2011/02/03
議員、役人、先生で英語で自分の仕事を説明できない人はいさぎよくその職を辞するべきである
先日中国電信の社員が自社のアナウンスを英語でしていた。
本日は、チャイナモバイルの社長が英語でアナウンスしている。
このように、中国では社長、社員が英語でアナウンスするのは常識になっている。
税金を使って仕事をしている議員、役人、先生は自らの仕事が役立っていることを
英語で内外にアピールする能力が必須である。
能力のないものは潔くその職を辞するべきである。
英語の文章は、表意文字(漢字、絵文字)で書かれていないため読む速度が日本語に比べ劣る。
そこで、音声を併用することを試した、
text-readerを使って読ませた。
音声を聞きながら、読むと分かりやすい。
Paty Perry が話すオリジナルな速度では読むのが難しい為
ロボット音声にしてみた。
All right, the next question is from FLAMINGSTAPLES, who asks,
what was your reaction to the California Gurls parody by Key of Awesome?
I don't know if you've seen it.
Yes, I saw it, of course.
I think I've seen probably more than half of them.
Want to watch a little bit right now?
There might be some people that haven't seen it.
I was so surprised
they actually put this out like a day after my video came out.
So, they must have done so much research.
[I know a place where the girls are always meaner.
If you ain't rich, they're going no where near your wiener.
Sipping Starbucks, a venti skinny mocha Sipping Starbucks, with foam.
chai tea, with foam.
Driving Escalades while they're texting and re-tweeting, on iPhones.]
Amazing eye to detail, these people.
They've done so many parodies and videos.
And I watch them every once in a while.
I mean they're on it.
The day after my video premiered, it was like [SNAP] they had their version. I love that you can do that and put it on YouTube.
And then you're almost like as many hits as of the actual artist.
The geniusness of all this.
But, yeah, it was really funny.
I thought it was hilarious, because it was talking exactly about
what California Gurls to me is not.
I don't really like those L.A. girls.
Because I'm not talking about Hollywood girls in California Gurls.
Because those are fake bitches.
They've got the fake face, the fake boobs, the fake fake fake.
And they're constantly climbing people's ladders to be famous or
whatever it is.
But, what I'm talking about are those California girls
I think that the Beach Boys were talking about.
There's something about them.
I love those East Coast girls because they have all that attitude.
And those Southern girls are like Southern Belles.
But these California girls, they're just cool.
彼らは現実的です、彼らは流れに身を任せます。
They're down to earth, they go with the flow.
They are the ones you want to invite over to hang out.
And they're girls' girls.
Like I'm friends with Lisa and she's friends with me.
And sometimes girls don't get along.
And I'm not talking about those girls.
パーティでヒビが入る。
Those girls are obviously too cracked out to even come to the party.
You're a real California girl.
I am.
Santa Barbara, California.
So you're obviously cool with parodies or
people making jokes.
I actually welcome them.
Because people asked there were a lot of questions about that.
I do kind of take myself seriously when it's appropriate.
Like with different songs.
You saw with One Of The Boys that
there were moments to have a serious moment.
Like with Thinking of You.
And I will in the rest of this record later on.
But, I know that California Gurls is just a fun song.
And I think if people are making parodies of your song, you've made it.
And I think we're only a couple states away from
having all 50 states in the U.S.A to be parodied.
You know, Missouri girls, or Texas girls.
So it's exciting.
I love that stuff.
I welcome it.
Actually, I would like to see more of it, please.
Good, you heard that.
私は、jokster(悪戯者)です。
I'm a jokster, a prankster.
So if the joke's on me I'll still play along.