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Hi there, I am Kalmarr from Hong Kong. I'm studying in a Taiwanese university. My English name is uncommon is it not? According to my father, my English name is ancient Irish which means "seafaring man", which corresponds with my Chinese name (克航). It was given to me by his business partner from Ireland when I was born.
My father is from Hong Kong and my mother is Taiwanese, so both Cantonese and Mandarin are my mother tongues. Because of the special atmosphere of learning in Hong Kong, I have mastered both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, also because of my passion for literature, I have mastered of both Modern and Classical Chinese.
Things are good when taken in moderation, therefore, I always appreciate various subjects writing with aesthetics and rationality. If you are a curious Chinese learner, no matter what level you are, I would love to meet you here, give you advice sometimes and share my interests (playing music, wine and food tasting, writing, baking, etc.) with you.
Cheers,
Kalmarr
P.S. Here is my Facebook info:
http://www.facebook.com/kalmarr?sk=info
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- Writing guide 2 (Translation) 2. 學習簡單，直接而優雅的寫法 - Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Jul 1995) 本書教授怎樣清楚有效地表達自己所想，避免廢話連篇。本書最好的地方是它並非只列出含糊的寫作原則，而是一步一步的仔細教授。書中還有一兩個單元教大家怎樣把文章寫得更優雅。香港人寫的英文，往往 bull shit 多於 substance，文句累贅不通，大家都應該讀一讀這本書。 作者：Joseph M. Williams 出版社：University of Chicago Press (Translation) 2. Learn to write simply, directly and elegantly - Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Jul 1995) This book teaches you how to express your thought effectively - avoid wordy writing. The best part of this book, which isn't listing ambiguous principles of writing, but guide you step by step in detail. There is even one or more unit which teaches how to write more elegantly. The English writing of Hong Kong people tends to mix up with "bull shit" more than "substance", and the verbal meaning of which are cumbersome and not understandable. Everybody should take a look at this book. Author: Joseph M. Williams Publish: University of Chicago Press (To be continued)
January 9, 201200 - Writing guide 1 (Translation) "The New Oxford Guide to Writing (Sep 2004)" "Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Jul 1995)" "A Rulebook for Arguments (3rd ed.)" Last year, I noticed those books from a blog and purchased them from England right away. The blogger, Mr. Siu(蕭愷一), is a celebrated English teacher in Hong Kong. The following passages are the introductions of those books, which written by Mr. Siu: 1. 最全面的寫作指南 - The New Oxford Guide to Writing (Sep 2004) 這是我讀過最好的寫作指南。覆概範圍極全面：由用字，造句，段落，以至整篇文章的組織，寫作的策略，修辭等等全都有教。書中滿是文學例子，而且作者文筆極佳，用字優雅，所以這本書本身已是學英文的好材料。 作者：Thomas S. Kane 出版社：Oxford University Press (Translation) 1. The most comprehensive writing guide - The New Oxford Guide to Writing (Sep 2004) This is the best writing guide I've ever read. Its coverage is very comprehensive - from diction, making sentence and paragraph, to the organization of the entire entry, writing strategy, rhetoric, and so on. There are plenty of literature example within. Moreover, the author's writing is very good and full of elegant diction. Therefore, the book itself is a good resource for learning English. Author: Thomas S. Kane Publish: Oxford University Press (To be continued.) (Mine is 2010, white background and blue words on the cover.)
January 9, 201200
