大学英语课文翻译答案
(
新世纪综合教?/p>
1)
BOOK 1
Unit 1
T A Language Teacher's Personal Opinion
Will
Pidcroft
This
text
is
taken
from
Incentive
Themes
by
W.
S.
Fowler,
J.
Pidcook
&
L.
R.
Rycroft. Nelson. Australia. 1980.
close1RT Every day I see advertisements in the newspapers and on the buses claiming that it is
easy to learn English. According to these advertisements, with very little effort on
the student's
part, he will be able to speak the language fluently in three months or even ten days. There is often
a reference to William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens to encourage him even more. When I see
advertisements like this, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. If it were as easy to learn English as
they
say,
I
would
have
to
look
for
another
job,
because
very
few
qualified
teachers
would
be
needed.
But
a
large
number
of
people
must
believe
these
ridiculous
claims,
or
else
the
advertisements would not appear.
一名语言教师的个人看?/p>
威尔·皮德克罗夫特
我每天都会在报纸上?/p>
公共汽车上看到各种广告,
声称轻轻松松就能学好英语?/p>
这些广告?/p>
称,学生不必费什么力气,要说一口流利的英语只需短短
3
个月,甚?/p>
10
天就行。广告还
常常提到威廉·
莎士比亚和查尔斯·
狄更斯等英语文学大师的名号来增强吸引力?/p>
每当看到
诸如此类的广告时?/p>
我真是哭笑不得:
如果学英语真像这些广告所说的那么轻松?/p>
我恐怕得
另谋出路了,
因为不需要那么多合格的英语教师了?/p>
但是肯定有许多人相信这些可笑的噱头,
不然的话这些广告也不可能出现?/p>
It is natural for students to be attracted to methods that will teach them as quickly and efficiently
and
cheaply
as
possible.
But
it
is
difficult
for
anyone
to
explain
in
simple
language
why
one
method is better than another, and it is no use pretending that anyone has discovered a perfect way
of teaching English in every possible situation. Some experts even argue that there are as many
good
methods
of
teaching
a
language
as
there
are
good
teachers,
because
every
teacher
is
an
individual
with
his
own
personality.
No
doubt
this
is
true
to
a
certain
extent,
but
it
is
not
very
helpful to students.
学生们喜欢实惠的速成学习方法也在情理之中?/p>
但要用浅显易懂的语言去解释为什么某一?/p>
法比另一方法更有效并不是一件简单的事,
而且也无需装模作样地声称有什么人已经找到?/p>
一个万能的适合所有学习环境的教学方法?/p>
一些专家甚至认为,
有多少个好老师就有多少?/p>
好的教学方法?/p>
因为每一个老师都有其自身的特点?/p>
这种说法无疑是有几分道理的,
但对?/p>
生来说不是很有帮助?/p>
For a long time people believed that the only way to learn a language was to spend a great deal of
time
in
a
country
where
it
was
spoken.
Of
course
it
is
clear
that
students
who
go
to
England,