大学生援疆计划-小学生观察日记
Task 1
Yesterday morning Gretel
went to the city of London. She wanted to see St
Paul
?
s Cathedral.
She was
surprised to see so many Englishmen who booked
alike. They were wearing dark suits
and
bowler hats. They were all carrying umbrellas and
newspapers. When she returned home she
asked Mr. Clark about these strange
creatures.
“They
must be typical English gentlemen,
”
she said.
“
I have often read about them and seen photographs of them. They all look as if they are wearing
a uniform. Does the
typical gentleman still exist?
”
Mr.
Clark
laughed.
“I?ve
never
thought
about
it,
”
he
answered.
“It?s
true
that
many
of
the
men
who
work
in
the
city
of
London
still
wear
bowler
hats
and
I
suppose
they
are
typical
Englishmen.
But look at this.
”
Mr. Clark picked up a magazine and pointed to a photo of a young
man.
“He?s
just as typical, perhaps. it seems as if there is no such a thing as a
?
typica
l?
Englishman.
Do
you
know
the
English
saying
?
It
takes
all
kinds
to
make
a
world
?
?
That?s
true
of
all
countries
—
including England.
“Oh
, just like the poem
?
If All the Seas Were One Sea
?
,
”
Gretel began to hum happily.
“
If all
the
seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be!
And if all the trees were one tree, what a great
tree it would be1and if this tree were
to fall in the sea, what a great splash there
would be!
”
Task 2
John is British but has worked in is a
Japanese student from Osaka and she is
studying in Britain. New they are
comparing life in the two countries.
John:
I found that living in Japan, people were much busier. They seem to work the whole
day.
Etsuko:
Yes,
that
?
s
right.
We
work
from
Monday
through
Saturday,
even
in
summer.
You
know,
summer
in
Japan
is
just
horrible.
It
?
s
very
very
humid
and
hot,
and
you
need
to
shower
three times a
day.
John:
So you find it cooler in England?
Etsuko:
Yes, that
?
s right.
John:
where I was living in Japan in the north, it was much colder than England, especially
in winter, minus
thirty degrees centigrade. Does the winter in
Osaka last longer than the winter in
England?
Etsuko:
No, I don
?
t think so. December, January, February, Marc
h
…
John:
Yes,
it?s a bit shorter if anything.
Etsuko:
Ever since I came here., I noticed that the countryside in England is really beautiful.
John:
It
?
s much flatter than in Japan.
Etsuko:
Yes, Japan is a mountainous country and our cities are full of people. There are lots
of people in a
limited area.
John:
Yes, I found Japan much more mountainous than Britain, especially in the north. The
mountains
are much higher and much more rocky. I found it
more beautiful than Britain.
Etsuko:
Yes, if you like mountains.
John:
Therefore the towns and villages tend to be more crowded.
Etsuko:
Yes, that
?
s right.
John:
Yes. So because the cities are more crowded, the houses tend to be smaller, don
?
t they?
Etsuko:
Yes, they are very compact, and we
don?t
have a lot of space. In big cities we have a
lot of taller
buildings now.
John:
is this a problem because there are more earthquakes in Japan?
Etsuko:
Yes, that
?
s right, and
…
Task 3
1)
On the evening of February the third, people in Japanese families took one dried bean for each
year of there age, and threw the beans
on the floor, shouting
“
Good luck in! Evil spirits out!
”
This
was
known
as
“
Setsubun
”
,
a
time
to
celebrate
the
end
of
winter
and
the beginning
of
spring.
2)
Before the Chinese Lunar New Year in the old days, many Chinese families burned the picture
of their
kitchen god to bring good luck. When Lunar New
Year
?
s Day came, they put a new
picture of the kitchen god on the wall.
3)
When
American
women
got
married,
they
sometimes
followed
an
old
custom
in
choosing
what
to
wear
on
their
wedding
day.
The
custom
said
the
bride
must
wear
“something
old,
something new, something borrowed, and
something blue
”
. This was to bring good luck.
4)
Before Lent (a time on the Christian calendar), the people of Ponti, Italy ate an omelet made
with
1000 eggs. People could not eat meat, eggs or
dairy products during Lent, so they tries to
use up these things before Lent began.
5)
When
winter
ended
in
Czech,
the
children
made
a
straw
man
called
”
Smrt
”
,
which
was
a
figure of death.
They burned it or threw it in the river.
After they destroyed it, they carried
flowers home to show the arrived of
spring.
6)
January 17
th
was St.
Anthony
?
s day in Mexico. It was a day when people brought their animals
to church. But before the animals went
into the church, the people dressed them up in
flowers
and ribbons. This ceremony was
to protect people
?
s animals.
Task 5
Man:
Well,
I
think
life
used
to
be
much
more
fun
than
it
is
now.
I
mean,
look
at
the
Victorians. They
have
lots
of
servants
to
do all
the
work;
they
never
had
to
do
any
cooking
or
cleaning; they just wore those
beautiful dresses and went to tea parties.
Woman:
You must be joking! Their clothes were terribly uncomfortable and their tea parties
were very formal and boring.
They used to wear their hats and long gloves even
when they were
eating cakes and
biscuits. And men were not usually invited.
Man:
Really?
Weren?t
they?
Woman:
And think of the poor servants. What a terrible life- just cleaning and cooking for
other people all the time!
Man:
But you hate housework!
Woman:
Yes, I know, but there are lots of machines now to help you with the housework.
People don
?
t need servants.