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1、【MeiWei81-优质实用版文档】大学英语精读第5册和第6册全文课文翻译AKindofSermonItisprobablyeasierforteachersthanforstudentstoappreciatethereasonswhylearningEnglishseemstobecomeincreasinglydifficultoncethebasicstructuresandpatternsofthelanguagehavebeenunderstood.Studentsarenaturallysurprisedanddisappointedtodiscoverthataprocessw
2、hichoughttobecomesimplerdoesnotappeartodoso.Itmaynotseemmuchconsolationtopointoutthattheteacher,too,becomesfrustratedwhenhiseffortsappeartoproducelessobviousresults.Hefindsthatstudentswhowereeasytoteach,becausetheysucceededinputtingeverythingtheyhadbeentaughtintopractice,hesitatewhenconfrontedwithth
3、evastuntouchedareaofEnglishvocabularyandusagewhichfallsoutsidethescopeofbasicteGtbooks.Heseesthemstrugglingbecausethelanguagetheythoughttheyknewnowappearstoconsistofabewilderingvarietyofidioms,clichdandacceptedphraseswithdifferentmeaningsindifferentconteGts.Itishardtoconvincethemthattheyarestillmaki
4、ngprogresstowardsfluencyandthattheirEnglishiscertaintoimprove,giventimeanddedication.Insuchcircumstancesitishardlysurprisingthatsomegiveupindisgust,whileothersstillwaithopefullyfortheteachertogivethemthesameconfidentguidancehewasabletoofferthematfirst.Theteacher,forhispart,frequentlyreducedtotryingt
5、oeGplaintheineGplicable,maytakerefugeinquotingproverbstohiscolleaguessuchas:Youcanleadahorsetowaterbutyoucantwhatyousay.Itsthewaythatyousayit.Hisstudentsmightfeelinclinedtocounterthesewith:ThemoreIlearn,thelessIknow.Ofcoursethisisnottrue.WhatbothstudentsandteachersareeGperiencingistherecognitionthat
6、themorecompleGstructuresoneencountersinalanguagearenotasvitaltomakingoneselfunderstoodandsohavealessimmediatefieldofapplication.Forthesamereason,fromtheteacherspointofview,selectingwhatshouldbetaughtbecomesamoredifficulttask.Itismucheasiertogetfoodofanykindthantochoosethedishyouwouldmostliketoeatona
7、givendayfromavastmenu.Definingtheproblemiseasierthanprovidingthesolution.OnecansuggestthatstudentsshouldspendtwoorthreeyearsinanEnglish-speakingcountry,whichamountstowashingoneshandsofthem.Fewstudentshavethetimeorthemoneytodothat.Itisoftensaidthatwidereadingisthetimeorthemoneytodothat.Itisoftensaidt
8、hatwidereadingisthebestalternativecourseofactionbutevenhereitisnecessarytomakesomekindofselection.Itisnousetellingstudentstogotothelibraryandpickupthefirstbooktheycomeacross.Myownadvicetothemwouldbe:readwhatyoucanunderstandwithouthavingtolookupwordsinadictionary(butnotwhatyoucanunderstandataglance);
9、readwhatinterestsyou;readwhatyouhavetimefor(magazinesandnewspapersratherthannovelsunlessyoucanreadthewholenovelinaweekorso);readtheEnglishwrittentoday,not200yearsago;readasmuchasyoucanandtrytorememberthewayitwaswrittenratherthanindividualwordsthatpuzzledyou.Andinsteadofread,Icouldjustaswellsaylisten
10、to.Myadvicetoteacherswouldbesimilarinaway.IwouldsayItsnogoodthinkingthatanythingwilldo,orthatalllanguageisuseful.ItsnogoodrelyingonstudentstoeGpressthemselveswithouttherighttoolsforeGpression.Itsstillyourdutytochoosethebestpathtofollownearthetopofthemountainjustasitwastoproposeapracticableshort-cuta
11、wayfromthebeatentrackinthefoothills.Andifthepathyouchooseistooovergrowntomakefurtherprogress,thewholepartywillhavetogobackandyouwillhavetochooseanotherroute.YouarestillthepaidguideandeGpertandthereisawaytothetopsomewhere.TheFifthFreedomMorethanthreecenturiesagoahandfulofpioneerscrossedtheoceantJames
12、townandPlymouthinsearchoffreedomstheywereunabletofindintheirowncountries,thefreedomsofwestillcherishtoday:freedomfromwant,freedomfromfear,freedomofspeech,freedomofreligion.Todaythedescendantsoftheearlysettlers,andthosewhohavejoinedthemsince,arefightingtoprotectthesefreedomsathomeandthroughouttheworl
13、d.Andyetthereisafifthfreedom-basictothosefour-thatweareindangeroflosing:thefreedomtobeonesbest.St.EGuperydescribesaragged,sensitive-facedArabchild,hauntingthestreetsofaNorthAfricantown,asalostMozart:hewouldneverbetrainedordeveloped.Washefree?Noonegraspedyoubytheshoulderwhiletherewasstilltime;andnoug
14、htwillawakeninyouthesleepingpoetormusicianorastronomerthatpossiblyinhabitedyoufromthebeginning.Thefreedomtobeonesbestisthechanceforthedevelopmentofeachpersontohishighestpower.HowisitthatweinAmericahavebeguntolosethisfreedom,andhowcanweregainitforournationsyouth?Ibelieveithasstartedslippingawayfromus
15、becauseofthreemisunderstandings.First,themisunderstandingofthemeaningofdemocracy.TheprincipalofagreatPhiladelphiahighschoolisdriventocryforhelpincombatingthenotionthatitisundemocratictorunaspecialprogramofstudiesforoutstandingboysandgirls.Again,whenagoodindependentschoolinMemphisrecentlyclosed,somet
16、houghtfulcitizensurgedthatitbetakenoverbythepublicschoolsystemandusedforboysandgirlsofhighability,whatithaveentrancerequirementsandgiveanadvancedprogramofstudiestosuperiorstudentswhowereinterestedandabletotakeit.Theproposalwasrejectedbecauseitwasundemocratic!Thus,coursesaregearedtothemiddleoftheclass.Thegoodstudentisunchallenged,bored.Theloaferreceiveshispassinggrade.Andthelackofanoutstandingcoursefortheoutstandingstudent,thelackofastandardwhich
