第47讲阅读理解：Goal of American Education（一） 职称英语综合B精讲课件教学讲义.ppt

2014年 职称英语综合B 阅读理解 主讲老师：叶晓 Goal of American Education 美国教育的目标 （第一段）Education is an enormous and expensive part of American life. Its size is matched（相配） by its variety（多种多样）. （第二段）Differences in American schools compared with （相比较）those found in the majority of other countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for （为了）everyone — not just for a privileged（享有特权的） elite（精英）. Schools are expected to meet（满足） the needs of every child, regardless of （不管，不顾）ability, and also the needs of society itself. This means that public schools offer more than academic（学术的） subjects. It surprises many people when they come here to find high schools offering such courses as typing（打字）, sewing（缝纫）, radio repair（无线电维修）, computer programming（计算机课程） or driver training（驾驶训练）, along with traditional academic subjects such as mathematics, history, and languages. Students choose their curricula（课程） depending on their interests, future goals, and level of ability. The underlying （潜在的）goal of American education is to develop every child to the utmost（极限，最大可能） of his or her own possibilities, and to give each one a sense of civic（公民） and community consciousness（社区觉悟感）. （第三段）Schools have traditionally played an important role in creating national unity（名族团结） and “Americanizing” the millions of immigrants who have poured into（涌入） this country from many different backgrounds and origins. Schools still play a large role in the community, especially in the small towns. （第四段）The approach （方法）to teaching may seem unfamiliar（不熟悉） to many, not only because it is informal, but also because there is not much emphasis on learning facts（具体知识上）. Instead, Americans try to teach their children to think for themselves and to develop their own intellectual（智慧） and creative abilities（创造能力）. Students spend much time, learning how to use resource materials（参考资料）, libraries, statistics （数据）and computers. Americans believe that if children are taught to reason（n.理由，判断力v.推断，评理） well and to