【English】My-hiend 英文加油站

[小余]

我外文系的...................

不是採精系嗎????

[Leo Yeh]

雙修是我的專長~~~~~~~~~

[Chun0120]

你不是說你是經濟系的~~~~詐騙集團~

[AndyChu]

精子救濟嗎？簡稱精濟系？

[小余]

雙修是我的專長~~~~~~~~~

http://econo.nccu.edu.tw/alumni/news.php?Sn=151

看來真的是驚悸系....

雙修英文系的話...簡稱英經細...

[Leo Yeh]

虛偽的人類......???



A must read. Awareness.

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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

[chsiang]

不是虛偽，是一般人除了庸庸碌碌之外人生已然貧窮，小男孩心裡尚未被污染，但二十年後呢？

[kevintran]

這應該是有一兩年的新聞了，當初在華盛頓郵報上喧騰了一陣子:)

上班時間，每個人都不想遲到（雖然我待過的地方都沒有什麼打卡之類的 ），就算好聽，也沒法多留步。

換到下班時間，也許結論就改變了。

[Leo Yeh]

是呀，老新聞了，今天看到，剛好又是英文，就重溫一下

藝術本身的價值值多少???

High End音響好聲的價值值多少？

[kevintran]

是呀，老新聞了，今天看到，剛好又是英文，就重溫一下

藝術本身的價值值多少???

High End音響好聲的價值值多少？

情人眼裡出西施 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (拉回主題一下！）

梵谷潦倒了一輩子；有些現在沒什麼名氣的藝術家，當年可是紅透半邊天呢！