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1、Unit--On-Becoming-a-Better-Student课文翻译综合教程三————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：Unit11OnBecomingaBetterStudent(abridged)DonnaFarhiSchuster1Asstudentsweexpectagreatdealfromourteachers.Weexpectthemtobeenthusiastic.Weexpectthemreliable.We
2、mayevenhaveexpectationsthattheybeendlessrepositoriesofskillandknowledgefromwhichwemaypartakeatwill.2AsateacherIhavecometofeelweightedbytheseexpectationsandhavebeguntoseethatitisreallynotpossibletoteach.Allthewordsandtheoriesandtechniquesareofnousetostudentswhohaveyett
3、oopenthemselveswithreceptivityandtotakeituponthemselvestopractice.SoinasenseIhavegivenuptryingto“teach,”forI’vecometobelievethatthegreatestthingIcanoffermystudentsistohelpthemlearnhowtofindthemselvesthroughtheirowninvestigation.3Manyfactorscometogethertomakeafinestude
4、nt.Findsomeoneyouthinkisextraordinary,andyouwillfindmany,ifnotall,ofthefollowingqualities.Peoplewholearnagreatdealinwhatseemslikeaveryshorttimeembodythesequalities.4CuriositySuchpeoplearetremendouslycurious.Thewholeworldisofinteresttothem,andtheyobservewhatothersdonot
5、.NobelPrize-winnerphysicianAlbert-Gyorgyiputitwellwhenhesaid,“Discoveryconsistsoflookingatthesamethingaseveryoneelseandthinkingsomethingdifferent.”Withthiscuriositycomesan“investigativespirit”;thelearningisnotsomuchtheacquisitionofinformationasitisaninvestigation—aque
6、stioning,aturningoveroftheobjectofstudytoseeallsidesandfacets.Itisnotknowinginthesenseofhavingarigidopinion,buttheabilitytolookagainatanothertime,inadifferentlight,asGyorgyisuggests,andtoformanewunderstandingbasedonthatobservation.5DisciplineAnydiscipline—butespeciall
7、ythosewithgreatsubtletyandcomplexity,likeyogaort’aichi—canbealifelongpursuit.Persistence,consistency,anddisciplinearerequired.Withoutthese,ourlearningisbutforthwithoutsubstance.Therearenoshortcuts.Thefruitoftheseseeminglydryqualities(whichweprefertoadmireinothers)isth
8、esatisfactionofhavingtastedthefullnessofcompletion,orthethrillofmeetingadifficultchallengewithsuccess.Perhaps,though,ourcult
