新编大学英语自主听力 4Unit 8

[22:36.66]College life has been changing since then, however, and students are not paying much attention to politics these days.
[22:46.09]Instead, most students are interested only in their studies and future job.
[22:51.53]Twenty years ago, many college students chose a major in sociology, anthropology, or another social science.
[23:01.21]Courses in the humanities (literature, art, philosophy, and so on) were also popular.
[23:09.35]But these days, students all over the would are majoring in more practical subjects such as business administration,
[23:17.99]computer science, and engineering.  (395 words)
[23:21.48]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and answer the following questions briefly.
[23:32.96]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and tell whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
[23:51.22]1)Japanese students often have to attend a night school to pass college entrance examinations.
[24:02.74]2)Whether American students can get into college or not depends solely on S.A.T scores.
[24:15.26]3)College life in North America is not so difficult as that in other countries.
[24:23.72]4)Students in the West used to be concerned with politics and social change.
[24:32.98]5)Courses like literature, art and philosophy were popular 20 years ago
[24:44.42]Practice Three Different Approaches to Education
[24:50.58]Words You Need to Know
[24:52.96]individualism     Orient
[24:57.13]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following questions briefly.
[25:08.36]In a society such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious, and cultural differences,
[25:17.26]people highly value individualism - the differences among people.
[25:23.41]Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values.
[25:35.33]Students do not have to memorize all information. Instead, many of them work individually and find answers themselves.
[25:45.41]There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to from their own ideas and opinions.
[25:55.20]In most Asian societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history, and culture.
[26:03.73]Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the Orient reflects society's belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism.
[26:16.19]Children in China, Japan, and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments.
[26:24.72]In the classroom, the teaching methods are often very formal. The teacher lectures, and the students listen.
[26:34.33]There is not much discussion. Instead, the students recite rules or information that they have memorized.
[26:43.30]There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these systems of education.
[26:49.49]For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science than American students learn by the end of high school.
[27:02.16]They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do.
[27:10.12]The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control.
[27:20.09]These is however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese chools,
[27:27.86]yet many students any that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.
[27:36.72]The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves.
[27:45.94]The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas.
[27:51.80]There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven't memorized as many basi crules and facts as students in other countries have. (336 words)
[28:04.51]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the passage again and fill in the table with the information you get from the recording.
[28:19.34]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and find the words specified below.
[28:30.14]Happy Minute
[28:31.66]Enjoy listening to the short story and answer the following question.
[28:37.92]What is the advantage tobeing a teacher,according to the professor?
[28:43.79]My physics professor at university once explained that it was really nice to be a teacher.
[28:50.81]"When you're an engineer, a lawyer or a doctor and make a mistake, you probably would be taken to court," he said.
[29:00.17]"What if a teacher makes a mistake?" one of the students asked.
[29:04.52]"He erases the blackboard," said my professor.