作為英文老師,我對自己的英文是蠻有信心的,至於我的中文,由於是母語關係,也可以見得人吧,但這只限於廣東話,說到普通話,則不是這麼一回事了,聆聽方面還可以,若要說話表達,真的是貽笑大方,比我的學生還有所不如。
雖然隨市場開放,普通話續漸流行,在日常應用的機會也多起來,但我還是給自己種種藉口,逃避學習普通話,這些藉口包括,已經是32歲人家了,不應臨老學吹打,何況日常英語教學已經那麼繁重了,不弄好本業,還花時間學習普通話,自己沒有打算教普通話,將來亦不會常用此國語。
小姑獨處,有一個星期天,我在吃早餐的時侯,一邊吃一邊以看電視送早餐,電視上播放的是一個訪問,那女藝人笑說,找到她的另一半,是她人生中的一個驕傲。同樣作為女性的筆者,這刻真的切身感受到甚麼叫做「Ji Du」(嫉妒)「Ji Du」。
故此很留心的看這個訪問,趁機學習怎樣成為別人的「Hao Gui Su」(好歸宿),亦希望能夠找到一個好歸宿。我有一個心願,是要有一個難忘的婚禮。這一個訪問,被訪者是利嘉兒,在訪問之中,她沒有忘記笑談普通話。
靈光一閃下,我決定向她拜師學普通話,若能夠學習到她一半便棒極了。我經常在課堂中對我的學生說,要學習一種語文(英文),必須多聽、多講、多看及多寫,才會學得好,但由於我已很久沒有接觸到一個陌生的語言,因此感覺不到,或者已經忘記了這密集式學習的難度。
好了,今次學習普通話,正好給自己一個挑戰,看看老師叫學生努力「四多」學習,是不是空口說白話,講一套做一套。我不認識利嘉兒,也沒有留意她的電視節目,但我知道網上有她的免費課程短片,我是每天都上網的,可以一有空便看個不停,重複又重複。
她的表達方式,也有值得我們老師學習的地方,首先是她的笑容可掬,親切輕鬆的教學態度,令到學生們很容易接受,其次是內容生動有趣,取材都是我們有興趣知道的,最後當然是她的正確發音了,如此內外兼備,真的看得我如癡如醉,豎起大拇指讚好。
現在,我每天都會上網看她的短片,學習普通話,我得承認,我學習此語文的天資有限,尤其在說的方面,但我是很專心的,不但止重看,還做筆記,而且中西合璧,將普通話翻譯成英文,亦有在課餘時,以這些英文考問學生們普通話的讀法,測試自己的進度,若有一天能夠以普通話演講,將是我的驕傲。
2009年5月27日 星期三
普通話不普通
早前和別人探討一個問題,關於大部分港澳人只懂說普通話(國語),卻不懂拼音,可能廣東人學粵語都是「唸口簧」。說的也是,我們從學在學校學「生字」都是老師教我們怎樣說,我們便跟說,從來都不會接觸粵語拼音,或者說老師都不會教粵語拼音。
難怪曾經有台灣同學問我﹕「你們怎麼學粵語的!」台灣的同學也不是一出生就能夠說一口流利的國語,他們在小學也要努力學習拼音。因此,在他們眼中,想必我們也是要學粵語拼音,才學得懂粵語。
我也不知從何說起,當我說大家都不用學拼音就可以懂了,他們大多嘖嘖稱奇,認為我們都是「神童」。
一個人能說一口流利的普通話,不代表他懂拼音。特別是到台灣留學的港澳生,由於台灣習慣使用注意,如把「BO、PO、MO、FO」會以「ㄅ、ㄆ、ㄇ、ㄈ」表示,「風」就是「ㄈㄥ(Feng)」,對於乍到台灣的港澳生來說,這些字詞十分新奇。
對於我們來說,這些符號有點難懂,若要從這些字詞再學習普通話,並同時兼顧學業的話,真的有點難度,後來在台灣生活,就只能一個一個字地學習,不懂的就問同學,說錯了就記下次不要說錯,但那個字的拼音是怎樣,我想大多港澳生都說不出答案來。
這樣學普通話,是十分危險的,就如學習粵語,即使從小學習粵語,但很多人把部分的字讀錯了,甚至有些粵語,只聞其音不見其字。
舉個例子,港澳人在卡拉OK房中大聲唱普通話歌,是否標準真的見仁見智,但我發覺大多只是把歌聽了(或唱了)千百遍,咋聽起來他們的普通話十分標準,然而,在日常生活中需要應用同樣的字詞時,由於欠缺「旋律」而只說得結結巴巴。
雖然知道自己現在說的普通話,只是跟別人的說話來學,問我哪些字的拼音是怎樣,我大部分都答不出來,更別說可以當一位普通話老師了。然而,現在能說一口「流利」的普通話,慶幸自己有機會到過台灣讀書,是學習知識以外的一大收穫。
但我還是拿起學習普通話的書籍,從聲母韻母學起好了。
難怪曾經有台灣同學問我﹕「你們怎麼學粵語的!」台灣的同學也不是一出生就能夠說一口流利的國語,他們在小學也要努力學習拼音。因此,在他們眼中,想必我們也是要學粵語拼音,才學得懂粵語。
我也不知從何說起,當我說大家都不用學拼音就可以懂了,他們大多嘖嘖稱奇,認為我們都是「神童」。
一個人能說一口流利的普通話,不代表他懂拼音。特別是到台灣留學的港澳生,由於台灣習慣使用注意,如把「BO、PO、MO、FO」會以「ㄅ、ㄆ、ㄇ、ㄈ」表示,「風」就是「ㄈㄥ(Feng)」,對於乍到台灣的港澳生來說,這些字詞十分新奇。
對於我們來說,這些符號有點難懂,若要從這些字詞再學習普通話,並同時兼顧學業的話,真的有點難度,後來在台灣生活,就只能一個一個字地學習,不懂的就問同學,說錯了就記下次不要說錯,但那個字的拼音是怎樣,我想大多港澳生都說不出答案來。
這樣學普通話,是十分危險的,就如學習粵語,即使從小學習粵語,但很多人把部分的字讀錯了,甚至有些粵語,只聞其音不見其字。
舉個例子,港澳人在卡拉OK房中大聲唱普通話歌,是否標準真的見仁見智,但我發覺大多只是把歌聽了(或唱了)千百遍,咋聽起來他們的普通話十分標準,然而,在日常生活中需要應用同樣的字詞時,由於欠缺「旋律」而只說得結結巴巴。
雖然知道自己現在說的普通話,只是跟別人的說話來學,問我哪些字的拼音是怎樣,我大部分都答不出來,更別說可以當一位普通話老師了。然而,現在能說一口「流利」的普通話,慶幸自己有機會到過台灣讀書,是學習知識以外的一大收穫。
但我還是拿起學習普通話的書籍,從聲母韻母學起好了。
2009年5月26日 星期二
Hope faith and love
On our school badge, there is three little words: hope faith and love, but the greatest of these is love. The love of Christian is uncondition and with no limit, one kind of love is to forgive others.
In St. Matthew Gospel Chapter 18, Peter came up to the Lord and asked, "How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?" Jesus answered, "Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
In our daily life, similar stories always happen. I knew a primary six student who escaped away from school many times, according to school rule, he must be out, but during the teacher's meeting, the voting was half and half, so the decision is up to the Principal.
The boy's mother heard the news and came to the Principal, "I am a single parent, I have little time to look after him, please give us a last chance." The Principal impressed and kept the student. Finally the boy corrected himself and became a prefect in school.
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In St. Matthew Gospel Chapter 18, Peter came up to the Lord and asked, "How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?" Jesus answered, "Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
In our daily life, similar stories always happen. I knew a primary six student who escaped away from school many times, according to school rule, he must be out, but during the teacher's meeting, the voting was half and half, so the decision is up to the Principal.
The boy's mother heard the news and came to the Principal, "I am a single parent, I have little time to look after him, please give us a last chance." The Principal impressed and kept the student. Finally the boy corrected himself and became a prefect in school.
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Faith Hope and Love Bible Verse
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
-->If I speak in the tongues of men and angels,but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a tinkling symbol.
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge,and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I dole out all my goods, andif I deliver my body that I may boast but have not love, nothing I am profited.
Love is long suffering,love is kind, it is not jealous, love does not boast, it is not inflated. It is not discourteous, it is not selfish, it is not irritable, it does not enumerate the evil.It does not rejoice over the wrong, but rejoices in the truthIt covers all things,it has faith for all things,it hopes in all things, it endures in all things.
Love never falls in ruins;but whether prophecies, they will be abolished; ortongues, they will cease; or knowledge, it will be superseded. For we know in part and we prophecy in part.But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will be superseded.
When I was an infant,I spoke as an infant, I reckoned as an infant; when I became [an adult],I abolished the things of the infant.For now we see through a mirror in an enigma, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know as also I was fully known.
But now remainsfaith hope and love, these three;but the greatest of these is love.
-->If I speak in the tongues of men and angels,but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a tinkling symbol.
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge,and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I dole out all my goods, andif I deliver my body that I may boast but have not love, nothing I am profited.
Love is long suffering,love is kind, it is not jealous, love does not boast, it is not inflated. It is not discourteous, it is not selfish, it is not irritable, it does not enumerate the evil.It does not rejoice over the wrong, but rejoices in the truthIt covers all things,it has faith for all things,it hopes in all things, it endures in all things.
Love never falls in ruins;but whether prophecies, they will be abolished; ortongues, they will cease; or knowledge, it will be superseded. For we know in part and we prophecy in part.But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will be superseded.
When I was an infant,I spoke as an infant, I reckoned as an infant; when I became [an adult],I abolished the things of the infant.For now we see through a mirror in an enigma, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know as also I was fully known.
But now remainsfaith hope and love, these three;but the greatest of these is love.
2009年5月25日 星期一
七 十 個 七 次
那 時 , 彼 得 進 前 來 , 對 耶 穌 說 : 主 阿 , 我 弟 兄 得 罪 我 , 我 當 饒 恕 他 幾 次 呢 ? 到 七 次 可 以 麼 ?
22 耶 穌 說 : 我 對 你 說 , 不 是 到 七 次 , 乃 是 到 七 十 個 七 次 。
23 天 國 好 像 一 個 王 要 和 他 僕 人 算 賬 。
24 才 算 的 時 候 , 有 人 帶 了 一 個 欠 一 千 萬 銀 子 的 來 。
25 因 為 他 沒 有 甚 麼 償 還 之 物 , 主 人 吩 咐 把 他 和 他 妻 子 兒 女 , 並 一 切 所 有 的 都 賣 了 償 還 。
26 那 僕 人 就 俯 伏 拜 他 , 說 : 主 阿 , 寬 容 我 , 將 來 我 都 要 還 清 。
27 那 僕 人 的 主 人 就 動 了 慈 心 , 把 他 釋 放 了 , 並 且 免 了 他 的 債 。
28 那 僕 人 出 來 , 遇 見 他 的 一 個 同 伴 欠 他 十 兩 銀 子 , 便 揪 著 他 , 掐 住 他 的 喉 嚨 , 說 : 你 把 所 欠 的 還 我 !
29 他 的 同 伴 就 俯 伏 央 求 他 , 說 : 寬 容 我 罷 , 將 來 我 必 還 清 。
30 他 不 肯 , 竟 去 把 他 下 在 監 裡 , 等 他 還 了 所 欠 的 債 。
31 眾 同 伴 看 見 他 所 做 的 事 就 甚 憂 愁 , 去 把 這 事 都 告 訴 了 主 人 。
32 於 是 主 人 叫 了 他 來 , 對 他 說 : 你 這 惡 奴 才 ! 你 央 求 我 , 我 就 把 你 所 欠 的 都 免 了 ,
33 你 不 應 當 憐 恤 你 的 同 伴 , 像 我 憐 恤 你 麼 ?
34 主 人 就 大 怒 , 把 他 交 給 掌 刑 的 , 等 他 還 清 了 所 欠 的 債 。
35 你 們 各 人 若 不 從 心 裡 饒 恕 你 的 弟 兄 , 我 天 父 也 要 這 樣 待 你 們 了 。
22 耶 穌 說 : 我 對 你 說 , 不 是 到 七 次 , 乃 是 到 七 十 個 七 次 。
23 天 國 好 像 一 個 王 要 和 他 僕 人 算 賬 。
24 才 算 的 時 候 , 有 人 帶 了 一 個 欠 一 千 萬 銀 子 的 來 。
25 因 為 他 沒 有 甚 麼 償 還 之 物 , 主 人 吩 咐 把 他 和 他 妻 子 兒 女 , 並 一 切 所 有 的 都 賣 了 償 還 。
26 那 僕 人 就 俯 伏 拜 他 , 說 : 主 阿 , 寬 容 我 , 將 來 我 都 要 還 清 。
27 那 僕 人 的 主 人 就 動 了 慈 心 , 把 他 釋 放 了 , 並 且 免 了 他 的 債 。
28 那 僕 人 出 來 , 遇 見 他 的 一 個 同 伴 欠 他 十 兩 銀 子 , 便 揪 著 他 , 掐 住 他 的 喉 嚨 , 說 : 你 把 所 欠 的 還 我 !
29 他 的 同 伴 就 俯 伏 央 求 他 , 說 : 寬 容 我 罷 , 將 來 我 必 還 清 。
30 他 不 肯 , 竟 去 把 他 下 在 監 裡 , 等 他 還 了 所 欠 的 債 。
31 眾 同 伴 看 見 他 所 做 的 事 就 甚 憂 愁 , 去 把 這 事 都 告 訴 了 主 人 。
32 於 是 主 人 叫 了 他 來 , 對 他 說 : 你 這 惡 奴 才 ! 你 央 求 我 , 我 就 把 你 所 欠 的 都 免 了 ,
33 你 不 應 當 憐 恤 你 的 同 伴 , 像 我 憐 恤 你 麼 ?
34 主 人 就 大 怒 , 把 他 交 給 掌 刑 的 , 等 他 還 清 了 所 欠 的 債 。
35 你 們 各 人 若 不 從 心 裡 饒 恕 你 的 弟 兄 , 我 天 父 也 要 這 樣 待 你 們 了 。
An Official Who Refused To Forgive
21Peter came up to the Lord and asked, "How many times should I forgive someone [e] who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?" 22Jesus answered:
Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! [f] 23This story will show you what the kingdom of heaven is like: One day a king decided to call in his officials and ask them to give an account of what they owed him. 24As he was doing this, one official was brought in who owed him fifty million silver coins. 25But he didn't have any money to pay what he owed. The king ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he owned, in order to pay the debt.
26The official got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!" 27The king felt sorry for him and let him go free. He even told the official that he did not have to pay back the money.
28As the official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him a hundred silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, "Pay me what you owe!"
29The man got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you back." 30But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed.
31When some other officials found out what had happened, they felt sorry for the man who had been put in jail. Then they told the king what had happened. 32The king called the first official back in and said, "You're an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent.
33Don't you think you should show pity to someone else, as I did to you?" 34The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed. 35That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don't forgive each of my followers with all your heart.
Matthew 18 (Contemporary English Version)
Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! [f] 23This story will show you what the kingdom of heaven is like: One day a king decided to call in his officials and ask them to give an account of what they owed him. 24As he was doing this, one official was brought in who owed him fifty million silver coins. 25But he didn't have any money to pay what he owed. The king ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he owned, in order to pay the debt.
26The official got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!" 27The king felt sorry for him and let him go free. He even told the official that he did not have to pay back the money.
28As the official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him a hundred silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, "Pay me what you owe!"
29The man got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you back." 30But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed.
31When some other officials found out what had happened, they felt sorry for the man who had been put in jail. Then they told the king what had happened. 32The king called the first official back in and said, "You're an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent.
33Don't you think you should show pity to someone else, as I did to you?" 34The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed. 35That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don't forgive each of my followers with all your heart.
Matthew 18 (Contemporary English Version)
Christian love
Please write a reflective essay on how you can apply Christian love in daily love, use one example to illustrate your idea.
主阿!我弟兄得罪我,我當饒恕他幾次?七次可以嗎? 耶穌說︰「不只七次,而是七十個七次。」 (馬太十八;21~23)
寬恕是持續進行的,在對付過往的同時,眼前不斷會有類似的事情發生.....,沒有在神面前認罪、解決,就會在心靈留下疤痕,不寬恕也會使你和所愛
"七十個七次"
七十個七次 不只是四百多次代表著完全的七 告訴我要原諒人無限多次誰定的規則 誰要我們這樣愛世界這世界 明明有太多虛偽假象有人不爽一有機會就找你的碴
打你的左臉還說 你不是個基督徒嗎對 我是從小信上帝不喜歡打打殺殺如果你需要我會讓你打我下巴把我的右臉給你打 好不好讓我們把仇恨都放下以牙還牙 以眼還眼志在得獎不在參加只要你拳頭大就可以多說話
今天你兄弟多 有天也會孤單寂寞何必為了一點快活爭的頭破血流 搞的你死我活還在喋喋不休 也不知道你想要什麼把你的敵人當作你的特別來賓好好愛他 就像你愛自己把我的右臉給你打
是不是我不還手你就把我當俗仔把我的右臉給你打 是不是我不還手你就把我當俗仔把我的右臉給你打 能和平能忍耐的人才是最偉大把我的右臉給你打 有一天world peace或許不會是個笑話
主阿!我弟兄得罪我,我當饒恕他幾次?七次可以嗎? 耶穌說︰「不只七次,而是七十個七次。」 (馬太十八;21~23)
寬恕是持續進行的,在對付過往的同時,眼前不斷會有類似的事情發生.....,沒有在神面前認罪、解決,就會在心靈留下疤痕,不寬恕也會使你和所愛
"七十個七次"
七十個七次 不只是四百多次代表著完全的七 告訴我要原諒人無限多次誰定的規則 誰要我們這樣愛世界這世界 明明有太多虛偽假象有人不爽一有機會就找你的碴
打你的左臉還說 你不是個基督徒嗎對 我是從小信上帝不喜歡打打殺殺如果你需要我會讓你打我下巴把我的右臉給你打 好不好讓我們把仇恨都放下以牙還牙 以眼還眼志在得獎不在參加只要你拳頭大就可以多說話
今天你兄弟多 有天也會孤單寂寞何必為了一點快活爭的頭破血流 搞的你死我活還在喋喋不休 也不知道你想要什麼把你的敵人當作你的特別來賓好好愛他 就像你愛自己把我的右臉給你打
是不是我不還手你就把我當俗仔把我的右臉給你打 是不是我不還手你就把我當俗仔把我的右臉給你打 能和平能忍耐的人才是最偉大把我的右臉給你打 有一天world peace或許不會是個笑話
2009年5月15日 星期五
How to play Amazing Grace
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2009年5月14日 星期四
貧富之別
4月底,我在香港的一間小學─鮮魚行學校教授小提琴。不過,這個經驗與我今天的題目有何關係呢?請聽道來。
這間小學在2007年鬧出殺校風波,原因是學校招收小學一年級新生人數,因未能符合教統局至少23人的門檻,被勒令3年後結校,即2010年。這是一間被稱為「草根」的學校,校內學生的家庭多有領取綜合援助金,不過最貧困的是沒有領綜援的那一批學生。我是想借這個機會將沒有經濟壓力下成長的學生與那些連飯也幾乎吃不飽的學生的學習態度,作一個比較。
我經常到不同的中小學樂器班授課,學員們的資質都很好;其實我應這樣說,這個年代的學生,普遍來說資質也算不錯,因為社會進步,比五、六十年代時還要富裕,母親懷胎時能夠獲得足夠營養,而且資訊發達,電台、電視每分每秒都在播放節目,小孩每分每秒都在吸收資訊,因此,他們漸漸形成了一種較被動的學習態度。
我跟這類學生上課,進度特別慢,因為他們根本就不想學習,只是學校或父母強迫;這批學生常常在課堂騷擾其他人,想學的也給阻礙了。集體授課的好處是學費便宜,但是家長很多時候只想到錢,想兒女學得好但又考慮其局限性,子女學不好,沒有進步便責怪導師,這現象通常出現在一些中產或收入不太高的家庭。
我亦到過一些富豪學校授課,學生的家教是較好的,家長能夠控制小朋友的舉動,就算他們不太喜歡父母替他們選擇的課外活動,也會盡力去完成它,所以,課外活動的導師最樂意到這些學校授課。
鮮魚行學校付不起導師費,而學生家長更付不起。學校聯絡了我,尷尬地說只有能力付我車馬費,意義上是免費授課。我接受了這份差事,不是因為甚麼回饋社會這陳腔濫調的台詞,而是我真的想試一試教授貧困學生的感覺,因為我深信他們有非常好的學習態度。
結果真令我喜出望外,當我跟那些學生上第一課時,我已經注意到他們認真的神情,他們都能全神貫注的聽課,還會主動發問。我印象最深刻的一位學生,他用下巴及腮夾小提琴,但拉我的手去將琴拉出聲音,那一刻,他給發出的琴音及琴身的振動嚇呆了,他表現得很驚訝。
前天只是第三課,他們持琴的姿勢已經非常好,看得出他們在家有付出過努力,雖然頭幾課只是學習基本功,但他們全不覺沉悶,絕對不會像中產那些學生嚷要學這歌要學那曲,多練幾下功夫便要生要死的。他們的學習態度的確感動了我。
學習一門藝術,除了興趣之外,真的要需要天資嗎?我認為只要專注地學習,一段時間之後,便可達到很高的造詣。
這間小學在2007年鬧出殺校風波,原因是學校招收小學一年級新生人數,因未能符合教統局至少23人的門檻,被勒令3年後結校,即2010年。這是一間被稱為「草根」的學校,校內學生的家庭多有領取綜合援助金,不過最貧困的是沒有領綜援的那一批學生。我是想借這個機會將沒有經濟壓力下成長的學生與那些連飯也幾乎吃不飽的學生的學習態度,作一個比較。
我經常到不同的中小學樂器班授課,學員們的資質都很好;其實我應這樣說,這個年代的學生,普遍來說資質也算不錯,因為社會進步,比五、六十年代時還要富裕,母親懷胎時能夠獲得足夠營養,而且資訊發達,電台、電視每分每秒都在播放節目,小孩每分每秒都在吸收資訊,因此,他們漸漸形成了一種較被動的學習態度。
我跟這類學生上課,進度特別慢,因為他們根本就不想學習,只是學校或父母強迫;這批學生常常在課堂騷擾其他人,想學的也給阻礙了。集體授課的好處是學費便宜,但是家長很多時候只想到錢,想兒女學得好但又考慮其局限性,子女學不好,沒有進步便責怪導師,這現象通常出現在一些中產或收入不太高的家庭。
我亦到過一些富豪學校授課,學生的家教是較好的,家長能夠控制小朋友的舉動,就算他們不太喜歡父母替他們選擇的課外活動,也會盡力去完成它,所以,課外活動的導師最樂意到這些學校授課。
鮮魚行學校付不起導師費,而學生家長更付不起。學校聯絡了我,尷尬地說只有能力付我車馬費,意義上是免費授課。我接受了這份差事,不是因為甚麼回饋社會這陳腔濫調的台詞,而是我真的想試一試教授貧困學生的感覺,因為我深信他們有非常好的學習態度。
結果真令我喜出望外,當我跟那些學生上第一課時,我已經注意到他們認真的神情,他們都能全神貫注的聽課,還會主動發問。我印象最深刻的一位學生,他用下巴及腮夾小提琴,但拉我的手去將琴拉出聲音,那一刻,他給發出的琴音及琴身的振動嚇呆了,他表現得很驚訝。
前天只是第三課,他們持琴的姿勢已經非常好,看得出他們在家有付出過努力,雖然頭幾課只是學習基本功,但他們全不覺沉悶,絕對不會像中產那些學生嚷要學這歌要學那曲,多練幾下功夫便要生要死的。他們的學習態度的確感動了我。
學習一門藝術,除了興趣之外,真的要需要天資嗎?我認為只要專注地學習,一段時間之後,便可達到很高的造詣。
2009年5月13日 星期三
明日恩典笛譜
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GC’AFG GC’BG GFGA
就趁這分鐘 來一個合照 捱完還識怎麼笑
EGAAA GD’C’BC’ GGGD’C’BG
辛苦極 過活還是精采
E’E’B’AFGAE’D’
沒有小悲哀 想不起 到底多被愛
BC’D’D’D’D’D’D’C’D’E’AC’
共你縱是塵埃 渡紅海 再行下去大概
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#還有恩典 開遍面前 寒季終必回暖
GC’E’C’E’D’C’AG GC’E’C’E’C’G’
前面會有 甚麼樂園
ABC’C’BD’BG
靠人沿途發現 祇需要 相信它不遠
# BGAACB C’BG D’BD’BG
別怨這一生 如此過下去 明晨仍可於這裡
BC’D’D’D’GD’C’BC’ GGGD’D’ BG
這小事 有人全力爭取
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學會小小的 都感激 亦算得樂趣
BC’D’D’D’D’D’D’BC’D’AC’
願以後盛和衰 亦容許 我陪著你面對
AC’BAD’D’AGD’D’C’A’BC’BC’
Repeat # La La La La La La La La La La La La La La La La (La La La)
難道看別人先看見 風光我們已獨佔
ABC’AGD’C’B D’D’C’ABAB
如我們還怨 明日好運會轉
GC’AGC’ABC’AC’D’
Amazing Grace! How Sweet The Sound
GD’E’C’E’ E’BE’E’
That Saved a Wretch Like Me
GD’E’C’C’D’G’
前面會有 甚麼樂園 靠人沿途發現
C’D’G’G’D’G’D’A C’GAAC’B
祇需要 相信它不遠
E’D’C’E’C’E’D’C’
幸福 並不很遠 你還在我身邊
E’G’E’G’E’C’ C’GACE’E’
心足了 一切都不欠
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Amazing Grace Lyrics
John Newton (1725-1807)Stanza 6 anon.Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,That saved a wretch like me.I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.And Grace, my fears relieved.How precious did that Grace appearThe hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snaresI have already come;'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus farand Grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me.His word my hope secures.He will my shield and portion be,As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,And mortal life shall cease,I shall possess within the veil,A life of joy and peace.
When we've been here ten thousand yearsBright shining as the sun.We've no less days to sing God's praiseThan when we've first begun.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,That saved a wretch like me.I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see.
2009年5月1日 星期五
The Fuel Revolution
Human demand for fuels increased gradually through the centuries. This is partly due to the increasing numbers of people in the world. They use wood and other fuels for cooking, heating and light.
It was also due to the development of early industries such as making pottery, clothes, and iron and other metals. But in the 1700s the Industrial Revolution began. At first, the energy supply was water flowing swiftly downhill.
From the 1780s, the countryside sprouted factories with smoking chimneys. They contained steam engines, which powered all kinds of new machinery. By about 1895, coal has overtaken wood as the main fuel. Mining coal was a huge business and it was dirty, hard and dangerous. Yet it seemed like the energy from burned coal was almost 'free fuel'. Dig it out and put it on a fire. It gave out a lot of concentrated heat to power all manner of factories and industries.
Of course, now we know that coal will not last forever. At least one-third of the world's easily mined coal has been used. As the 1800s drew to a close, a new kind of fuel began to power the still-expanding Industrial Revolution - the new fuel was oil.
In 1879, the American inventor Thomas Edison came up with the electric light bulb. He opened the first electricity generating plant, its steam boilers fuelled by a combination of wood and coal.
After that, more and more power stations fired by coal, gas and oil were generating more electricity for more factories and buildings. Today, worldwide demand for electricity - one of our greatest fuel-users - is estimated to rise by 250 % by 2025.
It was also due to the development of early industries such as making pottery, clothes, and iron and other metals. But in the 1700s the Industrial Revolution began. At first, the energy supply was water flowing swiftly downhill.
From the 1780s, the countryside sprouted factories with smoking chimneys. They contained steam engines, which powered all kinds of new machinery. By about 1895, coal has overtaken wood as the main fuel. Mining coal was a huge business and it was dirty, hard and dangerous. Yet it seemed like the energy from burned coal was almost 'free fuel'. Dig it out and put it on a fire. It gave out a lot of concentrated heat to power all manner of factories and industries.
Of course, now we know that coal will not last forever. At least one-third of the world's easily mined coal has been used. As the 1800s drew to a close, a new kind of fuel began to power the still-expanding Industrial Revolution - the new fuel was oil.
In 1879, the American inventor Thomas Edison came up with the electric light bulb. He opened the first electricity generating plant, its steam boilers fuelled by a combination of wood and coal.
After that, more and more power stations fired by coal, gas and oil were generating more electricity for more factories and buildings. Today, worldwide demand for electricity - one of our greatest fuel-users - is estimated to rise by 250 % by 2025.
Man's Increasing Need for Energy
For the people living in a modern industrialised country, almost everything they do uses energy. Sometimes the use is obvious, but most energy use is hidden.
Let's compare a fairly typical day for people living in a modern industrialised country and for people living deep in the countryside of a non-industrialised nation, without electricity and similar convienience.
1 Having a bath
Fuel might be gas , oil or coal, which is needed to heat central water system. Fuel was also used at the water treatment works to purify water.
Have a wash in cold water from the stream or lake
2 Making a meal
Cookers, ovens, refrigerators and food processors all use electricity from the power stations, which consume large quantities of fuel to produce electricity.
The food is fresh, from the fields and farm animals. The fuel used is wood.
3 Cleaning the room
The vacuum cleaner needs electricity and also to manufacture the vacuum cleaner requires large quantities of energy
By sweeping with a broom
4 Doing the washing
Washing machines and dishwashers use electricity and perhaps hot water too
Using water taken from the stream
5 Travelling
You have to fill the car up with petrol first
Go on foot or riding an animal
6 Relaxing
Watch TV. Not only the TV set use electricity, the studios that make the programme and the transmitting equipment that broadcasts them also need electricity.
In 1879, the American inventor Thomas Edison came up with the electric light bulb. He opened the first electricity generating plant, its steam boilers fuelled by a combination of wood and coal.
After that, more and more power stations fired by coal, gas and oil were generating more electricity for more factories and buildings. Today, worldwide demand for electricity - one of our greatest fuel-users - is estimated to rise by 250 % by 2025.
Let's compare a fairly typical day for people living in a modern industrialised country and for people living deep in the countryside of a non-industrialised nation, without electricity and similar convienience.
1 Having a bath
Fuel might be gas , oil or coal, which is needed to heat central water system. Fuel was also used at the water treatment works to purify water.
Have a wash in cold water from the stream or lake
2 Making a meal
Cookers, ovens, refrigerators and food processors all use electricity from the power stations, which consume large quantities of fuel to produce electricity.
The food is fresh, from the fields and farm animals. The fuel used is wood.
3 Cleaning the room
The vacuum cleaner needs electricity and also to manufacture the vacuum cleaner requires large quantities of energy
By sweeping with a broom
4 Doing the washing
Washing machines and dishwashers use electricity and perhaps hot water too
Using water taken from the stream
5 Travelling
You have to fill the car up with petrol first
Go on foot or riding an animal
6 Relaxing
Watch TV. Not only the TV set use electricity, the studios that make the programme and the transmitting equipment that broadcasts them also need electricity.
In 1879, the American inventor Thomas Edison came up with the electric light bulb. He opened the first electricity generating plant, its steam boilers fuelled by a combination of wood and coal.
After that, more and more power stations fired by coal, gas and oil were generating more electricity for more factories and buildings. Today, worldwide demand for electricity - one of our greatest fuel-users - is estimated to rise by 250 % by 2025.
Energy Conservation Checklist
11 recognise the need to conserve energy in daily life and demonstrate commitment to it
Energy Conservation Checklist
a. Set the refrigerator at 40 degrees Fahrenheit (F) or 4 degrees Celsius (C).
b. Use the washer and dryer only for full loads.
c. Dry clothes on a clothesline in clear and sunny weather.
d. Take quick showers instead of baths.
e. Close windows and doors when heating or air-conditioning systems are on.
f. In winter, set the heater's thermostat at 21蚓.
g. Use the dishwasher only when it is full.
h. Close off vents and doors to empty rooms when you are using the air-cooling or heating system.
i. Turn off lights and electric appliances when they are not in use.
Energy Conservation Checklist
a. Set the refrigerator at 40 degrees Fahrenheit (F) or 4 degrees Celsius (C).
b. Use the washer and dryer only for full loads.
c. Dry clothes on a clothesline in clear and sunny weather.
d. Take quick showers instead of baths.
e. Close windows and doors when heating or air-conditioning systems are on.
f. In winter, set the heater's thermostat at 21蚓.
g. Use the dishwasher only when it is full.
h. Close off vents and doors to empty rooms when you are using the air-cooling or heating system.
i. Turn off lights and electric appliances when they are not in use.
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