
英伦游学随感
(高二(14)班 王原渊)
印象中,英国是个及其发达的国家,这里的人们生活节奏应该很快。可是无论是在剑桥还是伦敦,看看街上神态安详、步履缓慢的行人们,以及商业街水泄不通的繁华景象,我才知道原来英国人过的是安逸、闲适的生活。
这十天中,有一件印象很深的事情。我们在英国度过了祖国的56岁生日。我们好不容易找到一家台湾人开的外卖店。18个老老小小挤在三张桌子上吃着简陋的,并不正宗的中餐。可是每个人的心里都乐滋滋的,大家举杯欢呼"中国万岁!",还高唱起国歌,一曲终了,每个人的眼眶都红红的,大家都为自己的祖国感到无比自豪,强烈的爱国热情在那时体现得淋漓尽致。
伦敦给我的感觉不像剑桥那么好。也许是他太过繁华而显得有些嘈杂吧!在伦敦,有流光溢彩、灯火辉煌的商业街,也有贫困潦倒的贫民窟,整个感觉不像剑桥那么和谐、安逸。
很快,10天的游学就结束了,我们搭上了飞往上海的飞机。登机前,我再次回头看了一眼这片土地,心里默默地说:英国,我们还会再见的!
Fragment Sentiments on
Travel to UK
By Wang Yuanyuan
Wuxi No. 1 High School In my impression, the United Kingdom
is one of the most developed countries with the quick rhythm of
working and living. However, you would find, no matter you were
in Cambridge or London, the crowded prosperous commercial-centers
and pedestrians with the sedate manner and slow steps. Then I
got to know that the people here were enjoying a sort of comfortable
life.
What made me very impressed was that we did spend the 56th National
Day of my Motherland in the UK.It really took us a certain time
to find a take-out restaurant run by a Chinese from Taiwan. It
might be because all of us are Chinese and the owner allowed us
to eat there without any hesitation. Eighteen of us were crowded
there and had the simple dinner, which was hard to be taken as
the real Chinese food. But everyone felt very happy and cheered
for the "Long Live China". After we jointly sang the
National Anthem, the red color applied on the eyes of everyone
with the feelings of being proud of our Motherland.
My impression of London was not as good as that of Cambridge,
it might be due to its over-flourish and noise. There were colorful
and bright commercial streets, as well as the back slums in London.
It was not like the harmonious and comfortable style of Cambridge.
The tour-schooling of 10 days in the UK passed very quickly
and the time of flying back came soon. Just before being aboard
the plane to Shanghai, I turned back to have a look at the land
and said to myself: See you later, the United Kingdom.

Trip to Japan
(高三(1)班 张月旻)
I paid a nine-day visit to Japan this summer. During my stay
there, a lot of interesting things happened every day, which impressed
me quite a lot.
Chinese traditional culture has a great influence on Japanese
culture. I was surprised to find on the wall a poster of the 12
Girls Band in the children’s bedroom. And I couldn’t believe my
eyes when I saw a famous Chinese poem in their textbook.
Never will you see people wearing ancient Chinese costumes in
the street in China. But in Japan you will never fail to see young
ladies dressed in traditional clothing going shopping in Osaka.
It’s said that the local government encourages people to wear
Japanese traditional clothing. And when these people take a taxi,
they will be given preference.
Japanese like bathing in the hot spring. During my trip I had
a go. Before having a bath in the hot spring, people will take
a shower on small chairs for fear that the water would splash
others. Then they’ll wash themselves with disinfectant before
they enjoy the hot spring.
Japanese food is too delicate to enjoy a bite. It’s true that
sometimes its taste is not so inviting as its looking .
How I wish I could tell you more about my trip! Go and enjoy
for yourself!
英国中学数学教学见闻
(数学组:钱铭)
这次我参加了省教育厅组织的赴英短期培训,作为一名数学教师,我特别注意英国数学教学的特点,收获非浅。
英国数学教学从教材到教学活动的组织都突出学习过程,注重学生的数学活动,特别是探究活动。无论何种类型课,很少是教师讲学生听,而往往是教师与学生一道参与一系列活动,如实验、游戏、讨论、让学生自己去发现规律,获取知识。
在一堂高中数学课上,教师先叫两个学生上讲台互相握一次手,然后请同学们记录握手次数。再请一位学生上讲台,三人之间两两握一次手,仍请同学们记录握手次数。如此下去,得到一个数列为:1,3,6,10,15,……,然后请学生总结规律。有一位学生用画三角点列的方法将结果表示如下:
很快就找到了规律:an= n(n+1)/2 ,非常精彩。
他们对知识点,对各种数学结论包括公式、定理、法则等远远不及我国数学教学那么注重,不仅数量少而且对于记忆的要求也不高。他们更看重的是获得知识的过程,注重对知识的理解和应用,对一般规律的探究能力的培养。
英国数学教学十分注重面对实际,注意趣味性,寓教于乐,不是板着面孔讲数学,而是提供各种各样的趣题和游戏。在一节小学数学课上,老师用一把米尺作教具让学生复习乘法。他告诉学生说:刻度1,2,3,……,10分别代表要乘的倍数,当老师的手指在尺的上方时,就乘以2,然后报出答数;当老师的手指在尺的下方时,就乘以3,然后报出答数。小孩子们很开心地融入游戏中,争先恐后地抢答。
在一节初中数学课上,先用十分钟做20个简单的算术题,这样先活跃了气氛。接着,让学生拿出自带的易拉罐等圆柱体容器和软绳当堂测量圆周率。当测量结果误差大时教师带领学生排查原因,学生想到了采用多绕几圈再除以相应倍数得到周长的方法来降低误差,真正做到了“在做中学”。
英国的教学与考试
(生物组:顾 军)
笔者有幸于2005年11月参加省教育厅组织的赴英学习培训。对英国社会有了一些直接的了解,收获颇多、感受颇深。
英国社会是一个学习化的社会。踏入英国的国土,我们的第一感受就是所有的人,不论男女老幼,在快节奏和特别忙碌的现代生活中,无时无处不在学习。在公交上、在火车上,大多数人在看书、看报。英国社会又是一个讲究实际的社会。如果你上街一次,你就会发现各单位和各大公司以及著名学府的门面小得出奇,有的甚至连门牌也没有。进入英国人家里,你也不难看到许多“古老”的留声机、收音机、录像机仍在服役,好像英国人不懂外面的世界己经进入电器数字化时代。
英国是一个讲究实际的社会,所以它的教育也非常实际,学生在学校学到的东西马上就能在生活和社会上派上用场。比如:中小学一般都开设家政课,学生从中不仅能学会料理自己的生活,而且能学会设计自己的未来,真正做到学会生存;在设计技术课上,学生可以动手做各种木工,可以组装各种电器,可以把自己幻想的东西变成现实。我们知道英国中小学没有固定教材,即使有教材,教师也不拘泥于教材,教学材料大多都是教师根据课程标准和学生实际收集编制而成。教师经常从报纸、杂志和因特网上寻找资料,使学生感知时代气息、吸取前沿知识。英国的教师都非常重视学生的″做中学″,他们把学生思维能力和动手能力的训练和培养放在首位,让学生通过不同的活动形式(如:小组活动、配对活动、班级活动等),共享资源,互助合作,从做中学,在学中用,学生能够进行充分的自我实践,在宽松的环境中自主学习、自我评价。
英国学校的测试也是多种多样,而且很频繁。一个学生从小学到高中毕业,全国的统考就要参加四次,(7岁、11岁、14岁、16岁)。一个中学生要参加普通水平普通教育证书(OLevel
GCE)考试、高级水平普通教育水平证书(ALevel GCE)考试、中等教育普通证书(GCSE)考试或普通国家职业资格证书(GNVQ)考试,这些证书都是升大学的重要依据。每年的各种考试之后,学校的成绩要全国排名并在全国各大报刊上公布,所以学校的压力也很大。但由于考试内容以考查能力为主,学生只要平时注意到该方面的培养,考试对他们不会造成太大压力,况且平时的学习情况在终结性评价中占一定比例,这就要求学生在学习过程中创造成绩。