2021年6月英语四级阅读真题及答案第3套段落匹配.pdfVIP

2021 年 6 月英语四级阅读真题及答案 第 3 套 段落匹配 Make Stuff, Fail, And Learn While Youre At It A) Weve always been a hands-on, do it-yourself kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of Americas founding fathers, didnt just invent the lightning rod. His creations include glasses, innovative stoves and more. B) Franklin, who was largely self-taught, may have been a genius, but he wasnt really an exception when it comes to American making and creativity. C) The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the HomebrewComputer Club, which was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s. Members-including guys named Jobs and Wozniak-started making and inventing things they couldnt buy. D) So its no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and someschools across America. Making is available to ordinary people who arent tied to big companies, big defense labs or research universities. The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even 第 1 页 共 7 页 ancient Greek philosophers, as we pointed out recently. E) These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an important educational function. The Maker Movement is rediscovering learning by doing, which is Deweys phrase from 100 years ago. We are rediscovering Dewey and Montessori and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside. A maker space is a place which can be in a school, but it doesnt look like a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the community