基础综合英语-1b

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1、TextBEssenceofEducation(14paras.)(Itpointsoutthattheessenceofeducationliesinstudents’acquisitionoffactsandreasoningskills)EssenceofEducationRoberyW.Tracinki1.Theessenceofeducationistheteachingoffactsandreasoningskillstoourchildren,sothattheylearntothink.2.Yet

2、almostacentury,ourschoolshavebeenunderassaultbyanapproachtoeducationthatelevatesfeelingsoverfacts.UndertheinfluenceofProgressiveEducation--Itisnowmoreimportantthangettinghimintouchwiththefactsofhistory,mathematicsorgeography.Note:elevatev.tomakemoreimportanto

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4、cquiretheknowledgenecessaryforlivingsuccessfully.4.Thisemotion-centered,anti-reasonassaultoneducationhasfoundanewally:thosewhobelievetheliteralwordsoftheBible.TheKansasBoardofEducationhasjustexcisedthetheoryofevolutionfromthestate'sofficialsciencestandards.Se

5、veralotherstateshaveenactedsimilaranti-evolutionpolicies,therebyelevatingthefeelingofreligiousfundamentalistsovertheaccumulatedevidenceoftheentirescienceofbiology.Note:Allyn.apersonororganizationthatcooperateswithorhelpsanotherinaparticularactivity.Excisev.to

6、removeasifbycuttinge.g.Theofficialcensorshaveexcisedthecontroversialsectionsofthereport.5.Thesepoliciesdonotactuallybantheteachingofevolution,nordotheymandatetheteachingof“Creationism”----biblicalclaimthattheEarthandalllifeonitwerecreatedinsixdays.Theysimplyd

7、ropevolutionfromtherequiredcurriculum.Thegoalofthereligiousactivitiesistokeepstudentsignorantofthetheoryofevolution,ortoencouragetheteachingofevolutionandCreationismside-by-side,astwo"competing"theories.命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离Note:Mandatev.Tomakemandatory,asbylaw;decr

8、eeorrequire:批准：制订一个训令，如通过法律；发布命令或要求：e.g.mandateddesegregationofpublicschools.命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离.g.Ourdelegateshavebeenmandatedtovoteagainsttheproposalattheconference.n.Acommandoranauthorizati