Davie is the founder of Popcorn Club.
Having grown up in between Canada and Israel, having spent ten years of his life backpacking through Europe, Asia and Australia and fluent in English, French and Hebrew, Davie’s very much a child of the world. He studied philosophy in Canada and screenwriting at UCLA, he’s owned businesses in art sales, customer service and travel. Davie inspires confidence in everyone he meets, that’s what he does, that’s why he started Popcorn Club. He’d love to meet you and tell you all about it.
Davie’s most popular clubs are Debate Clubs, Watch & Talks and his famous Texas Hold’em Poker Clubs. You’re guaranteed to laugh, learn and be inspired after two hours with Davie.
Before coming to this club, please copy and pas...
Before coming to this club, please copy and paste this link to your address bar to read this bilingual article:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TEJy5OAxlzsDUG8pOXJU4gAs China and the rest of the world work together more and more, communication is key! Why is it that Chinese people often give themselves English names? Other nations don't do this. Does it help communication or does it hurt communication? What about changing the names of foreign movies, books and other artworks to Chinese names? What about changing the names of famous foreigners to Chinese names? And vice versa?The article we'll be discussing was written by Davie, the host of this club and the founder of Popcorn Club. Feel free to disagree with the whole thing or a few bits of it. Or maybe you can shed some light on the subject of why Chinese people give themselves English names.This is about communication, psychology and taking pride in where we come from. As always, all opinions are welcome!请在报名参加此次club前,点击下方链接阅读这篇双语短文:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TEJy5OAxlzsDUG8pOXJU4g_x000D_
随着中国与世界其他国家的合作越来越密切,沟通已经成为合作的关键。为什么中国人要取英文名呢?其他国家并不这样。取英文名让沟通变得更加有效,还是阻碍了沟通呢?另外,英文的电影名、书名和艺术作品标题等都翻译成了中文,甚至还有国外名人的名字也有中文译文,这些是否促进了中西交流?我们将要讨论的这篇文章作者是Davie,他是Popcorn Club的创始人,同时也是本期club的主持人。大家可以自由发表自己的看法,不管是支持还是反对。也许你能阐明为什么中国人要给自己取英文名的种种原因。 本期club还会探讨以取英文名而延申出的更深层次话题,如沟通交流、心理学,以及我们的自豪感来源。欢迎各种观点!