A: His son’s diary showed him the power of a positive attitude. Remember how the son wrote about his uncle’s violin playing, and how he thought he was improving day by day?
B: And do you remember what the father wrote in his own diary on that day?
A: Yes, he wrote that he was irritated by the terrible violin playing, and wished that his brother would stop.
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B: He wrote that he was going to report his brother to the police and have them confiscate the violin.
A: He was probably just in an irritable frame of mind.
A: 他兒子的日記讓他了解到正向思考的力量是很強大的。你記得他兒子是怎麼寫他叔叔拉小提琴的嗎？他覺得他叔叔每天都在進步。
B: 那你記得他爸那天的日記是怎麼寫的嗎？
A: 嗯，他寫說小提琴拉得很爛，讓他覺得很煩躁，希望他弟弟別再拉了。
B: 他寫說他要報警，讓警察把小提琴給沒收。
A: 他大概只是那時候覺得很煩吧。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯)
A: Wow, singer Bruno Mars will be visiting Kaohsiung for the first time. B: Really? Where will he be performing? A: He’s going to hold a concert at the National Stadium on Sunday. B: Why do the Taiwanese like to call him the “Martian” in Chinese? A: Because his last name “Mars” is the same word as the planet Mars. A: 哇！火星人布魯諾將首度唱進高雄。 B: 真的嗎？在哪裡？ A: 他將於本週日，在國家體育場開唱唷。 B: 但是為什麼台灣人喜歡叫他火星人呢？ A: 因為他的姓氏「Mars」這個字剛好是「火星」的意思啊。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
A: Bruno Mars is definitely one of today’s most popular singers. B: He has even won 14 Grammy Awards. A: I love all his megahits, like “Just the Way You Are.” B: And his new song with Lady Gaga “Die with a Smile” has a caused worldwide sensation. A: I wonder if we’ll hear the new song at his Kaohsiung concert? A: 火星人布魯諾是近年來最受歡迎的流行歌手。 B: 對啊他還曾榮獲14座葛萊美獎。 A: 他所有的金曲我都愛，像《Just the Way You Are》。 B: 最近他和女神卡卡合唱《Die with a Smile》更造成大轟動！ A: 不知道在高雄有沒有機會聽他演唱這首新歌呢？ (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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