来自:查字典高考网 2014-12-25
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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