Wallace Bain

今天到信義新光三越徒步區街頭畫畫，出門投票後，歡迎來找我。

只要是Wallace老師的朋友和學生都知道，他最喜歡的領域除了教學就是畫畫，他的屋內完成與未完成的作品有數十幅，好不容易整理出二十幅作品販售，有興趣的朋友請私訊洽詢。

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經過兩天的颱風，今天風雨終於稍微小一點，天氣也不若之前的炎熱，這樣的天氣很像蘇格蘭的秋天，Wallace老師最近常藉由速寫照片想念蘇格蘭，在台灣的歐洲人不多，更何況是英國人，所以Wallace老師常透過網路上的照片、影片回憶蘇格蘭的風景與人文，很希望遇到有人可以跟他討論蘇格蘭的一切。

如果你也想了解英國的歷史，或蘇格蘭的文化，歡迎私訊，Wallace老師會很高興有人願意跟他聊聊英國的一切。

#一對一英文家教、 #英國文學、 #英文寫作老師

閒暇之餘，Wallace老師的時間多半沈浸在閱讀與電影，日前剛讀完「Absolute Beginners 」，這是Colin MacInnes在1958年的倫敦所創作的，想一窺當時倫敦的氛圍，想知道Wallace老師對這本書的想法，可以到Wallace's Blog。

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Book Review--Absolute Beginners Absolute Beginners, published in 1958, is a tale told by a protagonist who is deeply immersed in the pop culture of his time, the fast-evolv...

今年的夏天真的很熱，熱到平常紳士打扮的Wallace老師也忍不住打起了陽傘，雖然汗如雨下，仍堅持持續寫作，不知道大家有甚麼方式可以消暑?

目前台北市立美術館正展出「Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary」，Mary Quant 是Wallace老師最崇拜的時尚偶像，為此他去了兩趟北美館寫下他對於Mary Quant的見解，小編很佩服Wallace老師對於藝術和文學的熱愛，有興趣的人歡迎參觀Wallace Bain Blog。

Wallace Bain' Blog : https://wallacebain.blogspot.com/

#英文寫作 #英文教學

Mary Quant – A Revolutionary with a Playful Streak Mary Quant Exhibition in Taiwan / 2022.05.28-2022.08.28 Mary Quant embarked on her world-changing career in fashion around 70 years ago, ope...

Cheers 是「謝謝」的意思?

小編第一次聽到Wallace老師跟我說【Cheers】，我以為他要跟我乾杯，但是我們手上並沒有酒杯阿??? 我還以為他要鼓勵小編加油。

後來我才知道英國人用「Cheers」表達謝謝，但從小學習美式英文的小編，還是常反射性地說「Thanks」，Wallace老師也總是回覆我「Cheers」，想更了解英式英文與美式英文的差異，歡迎留言或私訊小編。

#英式英文、 #英文教學、 #英文文學、 #英文校稿、 #英文寫作

分享Wallace老師另外一首詩，

Home No Longer

A wasteland of chalk where
Not even weeds grow, destruction is so new,
A door frame opens on to a plain of rubble,
is a vestige of a community,
And mirror to a skeletal soul,
Compelled to move on.

Gaunt walls remain
Marginal existence is edged out,
To fall back on a vagabond soul,
A nomad I am not,
But the home I cling to was crushed,
I stare at the battered paintwork.

Dark shadow incise walls and
Under eaves and balconies
Iron grilles are fine etching
The battered pink door is a canvas in my mind
Slashing marks, swooping blade
Gauges out a powdery salmon underlayer
from a violet chalky paste

A paper lantern hangs under a lintel,
Flimsy in its promise
Mineral plain of ochrous soil, crumling clay and conceet,
Ruined stucco moulding
Cracks appear and the thinnest dry grasses and wort
Make their advance.

The funereal is all pervading,

你喜歡寫詩嗎?

小編知道Wallace老師教學之餘，最喜歡油畫和寫詩，這些都是他在台灣生活的心情寫照，如果你也心有戚戚焉，歡迎底下留言或私訊小編。

#英文家教、 #英文文學、 #英文寫作

Sadness in Exile

All sides entrap fragility,
There embrace is slate grey,
In seasons which spare the light,
My sadness of exile.

The walls I built are my own folly,
I built them round my soul,
They shut out hope and striving,
Which they stifle in the long days of bare branches.

The grey walls taunt me,
Callous in their accusation,
They are blank pages in a diary,
Hiding, my soul faces inward.

At times, in lilac spring,
Bloom drops onto sunlit grey,
And the emptiness is warmed,
Born of morning light, grey is benign.

Lit so faintly, there is a seed,
Showing me the limestone massifs,
In travels past, a new stanza,
Hope stirs the new forest leaves.

喜歡英國演員柯林.佛斯(Colin Firth)的英文腔調嗎?

當小編看過他主演的「BJ單身日記」就深深喜歡上他的紳士與說話方式,
現在你也有機會接觸到正統的英國文化與優雅,
Wallace 來自英國 如果喜歡英國英文與文學,
歡迎私訊粉絲頁

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