1990年1月英语四级 - 阅读理解D

We find that bright children are rarely held backs by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
我们发现，在混合能力教学中，聪明的孩子很少受到阻碍。相反，他们的知识和经验都得到了丰富。我们认为，分流学生有许多缺点，它没有考虑到孩子发展速度不同的事实。这可能对聪明的和不太聪明的孩子都有不良影响。毕竟，在高年级垫底是很令人沮丧的！

Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
此外，仅仅根据学生的智力能力来给学生打分是不现实的，这只是他们总体性格的一个方面。我们关注的是充分发展所有学生的能力，而不仅仅是他们的学术能力。我们还重视个人素质和社会技能，我们发现混合能力教学有助于所有这些方面的学习。

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: This gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
在我们的教室里，我们的工作方式多种多样。学生们经常分组工作：这使他们有机会学习合作、分享和发展领导能力。他们还学习如何处理个人问题，以及如何思考、做出决定、分析和评估以及有效沟通。学生们相互学习，也从老师那学习。

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
有时学生两人一组工作；有时他们可以以自己的速度完成一些独立的任务和作业。他们也会在适当的时候进行一些正式的课堂教学。我们鼓励我们的学生使用图书馆，并教他们有效地完成这些任务所需的技能。一个高水平的学生可以做高水平的工作：不管孩子多大年龄。我们希望我们的学生尽最大努力，而不是最不努力，我们鼓励他们实现这一目标。