大学体验英语听说教程4（第二版）原文翻译第8单元.docx

本文格式为Word版，下载可任意编辑大学体验英语听说教程4（第二版）原文翻译第8单元 Unit 8 ExaminationListening task 1 At first, fifth-grader Edward Lynch didn’t pay much attention to his teacher’s warnings about the big tests the class would take at the end of the school year.（刚开头，五年级的、、并没有太留神老师有关学期末大测试的指点） But two weeks before North Carolina’s first-ever elementary-promotion exams, Edward says he’s scared.（但是在北加利福尼亚第一次根基提升考试的前两个星期，爱德华说他很畏缩） He’s a B student but an erratic test taker. （他是B等学生但是个考试劳绩极不稳定）“The other night I had a dream my books were squishing me and my pencils were stabbing me,”（有个晚上我做了个梦，我的书挤扁了我，我的铅笔刺痛了我） says the 11-year-old. （这个11岁的男孩说）His classmate West Bullock says, “I have friends who throw up the night before tests.”（他的同学说我有的挚友在考试前一晚会呕吐） Their teacher, Kelly Allen, worries that half of her 21 students are at risk of failing next week’s multiple-choice tests on math and reading. （他们的老师惦记21个学生中一半可能会在下星期得数学和阅读多项选择考试中失利）If they fail, they won’t be able to graduate to middle school.（假设他们考砸了，他们将不能顺遂升到初中) In 1996 the state of North Carolina launched its ABCs testing program, a carrot-and-stick approach that holds schools responsible for their students’ educational progress.(从1996 起，北加利福尼亚这个州就实行ABCs测试程序，一个软硬兼施的方法使这个学校促进学生的教导进步）Over the next four years, scores on statewide tests rose 14%. But critics of the program say the cost has been high, in ways that range from stomachaches to insomnia and depression.（在接下来的四年，州 考试的分数上升了14%。

但是有些批评家说这个程序的花费太高了，让他们感到胃痛甚至失眠抑郁） Schools, also, are sacrificing important lessons in science, social studies and foreign languages to focus on concepts that will be tested.（学校也为了集中在被测试的课程，牺牲了一些科学、社会调查、外语重要课程） Thus the harmful practices such as retention in grade and tracking are encouraged.(因此留级与留校观测这些不好的方法被激励使用） High school biology students no longer dissect frogs.（高中生物学生不再解剖青蛙） A history teacher doesn’t assign research papers because they don’t help him prepare students for state-mandated tests.(历史老师不再布置研究论文，由于这些对政府下达的测试毫无扶助） Lisa, a mother of a struggling fifth-grader said. (丽萨，一个奋斗的五年级学生的妈妈说）“If they have kids with straight A’s, they think it’s fine, but I think there’s too much pressure with this pass-fail system.”（假设他们有一向得A的孩子，他们觉得这很好，但我觉得及格系统对孩子来说压力太大了） She views the accountability system as a social experiment whose outcome is not yet known.(她认为这种责任系统是一种结果未知的社会测验） Listening task 2 No one wants to be tested. （没有人想被测试）We would all like to get a driver’s license without answering questions about right of way or showing that we can parallel park a car.（我们都想在不用回复或表示我们能平行停车的处境下拿到驾照）Many future lawyers and doctors probably wish they could join their profession without taking an exam.（大量未来的律师和医生有可能梦想在不用考试的处境下参与他们的职业） But tests and standards are a necessary fact of life.(但是测试和标准是必要的生活现实） They protect us—most of the time—from inept drivers, hazardous products and shoddy professionals.（他们在好多时候使我们不受笨拙的司机。

有危害的产品和伪专业人士的伤害）In schools, too, exams play a constructive role. （在学校考试也起到了建筑性的作用）They tell teachers what their students have learned—and have not.（他们报告老师学生学到了什么，没学到什么） They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age.（他们报告家长他们的孩子与同龄人相比怎样） They encourage students to exert more effort.（他们激励学生更加努力） Therefore, formal testing has its place in the overall scope of education.（因此，正式的考试在整个教导系统中有确定地位） The test data can be very useful in making decisions for the upcoming school year as well as for long term planning.（这些测试数据对接下来的学年和长期筹划的抉择有很大用处）Besides, the parents need accountability to themselves.（另外，家长需要对他们自己负责） Welcome the opportunity to discover their child’s strengths and weaknesses and to ascertain needs that should be addressed or pieces that are missing in the student’s academic training.（迎接察觉他们孩子长短处的机遇并探知那些在学生的课堂训练缺失的片段） However, all tests have a margin of error.（然而，所以的测试都有确定的误差） Several factors will affect tests scores,（有几个因素会影响测试结果） including rapport established with examiner, health of students, lack of sleep the night before, temperature of testing room, attention span, and many other variables.（包括与考官的关系、学生的健康、睡眠缺乏、考场的温度、留神力的集中程度还有大量其他方面）In other words, don’t fall apart if the scores aren’t what you think they should have been. They are just test scores and tests are not infallible.（换言之，不要由于考试不梦想而心情不好。

他们只是考试的分数，而考试并不是十足稳当的） — 5 —。