Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You may 1 they go to learn languages, P.E., history, science and all other 2. But why do they learn these things?
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time 3 they will grow up and will begin to work for 4. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that the 5 reason why they go to school?
There is more in education than just 6 facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can 7 to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something new which he has never had to do 8 he will rapidly teach himself how to do it 9 the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is 10 unable to do something new, or does it badly. The purpose of school, therefore, is not to teach languages, math, geography, etc, but to teach pupils the way to learn.
( ) 1. A. speak B. tell C. say D. talk
( ) 2. A. matters B. subjects C. math D. physics
( ) 3. A. while B. when C. which D. where
( ) 4. A. oneself B. they C. them D. themselves
( ) 5. A. only B. nearly C. lone D. alone
( ) 6. A. study B. studied C. learning D. learn
( ) 7. A. make B. keep C. keep on D. go on
( ) 8. A. later B. ago C. then D. /
( ) 9. A. from B. in C. with D. on
( ) 10. A. either B. neither C. other D. nor
重点单词与短语
核心单词
education /ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃn/n. 教育
practical /ˈpræktɪkl/adj. 实用的
purpose /ˈpɜːpəs/n. 目的
pupil /ˈpjuːpl/n. 学生（尤指小学生）
重点短语
prepare sb. for sth. 让某人为某事做准备
grow up 长大
work for oneself 为自己工作 / 谋生
above all 首先；最重要的是
learn how to learn 学会如何学习
teach oneself 自学
on the other hand 另一方面
either...or... 要么…… 要么……
短文中文翻译
你有没有问过自己，孩子为什么要上学？你可能会说，他们去学习语言、体育、历史、科学和所有其他学科。但他们为什么要学这些东西呢？
我们送孩子上学，是为了让他们为长大后开始为自己工作的那一天做准备。他们在学校学的几乎所有东西，在生活中都有一定的实用价值。但这是他们上学的唯一原因吗？
教育不只是学习事实这么简单。我们上学最重要的是学会如何学习，这样毕业后我们才能继续学习。一个真正懂得学习的人永远会成功，因为每当他需要做一件以前从未做过的新事情时，他会迅速用最好的方法自学。另一方面，没受过教育的人要么做不了新事，要么做得很糟。因此，学校的目的不是教语言、数学、地理等知识，而是教学生学习的方法。
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