英语四级作文 对作业的不同看法

 　　Different Opinions on Homework

　　The conflict over what or how much homework should be comes partly from the fact that people can’t seem to agree on the purpose of homework.

　　What do teachers think? Some teachers think that homework is necessary to reinforce¹ what is learned² in school. And so they ask their students to memorize what was discussed in class through homework. Some teachers think the point of homework is to cover material that the class didn’t

　　have time to get to, so their homework is to let students learn additional³ things. Other teachers like homework simply because they want students to form work habits and still others believe homework is necessary because it is the best way for parents to learn what their children do in school.

　　Parent’s opinions? But many parents seem to have different ideas. Elissa Cohen, who has twins at Lafayette Elementary School, doesn’t like the fact that the third-grade students in elementary schools are asked to write about 25 book summaries a year. "They do the same thing over and over without

　　really getting into altertnate ways of thinking about books and thinking about reading and writing."

　　Experts’ opinions? Some education reformers, such as Howard Gardner, a Harvard University professor, well-known for his theory on multiple⁴ intelligence, think that Cohen is on the right track.

　　But it is often hard to persuade overworked teachers to give much thought to homework tasks.

　　对作业的不同看法

　　关于应该留什么样的作业或者留多少作业的争论，部分源自于人们似乎无法就作业的目的达成一致这一事实。

　　老师们怎么想呢?有些老师认为需要作业来巩固在学校中学到的知识，所以他们让学生通过作业记住课堂讨论。有些老师认为作业的意义在于覆盖那些课堂上无暇涉及的

　　知识，所以他们留的作业是让学生学习额外的知识。  另外有些老师喜欢留作业就是因为他们想让学生形成工作的习惯，还有一些老师相信有必要留作业是因为这是让家长了

　　解孩子在校学习情况的最佳途径。  ：

　　家长的意见呢?但好多家长似乎对此有着不同看法。依莉萨·科恩有一对双胞胎在雷菲特小学读书，她就不喜欢小学三年级的学生被要求一年完成大约25篇读书总结。“他们重复做着同样的事情，而并没有真正把思考书本与思考阅读和写作的方法结合起来。”

　　专家的意见呢?有些教育改革家，例如以多重智力理论著称的哈佛大学教授霍华德，加德纳，认为科恩的想法完全正确。

　　但是通常很难说服那些过度辛劳的老师们去仔细思考家庭作业的问题。

1 reinforce   

vt.增强，加强，增援

参考例句：

• Your positive response will reinforce her actions.你积极的回应会使她的行为更加坚定。
• We should reinforce the river embankment before the wet season.雨季前夕，我们要加固河坝。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。

4 multiple   

adj.多个(或多项、多种)的；n.（数）倍数

参考例句：

• The number 8 is a multiple of 4.八是四的倍数。
• The most common multiple births are twins,two babies born at the same time.最常见的多胎是双胞胎，两个婴儿同时出生。