眾所周知,教育為社會提供人才,人才為社會創(chuàng)造財富。但是教育的目的到底是什么,不同的人對于教育的理解又會對整個社會有著什么樣的影響?
Education
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.①
In some modern countries it has been fashionable to think that free education for all can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough. We find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees refusing to do what they think is“l(fā)ow”work, and, in fact, working with one’s hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life,② it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work is suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work.③ Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
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行文點評
總分總結(jié)構(gòu)。首段首句用詞巧妙,直接點題,并在第二句中進行了通俗的解釋,從而引出論點:教育不是目的,而是手段(Education is not an end, but a means to an end)。第二段分析現(xiàn)狀,指出問題,通過具體的事例使分析更具有說服力。這一段的說明絲絲入扣,既合情合理,又出乎意料。第三段總結(jié)收攏全文。
全文用詞精準(zhǔn),句式精巧。例如首句用not…but…直奔主題簡潔有力。第二段中連續(xù)使用but, 層層深入,段末的can live without...表面上顯示出相比教育而言食物對于我們更加不可或缺,而深層意思則是表達自己對于社會上“低等”工作鄙視現(xiàn)象的不滿以及揭露了人們對教育的理解誤區(qū)。整篇文章行文流暢,觀點的得出水到渠成。最后兩個教育方向的提出,進一步深化了主題。
好文妙譯
教育
教育不是目的,而是達到目的的手段。換句話說,我們教育孩子不僅僅是為了使他們受到教育。我們的目的是讓他們適應(yīng)生活。
事實上,當(dāng)我們說所有的人都必須接受教育以適應(yīng)生活的時候,意思是我們必須受到這樣的教育:第一,每個人都可以做任何適合自己智力和能力的工作;第二,我們應(yīng)該意識到所有的工作都是社會的必要組成,為某人的工作感到羞恥是很不正確的。只有這樣的教育才能被認為是真正對社會有益的。
詞匯斟酌
means n. 手段,方法
fashionable a. 流行的,時髦的
ashamed n. 慚愧的,羞恥的
佳句臨摹
、佟咀⑨尅縤n other words換句話說
【臨摹】In other words, when the wind is blowing at 120 kilometers per hour, most waves will be about twelve meters.換句話說,當(dāng)風(fēng)速為每小時一百二十公里時大部分浪高將達十二米左右。
、凇咀⑨尅縡it sb. for使某人適合…
、邸咀⑨尅縝e ashamed of恥于…,對…感到慚愧
【臨摹】I behaved badly yesterday and I am ashamed of myself now.我昨天表現(xiàn)不好,現(xiàn)在感到很慚愧。
思如泉涌
The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.教育最主要的目的不是教你如何掙得面包,而是使每一口都更加香甜。
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