角於時限前還不到錢，Shylock 就可割下他一磅重的肉，換句話說，就是要了他的命。後來主角週轉不靈，真的還不到錢，一直對主角恨之入骨的 Shylock 當然不會放過傷害主角的機會，有人問 Shylock 為何要堅持要履行合約，他說：

He hath disgraced me and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies—and what’s his reason? I am a Jew. […]

蕭叔叔翻譯技巧平平，只道個大意出來：他（男主角）不單累我唔見錢，仲常常羞辱我，冷待我，嘲笑我，只因我是個猶太人。大家留意兩個簡單的字：cooled 和 heated。兩個在此都是動詞，cooled my friends，大意就是破壞我同朋友之間的友誼，使朋友離我而去；heated my enemies 就是煽動我的敵人。這兩個字，都簡潔到極，但意思好出，一看就明。大家不妨想想自己會怎樣表達這兩句的意思。英文平平的人，可能會把前半部寫成：

made me lose my friends，或
caused my friends to leave me，或
undermined the relationship between me and my friends，之類。

後半部可能會變成：

made my enemies hate me even more。

非常長氣，而且表達還不夠簡單一句 cooled my friends，heated my enemies 生動、深刻。這是大師的功力。

第二句來自老莎的情詩（他的情詩是一絕，將來找幾首同大家讀讀）。老莎跟情人的關係若即若離，有時好high，有時 insecure。有次他寫:

To leave poor me thou hast the strength of law, since why to love I can allege no cause.

他說，你要離開我，實在有太多太多的理由，像連法律都會站在你那邊，因為我從來都配不起你：I can think of no reason why you should love me and stay with me.

要離開我，you have the strength of law！假如你要走，像法律明文寫出一樣堂皇的道理，都在你那邊。可看到老莎在這段關係裏的地位是如何卑微。大家請留意，這句的字，都是很淺的，但意義深遠，比喻深刻。也看 allege 一字。因為，你為什麼要愛我，我一個理由都想不到。Allege 這個法庭常用的動詞，跟前句的比喻呼應。你為什麼要愛我？我一個理由都呈不上。幾可憐！

篇幅有限，先講到這裏，只希望大家也感受到老莎文字可愛之處。讀莎士比亞，不是為了要寫這些「文言文」，而是為了學習他運用文字的 spirit。

最後，由於這是蕭叔叔在本欄的第一篇文，在此向大家打個招呼，請大家多多指教。另外，叔叔也要戴個頭盔。蕭叔叔雖是個英文教與學的狂熱份子，但從未受過正式的語言學、文學、翻譯的訓練。假如有何錯漏，歡迎電郵或在 Facebook 指正，指點，討論，感謝萬分。

文：蕭愷一

作者簡介：蕭愷一，AKA蕭叔叔。夢想做男神，現實是大叔的英文教學狂熱份子，law grad，哲學碩士dropout，語言學愛好者。以 speak English like an educated native 為教與學的終極目標。Facebook專頁：蕭叔叔的英式英文學會 facebook.com/unclesiu

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把 freestyle bars 直接當一首新歌重做，加上副歌，曲也重編

老早就想把它完成，最近在錄大嘻哈小炸
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Song Credit:
Produce by 薑母鴨 Ginger Duck
Mix by 薑母鴨 Ginger Duck
Master by 薑母鴨 Ginger Duck
Record by 薑母鴨 Ginger Duck, Jacky
Lyrics by 踢萬8IG8A8Y
Compose by 踢萬8IG8A8Y

Video Credit:
Direct by 阿邦 AnBang
Edit by 阿邦 AnBang
Logo Design by 冠宇
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Note:
歌詞中
"I" so clean 意味著 穿著 Reebok Iverson 擦得很乾淨很 fresh
Flexing 三百六十度 代表 各個方向零死角炫
With my BIGGIE 表示 踢萬的樂團 BIGGOE 萬
萬 hunnit 代表 One Hundred ㄧ百分的意思
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Lyrics:
Hook:
“I” so clean 沒毛病 flexing 三百六十度
Look at me 187 萬 hunnit 0894 酷
“I” so clean with my BIGGIE 一起 三百六十度
You know I 製造優質 crew, hustle hard 直到休止符
(Okay) x2

Rap Verse:
要創作先搞懂文化
Pull up ideas 融會 貫通文法
似懂非懂的假董仔 別裝懂就上
道不同不相為盟 炒著相同舊帳
I’ve done told y’all
Think like a boss, stay loyal like a soldier
I dunno what you talking’ bout
So fuck what you thought
出來混先潤潤筆法 不然真叫人疲乏
文不對題 聽你一堆屁話 I might speed up
Spit it out 全部都是 truth
Click Clack Bow 一觸即發 so ruled
Gun off safety 沒有任何人 gonna save me
所有 homies 來自不同背景
共苦 能否一起同甘 同步 chase dreams
Still on my Day One same team
Not a Damn thing changed
With my squad 肩並肩
After show 喝完唱完 先領錢

Hook:
“I” so clean 沒毛病 flexing 三百六十度
Look at me 187 萬 hunnit 0894 酷
“I” so clean with my BIGGIE 一起 三百六十度
You know I 製造優質 crew, hustle hard 直到休止符
(Okay) x2

2nd Rap Verse:

I don’t even care,
Fuck is you wearing?
Can’t compare me with them I’m very ill
Got many skills
Staying still
Paying bills
沒聽錯

You might get got
被追殺 白目注意嘴巴-
We stay fly
Go outside 穿上 AI,
搜刮金錢袋

安靜 淡定 grinding 的天才-
I made my-
time come around
到現在-
發現原來
做自己愛事 阿嘶
爽度沒變卦
說真的
世界上沒有 Santa-
Not a gangsta
依然能 make it rain
就像 weather man
Change the weather

正要開始 台詞 跟上拍子 愛死
Cold as ice
Cut the beat, sliced
Beatbox, switch up
真要代言我選擇 Reebok
Fila 先別 我堅決
當我開口就先把 文法
不通順的全部殲滅
I can’t stand it,
understand me

回頭是岸 沒後路只能前進
這場賽跑馬拉松 不是田徑
聽天由命 或者單槍匹馬
突破險境
扶 搖 直 上 way up
奪走最大塊的甜餅
Get it?

Hook:
“I” so clean 沒毛病 flexing 三百六十度
Look at me 187 萬 hunnit 0894 酷
“I” so clean with my BIGGIE 一起 三百六十度
You know I 製造優質 crew, hustle hard 直到休止符
(Okay) x2

#beatboxfreestyle #360 #三百六十度

The way I feel
作词作曲&和音：许静雯Lisa Hui 编曲混合：Awesome Studio

Lisa 的創作心靈：

當你不被你的愛人認可，卻想要引起他的對你注意力，那就只能盡你所能展示你魅力了吧。
只有18歲的Lisa愛唱歌，寫歌，跳舞，Lisa寫這首歌時候是想運用阿拉伯曲風與西班牙風格組成混合，希望藉着異國風情的熱情舞曲展示出她對愛人的那份熱愛。
這曲寫給她的愛人，他會欣賞嗎？
可惜那時候那位愛人已經愛上了另一位女生，而他卻沒男子漢的擔當，不敢勇敢的承認。還取笑Lisa 為他寫的歌，說Lisa寫的歌詞沒意思而且還很搞笑，哈哈大笑地取笑Lisa。其實對Lisa是滿諷刺的，只是Lisa 放不下那段感情，畢竟那時候已經拍拖3年半，雖然感情上的分分合合，讓Lisa心靈有重重的挫敗感，但Lisa 根本不想放棄。
Lisa還是把滿滿的愛意寫給這位愛人。 打從心底希望愛人能夠欣賞。只可惜最後都是有緣無分。

這也是Lisa 專輯裡面唯一的一首英文歌曲。



The way I feel
Melody, Lyrics & Harmonies : Lisa Hui Mixing & Arrangement : Awesome Studio

Lisa's creative mind soul:
When you are not recognized by your lover, but want to attract his attention to you, then you can only show your charm as much as you can.
The 18-years-old Lisa loves to sing, write, and dance. When Lisa wrote this song, she wanted to use a mix of Arabic style and Spanish style, hoping to show her love for her lover through exotic passionate dance music.
Will this song be written to her lover?
Unfortunately, at that time, the lover had fallen in love with another girl, he did not have the responsibility of a man, and dared not to admit the relationship bravely. Also making fun of Lisa’s song for him, saying that Lisa’s lyrics are boring and funny, and do not make sense, and made fun of Lisa with a loud laughter.
In fact, Lisa is full of irony, but Lisa can't let go of that relationship. After all, she has been dating with him for 3 and a half years. Although the separations and combination of emotions made Lisa's heart frustrated as a teenager, true love is what she longs for. Lisa didn't want to give up at all.
Lisa still wrote a lot of love to this lover. From the bottom of her heart, She hope this lover can appreciate it. It's a pity that in the end they were all destined apart from each other.

This is the only English song on Lisa’s album.