博愛醫院八十週年鄧英喜中學網址：http//www.pohtyh.edu.hk 將軍澳唐賢里 2 號電話: 2246 3221 二零一四年二月 ( 第五十六期 ) Hello! This is Miss Danika Lee. I grew up in a small town called Strabane in the north-west of Ireland and lived in Ireland and England for over twenty four years. I graduated from the University of Ulster with a Honours degree in English and a Masters degree in Language and Linguistics. Besides, I also attained a certificate in Education from Newcastle University. Why I became a teacher? When I was studying for my Masters and doing some tutoring, I began to have a new level of respect for teachers as I finally understood what it meant to be a teacher. The more I taught, the more I loved my job. I found that a teacher’s role is not just about what happens in the classroom. Instead, a teacher can be a role-model for students in all aspects of life. The opportunity to have a positive influence on someone’s life is my greatest motivation. Outside of school I am a self-confessed sports-maniac, who rarely goes a day without thinking about sports. My favourite football team is Chelsea FC and I love watching tennis. I enjoy doing other physical activities like running, playing netball, hockey and going to the gym. Doing sports is my way of relaxing and letting out some stress and I love doing these with my friends. Since becoming a teacher, I now love reading. Although these days I may not have much time to read, I still try my best to spend some time each day to catch-up on my reading. 2A Angel Yu This year I joined the Speech Festival and I was surprised that I got 3rd. I was surprised that I can get 3rd because it is the first time for me to get the prize in the open competition. When I heard the result called No. 17, I was thinking if I was dreaming. I could not believe that I could get the 3rd. Although in practice, I felt sick, I worked very hard because I love to join the Speech Festival and I love English. I will join the Speech Festival next year. However, this time the prize gave me a positive energy to improve my confidence and English. At last, I want to thank my trainer teacher Miss Liu. She helped me a lot to make better in my performance. My success is from my hardworking and Miss Liu’s devotion. 1A Yoyo Chim Last year, I joined the Speech Festival with my friends. My speech training teacher was Miss Chan. She taught me how to read the words correctly. Before the competition, my classmates always encouraged and supported me, so I was so confident to face the challenge. That day, many students from different schools joined the competition. But, it didn’t frighten me. It is because it is the third time for me to join the Speech Festival. After the competition, the judge announced the result. She said I got the second place. At that moment, I was so surprised because I had never thought of getting any awards. After I got the second place in the competition, I was so confident. I think that joining the Speech Festival can really boost your confidence. If you are timid, I think you should try to join it. Speech Festival is a good way to improve yourself. Let’s try it next year. P.1 A day with my idol 2A Yeung Hoi Pui My favourite idol is a Korean. He is a Korean singer and rapper. Also, he is the team leader of ‘Big Bang’. His name is G-dragon. I like him because he is fashionable and talented. He is also handsome too. When he was young, he composed many songs and created various kinds of black clothes by himself. Therefore, I think he is very attractive. Yesterday morning, I was studying at home calmly. There was no one at home, except me. Suddenly, someone knocked the door softly. When I opened the door, I was shocked! It was G-dragon standing in front of me! ‘Oh my god!’ I exclaimed. I was so surprised to see him. ‘Hello! I am G-dragon. Nice to meet you,’ he said. However, I was too shy to say anything to him. He was so nice that he told many things about himself. And he said he was going to take me to a secret place. After travelling by plane, we arrived at his home! Although his home was a bit messy, I felt comfortable. I could hardly believe that he found his new album ‘COUP D’ETAT’ and gave it to me! In the afternoon, I took him to Mongkok to buy some earrings, jewellery and caps since I know that he likes to wear these accessories. When we were shopping in Mongkok, I saw a cap shop. I bought a beautiful cap for him. I was so delighted that he loved it so much. ‘Thank you so much! I will always wear it,’ he said to me gently. When we finished shopping, he said that he needed to return to Korea because he had something to do. Although I was upset, I would support him. Therefore, we said goodbye to each other. In the evening, I recalled what we did. I felt enjoyable as I had already done what I always want to do with him. When I went to bed, I slept with his album and had a nice dream. A Speech of Promoting the Reading Club 3A Leung Yiu Ming, Johnny Good morning, Principal, teachers and fellow schoolmates! I am Chris Wong, the Chairperson of the Reading Club. Today, I am honored to share with you about the messages of reading. Also, I would like to promote our reading club to you. Do you want to know more about our reading club? Let me tell you some information about our club. There are so many objectives of our club. The aims of the club are to improve the English standard of the students, to encourage more students to read books and to share the joy of reading with students. Of course, the main objective is to enhance students’ interest in reading as it can help students a lot in their exams and foster their personal growth. Do you know what activities we had last year? Let me tell you about it. We had a book borrowing competition in which students who borrowed the most books could win a prize. We were so happy that quite a number of students won big prizes in the activity. Furthermore, we held a book mark design competition and a lot of students came to join it. However, some of the students said this activity was extremely boring. So, we will definitely hold some more interesting ones this year. Talking about activities, we will organize some interesting and meaningful activities this year. For example, teachers’ sharing session, book fair, book cover design competition and a talk about writing creatively. The most attractive one is the book fair. It will be held in May in the school hall. We welcome all students to join that because you can get some free books you like in the book fair. One of the benefits is to learn more vocabulary and use them in your writing through reading some novels. Another obvious benefit is to broaden students’ horizons from reading various texts. About the teachers’ sharing session. It will be held soon. Students will have the chances to listen to teachers’ sharing about their reading experiences. They will then write comment cards to the teachers. We are so glad that teachers will respond to students’ comments as well. From this activity, I believe that students can know how to read books more easily and they will develop more positive feelings towards reading. I hope that you can enjoy our activities and learn something through our events. We welcome you to join our reading club! Our regular meeting will be held from 4:10pm to 6:00pm every Friday in the library. If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact us! Thanks for your attention! Hope that you all can enjoy our activities and the joy of reading. P.2 Let Children Watch TV Programmes 6A Yip Hiu Tung Tiffany Dear editor, Nowadays, lots of families have a television set at home. They are also enjoying the television programmes but more and more parents tell me that television programmes have bad influences on their children’s development. It will affect them seriously so the parents stop their children to watch those television programmes at all. I argued them immediately as I think those television programmes can have good influences on their children if it is a suitable time. Through watching those television programmes, children can get the benefits. Now, I would like to talk about the benefits of television for children. First, it is a good chance for the children to broaden their horizons. Most parents are very busy at work everyday so they cannot have any spare time to take their children to have a picnic or shop so watching television programmes is one of the ways for children to broaden their horizons. Because there are some programmes like news report, travel programmes and discovery channel, these can let children know more around the world. Through watching programmes, children can learn the animals, places around the world and the news that has happened. So the children can have good knowledge when they are young. Second, it is a way for the children and their parents to develop a good relationship. Most of the parents need to work very hard in their offices. They need to not only finish their documentary but also prepare the dinner and clean the house so it is difficult for the parents to find out the time to play with the children and talk with the children so some kinds of programmes like cartoons and news report are suitable for them to watch together. It can help not only children and parents to relax and give a chance for them to talk together. Third, it may help the children to find out their dream. There are some kinds of television programmes like soap operas and movies, that can help children to find out their dream because of the topic of the story. Some actors may act as, not only policeman but also pilot. It may affect their mind to pursue this type of career in the future. Then they can be a friend easily. It is helpful for their development as they need friends when they need to work in the society. When they get some pressure from work, friends can help them to release their stress so it is important for them to learn to make new friends from watching television programmes. To conclude, too much time for children to watch television programmes may have bad influences but children’s programmes are important for children as they can get some benefits such as helping children to make new friends and broaden their horizons so parents, please let the children have a suitable time to watch the television programmes as it is important for them. Yours faithfully, Chris Smart? 5A Tsang Chak San ,Louis Does this name ring a bell? Steve Jobs, the former CEO of the well-known company, Apple Inc. You may not know him, but you must know his greatest creation ever, a revolutionary and world-changing electronic device. Is it inside your pocket, or are you holding and playing with it now? It’s a SMARTPHONE. What makes smartphone smarter than normal phones? It is a telephone, a camera, a game pad, a note, an MP3, etc. It’s all-in-one. It is so convenient that almost every one of us has to have one. Scholars estimate that there are more than one third of the world population owns a smartphone. What’s good about smart phone? First, it is convenient, as I mentioned before. Anything you can imagine is contained in the phone. It saves us time and space. Think about this example: one day, your friend calls you, asking you to take a photo of your cat and to send it to another friend as that friend is doing some research on cats. What you might have needed to accomplish this ‘task’ a decade ago were a phone, a camera, a computer to send email, and, of course, the cat. But now, all you need is just a smartphone and the cat. How convenient that is! However, nothing is perfect. Having a smartphone has its drawbacks. Smartphones are so fun to use, people tend to use them a lot and get attached, and even addicted, to them. There are a full range of free games to download that students who own a smartphone may spend excessive time on playing these games instead of studying or doing something else more worthwhile. Some even spend their bed time using smartphones. This certainly will deteriorate their performance at school. Moreover, because smartphones are so handy, people tend to store more and more data and information in their phone. This could be disastrous if you are a careless person or if you don’t put up enough security measures. Hackers can easily steal your identity and perform illegal swindles with the information. Therefore, we must know how to protect ourselves in such a ‘smart’ era. Do not store any personal information in your phone. If you have to, install security softwares or applications. Do not answer any unknown call, EVER. Smartphones are neither good nor bad itself by nature. It’s a two-edged blade. It depends on how you use it. It can be a time-saving tool if used correctly. However, it can also bring you troubles if used carelessly. No matter how you use it, smartphones are a great achievement of our technology, use it wisely and don’t let it overwhelm you. P.3 Television Programmes – Angels or Devils 6A Shin Jin Tao, Allan Dear editor, More and more parents feel that TV programmes contain different topics and some of them may bring bad effects to their child and it is not good for their development. Some investigations even claim that if people save the time they spend on TV, they would be able to learn and master a new language. It seems that watching TV is a complete waste of time but I don’t agree as TV can bring some benefits to us especially for children. First of all, watching TV can help children to relax themselves. In Hong Kong, children suffer a lot of study pressure at a young age. However, they are too young to know how to deal with stress. Therefore, watching TV is definitely the best way for them to relax. Humans are not a kind of machine and sometimes we should find out some ways to entertain ourselves properly. Moreover, some TV programmes are very educational and interesting and it can bring children a lot of knowledge and fun. For example, science programmes. It is hard for young children to understand science knowledge but in order to make people interested in these programmes, science programmes are usually made to be simple and it contains a lot of explanation with colorful vision so that even a child can understand. Therefore, children are able to come across science in a young age and some of them may even set up a dream of being a scientist because of these TV programmes. Furthermore, the TV programmes contains vision, special effects and attractive voice and they can attract children to sit down properly and explore the world through TV. The TV programmes conclude different kinds of topics and children can learn more about the world from them as children are so young that they are able to explore the world in person. Therefore, watching TV is a good way to help them know more. Some people may say, “Books can also help children to learn more, why don’t they read book instead of watching TV?” Although books can bring the same knowledge to children, children may think it is boring and can’t focus on those words. Last but not least, TV programmes also provide some opportunities for children to build up their relationship. Children’s friends or classmates may talk about the content from TV programmes and if the children have watched them before, they will be able to join the conversation and build up the relationship. The children can even make new friends through this way. If not, the children may be isolated by other children and may suffer a lack of recognition from friends. It is not good for children’s growth and it may remain a terrible memory. In short, watching TV can really bring positive effects on children and if the parents can provide suitable guidance for children. I believe children can really gain a lot from them and be full of positive energy. Yours faithfully, Chris My Dream 5A Tsui Ho Yin Today, I am going to talk about my dream - a dream that is not simply just ridiculous but hard to achieve and worth spending more time and effort to pursue. My dream is to change the people around me or us, like you, the common man on the street of the billionaire in his mansion. In other words, I want to change the world where we are living. I know it sounds crazy so I spent almost 3 hours last night trying to make what I am going to tell you look more normal and sensible. Why do I have a dream that is so hard to achieve? Why does it sound so unrealistic to others? Because I guess things are not how they used to be in this world. Money has become our first priority. Homeless people are starved on the streets in poor countries. But no one cares. Sad! Home is no longer the shelter for us. Parents are always like our enemies, making us feel like we were in The World War III every single day. Maybe you don't take it to your heart. But it's worth spending a lifetime to think twice. This world is cruel now. No matter how big the steps I have to strike out are; no matter how little change I can possibly make; no matter how hard it is to achieve this dream, I will give my everything to make our society and life better. If you are still laughing at my dream, just laugh! Louder please! The louder you laugh at my dream, the more valuable and meaningful for me to realise it. P.4 勿以善小而不為 6A 彭志峰行善，是一種美德。行善，是一種傳遞愛的方法。行善，是將自己擁有的與別人分享。現時，我是一位熱心服務社會的義工，盡我所能回饋社會。其實，小時候的我並不這樣認為。如果不是因為一次的經歷，令我有重大啟發，我可能還不認同「勿以善小而不為」這句話。那次的經歷仍然歷歷在目…… 小時候，父母就不斷向我灌輸一個道理——賣旗籌款時不要幫忙，因為兩三塊錢根本就不能協助他們改變什麼，還不如將金錢積小成多，購買自己所喜愛的物品吧！這道理深深烙印在我的腦海裏。長大後，每當在街上看見慈善團體賣旗時，我假裝視而不見；當看見別人買旗時，我更會認為他們多此一舉。我一直都認為父母的道理是對的，不應該幫助那班慈善團體。不過，一次經歷令我有新的體會，原來父母的「道理」是錯的…… 「向華，你有興趣參與賣旗活動嗎？這是有益身心的活動。其他同學和我已經報名了，只欠你一個。」英秀滿懷希望地問。「不了，父母告訴我賣旗活動是毫無意義的事，我根本沒有興趣。」我一口拒絕，但英秀仍然窮追猛打，我只好屈服，報名參加。到了賣旗日，雖然我懷着一顆不情願的心參與，但我仍積極爭取途人的支持或捐款。不過，我卻感受到途人特意的迴避，即使我多麼努力，主動出擊，仍然空手而回。倏地，我感受到之前自己待那些慈善團體，是多麼的冷酷和無情。「向華，我相信你感受到自己之前是多麼愚蠢、無知，你應該感同身受。往往他們就是和你一樣，認為自己多此一舉，小小的付出根本不會造成改變。然而行善無分大小，又何必斤斤計較？證明多麼微小的事亦可協助人亦可協助自己﹗捐一點兒的錢在於意義，不在於多少﹗」聽完英秀一番的訓勉後，我重新投入活動中，那根深柢固的「道理」也悄悄地離我遠去。其實，我們小小的付出，不在於其外在的價值多少。如果每個人都覺得自己沒有能力或所做的事微不足道，那很多人只會和我一樣，只會「事不關己，己不勞心。」而且，當每個人亦都這樣做，只會令社會固步自封，停滯不前。假如我們只顧着經濟的發展，而忽視這微小的善行。香港會逐漸地變成一個冷冰冰的城市，大家會生活在一個既熟悉又陌生的地方，人也只會愈加自私。余慕蓮是一位演員，她將自己積累大半生的金錢奉獻給慈善事業，捐錢到內地山區建學校，幫助孩子升學。雖然，這事對比大慈善家一擲億計來說實在是微不足道，但是她的做法卻改變了不少內地兒童的命運，也激發更多的香港人關心這些貧困地方的孩子，她的行動亦受到廣大市民的讚賞和支持。可見，即使是一人之力，亦可造成巨大的改變，扭轉結果。「贈人玫瑰，手留餘香。」善無大小，可以協助人，亦可以令到自己得益。協助一下身旁的友人、同事；成為義工，幫助有需要的低下階層，這一點一點的小事集成汪洋大海，令香港變回以前人情味濃厚的城市，在各個的方面發光發熱…… 行善，是一種高尚的品格，可洗滌心靈。行善，是一種傳遞愛的方式，讓別人感到有希望，改變人的命運。行善，是將自己擁有的分享給別人，回饋社會，讓社會更和諧祥樂。 P.5 三人行必有我師 6A 施錦濤一位善良的同學 2A 黃智君他樣貌普通，身材矮小，不僅成績年年倒數第一，沒有一技之長，說話更是含糊不清，就是這樣一個平凡的人，卻讓我徹底明白「三人行必有我師」這個道理。那是一個冬天的午膳時間。一如既往，那一個「一事無成」的他──向華，拿着他那些繁多卻又簡單的數學習題向我走來。我瞄了他一眼，心想：這麼簡單的習題都不會？我不屑地說：「向華，你還是向其他人請教吧。」向華似乎沒聽明白我話中的諷刺，吞吞吐吐說道：「是……嗎？我……我問……其他人吧。」我頭也不抬，揮了揮手，讓他走開。午膳過了一半，一件令人意想不到的事卻發生了。當我走出教室，準備到小食部買點東西時，兩名中一的學生在梯間你推我嚷的叫喊，其中一名同學冷不防用力一推，另一名同學一個不留神，失了重心，滾下樓梯。他一動也不動的倒在地板上，手臂不斷滲出鮮血。那名中一生嚇得目瞪口呆，而我也失了神，呆若木雞，腦海中一片空白，不知所措。這時，偶然路過的向華立即衝上前，用手指按住該名倒地不起的同學的傷處，血立即緩了很多。他見我在一旁時，更叫我馬上通知老師及撥打求救電話。不一會，救護車來到，將神志不清的同學送往醫院，這一場風波才結束。這時，向華終於舒了一口氣，繼續若無其事回到教室，看他的數學習題。向華的快速應變，處事不驚，讓我深深地體會到一句千古名言的真諦──「三人行必有我師」。人無完人，每一個人都有自己的優點與缺點，正因為如此，人類才需要互相幫助、支持，互相學習。三個人一起走，也總有一個人是你的老師。作為學生，我們更應學會欣賞他人的優點，將之化作上進的動力。「智者千慮必有一失，愚人千慮必有一得。」智者並不總是正確的，而愚人也會有靈機一動、創見獨特的時候。所以，我們不能夠自視過高，也要學會汲取他人的意見，欣賞他人。我也明白了謙虛的重要性，古人云：「虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後。」只有不恥下問，虛心學習他人的優勝之處，才可以真正發揮三人行必有我師的精髓。每個人都有值得我們學習的地方，只有持守着一顆謙虛的心，才能如廣闊的天空那般，包容萬物，最終提升自己，得以進步。反觀現今的社會，人人自視過高，總認為自己比別人理想。對，我們教育程度高，無論能力或者見識都遠勝內地人，因此而驕傲自滿。但近年，內地發展迅速，上海更是全國經濟中心，教育、經濟發展與香港並駕齊驅，發展潛力也許比我們更勝一籌。假若香港人能夠放下身段，欣賞他人的優點，謙虛學習他人的優勝之處，那麼我相信香港未來的路會走得更為順利，更為平坦。學習就如那浩瀚無垠的宇宙一樣，無窮無盡，而我們所學會的只是那其中的一小光點。正如因為如此，我們更應虛心學習他人的長處，我相信，這樣才能讓我們更耀眼光輝。人人都會在學校碰上不同的人，幸運的是，我遇上的同學都是善良的。記得小學時，認識了一位插班生，雖然已畢業多年，然而直至現在我們還常常聯絡。這位同學有張瓜子臉，水汪汪的眼睛，束上馬尾，讓人有種活潑開朗的感覺。還記得每逢周末，我們都會通一次電話，說說自己在學校的趣事，我們還會一起做功課。印像最深刻的一次，就是我們一起參加了一個訓練營。在營中發生的一件事，更讓我了解這位同學的善良。當時，因為組內一位成員犯了錯，令全組的活動受影響，於是教官要求全組同學接受懲罰。她知道我因參與活動而受了傷，竟然自願替我受罰。這豈不是要接受雙倍懲罰？教官批准了，勒令組員在操場上一直跑，一直跑，直到完成有關處分。當她接受懲罰時，我難過得哭起來。完成了處分後，她走來，看到我哭得滿臉淚水，不忘安慰我說：「老師常常說同學之間要互相幫忙，你看，你一定沒有認真聽課了！」聽到這番話，我告訴自己，以後一定要學她這般無私，為同學付出，也不會忘記這位好同學。可惜，快樂的時光一眨眼便過了，她和家人在聖誕節過後便要移民英國了，我們再也見不上了！現在，我們也只能用電郵談天，一個月也會互通一次電話。她讓我知道友情是非常寶貴的，可以說比黃金更寶貴，因此與人相處時，要念着別人的好處，少一點批評；另外也要珍惜彼此相處的時間，否則失去後將無法挽回。我想念這位善良的同學，同時，也珍惜現在與同學相處的每分每秒。 P.6 記一次離別的經歷 3A 林焯安「爺爺，您在天上的生活如何？一切還好嗎？」二零零八年的暑假，爺爺因為身體不適要進醫院檢查，報告出來後，全家人的心情就像從雲端掉下來一樣。報告寫着爺爺身上有一個惡性腫瘤，而且已是末期，醫生已回天乏力。那時我年紀小，無法了解醫生的話，爸媽極力忍着在眼眶中打轉的淚水，用低沉的聲音告訴我：「癌症會讓爺爺……離開我們！」說到這裏，爸媽的眼淚有如泉水般，不斷地從眼中湧出來。聽了爸媽的話，我呆了好一段時間，腦中空蕩蕩，心中酸楚的感覺至今還是記憶猶新。我發現自己的臉頰都濕了，擦來擦去總是濕的，我不是在流淚，還是甚麼呢？理智告訴我，我必須冷靜面對這個晴天霹靂的消息，我要好好控制自己的情緒，但是看到躺在床上的爺爺，我的淚水絕對不是我所能控制的。回想爺爺總讓我的口袋裏有用不完的零錢，外出時細心的叮嚀，在家時爺孫倆盈盈的笑語，一切一切都在我的腦海縈繞不去。我按捺不住這千軍萬馬的重擊，我向病房門外衝，跌跌撞撞的，可以找上誰幫我一把。靈光一轉，我要找醫生，問問他爺爺怎麼了？我，可以麼辦？確實的答案是爺爺的生命已走到最後的一個多月，我只能眼睜睜地看着時間一分一秒的過去，甚麼都做不到。只有流淚，那是我流淚最多的一天。第二天，學校很快知道了爺爺的消息，特意安排社工開導我，這使我明白人生總有生離死別的時候，我們必須從中學習成長，學習更多道理。時間過得很快，轉眼間，離別的時間終於來臨了，爺爺把我叫到床邊說：「小安，在我離去的時候，你要笑着送我，好嗎？」我似笑非笑，似哭非哭的，一邊流着涙，一邊點着頭說：「我明白了，爺爺，您安心吧！」說完，爺爺安詳地與我永別了。「爺爺，您可好，我相信您在天上的生活一定是好的！」講不出的說話 4A 魏迪媽媽，從小您就教我做錯事要道歉，而此刻，那三個字，我卻如此難以啟齒。越長大，耐性卻越少，對愛我的人的耐性更是少之又少。您已經四十多歲了，顯然已跟不上這個飛速躍進的時代，而我卻不曾理解。悶熱的下午，我正在寫數學作業。各種數字讓我煩不勝煩。您捧着電話進來：「寶貝，幫我用微信給阿姨發張照片唄。」我微皺了皺眉，壓下心中的不耐，飛快地敲打着屏幕，草草了事，然後將手機塞給您。您甜甜地說：「謝謝寶貝！」我卻暗忖：真煩，打斷我思路。過了一會兒，您又來敲門。「寶貝，阿姨怎麼沒有覆我呀？」我撇了撇嘴，拿過手機。「阿姨現在不在線！」不快毫不掩飾地衝出來。「我在寫作業，能不能別煩我了！」我大聲地說。瞥見您失望的眼神，心中有些後悔。您淡淡地說了句：「哦，那您寫功課吧，我不打擾您了。」您轉身攏了攏頭髮，就在那一瞬，我看見您如墨的頭髮中穿梭着幾縷不諧調的白。酸楚頓時湧上心頭，但那三個字，我仍是說不出口。猶記得小時候，充斥着油煙的廚房，您忙着為菜添佐料，我卻總是拉着您的手，問您許多奇奇怪怪不着邊際的問題：「為什麼油會濺出來？」「因為有水啊！」您耐心地答。「那為什麼雲會走呢？」「因為有風啊！乖乖進屋去吧，別燙着了。」您蹲下身，溫柔地看着我。您總是耐心解答我的疑惑，不論何時。再小時，是您半夜起身給我換尿片，在雷雨時睜着惺忪的睡眼，看我是不是被雷聲嚇醒。您是那麼無微不至地照顧我，從來沒有嫌我麻煩，從來沒有抱怨一個煩字。而我卻…… 媽媽的眼角被歲月刻上痕跡，眼睛也不再明亮，走路慢了。可您放不下的，心裏滿滿裝着的，全都是我。與其說是歲月，不如說是我。是我親手為您畫上了皺紋，是我為您描了白髮，是我為您梳了憔悴的妝。可儘管如此，您卻依然笑着，心甘情願承受着我為您帶來的一切。愧疚堵在心口，我伏在桌上，再也寫不下那數學題。那三個字，堵在心口，佔滿腦海。在路上不小心撞了別人，我會很自然地說出那三個字。可對您，我卻如此難以啟齒。也許正是因為我無數次深深的傷害了您，我才這般羞於啟齒。因為不是所有錯，都能用這三個字彌補。人們常說：「樹欲靜而風不止，子欲養而親不在。」刹的，我拿起筆。媽媽，這是我最沉重的字，包含了我太多的愧疚和悔恨。媽媽，媽媽，我想對您說：對不起，對不起。我像一隻初成的幼鳥，飛離您的懷抱，不曾回頭等您。忘了您餵食的辛苦，忘了您的心情。媽媽，對不起。這並不是結束句，而是我對您承諾的開始。從這一刻我要長大，不再任性，聆聽您，像我兒時您聆聽我一樣。 P.7 知足常樂 5A 蔡彩璇這次活動的經歷，讓我覺醒過來，明白到「知足常樂」這個道理。今天我和一個同學參加義工活動，探訪一個貧困家庭。一直以來我都以為極需要幫助的他們一定渴望得到很多東西，但事實原來不是這樣的…… 當我們踏進這個裝修普通，黑暗潮濕，甚至破破爛爛不足兩百呎的屋子時，已經開始疑惑：難道這就是一個五口之家的房子嗎？太可憐了吧！我想像着屋主一定是在角落裏唉聲嘆氣，一邊埋怨自己的處境，一邊垂頭喪氣流淚的人。事實卻讓人意外，迎接我們的是一位中年男人，皮膚黝黑，乾瘦得很，眼睛瞇成一道線，正咧開嘴朝我們笑。屋子裏幾乎沒有什麼擺設，破舊的矮木桌上甚至還擺放着幾盤剩菜。中年男人的襯衫有些發黃但很整齊，褲子可以清楚地看到一塊塊斑跡。三個孩子在一張小小的椅子上玩着石子，笑聲清脆，玩得不亦樂乎。我感到不可思議，為什麼這樣惡劣的環境下他們看起來仍然十分快樂。換了是我，也許會崩潰。每年我都會要求爸爸給我買新衣服、新玩具，其至一些昂貴的電子通訊工具。我甚至埋怨自己的父母為什麼不是有錢人，滿足不了我的願望，即使我已經擁有了很多。我試探地問其中一個孩子：「這些石子這麼普通，你們一定很不快樂，很想買新玩具吧？」孩子很堅定地說：「不，爸爸、媽媽、一家人在一起我就覺得很開心了！」孩子的話洗滌了我的心靈。我轉身問那中年男人。他卻哈哈大笑起來：「我以前是個大老闆，天天算計着自己的錢財，得到一點後會想要更多。野心勃勃的我拼命工作，錯過了和家人共享天倫的機會。每天我都活在憂慮和不滿中，甚至有一段時間得過憂鬱症。我總覺得不滿足，我以為得到一定就是快樂，每天我都要斤斤計較，擔心沒有擁有更多，這種心思讓我變得很痛苦。那時候的我，才是真正不快樂。」聽到他的話，我猛地一悸，我和以前的他竟是一樣的！我也曾一直埋怨父母，埋怨沒有更好的生活，因此常憂慮難過。卻未曾想過，一顆單純向上，時常感到滿足的心，才能讓自己時常感到快樂。灰黑的牆上掛滿了一家五口的照片，每一張都綻開笑臉，每一張臉都寫滿幸福，每一個人都像活在陽光裏。一時間，房間仿佛明亮了許多，我們被暖暖的溫情所籠罩。一直以為「知足常樂」只是掛在唇邊的說話。我渴望有漂亮的玩具，寬廣的房子，渴望擁有很多自己日思夜盼的東西，因為我憎恨不能擁有。但我今天才明白，原來滿有慾望的人更不能得到快樂，因為貪婪的人每天都會計較得失，得不到滿足，終日活在痛苦之中。不知足的人常常感到悲傷，俗語說得好：「人心不足蛇吞象。」對！蛇吞象，最終受苦的只會是自己。這跟人一樣，如果只看到自己沒有的，一味窮追，只會自尋煩惱，帶來更多愁。有人追名逐利，以為這樣就是快樂，到最後卻在這過程中丟失更多快樂。人總要知足，知足的人才能有更廣闊的胸懷。反之，貪婪的人時常計算着自己得到什麼，並為之感到不安痛苦。慾望就像一個無底黑洞，它讓人看不見生活觸手可及的美好，吞噬人的快樂單純，常常把人吸入痛苦深淵，很多人也因為這種痛苦，更不能好好面對生活。正如羅丹所言：「生活不是缺少美，而是缺少發現的眼睛。」有錢人花錢買快樂，只想着不斷擁有，只會沉溺更深，不能自拔。未來的路上，我可能也會在這種利益中掙扎，知足常樂的人必定能夠活得更快樂自在，我想這才是我一個堅持的人生信仰。人生就像一場夢，想要做個好夢，就得多看看自己所擁有的。比如友情、親情、一個健康的身體。已擁有這麼多珍貴的東西，還怎麼會不快樂呢？探驪園紀錄了不少精彩時刻，探驪園紀錄了不少精彩時刻，為大家的校園生活留個美好的回憶。為大家的校園生活留個美好的回憶。歷屆的校園記者，歷屆的校園記者，均默默持守這個原則，原則，讓大家對學校有更深入的認識。讓大家對學校有更深入的認識。「長江後浪推前浪「長江後浪推前浪」長江後浪推前浪」，去屆的記者，去屆的記者、去屆的記者、編輯將要卸任，編輯將要卸任，新一屆校園記者將繼續接棒。將繼續接棒。透過這個機會，透過這個機會，讓我們了解新舊兩屆編輯的心聲。我們了解新舊兩屆編輯的心聲。去屆編輯心聲：去屆編輯心聲：光陰似箭，日月如梭，眨眼間，我已是應屆文憑試考生。學業是人生其中一部份，漫長無涯。在五年間，我學懂「堅持」二字，堅持的不只是學習，還有堅持夢想。夢想是前進的動力，也是開啟成功大門之匙。五年的時間說長不長，說短也不短。在學校與同學快樂的日子也過得特別快，曾記得一起在籃球場上龍爭虎鬥，記得一起在寒梅軒為學業奮鬥，也記得在維他天地一起細說心中情……這些回憶是人生中最美好片段。在學校中，每個人在學校的經歷和感受迥然不同，我能確定的是歡樂總比愁緒多。各位，抓緊夢想，為自己的校園生活留點回憶，讓自己有更多姿多采的青春歲月。 6A 白俊毅 P.8 本校於 18/11 至 22/11 舉辦了環保科技週，活動多元化，讓同學對環保科技應用有更深入的認識。活動日程曾獲公開比賽獎項的「動感風力滙香江」、「風馳電『掣』」及「聲波地鼠」大型電腦體感遊戲，讓同學從遊戲中學習有關能源效益標籤、風力發電的原理及微處理器的應用用植物製作環保滅蚊包、有機果醫製作製作校門側的垂直綠牆素食午餐、午膳關燈行動機電工程署的互動資訊站巡迴展覽、太陽能發電應用示範運用平板電腦、團隊協作的的互動解密遊戲活動剪影：  編輯的話新的一年，校園記者期望透過製作校園新聞，讓同學們可以更了解生活其中的校園動態。回想剛剛收到採訪任務時，我有少許迷惘、緊張。在採訪過程中和很多人進行交流，觀察到很多以往不曾留意的細節。看到受訪者最真實的感受，人的情緒在採訪時才能看得真切，令人記憶更為深刻。手中也逐漸積累一些稿子，這種自然流露令人感到十分滿足充實，仿佛一字一句，均是最真實動人的觸碰。校園記者將積極發掘新鮮有趣的事，讓同學透過我們的文字，也能認識身邊的一事一物。 5A 蔡彩璇學校有機耕種園圃可讓有興趣的班別及教職員種植有機蔬果，最快三月就有收成了！透過綠化校園資助計劃，學校槐蔭亭側的園圃又換了新的景象了，大家快來看看吧！編輯小組名單顧問老師：蔡韻瑜老師、朱韻琴老師、曾國威老師、麥啟志老師總編輯：5A 蔡彩璇校園記者： 4A 蔡采珠、鍾佩芝、洪銘怡、招冠聰、曹家瑋、鍾志威、林俊賢、姚栩斌 5A 蔡彩璇、林翠玲、吳美華、王淇、許友利、宋明俊、鄧焜中、曾澤新、王雲海、邱梓熙 5C 黃詩旻、王曉瑩 P.9 本校為宣揚「博愛精神」，致力建立一個關愛校園。今年德育及國民教育組舉辦了不同的活動，讓同學可以多關心有需要的人士。器官捐贈講座(15/10) 畢業班分享會(29/11) 愛心頸巾齊齊織(9-12 月) 聖誕卡設計比賽(11 至 12 月) 愛心頸巾齊齊織參與名單： 1C 許嘉琳 1D 鄭芷瑤、莊斯雅、施麗莎、譚敏儀 2A 陳幗芙、馮天藍、李欣欣、廖婉君 2B 郭穎洵、賴沛雯、黃梓淇 2D 鍾善媛、潘曉藍、曾玉貞 3D 黎翠如 4A 陳嘉希、朱悅儀、鍾佩芝、洪銘怡、官倩玲、蔡綺莎、嚴淑琪 5A 蔡彩璇、賴雪晴、林翠玲、吳美華、黃敏怡聖誕卡設計比賽得獎名單：詹善堯、何曉晴、黃超怡、郭穎禧、林楚穎、劉凱潁、李珈瑩、 1B 麥蘊婷、楊希婷 1C 李小雪、楊苓、鍾少衡 1D 黎莉霞 2A 梁珀誠 2C 張凱彤、全柏嘉 3A 陳子玲 3C 林嘉莉、溫巧盈 4B 譚譪恩 5A 王淇、黃敏怡 5C 楊潔婷、葉曉欣、郭耀程 5D 林曉錂 6C 王晴雅、王紀雯 6E 李蕙穎 1A P.10 本校義工隊「愛心大使」今年的服務對象為長者，我們與靈實長者地區服務(尚德中心)於上學期合辦活動，讓同學更多關心區內長者的需要。我們於十一月舉行了兩次長者網遊班，邀請了十二位長者到本校學習運用手機及平板電腦上網。課堂由同學以一對一的形式教授，參加的長者均表示課程對他們有幫助。愛心大使於聖誕假期到訪位於尚德邨尚真樓的靈實長者服務(尚德中心)，為十多位長者舉行了一個聖誕派對，將祝福及歡樂送給長者。另外，我們於十二月及一月均派出義工隊伍探訪尚德邨的獨居長者，在寒冬中送上溫暖。同學教授長者使用平板電腦，讓長者也能體驗上網的樂趣。由本年度開始，每學期會設立一個德育主題，分別推廣自信、盡責、自律、尊重、誠信及關愛六項品格。本學年上學期的主題為自信，我們進行了一系列早會分享、週會活動以及班主任節活動。本學年各班最有自信同學得獎名單 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 3D 初中詹善堯、黃超怡、林楚穎、熊文朗、尹潤平劉芷僑、伍嘉敏、陳正溢、吳汶僖、楊志灝吳嘉琪、關誠熙黎莉霞、施麗莎、朱俊軒楊海斐、陳嘉韻、陳明威、杜縉、余潔雯賴沛雯、鄭家維饒嘉澍郭可煒、莫裕婕、李衍瑭、李澤僖陳靜、陳翔傑、陳毅展、黎俊榮、李御正、吳家威張澤銘林嘉莉趙家麟、關卓義、楊偉充 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 高中曹家瑋、招冠聰、嚴淑琪、魏迪、陳偉健譚譪恩、郭展衡、溫天晴劉沛旻、梁錦鵬、王金榜、王偉誠鄭國康、云鈞婷、吳耀坤盧嘉欣、鄭卓賢蔡彩璇、王淇、胡嘉敏、林翠玲、楊俊廉李浩民梁靖為林曉錂、譚曉峰、劉鎧麒、王倩婷、陳子鋒黃敏玲、陳嘉樂、蔡鴻裕、鄧翰傑陳榮賀、張曉宗、施錦濤黎家威、陳玉文陳寶茹、陳學賢、周卓其、朱國權、黎展鴻張榮軒、余浩軒郭銘康、梁文輝鄧靜欣、甘卓龍獲獎同學心聲：曹家瑋：曹家瑋：自信就是要相信自己的能力，所以除了提升自己的能力，也要學會相信自己。而這次證明同學的信任。謝謝！ 4A 陳偉健：陳偉健：很高興可以獲獎。我認為自己平日與別人溝通時，說話清晰響亮，因此能獲得這個獎項。我會繼續以自信的談吐與別人傾談。 4A 魏迪：魏迪：要做到自信並不容易。「自信」，首先要相信自己，相信自己可以做到，相信自己有能力。其次，越是自信的人，越需要一顆謙卑的心。 4A P.11 一年一度的陸運會於 10 月 24 至 25 日假西貢運動場舉行。當日陽光普照，同學再次於闊别兩年的運動場互相較量，更感親切。本年度參與人數創高峰，連同工作人員在內，幾近全校參與。期望同學在競賽場中不斷努力，享受箇中的樂趣，為自己留下美好的回憶。記者：記者：5A 林翠玲、林翠玲、蔡采璇、蔡采璇、王雲海、王雲海、鄧焜中「看到年輕人發揮潛能，盡力拼搏，充滿了青春氣息。」初次參與本校陸運會的葉校長更回想年輕時享受運動的過程，特別是奔跑的感覺。校長看到同學拼搏的畫面，覺得特別美好，更認為運動最重要的意義是不計得失，只需享受過程。校長最想與同學分享的是什麼呢？「做每一件事都要勝不驕，敗不餒，只要付出努力、盡情享受過程便足夠了，不需太看重結果，無論在運動，追求學問、人生道路上也如此，努力拼搏，做到最好，為自己爭取最美好的成果。」文佩儀老師首次參與陸運會賽事，更挑戰 4000 米長跑。「因為劉欣欣老師和黃國揚師鼓勵而參加，很開心能完成賽事。」文老師表示害怕其他參賽者跑太快，怕有太大落差。「幸好 6A 班一些同學陪着我跑。」文老師不忘感謝和她結伴同行的同學。比賽的重頭戲是師生 4000 米比賽，大家在賽場上一較高下。有受訪家長表示參與陸運會目的為兒子打氣，而觀賞賽事時，亦感到同學很有活力，各社也努力打氣，創意十足，整體氣氛良好。且不同項目中更看到同學的團結精神，亦見識高年級學生的領導才華，極有風範。至於擔任文社幹事的陳宛彤同學覺得最艱苦莫過曬太陽，此外賽程急趕，令工作壓力大增，倍感辛苦。然而當她看到社員的成就時，卻感到無論工作多辛苦，也是值得的。尤其有觀眾讚賞飾物、社制服製作精美時，更令她覺得之前的辛酸是有價值的。初次參與陸運會的中一同學呂永鏗負責為大會拍攝，他覺得能夠為同學留下美好回憶是一件光榮的事。而中六的鄭梓豐同學充當司令台助手，需要整理大堆的文件，然而欣賞賽事時，仍覺氣氛高漲、充滿歡樂。參加了跳遠比賽和學生會接力比賽的許友利同學認為賽事刺激，「每人都全力以赴，雖然這次比賽雖然得不到任何獎項，但仍十分開心。參加比賽時，我用盡全力，仍然未能進入決賽，然而能為屬社爭取分數，亦完成了自己的責任。」而許同學認為比賽只是第二，友誼才是第一，因此沒有把輸贏看得太重，反而盡情參與，享受過程。高級組女子全場總冠軍劉詩婷同學認為，比賽前兩天感到焦慮，當見到他人領獎時感到擔心，然而慶幸自己最後能夠放鬆心情，享受比賽。她認為一路走來不易，又感謝曾鼓勵自己的人。實地採訪心聲侯佳華：侯佳華：在陸運會的時候，我採訪了許多不同的人，有運動員、工作人員、老師、甚至有幸與校長交談。深深體會到陸運會緊張氣氛，同時也為運動員的拼搏精神而感動。不錯，就是這種曾經在運動場揮灑過的汗水，最終將為我們人生寫下難忘的篇章。 5A 林翠玲：林翠玲：以前每次在陸運會我都只當工作人員，甚少參與其中。今次作為校園記者採訪陸運會，我與不同崗位的同學、老師進行近距離溝通，有前所未有的經歷，了解更多體育運動吸引之處，令我更加投入。工作人員在背後默默付出，運動員的努力不懈，校長、老師的溫情鼓勵，看台上觀眾熱情的打氣，無不牽引我的心。我想，這裏有一種熱愛，一種堅持，一種執著，推動着大家不斷前進。 5A 鄧焜中：鄧焜中：兩天的採訪，我從一名坐在看台的觀眾到一名走在前線的採訪者，在與不同的人溝通中突破自我。同時深深感受到同學們對陸運會的熱情和投入，見證工作人員無時無刻堅守職位，與運動場上奮力拼搏的健兒互相輝映，就像一個團結的大家庭，深深吸引着我，打動着我。 5A P.12