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鏈接一:英語對話和短文
(一) 對話
John: You write so well. How long have you practiced handwriting?
Lin Feng: I began to learn to write from my father since I was five.
John: Did you practice every day?
Lin Feng: Almost every day, it was so hard for me to do like that when I was five. Thanks to my father, he often encouraged me to write half an hour every day.
John: Did you like to do it at first?
Lin Feng: No, I hated doing like that, especially when I saw other children playing happily outside. My father let me calm down and wrote each word carefully. In the beginning, my handwriting wasnt good. And I was tired of doing like that. I asked my father how long I could write well like him. He laughed, he said handwriting is like swimming, the more you swim, the faster you swim!
John: Your father is so kind and helpful!
Lin Feng: Yes, he taught me not to be careless and never give it up halfway.
John: Then how did you write?
Lin Feng: When I write, I always said to myself in mind: to be calm. I write carefully again. My father taught me to write each letter well. If I went on writing, I would succeed some day.
John: You worked very hard.
Lin Feng: One day, when I got home late, but I still insisted on practicing for half an hour. I was trying to imitate the words on the copybook, but dad wasnt always satisfied.
John: Your father was strict with you.
Lin Feng: Yes, at last I won the calligraphy competition in our city.
John: Were you nervous when you participate in the competition?
Lin Feng: I was very nervous. I have practiced for so many years, I must win the prize.
John: So you did. Congratulations!
Lin Feng: I think I should thank my father. And I must continue to practice to write better.
New words:
1. halfway adj. 中途的,不徹底的 adv. 到一半,在中途
2. insist on ?堅持
3. imitate vt. 模仿,仿效;仿造,仿制
4. calligraphy n. 書法,筆跡
5. competition n. 競爭;比賽,競賽
6. participate vi. 參與,參加;分享
vt. 分享,分擔(dān)
(二)短文
At the end of Grade Eight, Mr. Zhao taught me to play Guzheng. One day, Mr. Zhao said, “we want to hold a show, you need to prepare for it. Lets play this music together on the stage!” I was so excited and a little fear. I was able to perform at last. It is the first time for me to play in public, can I perform well enough? What should I do? Time passed quickly and the day came. When I went to the site, I saw there were so many people there. My heart beat fast. At that moment, Mr. Zhao asked me to go up to play, I said to myself, “Oh, we are the first to play on the stage, I had no chance to learn from somebody else! ” But I was still very brave to go up. At first, I was very nervous, I was afraid of making a mistake. Then I looked down and saw my mom looked at me with a smile. I began to play the music easily. The beautiful music was so moving that everyone started to applaud. I couldnt believe that I could play it so well. When we finished, the audience began to applaud again, Mr. Zhao praised me a lot, and how happy I was!
The performance happened many years ago, it makes me believe in myself and I can succeed if work harder.
New words:
1. perform ?vt. 執(zhí)行,完成,演奏
2. stage n. 舞臺,戲劇
3. applaud vt. 贊同,稱贊,向……喝彩
4. audience n. 觀眾,聽眾,讀者,接見
5. performance n. 性能,表演,執(zhí)行
鏈接二:各國中學(xué)生課外活動安排與才藝培養(yǎng)
☆1.美國
在美國,學(xué)生的課外活動被看作是美國教育內(nèi)容的組成部分。美國中學(xué)生的課外活動多種多樣,估計不下四五十種,可分為學(xué)術(shù)性、娛樂性、體育活動和社區(qū)活動。
學(xué)術(shù)性的包括自然科學(xué)、數(shù)學(xué)、電腦、寫作、編輯、辯論等學(xué)生社團;娛樂性的有話劇社、合唱團、樂隊、舞蹈隊、攝影社、橋牌社、未來農(nóng)民社、少年企業(yè)家社等;體育活動包括各種運動校隊、體操隊、啦啦隊等。各種課外活動都有一個輔導(dǎo)老師。
各社團經(jīng)費來源,除收會費外,主要靠勤工儉學(xué),如學(xué)生幫人洗車、掃庭院落葉、掃雪、推銷禮品和演出門票等等。
美國各學(xué)校把課外活動作為幫助學(xué)生增長才干、適應(yīng)社會的重要措施,經(jīng)常進行考核,認為從中可以看出學(xué)生的競爭心理、責(zé)任感、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力和人際關(guān)系。據(jù)專家研究,課外活動表現(xiàn)突出的學(xué)生,將來很可能是學(xué)術(shù)或政治方面的優(yōu)秀人物。
☆2. 英國
每到星期天,只要天氣良好,攝政公園里總有不少學(xué)生在老師的帶領(lǐng)下,或是參觀動物園,或是在草地上做游戲,或是在灑滿陽光的草地上踢足球,他們來回奔跑,滿身泥巴,笑聲不斷。
即使上課,英國學(xué)生也像做游戲,他們每天的課時并不多,中學(xué)生四節(jié),小學(xué)生更少,考試不用百分制。學(xué)校認為,學(xué)生最重要的是體能培養(yǎng)和素質(zhì)教育,不提倡學(xué)生死讀課本,老師也很少布置作業(yè)。學(xué)校和社會上辦有各種學(xué)生俱樂部,如足球、網(wǎng)球、棋藝、旅行等俱樂部,一般都是跨班級和跨學(xué)校的。學(xué)校鼓勵學(xué)生參加俱樂部的活動。在這里,他們可以認識更多的朋友,擴展視野,鍛煉社交能力。
☆3.法國
孩子們的放學(xué)時間是5點半,但周三下午不上學(xué),那是教育部規(guī)定的,特意給孩子們留出的課外活動時間,也就是讓孩子們有半天時間去學(xué)教科書以外的知識,比如音樂、體育、繪畫等,以便完善孩子們的全面修養(yǎng)。
事實上,法國絕大多數(shù)的父母和中國父母一樣,望子成龍的思想也非常普遍,請家教補習(xí)功課,讓孩子上各種課外班。增加音樂、體育、繪畫、舞蹈等各種課外班,并不是讓孩子放任自流的。在當(dāng)今世界經(jīng)濟危機中,就業(yè)率下降和找工作難的情況下,社會給孩子的壓力一點兒也不比國內(nèi)小。
☆4.日本
日本的學(xué)生很有才藝,每個學(xué)生都至少會一種樂器,學(xué)校有各種各樣的活動和表演,而且日本的學(xué)校很干凈,每天都要打掃,學(xué)生的身體素質(zhì)很好,每天的體育鍛煉是必不可少的。日本人的教育是比較嚴(yán)格的,但跟中國比起來,他們在中學(xué)時期接觸的東西還是比較簡單的,顯然不如中國孩子辛苦。日本小孩的素質(zhì)也比較高,獨立能力很強。
日本學(xué)校課程比較輕松,很早就放學(xué)了,一般下午就兩節(jié)課,放學(xué)后就是社團活動。社團從小學(xué)起就有了,形式豐富,而且都搞得有模有樣,足球隊、棒球隊,經(jīng)常訓(xùn)練到晚上七八點。
5.加拿大
加拿大的中學(xué)下課后,學(xué)校會提供各種課外活動以及興趣小組。如果學(xué)校的設(shè)施比較好,就會有足球、橄欖球、棒球和籃球、網(wǎng)球的活動。很多人不知道的是加拿大的學(xué)生是很喜歡乒乓球的,所以作為來自乒乓球大國的同學(xué)們,要為國爭光啊!也有不少學(xué)校會提供合唱、樂隊、電聲樂隊以及繪畫的藝術(shù)類興趣小組。如果同學(xué)希望將來申請設(shè)計類、藝術(shù)類的專業(yè),加拿大中學(xué)的活動經(jīng)歷對于大學(xué)的錄取有著非常重要的作用。對于那些理科生, 下課后的科學(xué)小組也會組織各種挑戰(zhàn)試驗。 烹飪課、家務(wù)課、汽修課也會給同學(xué)們一些體驗的機會。
學(xué)校原則上是不會安排課后學(xué)習(xí)的,所以有些同學(xué)就會選擇到圖書館自習(xí)。
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