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1、22、GoalofAmericaneducationEducationisallenormousandexpensivepartofAmericanlife.Itssizeismatchedbyitsvariety.DifferencesinAmericanschoolscomparedwiththosefoundinthemajorityofothercountrieslieinthefactthateducationherehaslongbeenintendedforeveryone—notjustforaprivilegedelite.Schoolsaree

2、xpectedtomeettheneedsofeverychild，regardlessofability,andalsotheneedsofsocietyitself.Thismeansthatpublicschoolsoffermorethanacademicsubjects.Itsurprisesmanypeoplewhentheycomeheretofindhighschoolsofferingsuchcoursesastyping，sewing，radiorepair,computerprogrammingordrivertraining，alongwi

3、thtraditionalacademicsubjectssuchasmathematics，history,andlanguages.Studentschoosetheircurriculadependingontheirinterests，futuregoals，andlevelofability.TheunderlyinggoalofAmericaneducationistodevelopeverychildtotheutmostofhisorherownpossibilities，andtogiveeachoneasenseofcivicandcommun

4、ityconsciousness.Schoolshavetraditionallyplayedanimportantroleincreatingnationalunityand“Americanizing”themillionsofimmigrantswhohavepouredintothiscountryfrommanydifferentbackgroundsandorigins.Schoolsstillplayalargeroleinthecommunity,especiallyinthesmalltowns.Theapproachtoteachingmays

5、eemunfamiliartomany,notonlybecauseitisinformal，butalsobecausethereisnotmuchemphasisonlearningfacts.Instead，Americanstrytoteachtheirchildrentothinkforthemselvesandtodeveloptheirownintellectualandcreativeabilities.Studentsspendmuchtime，learninghowtouseresourcematerials，libraries，statist

6、icsandcomputers.Americansbelievethatifchildrenaretaughttoreasonwellandtoresearchwell,theywillbeabletofindwhateverfactstheyneedthroughouttherestoftheirlives.Knowinghowtosolveproblemsisconsideredmoreimportantthantheaccumulationoffacts.ThisisAmerica’sanswertothesearchingquestionthatthoug

7、htfulparentsallovertheworldareaskingthemselvesinthefast-movingtime：‘‘HowCanonepreparetoday’schildforatomorrowthatonecanneitherpredictnorunderstand?”词汇：privilegedadj.享有特权的Eliten.精英，精华academicadj.学术的curriculan.课程underlyingadj.潜在的reasonv.推理练习：1.WmchofthefollowingbeststatesthegoalofAmeric

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