自考綜合英語二上冊課文翻譯與詳解

1、綜合英語(二)上冊課文翻譯及詳解LessonOwelveThingslWishTheyTaughtatSchoolCarlSaganLearningGuide俗話說：“活到老，學到老?！比说囊簧褪遣粩鄬W習、不斷豐富和充實自己的過程。青少年階段，尤其是中學階段，無疑是學習的最佳時期。中學教育的重點應(yīng)放在什么地方？美國著名科學家和科普作家薩根批評中學只抓各個學科具體內(nèi)容的做法，他認為中學要注重對青少年的宏觀教育，使他們建立起唯物的世界觀和

2、宇宙觀，使他們能夠正確對待自己，關(guān)心周圍的世界——人類生存的環(huán)境和自己的地球同胞。1IattendedjunisenihighschoolpublicinstitutionsinNewYkNewJerseyjustaftertheSecondWldWar.Itseemsalongtimeago.①ThefacilitiestheskillsoftheteacherswereprobablywellaboveaverageftheUnit

3、edStatesatthattime.SincethenIvelearnedagreatdeal.OneofthemostimptantthingsIvelearnedishowmuchthereistolearn②howmuchIdontyetknow.③SometimesIthinkhowgratefulIwouldbetodayifIhadlearnedmebackthenaboutwhatreallymatters.Insome

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6、ieshavesincebeenrectified.Itseemstometherearemanythings(②oftenmeamatterofattitudeperceptionthanthesimplememizationoffacts)thattheschoolsshouldteach—thingsthattrulywouldbeusefulinlaterlifeusefulinmakingastrongercountryabe

7、tterwldbutusefulalsoinmakingpeoplehappier.Humanbeingsenjoylearning.③Thatsoneofthefewthingsthatwedobetterthantheotherspeciesonourpla.④Everystudentshouldregularlyexperiencethe“Aha!“—whensomethingyouneverunderstoodsomething

8、youneverknewwasamysterybecomesclear.3Soheresmylist:①Perhapsallthedeficiencieshavesincebeenrectified.或許該教而沒教的缺陷自那以后已經(jīng)得以糾正。deficiencies：缺乏，缺少，不足PerhapsschoolshaveovercomealltheshtcomingsimprovedgreatlysinceIleftschool.②...

9、oftenmeamatterofattitudeperceptionthanthesimplememizationoffacts...（該教的）主要是態(tài)度問題、認識問題，而不是簡單的對事實記憶的問題。matter：（討論、考慮等問題）me名詞than名詞：與其說……不如說是……Studentsshouldnotmerelybetaughtfactstomemizebuttheyshouldalsobetaughttocultivatet