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新托福口语练习材料—学生是否仅学习书本讨论(1)

发布时间: 2014-12-25   来源:查字典高考网

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).

Weshouldnotjustadmireotherpeopleslivingstandardandopportunities.Whatweshoulddoistolearntheirspiritofself-relianceaswellasasenseofresponsibilityforthesocietytheylivein(7).

I.Listen

Listentothetextwiththehelpofthefollowingnotes.

1.SydneyUniversity:(澳大利亚)悉尼大学。

2.youngashewas:尽管他年轻(倒装句)

3.hedidnotconfinehimselftoclassroomreadingonly:他不把自己局限于教室的学习之中。

4.gotothegrassrootstosee,hearandfindoutaboutreallife:走到百姓之中,去听,去看,去了解真正的百姓生活。

5.lookeddownuponthosewhofailedtoentercollege:看不起那些没能够上大学的人。

6.andtookmanythingsforgranted:并常常对许多事情想当然。

7.theirspiritofself-relianceaswellasasenseofresponsibilityforthesocietytheylivein:他们自主的精神,以及对他们所处社会的责任感。

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