Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
指導老師：陳頌明
班級：三年義班
姓名：吳昱徵
Summary of the Reading:
The story is about a boy called Aladdin who lives in a city in Arabia. He is poor
and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke
comes out of it, and comes a magical genie. With the genie’s help, Aladdin is soon
rich and able to marry the beautiful princess, Jasmine. Aladdin’s uncle, who is a
magician from Morocco, steals the magic lamp and leads the princess away.
Fortunately, with another genie’s help, Aladdin gets into his uncle’s house and retakes
the lamp. Finally, Aladdin kills the swindler and rescues the princess from the palace.
Aladdin and the princess live happily in their palace for many years.
Reflection on the Reading:
I read the story of Aladdin in another Chinese book many years ago. It’s
interesting and thought-provoking. I like this story, but I don’t like the result because
I can’t believe what it teaches me. Is it wrong to pay diligently for success? The
majority of people can’t get any help from a genie after all.
I am a lazy boy. But there is no genie to help me with my homework. In order
to succeed, I have to study diligently and try to do my best day and night. My father
told me to do it one step at a time. “Rome was not built in a day. There’s no free
lunch. You must strive for your life and work for what you want.” No pain; no gain.”
That’s what I want to say after reading this interesting story.
Credit
指導老師：陳頌明
班級：一年禮班
姓名：黃怡嘉
Summary of the Reading:
The story is about a young man who goes to a country in Europe. People are
buying tickets there and the inspectors rarely check their tickets. The man is greedy
and doesn’t often buy tickets. He has been arrested three times, but he never goes to
jail. Later, he looks for a job, but no employer is willing to hire him. He is very angry
and argues with an employer who is reluctant to hire him. The boss says your
qualifications are very good. We want to hire you, but we found out that you were
arrested three times for not paying for you train tickets. This is not a little thing. This
is your credit. You do not respect the rules, so we can’t hire you. Strictly speaking, we
are unable to find a company to hire you in any of the European countries.
Reflection on the Reading:
I think this article is very interesting. I like it very much. Most importantly, it
tells us the importance of credit even for small things. Train tickets can affect a
person’s credit. Gradually, they can make it a rule to be honest. If we lose the trust of
others, we can’t have a foothold in society, so credit is a man’s second life. We should
do our best to pay attention to credit.
Global Warming
指導老師：陳頌明
班級：三年義班
姓名：陳韻萱
Summary of the Reading:
The earth is becoming warmer and warmer. Scientists disagree about the causes
of global warming. Some think it is part of a natural cycle. Others say that humans
are to be blamed. Due to the growth of population and the development of
transportation and industry, we use oil more and more. Inevitably, carbon dioxide
increases along with it. It will change the earth’s climate.
Reflection on the Reading:
This article taught me that global warming is a scary thing that we really need to
notice. We can see a lot of disasters happening now, and they always hurt us. The
Earth is changing. I think that everyone will believe it, but there are few people who
really want to save the planet. Maybe we should do something to save our Earth and
ourselves. We can ride a bicycle, a bus, or a train instead of driving a car. We can eat
more vegetables instead of eating more meat. If we really do it, we will make less
carbon dioxide. Our Earth will be better, and our life will be better, too.
We can do a lot of things for Earth if we want to. So, Let’s save the Earth together!
Turandot
指導老師：陳頌明
班級：三年義班
姓名：曾博鴻
Summary of the Reading:
This love story is about an old prince and a beautiful princess. Turandot is an
emperor’s daughter. Some say that her heart is made of stone because a foreign king
ravished and murdered her ancestors years ago. To honor her memory, she has vowed
not to allow any man to touch her. The old prince, Calaf, who is the prince of Tartary,
was forced to escape from his country after a terrible war. He loves the princess and
wants to marry her, but he must solve three difficult riddles first. Finally, he solves
the three riddles and gets married with his beloved princess.
Reflection on the Reading:
I like Calaf very much because his life has been full of adventures. I want to be
a man like him, who is brave and full of confidence. But I would never get married to
a woman with an ice heart like the princess. After reading this book, I learned many
things from it. Having an ice heart isn’t a terrible problem, but we should warm it in
order to help people get along with others. So, if we are passionate, we will lead a
happy life forever.
The Enormous Turnip
指導老師：陳頌明
班級：一年德班
姓名：周秉慶
Summary of the Reading:
The story is about a farmer who plants some turnips. One of them grows to an
enormous size very quickly. One day the farmer wants to pull up the enormous turnip
for dinner, but he isn’t strong enough. He calls his wife to help, but they fail. Then
they call their sons to help, but they can’t pull it up, either. More and more people
join in. Finally, they pull up the enormous turnip for dinner.
Reflection on the Reading:
The story is talking about team spirit and sharing. From the reading, we learn
that team spirit is very important. Sometimes we can’t do something difficult by
ourselves, but we can do it with the help of others. This is teamwork. By helping
each other, we not only do a good job together but share the joy of success. For this
reason, we should help others so we can join in their success.