英语听力教程LTW2 Unit4

ListenThisWayBook2Unit4EduationMattersPartIGettingreadyPartIIHomeschoolingPartIIIUKorUSeducation PartIVMoreaboutthetopic Co educationalorSegregatedSchools PartVMemorytest PISAPartVIIWatchandenjoy PartIGettingreadyThenumberofprivateschoolsisincreasinginmanypartsoftheworld Manyfamiliesarewillingtopaytaxestosupportthepublicschoolsandalsotopayforsomespecialkindofeducationfortheirchildren Theywanttheirchildreninsmallerclassesthanthoseinthepublicschools Butsomepeoplewonderwhethertheextraamountofmoneythey vepaidisreallyworthitornot publicschools公立学校 A Thefollowingwordsandphraseswillappearinthisunit Listencarefullyandstudythedefinitions 1 well rounded 全面发展的 多才多艺的pulsory 义务的 必修的3 abstruse 深奥的 难懂的4 becutoutfor 适合于 是 的材料5 burnone sbridges 破釜沉舟 自绝后路6 segregation 种族 隔离 分离7 dispel 驱赶 驱散8 cohort 同龄人 有共同点的一群人9 high flyer 抱负极高的人 成功人士10 flunk 考试 不及格 挂科 B TomandAnnarediscussingtheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofaprivateschool Listentotheconversationcarefullyandthenreadthefollowingstatements IfitisanopinionthatbothTomandAnnagreeon usea forit Ifitisnot thenusea O forit gym体操房 well roundededucation全面教育 促进全面发展的教育 convinced被说服的 信服的 确信的 debatingteam辩论队 byanychance恰好 碰巧 captain队长 1 Aprivateschoolusuallyhassmallerclasses 2 Thesportsfacilitiesinaprivateschoolareusuallybetterthanthoseinapublicschool 3 Althoughprivateschoolsareexpensive theyareworthit 4 Inaprivateschool onecanhaveawiderchoiceofsubjects 5 Aprivateschoolissuretobebetterthanapublicschool 体育设施 运动设施 科目 课程 O O O Audioscript C ThefollowinglisteningmaterialisaboutSteve sfirstmorningatthepolytechniccollege Listencarefully Thecomprehensionmaterialisfollowedbysomequestions Findtherightanswersasquicklyaspossible polytechniccollege职校 高职院校 Poly职校 工艺专科学校 haven taclue不知道 一无所知 mate伙计 noticeboard布告栏 公告栏 businessstudiesforCateringstudents为餐饮专业的学生开始的企业管理课程 Questions 1 a Inthemeetinghallb Atthemainentrancec InMustonFerryd InHanksy2 a 1b 2c 3d 43 a Directorofthepolytechnicb Headoftherear servicedepartmentc Headofstudents servicesd Astudentfromthethirdyeare Anexperiencedteacherf Headofphysicaleducationg Astudentfromthefirstyearh Headofacademicbody4 a Tabletennisb Sailingc Hockeyd Boxinge Tennisf Footballg Badmintonh Mountainclimbingi Goingdown cavesj Swimmingk Rugbyl Fitness 曲棍球 学术团体 体育 后勤部门 行政部 健身 爬洞穴 英式橄榄球 5 a Foreignlanguageb Accountingc Computerd Businessstudies6 a Room316b Room361c Room613d Room1637 a Onemaleandtwofemalesb Twomalesandonefemalec Twomalesandtwofemalesd Onemaleandonefemale8 a Yesb No 会计学 Audioscript Homepage PartIIHomeschoolingTraditionally educationthatonegetsinschooliscalledformaleducation whilelearningoutsideoftheclassroomiscalledinformaleducation However doyouknowthatnowadays therearequitemanychildrenwhogettheirformaleducationathomeintheUnitedStates homeschooling在家上学 家庭学校 A Inthissectionyouaregoingtohearapassageabouthomeschooling Whilelisteningforthefirsttime addmorekeywordsintheleft handcolumn Afterthesecondlistening answerthefollowingquestions compulsory义务的 必修的 comet彗星 meteor流星 critics评论家 批评家 opinion观点 意见 narrowviews狭隘的观念 Inreadingandmath About300000 desire time narrowviews wellqualified mixingwith outsider questions interests compulsory义务的 必修的 comet彗星 meteor流星 B Nowtrythis listentoamoreauthenticversionofthepassage Whilelistening payspecialattentiontohowandwhatDavidGutersonandhiswifetrytoteachtheirchildren Thencompletethefollowingchartwithwhatyouhear missout错失机会 坐失良机 snowremovalequipment除雪设备 Alaska美国阿拉斯加州 polarbear北极熊 telescope望远镜 satellite卫星 人造卫星 rainforest雨林 atlas地图册 encyclopedia百科全书 greenhouseeffect温室效应 desert沙漠 polaricecaps极地冰冠 icecaps deserts tourism Alaska climate dinner stars spring snowfall greenhouse influence space satellites telescope atlas Audioscript Homepage PartIIIUKorUSeducation IntheUK ajuniorhighschoolstudentcomestoaforkintheeducationroad Thestudentwhogoesdirectlyintoavocationalschoolgetsalittlemorethanageneraleducation Andthestudentwhoplanstogotouniversityissenttoanothersortofschool wherehegetsanintensiveacademiccourse IntheUS theeducationalsystemsaresomewhatdifferent Mostofthestudentsgotopublicelementaryorsecondaryschoolswherecoursesforstudentswithallkindsofdifferentabilitiesareoffered Whichwaydoyouthinkisbetter comestoafork来到分岔路口 vocationalschool职业学校 intensiveacademiccourse更为强化的学术课程 A JohnJames anAmericanandPeterDavies anEnglishmanarearguingaboutwhetherspecializingearlyisgoodornot Listencarefullytotheprosandcons Whilelisteningforthefirsttime writedownthekeywordsinthenotescolumn Afterthesecondlistening completethefollowingchartbyfillinginthemissinginformation specializingearly过早专业化 过早选专业 prosandcons利弊 赞成及反对意见 career职业 事业 cope应付 对付 steadily稳定地 稳步地 Alevels 英国普通中等教育文凭考试的 高级程度 英国大学入学考试的 甲级考试 英国高考 naturalscience自然科学 socialscience社会科学 stuck卡住 陷入泥潭 alternative可供替代的选择 cutoutfor 适合于 是 的材料 burnyourbridges自绝后路 破釜沉舟 changehorsesinmid stream在河道中间换马 中途换将 competent fairidea loseyears beginning onething narrow wanttodo everything 交换 改变 胜任的 有能力的 合理的想法 较为清晰的观念 swap Audioscript B Inthissection JohnJamesandPeterDaviesgoontoargueaboutwhetheroneshouldstudyawiderangeofsubjects Listentotheprosandconsofitcarefully Whilelisteningforthefirsttime writedownthekeywordsinthenotescolumn Afterthesecondlistening completethefollowingchartbyfillinginthemissinginformation stuff东西 内容 artssubjects人文科目 文科学科 on the jobexperience在职经验 工作经验 broader更宽泛的 underestimate低估 allthemorereason更有理由 更加正当的理由 depth newskills prepared switchjobs flexible practicaluse academic 90 wide general farmore scientific technical pure academic纯理论的 纯学术性的 脱离实际的 abstruse深奥的 难懂的 puttopracticaluse运用到实际中 switchjobs换工作 跳槽 Audioscript Homepage PartIVMoreaboutthetopic Co educationalorSegregatedSchools Althoughmostchildrengotoco educationalschoolswherebothboysandgirlsstudytogether therearestillsomewhogotosegregatedschoolswhereonlyboysoronlygirlscanbeenrolled Arethesepeopleinsegregatedschoolshappyaboutit Dotheylearnbetterthanthoseinco educationalschools co educationalschools男女混合的学校 segregatedschools 种族 性别 隔离的学校 enrolled招收 Youaregoingtohearapassageaboutco educationalandsegregatededucation Whilelisteningforthefirsttime takedownsomekeywordsinthenotescolumn Afterthesecondlistening completethefollowingoutline tosaytheleast至少可以说 最起码 impose强加于 abnormalconditions非正常状况 isboundto必定要 一定会 stuff塞满 填满 foremost最重要的 首要的 athleticachievement运动成绩 运动成就 extracurricularactitivities课外活动 everythingfallsintoitsproperplace一切都归于正常 contribution贡献 好处 well adjustedadult适应性很强的成年人 copewith对付 应付 OutlineI Onechiefaimofeducation futurecitizenswithallthey totaketheirplaceinadultsocietyII DisadvantagesofasegregatedschoolA possible forpeoplewhentheyenteradultsocietyB boysandgirlsbeingmadetofeelthattheyarearace III Advantagesofaco educationalschoolA offeringchildrena versionofsocietyinminiature1 boysandgirlshavingtheopportunityto eachother2 boysandgirlshavingtheopportunitytolearnto 3 boysandgirlsbeingabletocomparethemselveswitheachotherindifferentareas4 boysbeingabletoplaythemalepartsandgirlstoplaythe partsinaplayB encouraging tolife1 helpingdispelillusionsthatwomenare 2 helpingdispelillusionsthatmenare 3 helpingovercomesomeofthe and problemsattheawkwardstageofadolescenceIV Conclusion emotional physical romanticheroes mysteriouscreatures healthyattitude female livetogether gettoknow true apart shock require toequip Audioscript Homepage 震惊 打击 如同不同种族的人 社会的缩影 微型版的社会 消除错觉 青春期 尴尬的 PartVMemorytest PISATheProgramforInternationalStudentAssessment PISA isaninternationalassessmentthatmeasures15 year oldstudents reading mathematics andscienceliteracy PISAalsoincludesmeasuresofgeneralorcross curricularcompetencies suchasproblemsolving Itemphasizesfunctionalskillsthatstudentshaveacquiredastheyneartheendofcompulsoryschooling PISAwasfirstadministeredin2000andisconductedeverythreeyears assessment评价 评估 scienceliteracy科学素养 cross curricularcompetencies跨课程能力 compulsoryschooling义务教育 administered施行 实施 In2009 agroupofteenagersfromShanghai China participated forthefirsttime intheProgramforInternationalStudentAssessment PISA Listentothereport Answerthequestionswithkeywords numeracy运算能力 计算能力 resilience弹性 顺应力 应变力 high flyer成功人士 cohort同龄人 有共同点的一群人 passwithflyingcolors胜利通过 creamofthecrop尖子 精英 最优秀的人 puttheirthinkingcapson认真思考 好好思索 flunk失败 不及格 1 WhatdoChina sresultsinPisatestsindicate 2 AccordingtoMr Schleicher whydoChinesestudentsgettopmarks 3 InEurope whatdomanystudentsthinktheiracademicsuccessdependon 4 AccordingtoMr Schleicher whatkindofphilosophyispracticedinmanywesterncountries China seducationsystem aboveaverage overtakingtheperformanceofmanyWesterncountries Theybelievetheiracademicsuccessdependsontheefforttheyputin Iftheyworkhard theycansucceed Itdependsonsocialheritage father aplumber I mgoingtobeaplumber Expectingthebeststudentswithinagrouptosucceedratherthanawholegrouppasswithgoodmarks 赶上 超过 水管工 社会遗传 Audioscript Homepage PartVIIWatchandenjoy prestigious享誉盛名的 久负盛名的 amoreenlightenedfuture更有意义的未来 assignment作业 noman sland女儿国 editorial社论 reference引用 withallduerespect恕我直言 尽管 对您 尊敬之至 file档案 co captain副队长 horticulturesociety园艺社团 pompousass华而不实的傻瓜 pre law法律预科 fiveslots五个名额 unofficially内定 非正式地 slide幻灯片 图片 stylisticdifference风格上的差异 1 WhydidMissWatsongiveJoan sassignmentaC 2 HowdidMissWatsonencourageJoanforamoreenlightenedfuture Joanjustcopiedanotherexpert sideainsteadofwritingherown ShesaidtoJoanthatshecouldgotoYaletostudylawandatthesametimetogetmarried Shealsogavehertheapplicationform Homepage Videoscript Tom Whatkindofschooldidyougoto Ann Ann Well Iwenttoapublicprimaryschoolandthentoaprivatehighschool Tom Sowhichdoyouthinkisbetter Ann Actually Ipreferprivateschoolsbecauseofthesmallerclassesand usuallyyouhaveawiderchoiceofsubjects Tom Yeah Isupposethat strue Ann Andthenthereareusuallybettersportsfacilities Forexample theschoolIwenttohadaswimmingpoolandahugegym Tom Yeah well thepublichighschoolIwenttohadgreatsportsfacilities Besides privateschoolsarereallyexpensive Ann Yeah butIthinkthey reworthit Tom Idon tknow Ithinkyouhavetojudgeeveryschoolindividually whetherit spublicorprivate Ann Thatmaybetrue butchildrengenerallygetabetter more well roundededucationinaprivateschool Tom Maybe butI mnottotallyconvinced Bytheway Ann wereyouonthedebatingteaminhighschool byanychance Ann Isurewas Iwasthecaptain Audioscript Steve sfirstmorningStevewasrathernervousabouthisfirstdayofthepolytechnic Hedidn tknowanyotherstudentsandhedidn tknowhiswayaroundthebuilding At9o clock hewasatthemainentrancewithacrowdofhundredsofotherstudents AllofthemseemtoknowwhattodoexceptSteve Thenhefoundanotice Therewasameetingforallthefirst yearstudents Hefoundthemallwaitinginthelargehall First thedirectorofthePolytechnicwelcomedthem Thentheheadofstudents services andfinallytheheadofphysicaleducation Headofphysicaleducation I mheretotellyouaboutthesportyoucandoatthePoly HereinEdington wehaveafitnessroomwhereyoucandoexercisetokeepfit andweeklyyoucandoallsortsofsports suchastennis football hockeyandbadminton Buttherearealsomanyotheractivities Youcangosailing Youcangodown caves Youcangoclimbingandmanymore Wehopeallofyouwilltakepartinatleastoneofthese Ifyouwanttojoin comeonweeklyonWednesdayafternoon Anyquestions Astudent Whataboutswimming Headofphysicaleducation Wedon thaveourownpool ButyoucanswiminthepublicpoolsinHanksyorMustonFerry Afterthemeetingwasover Stevelookedatthistimetable Hisfirstclasswasbusinessstudies andwasinroom316 ButwherewasRoom316 Steve Excuseme DoyouknowwhereRoom316is Malestudent1 Oh Ihaven tacluemate Steve DoyouknowwhereRoom316is Femalestudent1 No doyou Steve I mlookingforRoom316 Malestudent2 Oh notanotherfirstyear Lookatthenoticeboard Steve Butwhereisthenoticeboard Malestudent2 Don taskme Steve CouldyoutellmewhereRoom316is Femalestudent2 YoumeanbusinessstudiesforCateringstudents Steve That sit Femalestudent2 Oh I mlookingforitformyself You reafirst year Steve Yes Femalestudent2 SoamI Let sseeifwecanfindittogether Questions 1 WherewasSteveat9o clock 2 Howmanypeoplemadewelcomespeechesatthemeetingforallthefirstyearstudents 3 Whoarethey 4 WhatkindsofsportsareavailableinEdingtonPolytechnic 5 WhatwasSteve sfirstclass 6 Wherewillhehavetheclass 7 HowmanystudentsdidSteveaskwhenhetriedtofindhisclass 8 Didhegettheanswer Audioscript Questions AlthougheducationiscompulsoryintheUnitedStates itisnotcompulsoryforallchildrentogettheireducationatschool Anumberofparentsbelievethattheycanprovideabettereducationfortheirchildrenathome Childrenwhoareeducatedathomeareknownas home schoolers Thereareabout300000home schoolersintheUnitedStatestoday Interestingly resultsshowthathome schooledchildrentendtodobetterthanaverageonnationaltestsinreadingandmath DavidGutersonisanAmericanwriter Heandhiswifeteachtheirthreechildrenthemselves Gutersonsaysthathischildrenlearnverydifferentlyfromchildreninaregularschool Learningstartswiththechildren sinterestsandquestions Forexample whenthereisheavysnowfallonawinterday itmaystartadiscussionorreadingaboutclimate snowremovalequipment Alaska polarbears andwintertourism Oraspringevening whenthefamilyiswatchingthestars isagoodtimeforsettingupatelescopeandaskingquestionsaboutsatellites comets meteors andthespaceprogram Atdinner iftheBrazilianrainforestsareonthenews itcouldbeaperfecttimetogetouttheatlasandencyclopedia Thentheremightbetwohoursormoreofeating askingquestions lookingupanswers discoveringhowrainforestsinfluencetheclimate whatthe greenhouseeffect is howdesertsareformedandhowthepolaricecapsaffectoceanlevels Althoughhomeschoolingoffersanexperiencethatisoftenmoreinterestingthanregularschools criticspointoutthathome schoolersmissoutonmanyimportantthings Thehome schoolerisanoutsiderwho becauseheorsheneverattendedschool mightbeuncomfortablemixingwithotherpeopleinadultlife Criticsalsosaythatmostparentsarenotwellqualifiedtoteachtheirchildrenandmaypassontheirownnarrowviewstotheirchildren However mostparentsdon thavethetimeordesiretoteachtheirchildrenathome soschoolswillcontinuetobewheremostchildrengettheirformaleducation Audioscript JohnJames Idisagree Peter Idon tthinkitreallymatterswhatyoureducationalbackgroundis Anyonewhoisbrightenoughisgoingtodowellwhatevertheireducation PeterDavies ButJohn JohnJames Infact Ithinksomepeoplecarryonwiththeireducationwhentheywoulddoalotbettertogetoutandstartbuildingtheirowncareersbylearningthingsinreallife PeterDavies Yes butthewholepointis lifeisgettingsomuchmorecomplicatedthesedaysthatunlessyoucarryonwithyourstudiesyoujustcan tcope JohnJames Forcertainthings andcertainpeople OK buttomymind thebigproblemineducationisthatyouspecializetooquickly Imean inEngland youstartspecializingfromthethirdyearinsecondaryschool whenyou reabout14 Anditgetssteadilynarroweruntilyoudoyour A levelsinonlytwoorthreesubjects Youeitherdolanguages ornaturalsciences orsocialsciences PeterDavies Butsurelythesedaysyouhaveto John youcan tpossiblystudyeverythingbecausethere sjusttoomuch JohnJames Yes buthowmanykidsattheageofsixteenreallyknowwhattheywanttodo Howmanyofthemareconvincedthatthethreesubjectsthey vechosen orhavebeenrecommended aretheonesthatwillletthemfollowthecareerstheyeventuallydecideon PeterDavies Oh Ithinkmostyoungpeoplewhostayonatschoolhaveafairideaofwhattheywanttodo JohnJames I mnotsosure Peter Andafterall that snottheendofit WhentheygettouniversityinEngland thesubjectstheystudyaresonarrowthattheyareonlygoodforonething sotheyarestuckwithit PeterDavies ButIdon treallyseethatthereisanyalternativeifpeoplearegoingtolearnenoughtobecompetentintheirsubject They vegottospecializeearly andIsupposethosethatrealizethey vemadeamistakecanalwaysswaptosomethingelse JohnJames Ah butthat sjustit Youcan t Supposeyoustudylanguagesatuniversityandthendecidethatyouarenotcutoutforitandwouldliketobeadoctor You veburntyourbridges Youcan tjustchangehorsesinmid stream you vegottogorightbacktothebeginningandyouloseyears IthinktheAmericansystemismuchbetter Audioscript JohnJames IthinktheAmericansystemismuchbetter PeterDavies Inwhatway JohnJames Well foryourfirstdegreeyou vegottostudyafairlywiderangeofsubjects andyoucanchoosethemyourself withincertainlimits PeterDavies Fine butdoesn tthatmeanthatAmericanstudentswithafirstdegreedon thavethedepthofknowledgetheyshouldhave JohnJames Shouldhaveforwhat PeterDavies Well theyoftenaren tacceptedforpostgraduateworkinEnglandwithjustafirstdegree JohnJames Maybenot butIdon treallythinkthat simportant Theycomeoutwithaprettygoodgeneralknowledgeinawidearea Afterall whenyouthinkaboutalotofthestuffEnglishstudentshavetostudy whatgoodisittothemafterwards I msurethemajorityofBritishstudentsneveruse90percentofwhattheystudiedatuniversity PeterDavies Thatmaybetrueofsomeartssubjects butwhataboutthesciences JohnJames Eventhere alotwhattheydoatuniversityissoacademicandabstrusethattheywillneverbeabletoputittoanypracticaluse I msuretheywouldbenefitfarmorefromon the jobexperience Andifthey vehadabroadercourseofstudythey vegottwoadvantages PeterDavies Howdoyoumean JohnJames Firstofall theywillhaveabetterunderstandingoftheworldingeneral sotheywillbemoreflexibleintheirjobs andthenifthingsdogowrongtheywillbeabletoswitchjobseasily PeterDavies Thatallsoundsverysimple butIthinkyou restillunderestimatingtheamountofpurelearningthatyouneedthesedays particularlyintechnicalandscientificareas Imeanevenatschoolthesedays childrenhavetolearnfarmorethingsthanwedidwhenwewereatschool JohnJames Allthemorereasonweshouldnottrytoconcentrateonsuchafewthingsatsuchanearlyage Thingsarechangingsorapidlythesedaysthatwehavetochangewiththem Whenwewereyounger therewasaprettygoodchancethatwewouldbeabletocarryonintheprofessionwe dchosenuntilweretired Butthesedays peoplehavegottobepreparedtochangetheirjobsandlearnnewskillsastechnologymovesahead Takejusttheareaoftheoffice forexample Howmanyoffices Audioscript Imaginebeingaskedtospendtwelveorsoyearsofyourlifeinasocietywhichconsistedonlyofmembersofyourownsex Howwouldyoureact Unlesstherewassomethingdefinitelywrongwithyou youwouldn tbesohappyaboutit tosaytheleast Itisallthemoresurprisingthereforethatsomanyparentsintheworldchoosetoimposesuchabnormalconditionsontheirchildren conditionswhichtheythemselveswouldn tputupwithforoneminute Anydiscussionofthistopicisboundtoquestiontheaimsofeducation Stuffingchildren sheadfullofknowledgeisfarfrombeingfo