(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Six Critical Skills for Today's Global Economy
Children and adults need to develop six important skills to succeed in the modern global economy.
This idea comes from two professors in the U.S. who study how people learn.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Golinkoff recently published a book called "Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children."
The authors advocate for changing the education systems of many countries around the world, including the United States. They say modern schools need to help people develop a broader set of skills than just reading and math. Those skills all begin with the letter C.
They are:
Collaboration: the ability to work with others, to have social-emotional control, and to form communities.
Communication: the ability to develop strong reading, writing, listening and language skills.
Content: competencies in subject areas, but also in learning to learn.
Critical thinking: the ability to gather information intelligently and to weigh evidence.
Creative innovation: the ability to use information in new ways and to solve problems.
Confidence: the ability to learn from failure and to persist in a problem.
With these skills, children and adults can better function in the 21st century, say the authors.
What is success in education?
As a first step, Hirsh-Pasek suggests that we reconsider what success in education means. She says that most education currently focuses on reading, writing and basic math. As a result, she says, many people view educational success in a narrow way: a good score on a reading or math test.
One problem with this view is that children learn to be parrots rather than human beings. In other words, people learn to memorize and repeat, but do not learn to think creatively, find information, or collaborate.
Instead, Hirsh-Pasek wants to define educational success in a broader way. She says education should aim to develop people who will be the creators, collaborators and citizens of the future.
How do people learn?
Hirsh-Pasek and her co-author, Roberta Golinkoff, say they were inspired by education changes in Canada and a few other countries. They decided to study the science of learning.
In other words, instead of thinking about how teachers teach best, they tried to think about how people learn best.
Hirsh-Pasek describes what they found.
"The very most important thing in learning, especially in language, but even broadly, is to have a relationship with the person that you are learning from. We are human beings, and our calling card as human beings is to be social creatures..."
The idea, Hirsh-Pasek says, is this: Human beings will never be able to memorize information as well as a computer.
What humans do well is work together in teams, or collaborate. After all, we are social creatures.
Hirsh-Pasek says that collaboration is the starting point for human learning. Collaboration is also a highly desired skill in both public and private sector jobs.
What can you do?
Some good news is that people can build their collaboration skills – as well as the other skills the authors recommend – throughout their lives.
Hirsh-Pasek recommends that students evaluate themselves to understand what skills they have. Ask yourself: how well can I work with others? How well do I communicate? Do I think critically? How willing am I to make mistakes?
If you need to strengthen a skill, the most important thing you need to do is practice, says Hirsh-Pasek.
"You will never get better at speech-making if you don't give speeches. You will never get better at French, you will never get better at Chinese, if you don't practice it! And if you don't have another person to practice it with."
So, if you want to improve your English skills, think about ways you can develop relationships with your English teacher or with English-speaking friends.
Hirsh-Pasek adds that students need to learn to look for experiences that will help them learn. She recommends being creative, and above all, not being afraid to mess up. Learning happens when people make mistakes.
I'm John Russell.
词汇解析
1.global economy 全球经济
The information industry helps boost the global economy.
信息业推进全球经济发展。
2.focus on 专注于
We should focus on day-to-day work.
我们要把主要精力放到日常工作方面。
3.In other words 换句话说
In other words, we are much luckier than Chinese living in the United States.
换言之，我们要比在美国的华人幸运得多。
4.As a result 结果；因此
Much farm and forest land had already been spoiled as a result.
结果很大一部分农地和森林已经被毁坏了。
内容解析
1.The idea, Hirsh-Pasek says, is this: Human beings will never be able to memorize information as well as a computer.
as well as 也；和...一样
Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days.
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。
Let' s share in our troubles as well as in our joys.
让我们同甘共苦吧。
2.Hirsh-Pasek adds that students need to learn to look for experiences that will help them learn.
look for 寻找；指望
Consumers look for the best values for that they spend.
消费者总是希望他们所花的钱能获得最大的价值。
He thumbed through the directory to look for her number.
他翻阅电话号码簿找寻她的号码。
参考译文
科学告诉你，如何培养出聪明的孩子
在经济全球化的大背景下，孩子和成年人需要培养6种重要的技能才能成功。
这一观点是由2位专门研究人类学习方式的美国教授提出的。
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek和Roberta Golinkoff最近一本名为：《做一个出色的人:科学告诉你如何培养成功的孩子》的书。
作者呼吁全球各个国家改革现有教育体系。他们称，学校需要帮助学生培养更广泛的技能，而不仅仅是阅读和数学。这些技能都是以C开头。
这些技能包括：
合作：与他人合作、控制社交情绪和组织社交圈的能力。
交流：较强的阅读、写作、听力等语言方面的能力。
内容：在学科领域的学习及如何学习的能力。
批判性思维：明智地收集信息并分析例证的能力。
创新改革：以不同的方式应用信息及解决问题的能力。
信心：从失败中学习的能力，并持之以恒。
作者表示，如果具备这些技能，孩子和成年人能够在21世纪有更好的发挥。
第一步，Hirsh-Pasek指出，我们应当重新审视“什么才是教育中的成功？”。她表示，目前大部分的教育都只强调阅读、写作和基础数学。因此，很多人对教育成功的理解十分狭隘，即教育的成功就是在阅读和数学考试中考取高分。
这一观念的隐患在于，孩子只会变成学舌的鹦鹉，而非独立思考的人类。也就是说，他们只会识记或重复所学内容，而非创造性地进行思考、挖掘信息以及合作。
相反，Hirsh-Pasek希望能够拓宽教育成功的定义。她强调教育的目的应当是培养人们成为未来的创造者、合作者和公民。
Hirsh-Pasek及合著者Roberta Golinkoff表示，受到加拿大及其他一些国家教育改革的启发。他们决定对学习科学进行研究。
换言之，他们不再研究老师如何才能教好，而是尝试分析人们如何才能学好。
Hirsh-Pasek介绍了他们的这一发现。
“在学习的过程中，尤其是语言学习，最重要的一点就是与老师建立关系。我们是人类，而我们的‘名片’就是社交生物。”
Hirsh-Pasek表示，也就是说，人类永远无法像电脑那样识记信息。
人类擅长的是团队协作。毕竟，我们都是社交生物。
Hirsh-Pasek表示合作是人类学习的起点。合作还是公共事业和私营部门都高度重视的一种技能。
所幸，人类在生活中可以培养自己的合作技能，还可以培养作者推荐的其他几项技能。
Hirsh-Pasek建议，学生需要评估自己具备哪些技能。扪心自问：我与他人合作的能力如何？我沟通交流的能力如何？我是否能够批判性地进行思考？我是否愿意犯错误？
Hirsh-Pasek表示，如果你需要巩固某项技能，最重要的方法就是练习。
“如果不练习，你永远不可能擅长演讲。如果不练习，你永远也学不好法语和汉语。如果没有跟你一起练习的人，（那么你也永远无法取得进步。）”
如果想提高自己的英语技能，那么就得想方设法地建立与英语老师或说英语的朋友之间的联系。
Hirsh-Pasek补充道，学生应当发掘一些有助于学习的经历。她建议首先要用勇于创新，而不是害怕犯错。犯错的过程也是学习的过程。
我是约翰·罗塞尔。
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