28日，李阳来到我校，他带来的“疯狂英语”不仅给学生以全新的感受，也给老师的教学思想以很大的冲击。我校姚奕、高璐两位年轻的英语老师写出了她们的一些感悟。

姚奕：

Ever—lasting crazy English

   Yesterday, the director of Crazy English Mr. Li Yang came to our school to give an inspiring speech to all the senior students in our school. Everybody was so highly motivated by his passion and enthusiasm for English that all of us are injected with an impulse to spare no efforts to learn English. Actually, every incident and every occasion can offer us a perfect opportunity to practise English. What a pity that it has been four years since I wrote a thesis in English last time. So I try to write my reflection about the speech in English, just intending to polish my written English, without any intention to show off.

We admire Li Yang as a hero, but for me, I would rather prefer to choose his spirits as my precious gains. Speaking fluent English is by no means playing cool. It is a hard task requiring perseverance, patience, diligence and persistence! I do not want to deny the fact that different person is born with different language gifts, and some man even has a marvelous talent to recite or mimic. Take Mr. Li for example. He can mimic President Bush’s speech strikingly vividly, so as the Indian or Arabian English. But we should make it clear that it doesn’t mean every talented person can learn English well, or the person who has poor ability will have no future in English study. The ultimate purpose of learning English is to learn without guidance. So we have to grasp every opportunity to perfect our English. However, the process is rather dull or monotonous, but with determination, with endless passion for study , you can absolutely surpass every obstacles you encounter on the way

Some students emphasize that they do have a strong interest in English, but due to boring classes, their interests diminish gradually. Actually, the so-called interest is not the jealousy of others’ fluent English. You usually have such kind of interest when you are thrilled at your peer’s excellent English, and just imagine you also have a strong desire for English. However, when you are devoted to learning English on such a short-time impulse, your interest will quickly be lost after you have done much dull repetition. So the interest of learning English must be accompanied by persistence. I’d like to share my experience in learning English with you. I used to be self-abased in my English because I didn’t have a clear sense of grammar in my mind, and I always did poorly in my exam. English major was on no account my first choice. When I entered college, I was totally conquered by my professor’s profound knowledge, which provided me with an abundant source of motivation. I cannot say my English is very good, but I really made great progress in my English. I enlarged my vocabulary on the train home, I tried to translate every advertisement I saw in the street, I challenged myself by thinking in English, and I even murmured some English words in my dreams. I have to confess I did have a struggling and torturing time when I immersed myself in study, but it really pays. I regret I was not mature enough at that time for I quitted my passion for study after my graduation, or it would be better than now.

Many students, including many teachers, are very excited after yesterday’s activity. As an English teacher, I hope this can be a very precious chance to motivate students’ appetite for study. What we should do is to help them create as many opportunities as possible, and also teach them how to do so. Enjoy losing face. Shout aloud! Success is not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to go after. 

昨天，疯狂英语的主讲李阳老师来到我们学校，给全校师生做了一个鼓舞人心的演讲。听完演讲后，每个学生都被李阳对英语的狂热深深感染，仿佛在刹那间被注入了学习英语的强大动力，誓把英语学好。其实，在我们的生活中，随时都能捕捉到各种环境和场合来练习我们的英语。很遗憾，自从大学毕业后，我已经四年没有用英语写过文章了，听了李阳的演讲也倍感惭愧。所以，我尝试着用英语来写我对于李阳老师演讲的感想，纯粹也只是为了锻炼一下我的英语，没有任何炫耀之意。

     我们把李阳当作英雄一样来崇拜，事实上，我更愿意选择他学习英语的精神来作为我宝贵的收获。能说一口流利的英语绝对不是耍酷。这是一项需要耐心，毅力，勤勉和恒心的艰巨项目。我并不否认每个人的语言天赋有所不同，有人天生模仿力强，语感好。比如李阳，模仿布什惟妙惟肖，模仿印度，阿拉伯人的英语也如出一辙。但这并不意味着模仿力强的人都能学好英语，也不是指天生没语感的人就学不好英语。学英语的精髓是无师自通。所以我们应该抓住每一个机会来练习英语。然而，这个过程是异常枯燥无聊的，但是只要有决心，只要有源源不断的热情来激发自己的潜能，你总能不断地超越你在过程中遇到的任何障碍。

      有些学生强调他们本来是对英语有很强烈的兴趣的 ，但是由于上课枯燥等原因，他们的兴趣就逐渐消失了。事实上，所谓对英语的兴趣，并不是当看到别人能讲一口流利的英语时产生的嫉妒之情。很多人自称对英语很有兴趣，那只是看到了别人的光环，然后想想自己只要有这种动力就能学好英语。但是只要你仅凭这种一时冲动来学习英语，那么在你做了几次单调无聊的重复以后，你的兴趣就会荡然无存。所以兴趣是要和持久的恒心携手同行的。我想和大家分享一下我学习英语的经历。我曾经在高中时候英语水平处班级中等，对所谓的语法是一头雾水，考试成绩也很不理想。也是阴差阳错地进了英语专业。进入大学后，我立刻被教授的博学，对英语的运用自如所折服，这给我提供了强大的学习动力。我不敢说我现在的英语很好，但是我确实是一个在英语学习上取得进步的人。我每次坐火车回家都在车上背单词，走在路上看到广告会不由自主地翻译，我挑战自己用英语思考问题，有时甚至时说梦话都能蹦出几个单词。不得不承认，当我全身心地投入学习的时候，那个过程是很痛苦和折磨人的。但是确实是很有收获。我也后悔当时的我不够成熟，因为在大学毕业后，这股学习的冲劲就烟消云散了，否则现在的状态肯定会更好。

     很多学生，包括很多老师，在听了昨天的演讲后都非常激动。作为一名英语教师，我认为我们应该很好地抓住这次活动的契机，为学生创造尽可能多的英语环境，不断地用热情来激发学生学习英语的斗志。“享受丢脸，大声地喊出来”成功不是靠等待，而是需要追求的！

高璐：

恰似怎样的疯狂?    

    早在高中阶段就闻名李阳，但从未近距离接触或是有目的为提高英语而去了解有关疯狂英语的情况，甚至对他所演讲时那种大喊大叫，手足并用的疯狂状态深感不屑，心想：“至于吗？！”这次一中之行，让我亲身感受到了李阳以及他那疯狂的激情，虽说不能完全改观对他的看法，但却有了更深的一些想法。

    许多人只看到了李阳演讲时的激情和疯狂，说他是个“疯子”，但他给我们赠送的书籍上的一个图片却让我为之动容：风雪中，李阳穿着军大衣，捧着一本英语书正忘我的朗读，面容上看起来不似现在这般潇洒，但专注的神情足以让人为之感动。因此，疯狂英语并不只是人们想象中的大喊大叫，而事实上这种疯狂是一种精神上的陶醉，是一种极度的专注、认真。我想，也正是李阳当初的那种专注与认真，才成就了今天的李阳。

    我向来不喜欢过于传统的思想观念，但却一直坚信如果传统的能一直流传下来的，那么它就是经典，就是至理名言。古语说：书读百遍，其意自见。我从小就喜欢朗读课文，大声朗读，也许就是因为朗读让我培养了良好的语感，语文、英语成绩一直遥遥领先，成绩上的优异又增加了我的自豪感和激发了我的兴趣，以至于一个晚上做完一本英语资料都全然不觉，我也可以把自己称为一种疯狂，虽不是那么歇斯底里，但这样的疯狂更是一种全情投入，忘我陶醉。鉴于自身的一点经验，我在平时的教学中也要求学生早上高声朗读，并在班级试行学生带读的方法，迄今为止效果良好。

    说到李阳，人们都会认为他是疯狂英语的创始人，但我想换个称号，疯狂英语的“发起人”更好一点，事实上在李阳之前很多人都已经这么做了，只是李阳让“疯狂”这个概念闯入了大众的视线，冲击着大众的观念。我大学时的一位教授，当请教他几招如何英语能学得驾轻就熟的绝招时，他笑着说：“其实在我们那个年代，家在山区，弄到几本复习资料就很不容易了。一个班三十几个人就共享一本英语完形阅读，所以大家都很珍惜，等到一本书做完了，就背书玩，一本书背完了，就变着花样背，倒过来背，让同学抽背，结果大家对书里的内容都滚瓜烂熟，不知不觉书都看成了碎片！”这也更是一种疯狂，一个在当时艰苦岁月痴迷英语，全身投入的感人疯狂，相比现在中学生的条件来说，那一本完形阅读凝聚了多少人的梦想和投入，而现今中学生拥有的先进的电子辞典和随身听，却无法圆梦，这些所谓的“先进武器”显得是多么的苍白无力。

    趁着李阳此行的东风，学生们似乎也热情高涨，早上早读课时又听见了久违的朗朗读书声，我不知道这种热情会持续多久，但我会教育我的孩子们疯狂英语更需要的是耐力、毅力和恒心。“疯狂”不意味着歇斯底里，更是一种专注和投入。