2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 15 Learning Section Ⅰ Warm-up

美国学校开展互学项目，要求同龄学生互相帮助以提高阅读、写作能力，效果颇佳。同龄学生互为彼此的老师，既新奇、有创意，又极大地提高了学习效率，提高了学习成绩，可谓一举两得、一箭双雕。PeerstudentsasteachersSometimesthebestwayforstudentstolearnisn'tfromateacher—it'sfromanotherstudent.Anewlearningprogrampairsstudentshavingdifficultyinreading①atHandleyHighSchoolwithstrugglingreadersatQuarlesElementarySchooltohelpthemimprovetheirreadingandwritingskillswhileworkingtogether.“Itbuildstheirconfidencereadingwithotherstudents，”saidJessicaCavalier,areadingexpert②atHandley.“There'sanunderstanding③betweentheolderandyoungerstudentsbecausetheybothstruggle.”EightstudentsfromHandleybeganvisitingQuarlestwiceaweektoworkwithstrugglingfourth­graders.Thefourth­graderstakingpartin④theprogramwerepickedbytheirteachersandreadingexpertsattheschool.For30minutes,thestudentsreadtogetherinQuarles'library,workingwiththesame“readingbuddy⑤”eachweek.“They'rebuildingrelationships⑥，”saidCavalier.“We'reseeingsomeprogress.”Handleyfreshman⑦NoemiLopezsaideachweekshepickedbooksshethinksherreadingbuddy,EmilyGomez,wouldlike.“Weliketoreadtogether，”shesaid,adding⑧thatshehasseenEmily'sreadingskillsimproveoverthepastfewmonths.EmilysaidshelikesreadingwithNoemibecause“shemakesmelaughbytellingjokes.”TheideatopairstrugglingreadersfromsuchdifferentgradelevelswasdevelopedbyCavalierandQuarlesPrincipalJoanieHovatter.“It'spositive⑨，”Hovattersaidabouttheprogram.“It'speer­to­peer.It'sallaboutreading.They'recomfortablewitheachother.It'sproductive⑩.They'reinvolved⑪，andthey'relearning.Thesekidsareteaching.”[多积词汇]①havedifficultyindoingsth.做某事有困难②expertn．专家③understandingn．理解④takepartin参加⑤buddyn．朋友⑥relationshipn．关系⑦freshmann．新生⑧addv．补充⑨positiveadj.积极的⑩productiveadj.多产的，有成效的⑪involvev．参与SectionⅠWarm­up&Lesson1—Pre­reading[原文呈现]TheImportanceofLife­longLearningNowadays,moreandmore①peopleofvariousagesandbackgroundsarecontinuingtostudytoimprovethemselves.Here'swhattheyhavetosayabouttheirlife­longlearningexperience.SunWen—28yearsold“It'snevertoolateto②learn.”ThatwastheadviceIgotafterIfailedmycollegeentranceexam.NowI'mabouttograduatefrom③theSchoolofContinuingEducationatQinghuaUniversitywithaBachelor'sDegreeinComputerEngineeringbydistancelearning.Becauseofmynewqualification④，I'mgettingpromoted⑤atwork.Inthepast,ifsomeonelikemehadfailedtogetintouniversity⑥throughthecollegeexam,hewouldhavehadnochanceofgetting⑦adegree.Butit'sdifferentnow.Idecidedtogivemyselfasecondchancebystudyingforadegreeintheeveningsandonweekendswhilekeepingasecure⑧full­timejob.Franklyspeaking⑨，thelastfouryearshavebeenhardwork,butit'sbeenworth○10it！[读文清障]①moreandmore越来越多的“the＋比较级，the＋比较级”越……越……②too...to...太……而不能……never/nottoo...to...表示肯定意义。③graduatefrom从……(学校)毕业beabouttodosth.即将做某事(不能与表将来的时间状语连用)④qualificationn．资格，资历qualifyv．取得资格；达到标准⑤getpromoted得到晋升⑥if引导的虚拟条件句，表示对过去的虚拟。⑦havenochanceofdoing...没有机会做……⑧secure[sI'kjʊə]adj.稳定的；无忧无虑的⑨franklyspeaking坦率地说frankly['fræŋkli]adv.坦率地，真诚地○10worthadj.值得的终身学习的重要性[第1～3段译文]现在，越来越多不同年龄、不同背景的人在不断地学习以提高自己。这里是他们对自己终身学习经历的描述。孙文——28岁“学习永远都不会太晚。”这是我在高考失败后得到的忠告。现在我即将从清华大学的继续教育学院毕业，通过远程教育课程获得计算机工程专业的学士学位。因为我拥有的新资历，我将在工作上得以晋升。过去，像我这样没能通过高考而进入大学的人是没有机会获得学位的。但是现在不同了。我决定再给自己一次机会，在保持一份稳定的全职工作的同时，利用晚上和周末的时间学习以取得学位。坦白地说，过去这4年过得很艰难，但是值得！Ms_Tang_—_45_years_oldThreemonthsago,whenmymanagertoldmethatIwouldbelaidoff⑪，mymindwentblank⑫andmyheartswelled⑬withanger.Inthepast,ifsomeonehadworkedforacompanyforover20years,theywouldhavestayedthereuntilretirement⑭！Isuspect⑮thattheylaidmeoffbecausethecompanywasnotdoingthat⑯wellbutitstillbroughtalump⑰tomythroatandmademewanttocry.IfeltasifIhaddonesomethingwrong⑱！Iknowthisisn'ttruethough.It'sjustthestatus⑲ofthejobmarketatthemoment.⑪layoff裁员；解雇⑫blank[blæŋk]adj.空白的⑬swell[swel]v．被充满；膨胀，肿胀swellwithpride/anger洋洋得意/怒气冲冲⑭if引导虚拟条件句，表示对过去的虚拟。⑮suspect[sə'spekt]v．怀疑⑯that在此处相当于so。⑰lump[lʌmp]n．团，块○18asif引导表语从句，从句使用了虚拟语气。⑲status['steItəs]n．现状；社会地位[第4段译文]唐女士——45岁三个月前，当经理告诉我，我将被解雇时，我的脑子一片空白，满腔怒火。过去，如果有人为一家公司工作了20多年，他们就会留在公司里直到退休！我怀疑他们裁掉我是因为公司经营得不是很好，但这仍然使我喉头哽咽，让我想哭。我感觉自己好像犯了错！然而我知道这并不是我的错。那就是当时就业市场的状况。Atfirst,Ienjoyedbeingafull­timehousewifeandcalledmyself“CHO”or“chief⑳homeofficer”.ButsoonIgotboredanddecidedtodoabusinesscourse.Ihavealwaysdreamedofstartingmyowncompany.Ihavenearlyfinishedthecoursenowandithasbeenveryhelpful.Ihavelearntsomanynewskillsandhavealreadypreparedabusinessplanforsettingup○21myownexportcompany!Ithinkthatgettinglaidoffwillprove○22tobethebestthingthateverhappenedtome.⑳chief[tʃiːf]adj.最高级别的○21setup成立(＝start)○22provev．证明；(结果)表明prove作“证明”讲，后接名词或that从句；作“(结果)表明”讲，后接(tobe＋)形容词/名词，用主动形式表示被动意义。[第5～6段译文]起初，我很享受做一名全职家庭主妇的生活，并称自己为“CHO”，即“chiefhomeofficer首席家庭长官”。但不久我就厌倦了，我决定去进修一门商业课程。我一直梦想着建立自己的公司。现在我几乎要完成这门课程了，并且它很有帮助。我学会了很多新技能，并且已经准备了一份商业计划，以建立我自己的出口公司！我觉得被裁员将证明是发生在我身上的最好的一件事。GrandpaChen—75yearsoldI'msureyouallknowthesaying○23，“Youcan'tteachanolddognewtricks○24.”Well,it'scertainlynottrue!I'manolddog,andI'mteachingmyselfnewtrickseveryday!Itallstartedafewmonthsagowhenpostage○25wentup○26.I'dbeensendinglettersbyairmail○27tomydaughterintheUSonceaweek,but,suddenly,itwastooexpensive.IdecidedthatitwastimeIbecameanInternetuser○28.Igotmygrandsontoinstruct○29meonhowtoemailan