高教版公共英语3级精讲班讲义27

公共英语3级精讲班第27讲讲义

Unit 27 Education

Unit 27 Education

Dialogue 1:

Tracy is talking with Philip and asking about how he considers his son’s education. Background knowledge:

Boarding establishment 住宿学校 Single sex school 男女分开的学校

Grammar school （英国）文法学校，原指建于16世纪前后的注重拉丁语的学校，这些学校后来成为教授语言、历史、科学等的中学，现在也指大学预科。

Comprehensive school （英国）综合中学，招收的学生不分资质。 Language points:

1. For a start, I would have to be a mixed school and not a boarding establishment. 开始的时候，应该选择男女合校的学校并且不会是寄宿学校。 2. There’d have to be some form of streaming. 应该有某种形式的分班。

3. It’s nonsense to keep everybody at the same level regardless of their progress. 不考虑他们的进步把所有的人人以同样的水平对待是胡闹。 1) It’s nonsense to do sth 做某事是胡闹 2) regardless of prep. 不理会某人/某事物 regardless of the consequences, danger, expense

He continued speaking, regardless of my feelings on the matter.

Dialogue 2:

Tim is interviewing Heidi about her experience of almost entirely being home-educated. 1. My experience with deschooling was entirely unstructured. 我认为废除学校制度完全是无组织的。

2. Nothing remotely school-like at all. 根本就不象学校。

remotely 常常与否定式搭配，强调“一点也不”或“根本不”。

It isn’t remotely possible that you will be chosen to go. The essay isn’t even remotely relevant to the topic.

3. To say that I never compared myself to anybody else would be inaccurate, but real comparison wasn’t something I learned until I went to school.

说我从来不和任何人比较是不正确的，但是真正的比较是直到我进入学校才开始的。 compare sb to sb 把自己和某人进行比较

4. I interacted with many people on a regular basis, both individuals and large groups of people of all different ages.

我定期的和很多人交流，有个人也有不同年龄的群体。 on a regular basis 有规律的，定期的

5. I enjoy the company of people of all different ages. 我喜欢不同年纪的人的陪伴。 company 陪伴 I enjoy his company.

Dialogue 3:

Jack is a newcomer to Tim’s school and class. Now the two boys are talking about their feelings about schoolwork.

1. I was really impressed with you in the mathematics class yesterday. 我在数学课上对你印象深刻。

be impressed with sb 对某人印象深刻

2. But when his voice boomed out at you angrily, you just did not care. 他生气的对你发出很响的声音，但是你根本就不在意。 boom out 发出深沉的，有回响的声音

The headmaster’s voice boomed out across the playground.

3. Well, you told the teacher you did not care about homework, and to leave you alone. 你告诉老师你根本就不在乎家庭作业，让老师不要管你。 leave sb alone 别管某人

4. All I’m saying there is no need to be so dismayed. 我说没必要如此沮丧。 be dismayed 沮丧

5. Life is for having fun, not to suffering in school. 生活是为了享受而不是为了在学校受罪的。

6. Don’t you think you should think about it a bit more, and weigh all the options? 你不认为你应该多想想，考虑各方面的选择吗？ weigh all the options 考虑各种选择

Monologue 1 :

Listen to a brief introduction to Tsinghua University which is one of the best universities in China.

Background knowledge:

Degree programs 学位项目或计划 Bachelor’s Degree 学士学位 Master’s Degree 硕士学位

Ph. D. Degree/ Doctoral Degree 博士学位 Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院 Chinese Academy of Engineering 中国工程院 Associate professor 副教授

Post-doctoral research station 博士后流动站

developing the country through science and education 科教兴国 Junior middle school 初中 Senior middle school 高中 Undergraduate 大学本科 Postgraduate 研究生

Local educational authorities 当地的教育当局 Minimal tuition fee 最低的学费 Specialized education 特殊教育 Vocational high school 职业中学

Secondary professional schools 职业学校 National entrance examination 高考 Passage:

Language points:

1. Under the policy of “developing the country through science and education” each child is offered free education for a compulsory nine years and the education system is constantly being improved.

在科教兴国政策的引导下，每个孩子都享受九年义务教育，教育系统正在不断改进。

2. “Oriented towards modernization, the world, and the future” is the guiding principle for the development of the Chinese education system, both in the long and the short term. “教育面对现代化、面对世界、面对未来”是中国教育发展长期的和短期的指导性原则。

3. However, graduates from secondary professional schools are seen to have achieved a higher level in some ways akin to a university education.

然而，从职高类学校毕业的毕业生被认为在某些方面和大学毕业生类似的水平。 akin to 与---相似

He felt something akin to pity. Pity and love are closely akin.

4. Those who have missed out on higher education can continue their studies as adults in the workplace.

那些错过了高等教育的人们可以在工作地点继续成人教育。 miss out （on sth）失去获得利益或获得乐趣的机会

If I don’t go to the party, I shall feel I’m missing out.

Exercises:

Use of English

2. vital至关重要的, critical关键的, essential基本的, potential有潜力的 3. uncertainty不确定, instability不稳定, insecurity不安全, unusualness不通常

8. irregular不规则的, pointless无意义的，无目标的, unnecessary不必要的, abnormal不正常的

9.desirable称心的, appropriate 合适的

11.considerably非常，很，相当的, partially不完全的，部分的 13. articulate清除明白的说某事, utter发出声音，发出叹息声，喊叫声 14. survive幸存, blossom生长，兴盛, flourish兴旺，繁荣,

19. compelling使人非注意不可的, overwhelming势不可挡的，无法拒绝的, dominating控制性的,