VOA慢速英语:Students Love Grammar! So Why Do Teachers Hate It?

短语讲解：

1. I think that is a misconception -- that teaching grammar is a boring thing to do -- when teaching grammar, for me, always was the class I looked forward to the most because grammar was just the foundation.

look forward to 期望，盼望
例句：We look forward to the dawn of better days.
我们期待较好的日子的来临。

2. “From there you do conversations, you do games, you do communicative interaction, you do all of the wonderful things you do in a second language classroom, but you do it in combination with having a solid foundation of the structures that they are using.”

in combination with 与…联合， 与…结合
例句：The fleet is manoeuvring in combination with the air unit.
舰队正在和航空进行部队联合演习。

3. He writes that when teachers are deciding which grammar points to teach, they should first ask two questions.

point to 指; 显示…的位置
例句：With direct manipulation, we can point to what we want.
用直接操作，我们可以指出想要什么。

4. But to teach grammar as a subject matter and test it as though you were testing the memorization of dates in history is sure to bore everybody and not reach the goals that you are trying to reach - successful communication experiences.

be sure to 务必; 必定
例句：Be sure to make it clear and concise and avoid long-windedness.
注意简明扼要, 反对长篇大论。

5. “There have been a number of research studies that show the combination of having a grammar component in a communicative program allows students to progress faster and better than if there were no grammar component.”

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：A number of local personalities were present at the meeting.
一些当地名人出席了会议。

6. She says that her students enjoy learning grammar as much as she enjoys teaching it.

as much as 差不多
例句：I try to ward off fatigue by resting as much as possible.
为了防止疲劳，我尽可能多休息。