(This lesson was taken from the Harden Middle School Hand Book in the United States.All credits go to this school.)

TALKING LESSON

Directions: Copy the lesson onto a separate piece of paper. Be sure to title it "Talking Lesson" and put your name on the top right-hand corner of your paper.

I understand that time is one of the most valuable things we have. Forty-eight minutes is so little time to do all the things we need to do in class, so it is vitally important to make every minute count. When I talk or goof off or disrupt the class, I am wasting valuable learning time. That is not fair to my teacher, my classmates or to myself.

I understand that it is okay to talk:
1. If I raise my hand and the teacher calls on me.
2. If talking is necessary to complete my assignment.
3. If it is free time and I have completed my assignments.

But I know that I must not talk:
1. When the teacher is talking.
2. When a student is asking or answering a question.
3. When the teacher has instructed the class to be quiet.

I can see that learning how to talk only when it is proper to do so is very important, so I will copy this paper as many times as it will take to show you that I have learned this lesson.

非常感谢博友上海财务策划星星发来她的译文,我把她的完整译文发上来让不懂英语的朋友和老师也能了解这堂课的内容.

再次感谢星星朋友!

说明： 把上课内容记录到活页的纸上，别忘了写上“ 说话课”，请把你的名字写到纸的右上角。

我明白时间是我们极其宝贵的，48分钟对于我们要在课堂完成的所有功课是非常有限的，所以充分利用好每一分钟是很关键的，当我说话或则不专心或则是扰乱课堂，我是在浪费非常宝贵的学习时间。 这样做对我的老师，同学和我自己是不公平的

我明白下面情况下我是可以说话的
1． 当我举手得到老师的同意的是时候；
2． 为了完成我的作业必须要说话的时候；
3． 在自由时间并且我已经完成了我的作业的时候。

我知道以下情况我一定不能说话：
1． 当老师在说话的时候；
2． 当同学在问或则回答问题的时候；
3． 当老师要求大家安静的时候。

我明白了学会只在适当的时候说话是非常重要的，我要经常的记住这张纸上的内容，因为我要用行动让你知道我学过这个课程了。

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王文，美国休斯顿大学教育信息技术硕士。赴美前任教中学英语多年. 赴美后经过学习考试成为美国执照教师,拥有包括天才教育,特殊教育, 英语作为第二语言(ESL), 电脑技术应用在内的四个教师执照,在美国小学及高中任教近十年, 目前在美国得州一高中执教.愿借博客这一平台，让更多的人了解真正的美国教育。

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