Sunrise & Sunset

痛苦的論文地獄終於快要結束了。

雖然 Chris Uncle 說論文的感言都沒人在看
雖然我也知道除了指導教授之外根本沒人看得到
雖然就算有人看到了也沒什麼意義，畢竟一定是某個跟我不同語言的人
雖然我寫的一點都不像要交出去的東西，簡直像在寫信給別人一樣 = =
而且雖然我其實是一直到快要交論文的時候，才發現國外的論文竟然也需要寫感言....

不過，怎樣啦! It's my turn!  咬我阿!!

xxx

感言
Acknowledgment (附加通俗口語版之中文翻譯)

Studying abroad is tough, studying abroad and writing papers, essays and a dissertation is tougher still. But, this year has been worthwhile because of these papers, essays and this dissertation because I finally understand what ‘research’ is. I have enjoyed every minute of studying here and have learned much precious knowledge and valuable experience through doing this work, much more than I imagined.

在國外唸書很辛苦 (其實我想寫的是「痛苦」)，在國外唸書還得寫報告和論文更辛苦 (我本來是要加上 god damn! 的，以宣洩連日來被論文催殘掉的青春)，不過因為這些報告和論文 (不知道為什麼一直把 dissertation 看成 disaster...果然潛意識是誠實的)，這一年變得很值得，因為我終於了解了什麼叫作「研究」(後面接著的「雖然因為有限的時間和英文能力，還無法做得很深入」竟然被刪掉了!)，我很享受在這裡唸書的每一刻，而且學到的寶貴知識和經驗比想像中的還多 (對，比如說英國的制服警察真是酷弊了，親眼見到果然不同凡響!!)。

I could not have finished this dissertation without the support of my supervisor, Dr Kate Lacey. She kindly helped me in the winter term seminars but I especially appreciate her patience, continued support and guidance for my research topic, when I considered changing it for seeming too wide and difficult for me. I would also like to thank my Promotional Culture tutor, Janice Winship, for her very strict but really helpful tutorials and guidance on the course, and I also love her sense of humour. I really appreciated the help Dr Caroline Bassett, another of my favourite tutors here, who helped me in the autumn term seminars.

指導教授 Kate Lacey 是幫助我完成這份論文的大功臣，除了她在第二學期的研討課中給了我很多東西之外，我最感謝的是她持續支持和引導這個研究主題的耐心，因為我一度因為題目太大、研究太難而想換主題。我也要謝謝我「促銷文化」的老師 Janice Winship，因為她給了我很多超級嚴厲但非常有幫助的個別指導，而且重點是她實在很幽默! 我也很感謝另一個我非常喜歡的教授 Caroline Bassett，她在第一學期給了我很多東西。

I thank my friends here and in distant Taiwan with all my heart. They supported me not only through financial assistance but also with warm encouragement, especially Ariel Chen, Jasmine Huang, Sinhong Chen, Alo Yang, ...(被嫌寫太多人之以下暫略)...and other kind friends and my university professor, Dr Ti Wei. I could not have achieved my dream of studying in the UK and writing this dissertation and having this whole year of adventures without them.

我要真心謝謝我在這裡和遙遠台灣的朋友們。他們不但給予我麵包上的幫助，也給我溫暖的鼓勵 (淚...)，特別是 blah blah blah (省略不翻，沒辦法，誰叫我這麼害羞又矜持.......?!!) 還有其他朋友們，以及我大學時的老師 Dr 魏帝! 沒有你們，我不可能完成留學英國的夢想，也不可能完成這份論文，還有這冒險的一年。

Finally, I give this dissertation to my parents who have passed away, hoping it will mean something to you both.

xxx

馬的咧，我終於寫完了!!!!! 馬上要回台灣了!!!!