.....................................................................................................五分鐘英語練習 (028)
"Five minutes English practice" (028)
《Listen & Practice - 聆聽和練習》
【Let’s get started.】
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【Chinese to English practice】中翻英練習
令我們大大鬆一口氣的是，那個溺水的孩子甦醒過來了。
我們利用二個片語來解題：
1. 介詞片語 to + one's + 情緒名詞 = 令人...的是
2. 片語 come to oneself = come to one's senses=恢復自制力；甦醒過來
relief [rɪˈliːf] n. 舒緩；如釋重負；鬆一口氣
字根 lief=liev=lighten(減輕)
字首 re=again(再)
relief = 一再地減輕 = 變輕 = 鬆一口氣
令我們鬆一口氣的是= to our relief
加強語氣 = to our great relief = much to our relief = 大大鬆一口氣
(much 不是形容詞不能直接前位修飾名詞，故移到片語前面修飾整個片語)
主詞=那個溺水的孩子=the drowning child
動詞=甦醒過來了=came to himself
介詞片語 to our great relief 充當副詞，修飾整個主句
To our great relief, the drowning child came to himself.
Much to our relief, the drowning child came to himself.
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演講稿中英對照：
I have had classes that were so low, so academically deficient that I cried. I wondered, how am I going to take this group in nine months from where they are to where they need to be? And it was difficult. It was awfully hard.How do I raise the self-esteem of a child and his academic achievement at the same time?
我曾經教過程度非常低的班級，學術素養差到我都哭了。我當時就想，我怎麼能在9個月之內把這些孩子提升到他們必須具備的水平？這真的很難，太艱難了。我怎麼能讓一個孩子重拾自信的同時他在學術上也有進步？
One year I came up with a bright idea. I told all my students, "You were chosen to be in my class because I am the best teacher and you are the best students, they put us all together so we could show everybody else how to do it."
有一年我有了一個非常好的主意。我告訴我的學生們，「你們進了我的班級，因為我是最好的老師，而你們是最好的學生，他們把我們放在一起來給其他人做個好榜樣。」
One of the students said, "Really?" (Laughter)
一個學生說，「真的嗎？」（笑聲）
I said, "Really. We have to show the other classes how to do it, so when we walk down the hall, people will notice us, so you can't make noise. You just have to strut." And I gave them a saying to say: "I am somebody. I was somebody when I came. I'll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful, and I am strong. I deserve the education that I get here. I have things to do, people to impress, and places to go."
我說，「當然是真的。我們要給其他班級做個榜樣，當我們走在樓道里，因為大家都會注意到我們，我們不能吵鬧。大家要昂首闊步。」我還給了他們一個口號：「我是個人物。我來的時候是個人物。我畢業的時候會變成一個更好的人物。我很有力，很強大。我值得在這裡受教育。我有很多事情要做，我要讓人們記住我，我要去很多地方。」
And they said, "Yeah!"
然後他們說：「是啊！」
You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you.
如果你長時間的這麼說，它就會開始變成事實。
And so
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(Applause) I gave a quiz, 20 questions. A student missed 18. I put a "+2" on his
paper and a big smiley face.
所以－（掌聲）我做了一個小測驗，20道題。一個孩子錯了18道。我在他了卷子上寫了個「＋2」和一個大的笑臉。
He said, "Ms. Pierson, is this an F?"
他說，「Pierson老師，這是不及格嗎？」
I said, "Yes."
我說，「是的。」
He said, "Then why'd you put a smiley face?"
他接著說，「那你為什麼給我一個笑臉？」
I said, "Because you're on a roll. You got two right. You didn't miss them all." I said, "And when we review this, won't you do better?"
我說，「因為你正漸入佳境。你沒有全錯，還對了兩個。」我說，「我們複習這些題的時候，難道你不會做得更好嗎？」
He said, "Yes, ma'am, I can do better."
他說，「是的，老師。我可以做得更好。」
You see, "-18" sucks all the life out of you. "+2" said, "I ain't all bad." (Laughter) (Applause)
大家看，「－18」讓人感覺想死。「＋2」意味著，「我沒有那麼糟。」 （笑聲）（掌聲）
For years I watched my mother take the time at recess to review, go on home visits in the afternoon, buy combs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers to put in her desk drawer for kids that needed to eat, and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good. See, it's hard to teach kids who stink. And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me. You made me feel like I was somebody, when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't. And I want you to just see what I've become."
好多年了，我看著我媽媽利用課間休息時間批改作業，下午去家訪，買梳子、刷子、花生醬和餅乾，把他們放在自己的抽屜里給那些餓了的孩子們吃，還有為那些髒孩子們準備了一條毛巾和一些肥皂。看吧，教那些發臭的孩子是困難的一件事。而孩子們有時也是比較「殘忍」的。所以她把這些東西都放在她的抽屜里，然後過了很多年，在她退休以後，我看到一些當年的孩子們回來告訴她，「您知道，Walker老師，您改變了我的生活。您讓它有了意義。您讓我覺得我是個人物， 雖說在心底我知道我不是。我就是想讓您看看,現在成為了個什麼樣的人」
And when my mama died two years ago at 92, there were so many former students at her funeral, it brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone, but because she left a legacy of relationships that could never disappear.
當我媽媽兩年前以92歲高齡去世的時候，有好多好多的以前的學生來參加了她的葬禮，我哭了，不是因為她去世了，而是因為她留下了這些永遠不會消失的各種聯繫。
Can we stand to have more relationships? Absolutely. Will you like all your children? Of course not. And you know your toughest kids are never absent. (Laughter) Never. You won't like them all, and the tough ones show up for a reason. It's the connection. It's the relationships. And while you won't like them all, the key is, they can never, ever know it. So teachers become great actors and great actresses, and we come to work when we don't feel like it, and we're listening to policy that doesn't make sense, and we teach anyway. We teach anyway, because that's what we do.
我們真的可以有更多的關係嗎？當然可以。你會喜歡你所有的學生嗎？當然不。你也知道那些最難搞的孩子總是很難甩掉。（笑聲）永遠不會。你不會喜歡每一個人，然而難搞的那幾個的出現也是有理由的。這就是聯繫，是關係。當你不會喜歡他們每一個人的時候，關鍵就是他們永遠也不會知道這一點。所以老師們變成偉大的演員，我們得強迫自己工作，我們得聽從那些毫無道理的政策，我們還得上課。我們還得上課，因為這是我們的責任。
Teaching and learning should bring joy. How powerful would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to think, and who had a champion? Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, andinsists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
教學和學習應該是讓人愉快的事情。我們的世界會變得多麼的強大如果我們的孩子都不害怕接受挑戰，不害怕思考，都贏得了一個冠軍？每個孩子都可以成為一個冠軍，一個成年人要永遠不放棄他們，懂得聯繫的強大力量， 堅信他們可以變成那個最好的自己。[ tronest註：每個孩子都需要一個堅定的支持者/強大的後盾支持，一個永不放棄他們的成年人，一個懂得情感聯絡重要性的成年人，一個堅信他們可以成為最好的自己的成年人。（成為這樣一個成年人，我們教育者責無旁貸）]
Is this job tough? You betcha. Oh God, you betcha. But it is not impossible. We can do this. We're educators. We're born to make a difference.
這個職業很艱巨不？當然。上帝，毫無疑問。但是這不是不可能的。我們可以的，因為我們是教育家。我們天生就是重塑他人的。
Thank you so much.
非常感謝大家。
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I have spent my entire life either at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse, or talking bout what happens in the schoolhouse. Both my parents were educators, my maternal grandparents were educators, and for the past 40 years I've done the same thing. And so, needless to say, over those years I've had a chance to look at education reform from a lot of perspectives. Some of those reforms have been good. Some of them have been not so good. And we know why kids drop out. We know why kids don't learn. It's either poverty, low attendance, negative peer influences. We know why. But one of the things that we never discuss or we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human connection, relationships.
James Comer says that no significant learning can occur without a significant relationship. George Washington Carver says all learning is understanding relationships. Everyone in this room has been affected by a teacher or an adult. For years, I have watched people teach. I have looked at the best and I've look at some of the worst.
A colleague said to me one time, "They don't pay me to like the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson. The kids should learn it. I should teach it. They should learn it. Case closed."
Well, I said to her, "You know, kids don't learn from people they don't like."
(Laughter) (Applause) （笑聲）（掌聲）
She said, "That's just a bunch of hooey."
Needless to say it was. Some people think that you can either have it in you to build a relationship or you don't. I think Stephen Covey had the right idea. He said you ought to just throw in a few simple things, like seeking first to understand as opposed to being understood, simple things like apologizing. You ever thought about that? Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.
I taught a lesson once on ratios. I'm not real good with math, but I was working on it. And I got back and looked at that teacher edition. I'd taught the whole lesson wrong. (Laughter)
So I came back to class the next day, and I said, "Look, guys, I need to pologize. I taught the whole lesson wrong. I'm so sorry."
They said, "That's okay, Ms. Pierson. You were so excited, we just let you go." (Laughter) (Applause)
I have had classes that were so low, so academically deficient that I cried. I wondered, how am I going to take this group in nine months from where they are to where they need to be? And it was difficult. It was awfully hard.How do I raise the self-esteem of a child and his academic achievement at the same time?
One year I came up with a bright idea. I told all my students, "You were chosen to be in my class because I am the best teacher and you are the best students, they put us all together so we could show everybody else how to do it."
One of the students said, "Really?" (Laughter)
I said, "Really. We have to show the other classes how to do it, so when we walk down the hall, people will notice us, so you can't make noise. You just have to strut." And I gave them a saying to say: "I am somebody. I was somebody when I came. I'll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful, and I am strong. I deserve the education that I get here. I have things to do, people to impress, and places to go."
And they said, "Yeah!"
You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you.
And so
—
(Applause) I gave a quiz, 20 questions. A student missed 18. I put a "+2" on his
paper and a big smiley face.
He said, "Ms. Pierson, is this an F?"
I said, "Yes."
He said, "Then why'd you put a smiley face?"
I said, "Because you're on a roll. You got two right. You didn't miss them all." I said, "And when we review this, won't you do better?"
He said, "Yes, ma'am, I can do better."
You see, "-18" sucks all the life out of you. "+2" said, "I ain't all bad." (Laughter) (Applause)
For years I watched my mother take the time at recess to review, go on home visits in the afternoon, buy combs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers to put in her desk drawer for kids that needed to eat, and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn't smell so good. See, it's hard to teach kids who stink. And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me. You made me feel like I was somebody, when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't. And I want you to just see what I've become."
And when my mama died two years ago at 92, there were so many former students at her funeral, it brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone, but because she left a legacy of relationships that could never disappear.
Can we stand to have more relationships? Absolutely. Will you like all your children? Of course not. And you know your toughest kids are never absent. (Laughter) Never. You won't like them all, and the tough ones show up for a reason. It's the connection. It's the relationships. And while you won't like them all, the key is, they can never, ever know it. So teachers become great actors and great actresses, and we come to work when we don't feel like it, and we're listening to policy that doesn't make sense, and we teach anyway. We teach anyway, because that's what we do.
Teaching and learning should bring joy. How powerful would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to think, and who had a champion? Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, andinsists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
Is this job tough? You betcha. Oh God, you betcha. But it is not impossible. We can do this. We're educators. We're born to make a difference.
Thank you so much.
