时间过得好快,我们第一季双语《西游记——美猴王》共15集已经结束了。我从制作节目当中学到了许多,并且已经有一个明确的计划接着往下做。
What a ride this has been! For now, I'll be ending season 1 of bilingual 西游记 (The Monkey King) with episode 15. I have learned so much in making these stories and definitely plan on making more.
但是,目前我得集中精力完成我在剑桥大学的论文。
For now, however, I need to focus on finishing my thesis for Cambridge.
更重要的是,通过制作这些节目,我发现有更多的东西需要了解和学习,比如:如何让故事更有吸引力,更富有教育意义……我希望故事更加有条理并且更新得有规律,所以我不得不暂停更新,直到我有足够的时间来制作。
More importantly, I've learned through making these stories how much more there is still for me to learn (re:making these better, more educational and engaging). I want to do this story justice - so I'll be pausing new storylines until I have time and space to do so.
《西游记》第二季“大闹天宫”预计在秋末回归。 美猴王将和天上的神仙一一过招。
Tentatively, I hope to return to this story later this fall! Season 2 will be "Havoc in the Heavens - 大闹天宫!" Monkey in full rebellion against the gods above!
为了推广我已经制作的节目,我很荣幸能和趣盟团队(Fun-ware)一块儿合作。我们将对故事内容稍作改进,同时增加一些关于中国文化、新增词汇和视频等内容。
To improve the stories I've already made, I'm excited to be working with the team at Fun-ware to update pre-existing content from Season 1! We will be revising the script slightly and will also be adding bonus content (new episode vocabulary, Chinese culture notes and episode videos!)
我们将把重新制作的内容发布在熊猫宝宝故事的博客、i-tunes、google play、微信上。如果你们愿意从别的什么平台进行收听,可以告诉我们。
We'll be re-publishing updated content on the Panda Cub Stories podcast, so keep tabs on i-tunes, google play, WeChat (or wherever else you prefer to listen!)
从现在起到七月中旬,我将完全进入论文模式。等论文写完了,那将是一个令人既兴奋又紧张的时刻!
From now until Mid-July, I'll be in full thesis mode. It's an exciting and stressful time.
我想有好多好多事情要做:
There are so many things I want to do:
写作、教学、出版、分享……可是还有好多问题和疑惑:我的工作做得足够好吗?我如何才能知道?会有一个出版商愿意把《汉字绘本》带给更多的观众吗?或许我应该继续完成自我出版的工作?
Write, teach, publish, share! There are many questions and doubts: is the work good enough? When will I know? Will there be a publisher willing to take this project to a wider audience... or should I commit to the task of self-publishing?
我想,我需要时刻提醒自己一步步有计划的进行。毕竟
“千里之行,始于足下”。
Times like these, I have to remind myself to take things one step at a time:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
我期待着在今年秋天继续我们的熊猫宝宝故事,或许,到那时,会有一些别的令人开心振奋的消息!
I look forward to updating you again later this fall... and who knows? There may be some exciting news in store:)