BBC英語學(xué)習(xí)Languagelearning學(xué)習(xí)外語的重要性

1、有些人覺得學(xué)外語這件事既有趣又實用。但一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，目前正在學(xué)習(xí)外語的英國中學(xué)生人數(shù)與本世紀(jì)初相比下降了45%,導(dǎo)致這一變化的因素有哪些？青少年的外語水平是否會影響他們的國際競爭力？在英國，哪幾門外語的熱度近年來有明顯的提升？本集內(nèi)容通過講述因?qū)W習(xí)外語而獲益的幾個真人真事，分析外語學(xué)習(xí)的重要性。Vocabulary:languages詞?匚:語言Asyouprobablyknow,learningaforeignlanguageissometimeschallenging.Butitcanalsobefun.Wespendhundredsofhoursatschooltryingtogetou

2、rtonguesrounddifferentvocabularyandgrammarinordertoearnaqualification.Butlearningtospeakasecondlanguageismorethanjustpassinganexam-itopensdoorstonewopportunities,helpsyoutocommunicatewithothersandmakestravellingoverseasmorefulfilling.Itmightcomeasasurprisethat,accordingtoresearchbytheBBC,thenumberof

3、teenagerslearningforeignlanguagesinUKsecondaryschoolshasdroppedby45%sincetheturnofthemillennium.GermanandFrenchhavefallenthemost.WhiletheselanguagesfromtwooftheUKsclosesttradingpartnershavedeclinedatGCSElevel,therehasbeenanoticeablesurgeinsomeothers,suchasSpanishandMandarin.Anothersurveyofsecondarys

4、choolssuggestsathirdofstudentshavedroppedatleastonelanguagefromtheirGCSEexamoptions.Therearemanyreasonsforthis,includingaperceptionbysomestudentsthatlanguagesaredifficult.GettingtogripswiththelingoofanothercountrycancertainlybeachallengeandsomepupilsthinkWhybother?whenEnglishisspokenbyhundredsofmill

5、ionsofpeopleworldwide.Othershavequestionedtheneedforasecondlanguagewhentranslationtechnologyisadvancing.MatthewFell,chiefUKpolicydirectorforbusinessgrouptheCBI,hastoldtheBBCthatThedeclineinlanguagelearninginschoolsmustbereversed,orelsetheUKwillbelesscompetitivegloballyandyoungpeoplelesspreparedforth

6、emodernworld.Butevenforthosewhoarekeentostudyanotherlanguage,theopportunityisbeingreduced.InScotland,forexample,foreignlanguagesubjectsarebeingsqueezedoutofmanysecondaryschooltimetableswithsomeheadteachersblamingpressureonthecurriculum.However,somenativeEnglishspeakershavetoldtheBBCaboutthebenefitso

7、fspeakinganothertongue.CassandraScott,fromEdinburgh,studiedthreelanguagesinherfinalyearatschool.SheisnowafreelancetranslatorinEdinburgh,andsaysLearninglanguagesatschoolreallysetthecourseformycareer.詞匯表foreignlanguage外語getyourtongueroundsomething舌頭轉(zhuǎn)過彎來”，正確發(fā)出音vocabulary詞?匚grammar語法qualification資格證書，文憑

8、secondlanguage第二語言opendoorstosomething為（新事物）敞開大門，使成為可能German德語French法語Spanish西班牙語Mandarin普通話gettogripswith理解，掌握lingo外語translation翻譯foreignlanguagesubject外語學(xué)科curriculum全部課程nativeEnglishspeaker英語為母語者tongue語言translator譯者，翻譯家setthecoursefor為指明方向career職業(yè)測驗與練習(xí)1.閱讀課文并回答問題。1. Whichlanguageshaveseenthebigges

9、tdeclineinBritishstudentslearningthem?2. Trueorfalse?Somestudentsthinktranslationtechnologycanreplacetheneedforlearninganotherlanguage.3. Whatissuggestedinthearticleabouttheeffectsonglobalbusinessifwedontlearntospeakotherlanguages?4. WhymightitbeconsideredasurprisethatthenumbersofstudentslearningFre

10、nchandGermanhasdeclinedsomuch?5. Whichwordusedinthearticlemeansneedingalotofefforttobedonesuccessfully?2.請在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。 選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。1. HavingadegreeinEconomicscertainlytojobsinthebankingsector.openingdoorsopeneddooropensdoorsdooropens2. IthoughtmyItalianpenfriendsaidshewasbuildingahouse,

11、notmovinghouse!Hermessagemusthavegotlostin.translatortonguetranslationgrammar3. MysonhaschosentostudythreeatschoolsohecaneventuallygetajobasatranslatorattheUN!languagesSpanishqualificationscurriculum4. Ijustcantthisnewcomputersoftware,ImgoingtohavetophoneITsupport.gottogripswithgettoogrippedwithgett

12、ogripwithgettogripswith5. AlthoughIspeakRussianwithmywifeandherfamily,mymotherisactuallyEnglish.tonguelingoGermantranslator答案1.閱讀課文并回答問題。1. WhichlanguageshaveseenthebiggestdeclineinBritishstudentslearningthem?IntheUK,thenumberofteenagerslearningforeignlanguagesinUKsecondaryschoolshasdroppedby45%sinc

13、etheturnofthemillennium,withGermanandFrenchfallingthemost.2. Trueorfalse?Somestudentsthinktranslationtechnologycanreplacetheneedforlearninganotherlanguage.True.Thearticlesayssomestudentshavequestionedtheneedforasecondlanguagewhentranslationtechnologyisadvancing.3. Whatissuggestedinthearticleaboutthe

14、effectsonglobalbusinessifwedontlearntospeakotherlanguages?MatthewFell,chiefUKpolicydirectorforbusinessgrouptheCBIhastoldtheBBCthatThedeclineinlanguagelearninginschoolsmustbereversed,orelsetheUKwillbelesscompetitiveglobally.4. WhymightitbeconsideredasurprisethatthenumbersofstudentslearningFrenchandGe

15、rmanhasdeclinedsomuch?ThesearethelanguagesspokenintwooftheUKsclosesttradingpartners.5. Whichwordusedinthearticlemeansneedingalotofefforttobedonesuccessfully?Challenge.Gettingtogripswiththelingoofanothercountrycancertainlybeachallenge.2.請在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。 選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。1. HavingadegreeinEconomicscertainlyopensdoorstojobsinthebankingsector.2. IthoughtmyItalianpenfriendsaidshewasbuildingahouse,notmovinghouse!Hermessagemusthavegotlostintranslation.3. My