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Be  wise   to   say  four-letter  word

 

I  taught in bilingual   department  of 新竹科學園區實驗高級中學three  years  ago(2006).My students  are  ABC,just  came from US.They liked to say   shit”“darn”orfuck. Because I  want  to  stop  them saying those  words,one  day I  warned them

  those  who  say four-letter  words   

     would  be   punished.

Later,in   order  to  courage  Johnson I said

Your   Chinese   pronunciation  was   very   

  good.

Johnson  said

Good   is   four-letter  word .

They laughed   at   me in   the  whole class . Before  this   class finished,I  spoke  loudly  to  them

You   should  study  hard.

They  said

You  said  four-letter  word  again  because

hard   is   four-letter  word .

真是“欲加之罪,何患無辭”啊———Dear正芳﹐how  do   you  say   this   phrase  in   English???

By  the  way,Christina is  the  girl that comes from the  farthest   place Ivory  Coast,西非的象牙海岸﹚that I  have  ever  taught.Her   father  is   engineer  and mother  is   restaurant manager.As   soon   as  I  said

Practice   makes   perfect.

She  would  answer

No   one   is  perfect.

You  should  bearEducation   is  a   force   to   goodin  mind.

     Ripple   Chao  2009,4,5主日午后

 

 

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2009/04/05 17:46 【Happy Helen】 four-letter words

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加之罪,何患無辭
2009/04/05 17:44
Those who wish to frame me up can always find coutless good excuses.欲加之罪,何患無辭

You know, I admire those kids' creativity and inferencing ability. It is pretty nice to know they are smart but they may not be wise.

From my perspective, four-letter words can be "swear words" or "gentle words". How to change " Fuck" into" Book" is a process of learning " How to be polite and be cautious with one's own language"

As for "Practice makes perfect", it depends on how we define the meaning of " perfect"

It can be self-improvement step by step or self-progress gradually. I do believe" no one is perfect", but that is also the reason why we improve ourselves by learning and correcting our own mistakes through constant trials and errors.

And that is also why it is so important to have some great teachers like you who can set up some positive and good examples for students and try all means to guide them back on the right track of politeness or proper manners.

"Love" is four-letter words; "hate" is also four-letter words.

" Good" is four-letter words; " "Suck" is also four-letter words.

But only those wise people know the difference between positive four-letter words and negative four-letter words.

Either being "Wise" or being "Fool" lies in the four-letter words we choose to speak for ourselves.

Thanks for sharing this thought-provoking "four-letter words".

How about changing " Don't say four-letter words" into " Be wise to say four-letter words"?

How about changing" practice makes perfect" into " Practice upgrade you from A to A+" or " Practice makes you better than yesterday."
趙路得(lude001) 於 2009-04-08 17:21 回覆:

You  can   say   that    again!!!

"Love" is four-letter words; "hate" is also four-letter words.

" Good" is four-letter words; " "Suck" is also four-letter words.

Thank  for    your   suggestions.

But   you   forgot   to   check   my     grammar  and    wrong   word.

i   just   corrected   some   wrong.For    example,"warm   to    them

and   the   farthest    place.

Admire為什麼其後不能接句子呢,我確實從空中英語教室聽來的喔!

妳真聰明啊!