My New Year’s resolution
2015/12/31 08:41:28 網誌分類: 生活
| Today is New Year’s Eve. At the stroke of midnight tonight, it will be 2016. Where will you be at the stroke of midnight tonight to welcome in the New Year? Every year, over one million people go to Times Square in New York City for the countdown to the stroke of midnight to welcome in the New Year. This tradition began on December 31, 1907. In Hong Kong, many revellers go to Lan Kwai Fong for the countdown to the New Year. People also go to Times Square in Causeway Bay. The expression “at the stroke of” or “on the stroke of” means exactly at a particular time. At (on) the stroke of midnight means exactly at midnight. People who enjoy themselves in a loud and noisy way are called revellers (revelers in American English). As I have said before, many people make New Year’s resolutions. A New Year’s resolution is a promise that you make to yourself at the start of a new year to stop your bad habits or do things that are good. My New Year’s resolution last year and in 2014 was not to get angry so easily. I failed to keep this promise in both years. I got angry countless (too many to be counted) times in 2015. I hate travelling on the MTR. I get angry very easily with selfish people who board trains while looking at their mobile phones. They stand by the door so others cannot board. I’ve told these selfish people countless times to move to the middle so others can board but they never listen. There were two typos (printing mistakes) in my December 24 column in the Headline Daily. The headline should have been “Party pooper” instead of “Party poorer”. There was also a typo in the sentence “Christmas Day is supposed the celebrate the birth of Christ”. It should be “to celebrate”. I want to thank all the readers who emailed me to point out these typos. My New Year’s resolution for 2016 is again not to get angry so easily. I hope I can keep my promise this time. Happy New Year. ＊ ＊ ＊ 今天是大除夕。今晚午夜鐘聲敲響（at the stroke of midnight）時，就會是二○一六年。午夜鐘聲響起（at the stroke of midnight）時，你又身在何處去迎接新年？每一年，都有超過一百萬人到紐約時代廣場參加子夜搭正十二時（the stroke of midnight）的倒數，去迎接新年。這個傳統始自一九○七年十二月三十一日。在香港，許多尋歡作樂的人（revellers）都會去蘭桂坊，參加除夕倒數。也有人會去銅鑼灣的時代廣場。習語“at the stroke of” 或“on the stroke of”意思是整時、時針搭正某個時刻；At (on) the stroke of midnight就是午夜十二時正。尋歡作樂、喧鬧狂歡的人，就被稱為revellers（美式英語為revelers）。 正如我以前說過，許多人都會許下新年宏願（New Year’s resolutions）。 A New Year’s resolution 就是你在一年之始，向你自己許下諾言，改掉壞習慣或去做好事。我過去這一年和2014年的新年宏願（New Year’s resolution），都是不那麼輕易動怒。兩年下來我都未能做到。我在2015年已經發過無數次（countless）的怒。我討厭搭港鐵，對於那些望着手機上車的自私鬼感到很憤怒，他們站於門邊，使其他人未能上車。我曾無數次（countless）叫這些自私鬼移入車廂中間，好讓其他人能上車，他們卻從不聽勸。 在我《頭條日報》十二月二十四日的專欄裏，有兩個手民之誤（typos）。文章標題應為“Party pooper” 而非“Party poorer”。而在句子“Christmas Day is supposed the celebrate the birth of Christ”中，亦有出錯（typo），應是“to celebrate”。我感謝所有發電郵給我、指出這些錯處（typos）的讀者們。我為二○一六年許下的新年宏願（New Year’s resolution），仍然是不那麼輕易動怒。我希望今年我可以信守這個許諾。新年快樂！ 中譯:七刻 Michael Chugani 褚簡寧 |
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