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俄罗斯姑娘和我说她想摧毁所有对俄罗斯的刻板印象，我说：来吧！我们一起搞破坏！
Translation:
A Russian girl tells me that she wants to ruin the stereotypes about Russia, and I say: Come on! Let’s break something!
这篇文章的标题是源自我和一个俄罗斯姑娘的聊天。我问她作为俄罗斯人想要让其他国家的青少年了解到怎样的俄罗斯。
这是她的回复：
我希望能够让各国的青少年们摧毁对俄罗斯的刻板印象，那些愚蠢的关于熊和伏特加的事情:) 向ta们展示独特美丽的自然，展示我们国家的一些区域有多么的不相同。
我没有要让她代表所有俄罗斯人发言的意思，只是我们作为普通人也想发出自己的声音，希望自己所想分享的美能够让更多人看见。而现在的社交媒体赋予了我们这样的一个话语空间，像我真的就非常喜欢她在照片墙（instagram）上分享她的生活。
另外这次疫情困在家中，我没有办法出门看展，于是就开始迷恋#museumfromhome(自家生成博物馆），我近期很喜欢的一个博主也是俄罗斯人，她每天都更新自己对画作的复刻。
再说一遍，这篇推送并不是要否认所有你对俄罗斯知道的事情都是误解，只是要说明就像你或许也不喜欢被认为中国人什么都吃百无禁忌一样，俄罗斯人也不都希望被看成是酒鬼和骑熊的勇士。
那你怎么看俄罗斯和俄罗斯人呢？我建议你看完这篇推送后自己理解体悟，没标准答案，你对俄罗斯和俄罗斯人的看法也不需要有唯一的正确答案。
The title of this article is originated from my chat with a Russian girl. I asked her about what she wants teenagers from other countries to know about her home country.
And she replied this:
I’d like them to ruin all the stereotypes about Russia, these stupid things about bears and vodka:) to show them unique and beautiful nature places, to show how different are some parts of our countries.
I am not writing this post to say she can represent all Russians, just trying to clarify that we as normal people can always and want to speak up our own voices, hoping that the beauty we would like to share can be seen by more pepple. And luckily that we are now able to use social media as our space to say something. For example, I really like that she is sharing her life and what she sees through Instagram.
And as I cannot go outside and no musuem exhibitions available for now, I am into the #museumfromhome, and found a super cool account, a Russian artist sharing her version of paintings every day.
To be clear, I am not writing to deny everything you know about Russia and label them as misunderstandings, only try me best to articulate that if you are not happy to be considered as "Oh, You Chinese eat everything", not all Russians are willing to be seen as "drunk" and "riding bears".
So what shall we see Russia and Russian? I would suggest that you can come up with your own perspectives when yo finish reading this article. There is no one and only correct answer. And you don't need that neither.
为了写这篇推送，我除了问俄罗斯网友，还问了四个人两个与俄罗斯有关的问题，在这里分享出来：
我是这样问的——
有两个小问题想问你，最近忙或不感兴趣，忽略这条，我能理解，没关系哒～
起因是我收到一个初中地理老师的求助，她上了俄罗斯🇷🇺这节地理课后感觉很挫败，因为课堂沉闷，但她其实并不想灌输，所以就想着是不是可以帮ta问问更多我认识的地理老师和学地理的学生，之后在GEO做一期推送分享出来。
What first comes to your mind when you hear Russia 🇷🇺
1.当你听到俄罗斯时，你会立刻想起什么？
Is there anything that you really wanted to know about Russia 🇷🇺 but searched few even no result?
2.有什么关于俄罗斯的事情是你特别想了解但却没有在网络上检索到的吗？
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A
十几岁，高二学生, 中国 北京
10s, Upper secondary school student, Beijing China
1.What first comes to your mind when you hear Russia 🇷🇺
1.当你听到俄罗斯时，你会立刻想起什么？
俄罗斯带给我的第一印象是拥有着一列列缓慢行驶的火车，漫长的国境线，神秘而清澈的贝加尔湖畔以及广袤的亚寒带针叶林。
My first impression of Russia was of a slow-moving train, a long, largely flat land border, the bottom of Lake Baikal which is very clean and beautiful，and the vast coniferous forests of the subarctic region.
2.Is there anything that you really wanted to know about Russia 🇷🇺 but searched few even no result?
2.有什么关于俄罗斯的事情是你特别想了解但却没有在网络上检索到的吗？
我可能想要更深地了解俄罗斯不冻港的一些知识，以及俄罗斯的人口变化原因。
I might want to go deeper into some of the knowledge of Russia's Cold-water ports, and the reasons for the demographic changes in Russia.
(The English tranlstion of her answer is provided by A herself.)
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B
十几岁，高二学生, 中国 北京
10s, Upper secondary school student, Beijing China
1.What first comes to your mind when you hear Russia 🇷🇺
1.当你听到俄罗斯时，你会立刻想起什么？
听到俄罗斯我立刻想起来的会是，冷。因为我小升初的那个暑假去过俄罗斯，当时的直接感触就是冷。其次我还会联想到一些不成体系的词汇，比如莫斯科，红菜汤，托尔斯泰，独裁者，光荣，各种宫。如果稍稍往地理靠点边，我首先想到的就是它的高纬和它的水系，以及它突出的国土面积以及关于亚洲欧洲的地理划分。
The first thing comes to me would be cold. I went there in the summer holiday before I started secondary school. My instant feeling is cold. And some other vocabluary connected to Russia would be: Moscow, Beetroot Soup (Borshch), Tolstoy, dictator, honor and the palaces. If more connected to geography, I would first think of its high latitude and water system, and its outstanding land mass and the geographical divide of Asia and Europe.
那会是你想上的地理课吗？如果有一节或几节课上俄罗斯的话？
So will this be the geography classes you want to have? for one or more classes on Russia?
我记得我们初中的地理课有讲过俄罗斯模块，感觉还挺有意思的啊。
I remember that we had Russia in lower secondary schools, and it was pretty fun.
你还记得你们老师怎么讲的吗？
Do you remember how your teacher taught?
我依稀记得就是，先讲的地理位置（经纬度，所在大洲，相邻国家等），其次是自然地理方面（气候，地形，水资源等），然后是人文地理方面（矿产资源，农业，工业区，港口，宗教，建筑风格等），最后是一个拓展阅读（铁路网）
In my vague memory, we started with geographical locations (longtitude and latitude, continents, neigbouring countries), then physical geography aspect (climate, terrain, water resources etc), then human geography aspect (mineral recources, agriculture, industrial zones, ports, religions, and architecture styles), ended with an extensive reading (railway network)
那你是真的喜欢地理，感觉这就是传统地理课本的节奏，有一些学生可能会觉得太照本宣科，而且俄罗斯和我有什么关系？还是说你老师讲得很引人入胜？
Then you must be really like geography, feeling like this is the pace of traditional geography textbooks, some students may find it boring and see no connection between Russia and 'me'? Or your teacher was very good in teaching this?
说实话我觉得初中还是偏应试[Toasted]
Honestly I feel lower secondary school is a bit too focused on examinations
都是课本内容，没什么真正的拓展
All the content in the textbook, not really extending
所以估计很多人会没兴趣吧，只是象征性地记笔记
Therefore it is likely that many would not have the interest, just take notes technically
我觉得可以在人文地理方面多拓展拓展，讲讲历史段子什么的
I would suggest more extension on human geography and history stories
2.Is there anything that you really wanted to know about Russia 🇷🇺 but searched few even no result?
2.有什么关于俄罗斯的事情是你特别想了解但却没有在网络上检索到的吗？
第二个问题我其实没太多想法
The second question I actually have not thought through
如果非学术问题，比如想了解俄罗斯人的生活状态还是得自己在以后fieldwork
If not for academic purpose, for example to know the life and status of Russian, I would say a fieldwork can be helpful
(The English tranlstion of his answer is provided by Hermione.)
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Cedric
30s, Architect，London UK
30多岁，建筑师，英国 伦敦
1.What first comes to your mind when you hear Russia 🇷🇺
1.当你听到俄罗斯时，你会立刻想起什么？
My uncles partner is Russian, and my grandad worked as the right hand man for the british amabassador in Moscow for 30 years, but I myself know very little of Russia, I’m more amazed how huge it’s land mass is, yet how little anyone knows.
我舅舅的伴侣是俄国人，而我的外祖父曾经就在莫斯科给英国大使做副手，但我自己对俄罗斯知之甚少，我更多是惊讶于它广袤的土地，但人们似乎都对此知之甚少。
2.Is there anything that you really wanted to know about Russia 🇷🇺 but searched few even no result?
2.有什么关于俄罗斯的事情是你特别想了解但却没有在网络上检索到的吗？
Beautiful countrysides, there must be a few but none publicised.
美丽的乡村，我想一定有一些但没有得到很好的宣发。
(The Chinese tranlstion of his answer is provided by Hermione.)
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Paulo
70s, Archaeologist, Tokyo Japan (originally from Australia）
70多岁，考古学家，现居日本东京（来自澳大利亚）
1.What first comes to your mind when you hear Russia 🇷🇺
1.当你听到俄罗斯时，你会立刻想起什么？
From all the news I have heard about Russia it’s not a great image
I hear about racism, and politics and get the impression that life in Russia must be difficult
Not a lot of positive messages
I am aware that most news we get is negative
I don’t really know what to expect from this huge country
I feel that there is so much to know about and there must be so much I have missed
从我听到的新闻里俄罗斯听起来不是特别好
我会听到种族歧视、政治博弈然后觉得在俄罗斯的生活肯定挺艰难的
没有很多正面的消息传来
我意识到大部分我们得到的新闻都是负面的
我不知道应该对这个巨大的国家有什么期待
我感觉又许多需要去了解的而且我肯定也错过了许多
2.Is there anything that you really wanted to know about Russia 🇷🇺 but searched few even no result?
2.有什么关于俄罗斯的事情是你特别想了解但却没有在网络上检索到的吗？
I considered travelling to Russia many years ago
I didn’t get there. I went to another country which I felt would be much easier
Today my thoughts of Russia are more enticing.
The country I imagine is mix of many cultures and I could consider travel to see what I have left for so long
多年前我曾考虑过去俄罗斯旅行
但没有成行。我去了另一个国家，因为觉得容易得多
今天我想到俄罗斯会觉得是更吸引人的
我想象中的这个国家混合了多种文化我因此也想考虑去到那里旅行如果我有时间的话
(The Chinese tranlstion of his answer is provided by Hermione.)
我当然也欢迎你继续分享你对这两个问题的思考，尽管去问问你的学生、家人、朋友。但我不是要做一个调查，只是做一个小小的示范：
人的兴趣是广泛复杂也变化着的。
在一些读者看来，可能会觉得大家感兴趣的点其实都不是那么相同，很难看到明显的联系。
这就是我想说的第一个点：承认并接受人兴趣点的复杂多变，然后不要试图让你一个人满足所有人的所有兴趣。就算你看上去都做到了，当下这群人的兴趣点并不意味着也是未来另一批人的兴趣点。
如果你始终在追逐着兴趣，这是一个无尽的累人循环。
放在教学情境中，那就是别想着我要让所有学生都爱上我的地理课。
面对现实，存在一部分学生不管你怎么讲就是不听，可能不是针对你，问题出现在别处，有一部分学生无论你讲多烂都对地理兴致盎然因为ta喜欢地理，可能和你也无关，ta自己看地理书都可以津津有味。
你可以影响到的就是那些有些摇摆、对地理课也不能说有兴趣也不能说没兴趣的中间人。这时候就需要你了！
教师当然可以做到也需要提前了解学情，尤其是这批中间人。但同时也不应该忘记自己是地理老师，也要根据你的专业能力去判断你要教什么地理？教给谁？怎么教？更重要的是你为什么这么教地理？
这篇推送无意提供一个配方，但鼓励教师想一想在自己教室里存在的这三种能量（教师的选择、学生的经验、地理科目），真的要好好想一想这三者你要怎么样在课堂里实现一个平衡。
大卫·兰伯特教授有一个简明扼要对教师进行“课程制作”的介绍视频
Professor David Lambert has a short video introducing 'curriculum making' to teachers
Of course I am happy to see your thoughts over the two questions, and feel free to ask your students, family members and friends. But I am not doing this as a survey, but as an example to show:
people's intersts can be wide, complicated and changing.
Maybe to some readers, the points mentioned above are intersting dots but no obvious connections can be seen.
This is actually the first point I want to make: admit and accept what people are interested in can be complicated and changeable, then you will realise there is no need to match all the interest of everyone in your classes. Even you seem to make it all included, this group may vary from the other group.
It is an endless and incredibly tiring if your goal is to chase after the interest.
Let's put this in the real teaching and learning situation, there are some students just won't listen to you no matter what you say, and you may not be reason, the problem of him/her may orginate from elsewhere, and there are also some students will be interested in geography regardless of your teaching as they just like geography, you may not be their reason neither, they probably would enjoy reading geography books without you.
The students who you can influence are those who are swinging in the middle, not sure if they are interested or not interested. There you come!
Of course teachers need to and should be capable of knowing their students, in particular those in the middle. But there is no way a teacher forget his/her status as a geography teacher, the professional expertise is also key to decide what geography you are going to teach? Who you are teaching? How you are teaching? And most importantly, why you are teaching geography and in certain ways?
This post is not to give a recipe but to encourage teachers to think of the three sources of energy (teacher choices, student experiences and geography subject) in their classrooms, and really think hard over the balance before carrying out.
这个频道是我根据俄罗斯姑娘发给我的链接顺藤摸瓜找到的：
I found this channel based on the link shared to me by the Russian girl I know:
Russia beyond YouTube Channel:
screenshot from: https://www.youtube.com/user/RBTHvideo/videos
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