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I love reading comics since I was a child.

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I secretly

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went to comic store and

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read comics after school.

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I suppose my

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literary enlightenment

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started from reading comics.

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I was a STEM major.

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After I graduated from college,

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I enter Chunghwa Telecom.

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Then I was sent to

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Satellite Communications Center in Yangmingshan.

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I worked there for 19 years.

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During the years in Yangmingshan,

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I learnt plenty of knowledge about

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communications and astronomy.

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Are you familiar with

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the pioneer

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of satellite communications?

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His name is Arthur Charles Clarke.

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He was a scientist

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and one of the top three

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sci-fi authors in the 20th century.

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His most famous work is

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2001: A Space Odyssey.

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So,

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this person was

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brimming with imagination.

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He had science as background knowledge.

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I really adore this knowledgeable pioneer.

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Then I thought

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maybe I can be like him too.

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If I write according to the concept

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of pure literature,

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I’d never be able to keep up with

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students graduated from literature department.

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Later, I thought that

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I can combine

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my STEM education

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with literature.

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Maybe I would be able to

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create a completely different scenery.

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The Game in Sky

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talks about solar and lunar eclipses.

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I convey scientific ideas

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in a literary form.

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A great American poet,

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Robert Frost

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said that poetry is

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something that makes you joyful

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when you read,

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and makes you become smarter

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when you finish reading.

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That is poetry.

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I think he really put it well.

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When little kids

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are able to

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recite a poem fluently,

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they can also memorize scientific knowledge,

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which is just great.

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All the literary works require imagination.

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Without imagination,

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the works

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are pretty tedious.

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Imagination helps you

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to go where no one has gone before.

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When you change an angle

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and think from the perspective of science

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to compose literary works.

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Only when you maximize your imagination

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will the result

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be impressive and refreshing.

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Chinese.

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Literature class!

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That’s right.

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Chinese class is literature class.

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Do you have natural science class at school?

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Natural science class is about science.

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Today,

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I am here to

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teach Chinese and natural science.

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When giving a speech

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I often say that

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I ignite the scientific fire with the literary lamp.

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What’s my purpose?

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I hope students can

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understand that the life they lead

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and environment surrounded them

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have something to do with science

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during the 24 hours of a day.

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From waking up in daytime

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until sleeping at nighttime,

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everything they come into contact with

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is related to science.

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The second one.

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What’s the second one?

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Air.

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What if there were no air?

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People would get sick.

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Unless you were a tree.

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For trees absorb carbon dioxide

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and produce oxygen.

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So, trees are our friends,

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right?

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Can we cut down trees for no reasons?

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We can’t, right?

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If all the trees on earth were destroyed

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what would happen to human beings?

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There would be no more exams.

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I hope that the kids

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will no longer be afraid of science.

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Science is actually not that difficult

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and it is fascinating.

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Science helps me to tap into

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the secrets of this world and the universe.

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Literature

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helps me to enjoy life

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and be delightful in life.

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I consider stars as

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magnifying glass.

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Stars are glowing crystal balls.

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When people look

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at them,

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people think stars are beautiful.

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Universe is a

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generous billionaire,

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who gives us a sky

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full of crystal balls.

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Isn’t it great?

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At first,

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you thought literature is

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soft and malleable

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while science is hard and firm.

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I hope that people can understand that

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literature and science can be closely intertwined.

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They are neither

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hard and firm

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nor soft and malleable.

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They can also be like

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delicious marshmallows

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that instantly melt in

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your mouth.

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This is what I hope to achieve.