měi gǎn jiào yù zuì zhòng yào de yī jiàn shì qí shí shì

美感教育最重要的一件事其实是

One thing particularly important about aesthetic education

xué shēng huì kāi shǐ duì suǒ wèi de shēng huó huò shè jì huò zhě shì měi

学生会开始对所谓的生活或设计或者是美

Is that students grow confident

chǎn shēng bù tóng de zì xìn xīn

产生不同的自信心

About life, design and beauty

tái wān měi gǎn tǐ yàn kè

台湾 | 美感体验课

Taiwan | Aesthetic Workshop

wǒ shì cài zǐ dé

我是蔡紫徳

I am Cai Zide

jiào shū yǐ jīng nián le

教书已经19年了

I’ve been teaching for 19 years

měi gǎn kè chéng

美感课程

Our aesthetic classes are carried out

yǒu liù gè zhǔ tí

有六个主题

Around six themes

sè cǎi zhì gǎn bǐ lì gòu chéng jié gòu gòu zào

色彩、质感、比例、构成、结构、构造

Color, texture, proportion, form, shape, structure

yǐ shēng huó wèi tí

以生活为题

With life as the topic

liù gè xiǎo shí de kè chéng

六个小时的课程

We designed a series of 6-hour classes

měi gǎn kè chéng wǒ men bù fā kè běn

美感课程我们不发课本

For this course we don’t have textbooks

gè lǎo shī shè jì le wán quán bù tóng de kè chéng

763个老师设计了完全不同的课程

763 teachers designed various kinds of classes

bù duàn de cóng wǒ men de shēng huó lǐ miàn qù xiǎng

不断的从我们的生活里面去想

All based on our daily life

měi cì kuài huáng hūn de shí hòu

“每次快黄昏的时候”

“At every dusk”

mā mā dōu huì dài wǒ men qù kàn xī yáng

“妈妈都会带我们去看夕阳”

“Mom takes us to see sunset”

yǒu shí hái huì yǒu bù tóng de yán sè

“有时还会有不同的颜色”

“And we see different colors”

bǐ rú shuō sè cǎi

比如说色彩

Such as color

zěn me yàng bǎ nǐ shēng huó zhōng kàn dào de sè cǎi yán sè zuò yī gè huì jí

怎么样把你生活中看到的色彩颜色做一个汇集

How to make a set of colors you see in life

bù tóng sè diào tā zěn me dā pèi

不同色调它怎么搭配

How to match different hues together

wǒ men huì shuō jiàn zhù wù qiáo liáng yǒu yī gè hěn měi de jié gòu

我们会说建筑物桥梁有一个很美的结构

We would say that bridge is beautifully-shaped

xué shēng tā kě néng wán quán bù le jiě shén me jiào jié gòu

学生他可能完全不了解什么叫结构

But students may not understand what is shape

bǐ rú shuō yī zhāng zhǐ yě kě yǐ shuō tā shì yī gè pán zi

比如说一张纸也可以说它是一个盘子

A piece of paper or say a plate

wāi xié de shí hòu nǐ jiù huì fā xiàn tā nǎ lǐ wāi nǎ lǐ jié gòu bù tài duì

歪斜的时候你就会发现他哪里歪、哪里结构不太对

You will see if it’s tilted, if it’s not balanced

nǐ jiù kě yǐ yǒu bǔ qiáng de zhǐ zhāng jìn qù

你就可以有补强的纸张进去

So you can insert a piece of paper somewhere to enhance the structure

jiù shì jù tǐ shòu lì de yī gè rèn wù

就是具体受力的一个任务

This is a specific task of force

xué shēng huì zài zhè lǐ fā xiàn nà gè xíng shì de měi gēn gōng néng

学生会在这里发现那个形式的美跟功能

By doing this task students would understand the beauty and function of certain structure

shí wù qí shí shì lǎo shī fēi cháng xǐ huān shǐ yòng de yī gè méi cái

食物其实是老师非常喜欢使用的一个媒材

Food is a favorable medium

xiǎo péng yǒu yǒu gè shì gè yàng de shí wù kě yǐ jiē chù

小朋友有各式各样的食物可以接触

Children are exposed to all kinds of food

měi tiān chī zhè xiē shí hòu hǎo xiàng bù huì qù zài yì tā shì bù shì měi

每天吃这些时候好像不会去在意它是不是美

And they seldom think about the beauty of it

yě cān shì yī gè tí mù

野餐是一个题目

Picnic is another topic

tán biàn dāng de zǔ hé

谈便当的组合

Like how to assemble a meal box

zěn me pèi zhì

怎么配置

The composition of it

xíng zhuàng de gòu chéng

形状的构成

What shapes fit in there

tā huí jiā jiù kě yǐ gēn tā mā mā shuō

他回家就可以跟他妈妈说

When he goes home he may say to his mom

pán zi wǒ men yào bù yào huàn lìng wài yī gè

盘子我们要不要换另外一个

Do you think we need a new plate

kāi shǐ bù duàn dì sī biàn

开始不断地思辨

He starts thinking

wǒ zì jǐ de kè chéng

我自己的课程

My own course

yǐ xué xiào wèi tí

以学校为题

Is centered around school

zá zhì zhǐ shì yī gè zài jù

杂志只是一个载具

Magazine is just a channel

tā qí shí shì yī gè duì wù de guān chá

它其实是一个对物的观察

It’s actually an observation of objects

wǔ gè rén yī zǔ

五个人一组

In groups of five

xiǎo péng yǒu guān chá zhí wù zhì fú

小朋友观察植物、制服

Kids observe plants, uniforms

hé zuò shè de diǎn xīn kè zhuō yǐ lóu tī

合作社的点心、课桌椅、楼梯

Desserts, desks, chairs, staircases

zhè xiē zhì fú zhǎng shén me yàng zi zěn me bèi chuān

这些制服长什么样子、怎么被穿

How these uniforms look, how are they worn

tā de dà xiǎo

它的大小

The size of them

bǐ lì zhī jiān de guān xì

比例之间的关系

How are they proportioned

kāi shǐ zuò le yī xiē bù duàn de biān pái gēn xiū zhèng

开始做了一些不断的编排跟修正

And they start to make amendments

yǒu xiē zǔ tā qù tán hé zuò shè de shí wù

有些组他去谈合作社的食物

Some groups are assigned to dessert mission

jiào juǎn juǎn

叫卷卷

More specifically, rollie

jī dǐ tā fàng nǎ xiē dōng xī

基底它放哪些东西

What should go into the base

sè cǎi zěn me dā pèi

色彩怎么搭配

How to match colors

wǒ shì céng chéng dé

我是曾成德

I am Zeng Chengde

wǒ xiàn zài shì jiāo tōng dà xué de rén wén shè huì xué yuàn yuàn zhǎng

我现在是交通大学的人文社会学院院长

The Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of the National Chiao Tung University

měi gǎn jiào yù zhè jiàn shì qíng

美感教育这件事情

Mr. Han Baode talked me into doing this

shì hàn bǎo dé xiān shēng zhǎo wǒ yī qǐ lái tóu rù de

是汉宝德先生找我一起来投入的

Aesthetic education

zhuǎn yǎn jiān yě jiāng jìn nián le

转眼间也将近15年了

And it has been 15 years since then

hàn bǎo dé xiān shēng zài nián qián

汉宝德先生在40年前

Forty years ago, in the middle of 1970s

zài nián dài zhōng qī

在1970年代中期

Mr. Han Baode

jiù xī wàng tuī dòng měi gǎn jiào yù

就希望推动美感教育

Wished to promote aesthetic education

jiào zuò měi gǎn jiào yù jiù guó lùn

叫做美感教育救国论

The Argument of Using Aesthetic Education to Save the County

yī gè zhōng xué shēng yì shí dào zì jǐ gēn huán jìng de lián jié

一个中学生意识到自己跟环境的联结

A middle school student becomes aware of his connection to the environment

gēn wén huà de lián jiē

跟文化的连接

To culture

jì zài hū zì jǐ zěn me yàng gèng měi yě gèng hǎo

既在乎自己怎么样更美，也更好

Caring about how to make himself more beautiful

yě zì jǐ xī wàng páng biān de rén xǐ huān wǒ de rén

也自己希望旁边的人、喜欢我的人

Meanwhile hoping to make his fellows better

yě néng gòu jiè yóu zhè yàng zi gèng hǎo gèng měi

也能够借由这样子更好更美

Those who care about him

rì běn tuī dòng měi gǎn jiào yù de chéng jiù yě fēi cháng de míng xiǎn

日本推动美感教育的成就也非常的明显

Japan has been very successful in its aesthetic education

rì běn wén huà lǐ miàn gēn shēn dì gù de měi

日本文化里面根深蒂固的美

The beauty deeply-rooted in its culture

luò shí zài shēng huó de zhōu zāo

落实在生活的周遭

Is realized in actual life

hán guó gèng shì qīng chǔ

韩国更是清楚

Another successful example in Asia is South Korea

hán liú zài xí juǎn quán shì jiè

韩流在席卷全世界

South Korea has become one of the world’s leaders in the entertainment industry

jié yùn zhè jiàn shì qíng shǐ dé tái wān rén xué huì pái duì

捷运这件事情使得台湾人学会排队

Metro has taught Taiwaners to line up

gāo tiě yě huì duì zhěng gè dà lù dài lái gǎi biàn

高铁也会对整个大陆带来改变

And high-speed rail changes the entire land

měi gǎn jiào yù shì yī gè jī pán jiàn shè

美感教育是一个基盘建设

Aesthetic education is the infrastructure of a society

tā biàn chéng shè huì lǐ miàn de yī gè dòng lì

它变成社会里面的一个动力

It’s the driving force for everything

měi bù zài zhǐ shì yī zhǒng xū wú piāo miǎo

美不再只是一种虚无缥缈

It’s not anymore an illusion

měi shì yī gè měi hǎo de wǒ gēn qí tā rén de guān xì

美是一个美好的我跟其他人的关系

Beauty is a wonderful relation between me and others