新托福口語練習(xí)材料—學(xué)生是否僅學(xué)習(xí)書本討論(1)
2014-12-25 16:16:27留學(xué)網(wǎng)整理
ShouldStudentsOnlyLearnfromBooks?
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TrytoFindoutaboutRealLife
DuringmyrecenttourtoKunminginYunnanProvince,IencounteredayoungAustralianatLiuzhourailwaystation.Ihelpedhimgetonboardthetrainwithhisluggage,andwegottochattinginEnglish.Ilearnedthathewas21yearsold,studyingAsianliteratureandhistoryatSydneyUniversity.(1)
Whatsurprisedmewasthat,youngashewas,(2)hehadtraveledalot,notonlyinChinabutalsoinmanyotherpartsofAsia,andheseemedtoknowsomuchabouttheAsiancultureandhistory,andwasevenfamiliarwithancientandmodernChineseliteratureandphilosophymasterssuchasConfucius,LuXun,MaoDunandGuoMoruo.Hecouldspeakfourlanguages.
Heisacollegestudent,buthedidnotconfinehimselftoclassroomreadingonly.(3).Hesaidifonereallywantstoknowthesocietyandtheworld,heorsheshouldgotothegrassrootstosee,hearandfindoutaboutreallife(4).Besides,manystudentslikehiminAustraliaworkatpart-timejobsafterclasssoastoearnalivingandsaveenoughfortraveling.
Iamabitolderthanheis.YetIfoundmyselflessknowledgeablethanheisaboutmanythingsintheworld.Likesomeofmyclassmatesatcollege,IoftenfeelconceitedformerelybeingacollegestudentandsometimesIevenlookeddownuponthosewhofailedtoentercollege(5).Wedidnothavetoworktoearnaliving,andtookmanythingsforgranted(6).
Weshouldnotjustadmireotherpeople’slivingstandardandopportunities.Whatweshoulddoistolearntheirspiritofself-relianceaswellasasenseofresponsibilityforthesocietytheylivein(7).
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Listentothetextwiththehelpofthefollowingnotes.
1.SydneyUniversity:(澳大利亞)悉尼大學(xué)。
2.youngashewas:盡管他年輕(倒裝句)
3.hedidnotconfinehimselftoclassroomreadingonly:他不把自己局限于教室的學(xué)習(xí)之中。
4.gotothegrassrootstosee,hearandfindoutaboutreallife:走到百姓之中,去聽,去看,去了解真正的百姓生活。
5.lookeddownuponthosewhofailedtoentercollege:看不起那些沒能夠上大學(xué)的人。
6.andtookmanythingsforgranted:并常常對(duì)許多事情想當(dāng)然。
7.theirspiritofself-relianceaswellasasenseofresponsibilityforthesocietytheylivein:他們自主的精神,以及對(duì)他們所處社會(huì)的責(zé)任感。