新托福口語練習材料—學生是否僅學習書本討論(1)

　　ShouldStudentsOnlyLearnfromBooks?

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　　TrytoFindoutaboutRealLife

　　DuringmyrecenttourtoKunminginYunnanProvince,IencounteredayoungAustralianatLiuzhourailwaystation.Ihelpedhimgetonboardthetrainwithhisluggage,andwegottochattinginEnglish.Ilearnedthathewas21yearsold,studyingAsianliteratureandhistoryatSydneyUniversity.(1)

　　Whatsurprisedmewasthat,youngashewas,(2)hehadtraveledalot,notonlyinChinabutalsoinmanyotherpartsofAsia,andheseemedtoknowsomuchabouttheAsiancultureandhistory,andwasevenfamiliarwithancientandmodernChineseliteratureandphilosophymasterssuchasConfucius,LuXun,MaoDunandGuoMoruo.Hecouldspeakfourlanguages.

　　Heisacollegestudent,buthedidnotconfinehimselftoclassroomreadingonly.(3).Hesaidifonereallywantstoknowthesocietyandtheworld,heorsheshouldgotothegrassrootstosee,hearandfindoutaboutreallife(4).Besides,manystudentslikehiminAustraliaworkatpart-timejobsafterclasssoastoearnalivingandsaveenoughfortraveling.

　　Iamabitolderthanheis.YetIfoundmyselflessknowledgeablethanheisaboutmanythingsintheworld.Likesomeofmyclassmatesatcollege,IoftenfeelconceitedformerelybeingacollegestudentandsometimesIevenlookeddownuponthosewhofailedtoentercollege(5).Wedidnothavetoworktoearnaliving,andtookmanythingsforgranted(6).

　　Weshouldnotjustadmireotherpeople’slivingstandardandopportunities.Whatweshoulddoistolearntheirspiritofself-relianceaswellasasenseofresponsibilityforthesocietytheylivein(7).

　　I.Listen

　　Listentothetextwiththehelpofthefollowingnotes.

　　1.SydneyUniversity:（澳大利亞）悉尼大學。

　　2.youngashewas:盡管他年輕（倒裝句）

　　3.hedidnotconfinehimselftoclassroomreadingonly:他不把自己局限于教室的學習之中。

　　4.gotothegrassrootstosee,hearandfindoutaboutreallife:走到百姓之中，去聽，去看，去了解真正的百姓生活。

　　5.lookeddownuponthosewhofailedtoentercollege:看不起那些沒能夠上大學的人。

　　6.andtookmanythingsforgranted:并常常對許多事情想當然。

　　7.theirspiritofself-relianceaswellasasenseofresponsibilityforthesocietytheylivein:他們自主的精神，以及對他們所處社會的責任感。