1、Some students are taking courses online and finding advantages to this new way of learning. 有些学生正在学习网络课程,发现这种新的学习方式有很多优点。The number one advantage is that online learning is more convenient. 在线学习最大的优点就是方便。Students can choose when and where they learn. 学生可以选择何时何地进行学习。/学生可以(自由)选择学习的时间和地点。Another advant
2、age is that students do not feel intimidated by teachers who lack patience or by students with higher skill levels. 另一个优点就是学生不会因为老师缺乏耐心或同学水平太高而胆怯。Students can take time to think through answers before making a reply. 学生可以花时间认真思考再做回答。There are still many advantages to the traditional classroom, but i
3、f a student studies well independently, he or she might do well to try learning online. 虽然传统课堂教学仍然有很多优点,但如果学生自主学习能力很强,不妨尝试一下在线学习。-1-Section APre-reading Activities阅读前活动First Listening 听第一遍Listen to a speaker talking about his experience of learning English online. 听以下录音,说话者正在谈论他在线学习英语的经历。Second List
4、ening 再听一遍Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions according to what you hear. The last question is open-ended and may have different answers. 再听一遍录音并回答下面问题,最后一个问题是开放性问题,可以有不同答案。1. When did the speaker start to learn English, and when did he gain command of the language? 1、说话者是
5、什么时候开始学习英语?又是什么时候掌握这门语言的?参考答案In his junior middle school. After he took an online course in the college. 2. Besides the language itself, what else did the speaker gain from learning a foreign language online?2、除了语言本身外,说话者从在线学习外语中还学到了什么?Not only did he learn the value of hard work by learning English
6、 online, but he also gain insights into another culture, and his mind was opened to new ways of seeing things. 3. How could online learning help you with your English?3、在线学习对你的英语学习有帮助吗?Text Learning a Foreign Language参考译文学外语Para 1 Learning a foreign language was one of the most difficult yet most re
7、warding experiences of my life. Although at times learning a language was frustrating, it was well worth the effort. 学习外语是我一生中最艰苦也是最有意义的经历之一。虽然时常遭遇挫折,但却非常有价值。Para 2 My experience with learning a foreign language began in junior middle school, when I took my first English class. I had a kind and pati
8、ent teacher who often praised all of the students. Because of this positive method, I eagerly answered all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes. I was at the top of my class for two years. 我学外语的经历始于初中的第一堂英语课。老师很慈祥耐心,时常表扬学生。由于这种积极的教学方法,我踊跃回答各种问题,从不怕答错。两年中,我的成绩一直名列前茅。-2-Par
9、a 3 When I went to senior middle school, I was eager to continue studying English; however, my experience in senior middle school was very different from before. 到了高中后,我渴望继续学习英语。然而,高中时的经历与以前大不相同。While my former teacher had been patient with all of the students, my new teacher quickly punished those
10、who gave incorrect answers. Whenever we answered incorrectly, she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted, “No! No!”以前,老师对所有的学生都很耐心,而新老师则总是惩罚答错的学生。每当有谁回答错了,她就会用长教鞭指着我们,上下挥舞大喊:“错!错!It didnt take me long to lose my eagerness to answer questions. Not only did I lose my joy in an
11、swering questions, but I also lost my desire to say anything at all in English.没有多久,我便不再渴望回答问题了。我不仅失去了回答问题的乐趣,而且根本就不想再用英语说半个字。Para 4 However, that state didnt last long. When I went to college, I learned that all students were required to take an English course. Unlike my senior middle school teache
12、r, my college English teachers were patient and kind, and none of them carried long, pointed sticks! 好在这种情况没持续多久。到了大学,我了解到所有学生必须上英语课。与高中老师不同,大学英语老师非常耐心和蔼,而且从来不带教鞭!The situation was far from perfect, though. As our classes were very large, I was only able to answer a couple of questions in each class
13、 period. Also, after a few weeks of classes, I noticed there were many students who spoke much better than I did.不过情况却远不尽如人意。由于班大,每堂课能轮到我回答的问题寥寥无几。上了几周课后,我还发现许多同学的英语说得比我要好得多。I began to feel intimidated. So, once again, although for different reasons, I was afraid to speak. It seemed my English was going to stay at the same level forever.我开始产生一种畏惧感。虽然原因与高中时不同,但我却又一次不敢开口了。看来我的英语水平要永远停步不前了。Para 5 That was the situation until a couple of years later when I was offered an opportunity to study English through an online course. 直到几年后我有机会参加远程英
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