新概念英語四冊學會生活課堂筆記課文及短語

Lesson 17 Learning to Live 學會生活

The fact that we are not sure what 'intelligence' is, nor what is passed on, does not prevent us from finding it a very useful working concept, and placing a certain amount of reliance on tests which 'measure' it.

In an intelligence test we take a sample of an individual's ability to solve puzzles and problems of various kinds, and if we have taken a representative sample it will allow us to predict successfully the level of performance he will reach in a wide variety of occupations.

This became of particular importance when, as a result of the 1944 Education Act, secondary schooling for all became law, and grammar schools, with the exception of a small number of independent foundation schools, became available to the whole population. Since the number of grammar schools in the countrycould accommodate at most approximately 25 per cent of the total child population of eleven-plus, some kind of selection had to be made. Narrowly academic

examinations and tests were felt, quite rightly, to be heavily weighted in favour of children who had had the advantage of highly-academic primary schools and academically biased Homes. Intelligence tests were devised to counteract this narrow specialization, by introducing problems which were not based on specifically scholastically-acquired knowledge. The intelligence test is an attempt to assess the general ability of any child to think, reason, judge, analyse and syntiesize by presenting him with situations, both verbal and practical, which arewithin his range of competence and understanding.

New words and expressions 生詞短語

intelligence 智力 intelligent cute intellectual a.智力的 n.知識分子

pass on 衡量

(1)He passes on(=pass away=die)委婉語

(2)衡量 judge:to pass on 如:to pass on one's intelligence

(3)pass for 被認為 不能用被動,只能用主動

(4)pass 過了 pass grade

reliance 信賴,依靠

(1)rely=depend He relies on his parents.(parasite:寄生蟲)(drag:負擔)

(2)reliant reliable 值得信賴的 self-reliant 自力更生(=self-dependent)

working 起作用的

pill:藥丸 dose:劑 Dose is working. efficient:指人效率很高,做事麻利 effective 有效果的

The pill does.

a wide variety 各種各樣

a wide variety of goods . various variant：變化的 variantion 變化 very colored/formed

mult- multifunctional multinational multilateral talks bilateral：雙邊會談

as a result of 由於…結果

As a result of his good performance, he got pay rise. Pay cut 減薪

consequence in result 後面一定不能出現 of

He performed well; in result he got a pay consequence

act 法案

pass bill motion pay bills act：第 1 幕 ，第 1 場 Today we got an act of got.

He always put on an act.擺譜

foundation 基金 Peking Normal University 北京師範大學 missionary

available 可用的

Is water available? 有水喝嗎？ Are you available?

Are you available for a chat?Is your bicycle available?

avail I avail myself of this opportunity to apply for this vacancy.

avail myself of 利用…的機會

make use of ；take advantage of

accommodate 容納

The hall can accommodate 600 people. accommodate oneself to 適應

accommodating accommodation：住所 boarding and lodging

at most 最多 at least

counteract 抵消

counteractclockwise 逆時針轉 counterintelligence 反情報 counterrevolution neutralize

act against

specialization 專門化

specialize speciality majorI specialize in ialization 專業化

synthesize 綜合 sympathy syndrome 併發症 synchronize 同步分

verbal 文字的oral 口頭 verbal expression ;oral expression

competence 能力

competent incompetent 沒有能力的' performance 實際的行為

Notes on the text 課文註釋

British education system 第 1 段只有一句話 主語-the fact 謂語-does not prevent us 同位語

從句 nor：否定連接 passed on：衡量 useful ,working 兩個詞相近 placing 和 finding 並列

place…….放置…..在上面=put reliance 依賴

引號裏表示抽象的東西

superior inferior

even though we are not sure …，nor what is passed on….,and placing…文中更為高級

even though he stole,I find him a kind hearted man.

The fact that he stole,does not prevent me from finding him a kind hearted man.

tests 第 1 段形成文章的主題。

sample：樣品，受試者 subjects puzzle 拼字遊戲

of various kinds- various kinds of puzzles and problems

ability toability in 後面跟名詞ability to：不定式

photograph He has ability to take a ity in photography

have taken 主句是將來時 一般都用 if we take第一個動詞：take 第二個動詞：allow

如果一個寫作者要強調兩個動詞的先後順序，就可以用完成時替代

if I master English,I will go abroad. I have master……

predict：預測he will reach—後置定語occupation：職業representative

make full use of his ability 人盡其才potential

it will allow us ：我們就會，我們能夠it—test 客觀性

we can—主體在“我”，主觀性強

科普性文章一般用 passiveWe can obtain the results. The results are obtained.

became ofbecame：系動詞 be of importance

secondary schooling 中學教育

謂語：became availableexcept

主題一定是圍繞“intelligence”開始

secondary schooling ：12-18 歲higher education：19-23 歲

elementaryhigh school：junior high school, senior high school

nine year compulsory educationhigh taxall free

compulsory courses ：必修課optional/selective courses

grammar schools：文法學校technical schools：技校

since:由於 accommodate:容納 approximately:about

test eleven-plus:11 歲以上selection:選拔制度

Narrowly:狹隘的academic—只側重書面考試

quite rightly:有理由認為 heavily weighted

highly-academic 高度學術性的學校test oriented 應試教育

academically biased Homesbiased:偏 側重於

scholal:學者 ，學術scholastically biased Homes :書香門第

My mom is biased toward my sister.

were felt to be :被人們感覺到

The weather is felt to be uncomfortable.強調感受

intelligence testsdevised :被設計 specialization:專業化

intelligence tests 側重 universal ability應試的方向問題

assess:評估的意思 general ability:綜合能力 random:隨意

progressive:遞進 gravity 重力

think:思想-----reason:推理-----judge:判斷-----analyse:分析-----synthesize:綜合

更側重於 practical

連綴，兩個以上如果做名詞修飾，可以置後連綴詞可以做後置定語

complementary:互補question:質問

西方教育強調 free talk第 1 段做為重點

ability to solve puzzles and problems of various kinds

have takenit will allow us

This became of particular importance 系表結構 of 結構

grammar schoolbecame available toeleven-plus

were felt… be heavily weighted in favour of ……

highly-academic academically biased

scholastically-acquired think,reason,judge,analyse,synthesize