《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit5文档格式.docx

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Twopeopleareinterviewedabouttheirideasoneducation.Oneisanordinary"

maninthe

street"

;

theotherisaneducationalpsychologist.

Themaninthestreet:

WhenIwasatschool,Ihatedit.Icouldn'

tstandit.Iwasn'

thappyuntilIgotout.Ithinkthisideaofpermanenteducationiscrazy.Iknowsomepeoplegobacktoschoolwhenthey'

reolder,gotolanguageclassesatthelocal"

tech"

andallthat,butIcan'

tunderstandpeoplewhowanttospendalltheirlivesinschool.

Theeducationalpsychologist:

Theideaofpermanenteducationispracticalbecausewe'

reneverreallytoooldtogoonlearning.Ofcourse,therearecertainlimits,buttheyaren'

tagelimits.Forexample,let'

ssayamanpastsixtytriestolearnhowtoplayfootball.It'

sfoolishforhimtodothat,butonlybecausehisbodyistooold,nothismind!

Task2

Age

Schooling

Four

NurserySchool

Five

TheInfants’School

Seven

TheJuniorSchool

1）Hestayedthereforayear.

2）Hehasfaint,butverypleasantmemoriesofit.Hehadfunandplayedgames---includingstory-telling,drawing,singinganddancing.

3）Hebeganthavemoreformallessonsandevenworryaboutexams.

4）Theexamwascalledthe“ElevenPlus”.Studentstooktheexamtoseewhatkindofsecondaryschooltheywouldgetinto.

JohnistalkingtoMartinabouthisprimaryschooling.

Martin:

Didyougotoastateprimaryschool?

John:

Yes,Idid.Iwenttoanurseryschoolfirst,attheageoffour,butthiswaspurelyvoluntary.Therewasagoodkindergarteninourneighbourhoodsomyparentsdecidedtosendmethereforayear.

Canyoustillrememberit?

Yes,Ihavefaint,butverypleasantmemoriesofit.Itwasadelightfulplace,fulloffunandgames.Asinmostnurseryschools,work—ifyoucancallitthat—consistedofstorytelling,drawing,singinganddancing.

Youprobablydon'

trememberbutyoumusthavemisseditwhenyouleft—youknow,whenyouwenttotheInfants'

Schoolattheageoffive.

IsupposeImusthave,butyouknow,rightuptotheageofseven,schoollifewasverypleasant.ItwasonlylaterintheJuniorSchoolthatwebegantohavemoreformallessonsandevenworryaboutexams.

Really?

Didyouhavetodoexamsatthatage?

Yes,weusedtothen.Wehadtotakeanexamattheageofelevencalledthe"

ElevenPlus"

toseewhatkindofSecondaryschoolwewouldgetinto.Butthisexamhasdisappearednowadays.

Task3

A.

1）compulsory;

theagesof5and16;

state-funded;

independent

2）available;

atanurseryschool;

inthenurseryclassataprimaryschool

3）preparatory;

primary;

aged5to13

4）enterthestateeducationsystem;

attheageof5;

secondaryschool

5）7,11,13or16;

gainadmissionat11or13;

theCommonEntranceExamination

6）onefurtheryear;

AdvancedSupplementaryExaminations;

AdvancedLevelExaminations

7）classroom;

laboratory;

workindependently;

undertakeresearchforprojects

8）vocational;

conventional

9）secondaryeducation;

withA-levels;

further;

higher

1）GCSEstandfortheGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation.Itisnormallytakeattheageofsixteen.

2）Studentsusuallystudyform8to12subjectsovertwoyears.

3）Somesubjectstakeaccountoftheworkstudentsdothroughouttheyear,whileothersareassessedentirelybyexamination.

EducationintheUnitedKingdomiscompulsoryforeveryonebetweentheagesoffiveandsixteen,andisprovidedbytwokindsof

schools:

state-fundedschoolsandindependent（fee-charging）schools.

Childreneducation

Pre-schoolorpre-preparatoryeducation:

pre-schooleducationisavailableinboththeindependentandthestatesystems.Manychildrenstarttheireducationattheageofthreeorfouratanurseryschoolorinthenurseryclassataprimaryschool.

Preparatoryeducation:

intheindependentsystem,preparatory（orprimary）educationisavailableforchildrenaged5to13.

Primaryeducation:

mostchildrenintheUnitedKingdomenterthestateeducationsystemwhentheygotoprimaryschoolattheageoffiveandgenerallymovetosecondaryschoolorcollegeattheageof11.

Secondaryeducation（includingtheGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducationandequivalents）

Mostpupilsenterindependentboardingschoolsattheageof7,11,13or16.Togainadmissionat11or13,somepupilssitanexamcalledtheCommonEntranceExamination.At16,theyentertheschooltostudyinitssixthform（forA-levelsandequivalentqualifications）.

AllUKsecondaryschools,bothstateandindependent,teachpupilsatleastuntiltheageofsixteenandpreparethemfortheGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation（GCSE）orequivalentqualifications.SignificantnumbersofinternationalstudentsentertheUKsecondaryeducationsystemwhentheyareeitherelevenorthirteen.Manyattendindependentboardingschools.

GCSEsinvocationalsubjectsarenormallytakenattheageof16.Followingthese,studentscandoonefurtheryearofacademicstudybeforetakingAdvancedSupplementaryexaminations（AS-levels）.

Alternatively,therearecareer-basedqualifications,suchasGeneralNationalVocationalQualifications（GNVQs）orvocationalA-levels,whichcanbetakenafteroneortwoyearsofstudy.Allthesecoursesgiveaccesstouniversityorfurtherstudy.

Studentsusuallystudyfrom8to12GCSEsubjectsovertwoyears.Moststudentsstudyacoreofstatutorysubjectsandchooseadditionalsubjectsfromalist.

OnanyGCSEcourse,youreceiveformaltuitionintheclassroomandlaboratorybutarealsoencouragedtoworkindependentlyandundertakeresearchforprojects,oftenoutsideschoolhours.Educationalvisits,eitheronyourownoraspartofasmallgroup,areoftenpartofthetimetable.Somesubjectstakeaccountoftheworkyoudothroughouttheyear,whileothersareassessedentirelybyexamination.Examinationsareindependentlymarkedandgraded.GCSEgradesrangefromA（thehighest）toG.

NewGCSEsinvocationalsubjectsareacareer-basedversionoftheGCSE.Eightsubjectsareavailable:

ArtandDesign,Business,Engineering,HealthandSocialCare,InformationandCommunicationsTechnology（ICT）,LeisureandTourism,Manufacturing,andScience.OnevocationalGCSEisequivalenttotwoconventionalGCSEs.AswithotherGCSEs,gradesrangefromA（thehighest）toG.

Sixth-formersusuallyfinishtheirsecondaryeducationattheageofeighteenwithA-levelsorequivalentqualifications,thengoontostudyateitherfurtherorhighereducationlevel.

Task4

TopicofThisDiscussion:

CorporalPunishment

Interviewees

PositiononThisTopicFor/Against

Arguments/Reasons

Kate

For

It’sdifficulttoteachchildrenthesedays,whenmanyofthemknowtheywon’tgetjobs.It’shardtocontroltheclassifyoucan’tpunishthem.Somechildrenneeddiscipline.

Rolf

Against

Italwayshasbeendifficulttobeateacher.Butyoudon’thavetouseviolence.It’simpossibletoteachstudentsaboutnonviolenceandbeinggoodcitizenswhenyouareviolentyourself.

Jane

Raoul

Its’impossibletoteachtherestoftheclassofyouhaveonestudentwhoconstantlymisbehaves.It’sbadfortheothers.

1）F2）F

Kate:

Yes,it'

sdifficulttoteachchildrenthesedays,whenmanyofthemknowtheywon'

tgetjobs.It'

shardtocontroltheclassifyoucan'

tpunishthem.Ioftenhitthemwitharuler.Ofcourse,inmypartofScotlandwe'

reallowedtohitthem,andIthinkit'

snecessary—somechildrenneeddiscipline.

Interviewer:

Whatdoyouthink,Rolf?

Iknowyoufeelverystronglyaboutcorporalpunishment.

Rolf:

Idon'

tagreewithKate.Iknowit'

sdifficulttobeateacher,butIthinkitalwayshasbeen.Butyoudon'

thavetouseviolence.It'

simpossibletoteachstudentsaboutnon-violenceandbeinggoodcitizenswhenyouareviolentyourself.

WhatdotheWelshthink,Jane?

Rolfthinkscorporalpunishmentiswrong.

Jane:

Yes,Ithinksotoo.

AndRaoul?

Raoul:

Well,Ithinkit'

ssometimesnecessary.Whenonechildconstantlydisobeys,youhavetobeathim,orelsesendhimaway—maybetoaspecialschool.It'

simpossibletoteach

therestoftheclassifyouhaveonestudentwhoconstantlymisbehaves.It'

sbadfortheothers.

Didanyonebeatyouwhenyouwereatschool?

Raoul:

Well...

Task5

1）Becausethetelevisionprogrambythatnamecannowbeseeninmanypartsoftheworld.

2）Thisprogramisverypopularamongchildren.Someeducatorsobjecttocertainelementsintheprogram.Parentspraiseithighly.Manyteachersalsoconsideritagreathelp,thoughsometeachersfindthatproblemsarisewhenfirstgraderswhohavelearnedfrom“SesameStreet”areinthesameclasswithchildrenwhohavenotwatchedtheprogram.

3）Inordertoincreasethenumberofchildrenwhocanwatchit