田田从2011年2月18日正式开始大段诵读英文哲理文，到现在近2个月。共诵读4篇，背诵3篇。第一篇是：Life is What We Make It（此处有标准读诵：http://www.ebigear.com/?module=resource&act=viewuploadtext&ResourceID=7777700111254&NodeID=1908）

Are you dissatisfied with today’s success? It is the harvest from yesterday’s sowing. Do you dream of a golden morrow? You will reap what you are sowing today. We get out of life just what we put into it.

Nature takes on our moods: she laughs with those who laugh and weeps with those who weep. If we rejoice and are glad, the very birds sing more sweetly, the woods and streams murmur our song. But if we are sad and sorrowful, a sudden gloom falls upon Nature’s face; the sun shines, but not in our hearts; the birds sing, but not to us.

The future will be just what we make it. Our purpose will give it its character. One’s resolution is one’s prophecy. Leave all your discouraging pessimism behind. Do not prophesy evil, but good. Men of hope come to the front.

     这一篇田田跟读了30多遍，自然背下来，背得很熟。这一篇内容也很好，教人深信因果。

    第二篇叫Two roads，比较长，但是对于田田不难，读了30遍也背下来了。比较难的词是：remorse。这一篇的内容也很好，对于孩子从小谨慎选择自己的道路很有好处。

    第三篇Going on a Journey，这一篇比较难，田田的生词主要有:incumbrance/contemplation/impediment/

tilbury/turf/heath/post chaise
    比较难的句子有：I am then never less alone than when alone.这文章比较抒情加学者型的，田田自己念一句，翻译一句给我听，大体意思都是对的。这一篇大概念25次左右，自然背下来了。

     第四篇是培根的：Of studies。也较难，刚刚读了3遍，不过因为田田总在听，所以并不陌生。

     最近，英文每天用的时间大概只有5、6分钟，学校的英文功课全部不做，我直接签字。本来计划是英文1小时，读中文经典1小时，结果呢，英文压缩到半小时，然后15分钟，终于最后压缩到5分钟了。中文经典呢，也是如此。读经班带来的余勇已成强弩之末，每天读一遍《大学》就不得了了。最近田田发现了《心经》，爱它短，勤读不辍。不过倘若能专心诵读《心经》一遍，渐渐定生智慧，也是好的。