在新时代讲故事(1/2)

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概述：在充满了电子游戏和网络的新时代，讲故事会怎么样呢？
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The Fat Cat
Gorham
Virginia
Linda Sullivan
Arts Council
Virginia's Fairfax County
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答疑：天地一沙鸥wpIn an age of video games and the Internet, storytelling is a tradition that remains entertaining and educational even after thousands of years. Storytelling was first developed to pass knowledge from one generation to another. Storytellers use the human voice as well as facial and body movements to make the spoken word compelling.
"Hup two three four, hup two three four. You can try it baby; hup two three four, hup two three four...."
Linda Gorham is a storyteller. Her stories, like this one called The Fat Cat, come alive through sounds, rhythms and the repetition of words.
"And cat says, I'm a fat cat, a real fat cat and I'm really hungry, how about that, Huh."
In The Fat Cat, a hungry cat is never satisfied. Here, Ms. Gorham is performing the story before more than 100 children in a Virginia community center. Her audience is having fun.
"It was very creative. And I never heard of the story before. It sounded very cool."
"I  like that you can, like imagine it, instead of looking at the pictures of the book."
Ms. Gorham says storytelling is a powerful teaching tool.
"I call it teaching without preaching. I don't tell a story and then at the end say now here's what you needed to learn. The message should be in the story. If the story is well crafted, you're going to get it."
Linda Sullivan is president of the Arts Council of Virginia's Fairfax County. The council organizes storytelling performances for school children throughout the county.时光荏苒，千年依旧如斯，纵然电子游戏和网络已成为时代的主旋律，但讲故事依然是一个富有趣味性和教育意义的传统。 讲述故事的初衷是为了让知识代代相传。故事讲述者融声音、面部表情及肢体语言于一体使得故事内容引人入胜。
吖、2、3、4，吖、2、3、4。跟我一起来~ 吖、2、3、4， 吖、2、3、4……
Linda Gorham就是一个故事叙述者。她的故事，就像这个叫做《胖胖的猫》的故事一样，能通过对声音、韵律和词语的重复让一切听起来栩栩如生。
这只猫说：“我是一只胖猫，一只大胖猫~我非常非常地饿！怎样？嗯哼~”
在故事《胖胖的猫》中，这只饥饿的猫咪永远也吃不饱。此刻，在弗吉尼亚州社区中心， Gorham女士正为一百多个孩子现场讲述这个故事。她的小观众们正乐不可支地哼哈着。
“这真是太有创意啦！我之前从没有听过这个故事！这实在是太酷了！”
“我真的喜欢像这样想象着故事情节，而不是只看着书上的图画而已！”
Gorham女士说讲故事其实是一种极富感染力的教育方式。
“我称之为 ‘没有说教的教育’，而且我不会在讲完一个故事之后说，现在你们需要从中学点什么。 因为主旨应该是暗含在故事里的。如果这个故事编排得够好的话，不用别人说，你也能学到些什么。”
Linda Sullivan是弗吉尼亚州费尔法克斯郡艺术委员会的主席，该委员会致力于为全郡的孩子们奉上故事叙述表演。