蒲公英通讯 总第７期

香港大学实习生代表 李绮恩

校长，各位老师、志愿者：

　　大家下午好，今天我代表香港大学的九位同学团队讲话，其实我们已经来到蒲公英一个月，一个月说长也不长，说短也不短，我们在蒲公英学校里面，看到了初三学生考完中考，也经历了初一、初二年级的期末考试，我们帮他们讲课，通过和同学们的活动，还有根老师的交流，我们知道，蒲公英中学里面所有的学生都是热爱学习，对学习有信心。所以今天我们看到坐在我们面前的、刚成为蒲公英的学生，我们有很多希望，我们希望两个星期的夏令营，能帮助大家提高学习英语的兴趣，提高学习英语的能力，通过我们九个人不同的专长，带给大家更多课外的讯息，让大家看到更加开阔的世界，最后我想说，为了这个夏令营，每个方面我们都下了很大的心力，希望大家能度过一个快乐、有意义的暑假！

快樂蒲公英英語夏令營已經是第３屆了，能夠在這個夏令營裡當一個小老師，真的收獲菲淺。除了外國的志願者，我們還有幸與北京師范大學的同學合作，確實是一次文化大雜會。首次和北京的大學生合作，大家在初期都有點不太適應，計劃課程的時候也需要很長的時間去溝通，去了解。但當大家也熟悉了對方的處事方式時，策劃時便更得心應手，而且大家也能各展所長，讓課堂更多元化。當中，也要感謝學校和老師們對我們的信任和協助，使我們可以有很多機會去實踐我們在大學裡學到的知識。
在夏令營裡，小蒲公英就是我們快樂的泉源。他們有時候是會很搗蛋調皮，但他們都感受得到老師對他們的關愛，他們會自責惹老師生氣，然後乖乖的聽課，看到他們一副很懂事的樣子，也氣不下了。有些小孩自覺英語成績不是太好，更主動要求想要額外補課，他們的好學，便是讓我們每天花很長時間去備課的原動力。雖然他們來自農村，有些家境真的很清貧，但他們跟城市裡的小孩一樣，一樣活潑，一樣天真，一樣擁有學習的權利。所以，真的要感謝校長，還有老師們以他們的愛心無休的灌溉著所有小蒲公英。

感想：

“離開　這一刻感覺不會忘記
朋友　抱擁告別明天各自遠飛
難得　並沒傷感依依不捨顧慮
重拾昨天　樂趣一堆”

“別了依然相信　以後有緣再聚
未曾重遇以前　要珍惜愛自己
在最好時刻分離　不要流眼淚
就承諾　在某年某一天某地點
再見”

志愿者 吕汉琛：

After coming to the happy dandelion summer camp once, l’ve realized that this school is special and that’s what brings me back again and again. Each year the students are amazing and l regret leaving after each fulfilling experience.

Dear Hong：
We are rushing to leave for Boston, but I was going to write you a very long thank you when I returned. We had a very wonderful too few days with your smart, helpful students. Your teachers were so generous of their time to stay there the mornings while we taught and I am ever grateful to them. We worked hard and were endlessly impressed by how sharp and good in English our group was. We worked on pronunciation, verb tenses, sentence grammar and a lot of writing. We wrote statements in past, present, future tense – about their own lives. I corrected these for every tiny errorand they copied them again and put them in a tiny booklet with their photo on the font. “Autogiography” Project. Mark filmed them reading these aloud, and I will get that to you. I think we helped a little and they were certainly energetic and enthusiastic. We wanted to bring them all home to America for a school year…maybe some day we can do an exchange with Belmont High School! Your school looked wonderful, so many new buildings! It moves with the same rapid pace as China itself.

Thank you for a joyous chance to work with your kids and be at Dandelion. I will write much more soon.

All Best

Grace
25 Aug 2007

以前，我最讨厌英语。刚开始我还非常后悔参加这个英语夏令营，然而现在我错了，它并不像我想像中的那样，这里充满了幸福、快乐的气息。因为这里教英语的方法比我们那儿要好，我们在快乐中学习，在学习中享受快乐，在学习中做游戏，在做游戏中获得知识……
平凡的我遇到了这个平凡的学校，可这个平凡的学校一定能改变平凡的我，让我成为非凡之人。
马上就要闭营了，我心里有很多话要对一直辅导我们、爱我们的志愿者老师说一声：老师，您辛苦了！

Do you know that a popular sport in America is playing Ultimate Frisbee? We all visited Halim in Las Vegas and played Frisbee. First of all, Halim played a video about Frisbee for us, and then we went outside to practice throwing and catching the Frisbees. Then Halim introduced the rules of the game to us. A team has seven people. We had two teams. People throw to their team members and try to get to the end of the field to win one point. Then the other team gets the Frisbee. We all like to play Frisbee very much. Frisbee can make people tired, but happy. We all want to play Frisbee again.

On August 6th, America Town’s students saw the film “Air Bud.” Many students thought the movie was very interesting because it was about a dog that could play basketball. The dog helped a boy who was new in a school to make friends. Some students didn’t like the movie because it was all in English, but even so, they could understand most of the story. All the students liked the dog very much!

On Friday night, we played a game called “Bingo.” It’s a very interesting game and we all enjoyed it. But it’s difficult, and to win, you need good luck. The game needs twenty-five beans and a paper with twenty-five numbers. There is one person to choose a number and another one to write the number on the blackboard. If a number on your paper is called, you put a bean on it. If five beans are in a row, then you win a prize.

On the 2nd of August, I took a bus to America Town. The weather was cloudy while I was getting here. I met many new friends; they were very friendly. I have one special new friend. She is a smart and beautiful girl. We have lessons and play games together. She is better at English than I. When I have some problems, she helps me. When I had an English lessons, I had a problem; I didn’t know the meaning of a word. I was very upset, but my friend found it. She said to me, “Don’t worry. I can help you.” She always says to me, “If you want to learn English better, you shouldn’t be shy.” I have this friend, and I feel very happy.

John is a pretty good person. He comes from America. He likes watching movies, such as action, comedies, and history. He also likes traveling, fencing, and target shooting. John is very friendly and funny. Education is very important in his family. He believes education is important for every child. In America, John is a substitute teacher. This is a part-time job. John thinks his full-time job is to take care of his mother. John is a very filial person. John’s favorite foods are bar-b-que, Peking Duck, and Mexican food. John has taught in many different countries, but he likes students in China best because they are very hard-working. John is a good teacher, and we like him very much.