VOA慢速英语:Lecture or Interactive Teaching? Old Issue, New Study

短语讲解：

1. But how effective is lecturing to students compared to working with them?

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

2. The study took place for one week near the end of the year.

take place发生; 举行
例句：As usual, the yearly audit will take place in December. 
跟往常一样,年度审计将在十二月份进行。 

3. They gave them readings and quizzes to finish before class so they would come prepared to discuss the material.

prepare to do 准备做…
例句：I prepare to sell the car.
我准备把车卖掉。

4. There was a great deal of careful data collected showing how identical the two sections, these two large sections of the class were beforehand.

a great deal of很多的；大量的
例句：The magazine contains a great deal of advertising.
这本杂志里有大量广告。

5. And this focused very much on looking at exactly what could be learned with the different methods from the classroom experience, the time when you have the maximum instructor interaction, or face-to-face interaction time.

focus on以…为重点，集中于…
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。

6. Their brains are turned on.

turn on打开
例句：Please turn the light on for me; it's getting dark.
天要黑了, 请把灯给我打开。

7. Professor Wieman is currently on leave from the University of British Columbia and the University of Colorado.

on leave休假
例句：He went home on leave.
他回家休假。

8. He says research has shown better ways to teach based on evidence about how the brain learns.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：One should always base one's opinion on facts.
我们应总是把自己的观点建立在事实的基础上。