专题 19 课堂危机.docxVIP

2023年高考英语外刊时文精读精练(19)

Education:Crisisintheclassroom

教育：课堂危机

主题语境：人与社会主题语境内容：生活与学习

【外刊原文】（斜体单词为超纲词汇，认识即可；下划线单词为课标词汇，需熟记。）

IFHISTORYIS“aracebetweeneducationand?catastrophe”,asH.G.Wellsonceputit,educationseemeduntilrecentlytobewinning.In?1950?onlyabouthalfofadultsgloballyhadanyschooling;nowatleast?85%do.Between?2000?and?2018,the?proportion?ofschool-agechildrenwhowerenotenrolledinclasses?fell?from?26%to?17%.Butthe?rapid?risein?attendance?masked?an?ugly?truth:manypupilswerespendingyearsbehinddesksbutlearningal