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1、大学英语课文翻译答案(新世纪综合教程1)BOOK1Unit1TALanguageTeacher'sPersonalOpinionWillPidcroftThistextistakenfromIncentiveThemesbyW.S.Fowler,J.Pidcook&L.R.Rycroft.Nelson.Australia.1980.close1RTEverydayIseeadvertisementsinthenewspapersandonthebusesclaimingthatitiseasytolearnEnglish.Accordingtotheseadvertisements,wit
2、hverylittleeffortonthestudent'spart,hewillbeabletospeakthelanguagefluentlyinthreemonthsoreventendays.ThereisoftenareferencetoWilliamShakespeareorCharlesDickenstoencouragehimevenmore.WhenIseeadvertisementslikethis,Idon'tknowwhethertolaughorcry.IfitwereaseasytolearnEnglishastheysay,Iwouldhavetolookf
3、oranotherjob,becauseveryfewqualifiedteacherswouldbeneeded.Butalargenumberofpeoplemustbelievetheseridiculousclaims,orelsetheadvertisementswouldnotappear.一名语言教师的个人看法威尔·皮德克罗夫特我每天都会在报纸上、公共汽车上看到各种广告,声称轻轻松松就能学好英语。这些广告号称,学生不必费什么力气,要说一口流利的英语只需短短3个月,甚至10天就行。广告还常常提到威廉·莎士比亚和查尔斯·狄更斯等英语文学大师的名号来增强吸引力。每当看到诸如此类的广
4、告时,我真是哭笑不得:如果学英语真像这些广告所说的那么轻松,我恐怕得另谋出路了,因为不需要那么多合格的英语教师了。但是肯定有许多人相信这些可笑的噱头,不然的话这些广告也不可能出现。Itisnaturalforstudentstobeattractedtomethodsthatwillteachthemasquicklyandefficientlyandcheaplyaspossible.Butitisdifficultforanyonetoexplaininsimplelanguagewhyonemethodisbetterthananother,anditisnousepretendin
5、gthatanyonehasdiscoveredaperfectwayofteachingEnglishineverypossiblesituation.Someexpertsevenarguethatthereareasmanygoodmethodsofteachingalanguageastherearegoodteachers,becauseeveryteacherisanindividualwithhisownpersonality.Nodoubtthisistruetoacertainextent,butitisnotveryhelpfultostudents.学生们喜欢实惠的速
6、成学习方法也在情理之中,但要用浅显易懂的语言去解释为什么某一方法比另一方法更有效并不是一件简单的事,而且也无需装模作样地声称有什么人已经找到了一个万能的适合所有学习环境的教学方法。一些专家甚至认为,有多少个好老师就有多少种好的教学方法,因为每一个老师都有其自身的特点。这种说法无疑是有几分道理的,但对学生来说不是很有帮助。Foralongtimepeoplebelievedthattheonlywaytolearnalanguagewastospendagreatdealoftimeinacountrywhereitwasspoken.Ofcourseitisclearthatstudent
7、swhogotoEngland,America,orAustraliatolearnEnglishhaveagreatadvantageoverothers,butalargenumberofstudentscannotaffordtodoso.Somestudentsgototheoppositeextremeandthinktheycanteachthemselvesathomewithdictionaries.Bu
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