逃不掉的逃兵

这是我不训练的第一个暑假，它比想象中轻松，又比想象中难熬。二十四个小时的空调，二十四个小时的昏昏欲睡。想到曾经的队友们在此刻的展光笼罩下热身，在此刻的骄阳下冲刺，在此刻的塑胶跑道上压腿。再看到现在的自己吃着冰淇淋，拿着遥控器慢悠悠地调台。就觉得自己像逃离一线、回家投亲、享受资产阶级生活的逃兵。     

伏天的罪孽

“大热天,真是没事找事。”商场侦探亨利嘀咕着,他的制服已被汗水湿得精透。一位窄脸妇女正在他面前尖声诉说着什么。真是,丢掉的钱既然已经找到了,就算了呗。可她却不善罢甘休,仿佛站在桌前的这个小男孩真是一个危险的罪犯。亨利思忖着,是的,10块钱对大人也是不小的诱惑,何况对这个穿得破破烂烂的小孩子?“是的,我没亲眼看到他偷钱。”那位太太唠叨着,“我买了一样东西,又要去看另一件货,就把10块钱放到柜台上。刚离开分把钟,钱就跑到这个小贼骨头的手上了。”亨利这才发现桌角那边还有个小女孩。她正用蓝蓝的大眼睛静静地在看着他。“是你…     

小田鼠菲勒利克

在冬天来临之前,正当田鼠一家日夜忙碌着采集过冬的食物时,小田鼠菲勒利克却什么也不干,而是在那里想入非非。他声称自己是在为寒冷、单调、漫长的冬日采集阳光、色彩、故事。寒冷的冬日里,这只富有诗人气质的小田鼠,能发挥他美妙的想象给家人带来温暖和快乐吗?轻轻地读一遍这个童话,也许你会在小田鼠那充满激情的、美丽的、浪漫的诗句里,感受到温暖的阳光、多彩的颜色和变化着的季节。     

高中-大学双学分课程体制的陷阱

2005年6月,俄勒冈立法机关通过一项支持建立高校毕业速成班的法案,该法案要求在全州范围内建立一种高中-大学双学分课程体制,允许高中三、四年级的学生选修高中和大学/学院入学考试都适用的课程。双学分课程计划的典型特征是高中学生选修社区学院的课程(社区学院在高中或学院内开课),学生在社区学院修完两年课程、取得结业证书之后可以转学到四年制大学攻读学士学位。双学分课程计划在美国越来越受欢迎。华盛顿州立法机关早在1990年就制定了一个名为《起跑线》(Running Start)的计划,允许就读11和12年级的学生自由选修该州34所技术与社区学…     

英国《化学习题精选》(一)

《化学习题精选》是英国中学化学教师为学生提供复习和提高作业质量而编的。它的特点有:1.围绕题目编成一系列短小的问题。这些问题系按照英国现用的教材结构编写的;由浅入深,由易到难,逐步引导学生的学习兴趣;可在课内外用作讨论或练习之用。2.作者将各小题划分为三种类型:(1)知识性(以K表示),理解性(以C表示)及综合性(以H表示)。每小题都注明评分标准,用以了解学生的知识水平和分析问题、解决问题的能力。本书共有一百题,我们根据我国中学化学教学大纲的内容选译部分习题,供教师们参考、选用。选译习题中也略有超我国教材水平的,可作因材施教之用。习题的后面,附有用数字回答问题的答案。     

Preschool children use linguistic form class and pragmatic cues to interpret generics

Generic noun phrases (e.g., "Bats live in caves") are important for expressing knowledge about abstract kinds. Past work has found that parents frequently use generic noun phrases in their speech to young children. However, little is known regarding how children understand these expressions, nor which cues signal generic meaning. The present set of 5 studies examined the influence of linguistic form class (e.g., "What color are dogs?" [generic] versus "What color are the dogs?" [nongeneric]) and of pragmatic context (e.g., "What color are they?" in the presence of either a single exemplar [generic] or multiple exemplars [nongeneric]). Participants were 2-year-olds (N = 42), 3-year-olds (N = 40), 4-year-olds (N = 40), and adults (N = 51). The data indicate that by 2 years of age, children use linguistic form class, and by 3 years of age, children use pragmatic context. These findings demonstrate that young children have begun to understand the distinction between generic and nongeneric noun phrases from a very young age, and that identification of generics is signaled not by formal or pragmatic cues alone, but by a combination of information from both language form and pragmatic context. It is suggested that children make use of multiple linguistic and conceptual cues to acquire and interpret generics.     

Prenatal parenthood

In this article, we discuss the intuitive knowledge mothers have of their unborn baby. We propose a shift in focus from caregivers' merely providing information to first listening to pregnant mothers as they share their intuitive knowledge of their baby. This approach enables mothers and fathers or partners to know they are already parents to their unborn baby and empowers them to get in touch with their baby's presence and who he or she is during pregnancy. This intuitive knowledge may be a protective behavior that will enable mothers to keep babies safe during pregnancy.