美語情景對話 第727期:Homework debate 作業辯論
Todd:Hello, Frederick.
託德：你好，弗雷德裏克。Fred:Hi, Todd.
弗雷德：你好，託德。Todd:Frederick, we are talking about school and education and our topic now is homework. Do you think students in university should have lots of homework?
託德：弗雷德裏克，我們之前談了學校和教育，今天的話題是作業。你認爲大學生應該做很多作業嗎？
Fred:I think your question is very precise. I think students in university is different than students in high school or junior college. Now in university, you should be a responsible student. Now what I mean by being a responsible student is that the teacher doesn't have to tell you what you should do. You should know what you have to do, and so homework perhaps should not be something so important to you as a responsible student.
弗雷德：我認爲你的問題很精確。我認爲大學生和高中生還有初中生不一樣。在大學裏應該成爲一名負責的學生。負責的學生意思是，老師不用告訴他們應該做什麼。學生自己應該知道他們要做什麼，而作業對負責的學生來說並不是太重要。Todd:So, you are saying that students should studyon their own.
託德：所以你的意思是學生應該自主學習。Fred:They should.
弗雷德：對，自主學習。Todd:And not be told what to study?
託德：不應該由老師告訴他們應該學什麼嗎？Fred:They should be told what to study, but they should not be told how they should study by giving them a framework of homework.
弗雷德：老師要告訴學生他們應該學什麼，不過不能通過留作業來告訴他們應該怎樣學習。Todd:Alright, so for example if they are studying math they should be told what principles they need to learn but they shouldn't actually have to do a handout andturnitinevery day.
託德：好，舉例來說，如果學習數學，那老師應該教給學生他們要學習的理論，不應該讓學生們每天都交作業。Fred:No, because they know that at the end of the semester they will have and exam and if they haven't done what theywere supposed to, well, I don't think they can pass that class.
弗雷德：對，因爲學生們知道學期末會有考試，如果他們沒有完成應該學習的內容，那他們就不能通過考試。Todd:As a teacher, I'm not so sure because you are a very motivated person and I think many students are motivated and disciplined like you but I have many students I think that just are not motivated and they won't do it unless I make them do it, like if I make them do it, then they might generate interest and they might improve but if I I don't make themhand inhomework, if I don't tell them what to do, I don't think they'll study at all. They'll just party and have fun.
託德：作爲老師，我不太確定你的看法是否正確，你是一個上進心很強的人，我認爲大部分學生都像你這樣既有上進心又遵守紀律，不過我也教過許多沒有上進心的學生，如果我讓他們交作業，那他們就不會做，如果我要求交作業，那他們可能會產生興趣，成績進步，但是如果不讓他們交作業，不告訴他們要做什麼，我想他們就完全不會學習了。他們會四處吃喝玩樂和享受。Fred:OK, Iagree withyou. There are certain students that need to be told what to do. There are people that have a hard time doing thingsby themselves. I agree with you, but perhaps this idea of homework, it just kind of comes out of high school or junior high school where the teacher tells you what to do, but in university it's different because assignment would be very important, so perhaps you would give the students and assignement every week but not homework every day and the assignment would count for a certain percentage and then that would give the incentive to the students to do it. If you don't give the students any incentive, then they will not be motivated.
弗雷德：好，我同意你的觀點。的確有一些學生需要被告知要做什麼。有些人很難去自主做事。我同意你的觀點，不過我認爲作業是高中和初中的產物，中學老師會告訴學生要做什麼，可是大學不一樣，對大學生來說學習任務比較重要，老師可以每週給學生布置學習任務，而不是每天留課外作業，學習任務應該在學分佔有一定比例，這樣學生會更積極地去完成。如果不給學生一些激勵，那他們可能不會太積極。Todd:That's a good point. I agree with you somewhat.
託德：你說的有道理。我部分同意你的觀點。
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重點講解：
1. on one's own 獨立地；依靠自己地；
例句：The new couple decided to liveon their own.
新婚夫婦決定獨立生活。
2. turn in 上交；提交；交付；
例句：Now we wait for them toturn intheir essays.
現在我們等着他們交上作文。
3. be supposed to do sth. 應當，應該，須；
例句：Youarenotsupposed toidle about at this hour.
這不是你應該閒逛的時候。
4. hand in 上交（作業、拾到的失物等）；
例句：I do not know when she canhand inher homework.
我不知道她什麼時候能交來她的作業。
5. agree with 同意；贊成；意見一致；
例句：I quiteagree withyou that he needs further training.
我完全同意你的意見，他還需要進一步培養。
6. by oneself 單獨，獨力；
例句：John managed to repair his carby himself.
約翰設法獨力修理自己的汽車。
