Book-II-Unit-1-课后完形填空--P19-Passage-Translation(A57课堂练习)

1、Book II Unit 1 课后完形填空 CLOZE P18 1. Text-related Is there a contrast between learning styles in China and the West? While we should be careful to avoid exaggerating the differences, they do appear to exist. <Note: You use while, before making a statement, in order to introduce information that par

2、tly conflicts with your statement. > In China, for example, greater priority is given to developing skills at an early age. The Americans, on the other hand, place more emphasis on promoting creativity in young children, leaving them to pick up skills later. American parents tend to avoid rushing

3、 in to assist their children as they try to accomplish a task, thinking in better that children should learn to solve problems by themselves. Such an approach can, on occasion, be mistaken for neglecting ones parental duties by those more used to “teaching by holding the hand.” Both approaches have

4、their disadvantages as well as advantages, and it may well be worthwhile to search for a superior method that would combine the best of both worlds. 中国与西方的学习方式有什么区别吗？尽管我们应该小心地避免夸大他们之间的差异，但是差异的确还是存在的。例如，在中国，人们优先考虑的是要尽早培养技能。另一方面，美国人更加注重小孩子的创造力的发展，然后才是技能的学习。但孩子们在完成某件事情时，美国的父母认为孩子们应该学会自己解决问题，他们会尽量避免早早地向

5、孩子们提供帮助。有时，这个方法会让那些经常“手把手教育”的父母误会这些父母没有尽到父母的责任。这两种方法都有他们的可取之处和不好的地方，也许，找到一个将二者合二为一的办法能更好。2. Theme-related The real challenge to us teacher is combining the best of both worlds into one. Note: combine the best of both worlds into one: 取两者的精华Creativity and basic skills need to be considered in terms o

6、f being means to an end , rather than simply as ends in themselves . Some Chinese students may not perform well in hypothetical settings, but when it comes to facing real life challenges and issues ,they are more than competent in resolving most of them, equipped as they are with their strong skill

7、.The U.S. system may be designed to aim more at producing top of the cream students（用蛋糕顶层的奶油来比喻学生群体中的顶级学生）, but that approach may do damage to the big bulk of the rest of the student body. （Note: 整个学生群体可以用 the student body）The Chinese education system is definitely not perfect, but it does produce a quality workforce（高素质的员工，劳工）, And I truly believe that solid basic knowledge/skill focus is the single biggest force driving the rise of Chinese as a country.参考译文： 对于我们教师的真正的挑战是如何把两国的优点融合到一起。创造性和基本的技能被认为是达到最终目的的手段，而不是单单的达到目的。 一些中国学生在假设的环境下可能表现的不尽如人意，但是，当他们在现实生活中遇到实际问题时，他们能