When Silence Is Not Golden1.pptVIP

Anna When Silence Is Not Golden Questions for review 1. What’s the problems of Chinese education? 2. What’s the problems of American education? 3. What’s the ideal education according to the author? New words 1. reticence the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary He always display a certain reticence in discuss personal matter. 他在谈论个人问题时总显得有些保留。 He breaks out of his normal reticence and tells me the whole story. 他打破了平时一贯沈默寡言的习惯,把事情原原本本都告诉了我。 2.disgorge: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; spill the beans all over the table“. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth She was trying hard to disgorge a fish bone. 她拚命想把鱼刺吐出来. 3. by rote: memorization by repetition He can say the whole of the English Bible by rote. 他能把整本英语《圣经》硬背出来。 Admittedly the Soviet education system had its defects - learning was largely by rote. 不可否认，前苏联的教育体系有自身的缺陷：学习基本上都是死记硬背。 4. cram: put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; cram books into the suitcase“ The rooms full; we cant cram any more people in. 屋里满满的,再也挤不进去人了. a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations. 为了学生考试给学生填满知识的教师。 He tried to cram as many things as possible into his traveling bag. 他尽量把东西都塞进旅行包。 5. prep: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) Four years of prep school should polish those children. 四年的预科学习应该让这些孩子变得温文尔雅。 Daily practices are the best prep for the upcoming track meet. 每天训练是为即将到来的田径运动会所作的最好准备 6. regiment: army unit smaller than a division; subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; regiment ones children 7.dearth: an insufficient quantity or number There seems to be a dearth of good young player at the moment. 目前似乎好的年轻选手太少了。 It was once labelled a cultural desert because of its dearth of cultural and artistic activities. 曾几何时