Unit-11-On-Becoming-a-Better-Student课文翻译综合教程三.pdf

Unit-11-On-Becoming-a-Better-Student课文翻译综合教

程三

Unit11

OnBecomingaBetterStudent

(abridged)

DonnaFarhiSchuster

1Asstudentsweexpectagreatdealfromourteachers.We

expectthemtobeenthusiastic.Weexpectthemreliable.Wemay

evenhaveexpectationsthattheybeendlessrepositories

ofskillandknowledgefromwhichwemaypartakeatwill.

2AsateacherIhavecometofeelweightedbythese

expectationsandhavebeguntoseethatitisreallynotpossible

toteach.Allthewordsandtheoriesandtechniquesareofnouse

tostudentswhohaveyettoopenthemselveswithreceptivityand

totakeituponthemselvestopractice.SoinasenseIhavegiven

uptryingto“teach,”forIvecome

tobelievethatthegreatestthingIcanoffermystudentsis

tohelpthemlearnhowto

findthemselvesthroughtheirowninvestigation.

3Manyfactorscometogethertomakeafinestudent.Find

someoneyouthinkisextraordinary,andyouwillfindmany,ifnot

all,ofthefollowingqualities.Peoplewholearnagreatdealin

whatseemslikeaveryshorttimeembodythesequalities.

4CuriositySuchpeoplearetremendouslycurious.Thewhole

worldisofinteresttothem,andtheyobservewhatothersdonot.

NobelPrize-winnerphysicianAlbert-Gyorgyiputitwellwhenhe

said,“Discoveryconsistsoflookingatthesamethingas

everyoneelseandthinkingsomethingdifferent.”Withthis

curiositycomesan“investigativespirit”;thelearningisnotso

muchtheacquisitionofinformation

asitisaninvestigation—aquestioning,aturningoverofthe

objectofstudytoseeallsidesandfacets.Itisnotknowinginthe

senseofhavingarigidopinion,butthe

abilitytolookagainatanothertime,inadifferentlight,as

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