最新新视野大学英语视听说2Passage汇总.docx

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最新新视野大学英语视听说2Passage汇总

Unit1

Passage1

IbeganlearningSpanishwhenIwasinhighschool,usingatraditionalacademicmethodofstudyingverbs,sentencestructures,andgrammarbyusingtextbooksandnotmuchelse.Ifounditveryeasytolearn,butwasfrustratedwiththeslowpaceandrepetitivenatureofallmySpanishclasses.SoIworkedextrahardinmysparetimeandaskedmyteacherifIcouldskipalevelbytheendofthesemester.

Thiswasunsuccessful,however,becausetheschoolwasnotwillingtotestmeorotherwiseprovethatIcouldbesuccessfulinthetoplevelafterskippingalevel.Thismadethingsevenmorefrustrating,asthenIwasstuckinaclasswhereIalreadyknewthematerial!

ThenIwentontocollegewhereIthenusedthelanguageextensivelybothinandoutoftheclassroom.IstudiedSpanishliterature,culture,andlinguisticsandverymuchenjoyedtheculturalandlinguisticelements,butfoundthein-depthstudyofliteratureaveryunbalancedwaytostudySpanish.

IgotalotoutofusingmySpanishoutsideoftheclassroom,includingatriptoMexicowithachurchgroup,whereIfoundmyselfactingasaninterpreter.Itwascertainlychallenging,butitwasalsoalotoffun.

IthenalsovolunteeredtobeaninterpreterinthecommunityschoolsandalsousedmySpanishtoteachEnglishtosomeSpanishspeakers.ThisisprobablywhereIlearnedthemost!

Passage2

Haveyoueverheardofhomeschooling?

Itisalegalchoiceforparentsinmostcountriestoprovidetheirchildrenwithalearningenvironmentasan1）alternativetopublicorprivateschoolsoutsidethehome.Parentscite2）numerousreasonsforhomeschoolingtheirchildren.ThethreereasonsthatareselectedbythemajorityofparentsintheUnitedStatesaretheconcernaboutthe3）traditionalschoolenvironment,thelackofreligiousormoralinstruction,andthedissatisfactionwiththe4）academicinstructionatpublicandprivateschools.Homeschoolingmayalsobeafactorinthechoiceofparentingstyle.Homeschoolingcanbeachoiceforfamilieslivinginisolated5）countrysideorlivingbrieflyabroad.Alsomanyyoung6）athletesandactorsaretaughtathome.

Homeschoolersoften7）takeadvantageofeducationalopportunitiesatmuseums,libraries,communitycenters,athleticclubs,after-schoolprograms,churches,parks,andothercommunityresources.8）Secondaryschoollevelstudentsmaytakeclassesatcommunitycolleges,whichtypicallyhaveopenadmissionpolicies.

Groupsofhomeschoolingfamiliesoftenjoinuptogethertocreatehomeschoolco-ops.Thesegroupstypicallymeetonceaweekandprovideaclassroomenvironment.Thesearefamily-centeredsupportgroupswhosemembersseektopooltheirtalentsandresources9）inacollectiveefforttobroadenthescopeoftheirchildren'seducation.Theyprovideaclassroomenvironmentwherestudentscandohands-onandgrouplearningsuchasperforming,scienceexperiments,artprojects,foreignlanguagestudy,spellingcontests,discussions,etc.Parentswhosechildrentaketheclasses10）serveasvolunteerstokeepcostslowandmaketheprogramasuccess.

Test

Manypeoplegotoschoolforaneducation.Theylearnlanguages,history,

（1）politicalmethods,geography,physics,chemistry,andmathematics.Othersgotoschooltolearnskillsinordertomakealiving.

（2）Traditionaleducationisveryusefulandimportant.Yet,noonecan（3）acquireeverythingfromschool.Ateacher,nomatterhowmuchheknows,cannotteachhisstudentseverythingtheywanttoknow.Theteacher'smainjobistoshowhisstudentshowtolearn.Heteachesthemhowtoreadandhowtothink.So,muchmoreistobelearnedoutsideschoolbythestudentsthemselves.

Itisalwaysmoreimportanttoknowhowtostudybyoneselfthanto（4）bearinmindsomefactsorsomeskills.Itisquiteeasytolearnacertainfactinhistoryoraformulainmathematics.Butitisvery（5）difficulttouseaformulainworkingoutamathproblem.

Greatscientistsdidn'tgeteverythingfromschool.Edisondidn'tevenfinishjuniorschool.Andyet,he（6）inventedsomanynewthings.Thesescientistswereso（7）successful,buttheirteachersonlyshowedthemtheway.The（8）reasonfortheirsuccesswasthattheyknewhowtostudy.Theyreadbooksthattheywerenottaughtatschool.Theywouldaskmanyquestionsastheyread.Theydid（9）thousandsofexperiments.Theyworkedhardalltheirlives,wastingnotasinglemoment.Mostimportantwasthattheyknewhowtousetheir（10）brains.

Unit2

Passage1

Ibelievewatchingnatureprogramsontelevisionisnotgoingtogiveusandourchildrenarealexperienceofnature.Onthecontrary,theymaydistanceusfromnature—actualnature—evenfurther.

Becauserealnatureexperiencesmeancontactwithnature.Itmeansbeingwithandwithinnature,toexperienceitwithallfivesenses.

True,TVprogramsgiveus