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1、``新视野研究生英语读说写2英语原文加翻译及课后答案1.大学课堂:还有人在听吗?Towardthemiddleofthesemester,Fowkesfellillandmissedaclass.Whenhereturned,theprofessornoddedvaguelyand,toFowkes’sastonishment,begantodelivernotthenextlectureinthesequencebuttheoneafter.Hadhe,infact,lecturedtoanemp
2、tyhallintheabsenceofhissolitarystudent?Fowkesthoughtitperfectlypossible.在学期中间,Fowkes因病缺了一次课。他回到课堂的时候,教授毫无表情地向他点了点头。接着令Fowkes大吃一惊的是,教授并没有按照顺序讲下一课,而是讲了后面一课。难道他真的在他唯一的学生缺席的情况下对着空教室讲了一课?Fowkes认为这太有可能了。TodayAmericancollegesanduniversities(originallymodeledo
3、nGermanones)areunderstrongattackfrommanyquarters.Teachers,itischarged,arenotdoingagoodjobofteaching,andstudentsarenotdoingagoodjoboflearning.Americanbusinessesandindustriessufferfromunenterprising,uncreativeexecutiveseducatednottothinkforthemselvesbutt
4、omouthoutdatedtruismstherestoftheworldhaslongdiscarded.Collegegraduateslackbothbasicskillsandgeneralculture.Studiesareconductedandreportsareissuedonthestatusofhighereducation,butanychangesthatresulteitherarelargelycosmeticormakeabadsituationworse.今天美国的
5、大学(原本是以德国的大学为模型的)受到了各方面的严厉指责。人们指责老师没有教好,学生没有学好。美国的商业和工业饱受无进取心的、缺乏创造力的管理人员之苦,这些人受的教育是自己不用思考,而是说一些过时的、在世界上其他地方早已抛弃的陈词滥调。大学毕业生即没有基本技能也没有全面修养。有人对高等教育的状况做了研究并发表了报告,但由此引发的变化很大程度上不是表面的,就是使已经糟糕的情形变得更糟。OneaspectofAmericaneducationtooseldomchallengedisthelecture
6、system.Professorscontinuetolectureandstudentstotakenotesmuchastheydidinthethirteenthcentury,whenbooksweresoscarceandexpensivethatfewstudentscouldownthem.Thetimeislongoverdueforustoabandonthelecturesystemandturntomethodsthatreallywork.美国教育中很少被挑战的方面是讲课制度
7、。教授不停地讲,学生不停地记笔记,就想十三世纪时的情形一样,那时因为课本缺乏又昂贵,很少有学生买得起。我们早就该舍弃讲课制度,开始使用真正有用的方法。SomedaysMarysitsinthefrontrow,fromwhereshecanwatchtheprofessorreadfromastackofyellowednotesthatseemnearlyasoldasheis.Sheisboredbythelectures,andsoaremostoftheotherstudents,tojud
8、gebythewaytheyarenoddingoffordoodlingintheirnotebooks.Graduallysherealizestheprofessorisasboredashisaudience.Attheendofeachlectureheasks,“Arethereanyquestions?”inatoneofvoicethatmakesitplainhewouldmuchratherthereweren’t.Heneedn’tworry—t