Montreal Now and Then (1) – Its History and Its Language

(Dear English readers, please scroll down to find the ‘click’ for English translation)

前两天去了蒙特利尔 (Montreal)一趟。这次只去了一个晚上，纯粹是去见一见一位朋友。我第一次去时，是约三个半月前。那时，还是夏天。可是，一直来懒得写一篇有关蒙特利尔的贴字。因为它的历史太悠久，和加拿大的关系太复杂，要写好一篇贴字，很花工夫。所以，一直拖延到今天。

蒙特利尔是魁北克 （Quebec)省的省市, 它有三百多年的历史。魁北克省和加拿大有一段奇特的历史关系。简短来说，魁北克省曾是法国的占领地。在一场法国和英国世界主权斗争的战争后，英国战胜因而得到了魁北克。后来，加拿大独立后，成为双语国也是因为魁北克省。

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快乐. 不快乐. 一念之差 The difference between happiness and unhappiness….

法文课终于上完啦！

在过去的几个星期上法文课上得很痛苦。

虽一开始时，好像很有决心要学好。可是没两堂课后就放弃了。因为，老师教得很快，我摸不着头脑，她已教下一个课题了。我想她教得快的原因是，除了我和另两个学生，其他同学都是加拿大长大的，即是说，他们在中小学时都学过法文（在加拿大法文是必修课）。所以，来上这个法文初级班像复习多过学习。加 上，这里所有的指标，商业包装等都一定要有双语。在这长大的学生，耳目渲染下，很多字词已在脑袋中。

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Bonjour !

Bonjour ! （你好 ）

昨晚，我去上了我第一堂的法文课 ! 🙂

好艰难哟! 😦

课开始了十分钟后，我已下定决心 ： “我不要学法文了！”

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Friday – My Artsy Day : 新的歌声 A New Voice

今天，上网听我很喜欢的LA电台KCRW 。突然，听到一把美得醉人的歌声唱有点像大戏或山歌的中文歌。 只两，三句中文后，变成了法文歌。 难得听到新的歌声， 就上网‘找’她。

Today, I was listerning to my favarite radio station – KCRW online and suddenly heard this beautiful female voice singing in Chinese with a older Chinese singing style. The song started with a few lines of Chinese and turned into a French song. I was happy to find a new voice and went online to ‘look’ for her.

Jessica Fichot

她在美国出生， 在法国长大。 爸爸是法国人，妈妈是华人。曾为孩童编写歌曲，现在移居LA专注于她的音乐事业。因这种背景，她写的歌很多元化和多种语言。这是她第一张唱片。

“Born in the U.S and raised in France to a French father and Chinese mother, Jessica Fichot’s multicultural upbringing had an early influence on her songwriting.

Fichot’s music career began in small coffee shops in Paris. After traveling to Boston and becoming a graduate of the Berklee School of Music; she wrote childrens’ music for educational programs and has now traveled to Los Angeles to focus on her own music and songwriting. The result is a wonderful debut album called ‘Le Chemin’ which finds her beautiful voice singing in English, French, Spanish and Chinese. The songs ranges in style from classic Django-esque swing to a dreamy Anglo French rendition of the song ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’.” – （intro by KCRW)

也不多写了， 如你有兴趣的话，可以在myspace (http://www.myspace.com/jessicafichot) 听到她的歌。那首 中法文歌歌名是Le Velours rong re si.

I won’t write much here. If you are interested, you can go to myspace (http://www.myspace.com/jessicafichot) to listern to some of her songs. The song I mentioned above is Le Velours rong re si.

不知你喜欢不喜欢这种音乐 ？

Not sure if you like this kind of music ?

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