全新版大学英语第二册课文
Un it IText A Learni ng. Chin ese-Style
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课文
Part I Pre-readi ng Task
Liste n to the record ing two or three times and the n think over the follow ing questi ons:
1.
Who should teach whom? Is lear ning a on e-way street?
2.
Should we share our dreams for a better life with our pare nts or keep them to ourselves?
3.
Can childre n ever un dersta nd their pare nts completely?
4.
From the song can you guess what the theme of the un it, way of lear ning, chiefly refers to?
Part II Text A
Howard Gardner, a professor of educatio n at Harvard Uni versity, reflects on a visit to Chi na and
gives his thoughts on differe nt approaches to lear ning in China and the West.
LEARNING, CHINESE-STYLE
Howard Gardner
For a month in the spri ng of 1987, my wife Elle n and I lived in the bustl ing easter n Chin ese
city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kin
dergarte ns and eleme ntary schools. But one of the most telli ng less ons Elle n and I got in the
differe nee betwee n Chin ese and America n ideas of educatio n came not in the classroom but in
the lobby of the Jin li ng Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing.
The key to our room was attached to a large plastic block with the room nu mber on it. When
leav ing the hotel, a guest was en couraged to tur n in the key, either by handing it to an atte ndant or
by dropping it through a slot into a box. Because the key slot was narrow, the key had to be positi
oned carefully to fit into it.
Benjamin loved to carry the key around, shak ing it vigorously. He also liked to try to place it into
the slot. Because of his ten der age and in complete un dersta nding of the n eed to positi on the key
just so, he would usually fail. Benjamin was not bothered in the least. He probably got as much
pleasure out of the sounds the key made as he did those few times whe n the key actually found its
way into the slot.
Now both Elle n and I were perfectly happy to allow Benjam in to bang the key n ear the key