短裤用英语怎么说二级听说文章1-3

2021年1月6日发(作者：田衍)
Unit 1
Have you ever heard of homeschooling? It is a legal choice for parents in most countries to
provide their children with a learning environment as an 1) alternative to public or private
schools outside the home. Parents cite 2) numerous reasons for homeschooling their children.
The three reasons that are selected by the majority of parents in the United States are the
concern about the 3) traditional school environment, the lack of religious or moral instruction,
and the dissatisfaction with the 4) academic instruction at public and private schools.
Homeschooling may also be a factor in the choice of parenting style. Homeschooling can be a
choice for families living in isolated 5) countryside or living briefly abroad. Also many young 6)
athletes and actors are taught at home.
Homeschoolers often 7) take advantage of educational opportunities at museums, libraries,
community centers, athletic clubs, after- school programs, churches, parks, and other community
resources. 8) Secondary school level students may take classes at community colleges, which
typically have open admission policies.
Groups of homeschooling families often join up together to create homeschool co-ops. These
groups typically meet once a week and provide a classroom environment. These are family
centered support groups whose members seek to pool their talents and resources 9) in a
collectiveeffort to broaden the scope of their children’s education. They provide a classroom
environment where students can do hands-on and group learning such as performing, science
experiments, art projects, foreign language study, spelling contests, discussions, etc. Parents
whose children take the classes 10) serve as volunteers to keep costs low and make the program
a success.
Unit 2
I have never been able to understand people who don’t see the point in traveling. The common
reason is that traveling is a waste of time and money. I’ve heard some are 1) scared to travel too
far away. I can’t help but feel sorry particularly for those who 2) perceive the experience of
seeing a new place as a 100 percent 3) negative one. Telling them stories about unusual
encounters doesn’t 4) result in the expected curiosity but a “Why would you wanna go there!?” It
makes me 5) lose faith in humanity. Experience is the best teacher and knowledge is power. The
things traveling can teach you are beautiful because you learn to trust in what you see rather
than what you are told.
It was Mark Twain who said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow- mindedness,” which
in my mind 6) goes down as the closest to the truth about traveling. Too bad there aren’t enough
people with the means to travel actually doing it. If you have the means to go abroad, you should
do it despite going out of your comfort zone. You might realize why you loved it once you’re back
home.
I think traveling is also the best thing you could do if you feel 7) depressed at home, don’t know
what to do with your future, your life, your partner –anything. Once you are away, 8) preferably
somewhere very new and unknown, you are forced to 9) adapt and meet people. This works
especially if you travel alone. A new life and especially the new relationships you build, even if
only for a short period of time, 10) reveal opportunities and views you never would have thought
of and had otherwise.