Kind hearts are the gardens; Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers; Kind deeds are the fruits.
Keep this in mind, boys and girls.Be kind to your family,
be kind to your friends, and be kind to your pets.
天才儿童英语天地
1) 一棵植物长得怎么样,我们可以从这几个方面来描述:its sprout (它的幼芽),its root (它的根),
its stem(它的茎),its leaf (它的叶),its bud(它的花蕾),its flower(它的花),its fruit(它的果实);
而要看一个人做得怎么样,我们则从这几个方面来评判:他/她的心灵(heart),他/她的思想(thought),他/她的语言(word),
以及他/她的行为(deed)。小朋友,这几个方面,你做得好不好?
2) 第一段中的四个句子均采用了“隐喻”(metaphor)的修辞手法:将kind hearts比作gardens,
kind thoughts比作roots, kind words 比作flowers, kind deeds 比作fruits。
其实,我们之前早已接触过这种修辞,如Our life is a rainbow.
所谓“隐喻”,就是在句子中直接用“是”来表达“像”,如“我们的祖国是花园”(我们的祖国像花园)。
如果将“隐喻”换作比较明显的 “明喻”,我们可以这么说:Kind hearts are like the gardens;
Kind thoughts are like the roots; Kind words are like the flowers;
Kind deeds are like the fruits.
Dialogues
——What is a kind heart?——A warm heart is a kind heart.
——What is a kind thought?——A loving thought is a kind thought.
——What is a kind word?——“Thank you” is a kind word.
——What is a kind deed?
——Look! He is smiling. That is a kind deed.
——What makes a kind person?
——A kind heart, kind thoughts, kind words and kind deeds make a kind person.
——I see. I want to be a kind person.——You ARE a kind person.
练 习
A 按照字母i的不同发音,将下面的单词分成两组,抄写出来并大声朗读。
this, with, smile, fish, family, mind, kind, swim, child, children, twinkle, size
life, picture, white, lily, rise, in, live, sit, shine, giraffe, drive, rabbit, ostrich
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(this, with, fish, family, swim, children, twinkle, picture, lily, in, live, sit, giraffe, rabbit, ostrich /
smile, mind, kind, child, size, life, white, rise, shine, drive)
B 根据课文内容,将左右两边的内容连接起来。
Kind hearts flowers
Kind thoughts fruits
Kind words gardens
Kind deeds roots
C 发挥想象力,补充完整下面的比喻句。
I love my family. My family is a beautiful world. My grandpa is ___________________.
My grandma is _______________________. My father is _________________. My mother
is ____________________. My sister is ________________________. My brother is
____________________________. I am ________________________.
D 将下面的句子改为现在进行时。
1) The sun shines in the sky.
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(The sun is shining in the sky.)
2) The stars twinkle in the sky.
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(The stars are twinkling in the sky.)
3) The flowers bloom in the garden.
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(The flowers are blooming in the garden.)
4) The children play football in the playground.
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(The children are playing football in the playground.)
5) The bird lays eggs on a tree-top.
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(The bird is laying eggs on a tree-top.)
(本版由上海外国语大学教授、博士生导师史志康供稿)