Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."
一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去,将它从梦中吵醒。狮子生气地跳起来,捉住老鼠,要弄死它。老鼠哀求说:「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命,我将来一定会报答你的大恩。」狮子便笑着放了它。
后来狮子被几个猎人捉住,用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。老鼠听出是狮子的`吼声,走来用牙齿咬断绳索,释放了它,并大声说:「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙,而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了,就算是小老鼠,也能向狮子效劳的。」
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then
addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."
The fox, filled with arrogance, examined the cat from head to feet, and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said, "Oh, you poor beard-licker, you speckled fool, you hungry mouse hunter, what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?"
"I understand but one," answered the cat, modestly.
"What kind of a trick is it?" asked the fox.
"When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself."
"Is that all?" said the fox. "I am master of a hundred tricks, and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning. I feel sorry for you. Come with me, and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs."
Just then a hunter came by with four dogs. The cat jumped nimbly up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the branches and foliage completely hid her.
"Untie your sack, Mr. Fox, untie your sack," the cat shouted to him, but the dogs had already seized him, and were holding him fast.
"Oh, Mr. Fox," shouted the cat. "You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life."
一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸,心想:“他又聪明,又丰富,挺受人尊重的。”於是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼:“日安,尊敬的狐狸先生,您好吗?这些日子挺艰难的,您过得怎么样?”
狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番,半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。最后它说:“哦,你这个倒霉的长着鬍子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的.傢伙,你会啥?有甚么资格问我过得怎么样?你都学了点甚么本事?”
“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。
“甚么本领?”狐狸问。
“有人追我的时候,我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自己。”
“就这本事?”狐狸不屑地说,“我掌握了上百种本领,而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜,跟着我吧,我教你怎么从追捕中逃生。”
就在这时,猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上,在树顶上蹲伏下来,茂密的树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。
“快打开你的计谋口袋,狐狸先生,快打开呀!”猫冲着狐狸喊道。可是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。“哎呀,狐狸先生,”猫喊道,“你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了!假如你能像我一样爬树就不至於丢了性命了!”
精读与略读历来是学问家读书的焦孟之法,从来没有哪个人一生只靠博览群书而最终学有所成的,更没有哪位大哲先贤平生只读一本书而成名成家的。晋人陶渊明自述好读书不求甚解,可谓博览群书的典范,可是任谁都能想到他也曾有过学有专攻的少年时代;宋人赵普曾自谦说自己是半部论语治天下,可是一千年来没有哪个呆子真会相信他一辈子只读过论语,而且还是半部。
略读带来高效率,它能在较短时间内帮助我们汲取大量信息,很适合快节奏的现代社会。西方发达国家大都注意学生略读速读能力的培养,因而他们的孩子思维灵活、视野开阔、知识面丰富,这一现象已经引起我国教育界的注意和重视,如何提高学生略读能力和阅读量日渐成为教育工作者尤其是一线教师关注和探讨的问题。这是十分可喜的现象,相信不久的将来,我国儿童的阅读状况一定会得到整体改观。而与此同时,精读却由于费时费力,越来越为人们所不取,这其实是一件很不明智的做法。因为无数学问家的成功经验告诉我们,精读的作用不可替代。它不但能在最大限度上最全面地吸收书本所蕴含的信息,而且能起到锻炼思维、引人深思、启发智慧的作用,所得远甚于走马观花的略读。
目前无论家长还是老师,甚或整个社会,大都以提高学生阅读量为己任,老师教研或家长聚会听到的大都是最近孩子有读了几本小说、看了几本童话,数目越多便显得成绩越大。这本没有错,家长老师社会重视阅读是件好事,我在《可怕的差距》一文中也曾针对加拿大小学生年平均阅读量过千万字的现状发出提高我国学生阅读能力和阅读量的呼吁。然而如果片面注重略读而忽视了精读,那么就丢掉了我国源远流长的优秀读书传统,不利于学生对知识的深入领悟和研究,更不利于学生。宋朝大诗人苏东坡就是精读的高手和忠实实践者。
一天,有位朋友去看苏东坡,发现他正在抄《汉书》。朋友感到很不理解。凭苏轼的天赋和“过目成诵”的才能,还用得着抄书吗?苏轼说:“我读《汉书》到现在已经抄上3遍了。第一遍每段抄3个字,第二遍每段抄两个字,现在只要抄一个字了。”客人疑信参半地挑了几个字一试,苏轼果然应声能背出有关段落,一字不差。苏轼不仅三抄《汉书》,其它如《史记》等几部数十万字的巨著,他也都是这样一遍又一遍地抄写的。苏轼称它为“迂钝之法”。然而正是这迂钝之法成就了一代大家。苏东坡的抄书其实就是一种特殊形式的'精读。现代著名散文家秦牧主张读书要学会“牛嚼”和“鲸吞”。鲸吞当然无异指大量的略读,牛嚼自然是精读了。他说:“老牛白日吃草之后,到深夜十一二点,还动着嘴巴,把白天吞咽下去的东西再次‘反刍’,嚼烂嚼细。我们对需要精读的东西,也应该这样反复多次,嚼得极细再吞下。有的书,刚开始先大体吞下去,然后分段细细研读体味。这样,再难消化的东西也容易消化了。”由此可见,略读精读的确哪个也偏废不得,只有二者结合使用才是真正的读书良法。
正是在这种思想的引导下,我在引导学生开展课外阅读的同时,不但鼓励他们博览群书、广吸海纳,号召他们每人每年至少250万字的阅读量,更注重知道他们进行有目的有选择的精读,试验两年来取得了一定的效果,现在将操作方法做一简单总结。
我一直主张每个学生甚至每个老师都要做到一年精读一本书。通过精读一本书,不但可以学到语法修辞、写作方法,还能训练语感、积累语言,甚至能起到端正思想、优化思维、安身立命的巨大作用。一本书成就一番事业、一本书改变一个人的故事绝非天方夜谭。
既然精读的意义这么深远,既然一年只读一本书,那么挑选什么书作为精读对象就显得至关重要。教学中我一般采用教师引领在前、学生自由选择的办法,指导学生精心挑选所读数目,总的原则是首选古今中外各类名著,难度略高于学生水平,写作风格以明白晓畅为佳,如《上下五千年》、《二十五史故事》、《郑渊洁系列童话》、《爱的教育》、《鲁滨逊漂流记》、《杨红缨系列小说》、《红楼梦》等都是学生喜爱的好书。
提到精读难道就是读得慢一点,一个字一个字崩吗?当然不是的。我说过,我们的做法是一年精读一本书,因此无论读书的时间安排还是读的具体方法我们都有特别的讲究,绝非抗日持久的磨洋工。具体说来说,我们一般将整个读书过程分作六步,下面分别加以介绍。
第一步,快速浏览。要求是以平时浏览报纸的速度快速浏览全书,遇到不认识的字不准查字典,不准问别人,只求流畅顺利而又认真地将全部内容读完。这一过程大约需要两周时间,结束后全班进行读书交流活动,每位同学自由说出自己对全书主要内容的把握和主题思想的理解。这一读书方式最接近我们日常读书学习的实际做法,对提高学生语感、锻炼他们快速把握和理解海量信息有着特殊的意义。
第二步,逐句精读。这一步要求学生不动笔墨不读书,每次精读必须准备好笔和字典,遇到不会的字马上查出来,在书上注音释义。读到精彩之处要用合适的符号圈画出来,并写上自己的感想。遇到自己不明白或反对的地方,要特别做上记号,事后向别人请教或提交全班讨论。这一过程大约需要一个半到两个月。精读期间每周举办一次小组内交流活动,各位同学将自己的疑惑或心得拿到小组内与其他同学交流。这一步的目的是最大限度地学习海量知识、挖掘文字内涵,同时起到锻炼学生总结提炼和分析感悟的能力。
第三步,放声朗读。这一步要求学生将书的正文一字不差地放声朗读出来,要求字正腔圆,发音准确,声情并茂。通过朗读进一步加深对书本内容的理解,同时锻炼学生的朗诵和口头表达能力。这一步要求在一个月内完成。在此期间,每周举办一次全班范围的美文朗读交流活动,激发学生兴趣并检验朗读效果。
第四步,全书抄写。指导学生以最快的速度、最流畅的字体、最准确地将全书一字不差抄写下来。要求每次看书至少要在心里记忆半句,然后一气呵成,坚决杜绝学生看一个字写一个字的现象发生。这一过程大约需要两到三个月。每三天教师收缴一次,进行全班书法之星、快笔之星的评比。
第五步,精彩段落背诵。这一步的做法和意义不言自明,在此不再赘述。这一过程我们一般在一个月时间完成。
第六步,升华提高,其目的是锻炼思维、提高写作能力......教师指导学生针对所读书籍至少写出10篇以上读书笔记,内容可以是对主人公性格为人的理解,可以是对写作方法的感悟,可以是对疑难问题的研究,还可以是对其中精彩段落的分析等等。这一步大约需要两个月时间。
事实证明,在鼓励学生广泛略读的同时,激励学生进行有步骤有目的的精读,对学生语感、思维、口头表达、学习习惯、生活态度、性格气质等各方面的影响是深刻和深远的,只要教师认真引导、步步抓实,其效果非泛泛而读所能比拟。
Country Garden and Me
On the way from Panyu City to Shunde City and approaching the conjunction point of both cities, a big advertisement board of the infamous Country Garden will catch your eyes. And on the board, a lovely girl gently holds a little white pigeon.
She looks at everybody with a sweet smile. Who is this girl? Let me tell you later. Country Garden is located at the Beijao town, Shunde City of Guangdong Province. Ten years ago when my Dad and Mom took me as a baby to Guangzhou, it was a wasteland here. But what does this piece of wasteland look like nowadays? Country Garden has been developed and enlarged rapidly on the ground of this land, and a great number of high-quality houses and apartments have been built up within the garden. Over the past decade, other nine country gardens with various unique designs have been erasing around the great city of Guangzhou. The construction and management of several gardens have engaged the devoted contributions from my Dad and Mom.
Country Garden has grown up together with me, and I am one of the witnesses of its growth and development.
An ant is walking by the river. He looks at the river and says to himself, "How nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it." But when he is drinking, he slips into the river.
"Oh.Help!Help!" The ant cries,
A dove is sitting in the tree. She hears him and throws him a leaf, "Climb up that leaf," she says "and you will float bank."
The ant climbs uo onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved.
"Thank you, Dove. You're so kind," The ant says and runs home, "You have saved my life, and I wish I could do something for you, Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!" says the dove, "Be careful. Not to fall into the river again."
After a few days, the dove is building her nest. And a man is raising his gun to shoot her.
The ant sees this, and runs quickly to bite the man's leg. "Ouch! Ouch!" The man feels pained and drops his gun. The dove hears and flies away. So the man picks up his gun and leave.
The dove comes to her nest. "Thank you, my little friend," she says, "You have saved my life."
The little ant is so glad, because he can help the dove.
一只蚂蚁在河边散步。他看见喝水自言自语道:"这河水看上去真清凉啊!我要去喝点。"可是他在喝水的时候,一不小心滑进河里了。
"啊!救命!救命!'蚂蚁叫喊着。
一只鸽子正呆在树上,听见呼救声,就扔给他一片树叶。"快爬到树叶上去。她说:"你会漂到岸上的。"
"谢谢你,鸽子。你真善良。"蚂蚁一边说一边向家跑,"你救了我的命,我会报答你的。再见!"
"再见!小心别掉进河里了。"鸽子说。
几天后,鸽子正在筑巢,一个人举着枪要打鸽子。蚂蚁看见了,迅速地跑过去,在那个人的腿上咬了一口。"啊呀!哎呀!"那个人疼得扔掉枪。鸽子听见了,连忙飞走了。那个人只好捡起枪,走了。
鸽子又飞回巢里。"谢谢你,我的小朋友。"鸽子说,"你救了我的.命。"
小蚂蚁可高兴了,因为他也帮助了鸽子。
寓意:有些朋友也许平时看似微不足道,但却有可能在我们身处困难的时候提供巨大的帮助。
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