这几天有关英语高考的讨论,让我想起这个故事:
Which one will you choose - Lion or Wolf?
All stories have to start with "A long, long time ago ...." So, here goes.
A long, long time ago, God sent two herds of sheep to the pastoral land in north and south respectively. God gave them two options of natural enemies choose from, one is the lion and the other one is the wolf.
God told the sheep: if you pick the wolf, I will give you one and let the wolf bite you as he so wishes. If you choose the lion, I will give you two; you can take one of them first. I will keep the other one as option for you to change anytime.
If you happen to be one of the sheep, it is not difficult to make a decision, right? If this is so, then remember what you have picked and read on.
The sheep in the south think the lion is fearsome so they picked a wolf. The sheep in the North think that even though the lion maybe be fearsome, but at least they have an option to change it. They decided to pick two lions.
When the wolf joined the sheep in the South, it starts to eat the sheep. As the wolf is small in size, it takes a few days to finish one. And therefore, the sheep in the South will be attacked once in a few days.
The sheep in the North picked a lion and the other one is being kept with God for a change in time of need. The chosen lion starts to eat sheep when it joined the herd. The lion has a better appetite than the wolf and it can eat one sheep per day. So the sheep are attacked everyday. The sheep are helpless and request for a change and God agrees, As this second lion was kept so long without food it is bound to be hungrier than the one in the pasture earlier. Hence, the hungry lion attacks and eats even more than the first lion. The sheep have no time for their daily lives and their survival is threatened every now and then.
Their friends in the South feel grateful that they have picked the right natural enemy and they start to tease the sheep in the North. The sheep in the North are very upset and they beg for a change of natural enemy and this time they want the wolf instead of the lion. But God said, "Once you have chosen your natural enemy, you cannot change it anymore. You have to live with it for many generations. Your only right is to pick one from the two lions."
The sheep in the north have no other way but to take turn to choose between the two lions. But the two lions seem to be equally hostile. Finally, the sheep decided not to request for change too often. They will let one of them over eat and the other one goes without regular food supply. As a result, one is too fat and the other is very thin and undernourished. At one stage when the sheep know that the poor lion is about to die of hunger, they beg for a change.
This poor and hungry lion through the experience of hunger came to a realization. It knows that even though it may be strong and fierce before the helpless sheep, but its fate is controlled by the seemingly powerless sheep. The sheep can send it back to God and there it will continue to suffer without food. The poor and hungry lion finally realize that it should treat the sheep nicely and therefore it eats only the dead and ailing sheep.
The sheep are very happy now and the younger sheep even suggest that they should choose the slim lion permanently and reject the fat one. But and old sheep reminds them that the slim lion is afraid of being sent back to the God and that was why it has tried to be nice to them. And what if the fat lion died, then we will be left with no choice. By then, the slim lion will show its hostility again.
The sheep agreed not to allow the fat lion to die of hunger. They hand over it to God. The fat lion which was just released from God almost died of hunger. And it too realizes that its life is actually controlled by the sheep. In order to survive, it starts to please the sheep for a living. And the slim lion which is about to be sent back to God was leaving with tears.
From then on, the sheep in the North manage to enjoy their freedom and live together happily. What about the sheep in the South?
Their lives are miserable. Not only the wolf has no competitor, but the sheep are also not allowed to ask for a change. So the wolf is free to do whatever it likes to do. They suffer major loss of lives and moreover, the wolf is not interested in easting meat anymore, but instead, it wants to such their blood. While sucking their blood, they are not even allowed to scream. The sheep lament that they should have chosen the two lions initially.
Are you finally inspired by the story? When you have the power to decide, only then you have a chance to survive or else you will let other people decide your future. ONLY AN EQUALLY POWERFUL ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT CAN LET THE PEOPLE HAVE A SAY IN THE COUNTRY!
译文
普通高中英语课程标准
(实验)
中华人民共和国教育部制订
第二部分 课程目标
高中英语课程的总目标是使学生在义务教育阶段英语学习的基础上,进一步明确英语学习的目的,发展自主学习和合作学习的能力;形成有效的英语学习策略;培养学生的综合语言运用能力。综合语言运用能力的形成建立在语言技能、语言知识、情感态度、学习策略和文化意识等素养整合发展的基础上。语言技能和语言知识是综合语言运用能力的基础。情感态度是影响学生学习和发展的重要因素。学习策略是提高学习效率、发展自主学习能力的先决条件。文化意识则是得体运用语言的保障。
根据高中学生认知能力发展的特点和学业发展的需求,高中英语课程应强调在进一步发展学生综合语言运用能力的基础上,着重提高学生用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力,特别注重提高学生用英语进行思维和表达的能力;形成跨文化交际的意识和基本的跨文化交际能力;进一步拓宽国际视野,增强爱国主义精神和民族使命感,形成健全的情感、态度、价值观,为未来发展和终身学习奠定良好的基础。
为此,高中英语教学要鼓励学生通过积极尝试、自我探究、自我发现和主动实践等学习方式,形成具有高中生特点的英语学习的过程与方法。
摘自 www.zyyz.cn/教务处/新课程课程标准及解读/课程标准/高中英语新课程标准.htm
可悲的是英语教育实施了这么多年,最终在大家心目中一提到英语,还是背单词,刷考题, 这和教育部发出来的英语教育大纲大相径庭,南辕北辙啊。
再看从改革开放开始到现在,都多少年过去了,刷题的境况似是越演越烈啊。不得不感叹,高考这根指挥棒太厉害了, 它所设计出来的考卷,
就像是一种特定尺寸特定规格的筛子, 必须要将孩子的英语培训成这样的尺寸这样的规格,才能拿到高分,才能去争夺好的教育资源, 从而才能找到好的工作。
结果就是几代人为这样的教育埋单。
再回到帖子主题,当广大家长和孩子失去了教育选择权,只能沦为试卷的奴仆, 它们考什么,就只能刷什么。。。
原本我们那个年代,顶多到高中的时候,才开始刷刷高考题,准备一下。 现在可好,小升初,中考,高考,外加平时的考试,时刻刷题不停歇, 连幼升小都参与进这刷刷刷大军, 被层层套牢。