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用对话深析外教，以智慧萃取精彩
对于留学生而言，与英语国家人士交流的真正障碍其实不在于语言，而在于文化。英语不仅是一门语言艺术，更是一面文化的镜子，我们和来自异国的外教们分享自己的观点，有趣的灵魂在每次谈话中碰撞出火花；通过对话，我们收获到的不止是有趣的外教故事，更多的是了解外教老师们的教育智慧，感知中西方在价值观念、交际文化等方面的差异，以此来提高我们跨文化沟通能力，丰富多元文化背景。
于是一次次与外教的约会应运而生，一篇篇枫叶故事由此而来。
“莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，谁怕？一蓑烟雨任平生。”
在校园里，大家常常能看到一个可爱的白人小女孩,若是向她打招呼，她还会害羞地看着你，而在她的不远处，总是会陪伴着一个阳光的外国大叔——他便是今天的我们要采访的主人公，来到中国已有十一年的mr.webster。
mr.webster自称道他曾是个“normal boy”（平凡的男孩），成绩虽然不会垫底，但也说不上优异。他为了提高自己的成绩也曾经历过一段艰苦的时间，mr.webster将他全部的精力都放在了课堂上，全神贯注地听每一节课。凭借着不服输的精神和不懈努力，昔日的“normal boy”如今已在英属哥伦比亚大学、维多利亚大学等三个大学获得了历史和教育等数个专业的硕士学位。
在大学时期，学习对于mr.webster来说并不轻松。不是每一个人都能对某一样事物具有卓越的天赋，mr.webster付出了很大的努力才能很好地消化学到的知识。那段岁月深深地影响了他的观念和思想，如今的mr.webster在枫叶的课堂上讲授时，在兼顾提升学生知识水平的同时，也同样注重学生们演讲、口才、写作、表演等多方面才能的发展。
“中国传统的教育偏于老师讲授，而bc省教育更注重于课堂的开放性与实践性。”在中国拼搏、奋斗的十一年，不仅使mr.webster丰富了个人的经历，也让他对教育有了独到的理解。在课堂上，mr.webster一直鼓励同学们多去尝试多种可能，并且教导学生要尊重他人，富有责任心。mr.webster会着重观察每一名同学是否愿意主动用英语和他交流，是否敢于用英语去表达自己的观点和想法。
在采访结束之前，mr.webster亲切地问我们是否对现在的学习生活感到开心。十年级的我们答道“yes”，十一年级的学长们思考了一会儿，说了“no”。mr.webster笑着说道：“你是十一年级吧，学业自然要比之前更繁重了，但是你在课堂上和同学们讨论、交流问题获取知识的时候，课后与朋友们谈笑的时候也不开心吗？”同学们思考了一会，随即释然一笑：“of course”（当然）……
学习的过程虽然繁重劳累，但mr.webster用他的亲身经历告诉我们：人生就是一个不断付出又不断收获的过程，幸福是奋斗出来的。
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摄影：1103屠棱杰
后附采访实录：
1.reporter:why you came to maple leaf?
webster: there are many reasons, but the main point may be that maple leaf international school is very famous in canada.
2.reporter: where did you graduate and when you were a student how about your study situation?
mr.webster: w i received my master’s degrees in history and education from the universities of victoria, british columbia and calgary.in fact, in my school days, i was just an ordinary boy.i also had a hard time getting my grades up.i had to concentrate all my attention on the class, which was very tiring.fortunately, in my college life, the environment of the three universities was very beautiful, and the teachers were excellent. i also gained a group of good friends.
3.reporter: from your own perspective, what is the different between the chinese education and the bc education?
mr.webster: in my opinion, chinese education may be more biased towards traditional education. he will give you a lot of homework to help you consolidate your knowledge, and students in chinese-style education may receive a number of knowledge points that foreign high school students have not been exposed to in high school. they may be more focused on your grades. bc education, on the other hand, focuses more on the openness of the classroom. we acknowledge that results are very important for a student, but we also want our students to be confident in meeting their future life. we want them to try and dare to show themselves in life.
4.reporter:what is your teaching goal?
mr.webster: i will give my students the courage to try things they have never tried in class or even in life. i hope i can give them some of the qualities necessary to be a good person. for example, i want them to be respectful and responsible. to my relief, almost all of them already have both.
5.reporter:if you students get the terrible mark, what will you do ?
webster: i will advise them go to my tutorial in thursday afternoon. because the course i’m teaching now is language leader,and i own my language leader as well. therefore i might let the language leader in my class help these students.
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