上海交通大学英语讲义Exercise Four听力答案与原文.doc

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1、ExerciseFourSection1.CompoundDictationBeingthemotheroftwopotentiallybilingualchildren(theyoungestisonlythreemonthsold)andtheteacherofFrenchandEnglishbilingualchildren,thesubjectofbilingualismisveryimportanttome.InfactwehaverecentlymovedtoChinaandarenowconsidering

2、multilingualism.Butwhataretheadvantagesoflearningseverallanguagesfromanearlyage?Whatarethedangers?What’sthebestwaytoteachyourchildtwoormorelanguages(1)simultaneously?Idon’tsuggestIhavetheanswersherebutlikemostmothersandteachersIcertainlyhaveapointofview!Whatisabi

3、lingualchild?ThewayIseeit,beingbilingualmeansbeingableto(2)communicatealmostperfectlyintwolanguagesandalsoknowingsomethingaboutbothcultures.IfItaketheexampleofmydaughterit’saboutbeingabletounderstandwhensomeoneisspeakinganotherlanguageandbeingabletoswitch(3)autom

4、aticallyintospeakingitwiththem.Attwoandahalfshehasalreadygraspedtheconceptof‘DaddyspeaksFrenchandMummyspeaksEnglish’.ShehasevenpickedupthatBaiYuoinespeaksChinese!Ithinkit’sveryimportantforhertoknowthatthe(4)cartooncharacterNoddyisalsocalledOuiOuibyherfriendsatpla

5、ygroupandthatMarmiteandCadburyschocolateexistaswellascroissants.Thisiswhatmakesitpossibleforhertocommunicatewiththepeoplearoundher(5)regardlessofwhethertheyareFrenchorEnglish.Whyencouragebilingualism?InourcaseitislogicalthatwithanEnglishmotherandFrenchfatherourch

6、ildrenshouldbeabletospeakbothlanguagestocommunicate,notonlywithus,butwiththeirgrandparentsand(6)extendedfamily.Onawiderscalelearningtwoormorelanguageshelpschildrentoacceptculturesotherthantheirown.Ifspeakingtheirmothertongue(s)athomeandatschoolis(7)encouragedthey

7、aremorelikelytoenjoytheirdifferenceandviewdifferenceingeneralasapositivething.Howdoyouraiseabilingualchild?Theremaybeadominantlanguageandthiswillnormallydependonthecountryyouliveinorthelanguageyourchildusesmostatschool.However,itwillalsodependonwhatlanguageisspok

8、eninthehome.WelivedinFranceandspokeFrenchathomebutIalwaysspeaktomychildreninEnglish.It’s(8)imperativethatthechildhasconsistency.TheyknowthattheirEnglishauntiew