L1 Twelve Things I wish They Taught at School

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I.Outline of the Text Part 1: My high school education was very narrow, and I think it is more a matter of attitude and perception than the simple memorization of facts. (Paras.1-3)

Part 2: What I think students should learn at school.(Paras. 4-12) Choose a difficult thing and learn it well. Ask stupid questions. Listen carefully to conversations and learn from them. Learn from one's own mistakes. Learn about our planet. Learn about science and technology. Not spend too much time watching TV. Read famous books and get to know the art and music of different cultures. Cultivate compassion for others.Part 3:With the passion for learning and compassion for others, there's hope for the human race. (Para. 13)

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II.Key Phrases 1 I attended junior and senior high school, public institutions in New York and New Jersey, just after the Second World War. junior and senior high school:中学；institution:机构、组织(organization) public institution…是junior and senior high school的同位语 It seems a long time ago. The facilities and the skills of the teachers were probably well above average for the United States at that time. facilities: equipments设施；above average:高于平均水平 below average:低于平均水平； on average:平均; Well= very本句翻译：学校的设施、老师的水平在当时的美国是高于一般水平的 Since then, I've learned a great deal. One of the most important things I've learned is how much there is to learn, and how much I don't yet know. learn:学习、学会 V; V+N; V+ to do sth.; V+(how) to do sth. how much…是两个并列的表语从句。第一个"how much"作主语；第二个"how much"作宾语.本句翻译：我所学到的最重要的一点就是要学的东西实在是太多了，而我还没有学到的东西也太多。

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Sometimes I think how grateful I would be today if I had learned more back then about what really matters. grateful:感激的这里if引出的是一个虚拟条件句。关于虚拟语气的举例： back then= in the past以往 matter: v. to be important重要，有关系 n. issue问题 for example: It doesn't matter to me if I miss my train, because there's another one later.本句翻译：有时候，我想要是那时能多学点真正重要的东西，今天我会多么地心存感激。 In some respects that education was terribly narrow; the only thing I ever heard in school about Napoleon was that the United States made the Louisiana Purchase from him. (On a planet where some 95% of the inhabitants are not Americans, the only history that was thought worth teaching was American history.) in some respects (aspects):在某些方面。 be worth doing sth.: deserve doing sth.值得做 be worthy of/to be done

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In spelling, grammar, the fundamentals of math, and other vital subjects, my teachers did a pretty good job. But there's so much else I wish they'd taught us. fundamental:adj.基础的,基本的 fundamentals:基本原则,

基本原理 pretty=very wish引导的是虚拟从句 for example: I wish I landed on the moon one day.(表示不可能实现的愿望；对于现在不可能实现的愿望，要用过去时；对于以前不可能实现的愿望，要用过去完成时) 2 Perhaps all the deficiencies have since been rectified. since:表示"自从"时，"since"前面的句子(即主句)动词用现在完成时。 for example: I have lived here since I was five years old.本句翻译：也许从那以后所有的缺点都被改正了。

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It seems to me there are many things (often more a matter of attitude and perception than the simple memorization of facts) that the schools should teach----things that truly would be useful in later life, useful in making a stronger country and a better world, but useful also in making people happier. More…than…:与其……不如 Human beings enjoy learning. That's one of the few things that we do better than the other species on our planet. Every student should regularly experience the"Aha!"----when something you never understood, or something you never knew was a mystery, becomes clear. the"Aha!"通常用于口语中，表示人们在谈话时发出的一种声音，表达满意、成功的喜悦或惊讶，这里作名词。翻译：人们乐意学习。这是我们人类比这个星球上其他物种做得好的为数不多的几件事中的一件。每个学生都应该经常体验一下说出："啊，原来是这么一回事！"时的感受――也就是你以往不懂的或是不知道自己不懂的事情一下子变得豁然开朗时的感受。 The main idea of the first paragraph: The speaker recalled his past education and thought a school should not only teach us something about spelling, grammar etc, but also teach us a matter of attitude and perception

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3 So here's my list: Pick a difficult thing and learn it well.4 The Greek philosopher Socrates said this was one of the greatest of human joys, and it is. Socrates苏格拉底 the+形容词最高级+of+名词本句翻译：希腊哲学家苏格拉底曾经说过这是人类最大的兴趣之一，确实如此。 While you learn a little bit about many subjects, make sure you learn a great deal about one or two. It hardly matters what the subject is, as long as it deeply interests you, and you place it in its broader human context. hardly=scarcely/ rarely几乎不 human context人文环境

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After you teach yourself one subject, you become much more confident about your ability to teach yourself another. much more confident much+形容词的比较级表示"……得多" for example: I am cleverer than him.我比他聪明 I am much cleverer than him.我比他聪明得多。形容词前还可以有程度副词：a lot/little/ far You gradually find you've acquired a key skill. The world is changing so rapidly that you must continue to teach yourself throughout your life. gradually:逐渐地 acquire:get key: important so

…that….如此……以致……

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But don't get trapped by the first subject that interests you, or the first thing you find yourself good at. The world is full of wonders, and some of them we don't discover until we're all grown up. Most of them, sadly, we never discover. get trapped: to be involved不要被……牵绊 trap n.陷阱 e.g. Hundreds of people got trapped in the tube after the explosion. Don't be afraid to ask"stupid"questions.本句翻译：不要害怕问愚蠢的问题。 5 Many apparently naive inquiries like why grass is green, or why the Sun is round, or why we need 55,000 nuclear weapons in the world---are really deep questions. The answers can be a gateway to real insights. a gateway to:通向……的途径；获得……的手段 insight: n.理解(understanding)本句翻译：对这些问题的回答很可能使你对事物有了深刻的理解。

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It's also important to know, as well as you can, what it is that you don't know, and asking questions is the way. as well as you can尽最大的努力，作状语 To ask"stupid"questions requires courage on the part of the asker and knowledge and patience on the part of the answer. require:需要 on the part of sb./ on sb.'s part;就某人而言本句翻译：提"愚蠢"的问题，对于提问者来说需要勇气，对答问者来说需要知识和耐心。

And don't confine your learning to school work. confine….to…: limit…to把……局限在……范围内

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Discuss ideas in depth with friends. It's much braver to ask questions even when there's a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you. in depth: deeply much+比较级 than… much/far/a lot etc.+ adj. comparative degree形容词比较级 e.g. I am much taller than Mary. The flower is much more beautiful than that one. Possibility:可能性 suppress: hide or control隐藏，隐瞒；抑制； deaden sb. to sth.:使某人对……不敏感。 become deadened to sth.:对……变得不敏感或麻木不仁

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Listen carefully. 6 Many conversations are a kind of competition that rarely leads to discovery on either side. lead to: result in导致 discovery: advantage本句翻译：很多情况下人们谈话时，总是争相表现自己，这类交谈对双方都无多大益处。 When people are talking, don't spend the time thinking about what you're going to say next。 spend: sb.spend (money) on sth. sb.spend (time, energy, etc.) in doing sth. e.g.Tom spent 100$ on the book. I spent a whole day (in) finishing my homework.

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Instead, try to understand what they're saying, what experience is behind their remarks, what you can learn from or about them. remark:评论 learn from…从……中学习 Older people have grown up in a world very different from yours, one you may not know very well. They, and people from other parts of the country and from other nations, have important perspectives that can enrich your life.Everybody m

akes mistakes. 7 Everybody's understanding is incomplete. Be open to correction, and learn to correct your own mistakes. The only embarrassment is in not learning from your mistakes. incomplete:不完全的 be open to开放，乐于 embarrassment尴尬 The only thing that you should feel ashamed of is not finding out why you make mistakes.

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Know your planet. 8 It's the only one we have. Learn how it works. work: v. operate运行，运转 my watch doesn't work.我的手表坏了。……there is probably something to it.……you may find the work still worth learning about. We're changing the atmosphere, the surface, the waters of the Earth, often for some shortterm advantage when the long-term implications are unknown. waters:指不同的水域(湖泊、河流、海洋等大片的水。) advantage: benefit利益、好处 implication暗示，潜在的东西本句翻译：我们往往为了短期的利益，在尚不了解(这些做法)长远影响的情况下，正在改变大气层、改变地球的表面以及地球的水系。

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The citizens of any country should have at least something to say about the direction in which we're going. If we don't understand the issues, we abandon the future. prep.+ which/whom+从句本句翻译：任何一个国家的公民至少对我们人类要走向何处有发言权。如果我们不理解这些问题，我们就是放弃未来。

Science and technology. 9 You can't know your planet unless you know something about science and technology. unless: if…not… School science courses, I remember, concentrated on the unimportant parts of science, leaving the major insights almost untouched. leaving+ n+ adj.本句翻译：我记得学校的理科课程专讲科学的次要方面，而对科学的深层含义几乎只字不提。

The great discoveries in modern science are also great discoveries of the human spirit.本句翻译：现代科学的每项重大发现同时也是对人类精神的重大发现

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For example, Copernicus showed that----far from being the center of the universe, about which the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars revolved in clockwise homage----the Earth is just one of many small worlds. far from:远非，根本不 about: around revolve around:绕着……旋转 in clockwise按顺时针方向本句翻译：例如，哥白尼证明地球根本不是什么太阳、月亮及其他行星和星球按顺时针绕其转动的宇宙中心，它只不过是许多小小世界当中的一个而已。 This is a deflation of our pretensions, to be sure, but it is also the opening up to our view of a vast and awesome universe. open up to:向……开放 awesome: adj.敬畏的本句翻译：这当然煞了我们人类自命不凡的傲气，但是同时也开阔了我们的眼界，使我们看到一个漫无边际的、令人敬畏的宇宙。