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WhyshouldIreadit?
WillthetitlehelpmefindoutwhyIshouldreadit?
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Ifwecankeeparecordofwhatweread,thatis,writedownimportantwordsandinformation,theserecordshelpusrememberwhatwehaveread.Wereadsomebooksmorethanonce.Often,wereadtodiscoverf___7___thatwedidn’tfindinourfirstreading.
Exercise2
Chineseareverygenerouswhenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.Notcaringaboutthemoney,parentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevena___1__toEngland,theUnitedStatesor
Australia.TheChinesebelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationis,thebetteritis.Sotheparentswillspendalotofmoneyoneducation.Evenpoorcoupleswillbuyacomputerfortheirsonordaughter.
Thoughtheyarenotrich,theywouldratherpayfortheeducation.
Parentscanseethattheirchildren'
sskillsvary,skilledinsomeareaswhilepoorinothers.Butmostparentsfailtor____2_____thattoday'
schildrenlackself-respectandself-confidence.
Theproblemisthatparentsareonlyeducatingtheirchildrenonhowtotakemultiple-choicetestsandhowtostudywell,butparentsaren'
tteachingthemthemostimportantskillsthattheyneed.Andtheseskillsareimportanttohelpthemtobeconfident,happyandc___3______.
Parentscana___4___thisbyteachingpracticalskillslikecooking,sewinganddoinghousework.
Teachingachildto
cookwillimprovemanyoftheskillsthatthewillneedlaterinlife.Cookingdemands
p_____5___andtime.It'
sanenjoyablebutdifficultexperiment.Agoodcookalwaystriestoimprovehis
cooking,sohewilllearntoworkhar
dandgraduallytofinishhisjobs___6______.Hisresult,awell-cookeddinner,willgivehimmuchsatisfactionandalotofself-confidence.
Someoldm___7____,suchasabrokenradioorTVsetthatyougiveyourchildrentoplaywithwillmakehimcuriousandarousehisinterestHewillspendhourslookingatthem,tryingtofixthem;
yourchildmightbecomeanengineerwhenhegrowsup.Theseactivitiesaren'
tmerelyteachingachildtoreada
book,butrathertothink,tousehismind.Andthatismoreimportant.
Exercise3
Wecan’treallysaythatonelanguageiseasierormoredifficultthananotherlanguage.Insomeways,Englishisaneasylanguagetolearn.Taketheverbsforexample,insomelanguages,youhavetomakemany,manyc____1___totheverb—inLatin,forexample,therearemorethan120differentf___2__ofoneverb!
InEnglish,thereareonlyfive.Withverb“go”forexample,there’s“go”,“goes”,“went”,“going”,and“gone”,butweusetheminalotofdifferentways!
ButthespellingandpronunciationofEnglisharemoredifficultthaninmanyotherlanguages.Wehavealotofs__3___inEnglish,andthespellingisn’tveryregular.
Nobodyknowe___4__howmanypeoplearelearningEnglishintheworldtoday,butit’sc__5___morethanitwas50yearsago.Forexample,fiftyyearsagoveryfewpeopleinChinalearnedEnglish,butnowthen___6__ofpeoplelearningEnglishinchinaisbiggerthanthepopulationoftheunitedstates!
Sothereareprobablyabout300millionpeoplelearningEnglishatthem__7___,whichismorethananyotherlanguage,andsomeexperts(专家)saythatbytheyear2050—that’saboutthirty-fiveyearsfromnow—halfoftheworld’spopulationwillspeakEnglish.I’mnotsure,andIthinkwe’llhavetowaitandsee.
Exercise4
Learningisnatural.Itbeginstheminuteweareborn.Ourfirstteachersareourfamilymembers.Athomewelearntotalkandtodressandfeedourselves.Thenwegotoschool.Ateachertellsuswhattolearnandhowtolearn.Manyteachersg____1____us,andwepassmanyexams.Thenpeoplesayweareeducated.
Areyoureallyeducated?
Let’sthinkabouttherealmeaningoflearning.Knowingfactsdoesnotmeanbeingabletosolveproblems.Solvingproblemsr__2___creativity,notjustagoodm____3___.Somepeoplewhodon’tknowmanyfactsaregoodatsolvingproblems.
Henryisagoode_____4____.Heleftschoolattheageof15.Laterwhenhiscompanycouldnotbuildcarsfastenough,hesolvedtheproblem.Hethoughtoftheassemblyline(装配线).
Whatdoesagoodteacherdo?
Doeshegivestudentsfactstoremember?
Well,yes,wemustrememberfacts.Butagoodteachershowshowtofindanswers.Hebringsustothestreamofk____5____.Sowecandrinkforourselves.Whenwearet___6__,weknowwheretogo.
Truelearningcombinesintakeandoutput.Wetakeinformationintoourbrains.Thenweuseit.Thinkofacomputer:
itstoresalotofinformation,butitcan’tthink.Itonlyo___7___commands.Apersonwhoonlyremembersfactsisnotreallylearned.Learningtakesplaceonlywhenapersoncanusewhatheknows.
Exercise5
Tousstudents,learningisnodoubt(怀疑,疑问)themostimportantthing,becauselearningiscloselyrelatedtoourfuture.Allofushaveexperiencedlearningfromp____1____toseniorhighschool.Welearnknowledge;
andfurthermore,wealsolearntob__2__aman.
Nowadays,withtherapidd____3___ofeconomy,oursocietyandourcountryneedmoreandmoretalentsofallkindstomeetdifferentrequirementsineveryf___4_____.Themoreknowledgewelearnandmaster,thebetterwe’llp__5______ourselvesforthefuture.Whatwearelearningshouldbecombinedwithp___6_____andwithourfutureaswell.
Asafamouss___7____goes,“oneisnevertoooldtolearn,”let’stryhardtolearnforthefuture.
Exercise6
HighschoolstudentsinJapanchoosetheuniversitiestheywanttogotoandapplyforbeforeJanuaryoftheirfinalyear.Theuniversitye____1____examisastandardnationwidetestheldeveryyearinJanuary.Itp____2____testsfor31subjectsinsixsubjectareas:
Japaneselanguage,geographyandhistory,civics,math,scienceandaforeignlanguage.Allnationalandpublicuniversities,aswellassomep__3____onesmakeuseofthisexam.ButmanyalsohavetheirowntestsinFebruaryorlater,beforethenewschoolyears____4_____inApril.
InordertopasstheexamforthebestuniversitiessuchasthenationaluniversityofTokyo,manystudentsa____5_____specialpreparationschoolsontopoftheirregularclasses.Theseexraschoolscanl____6___foronetotwoyearsbetweenhighschoolanduniversity.
A____7____everystudenthasthechanceofgoingtoaJapaneseuniversity,only50percentofhighschoolseniorsactuallychoosefurtherstudy.
Exercise7
Testscoresmakeyoueitherhappyorsadandyourparentspayhighattentiontoyourtestresults.Youspenddaysfillinginblanks,tryingtomakethebestanswer
toquestionafterquestion.Maybeyoutriedyourhardestormaybeyounevertried!
Whatyouneedtorememberisthatatestisapictureofyou’rea____1______fromjustoneday.Itconsistsofsomepiecesincludingyourhealth,yourpersonality,yourinterests,andyourmotivation.Youneedtolookatallthepiecestogetaclearideaofyourp____2_____.Sowhetheryourscoresarehigherthanyouthought,orlessthanyouhadhoped,trynottothinkofthemaswhatyouwillbeatlast.Itprobablyc____3____youwhyyourscoreshavebecomethefocusofyourlife.Thepurposeofatestistoc___4____howmuchyouhavelearnedaboutasubject.Itnotonlyhelpsmakeyournewlyacquiredknowledgeforever,butalsoe__5____youtofindoutwhatneedstospendmoretimeimproving.Ifyou’repleasedwiththeresults,encourageyourselftoworkforafurtheraim.Ifdisappointmenthasovercomeyou,askyourteacherandyourparentstohelpyousetareasonablegoalforimprovement.Mostexamsareabouttotestyourskillincertainsubjectareassuchasmath,languageandarts.Somec___6___yourskillstootherstudents’skillsfromacrossthecountry,o(98)
justtestwhetherornotyouhavemasteredaspecificskill.Thesescorescanbeverypuzzling…eventoadults.Youshouldspeaktobothyourteacherandyourparentstofindoutwhattheymeaninyoure____7_____journey.Itisimportanttotakeacorrectattitudetowardstestscores.
Exercise8
InAmericanschools,computershavetakenovermanyofthejobsthatteachersusedtodo.Computersaskstudentsquestions.Ifthestudentsgivetherightanswer,thecomputerwillsay,“Fantastic!
”Somestudentscandoe___1____andhomeworkontheircomputers.
Bothstudentsandteachersarecrazyaboutcomputers.“Withcomputers,studentsgethelpatonce,”saidoneteacher.“Butifthestudentsdon’thavecomputers,theymustw___2__formetowalkaroundandgettothem.”
“Icant__3___fasterthanwrite,”saidastudent.“Usingacomputeriseasierthanusinganeraser.”
Computersarealsoveryp___4____.Ateachermaygetangrywithastudent,butcomputersarealwayscalm.Whenastudentgivesthewronganswer,thecomputerjustsay,“Pleasetrya___5_____.”
Companiesthatmakesoftwareforschoolshaveadifficultjob.Theymustmakethesoftwareasinterestingasthep___6_____thatstudentswatchonTV.Buttheyares____7____,becausestudentslikecomputersasmuchasteachersdo.
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