LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN
Ye Xin（Class 4 Shiyan Junior Middle School ）
Ludwig Von Beethoven was born in Bonn Germany,on December 16,1770.
When he was five-year-old, his father thought the boy was going to be a child genius (天才) and like Mozart, make it of money. so his father found him a teacher to give him music lessons and made him practice when he was free. Beethoven like music very much.
By the time he was ten. Beethoven became a very good musician(音樂家).He played very well and all people said.“He is another Mozart.”
In 1787, Beethoven went to Vienna. IN Vienna, he had a chance. The great musician asked the seventeen-year-old boy to play to him.
When Beethoven was 28 years old. He came to a great tragedy(悲劇) of his life. He began to lose his hearing. At first he thought he had a cold and for the reason. he could not hear well. But it was more serious. Within a few years(幾年后)，he was completely deaf---he could not hear anything.
But this did not stop him. He wrote some of the great music after he became deaf.
Beethoven’s friends tried to help this unhappy man, but he was a very independent(獨立的) person .he refused any help. And on March 26,1827,he died suddenly.
2 Humors（幽默二則）
10 Most Wanted
Tang Tao (Class 4 Shiyan Junior Middle School)
Little Sammy’s kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local police station. There they saw pictures tacked to a big bulletin board.
The label clearly read, "The 10 Most Wanted."
One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of wanted person.
“Yes," said the policeman, "the detectives want him very badly."
So Little Sammy asked, while tugging on the man’s belt, "Um, sir, why didn’t you keep them when you took their pictures?"
譯文：
十名通緝犯
實驗初中二４班 唐濤
小薩米的幼兒園班級正去當?shù)氐木炀謱嵙�、參觀。在那里，他們看見在大公告牌上有用大頭針釘住的圖畫。
條幅上清晰地寫著：“十名通緝犯。”
其中的一位兒童敏銳地看到一幅畫，并問它是不是真正的通緝犯的照片。
“是的，”警察答道，“偵探追蹤他很困難。”
于是，小薩米用力拉這個人的腰帶并說：“嗯，先生，你們?yōu)槭裁床辉谂乃麄兊恼掌瑫r抓住他們呢？”
A Good Boy
Huai’an Foreign Language School
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.
"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman." he answered.
"You’re a good boy," said the mother proudly.
"Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
淮安外國語學�！ ∝�
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。
“昨天給你的錢干什么了？”
“我給了一個可憐的老太婆。”他回答說。
“你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說，“再給你兩分錢�？赡銥槭裁磳δ俏焕咸敲锤信d趣呢？”
“她是個賣糖果的。”
【專家評述】
中國學生英語學習誤區(qū)
YahooInc.北亞區(qū)董事總經(jīng)理關(guān)重遠先生：“中國人學英文最大障礙是語速問題。為此，觀看英語電視節(jié)目，閱讀英語文章以及使用英語進行口語交流都會有很大幫助。不幸的是，中國的英語電視節(jié)目并不多。然而我們還是可以通過觀看英語新聞和閱讀英語文章得到提高。也許學習英語最快的辦法就是同外國人或者同真正對英語感興趣的中國學生進行對話和交流。”
“掌握豐富的英語詞匯也需要很多時間。大量閱讀英文報紙、文章和雜志有助于詞匯的積累。此外，您還可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)來學習英語�；ヂ�(lián)網(wǎng)上的在線英語課程為您提供了更多的英語交流機會，以及最適合您當前英語水平的課程。將來學生們學習英語就不再局限于學校，而是可以很方便地通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)進行學習了。”
華爾街英語學術(shù)部主任SimonBuckland先生：“今天的學員首先需要的是實用的教學大綱和靈活的學習方法。這些人都非常忙碌，并且具有很強的責任感，他們希望提高工作能力，能夠自如地進行英語交流。自主、自信和自立是他們的生活原則，也是他們學習英語的原則。”
從過去到現(xiàn)在，中國的英語教學一直都是一個老大難的問題。結(jié)果是，學生們在現(xiàn)實生活中或在專業(yè)領(lǐng)域內(nèi)使用英語的能力非常有限。
北京外國語大學曾誠副教授：“我認為，無論是過去還是現(xiàn)在，中國人學習英語的最大問題都是認為英語太難。這是因為英語與我們的母語存在很大差異。如果我們不把這種差異(包括語法和交流兩個方面)告訴成年學生，他在學習過程中就會迷失方向。也就是說，你不能像教自己的孩子說話那樣教他們學習英語。你必須告訴他們?yōu)槭裁匆@樣學。另外，學習英語的中國學員接觸英語的機會太少——如果他周圍的人都說英語，他就會獲得更多的練習機會，而且可以從英語為母語的人那里獲得可信的反饋意見。最后是學習熱情。只有那些具有很高學習熱情的人才會有毅力去學習英語。對于這一點，你只需看看那些準備英語考試的人就明白了。無論你打算出國還是尋求更好的工作都必須掌握英語，這時你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)英語其實并不難(相對于漢語而言，英語還是比較簡單的；因為漢語是公認的世界上第二種最難學習的語言)。”
【外國語學校學生赴澳日記選登】
Beautiful Sence Happy Day
Today we went to Bondi Beach and Watsons Bay .We went there by bus. There were 41 students on the bus. We all felt very excited.We were chatting and laughing all the way. The driver was a little angry because he disliked talking.He thought we were making a noise. But we don’t mind because we are young,we are happy. It took us about two hours to get there. It’s a long way. When we saw the sea,we were very excited. We all ran to the beach at once. It’s very beautiful. I have never seen the sea before. The sea is blue, the sand is white and soft. I can’t help shouting. Ifelt so excited that I took off my shoes, I ran to the sea. The seawater is a little cool,but I like it . There were many Australians around us. Some of them were swimming in the sea,some of them were lying in the hot sun, some of them kept walking or running. Then an old woman came to us , she was friendly, she asked us" Where are you from?". When we told her we came from China, she became very excited. She told us that she would go to China soon. Then we left our addresses to her,she was very pleased. She said when she came to China, she would come to our school. She asked us to take a photo with her.We were very happy. And now we have the photo——15Chinese, an Australian;15 young people, a senoir citizen; yellow skin, white skin.
Today were very happy. Blue sea, white sand, frindly Australians, happy Chinese ,beautiful sence,happy day! (Gao Meng)
【電影片斷對白欣賞】
Mulan 花木蘭
(南北朝時期，在中原地帶住著一家三口人，花書，老伴花梨和一個待嫁年華的女兒，名叫木蘭，今天是決定木蘭終生大事的重要日子。一大早她就起床了……)
MULAN: Quiet and demure...graceful...polite... delicate...refined...poised... punctual.
文靜，賢淑，……優(yōu)雅……禮貌……得體……高雅……穩(wěn)重……守時
(在胳膊上寫完最后一個字，她放下筷子。)
MULAN: Aiya. Little brother. Little brother. Lit- ahhh, there you are. Who’s the smartest doggie in the world? Come on smart boy, can you help me with my chores today?
哎呀，弟弟，弟——阿哈，你在這兒。誰是世界上最聰明的小狗狗？快點，乖乖，今天你能幫我做點事情嗎？
(木蘭的父親花書，此時正跪在花家祖先的面前為木蘭祈禱)
FA ZHOU: Honorable ancestors, please help Mulan impress the matchmaker today.
祖先在上，請你幫助木蘭給媒人留個好印象
FA ZHOU: Please, PLEASE, help her.
請，請你幫助她
(木蘭跑到父親面前)
MULAN: Father I brought your——whoop!
父親，我給你帶來——哇
(木蘭冒冒失失撞到父親身上，茶杯跌到地上，還是父親眼明手快，用拐杖套住了茶壺的把手。)
FA ZHOU: Mulan——
木蘭——
MULAN: I brought a spare.
我多帶了一個茶杯。
(木蘭從裙子下面又拿出一個茶杯，給父親倒茶)
FA ZHOU: Mulan.
木蘭
MULAN: Remember, the doctor said three cups of tea in the morning
記住，醫(yī)生說，每天早喝三杯茶
FA ZHOU: Mulan.
木蘭
MULAN: And three at night.
晚喝三杯茶
FA ZHOU: Mulan, you should already be in town. We’re counting on you to up.
木蘭，你現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該在鎮(zhèn)上了，我們?nèi)铱啥贾竿?/div>
MULAN: ——uphold the family honor. Don’t worry father. I wont let you down. Wish me luck.
給我們家增光。別擔心，父親。我不會讓你失望的。祝我好運吧！
(木蘭一溜煙跑了。)
FA ZHOU: Hurry! I’m going to...pray some more.
快點！我還是再祈禱一下……
(花書轉(zhuǎn)身又走進家里的祠堂。)