【正文】 Parents39。 decisions to send students to boarding schools or foreign countries. interest in language acquisition. In a world where nobody is exempt from munication in a second language, learning a foreign language has its justifications.19. Students are now sent to boarding schools and even other countries (away from home, to study and live on their own). This has bee more and more mon in many countries. What are the reasons for this? Is it a positive development? ()大意:學(xué)生現(xiàn)在被送到了寄宿學(xué)校, 甚至是國外(遠(yuǎn)離家人, 獨(dú)力學(xué)習(xí)和生活). 在很多國家, 這已經(jīng)變得很普遍. 原因是什么? 是否這代表著一個(gè)積極的變化?在上面留學(xué)話題的基礎(chǔ)上加入了寄宿學(xué)校的內(nèi)容：寄宿學(xué)校的好處：因?yàn)楦改腹ぷ鞯脑?，有些家庭總是居無定所have to cope with geographic displacement frequently而寄宿學(xué)?？梢源_保教育的延續(xù)性educational continuity 學(xué)生的情況可以一直被監(jiān)督regular supervised study periods成績會(huì)提高更快high achievement standards 集體生活munal life可以培養(yǎng)學(xué)生和其他人，比如教職員工和同學(xué)的關(guān)系the munity atmosphere fosters relationship between students and others, as faculty and classmates，增加與人交往的機(jī)會(huì)培養(yǎng)集體意識(shí) 寄宿可以培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的獨(dú)立自主能力和獨(dú)立生活能力 寄宿學(xué)校的壞處：導(dǎo)致學(xué)生和社會(huì)隔離to cause to be in a detached or isolated position. 導(dǎo)致孩子和父母的關(guān)系疏遠(yuǎn)alienate children from parents無法滿足其情感需要emotional needs從而加大與父母之間的代溝 學(xué)生自由掌握的時(shí)間減少less free time大部分時(shí)候要遵從學(xué)校的安排 受同年齡群體的不良影響的機(jī)會(huì)增加receive negative influence from peer group Those who study at a boarding school or go overseas for educational purposes have appeared to account for a growing proportion of students in many countries. 學(xué)生應(yīng)當(dāng)全面發(fā)展，過分強(qiáng)調(diào)一科可能會(huì)占用學(xué)生大部分的精力。Prejudice to young inexperienced workers 還可能有個(gè)人原因：教育不夠inadequate education，沒有工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)，缺乏培訓(xùn)lack of appropriate training缺乏對(duì)于勞動(dòng)力市場(chǎng)的清晰理解a clear understanding of the job market對(duì)工資和職業(yè)的期望值過高exceedingly high occupational and wage aspirations/expectation，缺乏對(duì)于工作的耐性和雇主的忠誠度lack of loyalty to employers at schools and universities learn far more from lessons with teachers than from others sources (such as the Internet, television). To what extent do you agree or disagree? () and more students choose to go to another country for their higher education. Do you think the benefits outweigh the problems associated with it? ()留學(xué)的好處：學(xué)習(xí)不同的文化，開闊視野l(fā)earn diversified cultures and expand vision 有助于語言的學(xué)習(xí) be beneficial to language study 增強(qiáng)競爭力，擁有國際化的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì) enhance petiveness, have international job opportunity 獨(dú)立性，生存能力 independence, survival skills 利用先進(jìn)的教學(xué)設(shè)備和教育資源 take advantage of advanced teaching equipments and recourses 留學(xué)的壞處：想家，孤獨(dú)感，無助感 homesick, feel lonely, helpless 巨大的經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力 economic pressure 人才流失 talent drain 因?yàn)槿狈ΡO(jiān)督，可能會(huì)沾染到不好的習(xí)慣 may addict to bad habits people think that puters and the Internet are more important for a child39。s petitiveness, promote social development 提高了勞動(dòng)力的素質(zhì)，從而提高了生產(chǎn)效率 解決了一部分的就業(yè)問題 s petitiveness in the world. people use distancelearning programs (study material post, TV, Internet, etc.) to study at home, but some people think that it cannot bring the benefit as much as attending college or university. To what extent do you agree or disagree? () of information by frequent repetition (rote learning) plays a role in most education systems. Do the advantages of this method of learning outweigh its disadvantages? ()優(yōu)點(diǎn)：容易掌握，easy handle 普遍應(yīng)用：widely use。譬如說，體育可以增加小孩的團(tuán)隊(duì)精神（inject a strong sense of team spirit），小組作業(yè)（group assignments）可以讓小孩習(xí)慣于相互幫助（join efforts/make jointeffects to deal with problems），參加社區(qū)活動(dòng)（munity activities）可以提高小孩對(duì)社區(qū)的理解（have a strong sense of munity）家長對(duì)小孩的學(xué)習(xí)能力和社會(huì)能力的影響：家長可以指導(dǎo)小孩完成作業(yè)（provide instruction），從而確保教育延續(xù)到家里（consistency of education between school and home environments）；家長可以通過一些課外活動(dòng)來幫助小孩提高技能，譬如說gardening, 提高小孩的動(dòng)手能力和解決問題能力（handson skills and problemsolving abilities）家長在小孩的社會(huì)生活中起著重要的作用；家長決定了小孩和什么人接觸，參加什么社會(huì)活動(dòng)（social activities），決定了社會(huì)學(xué)習(xí)的效果(outes of social learning)，掌握禮儀（etiquettes） from poor background such as rural areas often find it difficult to access to university education, so people think universities should make it especially easy for them to study at. To what extent do you agree or disagree? ()同意：對(duì)個(gè)人來講：農(nóng)村學(xué)生和貧困學(xué)生（students from rural or deprived areas）雖然受教育的機(jī)會(huì)很低，但是不代表著他們沒有天賦（aptitudes），知識(shí)和態(tài)度去適合大學(xué)的要求（meet entry requirements）,為貧窮學(xué)生上大學(xué)提供便利可以保證受教育機(jī)會(huì)的均等，同時(shí)，對(duì)于貧困生來說，教育意味著改變一生的機(jī)會(huì)lifechanging opportunity大學(xué)提供的經(jīng)濟(jì)支持和學(xué)術(shù)支持，可以幫助學(xué)生適應(yīng)城市生活和大學(xué)生活adapt to urban life and university life對(duì)于貧困地區(qū)來說：可以有助于脫貧致富In the long run, only more students attend universities, can this poor area shake off/get rid of poverty. 對(duì)于國家和社會(huì)來說：僅僅因?yàn)榻?jīng)濟(jì)條件而不能入學(xué)，社會(huì)就會(huì)失去一些優(yōu)秀的人才（young talent）；與此同時(shí)，因?yàn)槭芙逃龣C(jī)會(huì)的不平衡（equal access to education is not guaranteed），貧困學(xué)生在就業(yè)方面會(huì)處于劣勢(shì)（at a disadvantage），貧富的差距會(huì)維持。一是什么是intellectual development？ Intellectual development refers to the development of one’s ability to think, to understand ideas and to acquire knowledge.二是什么是social development？Social development refers to the acquisition and improvement of skills that are essential to social life or activities that have relevance to one’s functioning in society.老師對(duì)小孩的學(xué)習(xí)能力和社會(huì)能力的影響：老師更具有專業(yè)性：老師可以制定教學(xué)方法（devise teaching methods），練習(xí) （drills），設(shè)計(jì)功課（design assignments），甚至可以調(diào)整課程（revise the curriculum），來提高小孩的學(xué)習(xí)能力。然而，如果考生聰明一點(diǎn)，完全可以將“老師”引申為“學(xué)?！被蛘摺敖逃保@樣的思路就比較寬。 單獨(dú)學(xué)習(xí)的好處：節(jié)約時(shí)間timesaving, 更有效率more efficient、突出學(xué)生的個(gè)人目標(biāo)personal distinctions，而分組學(xué)習(xí)過分強(qiáng)調(diào)步調(diào)一致concerted effort個(gè)別學(xué)生可能失去對(duì)于學(xué)習(xí)的興趣lose learning enjoyment，沒有動(dòng)力lack motivation 培養(yǎng)獨(dú)立思考能力: selfindependent 安靜、可以集中精力: quiet, be beneficial to concentration 適合高級(jí)階段的學(xué)習(xí) suits senior study children start school, teachers have more influence than parents on their intellectual and social development. To what extent do you agree or disagree? ()淺析：教育類的新題。Which one do you think is more effective? ()分組學(xué)習(xí)的好處：增加溝通face to face interaction與交流能力munication skills 提高團(tuán)隊(duì)精神team spirit, cooperation in groups。父母和老師制定規(guī)則，控制孩子的行為的好處：孩子缺乏自制力和判斷力the children are lack of selfcontrol and judging ability/capability 父母和老師能夠根據(jù)自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)幫助孩子找到正確的發(fā)展方向take the right path to success 有助于孩子形成良好的行為習(xí)慣form appropriate behavior patterns,改正其不好的行為習(xí)慣等stop their misbehaviors 孩子可以吸取前人的失敗教訓(xùn)，避免走彎路can draw experience from the preceding failures and avoid mitting the same mistakes. 父母和老師制定規(guī)則，控制孩子的行為的壞處：導(dǎo)致叛逆的行為re