弋果美語部落格

今年冬季Eagle Club小美國俱樂部在桃園龍潭的渴望園區舉辦，雖然當天天氣濕冷，但期待已久的Eagle Club終於到來，孩子們個個充滿熱情活力，成員們興奮地穿上Eagle Club的鵝黃背心，展開兩天的美式營隊活動。

號稱招收年齡層最低的Eagle Club，此次總部、全台分校中外籍同仁總動員，許多小成員第一次離家，沒有不安或陌生的情緒，孩子們盡情投入Eagle Club，學習獨立，與人合作，結識新朋友，在新的環境裡，孩子嘗試挑戰自我，像是在完成一件件不可能的任務，來自 Flipboard的Jenny說：「Ｉlike to live with teammates.」、Green Power的Josie說：「Eagle Club is very fun.」、還有Kinect的Richard說「Ｉ can make friends.」。如同參加海外遊學般，全程兩天的美語營隊，孩子們辦到了！

睽違多年，Eagle Club小美國俱樂部今年捲土重來，創下短短三天就報名爆滿，許多家長在獲知額滿後，提出各種辦法希望能送孩子來體驗，家長熱切的期盼與對弋果的肯定，是弋果不斷前進的最佳動力，讓「弋果出品，品質保證」的金字招牌愈擦愈亮。Eagle Club，我們暑假再見！

對於弋果孩子們是一種妙不可喻的魔法，而這施展神奇法術的魔術師正是弋果優秀的中外師團隊。

弋果「2010優良教師頒獎典禮」剛落幕，今年共有十二位教師榮獲這份榮耀，分別來自新竹科園分校Eddie、Marita、Joyce、Mandy，新竹竹北分校Mei、Jeffrey、Brendan、Jessie，新竹新豐分校Th o t h ，台中崇德分校Ch a r i t y ，彰化民生分校James、Bruce。他們是成就孩子美語造詣的最大功臣，讓我們為弋果教師們致上最深的敬意與感謝！

目前我的兩個孩子就讀弋果美語新生分校，在這之前，曾經讓孩子參加板橋中山校的冬令營及夏令營，讓我們非常滿意。今年暑假前，弋果新生分校開幕了，班主任及教務主任親切與熱誠的態度，讓我們相信這裡將會是孩子們學習英語的好環境。

新生分校的中外師皆非常關心孩子們上課的狀況與進度，也會利用接送孩子的時間與家長溝通，讓家長更加了解孩子的學習狀態。

上課至今孩子時常與我們分享在弋果上課的點滴， 弟弟Princeton個性較為內向，目前就讀3A的外師非常溫和的對待孩子們，常常鼓勵他，讓他樂於天天到弋果學習。姊姊Queenie 5A班級的老師也能夠滿足她的求知慾，使得她學習的非常愉快！

除了老師們的認真教學與負責的態度外，校方亦十分用心的採用無油煙廚具，聘請專業的阿姨為孩子們準備營養可口的餐點。他們的優點讓我們在向親友推薦的時候很有信心。

One early morning, Enya awoke and got ready for her job. She walked across the street and went to the bank. She was a banker. She worked very hard and was always fair. She wouldn’t take bribes. She was very strong and intelligent.

On the other side of town, Yolane was a servant in a rich family’s house. That same morning,her employer got very mad and fired her.She walked past the bank and thought, ‘If I go in, steal the customers’ money, and rob this bank, I will be very rich.” So, she went into the bank.

At 11:00am Enya was helping a customer. Yolane robbed everyone she laid eyes on. She was very small, so it was not easy to see her. She was also very sneaky. As she was robbing the bank, Enya saw her. She ran over to catch Yolane, but Yolane ran quickly out the door. Enya followed.  She was in hot pursuit, but then she tripped over a rock. Yolane took this chance to run as far as she could, as fast as she could. Enya slowly got up and walked back to the bank.

When she woke up the next day, she saw it was already 9am. She was late so she rushed to get ready. She went straight to the bank. She worked until night and still felt very dizzy from the fall. After washing her face, she felt a little more energy.

語言不是一本書、一堂課就可以學好的，因此營造優質的英語學習環境已成為教育新趨勢，弋果為孩 子創造一個和學習母語相同的環境，完整的教學設計開啟了孩子學習語言的大門。

苗栗建功分校創辦至今將近半年的時間，起初家長憂心孩子能否適應這樣的學習環境，到現在每位孩子不斷地進步，然而這些成長是老師及家長共同的榮耀。今年的聖誕晚會，在老師們辛勤的耕耘下，孩子們各個在舞台上展現自信的風采，歡樂愉悅的氣氛感染了全場，就像在弋果學習的孩子們，在快樂的環境中學習，讓學英語像學母語一樣輕鬆、自然。

英語的學習之路並非一蹴可成，「學得對」比「學得早」更顯重要，英語儼然成為國際間不可忽略的競爭基礎，擁有流利的國際語言，能讓孩子的路更加寬廣，弋果將帶給孩子一雙飛往世界的翅膀。

曾被著名財經雜誌－今周刊強力推薦的弋果美語營隊， 今年冬天推出「Invention & Creation 發明王的遊戲城」， 全台分校紛紛推出暖身營， 供小朋友前來體驗。一場在科園旗艦校舉辦的暖身營， 以筆為主題， 在外師介紹筆的演進歷史之後， 隨即每個人來大顯身手， 設計獨一無二的創意筆， 有的設計風格偏華麗而炫目， 有的是具多功能的筆…， 全程皆以美語進行， 這就是弋果美語的精神， 讓美語成為溝通的工具，並且將實用的知識融入營隊課程中。

「Invention & Creation 發明王的遊戲城」全美語主題營隊， 是一場驚奇連連的發現之旅， 營隊探討著近二三百年來許多影響人類的重大發明， 透過操作實驗感受前人無窮的智慧傳承， 了解驅使人類文明的關鍵力量； 同時在Project 中孩子們將化身發明王， 發揮每個人獨到的創造力， 或許未來揚名國際的小發明家就在其中唷！

十一年來， 弋果致力提供孩子一個不出國， 也能享有美加同步教育資源的學習環境， 跨越語言的藩籬， 弋果美語冬令營將西方「生活即學習」、「遊戲即教育」的教育理念做了更進一步的實踐。如果您想為孩子安排一個不留白的寒假， 那麼「Invention & Creation 發明王的遊戲城」將是最佳的選擇， 營隊期間從1/24~1/28 、1/31~2/10 ( 不含2/2-2/7) ， 歡迎洽詢弋果全台各分校或上官網 !

Thursday started out like every other day. Rain, rain and more rain. When I went to school it was raining hard.  The puddles were getting bigger and bigger. I knew this meantwet shoes and socks again. By lunch time the rain was harder and the puddles wereturning into pools. Everybody was so excited. My friends were talking loudly and joking with everybody. There was a lot of excitement in the air. I was starting to worry. The rain wasn’t stopping.

I looked onto the playground and saw it starting to flood. Then the best thing happened, the school was closed. Yay, no afternoon classes! ]By the time my dad came to fetch me from school, the water was already knee deep for me. We were all playing and splashing in the water. Having fun and not realizing what was happening.

Going home I felt a bit scared.  Water was everywhere. When we drove the car water splashed up. I saw many people pushing their scooters. I was hoping that our car wouldn’t get stuck. We turned into a road and it wasn’t a road anymore. It was a river! People were trying to stop the water from going into their stores and houses. We had to turn around and find another way home. It took us a long time to get home. All the roads had turned into rivers.

Eventually we made it home. Our house was lucky. Not too much water outside and no water inside. I was happy to be home and dry. Later hat day I was watching the news and saw what happened in SoAu. I felt very lucky, but at the same time I felt very sorry for the people in SoAu.  was shocked to see so much water.