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【題目】This year, about 2,300 teenagers from all over the world will spend about 10 months in US homes. At the same time about 1,300 American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred,19, spent last year in Germany with George's family. In turn, George's son Mike spent a year in Fred's home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived. But after two months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took 14 subjects instead of 6 that were usually taken in the US.

Family life, too, was different. The father's word was the law. All the activities were done with the family rather than individually. Fred found the food to be too simple at first. He also missed having a car.

"Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time. In Germany, you walk but you soon learn to like it ."

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his own ideas. "I suppose I should criticize American schools" he says, "It is far too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot. In Germany, we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many other activities. I think that maybe American schools are better in training their citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two."

Differences between American school life and German school life

Comparisons	【1】 students	German students
school life	They don’t have to stand up when their teacher comes into the classroom They have six subjects which are very【2】 to learn. They take part in many other activities besides study	They have to stand up and show【3】to their teacher when he enters the room They have 14 subjects which are much more【4】 . They have to 【5】hard all the time.
Family life	They do their own things individually. They can go to meet friends in a car and【6】themselves.	They have to listen to their 【7】. They have to【8】all the way. All the activities shouldn’t be done 【9】
Mike’s idea
Although school life in Germany is a little difficult, it is worthwhile. But American school can【10】students how to be citizens better. There should be some middle ground between the two

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】American

【2】easy

【3】respect

【4】difficult

【5】study/ work

【6】enjoy

【7】father/fathers

【8】walk

【9】alone/individually

【10】train

【解析】本篇文章通過(guò)介紹兩個(gè)交換生的日常生活，向讀者展示了美國(guó)、德國(guó)在學(xué)校生活、家庭生活和教育理念方面的一些異同。

【1】意義：美國(guó)學(xué)生。原文“Here is a two-way student exchange in action.”（這是一個(gè)雙向?qū)W生交流活動(dòng)。），結(jié)合文章，這篇文章講的正是一個(gè)美國(guó)交換生去德國(guó)生活學(xué)習(xí)的故事，所以表格的這一欄應(yīng)該是在談?wù)摗懊绹?guó)的學(xué)生”的情況，右邊那一欄是“德國(guó)的學(xué)生”的情況。故這里填“American”（美國(guó)的）。

【2】句意：他們有六個(gè)非常容易學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)科。原文“School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.”（學(xué)校與他所期望的完全不同，而且更難。）說(shuō)明這些原來(lái)在美國(guó)的科目是比較容易學(xué)習(xí)的（easy to learn），故填easy。

【3】句意：當(dāng)老師進(jìn)入教師時(shí)，他們必須站起來(lái)向老師展示自己的尊重。原文“Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room.”（老師走進(jìn)教師時(shí)，學(xué)生們充滿(mǎn)敬意地起身。）說(shuō)明老師進(jìn)教室學(xué)生應(yīng)該展現(xiàn)（show）出自己的敬意（respect）。

【4】句意：他們有14個(gè)更難的學(xué)科。原文“School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.”（學(xué)校與他所期望的完全不同，而且更難。）說(shuō)明在德國(guó)的學(xué)科比在美國(guó)的更難。原文用的是“harder”，這里題干中有“more”，要想也表達(dá)“更難”，需要用“more difficult”。

【5】句意：他們不得不一直努力學(xué)習(xí)。原文“School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.”（學(xué)校與他所期望的完全不同，而且更難。）就說(shuō)明他需要一直努力學(xué)習(xí)，“努力學(xué)習(xí)”為“work/study hard”。

【6】句意：他們可以去開(kāi)車(chē)去見(jiàn)朋友并且玩的開(kāi)心。原文“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time.”（回到家里，你在車(chē)?yán)锝恿艘恍┡笥�，出去玩得很開(kāi)心。）描述在美國(guó)的生活，最后玩的很開(kāi)心（have a good time），即“enjoy themselves”。

【7】句意：他們不得不聽(tīng)從他們的父親。原文“The father's word was the law.”（父親的話(huà)就是法律。）就說(shuō)明了必須聽(tīng)從父親的話(huà)，“listen to father/fathers”就是“聽(tīng)從父親的話(huà)”。

【8】句意：他們不得不一直走路。原文“He also missed having a car.”（他想念以前有一輛車(chē)），說(shuō)明現(xiàn)在出行是要走路了，“walk all the way”就是“一直走路”。

【9】句意：都有的活動(dòng)不得獨(dú)自一個(gè)人完成。原文“All the activities were done with the family rather than individually.”（所有的活動(dòng)都是和家人完成的，而不是單獨(dú)完成的。）說(shuō)明活動(dòng)不得是一個(gè)人單打獨(dú)斗的，即“can’t be done individually”。

【10】句意：但美國(guó)學(xué)�？梢耘囵B(yǎng)學(xué)生如何成為更好的公民。原文“maybe American schools are better in training their citizens.”（也許美國(guó)學(xué)校在培訓(xùn)公民方面更好。）說(shuō)明了美國(guó)學(xué)校在“訓(xùn)練，培訓(xùn)”（train）公民方面做得更好，故這里填“train”。