米雪奇遇記

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這本書通過中英文故事內容，訓練兒童的雙語水平，從而掌握這兩種現今廣泛應用的語言。這本書的故事叙述，將進一步提高他們的聽和讀的綜合理解能力。研究顯示，兒童在成長期間更容易學習新的語言。同時，一個有趣的故事情節，在學會兩種不同語言過程中，扮演一個非常重要角色。因此，我們應該以此培養高素質兒童。本書的所得收益將全數捐贈香港癌症基金會，請享受讀書的樂趣！

This main purpose for this book is to train more bilingual children with the narration in both English and Chinese, two of the most widely spoken language today. With this book, during storytelling, it can further enhance their listening and reading comprehension skills. As research shows, children are more capable of learning new languages during development. Also, an interesting storyline plays a very important role in learning two different languages at the same time. Therefore, we should take advantage of this in order to produce higher-level kids. Also, all profits from selling this book go to the Hong Kong Cancel Fund. Enjoy!

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美國 史丹福大學 東亞研究中心 陳明銶教授

對一位芳齡十七的才藝青年人而言，十年是頗長的時段，朱凱婷在過去十年無間斷地投入繪畫及進修西方藝術課程，當她年幼時，家人安排她接觸各種不同的文化興趣項目，她絕不猶豫便選定視覺藝術中的繪畫，而放棄對其他藝術如芭蕾舞及鋼琴等的追求。事實上從七歲以來，繪畫就成為凱婷生活中重要的部分。

繪畫給予凱婷她極大的歡愉及樂趣，同時亦是一個發揮藝術潛能及與人溝通的介面。繪畫賦予她發揮創意，記憶對外界事物的印象及觸覺，並利用描繪的特色圖象與他人分享感受。繪畫亦容許她有效地送出她的訊息與意識，從而取得回應與反響。正因為繪畫為凱婷建構與觀畫者對話的潛在機會，她的畫變成一項很靈活的互動工具，使她跨越語言與文化的界限，與外界溝通。她的畫使凱婷連繫世界，關心世界。

透過這精美小冊所收集的二十二幅具有中英雙語解說的漫畫，凱婷帶引觀畫者和讀者作一個視覺藝術的旅程，去探索她描繪的世界，包括她的見解，景願，及對身邊人事物的回應，這是一個不容錯過的美妙旅程。

To a talented young person of seventeen, a decade seems a lengthy span. This is how long Michele has devoted herself to painting with an uninterrupted weekly Western art class. Among the array of cultural enrichments and extra-curricular interests that her family offered her, Michelle has embraced from the start without any reservation visual arts, especially painting while letting go of ballet and piano. Indeed, painting has been a vital part of her life since age seven.

To Michele, painting is a great joy, a genuine pleasure as much as an artistic fulfillment and a communicative necessity. Because it affords her an effective outlet to express herself, record her impressions, preserve her sentiments, and above all, share her feelings with others, those around her and many further afar. Through the images that she creates, painting enables Michele to convey messages with meanings and purposes that will trigger responses and echoes. Aiming at initiating dialogues with viewers, her drawings serve Michelle well as a versatile interactive outreach instrument across languages and cultures. In fact, they help to engage her with the world and bring the world closer to her.