Unit 4 听力原文
Part I
B
Tom: What kind of school did you go to, Ann
Ann: Well, I went to a public primary school and then to a private high school.
Tom: So which do you think is better
Ann: Actually, I prefer private schools becau of the smaller class and ... usually you have a wider choice of subjects.
Tom: Yeah, I suppo that’s true.
Ann: And then there are usually better sports facilities. For example, the school I went to had a swimming pool and a huge gym.
Tom: Yeah ... well, the public high school I went to had great sports facilities. Besides, private schools a
re really expensive.
Ann: Yeah, but I think they’re worth it.
Tom: I don’t know. I think you have to judge every school individually, whether it’s public or private.
Ann: That may be true ... but children generally get a better, more ... well-rounded education in a private school.
Tom: Maybe, but I’m not totally convinced. By the way, Ann, were you on the debating team in high school, by any chance
Ann: I sure was I was the captain
C
Steve’s first morning
Steve was rather nervous about his first day of the polytechnic. He didn’t know any other students and he didn’t know his way around the building. At 9 o’clock, he was at the main entrance with a cro
wd of hundreds of other students. All of them em to know what to do except Steve. Then he found a notice. There was a meeting for all the first-year students. He found them all waiting in the large hall. First, the director of the Polytechnic welcomed them. Then the head of students’ rvices, and finally the head of physical education.
Head of physical education: I’m here to tell you about the sport you can do at the Poly. Here in Edington, we have a fitness room where you can do exercis to keep fit, and weekly you can do all sorts of sports, such as tennis, football, hockey and badminton. But there are also many other activities.法网男单决赛直播 You can go sailing. You can go down-caves. You can go climbing and many more. We hope all of you will take part in at least one of the. If you want to join, come on weekly on Wednesday afternoon. Any questions
A student: What about swimming
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Head of physical education: We don’t have our own pool. But you can swim in the public pools in Hanksy or Muston Ferry.
After the meeting was over, Steve looked at this timetable. His first class was business studies, and was in room 316. But where was Room 316
Steve: Excu me. Do you know where Room 316 is
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Male student 1: Oh, I haven’t a clue, mate.
Steve: Do you know where Room 316 is
微信群营销Female student 1: No, do you
Steve: I’m looking for Room 316. 大脑镰下疝
Male student 2: Oh, not another First year. Look at the notice board.
Steve: But where is the notice board
Male student 2: Don’t ask me.
Steve: Could you tell me where Room 316 is
Female student 2: You mean business studies for Catering students.
Steve: That’s it.
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Female student 2: Oh, I’m looking for it for mylf. You’re a first-year
Steve: Yes.
Female student 2: So am I. Let’s e if we can find it together.
为字草书Questions:
1. Where was Steve at 9 o’clock
2. How many people made welcome speeches at the meeting for all the first year students
3. Who are they
4. What kinds of sports are available in Edington Polytechnic
5. What was Steve’s first class
6. Where will he have the class
7. How many students did Steve ask when he tried to find his class
8. Did he get the answer
刚强的近义词Part II Home schooling
Although education is compulsory in the United States, it is not compulsory for all children to get their education at school. A number of parents believe that they can provide a better education for their children at home. Children who are educated at home are known as “home-schoolers.” There are about 300 000 home-schoolers in the United States today. Interestingly, results show that home-schooled children tend to do better than average on national tests in reading and math.
David Guterson is an American writer. He and his wife teach their three children themlves. Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children in a regular school. Learning starts with the children’s interests and questions. For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow removal equipment, Alaska, polar bears, and winter tourism. Or a spring evening, when the family is watching the stars, is a good time for tting up a telescope and asking questions about satellites, comets, meteors, and the space program. At dinner, if the Brazilian rain forests are on the news, it could be a perfect time to get out the atlas and encyclopedia. Then there might be two hours or more of eating, asking questio
ns, looking up answers, discovering how rain forests influence the climate, what the “greenhou effect” is, how derts are formed and how the polar ice caps affect ocean levels.
