eLiZa: November 2010

新加坡人的英文真的不是盖的！

我这个学期有在上英文课
最近被要求针对一篇文章进行批评
我和3个新加坡人组成一个group
经过讨论后
其中一个新加坡人负责整理然后写成一篇文章
以下是他写的文章：

What Mr. Brook has failed to point out is that, while everything he has chosen to feature in his article might convey Singapore in good light, there are still many examples of how the economy and society is struggling.

Does he know that the bottom 10% of employed households has a per capita monthly income of only $360? In addition, Singaporeans rank one of the highest in the world for credit card debts roll-over at a staggering 417,000. Even the Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has “cautioned against unrealistic expectations, nothing that the latest economic figures represented an exceptional situation, rather than the norm.”

Mr. Brook’s following comments on how Singapore is better than his hometown of Toronto or the United States should be taken with a pinch of salt. Maybe he has not been living in Singapore long enough to know the finer details of what his argument.

For example, the $40 conservancy fee is a monthly fee to be paid by every household or shop in the area? Simple math will show that, considering the number of households in one HDB block, the amount collected each month will eclipse his “hundreds of dollars a month” cost for the US or Canada to do their clean up.

The Singapore economy is heavily dependent on the public transport system. Without it, thousands of people will not be able to make their way to work. With road taxes and increasing COE prices, not many can afford a car as well. If the Singapore government decides to cut bus and train services, the country’s economic sector would probably start falling apart. Unlike in the US or Canada, where the people affected are mostly “people living in small rural communities.”

Moreover, Mr. Brooks makes half-truth statements. While in the US or Canda, defaulting on home mortgage results in the loss of one’s home, in Singapore, in addition to the loss of the home, one might face the prospect of losing one’s life CPF savings and may be made bankrupt.

Finally, we feel that Mr. Brooks has chosen to paint only the brighter side of the situation in Singapore. While we do not disagree with his points, we feel that he should consider the real issues that we face instead of harping on the superficial. That might make his argument more believable if he is able to produce an undisputed case that despite all the negativity, Singapore is still doing well.

看了这篇文章
你们感觉如何？

呵呵
重点是
我提出来的意见
通通被他们reject
所以感觉这篇文章里好像完全没有我的存在

昨天我们4个在msn讨论时
大部分时间我是在看他们讨论什么
你知道我整个过程中在干嘛吗？
查字典！！！
他们说了很多我不明白的字
而且那篇文章很多内容都是针对新加坡来写
基本上我不敢comment太多
我怕引起不满

打击太大了

eLiZa

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