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Lucky Ricky
Long long time ago, there were three mice living by the cheese shop, Nicky, Micky and Ricky.
One day, Nicky said, "You see, the cheese shop has a lot of cheese. We can go there and steal some cheese!" Micky said, "Your idea is good. Let's go, Ricky!" But Ricky said, "I don't want to go with you because I'm scared of the owners. If they see me, they will kill me...!" "Ha ha ha ha!' Nicky and Micky started to laugh hard. "You don't want to go with us? OK, Micky, let's go!"
"Hah! There isn't any owner, go!" Nicky said. "OK!" Micky said. "Wow! Here is a lot of cheese. Let's steal!" "Yeah! We really have a lot of cheese, Nicky!" "Let's go home!" Nicky said. As they were going home, a cat ran toward them. "Ah! It's a cat. Run!" They threw away the cheese and ran fast. They almost forgot the cheese. Just ran.
Next morning, Ricky went out to find Nicky and Micky, but he couldn't see any mouse. Suddenly, he saw a lot of cheese on the ground. So he's very happy and took the cheese home.
註：小阿姨覺得Ricky不勞而獲；爸爸覺得故事創意有餘、寓意不足。媽媽比較實際，覺得能用英文寫故事很不錯了，代表補習錢沒白花。
2009年5月12日 星期二
兒子作品─1
The Surprise Garden
We're planting the seeds for a surprise garden. Can you guess what we will grow? We don't know. It's a surprise!
First we use our trowel and rake to loosen the soil. Mom has given us each a handful of all kinds of seeds. Look at all the different shapes and sizes! We poke the seeds into the soil, one by one. We paint some sticks in different colors to mark the different kinds of seeds. Then we water the seeds and wait for our surprise garden to grow. Soon, the seeds sprout into green shoots. We water the plants, and the sun warms them. Our garden gorws and grows! On some plants, flowers bloom. Before long, the petals fall off. Surprise! We see spinach and lettuce. And what is gorwing here? Surprise! We see broccli and coullifower. Is anything growing here? Surprise! We find carrots and radishes. They are growing under the ground. Here is the longest plant in our garden. Flowers bloom on this plant, too. Surprise! We find a big watermelon. Here is the tallest plant in our garden. Surprise! It's a sunflower, and it is full of tasty seeds.
All summer long, the food in our surprise garden ripens. We like to pick the food..., and eat it, too! Surprise! We're having a garden party!
註：這是兒子因為月考考不到95分被爸爸罰寫10篇文章中的一篇。除了第一篇《My Family》已被 "資源回收" 外，其他九篇我會陸續放上來留作紀念。兒子說這篇他是靠查字典寫成的。
We're planting the seeds for a surprise garden. Can you guess what we will grow? We don't know. It's a surprise!
First we use our trowel and rake to loosen the soil. Mom has given us each a handful of all kinds of seeds. Look at all the different shapes and sizes! We poke the seeds into the soil, one by one. We paint some sticks in different colors to mark the different kinds of seeds. Then we water the seeds and wait for our surprise garden to grow. Soon, the seeds sprout into green shoots. We water the plants, and the sun warms them. Our garden gorws and grows! On some plants, flowers bloom. Before long, the petals fall off. Surprise! We see spinach and lettuce. And what is gorwing here? Surprise! We see broccli and coullifower. Is anything growing here? Surprise! We find carrots and radishes. They are growing under the ground. Here is the longest plant in our garden. Flowers bloom on this plant, too. Surprise! We find a big watermelon. Here is the tallest plant in our garden. Surprise! It's a sunflower, and it is full of tasty seeds.
All summer long, the food in our surprise garden ripens. We like to pick the food..., and eat it, too! Surprise! We're having a garden party!
註：這是兒子因為月考考不到95分被爸爸罰寫10篇文章中的一篇。除了第一篇《My Family》已被 "資源回收" 外，其他九篇我會陸續放上來留作紀念。兒子說這篇他是靠查字典寫成的。
《Peaks and Valleys》讀後心得
這本小書很容易讀，作者也同樣採說故事手法來說明簡單的道理。其中我最受用的一句話是：
Peaks and valleys are connected. The errors you make in today's good times create tomorrow's bad times. And the wise things you do in today's bad times create tomorrow's good times.
人生的高低潮是相連的：
身處峰頂所犯下的錯誤將把你拉入谷底；而縱使身處深谷，聰明的抉擇將能讓你登上山峰。
這本書現在借給小妹讀，希望對她也有所幫助。
Peaks and valleys are connected. The errors you make in today's good times create tomorrow's bad times. And the wise things you do in today's bad times create tomorrow's good times.
人生的高低潮是相連的：
身處峰頂所犯下的錯誤將把你拉入谷底；而縱使身處深谷，聰明的抉擇將能讓你登上山峰。
這本書現在借給小妹讀，希望對她也有所幫助。
2009年4月6日 星期一
2009年4月3日 星期五
好書介紹
今天在網路上不經意看到政大某教授推薦的書目，其中一本是我將近十年前譯的，看到她推薦我譯的書，讓我不由自主在她網頁上多流連了一下，結果我意外發現書單上另一本令我興奮的書 --〈Peaks and Valleys, Making Good and Bad Times Work for You -- at Work and in Life〉。還記得《誰搬走了我的乳酪？》(Who Moved My Cheese?)吧？我看了兩遍，兩次相隔也有將近十年，第二次看的時候，少了份震撼，多了層體會。相信Spencer Johnson的書迷應該會很高興這位想得透徹、說得清楚的作者又出新書了，這是他耗費十年的又一力作。於是我趕緊上〈博客來〉訂了書。心想看完後還可以帶去美國給佩珍。這本書我有信心應該也有發人深省之處。待我看了書，再提供更多資訊吧！
2009年3月21日 星期六
同是愛書人
兒子說：「祝小阿姨早日康復！」
小妹佩珍也是個愛書的人，我看的書很多都是她介紹的。最近沒有更新部落格，因為看書的進度有點慢，但我想寫一點跟愛書的佩珍有關的文字，應該不為過吧！
2009年3月21日
從來不覺得癌症跟我們家會有任何交集。我是相信遺傳的，既然家裡沒有這種基因，就沒有這種可能。當然，我心裡很清楚這樣想過於「鐵齒」，但是與其庸人自擾，不如安心度日，不是嗎？
有點覺得不應該是佩珍，畢竟她是家裡最特別的一個人。不像我們這麼冷漠、不會表達，佩珍是很懂得處理情緒、很重感情但又不失理性的堅強女子。
星期三（18日）收到佩珍的email，雖然多少有一點心裡準備，因為她在前一週已經告訴我醫師並不樂觀，但是聽到她親口說出來，又聽到電話那端她用一貫開朗的笑聲淡化問題的嚴肅性，我心裡還是忍不住一陣酸。佩珍是不愛給人添麻煩的，這一點跟媽很像。絕口不談恐懼、不敢置信、悲傷，就是因為怕我們擔心。能看得開我替她高興，但我也希望她能談一談，讓心裡的重壓可以得到解放。我得先調整好心情，才能去看她。
早上又跟佩珍通過一次電話，醫生要再進一步檢查，這兩天想必她輕鬆不下來了。等待結果的時間最是難熬。今天幫她賣了兩本書、一本筆記本，還在考慮要不要買電影海角七號…
要勇敢、放寬心，佩珍！
2009年1月13日 星期二
兒語錄-1
當了這麼多年的媽，還是不喜歡開口閉口總是我兒子怎麼樣、怎麼樣。但是眼看孩子一天天長大，總覺得該為他留下一點成長的記憶。
昨天快下班的時候，他打電話給我，先是「我要公布月考成績了喔，社會…」（故意放慢速度，製造懸疑氣氛），後又提到星期六請假，但是安親班要「頒發獎勵，怎麼辦？」平常我不太喜歡孩子在上班時間打電話問些不關緊要的問題，想必昨天電話中我也流露了些許的不悅，而且草草結束談話。沒一會兒，孩子又打來，他說：「媽媽，我這學期點數比較多，可以換562塊，要不要我拿這個錢來買一本參考書，這樣你就不用花那麼多錢幫我買自修了。」接著他又說：「我還剩兩百多，你有沒有什麼要我幫你買？」安親班用點數換現金的制度優劣暫且不談，聽到兒子這麼貼心的問話，足足感動了好久，真不知道自己哪裡修來的福。
Timmy，謝謝！媽媽祝你月考順利！
昨天快下班的時候，他打電話給我，先是「我要公布月考成績了喔，社會…」（故意放慢速度，製造懸疑氣氛），後又提到星期六請假，但是安親班要「頒發獎勵，怎麼辦？」平常我不太喜歡孩子在上班時間打電話問些不關緊要的問題，想必昨天電話中我也流露了些許的不悅，而且草草結束談話。沒一會兒，孩子又打來，他說：「媽媽，我這學期點數比較多，可以換562塊，要不要我拿這個錢來買一本參考書，這樣你就不用花那麼多錢幫我買自修了。」接著他又說：「我還剩兩百多，你有沒有什麼要我幫你買？」安親班用點數換現金的制度優劣暫且不談，聽到兒子這麼貼心的問話，足足感動了好久，真不知道自己哪裡修來的福。
Timmy，謝謝！媽媽祝你月考順利！
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