大学英语精读五课文排序.docx

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大学英语精读五课文排序

1Itisprobablyeasierforteachersthanforstudentstoappreciatethereasons.

2Studentsarenaturallysurprisedanddisappointedtodiscoverthataprocesswhichoughttobecomesimplerdoesnotappeartodoso.

3whylearningEnglishseemstobecomeincreasinglydifficultoncethebasicstructuresandpatternsofthelanguagehavebeenunderstood.

1Itmaynotseemmuchconsolationtopointoutthattheteacher,too,

2becausetheysucceededinputtingeverythingtheyhadbeentaughtintopractice,

3Hefindsthatstudentswhowereeasytoteach,

4becomesfrustratedwhenhiseffortsappeartoproducelessobviousresults.

5hesitatewhenconfrontedwiththevastuntouchedareaofEnglishvocabularyandusagewhichfallsoutsidethescopeofbasictextbooks.

6Heseesthemstrugglingbecausethelanguagetheythoughttheyknewnowappearstoconsistofabewilderingvarietyofidioms,

7ItishardtoconvincethemthattheyarestillmakingprogresstowardsfluencyandthattheirEnglishiscertaintoimprove,

8clichésandacceptedphraseswithdifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.

9giventimeanddedication.

1Insuchcircumstancesitishardlysurprisingthatsomegiveupindisgust,

2Theteacher,forhispart,frequentlyreducedtotryingtoexplaintheinexplicable,

3maytakerefugeinquotingproverbstohiscolleaguessuchas"Youcanleadahorsetowaterbut

youcan'tmakehimdrink,"

4It'sthewaythatyousayit."

5Hisstudentsmightfeelinclinedtocounterthesewith"ThemoreIlearn,thelessIknow."

6whileothersstillwaithopefullyfortheteachertogivethemthesameconfidentguidancehewas

abletoofferthematfirst.

1Ofcoursethisisnottrue.

2Forthesamereason,fromtheteacher'spointofview,selectingwhatshouldbetaughtbecomesa

moredifficulttask.

3andsohavealessimmediatefieldofapplication.

4Whatbothstudentsandteachersareexperiencingistherecognitionthatthemorecomplexstructuresoneencountersinalanguagearenotasvitaltomakingoneselfunderstood.

5Itismucheasiertogetfoodofanykindthantochoosethedishyouwouldmostliketoeatona

givendayfromavastmenu.

1OnecansuggestthatstudentsshouldspendtwoorthreeyearsinanEnglish-speakingcountry,

2whichamountstowashingone'shandsofthem.

3Definingtheproblemiseasierthanprovidingthesolution.

4Fewstudentshavethetimeorthemoneytodothat.

5Itisnousetellingstudentstogotothelibraryandpickupthefirstbooktheycomeacross.

6Itisoftensaidthatwidereadingisthebestalternativecourseofactionbutevenhereitisnecessarytomakesomekindofselection.

1Myownadvicetothemwouldbe:

2readwhatinterestsyou;

3"readwhatyoucanunderstandwithouthavingtolookupwordsinadictionary（butnotwhatyoucanunderstandataglance）;

4readwhatyouhavetimefor（magazinesandnewspapersratherthannovelsunlessyoucanreadthewholenovelinaweekorso）;

5readtheEnglishwrittentoday,not200yearsago;

6Andinsteadof"read",Icouldjustaswellsay"listento."

7readasmuchasyoucanandtrytorememberthewayitwaswrittenratherthanindividualwordsthatpuzzledyou."

1orthatalllanguageisuseful.

2Myadvicetoteacherswouldbesimilarinaway.

3Iwouldsay"It'snogoodthinkingthatanythingwilldo,

4It'sstillyourdutytochoosethebestpathtofollownearthetopofthemountainjustasitwas

toproposeapracticableshort-cutawayfromthebeatentrackinthefoothills.

5It'snogoodrelyingonstudentstoexpressthemselveswithouttherighttoolsforexpression.

6thewholepartywillhavetogobackandyouwillhavetochooseanotherroute.

7Youarestillthepaidguideandexpertandthereisawaytothetopsomewhere."

8Andifthepathyouchooseistooovergrowntomakefurtherprogress,

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第二单元

1arefightingtoprotectthesefreedomsathomeandthroughouttheworld.

2MorethanthreecenturiesagoahandfulofpioneerscrossedtheoceantoJamestownandPlymouth

3insearchoffreedomstheywereunabletofindintheirowncountries,

4Todaythedescendantsoftheearlysettlers,andthosewhohavejoinedthemsince,

5thefreedomswestillcherishtoday:

freedomfromwant,freedomfromfear,freedomofspeech,freedomofreligion.

1Thefreedomtobeone'sbestisthechanceforthedevelopmentofeachpersontohishighestpower.

2St.Exuperydescribesaragged,sensitive-facedArabchild,

3hauntingthestreetsofaNorthAfricantown,asalostMoxart:

hewouldneverbetrainedordeveloped.

4Andyetthereisafifthfreedom--basictothosefour--thatweareindangeroflosing:

5andnaughtwillawakeninyouthesleepingpoetormusicianorastronomerthatpossiblyinhabitedyoufromthebeginning.

6Washefree?

"Noonegraspedyoubytheshoulderwhiletherewasstilltime;

1Ibelieveithasstartedslippingawayfromusbecauseofthreemisunderstandings.

2HowisitthatweinAmericahavebeguntolosethisfreedom,

3andhowcanweregainitforournation'syouth?

1Again,whenagoodindependentschoolinMemphisrecentlyclosed,somethoughtfulcitizensurgedthatitbetakenoverbythepublicschoolsystemandusedforboysandgirlsofhighability,

thatithaveentrancerequirementsandgiveanadvancedprogramofstudiestosuperiorstudentswhowereinterestedandabletotakeit.

2TheprincipalofagreatPhiladelphiahighschoolisdriventocryforhelpincombatingthenotion,thatitisundemocratictorunaspecialprogramofstudiesforoutstandingboysandgirls.

3Theproposalwasrejectedbecauseitwasundemocratic!

4Thegoodstudentisunchallenged,bored.

5Theloaferreceiveshispassinggrade.

7First,themisunderstandingofthemeaningofdemocracy.

6Thus,coursesaregearedtothemiddleoftheclass.

8Andthelackofanoutstandingcoursefortheoutstandingstudent,thelackofastandardwhicha

boyorgirlmustmeet,passesfordemocracy.

1Thesecondmisunderstandingconcernswhatmakesforhappiness.

2SmallwonderthatCharlesMalik,LebanesedelegateattheU.N.,writes:

"ThereisintheWest"（intheUnitedStates）"ageneralweakeningofmoralfiber.（Our）leadershipdoesnotseemtobeadequatetotheunprecedentedchallengesoftheage."

3Theaimsofourpresent-daycultureareavowedlyeaseandmaterialwell-being:

shorterhours;ashorterweek;morereturnforlessaccomplishment;moresoftsoapexcusesandfewerhonest,realisticdemands.

4Inourschoolsthisisreflectedbythevanishinghickorystickandtheemergingpsychiatrist.

5Thehickorystickhaditsfaults,andthepsychiatristhashisstrengths.

6Butthetrendisclear.

7Dowereallybelievethatoursofteningstandardsbringhappiness?

8Toutcomprendrec'esttoutpardoner（Tounderstandeverythingistoexcuseeverything）.

9Isitoursoundandconsideredjudgmentthatthetoughersubjectsoftheclassicsandmathematicsshouldbethrownaside,assuggestedbysomeeducators,fordoll-playing?

1Thelastmisunderstandingisintheareaofvalues.

2andthefirstsignsofitarealreadyfrighteninglyevident.

3Yetallofhistoryhastaughtusthatthedenialoftheseultimates,theplacementofmanorstateatthecoreoftheuniverse,resultsinaparalyzingmassselfishness;

4Herearesomeofthemostinfluentialtenetsofteachereducationoverthepastfiftyyears:

thereisnoeternaltruth;thereisnoabsolutemorallaw;thereisnoGod.

1LikeEveCurie,likeHelenKeller,theyrespondedtothechallengeoftheirlivesbyadisciplined

training:

andtheygainedanewfreedom.,

2Sofirstweowetoourchildrenthemostdemanding,challengingcurriculumthatiswithintheircapabilities.

3ArnoldToynbeehassaidthatallprogress,alldevelopmentcomefromchallengeandaconsequentresponse.

4Withoutchallengethereisnoresponse,nodevelopment,nofreedom.

5Michelangelodidnotlearntopaintbyspendinghistimedoodling.

6Mozartwasnotanaccomplishedpianist-attheageofeightastheresultofspendinghisdaysinfrontofatelevisionset.

1"Freedomisnotonlyaprivilege,itisatest,"writesDeNouy.

2Whatkindofatestisit,whatkindoffreedomwherenoonecanfail?

3Thesecondopportunitywecangiveourboysandgirlsistherighttofailure.

4andrealismdemandsastandardwhicheithermustbemetorresultinfailure.

5Thesearehardwords,buttheyarebrutallytrue.

6Ifwedepriveourchildrenoftherighttofailwedeprivethemoftheirknowledgeoftheworldasitis.

7Weliveinanarrowedworldwherewemustbealert,awaketorealism;

8ThedayispastwhentheUnitedStatescanaffordtogivehighschooldiplomastoallwhositthroughfouryearsofinstructionregardlessofwhetheranyvisibleresultscanbediscerned.

1perhapsweshallbeabletoproducethat"ringingmessage,fullofcontentandtruth,satisfying

themind,

2appealingtotheheart,firingthewill,amessageonwhichonecanstakehiswholelife."

3Finally,wecanexposeourchildrentothebestvalueswehavefound.

4Byrelatingourlivestotheevidencesoftheages,

5Thisisthemessagethatcouldmeanjoyandstrengthandleadership--freedomasopposedtoserfdom.

6byjudgingourphilosophyinthelightofvaluesthathistoryhasproventruest,

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第三单元，

1.Themostimportantpsychologicaldiscoveryofthiscenturyisthediscoveryofthe"self-image."

2.Itmaybevagueandill-definedtoourconsciousgaze.

3.Butitisthere,completedowntothelastdetail.

4.Ithasbeenbuiltupfromourownbeliefsaboutourselves.

5.Whetherwerealizeitornot,eachofuscarriesaboutwithusamentalblueprintor