英語聽力材料《美國的輟學(xué)問題》
輟學(xué)字面意思是中途停止上學(xué)，指學(xué)生沒有完成規(guī)定學(xué)業(yè)發(fā)生的中途退學(xué)行為。現(xiàn)在社會(huì)盡管經(jīng)濟(jì)有所發(fā)展，但是還是有一部分學(xué)生因?yàn)楦鞣N原因輟學(xué)。下面，我們一起走進(jìn)這份英語聽力材料中，看看美國的輟學(xué)問題。
Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing dropout rate in our junior and senior high schools.
報(bào)刊雜志上的文章以及廣播電臺的特別報(bào)道反映了許多美國人對中學(xué)日益增長的輟學(xué)率的擔(dān)憂。
Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have workforce to fill the many jobs that require properly-educated personnel.
伴隨而來的警告是，我們很快將缺乏足夠的勞動(dòng)力以滿足那些需要受過一定教育的人員所從事的工作。
The highest student dropout rate is not a recent development. Ten years ago, many urban schools were reporting dropout rates between 35 and 50 percent. Some administrators maintain that dropouts remain the single greatest problem in their schools. Consequently, much effort has been spent on identifying students with problems in order to give them more attention before they become failures.
不是最近才大道最高輟學(xué)率的。據(jù)報(bào)道10年前許多城市學(xué)校的輟學(xué)率就在35%到40%之間。有的管理者堅(jiān)稱輟學(xué)仍然是他們學(xué)校僅有的最嚴(yán)重的問題。結(jié)果是，為了在學(xué)生失敗前給予更多的關(guān)注，學(xué)校花費(fèi)了更多的努力找出有問題的學(xué)生。
Since the dropout problem doesn't only start in senior high school, special programs in junior high school focus on students who show promise but have a record of truancy, that is, staying away from school without permission. Under the guidance of counselors, these students are placed in classes with teachers who have had success in working with similar young people.
由于輟學(xué)問題不僅僅發(fā)生在高中，在初中，一些特殊項(xiàng)目也在開始關(guān)注那些有前途但卻有逃課記錄的學(xué)生，逃課也就是未經(jīng)許可而缺課的行為。
Strategies to motivate students in high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formally given only to athletes.
按照咨詢師的建議，這些學(xué)生被放在某些教師的班級中，而那些教師曾有過成功教育類似青年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。在高中，激勵(lì)學(xué)生的措施包括評選月度獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金獲得者以作為對學(xué)生學(xué)術(shù)成果的回報(bào)，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)服裝類商品，如只把校服正式授予校運(yùn)動(dòng)員。
No one working with these students claims to know how to keep all students in school. Counselors, teachers, and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle. Actually, this problem should be everyone's concern, since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.
沒有一個(gè)和這些學(xué)生打交道的人宣稱知道如何把所有的學(xué)生留在學(xué)校。咨詢師、教師和行政管理人員沖在這場有時(shí)看似必輸?shù)膽?zhàn)爭的前面。事實(shí)上，這是我們每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該關(guān)心的問題，因?yàn)槲唇邮芙逃摹o職業(yè)的公民會(huì)影響我們所有人。
重點(diǎn)英語詞匯整理：
1. reflect v. 反映，反思
2. dropout n. 退學(xué)學(xué)生
3. junior adj. 下級的，年少的 n. 三年級生，年少者
4. senior adj. 年長的，資格較老的 n.長輩，大四學(xué)生
5. workforce n.勞動(dòng)力，職工總數(shù)
6. personnel n. 人員，職員:
7. urban adj.城市的，都市的
8. maintain v. 維修，保養(yǎng)
9. consequently adv.所以，因此
10. identify v. 識別，鑒定
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