时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


温馨夜读II PART4 2.Permission to Fail - 英语课
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[00:00.30]2.Permission to Fail


[00:03.78]Each of us fails from time to time. 


[00:07.02]If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process.


[00:13.22]But all too often as parents and teachers we deny this same right to our children.


[00:19.32]We tell them that failure is something to be ashamed of, that nothing but top performance will meet with our approval.


[00:27.05]When I see a child subject to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie, my youngest third-grader,he was a shy, nervous perfectionist.


[00:36.31]His fear of failure kept him from classroom games that other children played with joyous 1 abandon.


[00:42.62]He seldom answered questions — he might be wrong.


[00:46.00]Written assignments, especially math, reduced him to nail-biting frustration 2.


[00:51.66]He seldom finished his work because he repeatedly checked with me to be sure he hadn’t made a mistake.


[00:57.65]I tried my best to build his self-confidence.


[01:01.03]But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom.


[01:08.54]She was young and pretty, and she loved children.


[01:11.92]My pupils, Donnie included, adored her.


[01:15.51]But even enthusiastic, loving Mary was baffled by this little boy who feared of making mistake.


[01:22.81]Then one morning we were working math problems at the blackboard.


[01:26.94]Donnie had copied the problems with painstaking 3 neatness and filled in answers for the first row.


[01:33.59]Pleased with his progress, I left the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials.


[01:39.25]When I returned, Donnie was in tears. He’d missed the third problem.


[01:44.91]Mary looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face brightened. 


[01:50.76]From the desk we shared, she got a canister of pencils.


[01:54.57]“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently lifting the tear-stained face from his arms.


[02:01.87]She placed the pencils on his desk.


[02:04.81]“See these pencils, Donnie?” she continued. “They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me.


[02:10.25]See how the erasers are worn?


[02:12.32]That’s because we make mistakes too, lots of them.


[02:16.13]But we erase 4 the mistakes and try again. That’s what you must learn to do, too.”


[02:21.47]She kissed him and stood up.


[02:24.20]“Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one pencil to you so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers.”


[02:30.86]Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and just a glimmer 5 of a smile.


[02:36.00]The pencil became Donnie’s prize.


[02:38.62]That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement and unfailing praise for even Donnie’s small successes,


[02:45.40]gradually persuaded him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.




1 joyous
adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的
  • The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
  • They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。
2 frustration
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
3 painstaking
adj.苦干的;艰苦的,费力的,刻苦的
  • She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明,但肯下苦功夫。
  • Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力,才取得今天的成绩。
4 erase
v.擦掉;消除某事物的痕迹
  • He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
  • Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。
5 glimmer
v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光
  • I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她,感到了一线希望。
  • A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。
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