When I was a freshman in college I watched the film Gua Sha Treatment for the first time, now I am a junior student and I come back to review the movie from a multicultural aspect, I have many different feelings after watching the film again.
At the beginning of the film, XuDatong is given an award and later he delivers a speech. What makes me impressed most is in his speech he says “one day I will become one of you, a truly successful American, today this award proved that America is a true land of opportunity and I am the living proof of that.” At that moment Xu thinks he has realized his American Dream totally with his lovingly wife and adorable son. However, I think it is ironical that to make a speech like that and I assume it is made on purpose to hind a clue for the story's development. How many non—American people have such a beautiful American dream? One of my classmate studies in American now and before he went aboard he told me his American dream is he can stand at the top of the New York. To be honest, I also dream that one day I can get the Green Card living there happily and successfully maybe working at the Wall Street. When Xu gets the award he thinks he entirely melted in the melting pot neglecting the multicultural obstruct, later the plot goes against the way he thinks. And later Quinlan asked Xu'why you be the scapegoat of your father?' Xu answers 'because he is Chinese.' Then maybe Xu knows that there is always a wide gap between Chinese and American cultures.
The second scene is Xu hit his son Denis because Denis hit the son of xu's boss, at the middle of the film xu tells his boss that he hit his own son is only to show his respect to his boss John Quinlan, that time Quinlan feels puzzled “what a Chinese logic”,yes, American can never understand such a logic full of Chinese characteristic, because they respect everyone including the children, they won't beat a child to please the boss, and there is no such a conception of degree between employee and employer, they feel everyone is equal, which is quite different from china.
Connected to the second scene, the third difference I want to analyze is the care for the children. In America, people pay more attention to the right of children which can be seen from the law—leaving children alone at home is illegal, while in China it is so common that almost everyone may experience such loneliness. And Children Welfare Agency does work in America which shows the importance Americans attach to children's right. What's more, I remember a line 'No one won the case, especially the child.' In my opinion, it also manifests the universal concern from the American public to the children.
The fourth aspect is following the procedure, in the film, more than there times, the people focus on the rule, the law, the procedure. At the Christmas Eve Xu wants to return back to his home pretending as a Santa Claus, what a pity, the security recognizes him and persuades 'you are always a good tenement, never causes troubles for me.' And another scene is at the end of the film , the judge says 'I have to follow the procedure.' However, in China people always have to ask for a favor to do something, and later you have to pay back the favor,for myself, I prefer the American style, strict to the procedure.
The fifth and the last point is the humors, Quinlan says 'you can't fall, your health security is the company paid.' 'Datong, welcome home, maybe next time, you can come from the front door.' 'dady, why you come from the window' ' because we don't have a chimney.' I really adore this distinguished American humor, especially in dangerous situations, which is quite rare in China.
That's my whole reaction to Gua Sha Treatment.
提升英语教学水平,能够提升学生的综合素质。我国提出了文化强国的战略,艺术生作为一种主要的文化群体,提升其综合素质,有利于和谐社会的构建和发展。目前,边远山区的英语教学存在一些问题,导致英语教学水平不高。针对这些问题,我们提出了以下针对性的措施。
(一)增强教学意识,构建良好氛围
首先,要改变传统的教学意识,使教师充分认识到英语教学的重要性,主动提升教学水平。对学生,要向其灌输英语学习能够提升自身沟通能力,促进吸取国外学术或文化精髓。艺术生的学习习惯较为自由,对课程的限制有一定的抵触心理。针对这一现象,教师要采取一些科学管理措施。第一,要对旷课较多的学生进行重点调查和管理,主要采取学生互相监督的方法,促使其按时上课。第二,要增强教学的趣味性,使学生进行自主的学习。可以通过课堂游戏、英文歌曲表演等活动来增强教学的趣味性。第三,要改变考核的机制,将学生的日常学习行为也纳入到考核内容中,使学生具有一定压力,为学生学习提供动力。目前,很多高中的成绩都包含平时成绩,但大多是课堂签到和课后作业的检查,对学生上课的积极性没有进行评估,应该增加一项教师评分。对教师,要进行集中的'培训,使其自主地进行教学改革,增加教学的深度,对学生进行较为全面、方向正确的教学引导。除了对其教学意识进行增强外,还需要对其教学能力进行培训提升。部分艺术类专业的英语教师本身水平不够高,也会导致教学深度不够。
(二)调整教学难度,进行因材施教
艺术类学生的整体英语水平较低,与普通学生学习相同的教学内容,有一定理解难度,不仅造成教学效果较低,还有损于学生的学习积极性。新课标将学生放在了教学的主导地位,这要求教师针对学生的不同英语水平进行难度不同的教学。部分学生的英语水平很低,需要加强基础教学,逐步提升教学难度;而有的学生具有一定基础,教学内容过于简单,对其英语水平的提升作用不明显。因此,教师需要因材施教。教师可以在学生入学阶段对学生进行考核,将学生的英语水平进行分级,分为三个等级的英语班,设定不同难度的教学内容[3]。初级班先对初中的英语教学内容进行巩固,再逐步提升教学难度;中级班在较高水平的英语教学中实现对基础的巩固;高级班进行具有一定深度的英语教学。需要注意的是,教育者需要一视同仁,将所有的教育目标都设定为最大限度地提升英语运用能力。因此,初级班和中级班的教学难度需要逐渐加强至和高级班一样,这个过程需要学生进行一些课下的自主学习,适应难度的变化。
(三)丰富教学方式,开展深入教学
传统的教学方式比较单一,教师对教学内容没有进行深入的挖掘,对学生学习的主动性也没有进行深入的挖掘,因此需要改变传统的灌输式教学方式,实现合理的教学。具体可以从以下几点来优化教学方式。
第一,对多媒体技术要进行深入的运用。这一技术通过对图像、声音、视频等进行综合运用,丰富了教学内容的表现形式。学生这一心理较为年轻的群体,也更偏爱这种教学方式。在这一方式中,可以将歌曲、电影等艺术形式与英语教学进行结合,与艺术生的专业产生了较多的联系,提高了教学效果,也更便于学生理解。通过电影放映等方式,学生的学习积极性也得到了提升。而且这种教学方式很容易将教学范围扩展到课堂外,学生在课外观看英语电影,学习英语歌曲都可以提升英语水平。
第二,可以在教学中将游戏进行融合。游戏化的教学方式能够极大程度调动学生的学习积极性,促进教学的深入开展。例如进行英语歌曲的教学和歌唱就是一个十分有效的方法。教师可以进行分组有奖竞赛,活跃课堂氛围。在游戏化的教学中,学生能够自主进行学习,教师在欢声笑语中实现了教学目标,有利于学生的健康发展。
第三,讨论式的教学方法具有较好的效果。教师可以在课堂上设定某一个话题,让学生分小组对这一话题进行讨论。这一教学方式不仅提高了学生对英语的运用能力,而且提升了教学效果。教师可以通过在课前向学生传达讨论的课题内容,使其在课下查阅相关的资料,提高课堂开展的效率。在讨论中,学生的英语口语能力得到了较大的提升[4]。
第四,在课堂上进行情景式教学。英语教学的实际运用意义较强,教师可以针对教学内容设定一些对话,由学生来表演。这一教学方式能够提高学生对教学内容的理解程度,还能增强学生的参与感,提高学生在日常生活使用英语的频率,实现课下课上的结合,从而提升教学的实际意义。
City traffic is a big problem in some cities in the world, especially in big cities. To solve the problem, someone are in favor of developing buses as means of city traffic. Others are in favor of the subway. Between them,which is the better choice?
在世界上的一些城市中城市交通是一个大问题,尤其是大城市。为了解决这个问题,有人赞成发展公交车作为城市交通的方式。另一些人则赞成地铁。在它们之间,哪个是更好的`选择?
It is easier to take buses as means of city traffic than the subway trains because buses don't need special roads. But buses have also many disadvantages, some of which are very serious. They may cause louder noise and more traffic accidents. Buses give rise to serious air pollution and traffic jam. In order to stop what buses cause, a large amount of hand must be used to widen the roads. On the contrary, the subway train is of more advantages. Except the difficulty and high cost of building the subway, it is superior to the buses in many aspects.
公共汽车作为城市交通方式要比地铁容易,因为公共汽车不需要特别的道路。但是公交车也许多缺点,有些是非常严重的。他们可能会导致噪音和更多的交通事故。公共汽车也导致了严重的空气污染和交通堵塞。为了阻止公交车带来的后果,必须用大量的人力来拓宽道路。相反,地铁列车有着更多的优势。除了建设地铁的难度和高成本外,在许多方面它都优于公共汽车。
Taking the advantages and disadvantages together into consideration,I would be in favor of developing the subway train as soon as possible.
把优点和缺点一起考虑,我会赞成尽快发展地铁。
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Since the 1970s, with the worsening oil crisis, the major businesses in the automotive internal combustion engine as much as possible to reduce the car's fuel consumption, while sparing no effort in the development of hybrid vehicles and new energy vehicles. There are hybrid gas-electric hybrid and mixed fuel in two forms, both in the car body design is no different with the traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, the future trend is nothing more than a continuation of current trends, efforts to reduce the drag coefficient, reducing weight while increasing strength and stiffness and so on.
Hybrid vehicle technology only in the product over, to really new energy vehicles, preparatory and experimental products, the ultimate trend or completely replace the existing traditional energy vehicles by the new energy vehicles.
每一个今天都会变成昨天,每一个昨天都会变成记忆的片段,我们需要的是通过对过去走过路的追寻和积淀产生对未来的预见和对扑面而来的未来的洞悉。
不同的时代对教育有不一样的要求。信息化、网络化、数字化……科学技术的迅猛发展不仅改变了人们的生产和生活方式,引发了全球范围内各种思想文化的剧烈冲撞和交融,还缩短了人类生存空间的距离,模糊了时间概念。
从摆脱电话线到隐形网线,技术正在改变着学习生活方式,而改变的核心就在于丈量“意义存在的尺度”。这种基于数字化生存方式上的改变使得“当下的冲击”成为一种“文明的冲击”,它来源于信息技术革命激活的客观世界的复杂性,而这种复杂性好不好,可以通过主题体验来检视。好的标准是什么,通过体验把握住意义,复杂性就是“好的”;如果失去了意义,让各种需求剥夺了我们的主体体验,甚至带来焦虑,复杂性就是“不好的”。因此,信息时代的时空就是意义存在的尺度,只有学习生活的目的和意义才能调节学习生活的'速度。从这个意义上看今天信息时代的教育与学习,为什么要回归本原、回归“人”的核心就不言而喻了,而这恰恰是从传统走来的教育工作者如何迎接未来所带来的最大挑战和难得机遇。
美国教育部长邓肯曾提出这样的疑问:为什么在教育领域信息技术的投入很大,却没有产生像在生产和流通领域那样的效果呢?其问题的核心就是教育为什么没有发生结构性改变。美国新媒体联盟推出的《地平线报告》也预测了云计算、移动学习、学习分析和开放内容将成为基础教育的应用方向。事实上,上海已经在这些领域展开了探索,但关键问题还是在于找到“意义”。只有让每个人都找到学习的意义、生活的意义、时空改变行走和思维方式的意义,那么教育才可能真正实现结构性突破。
与信息化同样面对机遇与挑战考验的是国际化。未来上海基础教育走向国际化的重要标志不是拥有多少门国际课程,而是对多元文化的理解与包容。东西方文化教育之间有差异,但不应有鸿沟。他们的融合应该是水的融合、是看不见的,不是凑合、叠加而是整合。在融合的过程中差异客观存在,包容至关重要。文化差异是历史形成的,是因为地域、地理环境带来的种种因素形成的,是不同民族的历史传统及生活习惯造就的。不管今天全球化背景如何,具体到个人的时候差异则是个性的。全球化不会也不应抹***差异、磨平差异。但是因为交流的频繁,差异更加明显,冲突的机率增加,因此沟通和包容显得更为重要。
未来曾经很遥远,远得让我们无法清晰地描绘或精准地畅想。但是,教育的未来却很近,近得可以触摸——因为我们每天面对的孩子就是未来。教育是培养未来人的领域,因此我们必须思考教育对象的将来,以超前的眼光触摸未来,让未来提前到来。正如《学习的革命》一书中所说:“如果今天你不生活在未来,那么明天你将生活在昨天。”
作为一个亲历上海教育改革30年的见证者,我见证并参与了上海大规模的课程改革。面对未来悄然已来的态势,常常扪心自问:在自己的历史接力棒中是否尽了应尽的职责?
上海基础教育在内涵发展“深水区”中破解的难题也是世界共同关注的焦点,这说明我们正在走向前沿,也正创造出自己的贡献给世界。然而,另一种危机感同样如此迫切,以美国为代表的西方国家在数据开掘、实证分析以及社会各方关注支持教育的责任态度,深入细致有效的教育改革举措都值得我们好好研究和反思借鉴。两次PISA(国际学生评估项目)成绩问鼎的同时,上海学生的“负担”问题也被广泛提起,社会竞争的压力、学校生存的危机感等因素,化成一股无形的力量,令我们的学生“负重前行”,上海内涵发展“深水区”的教育生态,对我们而言,还有很多隐蔽的区域有待发现。
两次PISA测试结果大概可印证上海长期以来教育政策的稳定性对这座城市中的学生产生的影响是积极并持续有效的,但这并不等于说三年中我们的教育没有改变。三年中我们重新审视了上海义务教育在新的历史方位中走均衡优质之路的新内涵,重新定义了什么是好学校,更加深刻地认识了课程改革的意义价值,更富勇气地挑战着最难攻克的评价难题。在这样的基础上,我们推出了许多重大改革措施。但教育是需要积淀的,教育改革是需要全市十多万教师共同努力来实施的,从改变教师的理念到逐步影响教学方式再到逐步提升教育境界都需要时间和长期艰巨的过程,因此更需要我们具有坚持到底的韧劲。任何教育政策的改变,又往往需要重新调整教育制度,重新塑造教育文化,它所反映出的效果往往有缓显性,因此,需要我们有足够的耐心,遵循教育规律来不得半点急功近利。
在未来的日子里,上海基础教育改革一定会遇到更加艰巨的挑战,因为今天所有靠物质、靠金钱所能解决的问题都不再是主要问题,最难的问题还在于让教育真正回归到“人”的本原上来,让“人”成为教育的目的。我想,只要脚踏实地一步一个脚印立足当前、面向未来,基础教育发展一定会在原有基础上不断取得成绩,长期以来基础教育中存在的弊端也会逐步得到缓解。
教育的未来不复杂不艰涩,用最简单的词语概括就是“回归”,回归人的自身发展。未来的教育,谁对人的研究更加透彻,谁对教育规律的把握更加深刻,谁就找到了振兴民族、造福人类的幸福和希望。(作者尹后庆系上海市教委原巡视员,作为一个与上海基础教育一起成长、亲力亲为的见证人,他将上海基础教育改革中自上而下和自下而上反复提炼而出的鲜活经验浓缩在《见证变革——站在上海基础教育转折点上》一书中,表达了一个教育管理者对基础教育发展的全新理解和深刻认识)
In 2080, cars are going to be different. The car of new type is made from China. The motor is quicker than other cars. The car can be droved 500 kilometers per hour.
Computers are going to be inside every car. It is going to control the car. You don’t need to be worried about the red light.
The car is going to go on special tracks above the city. It would be not so crowded and noisy.
There is a special air conditioner in the car. In winter you can be warm there. In summer you can be pleasantly cool.
If you have this car, you will be very fashionable.
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