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寻找教育的曙光

在陶行知的身体内，似乎涌动着一种永不满足、永远求索、永远前进的生命力。当陶行知全力推行的城市平民教育在全国二十多个省市形成轰轰烈烈的热潮的时候，他却突然冷静下来，陷入深沉的思索。农民张大哥一家的景象，倏然映现在他记忆的荧光屏上……

那是前年秋天游览栖霞山的事。在曲折的山径上，陶行知遇到了一位三十多岁的农民。陶行知一向注重社会调查，这时他像遇到一位老朋友，主动上前打招呼。原来这位农民姓张，家里有六个孩子。陶行知三句话不离本行，就问他家里有几个识字的，张大哥皱着眉连连摇头说：“唉，饭都吃不上，哪有钱来读书识字啊！”陶行知告诉他，可以免费送他《平民千字课本》，只要学几个月就能写信、记账、读报。张大哥便请他到家里去坐。陶行知怎肯放过这个接触穷苦群众的大好机会呢？便欣然去了。那六个高高低低、衣不蔽体的孩子加深了他的认识：占总人口85％的农民如此贫困、如此没有文化，要提高中 * * 的文化素质，培养新的国民，必须从提高农民的文化水平入手。于是，一个改造乡村教育的设想，开始在他的心田里播下壮实的种子。

经过陶行知呕心沥血的浇灌，这颗种子终于破土萌芽了。1926年12月，陶行知连续发表几篇文章。他主张：“乡村学校做改进乡村生活的中心，乡村教师做改造乡村生活的灵魂。”“乡村师范之主旨在于造就有农夫的身手、科学的头脑、改造社会的精神的教师。”他希望每一个从事乡村教育的人都有一颗“农民甘苦化”的心，“把我们的心献给三万万四千万农民”，“叫一个个乡村都有充分的新生命，合起来造成中国的伟大的新生命”。这是他设计的从改造乡村教育入手来改造中国的一幅理想蓝图。

陶行知不仅是一位富于想象的浪漫主义的理想家，而且是一位脚踏实地、一步一个脚印的实干家。为了实现这个理想，他草拟了详细具体的《试验乡村师范学校第一院简章草案》。在他的建议下，成立了乡村教育研究部，聘请了东南大学教授赵叔愚、金陵大学教授邵仲香为研究员，共同为筹备创办试验乡村师范学校而努力。

万事俱备，只欠东风。不久，许多报刊上出现了南京试验乡村师范学校的招生广告。清华大学教育系二年级学生操震球，看到广告后写信给陶行知说：“自信以我目前的状况，欲效劳于社会，事之最急最要者，一为提高农民知识，二为增进农民生产。两者须同时并进。此种责任，舍乡村师范学校莫能当。此晚生所以决意从事乡村教育，鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已者也。”陶行知接信后，立即回了一封热情洋溢的信：

接读您的来信，得知您愿意离开清华大学投考试验乡村师范，简直让我们五体投地地钦佩。国运盛衰决于一转念间。倘使全国青年都能转到各人应当走的道路上去，地狱都可化成天堂，还怕中国不能兴盛！

您既有这种宏愿，我就应当把个中甘苦明明白白地告诉您。田家生活还是要蛮干的，您愿意吗？您能打赤脚在烂污泥里奔走吗？您不怕雪白的脸晒黑、手上起硬茧吗？您不怕在风霜雨雪中挑粪吗？您愿意和马牛羊鸡狗猪做朋友吗？在城里人看来，这都是苦处；其实乡下人并不以此为苦。纵然这是苦处，乡下人也有城里人想不到的乐趣。乡间山青水秀，尽您游览。早上可以看旭日东升，引您兴奋。晚上可以待月西下，助您吟咏。丰收时节，您手里割着黄金似的稻子，那田家乐的山歌，不断地洋洋乎盈耳。您还能亲眼看见您所栽培的儿童个个桃李似长大成人，看见全村人人读书明理，安居乐业。也许要到令郎令孙的时代才能看见，您能忍耐吗？倘使经过这番考虑之后，您决意要来投考，我们万分欢迎。

就这样，在陶行知的多方奔走和不懈努力下，一批来自全国各地的热血青年和怀抱教育救国理想的知识分子，汇集到燕子矾旁的晓庄师范学校，形成了一股前所未有的乡村教育试验热潮，并且很快波及到其他许多地方，演绎出中国教育史上的一段佳话。

（摘编自周毅、向明《爱满天下》）

1陶行知由推行城市平民教育转向改造乡村教育，原因是什么？请简要分析。（6分）

2.在给操震球的回信中，陶行知是怎样描述乡村教育“个中甘苦”的？请简要概括。（6分）

3.文中说：“陶行知不仅是一位富于想象的浪漫主义理想家，而且是一位脚踏实地、一步一个脚印的实干家。”这句话给你什么样的启示？请结合全文，谈谈你感受最深的一点。（8分）

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     Amie Carton was only 18 months old when she had the accident that scarred (留下创伤) her for life.

The curious child reached up to get the wire of a hot kettle in the kitchen and poured boiling water over

her body.

     Her mother Ruby called an ambulance which rushed her to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Amie' s body had been burned and all of her bums were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned

areas of Amie' s body, doctors performed complex skin grafts (移植) to close her wounds and control

her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Amie had 12 more operations to repair her body.

     When she started school at age 4 , other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn't play with

her." I was the only burned child in the street," she recalled, " some children refused to become friends

because of that."

     Today, age 17, Amie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent

part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager

who offers inspiration and hope to other young bums victims. She is a member of the Scottish Burned

Children's Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Amie will be joining the younger children at the

Graff ham Water Center for the charity' s first summer camp. "I'll show them how to treat others' unkind

stares as unimportant and not worry about them," she says. Amie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless

tops, and she plans to show the younger children at the summer camp that they can too." I do not go to

great lengths to hide my burns scars," she says, "I gave up wondering how other people would react

years ago."

1.When Amie first went to school, other children ______.

A. took interest in her injuries          

B. hoped to be her friends

C. were cruel to her                

D. were afraid of her

2.Why does Amie join younger children at the Graffham Water Center?

A. To face others' unkindness bravely.    

B. To live a normal life.

C. To show her fashionable sleeveless tops.

D. To recover from injuries.

3. What does the writer think of Amie?

A. Generous.  

B. Powerful.      

C. Optimistic.

D. Fashionable.