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Any fear, any uncomfortableness after knowing his death, was totally quelled by the love poured from the Being of Light. Danny felt a warm stream of forgiveness through him.
 

But being dead was as so, what then would Danny do next? Danny thought to himself. He decided to move upward with the Being. He noticed that his body vibrate and humming at a higher speed. Up there he sensed a varied ‘energy fields’ that looked like prisms of light. He felt some energy flow like rivers, while some eddied like little bachs. Like sitting in an airplane and having bird view over the ground, Danny saw the energy form like lakes and rivers. There were mountains too, yet not craggy or jagged ones, with rounded peak and lush deep blue crevices.

Just before Danny died five minutes ago, he could still hear the rumbling sound of lightening outside the window, another big storm marching into Aiken, South California. Danny recognized this horrible sound for long as his granny described it as the ‘artillery from God’. His mom also warned Danny that NEVER answer a phone call during the strobe, a ‘phone call from God’, or you’ll soon turn yourself into a ‘burning bush’. Danny obviously took it as a joke, and he would never thought one day this would be a proper tragedy of his own, which happened one night at the age of 25, a call from Tommy, Danny's neighbor as a Naval corpsman, on September 17, 1975.
 

Jolts of electricity came through his ear then to his whole body. He was as if immerging into battery acid. The power of the thunder was so strong that his shoe nails were welded to the nails in the floor so that he was thrown into the air with his feet pulled out from his shoes. Danny’s wife, Sandy, rushed into the living room and shouted, but he didn’t hear her say then. He only found himself hung in the midair and even once thought he was the ceiling plaster.

今天起，將陸續以淺顯英文簡寫 Dannion Brinkley 所著 Saved by the light 一書，內容描述 Dannion 君被雷劈中兩次、死亡、而後復生的經驗：Dannion 於 ｢死亡｣ 中，依舊清醒，看到了許多事，經歷了許多一般人終生無法感受的神奇之旅。甦醒之後，人生觀丕變；Dannion 說，他受到了 ｢啟示｣ ，要把所見所聞，一五一十記載下來，並廣為傳揚，因為這也是他所肩負的 ｢使命｣。自此巡迴世界現身說法，並與紐約時報作家 Paul Perry 以及研究 ｢瀕死經驗｣ 學者 Raymond Moody 醫師協力合著此書。此書立即成為 1996 年暢銷書，影響無數人對於 ｢身後事｣ 的看法，全書惟以英文寫成，其用字對一般台灣學生而言，仍稍嫌生澀，閱讀有所遲滯，因此決定以淺顯英文簡述全書大意，理由有 3：1. 我中打太慢，要是完整翻譯全書，2014 巴西世足恐已開幕。2. 還是希望大家能稍稍培養用英文閱讀的習慣，學學英文，總是美事一件。3. 想藉此練習 ｢簡述｣(summary) 和 ｢重述｣(retell) 的能力，希望能把文章寫得更精實些。何謂 ｢淺顯｣？｢全選｣、然後 ｢Google 翻譯｣，保證看得懂，謂之。

原文共分 15 章，本來打算每周三、六各讀一章，並細翻之，共 15 回。如今坊間已有譯本，莫感欣慰，因為這是一本參考價值大、可信度高、且有用又有益處的啟示書啊！Dannion 成功說出主教內褲顏色一段，更是有趣。現仍依照原書章次，以15 回依序登出。總之，若只想練英文、略讀該書大意，則此部落格足矣；若欲以中文細細暢讀，則譯本為佳。現將該譯本介紹摘錄於下：

True Love 小姐，不知道妳想在此篇演講中強調甚麼，所以故意寫多一點，請自行截取所需之內容和長度。

想報答我嗎？妳有兩個選擇：

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有見過這麼長的詩嗎？

Some foreign Writers, some our own despise;
The Ancients only, or the Moderns prize:

Recently, I was urged by the tea merchant Josev Chang to TRANSLATE the whole story in a book SAVED BY THE LIGHT written by Dannion Brinkley about his amazing experience that rare people could have. He was struck dead by lightening and then 'resurrect' back to his life twice. The book is about his feeling and changing before and after the shocks. Just as Paul Perry, famous New York Times bestsellers and a documentary filmmaker, once said, 'To read this book is to know that he (Dannion Brinkley) is unwavering his beliefs. What are those beliefs specifically? Read this book and find out. I hae no doubt that it will change your life in the way that just knowing him has changed mine.' I was also amazd by the events in the book and decided to introduce this book to my blog readers, so that it would also do much good and  much more legible for Josef and some of the other comrades AMGs to read the translate version. And I am quite happy to take the case cause the book of a 'light lesson' would bring more readers to realize the love of our Father. 

Undisputable witnesses and candid confessions for the past are two sharp fiery blades that cut through people's stubbornness and skepticism, making them hobble toward the final truth! Why not expect next Weds from now to have a sensational feast of spiritual experience?

In Taiwan, many students as well as teachers are vexed with the catagories of various word groups, which hold together as a certain expression and sometimes consist with certain single entries sharing the same specific meanings. We call such word groups often as 'phrase'. Yet what on earth does a phrase refer to and what subdivisions are there in the general concept of 'phrase'? That's indeed a myth hard to crack and somehow worthy being discussed.

How to define 'phrase'? The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines as 'A sequence of words intended to have meanings'. The key word is 'a sequence', which means a continual linking of orders, one goes after another, back to back, shoulder to shoulder. So, to see it in different light, we may understand that a word group in which the words may not be in a sequence, that is, in series connection, such as 'not... untill', 'too... to', or 'so... that', cannot be conceived as 'phrases' while 'be able to', 'look at', or 'beat about the bush' in which the words are series connected with a cogent expression are 'phrases' proper.

Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language
by Richard Lederer, rearranged by Krystyan Chiou

English is a Crazy Language.It is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet, used in some way by at least one out of every three human beings around the globe. Half of the world’s books are written in English, and the majority of international telephone calls are made in English. Sixty percent of international mails is written and addressed in English. Eighty percent of all computer texts, including all web sites, are stored in English. English has acquired the largest vocabulary of all the world’s languages, perhaps as many as two million words, and has generated one of the noblest bodies of literature in the annals of the human race. Nonetheless, it is now the time to face that English is a crazy language --- the most loopy and wacky of all tongues.

Question:
What is the truest definition of Globalization?
Answer:

Gist Of ‘Retrospect Of Chao Yuen Ren’ 
 

The raging urge of the May Fourth Movement has changed both the cultural and the habitual momentum of China, where an enormous impact has being brought forth within the course of the history of culture: the initiating of the vernacular Chinese, introduction of Western scientific methodology at the basis of traditional Chinese vertues of merits. Such revolutionary alternation has led China to a whole new stage, where the thriving development of Lieder, the art songs, was setting off. 

How to Write a Power of Attorney
A Power of Attorney is a document where you (the principal) give another person (the agent) the power to sign documents and make financial decisions on your behalf. For example, if you became mentally unstable, or if you took an extended vacation, you might need someone you trust to take care of your financial matters. A Power of Attorney can be general, giving the agent power over all your affairs, or it may be specific, limited to the transactions explicitly outlined in the document. Third parties treat the agent as if he or she is the principal in any transactions which the agent is authorized to conduct. Powers of Attorney are commonly used for both personal and business activities.

If you want to write a short story for your own pleasure, to share with friends, or to win a short-story writing contest, WhiteSmoke English Writing Software can help.

Here are some quick tips on how to write a good short story:

1.    Start quickly--no long introductions

原諒我！英文這麼爛還敢教別人！

301. The robber jumped the country when he heard the lady scream.

好心的大爺們啊！可憐可憐我這個英文小乞丐啊！

201. That'll be a bit too far-fetched if you said it was a jam at the midnight that made you late for the party.

幫幫我！每個字都查得到，為甚麼連在一起以後，看都看不懂？

101. Joanne did a good turn by jumping into the fire to save the baby.

救救我！這些句子中文怎麼說啊？

1. Why would you render so much money to a person with a bowing acquaintance?

2. On hearing that Jerry didn't finish his assignment, his dad went off in a huff.