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1、About30yearsago,IleftCubafortheUnitedStateswithmyson阅读答案 About30yearsago,IleftCubafortheUnitedStateswithmygettingsettledfinallyinBrunswick,NewJersey,Ienrolled(注册)mysoninkindergarten.Severalweekslater,myson’steacheraskedmetomeethimathisoffice. Intheteacher’soffice,andexchangeofgreet
2、ingswasfollowedbyhisquestions:“Isyoursonmentallyretarded(弱智的)?Doeshesufferfromanykindofmentaldisability?” WashetalkingaboutmywonderfulScola?NO,no,itcan’tbe.Whatahelpless,lonelymoment!ItoldhimthatScolawasaquiet,sweetlittleboy,askedhimwhyhewasaskingmeallthesequestions. Mysoncouldnotf
3、ollowtheteacher’sdirections,hetoldme,andthus,Scolawasdisruptingtheclass,Did’theknowmysondidnotspeakEnglishyet? Hewasangry;“Whyhasn’tyoursonbeentaughttospeakEnglish?Don’tyouspeakEnglishathome?” No,Ididn’tspeakEnglishathome,Ireplied.IwassuremysonwouldlearnEnglishinacoupleofmonths,and
4、Ididn’twanthimtoforgethisnative,wronganswer!WhatkindofpersonwouldnotspeakinEnglishtohersonathomeandatalltime?“Areyouoneofthosepeoplewhocometothiscountrytosavedollarsandsendthembacktotheircountry,neverwantingtobeapartofthissociety?” Needlesstosay,ItriedtotellhimIwasnotoneof“thosepeop
5、le.”Thenhetoldmethemeetingwasover,andIleft. AsIhadexpected,mysonlearnedtospeakEnglishfluentlybeforetheschoolyearwaswentontograduatefromcollegeandgotajob,earningclosetosixtravelswidelyandleadsawell-adjusted,contentedlife.Andhehasbenefitedfrombeingbilingual(双语的)。 Speakingmorethanonel
6、anguageallowspeopletocommunicatewithothers;itteachespeopleaboutotherculturesandotherplaces—somethingverybasicandobviouslylackinginthe“educator”ImetinNewJersey. teacheraskedtheauthortohisoffice__________. AtodiscussScola’sin-classperformanceBtogetScolaenrolledinkindergarten Ctofind
7、alanguagepartnerforScolaDtoworkoutastudyplanforScola doestheunderlinedword“disrupting”inParagraph4probablymean? ABreakingBFollowingCAttendingDDisturbing author’sattitudetowardsbeingbilingualmaybestbedescribedas__________. AcriticalBcasualCpositiveDpassive textislikelytobeselecte
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