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 台美經濟合作關係餐會致詞內容
墨啟文/Stephen Meyers (美)
各位嘉賓：
敝國跟台灣的經濟關係是敝國經濟在亞洲的鞏固基礎。兩國的貿易額去年打破了九百億的大關，而且分析者預測今年會超過一百億。顯然，台美關係已經進入了新紀元。
台美兩國在經濟與安全上的合作十分親密，而且敝國希望可以加強兩國的對話協商，進一步擴大貿易方面的交流。這樣一來，我們在泛亞洲能夠共同推動民主主義與自由貿易。本人相信目前已經存在的框架對雙方有利，不過我們都能發現亞洲空前的崛起不是威脅，而是契機。希望兩國可以共同把握這次難得的機會。
除了傳統的重輕產業外，敝國與台灣的合作範圍還有不少未開發的潛力。比如說，台灣是全世界排名第一的光電池生產者，敝國對可再生能的需要日益增加。因此，本人相信台灣可以變成下一世代的「綠色電力王國」。在此同時，兩國的夥伴關係也可以促進全世界來進一步解決氣候變遷問題。
顯然，本人算是一位樂觀主義者，所以對兩國合作潛在性的期望相當高。如果我們從傳統產業出發，並進一步深化彼此之間的關係，則能夠創造有利於全世界的雙邊貿易合夥關係。
（本文為作者於2009年春季班選修《高級外交華語》課上的作業）
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 Learning Chinese through Debate
藉由辯論學中文
邱禮/Jeffrey Chivers (美)
Apple.
September. Fast. Foundation. Soccer. Relevant.
Talented. Interaction. Destroy. Referendum. Stock
Market. Relinquish. Insignificant. Insidious. Vocabulary.
Tired. Sleep. If only language learning were as simple as vocabulary acquisition,
I'd be done studying Chinese! Unfortunately, as those of us who have
spent days, months, and years crushing the vocabulary in our language
textbooks know all too well, simply knowing the meaning of a word and being
able to put the words we know together to express a complete thought are
two completely different beasts.
Somewhere along
the line we learn how to verbalize our frustration: "I've hit a
barrier. I can't seem to improve. I'm going to go insane!"
Finally we ask ourselves: “What is the point?!” The answer is
different for everyone. My answer, however, was rather simple: when I leave
ICLP, I want to be able to participate in professional or academic
discussion, express my opinions accurately - even if not eloquently - and
feel comfortable continuing to study on my own. It is my experience
that the ICLP program prepares students very well for such endeavors, but
that there may still be room for higher level verbal courses above those
that ICLP currently offers. In the end, a small group of students set out
this semester to design a course that focuses on training spoken Chinese
through a specific exercise: debate. (continued)
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