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Growing up in Taiwan as the daughter of a calligrapher,
我在臺灣長大。作為一位書法家的女兒，
one of my most treasured memories was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape and the form of Chinese characters.
我最珍貴的記憶之一是媽媽為我展示了漢字的形意之美。
Ever since then, I was fascinated by this incredible language.
從那時起，我開始著迷于這美妙的語言。
But to an outsider, it seems to be as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China.
但對于門外漢來說，漢字就跟中國的長城一樣高不可攀。
Over the past few years, I've been wondering if I can break down this wall,
過去幾年，我一直思考如何能夠攻克這堵墻，
so anyone who wants to understand and appreciate the beauty of this sophisticated language could do so.
讓那些要理解和欣賞這復雜語言優雅地方的人可以這樣做。
I started thinking about how a new, fast method of learning Chinese might be useful.
我開始思考，如何創造一種新的、快速的方法，有助于學習漢字。
Since the age of five, I started to learn how to draw every single stroke for each character in the correct sequence.
從五歲起，我開始學習如何按照正確順序、一筆一劃的書寫每個漢字。
I learned new characters every day during the course of the next 15 years.
在十五年期間，我每天都學習新的漢字。
Since we only have five minutes, it's better that we have a fast and simpler way.
因為我們只有五分鐘時間，最好有一個更簡易便捷的學習方式。
A Chinese scholar would understand 20,000 characters.
一位中文學者認識二萬個漢字，
You only need 1,000 to understand the basic literacy.
你只需認識一千個漢字，就可看懂簡單的文學作品。
The top 200 will allow you to comprehend 40 percent of basic literature
認識頂部二百個漢字，讓你看明白百分之四十的基本文獻
enough to read road signs, restaurant menus, to understand the basic idea of the web pages or the newspapers.
足以讀懂路標、餐廳菜單，以了解中文網頁的基本想法或報紙內容。
Today I'm going to start with eight to show you how the method works. You are ready?
今天我用八個漢字來展示這個方法如何有效。大家準備好了嗎？
