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Hi, I'm the author of KLE (Kindness Learning Enlightenment), and you probably have known my name - Wang Shui - which in Chinese means a very powerful acid solution that can even resolve gold - sounds cool, uh?

我是KLE的作者；也許你已經知道我的名字了——王水——在漢語裏，這是一種很強的酸液，可以溶解金子——聽起來很酷，是吧？

Yes, I wrote this program, and I wrote it piece by piece, with fun. I know we are all living in a highly industrialized commercial world and my way of developing software is very much far from an efficient one. But you know, as the great Niobe (never heard of her? You need be more careful when watching "The Matrix" next time) once said, "Something's never gonna change," - such as one's lust for freedom.

我一點一點地編寫這個程序，而且以此為樂。我知道，我們現在生活在一個高度工業化的商業化世界，我寫程序的方式根本不是商業化的高效的方式。但你也知道，正如偉大的Niobe所說的那樣（沒聽說過她？下次看《黑客帝國》時仔細些）：“有些事永遠不會改變”——人對自由的渴望正是如此。

As a teacher on computer technology, I know the rules and regulations of writing a commercial software, but I just write it piece by piece, fix in some new ideas now and then, and publish the new version with bugs that I had to hack later at night. You know, it's kinda fun. "Everything I do, I do it for fun" -that's my motto - well, not everything, but at least this one.

作為一個計算機教師，我知道開發商業化軟件的各項規則，但我仍是一點一點地寫，不時加進一些新主意，迫不及待地發布新的版本，而將不少的Bug留待夜裏慢慢調試——你知道，這很有趣。“我所作的一切都是為了興趣”——這是我的座右銘——不過，也許不可能“一切”，但起碼這件事情是。

We are all victims of rules and regulations, seldom could we have some real fun; but why not this time when we can really do something right and do it with delight? The English language itself is not our goal, 'coz what we're seeking is the fertile fruits of one of the greatest culture the world can offer us. This is the main idea of the initiation of KLE, and the reason of the enthusiasm of all the hard-working.

我們都是各種條條框框的犧牲品，很少有自己的樂趣。但這次不一樣：這次我們既能夠做好事情，又能夠享受樂趣，何樂而不為？英語本身不是我們的目的，我們的目的是要去理解這個世界上最偉大的文化之一的豐碩成果，這是KLE的基本宗旨所在，也是我熱心投入開發KLE的原因。

Movie is one of the most important cultural phenomena of the modern society, whatever your race, whatever your age, wherever you live, you can always find a movie that can touch the right chord, and that is just where KLE begins: Learn The Language While You Can Feel It.

電影是現代社會中最為重要的文化現象之一，不管你是什麽種族，也不管你年齡多大，家住何方，你總能找到能和自己共鳴的電影；這也正是KLE的出發點：感受語言才能真正的學習語言。

Maybe you would ask: Why it's "Kindness Learning Environment" (KLE)? Why not just "Movie Language Learning System" (MLLS)? Well, part of the reason is that I am a Buddhist, and I believe that KINDNESS is a key element of understanding things (and KLE can also be called as Kindness Learning Enlightenment, a Zen-like name), especially for memorizing words and expression_r_rs when watching a movie. Another reason is that I admire KDE very much, which is a very powerful window system for Linux/Unix (as powerful as the Microsoft Windows, but it's free and open-sourced), and I want my project has a similar name to it.

也許你會問：為什麽要將你的軟件命名為“慈心學習環境”（KLE）？直接叫“電影語言學習係統”（MLLS）不是更好嗎？部分原因是，我是一個佛教徒，我相信理解事物的關鍵因素之一是“慈悲”（所以KLE又可被稱為“慈心學習覺悟法”，有點禪宗的味道），特別是記憶電影中的詞匯和表達法。另一個原因是我非常崇拜KDE，這是一個用於Linux/Unix環境的窗口係統（和微軟的Windows係統一樣強大，但是免費和源代碼開放的），我想讓我的軟件有一個和KDE相近似的名字。

Sometimes when I look back all the way I have passed through since 1967 when I was born - well, I'd rather say "since 1989", when I got my first job (and that is still my job now, damn), because it's easier for me to remember things - I'm always wanting to do something big, something extraordinary, something unique. I think this one is it - well, it's not much "extraordinary", nor as big as the "Theory of Relativity", nor could it make me rich overnight - just a piece of job I'd like to do for nothing, a small program for people enjoying movies and learning English at the same time, but as far as I know, it's unique: I created the idea.

有時當我回顧從1967年我出生以來所走過的人生道路的時候——也許從1989年開始回顧更容易些，那時我剛剛找到我的第一份工作，有點令人沮喪的是我現在仍然在作這份工作——我總是在想如何能做一些與眾不同的、獨特的、偉大的事情。我想KLE算是一個這樣的成果，雖然它並不怎麽出色，更不可能和“相對論”這樣的偉大理論相提並論，更不可能讓我一夜暴富；它隻是我願意為之無償付出的一個讓人們在欣賞電影的同時學習英語的小程序；但是，就我所知，它是獨特的，我發明了這個主意。

As you can see, I'm no moron (well, at least you are not a moron, and you will not read words written by a moron, that's why I'm sure I'm not a moron, because you are reading my words), but I'm no genius, either. I'm just another normal guy like most of the others. Sometime I even ask myself: how could I survive this fiercely dog-eat-dog world? But most of the time I just get lost in my job, my family, my friends, and cliches of all other mortal things. But when I am alone at night, and when it's hard to sleep, I ask myself: What have I accomplished? As an individual, what's my purpose? That's why I like the movie "The Matrix" very much.

你可以看出，我不是白癡（至少你不是，對吧？而且因為你不會閱讀白癡的文章，所以我能肯定我也不是白癡，因為你正在閱讀我的文章），但我也不是天才，我隻是眾多凡人中的一個。有時我甚至懷疑自己，如何才能在這個競爭激烈的社會上生存？大部分時間裏，我迷失於工作、家庭、朋友和其他凡夫俗子的雞毛蒜皮之中；但是，每當夜晚我獨自一人的時候，當我輾轉反側難以入睡的時候，我就會想：我到底成就了什麽？作為一個人，我生存的目的是什麽？這也正是我非常喜歡《黑客帝國》的原因。

When Neo said "I can control my own life", I believed him. I believe you can, too. So drop your "red-bible" or other test-coping shit, free your mind and start using KLE -- it's your life, and you have the right to understand and enjoy, and you will not allow anyone to spoil it.

當Neo說：“我能控製我自己的生活”時，我相信他。我相信你也能。所以扔掉你的“紅寶書”或其他應試教育的狗屎吧，放飛你的思想，來使用KLE吧——這是你的生活，你有權理解和享受，你絕不允許任何人破壞它。

Have fun!

祝你快樂！

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個人檔案：王水, 1967年生, 1989年畢業於蘭州大學物理係理論物理專業, 同年到南陽理工學院工作至今, 主講Java方向專業課及專業英語等課程。愛好：佛學、哲學、英語學習方法研究、電影、軟件編程。

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