step_by_step_3000第一册第一二单元听力原文

Unit 1 Education is a Key

Part I Warming up

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All right, class. Today we’re going to be looking at different language learning styles. You may be surprised to find that there are different ways of going about learning languages, none of which is necessary better than the others. Researchers have identified four basic learner ―types‖—the communicative learner. Communicative learners like to learn by watching and listening to native speakers. At home, they like to learn by watching TV and videos .They like to learn new words by hearing them. In class, they like to learn by conversations. Now, concrete learners like to learn by playing games, by looking at pictures and videos in class, by talking in pairs, and by listening by cassettes at home and school. Now, authority-oriented learners, on the other hand, like the teacher to explain everything. They like to write everything down in their notebook, and they like to take a textbook. They like to learn new words by seeing them. And finally, we have analytical learners. These learners like to learn by studying grammar. At home, they like to learn English books, and they like to study by themselves. They like to find their own mistakes. Now, of course, it’s unusual for a person to be exclusively one ―type‖ rather than another. Most of us are mixtures of styles. What type of learner do you think you are?

Part II Educational systems

A (Well,) in Britain, from the ages of five to about eleven you start off at a primary school, and then from eleven to sixteen you go on to a secondary school or a comprehensive school and at sixteen you take GCSE examinations. After this, some children take. . .er. . .vocational courses or even start work. Others stay on at school for another two years to take A levels. And at the age of eighteen, after A levels, they might finish their education or go on to a higher education at a collage or university, and that’s usually for three years. Well, it depends on what state you’re in but. . .er. . .most kids in the United States start school at about six. . .er. . .when they go to elementary school and that goes from the first grade up to the sixth grade. Some kids go to a kindergarten the year before that. Then they go on to junior high school, that’s about eleven, and that’s the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. And then they go on to senior high school around age fourteen. . .er. . .starting in the tenth grade and finishing in the twelfth grade usually. Some students. . .er. . .will leave school at sixteen and they’ll start work, but. . .er. . .most of them stay on to graduate. . .er. . .from high school at age eighteen. In the first year at high school or college students are called ―freshmen‖, in the second they’re called ―sophomores,‖ in the third year. . .er. . .we call them ―juniors‖ and in the fourth year they’re called ―seniors.‖ Now. . .er. . .a lot of high school graduates. . .er. . .then go to college or university and they do a four -year first degree course. Some of them might go to junior college. . .er. . .which is a two-year course. Well, in Australia, well in most state anyway, children start their primary education at five after perhaps a brief time in kindergarten. They will stay at primary school until they’re about eleven, then they’ll either stay there or go to an intermediate school for a couple of years. Then they start high school usually twelve or thirteen, which you start in the third form. Now, after three years call it School Certificate. . .er. . .and that is a sort of general qualification. After that you can leave school at sixteen or you can do on at sit your University or it’s another useful qualification, and from then on you go to various sorts of higher education. Education in Canada is a provincial responsibility, but schools are administered by local school boards.

Kindergarten is for children who are four or five years old. Children begin formal full-day schooling in Grade1,when they are about six years old. They must stay in school at least until they’re sixteen. However, most student continue to finish high school. Some go on to college or university.

Each year of schooling represents one grade. (The school year extends from the beginning of

September to the end of June.) Elementary school includes kindergarten to about Grade 8, 9, or 10 andit usually continues until Grade 12. In Canada, students may go to university or to a community college. If they want to learn skills for a specific job, they attend college for one or four years to get a diploma or certificate. For example, lab technicians, child-care workers, and hotel managers go to college. Universities offer three main levels of degree programs s well as training in certain professions, such as law, medicine, and teaching.

Universities offer three main levels of degrees. Students earn a bachelor’s degree after three or four years of study. A master’s degree can take another year or two. A doctrate may take a further three to seven years to complete.

B

I—Interviewer P—Professor

I: And now we have an interview with Professor J.T.Lingo, Professor of L linguists at Chimo

University, who is here to talk to us about the growing business of teaching English. Good morning , Professor Lingo. P: Good morning. I: Professor, I understanding that teaching English is becoming ―big business‖ all around the word. P: It seems that language schools are springing up everywhere. I: Why is that?

P: With the move toward a global economy, English has become the most widely used language in the world. It is the language of business, aviation, science and international affairs and people find that they must learn English to compete in those fields.

I: And do people find English an easy language to learn?

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