新视野大学英语视听说2Passage汇总Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、This was unsuccessful, however, because the school was not willing to test me or otherwise prove that I could be successful in the top level after skipping a level. This made things even more frustrating, as then I was stuck in a class where I already knew the material!Then I went on to college wher

2、e I then used the language extensively both in and out of the classroom. I studied Spanish literature, culture, and linguistics and very much enjoyed the cultural and linguistic elements, but found the in-depth study of literature a very unbalanced way to study Spanish.I got a lot out of using my Sp

3、anish outside of the classroom, including a trip to Mexico with a church group, where I found myself acting as an interpreter. It was certainly challenging, but it was also a lot of fun.I then also volunteered to be an interpreter in the community schools and also used my Spanish to teach English to

4、 some Spanish speakers. This is probably where I learned the most! Passage 2Have you ever heard of homeschooling It is a legal choice for parents in most countries to provide their children with a learning environment as an 1） alternative to public or private schools outside the home. Parents cite 2

5、） numerous reasons for homeschooling their children. The three reasons that are selected by the majority of parents in the United States are the concern about the 3） traditional school environment, the lack of religious or moral instruction, and the dissatisfaction with the 4） academic instruction a

6、t public and private schools. Homeschooling may also be a factor in the choice of parenting style. Homeschooling can be a choice for families living in isolated 5） countryside or living briefly abroad. Also many young 6） athletes and actors are taught at home.Homeschoolers often 7） take advantage of

7、 educational opportunities at museums, libraries, community centers, athletic clubs, after-school programs, churches, parks, and other community resources. 8） Secondary school level students may take classes at community colleges, which typically have open admission policies.Groups of homeschooling

8、families often join up together to create homeschool co-ops. These groups typically meet once a week and provide a classroom environment. These are family-centered support groups whose members seek to pool their talents and resources 9） in a collective effort to broaden the scope of their childrens

9、education. They provide a classroom environment where students can do hands-on and group learning such as performing, science experiments, art projects, foreign language study, spelling contests, discussions, etc. Parents whose children take the classes 10） serve as volunteers to keep costs low and

10、make the program a success.TestMany people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, （1） political methods, geography, physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Others go to school to learn skills in order to make a living. （2）Traditional education is very useful and important. Yet, n

11、o one can （3）acquire everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teachers main job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the

12、students themselves.It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to （4）bear in mind some facts or some skills. It is quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very （5） difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem.Great scient

13、ists didnt get everything from school. Edison didnt even finish junior school. And yet, he （6） invented so many new things. These scientists were so （7）successful, but their teachers only showed them the way. The （8） reason for their success was that they knew how to study. They read books that they

14、 were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did （9）thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Most important was that they knew how to use their （10）brains. Unit 2I believe watching nature programs on television is not go

15、ing to give us and our children a real experience of nature. On the contrary, they may distance us from nature actual nature even further.Because real nature experiences mean contact with nature. It means being with and within nature, to experience it with all five senses.True, TV programs give us j

16、oy but they will never be able to help us form a relationship with nature. We watch our small screens come alive with the vivid colors and we all let out aahhhh. and wooooow. But, never once will we feel the pleasure of being close to nature.Worse still the programs such as those on the Discovery Ch

17、annel make nature seem so strange, and so far away, in the forests of the Amazon or in the wilds of Africa. Children may grow up without even realizing that the flowers, plants or a couple of trees in their backyard are nature and they are equally precious. The truth is nature is so close to us. We

18、dont need to go anywhere far to enjoy such experiences. It is right there in our backyards. Or, in parks, gardens, forests, or national parks.All we need to do is make an effort to get closer to nature know it, appreciate it, and explore it. Feeling the soil under our feet and the wind in our hair;

19、listening to the sound of the fallen leaves and taking in the smell of the wet soil all these are pure joy to the senses that we must experience. I have never been able to understand people who dont see the point in traveling. The common reason is that traveling is a waste of time and money. Ive hea

20、rd some are 1） scared to travel too far away. I cant help but feel sorry particularly for those who 2） perceive the experience of seeing a new place as a 100 percent 3） negative one. Telling them stories about unusual encounters doesnt 4） result in the expected curiosity but a Why would you wanna go

21、 there! It makes me 5） lose faith in humanity. Experience is the best teacher and knowledge is power. The things traveling can teach you are beautiful because you learn to trust in what you see rather than what you are told.It was Mark Twain who said, Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow

22、-mindedness, which in my mind 6） goes down as the closest to the truth about traveling. Too bad there arent enough people with the means to travel actually doing it. If you have the means to go abroad, you should do it despite going out of your comfort zone. You might realize why you loved it once y

23、oure back home.I think traveling is also the best thing you could do if you feel 7） depressed at home, dont know what to do with your future, your life, your partner anything. Once you are away, 8） preferably somewhere very new and unknown, you are forced to 9） adapt and meet people. This works espe

24、cially if you travel alone. A new life and especially the new relationships you build, even if only for a short period of time, 10） reveal opportunities and views you never would have thought of and had otherwise.Nowadays it is very common for people to get away on a （1）vacation trip any time. Peopl

25、e from all （2）walks of life, both young and old, enjoy traveling. Some even consider traveling as part of their （3）routine lifestyle. Most of the younger travelers tend to seek fun, discovery and （4）adventure in their travels. They prefer to visit strange and exotic （异国情调的） places. The older travele

26、rs, on the other hand, tend to look for a more pleasant and enjoyable trip. In fact, it was not too long ago that an increasing number of older people started to go for leisure trips more often. It could be that after spending a major part of their life working so hard, they felt that they needed to

27、 enjoy the fruits of their labor. Leisure traveling has become a （5）treat they give to themselves for the years of hard work they have done. Perhaps, the reason for the （6）popularity of traveling is that more people have come to realize its benefits. When we visit other countries, we （7）gain a bette

28、r understanding of the people living there. We learn about their culture, history and background. We discover the （8）similarities they have with us, as well as their differences from us. Also, traveling helps to enrich our lives. It increases our knowledge and widens our （9）perspective. When we visi

29、t interesting places, we discover new people and things, which not only provide us fun, but also provide us （10）marvelous insights and enlightens our minds. Unit 3Since Im a student, I go to school on weekdays and so I dont have too much free time. I usually spend six or seven hours at school. After

30、 that I either go downtown for some shopping or go home and study. If I have some free time during the week I might read a book or watch TV. Lately my evenings have been spent preparing for my graduation examination, which takes up a lot of time.Even though I have a lot to do, I still have some free

31、 time for leisure activities. On weekends I like to go with my family to our cottage. I like taking long walks around the countryside and I like watching the seasons change. I have the most free time during the summer months. One of my favorite activities is to go canoeing with my friends. We borrow a couple of canoes and choose a nice spot on the river to begin. We spend the day floatin