上海交通大学英语讲义Exercise Four听力答案与原文

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1、ExerciseFourSection1.CompoundDictationBeingthemotheroftwopotentiallybilingualchildren(theyoungestisonlythreemonthsold)andtheteacherofFrenchandEnglishbilingualchildren,thesubjectofbilingualismisveryimportanttome.InfactwehaverecentlymovedtoChinaandarenowconsideri

2、ngmultilingualism.Butwhataretheadvantagesoflearningseverallanguagesfromanearlyage?Whatarethedangers?What’sthebestwaytoteachyourchildtwoormorelanguages(1)simultaneously?Idon’tsuggestIhavetheanswersherebutlikemostmothersandteachersIcertainlyhaveapointofview!Whati

3、sabilingualchild?ThewayIseeit,beingbilingualmeansbeingableto(2)communicatealmostperfectlyintwolanguagesandalsoknowingsomethingaboutbothcultures.IfItaketheexampleofmydaughterit’saboutbeingabletounderstandwhensomeoneisspeakinganotherlanguageandbeingabletoswitch(3

4、)automaticallyintospeakingitwiththem.Attwoandahalfshehasalreadygraspedtheconceptof‘DaddyspeaksFrenchandMummyspeaksEnglish’.ShehasevenpickedupthatBaiYuoinespeaksChinese!Ithinkit’sveryimportantforhertoknowthatthe(4)cartooncharacterNoddyisalsocalledOuiOuibyherfrie

5、ndsatplaygroupandthatMarmiteandCadburyschocolateexistaswellascroissants.Thisiswhatmakesitpossibleforhertocommunicatewiththepeoplearoundher(5)regardlessofwhethertheyareFrenchorEnglish.Whyencouragebilingualism?InourcaseitislogicalthatwithanEnglishmotherandFrenchf

6、atherourchildrenshouldbeabletospeakbothlanguagestocommunicate,notonlywithus,butwiththeirgrandparentsand(6)extendedfamily.Onawiderscalelearningtwoormorelanguageshelpschildrentoacceptculturesotherthantheirown.Ifspeakingtheirmothertongue(s)athomeandatschoolis(7)en

7、couragedtheyaremorelikelytoenjoytheirdifferenceandviewdifferenceingeneralasapositivething.Howdoyouraiseabilingualchild?Theremaybeadominantlanguageandthiswillnormallydependonthecountryyouliveinorthelanguageyourchildusesmostatschool.However,itwillalsodependonwhat

8、languageisspokeninthehome.WelivedinFranceandspokeFrenchathomebutIalwaysspeaktomychildreninEnglish.It’s(8)imperativethatthechildhasconsistency.TheyknowthattheirEnglishauntiew