少儿英语启蒙兼英语教育批判

小恰，我师焉

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.

小恰，我师焉

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：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTgxMjAwODM2.html?f=19350134

小恰，我师焉

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”

小恰，我师焉

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.

小恰，我师焉

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：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0Nzg4MzY0.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0Nzg4MzY0.html?f=19350134

小恰，我师焉

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.

小恰，我师焉

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：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0Nzk2NDIw.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0Nzk2NDIw.html?f=19350134

小恰，我师焉

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'.

小恰，我师焉

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！
优酷视频：
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0ODI4NzUy.html?f=19350134
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTg0ODI4NzUy.html?f=19350134

小恰，我师焉

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



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