28.爱尔文：没有先生。
29.老师：那么你听说过吗？
30.爱尔文：听说过，很多次。
31.老师：你能说出来吗？
32.爱尔文：能，先生。
33.老师：你说出来让我听听。
34.爱尔文：白。
35.老师：正确。请再说一遍。
36.爱尔文：白。
37.老师：白这个字怎么定义？
38.爱尔文：一种颜色。
39.老师：我指着的是哪个字？
40.爱尔文：黑。
41.老师：我现在指着的是什么颜色？
42.爱尔文：我不知道。
43.老师：不是“黑”这个字吗？
44.爱尔文：不是，先生。
45.老师：你怎么知道？
46.爱尔文：“黑”字不是这个样子。
47.老师：这像是你已经学过的字吗？
48.爱尔文：不像，先生。这肯定是个生字。
49.老师：是的，这是个生字；而且是我们今天要学习的字。我来把它给你写到石板上。看，写得像吗？
50.爱尔文：是，非常像。
51.老师：现在，你在石板上把这个字写出来。（几次示范和尝试之后，爱尔文终于会写这个字了）对于你这么大的孩子来说，已经很不错了，何况这还是第一次。现在我来告诉你怎么发音好吗？（经过多次教读和跟读，爱尔文终于会读了）对于一个初次学习的小孩子来说，这已经相当好了。现在我来给你讲这个字的定义，好吗？
52.爱尔文：好的，我很想知道。
53.老师：这个字的发音是……好了，请你记住好吗？
54.爱尔文：好的，我尽力。
55.老师：这个字是“白”，我怎么说的？
56.爱尔文：你说“白”。
57.老师：对；就是这样发音。告诉我，这个字怎么念？（指着另外一个字）58.爱尔文：白。
59.老师：这个字呢？
60.爱尔文：黑。
61.老师：这个怎么念？
62.爱尔文：白。
63.老师：正确。现在你可以把书拿走，看看在书中其他地方能不能找到这个字。
64.爱尔文：好的。这里有一个，这里还有，这是个“白”，又一个“白”，又一个！一、二、三次！
65.老师：现在你可以看着书读出来。
66.爱尔文：白狗、白猫。
67.老师：这两个都是白色的动物，现在请再读一遍。
68.爱尔文：黑狗、黑猫。
69.老师：这两个都是黑色动物。请说出一共几条狗？
70.爱尔文：两条。
71.老师：你怎么知道的？
72.爱尔文：一条狗是黑色，一条是白色，一共两条，一加一等于二。
73.老师：有几只猫？
74.爱尔文：两只：一只黑猫，一只白猫。
75.老师：一共有几个动物。
76.爱尔文：四个；两条狗、两只猫，二加二等于四。
77.老师：一条狗有几条腿？
78.爱尔文：四条。
79.老师：一只猫有几条腿？
80.爱尔文：四条。
81.老师：他们为什么有腿？
82.爱尔文：有腿他们才能跑动。
83.老师：狗身上覆盖的一层是什么？
84.爱尔文：粗毛。
85.老师：猫身上覆盖的一层是什么？
86.爱尔文：绒毛。
87.老师：如果毛是黑色，那么狗是什么颜色？
88.爱尔文：黑色。
89.老师：如果狗是白色，那么它的毛是什么颜色？
90.爱尔文：白色。
91.老师：是什么使猫和狗有了颜色？
92.爱尔文：它们身上的毛。
93.老师：是什么给了男孩子和女孩子颜色？
94.爱尔文：皮肤。
95.老师：毛对狗来说有什么用处吗？
96.爱尔文：有，先生。冬天，皮毛使狗能保持温暖；夏天，它能防止蚊虫叮咬，防止阳光晒伤狗的皮肤。
97.老师：男孩子需要用什么来保护他们的身体？
98.爱尔文：衣服。
99.老师：为什么上帝不让人有像狗一样的毛？
100.爱尔文：我不知道。
101.老师：上帝给了人类双手，还给了智慧让人类使用手做衣服；但是狗不懂怎么做衣服。如果上帝给了狗智慧，人类就不会有能做衣服的双手了，因此上帝给了狗皮毛，但没有让狗会做衣服。
102.老师：现在你可以坐在自己的座位上用石板练字了。
EHCTX？“H；
I’M JUST GOING TO DO IT
我正要去做
1.”Now，mother，isn‘t Hal too provoking！He promised to take me strawberrying with him，and now he’s gone and left me，“cried Jessie，trying to keep back her tears.
2.”Our Hal broken his promise？“Her mother could hardly believe it.
3.”Why，no，mother，I suppose not exactly.you see，he said I might go if I would be ready at two o‘clock，and I was just going to put on my things，when he started off as fast as he could run.There he is now-away down the other side of the common！“she added with，a little sob.
4.”And it is a quarter past two.Why did you not get ready intime？“5.”I did not think it was so late.Besides，I was going to，as soon as I had finished Dolly’s apron.But Hal said the rest were waiting，and he could not stay another minute.“6.”And you do not blame him，Jessie？He had no right to keep the other children waiting，any more than you had to keep him.I am sorry you have lost your afternoon‘s pleasure，just because you were behind the time；but you can do nothing now but make the best of it.Learn from this that while you are ’justgoing，‘your chance may be just gone.“7.Jessie，who had already learned that “it is of no use to cry for spilt milk，”drew a deep sigh，and sat down to console herself with a book.
8.By-and-by her mother put down her work-basket，and went out of the room，saying，“Jessie，dear，look after the baby，and do not let him get out of your sight.”
9.“Yes，mother，I will watch him.Here，Birdie，come and see what Jessie has for you.Here is a doll！”
10.Baby took the china doll，tasted of its head，pounded the floor with it，shook it as a cat would shake a mouse，and then crept out of sight.Presently，Jessie heard a crash and a cry that made her heart stand still.
11.She rushed into the next room，and there sat baby Dick on the floor，covered with bits of broken glass，and a little stream of blood was running down his white forehead.He had pulled over and broken a vase on his own head.
12.His screams soon brought their mother，and while she was bathing the wound，Jessie stood by，saying，“I had missed him，and was just going after him，when I heard him cry.Poor little Dick！”
13.“If you had only gone，my daughter，instead of meaning to go，”was the sober answer，“he would have been saved this sad wound.”
14.When Jessie’s mother went with her up to bed that night，she asked，“Has this been a pleasant day to my little girl？”
15.“No，mother，it has been the worst kind of a day.In thefirst place，I was late at school this morning，and that put meout of humor for the whole forenoon.Then I could not go with Hal；and，worst of all，poor baby got hurt.It has been a day of misfortunes.”
16.“And every one of them has happened because you were ‘just going to do’all those things，instead of doing.”
17.Jessie unlaced her boots in sober silence.At last she said，“But I never mean to be late again.”
18.“Of course you do not.But the mischief is，my child，that you feel as if it were all well enough as long as you are ‘just going to do’your duty.This is a great mistake.Just going to do a thing amounts to nothing.Do it.Do not stop to mean to do it.”
19.And Mrs.Richards spoke so earnestly that Jessie looked up into her face and said，“Why，mother，what makes you care so much about it？Do you think I am so very bad？”
20.Her mother took her in her arms，and answered，“I am sick at heart，Jessie，because I am afraid ‘just going to do’will spoil your whole life.It cheats you out of your pleasures，and keeps you from doing your duties.
21.”Sometimes，Jessie，I am dreadfully afraid that when my darling comes to heaven‘s gate at last，and her heavenly Father asks，’My child，did you give your heart to Me down on the earth？‘my poor child will have to say，’O Lord，I always meant to do so.I was just going to give it，when death took me away.‘22.“Then He would have to say，’Inasmuch as ye did it not-‘”These last words sunk to a whisper：she could speak no more；and Jessie felt hot tears dropping on her head.
【中文阅读】
1.“妈妈，海尔真是太气人了！他答应好了要带我去摘草莓的，却没带上我。”杰西大声对妈妈说，用力忍着不让眼泪掉下来。
2.“我们的海尔没有信守承诺？”妈妈有些不能相信。
3.“不是的，妈妈，这么说也不太准确。是这样：他说如果两点我可以做好准备出发，他就带我去。可是我刚要把一切弄妥帖，他就一溜烟跑了。你看，他现在都跑到公共绿地的那一边了！”她有点羞愧地又加了一句。
4.“可是现在已经两点一刻了。你为什么没能及时做好准备？”
