Long long ago ,there lived a king......

那天给孩子讲故事，想着讲一个什么故事好呢？无意中脑海浮现这句话，Long long ago ,there lived a king...... 就把过去印象中的课文故事讲给孩子听。
孩子居然非常感兴趣，想要听完这个故事。可是只记得开头一部分，后面完全忘记了，甚至和一篇讲鳄鱼的文章串台了。幸好有强大的网络找到了这篇原文课文，当时初中英语课情形和画面仿佛历历在目，记得这篇英语课文好像是初中二年级课本里的文章，现在想起来还是那么熟悉的，找到这篇课文讲了故事，思绪也回到了中学时的情景。现在有一点怀念过去的上课的那些画面。
有幸在网络找到这篇文章，特附上当初的这篇课文全文，加以纪念：
Long long ago， there lived a king. He loved horses. One day he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse. The artist said, "All right, but you must wait." So the king waited. He waited and waited. At last, after a year he could not wait any longer. He went to see the artist himself. Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush. In five minutes he finished drawing a very bea，utiful horse. The king was angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet you kept me waiting for a year. Why?" "Come with me, please." said the artist. They went to the artist's workroom. There they saw piles and piles of paper. On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. "It took me more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five minutes." the artist said.
给孩子全篇朗读过后，孩子饶有兴趣的听完。
突然觉得，现在家长们着急给孩子们上英语班，不如在闲暇时刻把自己过去所学的当初英语课上的有趣文章故事，直接读给孩子听，或者把有趣的英语歌曲给孩子播放，也能激发孩子们的英语兴趣，多少能起一点作用。
回忆起当初对英语课感兴趣的一个原因就是不太枯燥，除了音标、句型外，很多有趣的英语故事都还是看的有滋有味。
英语故事和语文在某种程度上相通了，喜欢语文的孩子一般不会太畏惧英语，如今的英语学习和过去大不相同了，对于口语表达要求更高，更加趋向于实用，这在雅思等考试上也有要求，毕竟知识只有在实践了才有所用处，知行合一确实是真理，在学习上寓教于乐更能激发人的学习动力。
作为家长启蒙英语完全可以先尝试把自己掌握的英语内容用趣味性的方式传递给孩子，也许能激发孩子学习英语的兴趣。