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  几日前,学生传来毕业於喇沙书院的“一哥”、警务处长卢伟聪的访问片段,访问当中他哑口无言“Seems very...(long pause) Sorry I cannot find the right word...”学生认为卢伟聪的英文不佳。我唯有安抚他,解释警务处长也是一个普通人,英文不是他的母语,或许他当时一时感触,找不到适当的词彙表达而已。

  犹记得几年前,我参与投考香港政府公务员的英语培训工作,在比较投考文官及武官的工作时,发现投考武官的考生语文的确比较弱。

  在学生“负皮”卢伟聪的英语时,我反而希望他们可以借这段对话作一个反面教材,正面学习。

  我鼓励学生每天最少花一小时把自己放在一个可以学习英语的场合,其中一个方法是从自己的兴趣着手:例如若学生喜欢看电影,便可以就看有质素的英语电影,除去中文字幕,考一考自己的理解能力;女同学喜欢扮靓买衫行街食饭,便可以看英语杂志或时装杂志,从自己的兴趣着手学习,才可以持久下去。

  Small changes are always sustainable. 最后我想引述J.K.Rowling(乔安娜.罗琳)在2008年6月5号在哈佛大学的一段演讲词节录有关“失败的好处”鼓励各位同学。内容大致说我们的生命中,有些失败是不能避免的,惟很多时候在失败中可以仔细地看清你周边的人或事。最重要是要明白自己可以在失败中学习得更多,提升自己往后获得成功的能力,内容简单也没有深奥的词彙或理论。

  "...some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all ─ in which case, you fail by default.

  Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.

  The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.

  Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned."

  全文可以在以下网址下载:

  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/06/text-of-j-k-rowling-speech/

  暑假将至,不妨就利用这个暑假打好自己的英语根基吧。

  Miss Carol

  大专院校语文讲师、企业培训讲师及国际英文公开试主考官。

  carolc.english@gmail.com

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