Peter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: I, You, She. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words.
The teacher said, "I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student."
When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once, "I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to his mother) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student."
His father got angry and said, "I, I am your father; (then pointing to his wife) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son."
The next morning at school, the teacher asked Peter if he had learned the three words by heart1. "Yes," he said proudly2, "I, I am your father; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son."
Notes:
1. learn …by heart 諳記,能背出
2. proudly 自豪地
彼得是個(gè)聰明的孩子。在學(xué)校的第一天,他學(xué)了三個(gè)詞:我,你,她。老師教他如何用這三個(gè)詞造句。老師說(shuō):“我,我是你的老師;(然后指著一個(gè)女孩)她,她是你的同學(xué);你,你是我的學(xué)生?!?
彼得回到家里,爸爸問(wèn)他學(xué)了什么。彼得馬上說(shuō):“我,我是你的老師;(然后指著他的媽媽?zhuān)┧悄愕耐瑢W(xué);你,你是我的學(xué)生?!?
爸爸聽(tīng)了非常生氣,說(shuō):“我,我是你的爸爸;(然后指著他的妻子)她,她是你的媽媽?zhuān)荒?,你是我的兒子?!?
第二天,老師問(wèn)彼得是否記住了那三個(gè)詞?!笆堑?,”彼得自豪地說(shuō),“我,我是你的爸爸;(然后指著一個(gè)女孩)她,她是你的媽媽?zhuān)荒?,你是我的兒子?!?
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美國(guó)母語(yǔ)教學(xué)的主要部分大致分為:閱讀、寫(xiě)作、文學(xué)欣賞、古英語(yǔ)和口頭表達(dá)這幾個(gè)部分。小學(xué)的母語(yǔ)教學(xué)的主要任務(wù)是培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀能力和基本的寫(xiě)作能力。美國(guó)公立教育在建立初期,對(duì)于母語(yǔ)能力的最低目標(biāo)是“讓所有有投票權(quán)的公民都認(rèn)得字,能明白候選人或者提案的內(nèi)容,做出經(jīng)過(guò)思考的選擇,投下有意義的一票?!?