新视野大学英语视听说教程第3册答案及听力原文(全)(4)

B: That‘s true. A lot of young teachers want to be promoted to a professorship.

A: What you said has given us a fairly clear picture of a western professor‘s primary responsibilities. Thank you very much for your time.

B: You‘re welcome

V. Let’s Talk

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Hi, everybody. My topic today is ―Problems with Our Educational System‖.

There are a lot of things in our educational system that I don‘t agree with. It seems that educators just want to give standardized tests, which focus only on performance but neglect students‘ abilitiesa lot of people who are very intelligent, but haven‘t had the they could‘ve had,and, as a result, many kids lost their interest in learning.

isn‘t really possible. And as a consequence some are believed to be intelligent can‘thaven‘t scored well on the math section, even if they ate brilliant writers.

Another thing that disturbs me is that the ―weak students‖ are separated lower then others. And they‘

Debate

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A: Many ads about English classes for children say, ―Don‘t let your kids lose the

competition just because they start later.‖ I quite agree. I hear young children often learn a foreign language faster then adults.

B: It‘s hard to say. Kids may learn the pronunciation better than adults, but adults

usually learn vocabulary and grammar faster.

A: You can learn vocabulary and grammar later on; but when you grow up, you can

hardly change your pronunciation.

B: But if they learn the wrong pronunciation from the beginning? If they don‘English when they are young in the right way, it‘A: Anyway, some good or ―key‖them.

B: English is important, bur other subjects like Chinese equally

important. other subjects.

A: Some people say that learning a foreign language develop children‘s help in learning other subjects.

B:‘s moral and physical development will be affected.

A: Well, it‘‘s agree to disagree.

VI. Script

Harvard the oldest institute of highest learning in her United States. from 9 with a single master to the present enrollment of more than including undergraduates and students in 10 graduate and professor 000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2,000 faculties. of English universities, but consistent with the prevailing Puritan philosophy. Although many of its graduates became ministers in Puritan church throughout New England, the university never formally affiliated with a specific religious group.

Under President Pusey (1953-1971), Harvard started what was then the largest fund-raising campaign in the history of American higher education. It was an 82.5 million dollar program for the university. The program increased faculty salaries, broadened student aid, created new professorships, and expanded Harvard‘s physical facilities.