丹尼尔听说妈妈要去参加素质拓展运动,他就要求一起去。妈妈同意了,那到底结果怎样呢?
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Daniel:Mom, hurry up or there will be no seats available for us.
Shirley:Don't worry, there will be a lot. There will be enough seats for another ten Daniels.
Daniel:I'll take the one beside the driver. There will be a good view there. Wow, how comfortable the seats are. Your company is so great.
Shirley:Daniel, you can't sit there. Because that one is for the coach. OK, let's sit over here.
(The coach gets on the bus.)
Coach:Is everybody board here? OK, please listen to me. First, all of us must follow the rules. There will be a lot of activities for us, so please never and ever leave the group.
(Daniel turns to his Mom.)
Daniel:Mom, the coach is so strict, I'm afraid I'll never have the fun I want.
Shirley:Honey, you're wrong. If everybody has the same idea as you, a team will not be called a team.
Daniel:Maybe, but anyway, we'll have a lot of fun. Right?
Shirley:Not really, honey. This journey is not all for fun. The most important thing is that we should learn much from it for self-improvement.?
Daniel:What's all that about?
Shirley:It's about for enhancing the degree of belief, taking responsibility and things like that.
Daniel:Oh, I see, that is also to say “teaching goes together with pleasure”.
(One hour later they arrive at their destination.)
Coach:Now, everybody attention please. The first activity we'll do is to make chocolate by yourself.
Daniel:How great! I always eat chocolate but I never know how to make it.
Shirley:And you'll have a taste of the chocolate made by yourself.
Daniel:Yeah, I can design varied tastes of chocolate and also I can put any picture I like on the chocolates.
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丹尼尔:妈妈,快点,否则我们就没有座位了。
雪莉:别着急,会有很多的。再来十个丹尼尔都会没有问题。
丹尼尔:我做司机旁边这个位置。这里视野会不错。哇,这个位置好舒服。妈妈的公司真好。
雪莉:丹尼尔,你不能坐那。因为那是给教练的。我们坐这吧。
(教练上车了。)
教练:大家都上车了吗?好的,请听我说。首先,大家都应该遵守纪律。我们会有很多活动。所以请大家决不要离开队伍。
(丹尼尔跟妈妈说话。)
丹尼尔:妈妈,教练好严厉呀,我想恐怕我不会玩得尽兴的。
雪莉:孩子,你错了。如果每一个人像你一样想,团队就不叫团队了。
丹尼尔:可能吧,但是无论如何,我们会玩得很高兴,对不对?
雪莉:也不尽是。这次旅游并不纯粹为了玩,更重要的是为了学东西提高自己。
丹尼尔:是关于什么的呀?
雪莉:是关于提高信任度,责任感等类似的事情。
丹尼尔:哦,我知道了。也就是说“寓教于乐”。
(一个小时后,他们到达了目的地。)
教练:现在,每个人注意了。我们要做的第一个运动时自己亲手制作巧克力。
丹尼尔:好棒,我经常吃巧克力,但是我从来不知道怎么做。
雪莉:你将尝到自己亲手做的巧克力。
丹尼尔:好的,我能设计各种口味的巧克力,还可以放上我喜欢的各种图案。
经典背诵 Recitation
Daniel: Finally, I get on the bus. But Mom doesn't let me sit in the seat I want, because that's for the coach. The coach is so strict. I don't think I'll have much fun. But anyway, I can make chocolate by myself, and I'll design any picture I like on it. That's so funny.
生词小结
comfortable adj. 舒适的
never and ever 决不,从来不
learn from… 向……学习
self-improvement n. 自我提高
enhance vt. 提高
take responsibility 有责任感
have a taste of 品尝
注释
teaching goes together with pleasure 寓教于乐,就是边快乐边学习,在学习当中享受到快乐。
情景练习 Scene Practice
仔细阅读下面五个场景,两人一组,使用表示赞同和异议的句型,用一用,练一练。
1. Shirley thinks that she needs to lose weight and is discussing this with her friend Maria.
2. May and Daniel are talking about how to learn English well. May says that hard working is an effective way. Daniel disagrees.
3. Daniel used up all of his money. He and May are talking about how to raise money.
4. May is discussing about the problem of wearing school uniforms with her roommates.
5. Benjamin is arguing about whether people should stop drinking with his friend.