Michael Chugani 褚简宁 - Sound like a broken record｜又中又英
Michael Chugani 褚简宁
2023-02-02 00:00 HKT
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When John Lee Ka-chiu became chief executive over six months ago, he urged everyone to tell Hong Kong’s good stories to the world. Top government officials have followed suit. Government officials and Executive and Legislative Councillors have repeatedly said they will tell good Hong Kong stories. Such repetition risks sounding like a broken record. People may just tune out. To follow suit means to do the same thing. To sound like a broken record means to say the same thing many times. To tune out means to stop listening or to stop paying attention.
Hong Kong has many good stories. There’s nothing wrong with telling them but there’s no need for officials to repeatedly say they will tell Hong Kong’s good stories. I believe officials should explain these stories to Hong Kong people too instead of just foreigners because many locals don’t know what officials mean by good stories. There are some good Hong Kong stories that only resonate with locals, not foreigners. The word “resonate” used this way means to have a significant effect on people.
A news article I read this week resonated with me. It was about Mo Lee Kai-yin, a dancer with the Mirror boy band who was severely injured during a concert last July when a huge screen fell on him. Doctors said at the time he could be paralyzed from the neck down. The news report I read said his condition has improved so much he was able to go home for a few hours and could walk again. Mo keeps hope alive and Hong Kong doctors are good. This is a good Hong Kong story to tell.
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当李家超于逾六个月前上任特首时，他力促所有人向世界说好香港故事。政府高官们亦紧跟着做（followed suit），政府官员、行政及立法会议员纷纷重复地说，他们将会说好香港故事。这样反复地说完又说，反倒有机会像张坏了的走音唱片（sounding like a broken record），人们只会对其充耳不闻（tune out）。To follow suit是指照着做同样的事；To sound like a broken record是指一遍又一遍地说同样的话；to tune out即停止收听或不再理会。
香港有许多很好的故事。要说香港的好故事本身并无不妥，但官员实在没有必要重复表示他们会说好香港故事。我认为官员也应该向香港人阐述一下这些故事，而不是单单跟外国人述说，因为许多香港本地人也不知道官员所指的好故事是甚么意思。一些好的香港故事，只会引起本地人而非外国人的共鸣（resonate）。Resonate在这里是指对人产生深远的影响，引起共鸣。
这个星期我读到一则新闻报道，令我深有共鸣（resonated）。那是关于阿Mo李启言，他是跟男子组合MIRROR一起演出的一位舞蹈员，于上年七月演唱会期间因为一面大荧幕跌在身上而严重受伤。当时医生说，他可能从此颈部以下完全瘫痪。我读到的新闻报道指，他的情况改善了很多，得以回家数小时，有望能再次行走。阿Mo让希望常存，而香港的医生都很优秀。这就是一个可以诉说的香港好故事了。中译：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚简宁
Hong Kong has many good stories. There’s nothing wrong with telling them but there’s no need for officials to repeatedly say they will tell Hong Kong’s good stories. I believe officials should explain these stories to Hong Kong people too instead of just foreigners because many locals don’t know what officials mean by good stories. There are some good Hong Kong stories that only resonate with locals, not foreigners. The word “resonate” used this way means to have a significant effect on people.
A news article I read this week resonated with me. It was about Mo Lee Kai-yin, a dancer with the Mirror boy band who was severely injured during a concert last July when a huge screen fell on him. Doctors said at the time he could be paralyzed from the neck down. The news report I read said his condition has improved so much he was able to go home for a few hours and could walk again. Mo keeps hope alive and Hong Kong doctors are good. This is a good Hong Kong story to tell.
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当李家超于逾六个月前上任特首时，他力促所有人向世界说好香港故事。政府高官们亦紧跟着做（followed suit），政府官员、行政及立法会议员纷纷重复地说，他们将会说好香港故事。这样反复地说完又说，反倒有机会像张坏了的走音唱片（sounding like a broken record），人们只会对其充耳不闻（tune out）。To follow suit是指照着做同样的事；To sound like a broken record是指一遍又一遍地说同样的话；to tune out即停止收听或不再理会。
香港有许多很好的故事。要说香港的好故事本身并无不妥，但官员实在没有必要重复表示他们会说好香港故事。我认为官员也应该向香港人阐述一下这些故事，而不是单单跟外国人述说，因为许多香港本地人也不知道官员所指的好故事是甚么意思。一些好的香港故事，只会引起本地人而非外国人的共鸣（resonate）。Resonate在这里是指对人产生深远的影响，引起共鸣。
这个星期我读到一则新闻报道，令我深有共鸣（resonated）。那是关于阿Mo李启言，他是跟男子组合MIRROR一起演出的一位舞蹈员，于上年七月演唱会期间因为一面大荧幕跌在身上而严重受伤。当时医生说，他可能从此颈部以下完全瘫痪。我读到的新闻报道指，他的情况改善了很多，得以回家数小时，有望能再次行走。阿Mo让希望常存，而香港的医生都很优秀。这就是一个可以诉说的香港好故事了。中译：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚简宁
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