一年有多長？
356天，8,760小時，525,600分鐘，31,536,000秒。
How long is one year?
356 days? 8,760 hours? 525,600 minutes? or 31,536,000 seconds?
或是16份作業，加上3次考試，1份期末報告，1份10,000字論文，10次旅行。
Or 16 essays, and 3 examinations, 1 final report, 1 10,000 words dissertation, and 10 travels.
我的2012年是後者;
加上閏年從宇宙空隙間偷來的2月29日，
英鎊歐元很識相的幣值直直落，
去歐盟國家免簽證，
奧運剛好在倫敦舉行，
英國女王剛好在今年登基滿60年。
這一年，我在英國。
My 2012 is the latter.
and the 366th day on 29 February in leap year.
The pound and euro become devalued,
no need to apply for visa to EU countries,
The Olympics was in London,
the Queen has ascended the throng for 60 years.
This year, I was in the UK.
然而我更喜歡用另一種方式來回答一年有多長。
如果你能夠知道你的一生有多長，
那麼這個問題會更有意義，
這個答案會更有價值。
However, I prefer to answer this question in another way.
If you know how long is your life, then this question will be more meaningful and the answer will be more valuable.
有了人生長度當分母之後，
把這個1年放在分子的位置，
這個答案，會更加有趣。
我們都知道，1/3 比1/5大。
那麼1/60和1/80來比較，也是同樣的道理。
Put your lifetime as the denominator and put the "one year" as the numerator.
We all know one-third is bigger than one-fifth.
Same idea of one-sixtieth and one-eightieth.
我很"樂觀"的把我的人生分母設定為60，
因此一年是六十分之一，顯得好大好重要。
又因此已經度過三十分之六十的我，
彷彿剩下一半的人生可以活。
I set my lifetime denominator as 60 "optimistically".
Therefore, one year is one-sixtieth. It is big and significant.
And again, I already spent 30 of 60, only half of my life left remains.
我繼續很樂觀的看待這"半杯水"。
如果只剩下一半的人生，只剩下一半的水，
我不懂我有什麼理由不認真的過每一天，不細細的啜飲每一滴水。
I continue my optimistic philosophy to view this half glass of water.
If I only have half of my life, half glass of water,
I have no excuse not to enjoy every single day of my life and every single drop of the water.
＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
這一年是個大計劃，是趟大旅行，也像是一場大夢。
This year is a big plan, a big trip, as well as a nig dream.
當飛機脫離倫敦Heathrow機場地面的那一刻，
我忽然忍不住哭了出來，
暖暖鹹鹹的眼淚爭先恐後的湧出眼眶，
一開始只用右手輪流抹去左眼右眼外的淚，
到後來只能把臉埋進雙手裡，
閉上雙眼企圖讓那黑暗延續這場英倫夢。
At the moment, when the airplane got away from the runway, my tear rushed out.
I tried to wipe tears away with hands but in the end just put my face into hands. I closed my eyes and tried to continue my England dream in the dark.
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曾有人說，有夢最美，築夢踏實。
但在你踏實的實現了一個夢之後，
才發現夢醒時刻其實是挺令人惶恐的。
只好，趕緊再造下一個夢，
閉上雙眼，帶著微笑，期待著再次進入夢鄉。
Once somebody said, it is lovely to have a dream and come to realize it step by step.
However, you will realize that it is fearful when your dream comes true.
Then all what you should do to make yourself comfortable is making another dream.
Close your eyes, with your smile, looking forward to getting into your dream again.
356天，8,760小時，525,600分鐘，31,536,000秒。
How long is one year?
356 days? 8,760 hours? 525,600 minutes? or 31,536,000 seconds?
或是16份作業，加上3次考試，1份期末報告，1份10,000字論文，10次旅行。
Or 16 essays, and 3 examinations, 1 final report, 1 10,000 words dissertation, and 10 travels.
我的2012年是後者;
加上閏年從宇宙空隙間偷來的2月29日，
英鎊歐元很識相的幣值直直落，
去歐盟國家免簽證，
奧運剛好在倫敦舉行，
英國女王剛好在今年登基滿60年。
這一年，我在英國。
My 2012 is the latter.
and the 366th day on 29 February in leap year.
The pound and euro become devalued,
no need to apply for visa to EU countries,
The Olympics was in London,
the Queen has ascended the throng for 60 years.
This year, I was in the UK.
然而我更喜歡用另一種方式來回答一年有多長。
如果你能夠知道你的一生有多長，
那麼這個問題會更有意義，
這個答案會更有價值。
However, I prefer to answer this question in another way.
If you know how long is your life, then this question will be more meaningful and the answer will be more valuable.
有了人生長度當分母之後，
把這個1年放在分子的位置，
這個答案，會更加有趣。
我們都知道，1/3 比1/5大。
那麼1/60和1/80來比較，也是同樣的道理。
Put your lifetime as the denominator and put the "one year" as the numerator.
We all know one-third is bigger than one-fifth.
Same idea of one-sixtieth and one-eightieth.
我很"樂觀"的把我的人生分母設定為60，
因此一年是六十分之一，顯得好大好重要。
又因此已經度過三十分之六十的我，
彷彿剩下一半的人生可以活。
I set my lifetime denominator as 60 "optimistically".
Therefore, one year is one-sixtieth. It is big and significant.
And again, I already spent 30 of 60, only half of my life left remains.
我繼續很樂觀的看待這"半杯水"。
如果只剩下一半的人生，只剩下一半的水，
我不懂我有什麼理由不認真的過每一天，不細細的啜飲每一滴水。
I continue my optimistic philosophy to view this half glass of water.
If I only have half of my life, half glass of water,
I have no excuse not to enjoy every single day of my life and every single drop of the water.
＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝
這一年是個大計劃，是趟大旅行，也像是一場大夢。
This year is a big plan, a big trip, as well as a nig dream.
當飛機脫離倫敦Heathrow機場地面的那一刻，
我忽然忍不住哭了出來，
暖暖鹹鹹的眼淚爭先恐後的湧出眼眶，
一開始只用右手輪流抹去左眼右眼外的淚，
到後來只能把臉埋進雙手裡，
閉上雙眼企圖讓那黑暗延續這場英倫夢。
At the moment, when the airplane got away from the runway, my tear rushed out.
I tried to wipe tears away with hands but in the end just put my face into hands. I closed my eyes and tried to continue my England dream in the dark.
=============================
曾有人說，有夢最美，築夢踏實。
但在你踏實的實現了一個夢之後，
才發現夢醒時刻其實是挺令人惶恐的。
只好，趕緊再造下一個夢，
閉上雙眼，帶著微笑，期待著再次進入夢鄉。
Once somebody said, it is lovely to have a dream and come to realize it step by step.
However, you will realize that it is fearful when your dream comes true.
Then all what you should do to make yourself comfortable is making another dream.
Close your eyes, with your smile, looking forward to getting into your dream again.
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