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听力文本
Making schoolchildren take tests is harming students’ interest in science, as well as having a negative impact on kids’ natural curiosity. This is the conclusion of a British university report into science teaching and testing in primary schools. Researchers from Durham University warned that too many schools were teaching science just so students could pass tests. There is a lot of pressure for students to get to better schools. The experts said there was very little real science teaching going on that encouraged studentsto find out things for themselves. Learning by doing, experimenting and seeing should be at the heart of all physics, chemistry and biology lessons. The Durham University team found the opposite; that there was little hands-on, practical work taking place in Britain’s schools.
Lead researcher Professor Peter Tymms said it was important to develop new approaches to primary school science. He compared today’s teaching with that of the past sixty years and found that testing was harming children’s natural desire to ask questions about science. We suspect that the current national approach to science in primary schools is not impacting on children’s scientific thought and curiosity as much as is possible, he said. Professor Tymms made it clear what schools and science teachers need to focus on, saying: “The purpose of science in primary schools should be to foster a sense of curiosity and positive attitudes in the young child. It should also guide the child in solving problems to do with the physical, natural and human worlds.”
中文翻译
考试磨灭学生对科学的热情,降低学生对科学的好奇心
。这是某英国大学对小学“科学教学与考试”的研究结果 。来自杜伦大学的研究人员警告称,许多学生的教学目的只是为了通过考试 。对于进入一流学府,学生备受压力 。有专家指出,真正能够激励学生自我探索的教学少之又少 。对于物理、化学、生物,实验观察才是核心 。杜伦大学研究团队发现这恰恰相反,在英国学校,学生动手实践的机会微乎其微 。研究主任皮特·蒂姆认为,我们应该对小学的教育方法进行改变,这至关重要
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重点讲解
1.encourage to 激励
例句:The people's governments at various levels shall encourage and support efforts to improve food processing technology so as to promote the improvement of hygienic quality of food.
各级人民政府应当鼓励和支持改进食品加工工艺,促进提高食品卫生质量
。2.primary school 小学
例句:Now primary school students all like me.
现在小学生们都很喜欢我
。3.focus on 重点
例句:Our meeting focuses on the question of women's right.
我们会议的重点是妇女权利问题
。4.take place 举行
例句:When does the wedding come off [take place]?
什么时候举行婚礼?