研究生基础综合听力.docx

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研究生基础综合听力

Unit1

ListeningScripttwo

MargaretWarner:

Mr.Unz.Whydoyoubelievethatbilingualeducationshouldbescrapped?

RonUnz:

Well,theoverwhelmingpracticalevidenceisthatbilingualeducationhasfailedoneverylargescalecasethat’sbeentriedintheUnitedStates,inparticularinCalifornia.TheoriginsofthisinitiativewasthecaselastyearofalotofimmigrantLatinoparentsindowntownLA,whohadtobeginapublicboycottoftheirlocalelementaryschooltotrytoforcetheschooltogivetheirchildrentherighttobetaughtEnglish,whichtheschoolwasdenying.AndIthinkthatreallyopenedmyeyestothecurrentstateoftheprograminCalifornia,wherethestatisticsaredreadful.

MargaretWarner:

Mr.Lyons.

JaniesLyons:

Itisnotthecasethatbilingualeducationisfailingchildren.Therearepoorbilingualeducationprograms,justastherearepoorprogramsofeverytypeinourschoolstoday.Butbilingualeducationhasmadeitpossibleforchildrentohavecontinuousdevelopmentintheirnativelanguage,whilethey'reintheprocessoflearningEnglish,somethingthatdoesn'thappenovernight,andit’smadeitpossibleforchildrentolearnmathandscienceatarateequaltoEnglish-speakingchildrenwhilethey’reintheprocessofacquiringEnglish.

MargaretWarner:

Mr.Unz,whataboutthatpoint—forthesechildrenwhodon'tspeakEnglishwelltheywillfallbehindinthebasicsubjectsiftheycan'tbetaughtthoseinSpanish,orwhateverlanguage?

Ishouldn’tsayjustSpanish,butwhatevertheirfamily’slanguageis.

RonUnz:

That’saveryreasonablepoint.Andtotheextentthatwe’retalkingaboutolderchildren.14or15yearoldswhocometotheUnitedStates,don'tknowanyEnglishandareputinthepublicschoolsIthinkaveryreasonablecasecanbemadeforbilingualeducation.Idon’tknowifit’scorrect,butatleastyoucanmakeacaseforit.Butmostofthechildrenwe'retalkingaboutenterCaliforniaorAmericapublicschoolswhenthey’refiveorsixorseven.Attheageoffiveyearsold,theonlyacademicsubjectsachildisreallydoingisdrawingwithcrayonsorcuttingand,youknow,withpaperandthattypeofthing.Andatthatagechildrencanlearnanotherlanguagesoquicklyandeasilythattheonlyreasonablethingtodoistoputtheminaprogramwherethey'retaughtEnglishasrapidlyaspossibleandthenputintothemainstreamclasseswiththeotherchildrensotheycanmoveforwardacademically.

MargaretWarner:

Thereissomethingtothatpoint,isn’tthere,Mr.Lyons,thatveryyoungchildrendoabsorblanguagesveryquickly?

JamesLyons:

Theyabsorbcertainfacetsoflanguageveryquickly.TheylearntospeakinanunaccentedformlikeanativeEnglishspeaker.Buttheresearchshowsthatactuallyadultsaremuchmoreefficientandquickerlanguagelearnersthanchildrenbecausethey'reworkingfromabroaderlinguisticbase,agreaterconceptualbase.IreallytakeobjectiontowhatMr.Unzissayingthatchildrenattheageoffive,six,andsevenareonlycoloringandcuttingoutpaper.Thatisn'tgoingtoleadtothehighstandards.

ListeningScripttwo

Ann:

Doyoufindthere’smuchopportunity...todootherthings,besidesstudying,duringterm-time?

Imean,ifyouhavea,averyacademiccourse,yousaythesociallifeisgood,butyoumightnotalwayshavetimeto,er,enjoyit,ifyou...havealot...

Ian:

Notbeingaveryacademiccourse,Iwouldn’tknow.

Ann:

Howaboutyou,Tony?

Tony:

Isuppose...abusinesscourseisn’tparticularlyacademic,ifyoulike,but,er,Icertainlyfindquiteenoughtimetodonewspapersand...allIwanttodoonthesocialside.[Yes]Gotodancesandso,on.

Ian:

Butthenyouworktillfiveinthemorning,don’tyou?

[Laughter]

Tony:

Let’snotbringpersonalitiesintothis!

Ann:

D'youthinkthatalotofstudents,areinterestedinproducingthingslikenewspapersandplaysandwritingpoetry?

Tony:

No,butalotofstudentsliketohavethosethingsandafewstudentsliketodothem.Thisiswhy,Imeanifyouhad—outofacollegeof,whatisit,fifteenhundredstudents—ifyouhadfivehundredstudentsgoingalongtotheDramaClubonthefirstweekofterm...theytryandmounttwoproductionsoutoffivehundredpeople.It’dbeabsolutelyimpossible.Yet,therearethose,thesufficientpeopletosee,whatisit,twenty,thirtypeople,doingthoseproductions.It’sthesamewiththenewspaper.

Ann:

Yes.Buterm,Ithinkthisisbecausemorestudentshaven’tgottheconfidencetoshowtheworktheydo.Ithinkalotofstudentswritethingsandpaint,inthebackground,andjustdon’tliketoer...

Ian:

Er,Ithink,Ithinkmyself,they’rejustnotinterested,in[Youdon’]sortoftakingpartinjointefforts.Theypreferjusttoerm,well,theymightwritepoetryontheirownorsomething,buttheywereaskedtowritesomethingforanewspaper,theywo