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六月

We Learned It All in Kindergarten

Guidance for Reciting

As the saying goes,“The child id the father of the man.”The enlightenment education in kindergarten plays an important role in the growth of an individual. This passage will make you aware that many good habits that perceivably contribute most to the disposition and quality of an individual are actually cultivated in kindergarten.

Most of what I really need to know about how to live,and what to do,and how to be,I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate―school mountain,but there in the sandbox.

These are the things I learned. Save everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some,and draw and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Notes

1.kindergarten [5kindE7ga:tn] n.幼儿园

2.sandbox [5sAndbRks] n.沙箱,沙盒(especially AmE)

3.mess [mes] n.凌乱不堪,杂乱无章

4.balanced [5bAlEnst] a.平衡的,平和的

幼儿园里学会一切

诵读导言

俗话说:“三岁看大,七岁看老”,可以说,幼儿园的启蒙教育对于你的一生有着至关重要的作用,通过阅读本文,你会发现,很多被认为最能体现一个人素养的好习惯原来都是在幼儿园里形成的。

关于如何生活、如何为人处事这些需要真正懂得的问题,大部分都是我在幼儿园学到的。人生智慧并非源自高不可攀的研究生院,而是来自于童年时代的沙场戏耍。

我从幼儿园里学到了这些道理:凡事节约、平等待人、不要和小朋友打架、把用过的东西放回原处、自己弄糟的东西要自己解决、不要拿走不属于自己的东西、伤害到别人的时候说声“对不起”、饭前要洗手、过平和的生活、每天都要学学习、动动脑筋、绘绘画、唱唱歌、跳跳舞、劳逸结合。

口语点津

所有童心未泯的人都渴望儿童节,所以祝愿天下所有童心未泯的人都儿童节快乐!Happy Children's Day!回忆孩提时代的点点滴滴总是甜蜜的,因为“这是我的故事”,是我们成长过程的重要部分。在这个充满笑脸和鲜花的儿童节里,和你的同学、朋友一起来交流分享你童年时代的故事吧。