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标题: 少儿英语启蒙兼英语教育批判 [打印本页]

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-5-30 13:43
标题: 少儿英语启蒙兼英语教育批判
经常在论坛看到同学讨论少儿英语学习以及教材选择，想到20多年前我们大学英语学习只有一套教材及配套磁带，也没有什么4/6级考试，初中高中的英语教材很简单，但是英语学习质量可能比现在的教学质量还要高，那时候一套教材反复听，没有复读机，就用单放机，大学期间用坏几个单放机很常见，教材中的课文真是一句句听出来的，一句句背出来的。看看现在的教辅材，真是铺天盖地，一出就是一个系列，翻一翻就发现作者或作者们做了件超出了他们能力的事。

应试教辅材又是一大特点，围绕知识点出题，各种填空/单选/多选/改错，没有一种测试是在测试语言交流，这种本末倒置的应试教育造成现在的毕业生写不出一篇像样的文章，说不出顺溜的英语，听不懂稍快语速的广播。

少儿英语培训的特点就是学生是骗来的，老师是抢来的，教室是租来的。

英语只是阅读工具和交流工具，放正了英语地位，才能学好英语。我是建议孩子阅读不带中文注释的英文教材，尽量使用英语来交流，而不是用来考试。

没有过早的让我的孩子接触英语会话，在上小学之前只让她读中文经典，就是论语大学中庸的那些。虽然英语是老婆和我的工作语言，但是我们在家绝不说英语，恐怕英语污染孩子早期汉语言完整的优美。因此在她6岁才开始让她学习英语，学了500单词就开始让她学音标，这个方法很好，能让学习效率大大提高，而且减轻家长辅导的负担，孩子可以自己读单词，读句子。教材选的是最经典的《新概念英语》，没买书，网上大量的教材，录音，有美音版和英音版。因为喜欢英音的醇厚，就让孩子跟读英音。为了不让孩子落入英语学习的误区，是让她先跟读，再背诵，最后才是阅读和语法。跟读的另一个好处是彻底解放家长，把孩子的发音交给BBC的播音员。我自认自己的发音是有口音的，没办法，但是我的孩子几乎听不出来口音。可以去优酷验证，搜西风出品，找新概念英语专辑。

现在的电脑也便宜了，新概念英语的音频材料网上也容易得到。让孩子跟读，方法简单又高效。让孩子戴上眼罩，老师读一句，按空格键暂停，跟读一句，再按空格键让老师读下一句。戴眼罩的目的是保护孩子视力而且提高孩子注意力。

女儿用一年时间应用这种方法，7岁的时候，完成了新概念英语的第一册，第二册的学习，不仅口语过关，积累的句子使写作也变得轻松。

作者: xiaoran103 时间: 2013-6-5 23:12
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-6 09:34
这个暑假，让夏天带着我们一起疯，
让NCE3带着我们一起High

直播新概念英语第三册，聆听，跟读，背诵。
7月初开始... ...

课本：新概念英语第三册.PDF

听力材料：新版新概念英语第三册(英音)MP3

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-8 02:31

直播录制设备：这个有点简陋

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-10 03:55
视频分享页面：新概念英语第三册

通过直播，分享一种不同于当下英语学习的方法，那就是抛弃繁复的学习材料，只抓住英语学习的核心。听，说，背。简单高效。

作者: 黑夜里的眼睛 时间: 2013-6-10 11:53

原帖由 小恰，我师焉 于 2013-6-8 02:31 发表
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直播录制设备：这个有点简陋

背景布换成蓝色或绿色，然后用视频编辑软件（PR）抠出来，加上背景或虚拟演播室。
这样合成出来就很华丽炫彩了。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-10 13:29
是有这个想法，不知道有没有什么背景或虚拟演播室推荐？

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-11 07:16
制作了NCE3的预告片，1080P，测试ETJY论坛的视频发布功能。未找到明显的视频发布按钮，只能一个一个测试。
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作者: ericayy 时间: 2013-6-12 16:41
楼主是来做广告的？怎么我没看明白？

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-13 02:30
2楼坐沙发的同学推荐了外教网站，被管理员Xieo删除并在2楼指明了删除修改的原因。

楼主对论坛广告不做置评，趁着机会吐槽所谓的外教网站。少儿的远程教育效果有待验证，至少这还不是成熟的，已被验证成功的少儿教育模式。想必没有家长希望花费少儿智力开发宝贵的几年时间去测试一种新的教育模式。

已经有的成熟的教育模式不用，今天学这个，明天学那个，没有一套书认认真真学完，时间却溜走了，结果是孩子反复在简单的各套教材的入门级打转转，几年下来，写不出像样的文章，说不出流利的句子。看到这样教育孩子的家长就捉急。

背文章这个坎，家长一定要帮孩子跨过去，没有其他捷径。听听音乐就会唱歌，那也太简单了。学英语也一样，只听不说是哑巴英语，只读不写只能应付考试的选择题。

作者: liujunhua1972 时间: 2013-6-13 09:47
有些做法与您说的不谋而合，我们用的教材是《英语900句》，《新概念》青少版也准备好了，准备适时加入。期待更多分享。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-13 14:43
英语900句是不错的教材，经典，几乎涵盖所有的语法点。事实上，背诵到400句以上就能有看到明显的进步。当年没选这本教材是因为没有找到新版的PDF文件和音频。NCE是对900句的补充，每一课都有一个有趣的小故事，背完每一课，孩子自己能讲故事，TA自己都有成就感，你的选择很好。

原帖由 liujunhua1972 于 2013-6-13 09:47 发表
有些做法与您说的不谋而合，我们用的教材是《英语900句》，《新概念》青少版也准备好了，准备适时加入。期待更多分享。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-15 08:28
注意力的培养以及记忆能力训练在小儿早期智力开发中，楼主给予足够的重视。从幼儿园小班的时候就开始有意识地让孩子背些浅显的经典，一路走来，到大班年龄的时候已经能背易经。记忆能力的培养需要有一个过程，父母比孩子需要有更多的耐心，注意教授孩子应用一些背诵的技巧，让孩子能够感受能力提高的乐趣。

经常有孩子父母质疑小儿背诵四书的意义，认为孩子的理解力没有达到读四书的时候而让孩子去背诵是揠苗助长。事实上发现，年龄长些，理解力进步，孩子自己就能明白，重要的是，在这个过程中，孩子记忆力以及记忆技巧有了长足进步。

小学一年级开始学英语，先是背了500单词，然后开始学英语音标，接下来讲解英语语法，找的是师伯薄冰的语法书，厚厚一本，没有从头到尾地讲解，而是知识点都讲到，再背些例句，教会孩子自己查语法书的方法，就放手了。这一年，孩子在英语学习上投入了不少精力，而且前半年比较吃力，从Sep2012到Jan2013，完成了新概念第一册的背诵，其实第一册也没有什么像样的文章需要背诵，也就是学些单词，人名，地名和一些基本的语法知识。但是因为是一门新的语言，有一个思维，语序，习惯的转换，只有时间才能解决问题。寒假之后，从Feb2013到前些时候大约是May2013吧，4个月时间，就放手让孩子自己学习新概念第二册。孩子已经不需要家长太多的帮助，读单词，有音标，有在线发音字典；课本中有句子释义；语法有薄冰的语法手册。剩下来的就是戴上眼罩，随着Mplayer播放的MP3音频跟读，然后领读MP3，让音频验证自己的发音。最后脱机背诵，录制节目。一般地，每一课我都会领读第一遍并讲解课文中出现的知识点，孩子学完一课再去合格验收。因此第二册的学习更多是孩子自发完成，大人参与的不多。

从Feb2013到May2013这段时间，另一个值得关注的现象是越往后学，孩子越轻松。这也是楼主估计第三册只需要2个月时间就能学完背完的原因。跟读的另一个优势就是让孩子学BBC的播音员的发音，而且这种优势在第二册学习中已经显现出来，可以去Youku验证。今天没有时间展开来谈，改天。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-17 03:58
谢谢liujunhua1972在1楼的鼓励，关于最初的500单词，就像是种子，可以派生出很多词，而且也是最高频的词，这样的词被称为Words-In-Sight，也就是必须看一眼不经思考就能有意识的词。这样的词往往音节少，单音节或双音节，三音节都很少，容易记忆。其次，这样的词在句子中高频出现，也就是被经常复习，不容易遗忘。

汉语是象形文字，英语是拼音文字，这是最大的不同，也是英语学习比汉语门槛低的原因，看到文字就应该会发音，根据构词法就能知道大概的意思。女儿在幼儿园中班的时候就完成了汉语拼音的学习，把汉语拼音声母韵母的发音规律，应用到英语的辅音元音上，虽然没有一一对应的关系，但是能省很多劲。这500单词，我是带着她读的，目的是解释发音规律，同时纠正发音。一天50个单词，也就10天就完成。千万不要低估孩子的潜力，孩子的学习能力往往让成人汗颜，这也是为什么不要为孩子的学习设限。孩子有能力学习，多鼓励支持他们就行了。

正如上面提到的，英语发音和汉语的不同，有些元音和辅音在汉语中不出现。因此在开始英语学习时，要跟踪纠正每个单词的发音，同时和音频跟读也是不错的方法，好处就是省劲。

作者: liujunhua1972 时间: 2013-6-17 08:55

原帖由 小恰，我师焉 于 2013-6-17 03:58 发表
谢谢liujunhua1972在1楼的鼓励，关于最初的500单词，就像是种子，可以派生出很多词，而且也是最高频的词，这样的词被称为Words-In-Sight，也就是必须看一眼不经思考就能有意识的词。这样的词往往音节少，单音节 ...

谢谢您的回复，请问这500单词分别是什么，怎么从那么多的单词中挑选出来的呢？您是专业人士，希望赐教。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-17 12:00
市面上讲词汇的书，一般起点就是1000甚至2000，刘毅的第一册也不适合少儿英语启蒙。当时就删繁就简，选择了新概念第一册的词汇表，翻了翻还不错，错误少，甚至比某些正式出版物的错误都要少。而且学完这500单词就能涵盖新概念的第一册，挺好的。
Word文档，可打印。希望能对你有用。

http://115.com/lb/5lb76jcd# 新概念第1册单词汇总打印版.doc 115网盘礼包码：5lb76jcd

原帖由 liujunhua1972 于 2013-6-17 08:55 发表

谢谢您的回复，请问这500单词分别是什么，怎么从那么多的单词中挑选出来的呢？您是专业人士，希望赐教。

作者: liujunhua1972 时间: 2013-6-17 14:10
谢谢您，您的大礼包收下了。我也想在学习的过程中，给女儿扩展一下词汇量，最近学校让练习英语棋，就是用单词来下棋的那种，

准备借这个机会引导女儿学习单词。

作者: mango_2012 时间: 2013-6-21 12:24
英语只是阅读工具和交流工具，放正了英语地位，才能学好英语。我是建议孩子阅读不带中文注释的英文教材，尽量使用英语来交流，而不是用来考试。非常赞同

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-6-25 02:11
前两天，为孩子报了从9月份开始为期一年的钢琴课程，想必那时是没有整块时间学习英语了。因此这个暑假将是孩子在爸爸的监督下英语学习的最后机会了，第三册完成后，基本的语法知识已经学完，词汇量估计能达到4000左右。孩子将有能力自主完成后续英语学习，虽然盼望这一天早些来到，但是当这一天终于要来的时候，又有些失落了，女儿将不再需要爸爸帮助英语学习了。听着女儿略带稚嫩的童音朗读艾略特的诗歌，与其盼望女儿一天天地快快长大，不如享受和孩子一起生活的每一天。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-3 02:19
Jul 01，2013
暑假开始了，带领孩子去看国防展，见识了轻重武器，孩子对潜水服感兴趣。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-4 04:31
Jul 02，2013
三级游泳课开始了，连续9天，每天下午3：30-4：00，送去 & 接回，然后回家看录像，和孩子讨论游泳中出现的问题，要花不少时间。只有半天时间学NCE3的课程了。

有个问题，现在用的相机是入门级Nikon D3100，标配是中焦狗头，想要拍泳池或足球场中人物就很吃力。有没有同学推荐适合D3100的300mm焦段的入门级变焦镜头？

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-5 02:47
Jul 03，2013
开始学习第一课，由于只有半天时间学习，只完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。
Lesson 01课文:

Lesson 1
A Puma at large
Where must the puma have come from?

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of "cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-5 23:14
Jul 04，2013
上午完成第一课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳。

优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTc5MDM4MTc2.html

[ 本帖最后由小恰，我师焉于 2013-7-5 23:15 编辑 ]

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-7 00:36
Jul 05，2013
学习第二课，半天学习时间，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。

Lesson 2
Thirteen equals one
十三等于一

Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why?

Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.
'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'
'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'
That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."
We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-8 00:36
Jul 06 (Sat.)，2013
复习大学，中庸，休息玩拼图。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-9 08:53
Jul 07(Sun.),2013
星期天，去海边晒太阳，看落日中渔船归港，买新鲜渔获。
没看英语书，一个字也没有。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-10 04:59
上午完成第二课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳。

优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTc5MDQwNDU2.html

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-10 23:04
Jul 09,2013
复习前期学过的中庸，完成录制，后期，上传

优酷视频专辑：
http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_19447640.html

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-12 01:31
Jul 10，2013
学习第三课，半天学习时间，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。

Lesson 3，An unknown goddess，无名女神

How did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess?

Some time ago, and interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. It's missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-12 23:43
Jul 11，2013
上午完成第三课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳。

优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTgxMTY0MzY4.html

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-14 00:14
Jul 12，2013
复习前期学过的大学，和黄帝内经(素问)
未上传优酷视频.
下午，通过游泳课3级考试。下周一，开始4级游泳课，Mon-Fri，两周时间。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-20 02:06
Jul 13（Sat.），2013
周六没有游泳课程，上午下午都可以学习了。
学习第五课，上午，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午完成跟读，背诵。

优酷视频：
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NCE3，Lesson 5，The facts，确切数字
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but the took a long time to send them Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.

作者: rain01425 时间: 2013-7-20 19:48
孩子这么小，能理解了吗？太厉害了

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-21 05:22
Jul 14（Sun.），2013
带女儿去爬山，山不高，1080米，爬了2个多小时，孩子比爸爸能爬，不累。到山顶还活蹦乱跳。

Android 上的 Google 设备记录足迹
名称：2013-7-14 下午 1:51
活动类型：-
说明：-
总距离：4.43 公里（2.8 英里）
总时间：2:13:40
移动时间：1:09:37
平均时速：1.99 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）
平均移动速度：3.82 公里/小时（2.4 英里/小时）
最高限速：64.80 公里/小时（40.3 英里/小时）
平均步速：30.16 分钟/公里（48.5 分钟/英里）
平均移动步速：15.70 分钟/公里（25.3 分钟/英里）
最快步速：0.93 分钟/公里（1.5 分钟/英里）
最高海拔：1080 米（3544 英尺）
最低海拔：616 米（2021 英尺）
海拔升高：74 米（242 英尺）
最大坡度：24 %
最小坡度：-86 %
记录时间：2013-7-14 下午 1:51

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-21 23:25

原帖由 rain01425 于 2013-7-20 19:48 发表
孩子这么小，能理解了吗？太厉害了

在背课文之前，一般要做语法分析，逐字逐句，否则真不容易记住。好在孩子的汉语基础比较扎实，课文理解没什么大问题。第三册相比第二册，从句的大量应用和非谓语动词的出现，需要专门找时间讲解从句和不定式/动名词的用法，这花了大约10天时间。现在看来，花费10天的时间是值得的，英语语法没有影响NCE3的进度。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-21 23:27
Repeated Post Reversed.

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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-22 13:41
Jul 15（Mon），2013
学习第七课，半天学习时间，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午游泳，4级第一节课。

NCE3，Lesson 7，Mutilated ladies，残钞鉴别组

Why did Jane cook John's wallet?

Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn't despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!

A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had very good day and put his wallet containing $3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies! They examined the remain and John got all his money back. 'So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,' said a spokeswoman for the Bank. 'Last year, we paid $1.5m on 21,000 claims.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-23 12:20
Jul 16，2013
上午完成第七课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳。

优酷视频：
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-23 22:29
Jul 17（Wed），2013
学习第九课，半天学习时间，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳。

NCE3，Lesson 9，Flying cats，飞猫

How do cats try to protect themselves when falling from great heights?

Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never become submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives. Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea. A cat's ability to survive falls is based on fact.

Recently the New York Animal Medical Center made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries. Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from! One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 stories, yet only suffered from a broken tooth. 'Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers.' a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-25 00:43
Jul 18，2013
上午完成第九课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳。

优酷视频：
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[ 本帖最后由小恰，我师焉于 2013-7-25 09:51 编辑 ]

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-25 13:17
Jul 19（Fri），2013
上午学习第11课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳。

NCE3，Lesson 11，Not guilty，无罪

What was the Customs Officer looking for?

Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.
'No', I answered confidently.
'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?'
'Not at all,' I answered.
The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'
'But it isn't perfume,' I said. 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'
As I expected, he did not believe me.
'Try it!' I said encouragingly.
The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-26 13:40
Jul 20 (Sat)，2013
上午完成第11课跟读，背诵。
终于等来了一个没有任务计划的下午，带着女儿喝茶听音乐，了解孩子的内心世界。再过20年，女儿还会偎依在爸爸怀里撒娇吗？岁月如梭，珍惜眼下孩子成长的快乐。从某种意义上讲，多背一本书，多认识1000个单词多么得微不足道。

第11课优酷视频：
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-27 13:10
Jul 21（Sun），2013
又是一个星期天，带孩子去远足，沿海岸线，崎岖。有岩石，有滩涂。步行时间4:20，结束时孩子又饥又渴，进食狼吞虎咽，达到远足的目的。

通过 Android 上的 Google 足迹创建。
名称：2013-7-21 上午 9:53
活动类型：-
说明：-
总距离：43.13 公里（26.8 英里）
总时间：6:19:47
移动时间：4:20:49
平均时速：6.81 公里/小时（4.2 英里/小时）
平均移动速度：9.92 公里/小时（6.2 英里/小时）
最高限速：87.30 公里/小时（54.2 英里/小时）
平均步速：8.80 分钟/公里（14.2 分钟/英里）
平均移动步速：6.05 分钟/公里（9.7 分钟/英里）
最快步速：0.69 分钟/公里（1.1 分钟/英里）
最高海拔：230 米（754 英尺）
最低海拔：-21 米（-69 英尺）
海拔升高：939 米（3082 英尺）
最大坡度：134 %
最小坡度：-30 %
记录时间：2013-7-21 上午 9:53

经过水彩画处理的照片，“印象.海岸.2013”

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-28 23:20
Jul 22（Mon），2013
学习第13课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

NCE3，Lesson 13，'It's only me'，“是我，别害怕”

What did the man expect to find under the stairs?

After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress part with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-29 15:52
Jul 23（Tue），2013
上午完成第13课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。

优酷视频：
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-30 14:04
Jul 24（Wed），2013
学习第15课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

Lesson 15
   Fifty pence worth of trouble
      五十便士的麻烦

Did George get anything for his fifty pence? What?

Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and ants are always a source of extra income. With some children, small sums go a long way. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed is right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could no get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George using a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with large box of chocolates.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-7-31 12:53
Jul 25（Thu），2013
上午完成第15课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。
优酷视频：
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-1 13:04
Jul 26（Fri），2013
学习第17课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

         Lesson 17
      The longest suspension bridge in the world
         世界上最长的吊桥

How is the bridge supported?

Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.' Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.
The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span of 4,260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms make of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-2 13:13
Jul 27（Sat），2013
上午完成第17课跟读，背诵。
昨天是4级游泳的最后一天，班上6个孩子无一通过考试。真的是不能对老师指望太多，下午在家纠正女儿的划水/换气/踢水动作，使用Speedo的视频。晚上去游泳馆带领女儿继续练习。带领女儿练习2小时的效果和教练一周的效果相当。
下周开始继续学4级，希望能换个老师，别浪费时间。效率啊！
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-2 22:55
Jul 28（Sun），2013
带着孩子去穿越密林，几乎没有路，行走很慢，平均移动速度只有1.86 公里/小时，感受《国家地理》中穿越密林的场景。

Google Earth红色线段为穿行路线

Android设备记录的数据：
名称：2013-7-28 上午 11:02 trail
总距离：7.18 公里（4.5 英里）
总时间：4:18:07
移动时间：3:51:55
平均时速：1.67 公里/小时（1.0 英里/小时）
平均移动速度：1.86 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）
最高限速：9.90 公里/小时（6.2 英里/小时）
平均步速：35.93 分钟/公里（57.8 分钟/英里）
平均移动步速：32.28 分钟/公里（52.0 分钟/英里）
最快步速：6.06 分钟/公里（9.8 分钟/英里）
最高海拔：218 米（716 英尺）
最低海拔：-11 米（-37 英尺）
海拔升高：336 米（1101 英尺）
最大坡度：13 %
最小坡度：-17 %
记录时间：2013-7-28 上午 11:02

穿行密林

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-5 11:57
Jul 29（Mon），2013
复习NCE3中出现的名词性从句，定语从句，状语从句。让女儿自己分析例句，以便检验她对知识点的理解。
下午继续游泳课程。这个教练看来把这份工作当回事，始终在水里认真监督孩子；示范也认真到位，赞。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-6 11:49
Jul 30（Tue），2013
随着NCE3中非限定性谓语动词不断出现，有必要专门抽时间讲解非限定性谓语动词的知识点。上午带领女儿学习非限定性谓语动词，包括不定式，动名词，现在分词，过去分词的用法，例句。用的教材是薄冰高级语法.pdf，网上有下载。
记得当年高中英语课累计要花七个课时才能学完。今天上午也就用了3个小时讲解，然后女儿就可以自己试着分析例句了。
嗯，这个女儿比爸爸有悟性。
下午继续游泳课程。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-7 10:27
Jul 31（Wed），2013
学习第19课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

         Lesson 19
         A very dear cat
      一条贵重的宝贝猫

Why was Rastus 'very dear' in more ways than one?

Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years. Rastus leads an orderly life. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o'clock. One evening, however, he failed to arrive. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
There days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door. At first she decided to go to the police, but fearing that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she changed her mind. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk. The police were astounded when Mrs. Ramsay told them what she had done. She explained that Rastus was very dear to her. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-8 14:47
Aug 1 （Thu），2013
暑假过去一半了，由于游泳课的介入，并不能做到一天一课的进度。从过去的一个月的情形来看，NCE3是非常适合女儿当前的英语学习任务，难易程度合适，既不太难，也不容易。

今天女儿对爸爸说了，开学前要留2周时间给她练字，汉字和英语斜体字。对于斜体字，她有些基础；汉字笔画却总有些问题。想想能有整块的时间练练书法，也是一件快乐的事。

计划没有变化快，设想NCE3学到Aug17那一天，至于是哪一课，随便。

上午完成第19课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0ODQ0MjEy.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0ODQ0MjEy.html?f=19350134

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-9 07:47
Aug 2 （Fri），2013
学习第21课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。
接近中午，快递送来新买的Casio Privia PX850。
下午继续游泳课程，课程过半，教练找家长谈话，指出每个孩子Front/Back crawl中存在的问题，要求下课继续练习。我直率地告诉她，我们下课以后没时间，就指望上课学习。
游泳回来，继续装配PX850，女儿说要在半年内和爸爸一起钢琴二重奏。呵呵。

         Lesson 21
         Daniel Mendoza
         丹尼尔.门多萨


How many unsuccessful attempts did Mendoza make before becoming Champion of all England?

Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money. Because of this, they were known as 'prizefighters'. However, boxing was very crude, for these were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules. Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game. In this day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.
Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn. In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him. The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight. A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appear one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-10 12:37
Aug 3 （Sat），2013
上午女儿看牙医，有颗门牙阻碍新牙萌出，拔除旧牙。
下午完成第21课跟读，背诵。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg4OTM4MDY4.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg4OTM4MDY4.html?f=19350134

跟读/背诵的神器：眼罩

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-10 23:46
Aug 4 （Sun），2013
溯溪，在峡谷东边，有段密林，迷路了！，遮天蔽日的森林阻碍了GPS搜星，手机电量越来越低，从密林顶部稀稀疏疏落下来的阳光也不再热辣，冷风也有些凉意了，必须在电量消失之前，找到出路。从GPS地图上看，一直在方圆500米打转转，就是找不到出路。拖儿带女，孩子的眼神慢慢变得无助，但是他们没有惊慌，干脆关闭手机保存电量，让他们找个树桩坐下，仔细听辨溪流水声的方向，再参考偏西的日头，经过半个多小时终于找回溪涧。为免再次意外，沿涧顺流而下。
太累了，野外行走5个小时，再加上车程和去医院包扎伤口，超过9个小时。女儿晚上告诉我，溯溪比背诵NCE3的课文累多了。

地貌

通过 Android 上的 Google 创建。
名称：2013-8-4 上午 10:53 lynn canyon
活动类型：-
说明：-
总距离：8.08 公里（5.0 英里）
总时间：5:01:30
移动时间：3:53:53
平均时速：1.61 公里/小时（1.0 英里/小时）
平均移动速度：2.07 公里/小时（1.3 英里/小时）
最高限速：10.80 公里/小时（6.7 英里/小时）
平均步速：37.33 分钟/公里（60.1 分钟/英里）
平均移动步速：28.96 分钟/公里（46.6 分钟/英里）
最快步速：5.56 分钟/公里（8.9 分钟/英里）
最高海拔：158 米（518 英尺）
最低海拔：5 米（16 英尺）
海拔升高：435 米（1426 英尺）
最大坡度：20 %
最小坡度：-20 %
记录时间：2013-8-4 上午 10:53

溯溪

[ 本帖最后由小恰，我师焉于 2013-8-11 00:31 编辑 ]

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-12 01:59
Aug 5 （Mon），2013
累伤了，上午休整，中午去参观一个展览。下午学习第23课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。今天下午的游泳课程被取消。

      Lesson 23
      One man's meat is
      another man's poison
         各有所爱


What was it about snails that made the writer collect them for his friend on that in particular?

People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat -- the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-13 01:08
Aug 6 （Tue），2013
上午完成第23课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg4OTUxMjky.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg4OTUxMjky.html?f=19350134

作者: 佳琦妈妈 时间: 2013-8-13 04:08
听了你女儿的中庸，很不错，发音很标准，也很有气场了。
我一直认为爸爸教女儿学东西比妈妈带学的快，就是说爸爸带的孩子更聪明。不知道孩子妈妈负责哪些项目呢？
去野外不错，不过一定要注意安全，孩子也真有些小，安全还是第一位的。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-13 13:44

原帖由 佳琦妈妈 于 2013-8-13 04:08 发表
听了你女儿的中庸，很不错，发音很标准，也很有气场了。
我一直认为爸爸教女儿学东西比妈妈带学的快，就是说爸爸带的孩子更聪明。不知道孩子妈妈负责哪些项目呢？
去野外不错，不过一定要注意安全，孩子也真有 ...

先要谢谢你的鼓励。老婆比我更重视孩子的教育，无奈由于工作时间的安排，妈妈朝九晚五，还要承担绝大多数的家务，因此我陪孩子的时间反倒更多些。
粗略地翻翻你的帖子，提到从孩子奶奶家回自己的家，经过富春江，这让我回想起在富阳的美好6年，3年郁达夫中学，3年富阳中学。富春江，美得像梦境中一般。少年，就像春江水中的小鸭，最先知道春天的来临。

[ 本帖最后由小恰，我师焉于 2013-8-14 01:03 编辑 ]

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-13 23:01
Aug 7 （Wed），2013
学习第25课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

         Lesson 25
         The Cutty Sark
      “卡蒂萨克”号帆船

What piece of bad luck prevented the Cutty Sark from winning the race?

One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greewich. She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of past. Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia. The Cutty Sark was one the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built. The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England. This race, which went on for exactly four exactly four months, was the last of its kind. It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took lead. It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck. In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away. The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her. A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty. This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was a danger that if she traveled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well. Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead. After crossing the Equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted, but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead. Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win. She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae. Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays. These is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.

晚上抽时间陪女儿游泳。Swim Kids 1，2，3的教学多数时间需要借助漂浮物，并且在浅池进行。Swim Kids 4对孩子在划水/换气/踢水有要求，看上去品熹已经可以不借助漂浮物游泳了，但是Shoulder Roll动作仍显得笨拙，Front Crawl动作也不尽规范，50M的长池Front Crawl需要55秒，希望能在Swim Kids 5能有较大提高。

Swim Kids 4 游泳。
优酷视频
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzNTQ3NDIw.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzNTQ3NDIw.html

作者: yutongzhao 时间: 2013-8-14 12:23
看着那么小的孩子学英语，很无奈的感觉

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-14 14:26

原帖由 yutongzhao 于 2013-8-14 12:23 发表
看着那么小的孩子学英语，很无奈的感觉

无奈的感觉往往是大人的感觉，而且这种感觉还会传染给孩子，这样不好。我告诉孩子英语仅仅是一门语言，就像是汉语。学英语就像学汉语一样自然。从来没有听说读汉字，听广播，说国语还要培养兴趣。事实是，很多家长太把学英语当回事，这样的情绪潜移默化地传递给孩子。呵呵，一家之言，欢迎批评指正。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-15 01:48
Aug 8 （Thu），2013
Lesson 25
出现虚拟语气，稍后需要专门花时间讲解
上午完成第25课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg4OTY0MjY4.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg4OTY0MjY4.html?f=19350134

作者: 墨遥妈妈 时间: 2013-8-15 14:11
今天第一次点开小恰的视频（因为是大宝宝，所以先前没怎么关注

），不得不惊叹，好成功的亲子英语，好可爱的小女孩。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-15 23:06

原帖由 墨遥妈妈 于 2013-8-15 14:11 发表
今天第一次点开小恰的视频（因为是大宝宝，所以先前没怎么关注），不得不惊叹，好成功的亲子英语，好可爱的小女孩。

过奖，不过很受用哎。
爱看墨遥呀呀学语的点滴片段，这可能是孩子最阔爱的阶段了，多为孩子拍些照片视频吧，把她们的小模样直观地记录下来，好让我们老了的时候，看看视频，阅读孩子的成长日记，回忆孩子和我们在一起的美好时光。
随便问问，墨遥有几个名字？在你的帖子里出现多个名字，发音还不同。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-15 23:08
Aug 9 （Fri），2013
学习第27课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

         Lesson 27
      Nothing to sell
      and nothing to buy
         不卖也不买

What is the most important thing for a tramp?

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to measure the value of material good in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell.
Tramps seem to be the only exception to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human being to arouse the pity of passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars. They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity. A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for him. He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences. He may never be sure where the next meal is coming from, but his is free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people. His few material possessions make it possible for him to move from place to place with ease. By having to sleep in the open, he gets far closer to the world of nature than most of us ever do. He may hunt, beg, or stead occasionally to keep himself alive; he may even, in times of real need, do a little work; but he will never sacrifice his freedom. We often speak of my even, in times of real need, do a little work; but he will never sacrifice his freedom. We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class as beggars, but how many of us can honestly say that we have not felt a little envious of their simple way of life and their freedom from care?

作者: iloveboby 时间: 2013-8-17 00:01

原帖由 小恰，我师焉 于 2013-6-25 02:11 发表
前两天，为孩子报了从9月份开始为期一年的钢琴课程，想必那时是没有整块时间学习英语了。因此这个暑假将是孩子在爸爸的监督下英语学习的最后机会了，第三册完成后，基本的语法知识已经学完，词汇量估计能达到40 ...

震惊！光学了新概念1、2、3级，已经把语法基本学完了，词汇量也那么大。心里也长草了。打算让女儿过完机灵狗3和体验2，就上新概念！女儿也是这样选择的。
不过，除了教材，家长也是花了不少心思引导的。佩服啊。我女儿估计没那么好摆布。年龄大了就是这点不好。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-17 09:06
Aug 10 （Sat），2013
上午完成第27课跟读，背诵。下午复习易经。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzMjc2Mzc2.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzMjc2Mzc2.html?f=19350134

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-18 07:47

原帖由 iloveboby 于 2013-8-17 00:01 发表

震惊！光学了新概念1、2、3级，已经把语法基本学完了，词汇量也那么大。心里也长草了。打算让女儿过完机灵狗3和体验2，就上新概念！女儿也是这样选择的。
不过，除了教材，家长也是花了不少心思引导的。佩 ...

其实，新概念早点学迟点学关系不是太大，以后总是要学的。关键是学习习惯的培养，下面再说。

我这孩子其实学英语的历史并不长，也没有接受过双语早教。2011夏天背了200多单词吧，试水之后就停了，然后2012年5月正式开始学新概念第一册，那时已经6岁。然后就是第二册，第三册一路走来，现在是2013年夏天，也就1年多时间，效果大家也都看到了。我这个爸爸并没有花太多时间在孩子身上，读单词，被单词，背课文都靠她自己，帮不了她，也就是做些句子分析，语法分析之类，最后是验收检查。我做的最多的是学习材料选择，学习流程制定以及孩子学习习惯的培养。

女儿品熹没有读过童书，中文英文的童书在家都是被严格禁止。童书和电视电脑一样，是坏心智的东西，也没读过那些说不上名的名字奇奇怪怪的教材。不是说这些教材不好，而是这些教材大多顾左右而言他，忽视了英语中最核心的知识点的积累，一课只抓住一个知识点，然后不停地重复，学习效率极其低下。很多孩子都被这些教材害了，一直都在初级入门级教材打转转，时间一长，家长失去了兴趣，孩子也就荒废了。

还有一点，不要指望学校，培训机构。学校就是孩子学坏的地方！！！孩子在学校同学之间相互学坏毛病，至于老师，我就不说了，我们都是知道的。社会道德的培养，就更不要说了，我们都是知道的。因此，孩子的成长学校靠不住，社会靠不住，只能靠家长，多花些时间陪陪孩子吧，该辞工的辞工，该归隐的归隐。

孩子的学习习惯，日常行为准则，思想品德教育，参照《弟子规》，先哲们总结的学习方法，行为准则，品德教育让我们少走多少弯路啊。哈，好吧，我在为《弟子规》作软文。

作者: 墨遥妈妈 时间: 2013-8-18 17:56

原帖由 小恰，我师焉 于 2013-8-15 23:06 发表

过奖，不过很受用哎。
爱看墨遥呀呀学语的点滴片段，这可能是孩子最阔爱的阶段了，多为孩子拍些照片视频吧，把她们的小模样直观地记录下来，好让我们老了的时候，看看视频，阅读孩子的成长日记，回忆孩子和 ...

是啊，我们努力把这些美好的瞬间记录下来，到老了可以慢慢回味。
墨遥是学名，可可是小名，豌豆是网名，嘻嘻。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-19 23:26
Aug 11 （Sun），2013
暴雨，不适合野外Hiking，呆在家里。
带着孩子学乐理，用的教材是中国音乐学院李重光的《基本乐理简明教程》，翻开版权页，已经印了298,060 嗯，经典教材。
上午讲解音名，音组，标准音，中央C，以及节奏，节拍，切分音等基础乐理名词。下午《送别》为例，试弹前4个小节。加强对上午音乐名词的理解。效果好过预期，孩子的节拍感很强，学的很快。下午5：00已经可以用右手节拍准确地弹奏前4个小节，左手伴奏不做要求。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-20 11:40
Aug 12 （Mon），2013
学习第29课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程，开始新的级别Swim Kids 5。

   Lesson 29
         Funny or not?
         是否可笑？

What is the basis of 'sick' humour?

Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on were we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke witch would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
Most funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion. It is called 'sick humour'. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situation like violent death or serious accidents. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing. The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year celebrations were good. The good. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals. He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-21 11:58
Aug 13 （Tue），2013
上午完成第29课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzMjg4MTg4.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzMjg4MTg4.html?f=19350134

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-22 09:31
Aug 14 （Wed），2013
学习第31课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。

         Lesson 31
         A lovable eccentric
         可爱的怪人

Why did the shop assistant refuse to serve Dickie?

True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves. They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. This invariably wins them the love and respect of others, for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.
Up to the time of his death, Richard Colson was one of the most notable figures in our town. He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life. He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.
Dickie disliked snobs intensely. Though he owned a large car, he hardly ever used it, preferring always to go on foot. Even when it was raining heavily, he refused to carry an umbrella. One day, he walked into an expensive shop after having been caught in a particularly heavy shower. He wanted to buy a $300 watch for his wife, but he was in such a bedraggled condition than an assistant refused to serve him. Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag. As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter. The assistant asked him to leave, but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager. Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely. When Dickie was given the watch, the presented the assistant with the cloth bag. It contained $300 in pennies. He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all! On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings. This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie. It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-22 22:15
Aug 15 （Thu），2013
上午完成第31课跟读，背诵。下午继续游泳课程。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzNDc4NjE2.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzNDc4NjE2.html?f=19350134

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-23 11:40
Aug 16 （Fri），2013
学习第33课，完成了新单词/注释的学习，以及逐句课文翻译和语法分析。下午继续游泳课程。
粘贴Lesson 33课文

      Lesson 33
         A day to remember
         难忘的一天

What incident began the series of traffic accidents?

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

作者: cplzyl 时间: 2013-8-23 22:23
背单词、学音标、跟读音频，对于我们这些英语盲最多只能做到这几步，后续的语法之类的就爱莫能助了，楼主真是多才多艺，以后还要多多指教。我们现在学剑桥少儿英语，我只能让他多听mp3,告诉他要视音频为老师，对于如何校正音准，楼主有哪些好方法推荐吗，或者用过的哪些比较好的软件介绍下.

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-24 22:04

原帖由 cplzyl 于 2013-8-23 22:23 发表
背单词、学音标、跟读音频，对于我们这些英语盲最多只能做到这几步，后续的语法之类的就爱莫能助了，楼主真是多才多艺，以后还要多多指教。我们现在学剑桥少儿英语，我只能让他多听mp3,告诉他要视音频为老师，对 ...

语法问题好解决，先找本简明语法书，读懂了，再背背有用的例句。然后再找个英语家教，花上20个小时把中学英语语法的知识点再带着复习一遍。

至于发音/语调,稍微复杂一点，因为若干元音辅音在汉语里没有对应的发音，千万不可拿汉语中相似的发音来替代，那就是所谓的口音。跟读可能是最有效模仿发音的方法，带上眼罩仔细聆听MP3的发音，然后跟读，比较两者发音的不同，此外还没找到更好的方法。另外请外教纠正发音必不可少，一对一辅导保证教学质量。

用软件学英语就是歪门邪道，效果不谈，效率一定低下。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-26 10:00
Aug 17 （Sat），2013
上午完成第33课跟读，背诵。下午专门花时间讲解虚拟语气的用法。
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzNTA1MTc2.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTkzNTA1MTc2.html?f=19350134

作者: ccmbrr 时间: 2013-8-26 19:14
真的很佩服楼主爸爸的执行力，女儿也准备学新概念，似乎很难开展下来，向你学习！

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-27 11:21

原帖由 ccmbrr 于 2013-8-26 19:14 发表
真的很佩服楼主爸爸的执行力，女儿也准备学新概念，似乎很难开展下来，向你学习！

其实，学习习惯的培养比学习英语本身更重要，而学习习惯是日常行为规范的一部分，孩子越小，规范其行为就越容易。孩子每天晨昏定省除了向父母请安之外，就是要检讨一天发生的事，哪些是正确的，哪些是需要改进的。
按照圣人《论语》的思想而编著的《弟子规》就是孩子成长的行为规范，根本不需要花心思自己制定一套，只要按弟子规一条一条地做就行，教育孩子就变得简单了，也就是您所说的有执行力。孩子的行为，包括学习习惯受到了规范，孩子学什么都快，不费劲。重要的是不仅让孩子成为一个“有余力则学文”的人，而且能够做到“首孝悌次谨信泛爱众而亲仁" 的人。
希望女儿做个对社会有用的人，希望她的一生一帆风顺，从小规范她的行为十分必要。

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-27 23:48
Aug 18 （Sun），2013
徒步锻炼，总距离9.01 公里，总时间4:46:15，海拔累计升高454米。
孩子很爱徒步锻炼，享受劳累的过程，享受由于饥饿而大口吞咽的快乐，享受美景的惊艳，享受和家人一起的快乐时光。

Android设备记录的数据：
名称：2013-8-18 上午 11:43
活动类型：-
说明：-
总距离：9.01 公里（5.6 英里）
总时间：4:46:15
移动时间：3:45:48
平均时速：1.89 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）
平均移动速度：2.39 公里/小时（1.5 英里/小时）
最高限速：9.90 公里/小时（6.2 英里/小时）
平均步速：31.78 分钟/公里（51.1 分钟/英里）
平均移动步速：25.07 分钟/公里（40.3 分钟/英里）
最快步速：6.06 分钟/公里（9.8 分钟/英里）
最高海拔：76 米（249 英尺）
最低海拔：-21 米（-70 英尺）
海拔升高：454 米（1488 英尺）
最大坡度：1 %
最小坡度：-12 %
记录时间：2013-8-18 上午 11:43

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-28 22:28
Aug 19 （Mon），2013
练字第一天，开始为期2周的书法练习。抄写新概念第3册的第33课。
分三张图片：
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作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-29 22:32
Aug 26 （Mon），2013

练字已有一周，由于练字是一个漫长的过程，1天2天，甚至1周2周都不一定能看出明显的进步，因此，练字过程将不更新，下图是今天的习作，将会对比一年之后习作，看看会不会有些进步。
分两张图片，仍然抄写新概念第3册的第33课。
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上周六晚陪女儿游泳，能够看到Swim Kids 5比Swim Kids 4明显进步，Front Crawl的划水动作更成熟，Back Crawl有连贯的划水动作，克服恐惧完成跳板跳水。能够顺利完成100M连续游泳。
不足之处是Back Crawl的Whip Kick动作还有待改进。

Swim Kids 5 优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjAxNzc1OTA0.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjAxNzc1OTA0.html

作者: 小恰，我师焉 时间: 2013-8-31 22:53
Aug 27 （Tue.），2013

结束语：

由于游泳课程的介入，NCE3并未能按进度在这个暑假结束，好在孩子已经学会了英语学习的方法，爸爸在孩子学习过程中，介入的机会也越来越少。相信孩子能靠她自己的能力和智慧完成后续英语学习。

在接下来的一年里，孩子会很忙碌。
游泳课，还有Swim Kids6，7，8，9，10级别。
芭蕾课，孩子是新手，gym里会多一只小肥天鹅，哈。
钢琴课，路很长... ...

Anyway，半年之后，Google或者Baidu搜索“西风出品钢琴课”能找到孩子关于钢琴课的学习经历，在新帖子里再相会吧，一起分享孩子成长的快乐。

再见，各位儿童教育辛勤耕耘的粑粑麻麻们，珍重。

作者: 墨遥妈妈 时间: 2013-8-31 23:09

原帖由 小恰，我师焉 于 2013-8-31 22:53 发表
Aug 27 （Tue.），2013

结束语：

由于游泳课程的介入，NCE3并未能按进度在这个暑假结束，好在孩子已经学会了英语学习的方法，爸爸在孩子学习过程中，介入的机会也越来越少。相信孩子能靠她自己的能力和智 ...

这么快就要离开这个论坛啦？有点突然哈。宝贝很棒。加油！

作者: ccmbrr 时间: 2013-9-1 20:19
希望孩子的路越走越顺利！也希望楼主能继续分享其它方面的学习经验。

作者: 莲花次第开 时间: 2013-9-9 15:13
记号再来学习，方法和资料都太多了，蒙了。

作者: iloveboby 时间: 2013-9-23 00:14

原帖由 小恰，我师焉 于 2013-6-13 14:43 发表
英语900句是不错的教材，经典，几乎涵盖所有的语法点。事实上，背诵到400句以上就能有看到明显的进步。当年没选这本教材是因为没有找到新版的PDF文件和音频。NCE是对900句的补充，每一课都有一个有趣的小故事， ...

请问是哪个版本的英语900句？网上一搜，好多啊。内容也不尽相同。

作者: wxjywh 时间: 2014-1-24 00:04
这爸的思路和坛子里妈妈们的不太一样。搬个板凳慢慢看

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