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1、Unit1Passage1IbeganlearningSpanishwhenIwasinhighschool,usingatraditionalacademicmethodofstudyingverbs,sentencestructures,andgrammarbyusingtextbooksandnotmuchelse.Ifounditveryeasytolearn,butwasfrustratedwiththeslowpaceandrepetitivenatureofallmySpanishclasses.SoIworkedextrahardinmysparetimeandas
2、kedmyteacherifIcouldskipalevelbytheendofthesemester.Thiswasunsuccessful,however,becausetheschoolwasnotwillingtotestmeorotherwiseprovethatIcouldbesuccessfulinthetoplevelafterskippingalevel.Thismadethingsevenmorefrustrating,asthenIwasstuckinaclasswhereIalreadyknewthematerial!ThenIwentontocollege
3、whereIthenusedthelanguageextensivelybothinandoutoftheclassroom.IstudiedSpanishliterature,culture,andlinguisticsandverymuchenjoyedtheculturalandlinguisticelements,butfoundthein-depthstudyofliteratureaveryunbalancedwaytostudySpanish.IgotalotoutofusingmySpanishoutsideoftheclassroom,includingatrip
4、toMexicowithachurchgroup,whereIfoundmyselfactingasaninterpreter.Itwascertainlychallenging,butitwasalsoalotoffun.IthenalsovolunteeredtobeaninterpreterinthecommunityschoolsandalsousedmySpanishtoteachEnglishtosomeSpanishspeakers.ThisisprobablywhereIlearnedthemost!Passage2Haveyoueverheardofhomesch
5、ooling?Itisalegalchoiceforparentsinmostcountriestoprovidetheirchildrenwithalearningenvironmentasan1)alternativetopublicorprivateschoolsoutsidethehome.Parentscite2)numerousreasonsforhomeschoolingtheirchildren.ThethreereasonsthatareselectedbythemajorityofparentsintheUnitedStatesaretheconcernabou
6、tthe3)traditionalschoolenvironment,thelackofreligiousormoralinstruction,andthedissatisfactionwiththe4)academicinstructionatpublicandprivateschools.Homeschoolingmayalsobeafactorinthechoiceofparentingstyle.Homeschoolingcanbeachoiceforfamilieslivinginisolated5)countrysideorlivingbrieflyabroad.Als
7、omanyyoung6)athletesandactorsaretaughtathome.Homeschoolersoften7)takeadvantageofeducationalopportunitiesatmuseums,libraries,communitycenters,athleticclubs,after-schoolprograms,churches,parks,andothercommunityresources.8)Secondaryschooll
