跟读练习: Should All US Students Learn the Same Thing? - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
B1
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
31 句
如果句子过短或过长，请点击 Edit 进行调整。
1
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
2
More than 40 of the 50 American states have approved what are known as the Common Core State Standards.
3
These are lists of content that students are supposed to learn at each grade level from kindergarten to high school.
4
State governors and schools chiefs led the effort to develop the standards.
5
The project involved teachers, administrators, experts, and public comments.
6
The final standards were released in June of 2010.
7
Acceptance is voluntary.
8
But acceptance helped states that entered President Obama's $4 billion Race to the Top competition for school reform.
9
The standards are for English language arts and math.
10
Supporters say these provide clear goals to prepare students to succeed in college and in jobs.
11
But critics of national standards say the idea goes against one of America's oldest traditions,
12
local control of education.
13
Political conservatives generally oppose federal intervention in schools.
14
Yet, it was a Republican president, George W.
15
Bush, who expanded testing requirements to show that public schools are making yearly progress.
16
Still, opponents of national standards call them one-size-fits-all.
17
They say the idea does not make sense for a country as large and diverse as the United States.
18
One of those opponents is Bill Evers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in California.
19
He was an assistant education secretary under President Bush.
20
Mr. Evers warns about closing the door on innovation by locking in a national uniform bureaucratic system.
21
He says the states don't have a problem in setting their curriculum.
22
They've been doing it ever since there have been public schools.
23
Richard Riley was education secretary to President Bill Clinton, a Democrat.
24
Mr. Riley says, Mr. Riley says,
25
Mr. Riley
26
says, in the 1990s he pushed states to develop their own statewide standards.
27
But some of those standards were not very strong, he says, so he believes national standards are needed.
28
But Bill Evers says technology now makes it easier to develop individual learning plans for students.
29
He says schools should worry less about a common curriculum and more about improving teacher quality.
30
For VOA Special English, I'm Alex Villarreal.
31
You can find a link to the Common Core Standards at voaspecialenglish.com.
下载应用
AI 为你说出的每个句子打分
TRENDING
热门
背景与介绍
在这期视频中，记者Alex Villarreal探讨了有关美国教育标准的争论，尤其是“共同核心州标准”（Common Core State Standards）的实施情况。这些标准由超过40个美国州批准，旨在为学生设定从幼儿园到高中的学习目标。虽然支持者认为这些标准能为学生的大学和职业成功提供清晰的方向，但批评者则认为这违背了美国教育的一个重要传统——地方教育的控制权。这一争论引发了广泛讨论，尤其是在当前技术迅速发展的背景下，个性化学习计划的可能性成为一个重要话题。
每日交流的五个重要短语
- Common Core State Standards - 共同核心州标准
- local control of education - 地方教育控制
- national standards - 国家标准
- innovative education - 创新教育
- teacher quality - 教师素质
逐步跟读指南
要有效地提高你的英语口语能力，尤其是在理解和表达与教育相关的主题时，可以采取以下步骤进行shadow speech（影子学说）练习：
- 观看视频：先完整观看视频，尽量理解内容和上下文。记下不懂的单词和短语。
- 分段听写：将视频分成几个部分，逐段播放并尝试写下听到的内容，这样能提高你的听力和记忆力。
- 跟读练习：使用shadowspeak（影子说），逐句模仿发音和语调。可以暂停视频并重复听到的句子，这样有助于改善发音和语音流利度。
- 同伴练习：与同伴一起练习交流，尝试使用在“每日交流的五个重要短语”中提到的表达。通过对话锻炼你使用这些短语的能力。
- 反馈与纠正：可以请教老师或能说流利英语的朋友，获得有关你的发音和表达的反馈，持续改进你的英语口语能力。
通过以上方法，利用看YouTube学英语的方式，您不仅可以提升英语口语练习技能，还能在理解美国教育体系的同时，增强表达能力，达到更高的英语水平。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。