综合英语(二)上册 lesson one twelve things i wish they taught at school

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1、LessonOneTwelveThingsIWishTheyTaughtatSchool第1课学校要是教给我们这12种本领就好了CarlSagan卡尔·萨根1.Iattendedjuniorandseniorhighschool,publicinstitutionsinNewYorkandNewJersey,justaftertheSecondWorldWar.Itseemsalongtimeago.Thefacilitiesandskillsoftheteacherswereprobablywellaboveavera

2、gefortheUnitedStatesatthattime.Sincethen,I'velearnedagreatdeal.OneofthemostimportantthingsI'velearnedishowmuchthereistolearn,andhowmuchIdon'tyetknow.SometimesIthinkhowgratefulIwouldbetodayifIhadlearnedmorebackthenaboutwhatreallymatter.Insomerespectsthateducationi

3、sterriblynarrow;theonlythingIeverlearnedinschoolaboutNapoleonwasthattheUnitedStatesmadetheLouisianaPurchasefromhim.(Onaplanetwheresome95%oftheinhabitantsarenotAmericans,theonlyhistorythatwasthoughtworthteachingwasAmericanhistory.)Inspelling,grammar,thefundamental

4、sofmath,andothervitalsubjects,myteachersdidaprettygoodjob.Butthere'ssomuchelseIwishthey'dtaughtus.1.二战刚结束，我在纽约和新泽西州的公立学校上了初中和高中，这似乎是很久之前的事情了。学校的设施、教师的水平在当时的美国大大高于一般水准，因此我从中学到了很多东西。我所学到的最重要的一点，就是要学的东西实在是太多，而我还没有学到的东西也太多。有时候，我想那时要是能多学点真正重要的东西，今天我会多么地心存感激。在有些方面，当时的教

5、育十分狭窄；关于拿破仑，在学校里我所学到的仅仅是美国从他手里买下了路易斯安那。（在一个约95％的居民不是美国人的星球上，学校当局认为只有美国历史才值得讲授。）在拼写、语法、数学基础知识以及其他重要学科的教授上，我的老师们做得相当不错，但是还有许多其他的东西，我曾希望他们教授给我。welladv.:相当地，大大地，可观地Heisnolongeryoung.Heiswelloverfifty.It’swellpastmidnight.Ithinkit’stimeyouwenthome.above/belowaverage高于

6、或低于一般标准或水平beckthen以往的那个时期(指作者的中学时代)whatreallymatters:whatisreallyimportant.注意matter作为动词的用法：Wedon’texpectyoutomakenomistakes.Whatmatteriswhetheryoulearnfromthem.insomerespects在某些方面someadv.(与数字连用)大约，约有。Some80studentshavetakenthecourse.Duringthechampionship,theChine

7、sewomen’sfootballteamflewbackforthfromtheeastcoasttothewestcoast,coveringsome30,000kilometres.2.Perhapsallthedeficiencieshavesincebeenrectified.Itseemstometherearemanythings(oftenmoreamatterofattitudeandperceptionthanthesimplememorizationoffacts)thattheschoolssho

8、uldteach——thingsthattrulywouldbeusefulinlaterlife,usefulinmakingastrongercountryandabetterworld,butusefulalsoinmakingpeoplehappier.Humanbeingsenjoylearning.Tha