中阶教育|第67集：女校或男校，学习效果会更好么？

音频一：

in your experience, do girls do better academically and later professionally in single sex schools? Yes, I think they do better academically.  And you can measure that very crudely from the examination results. I also think they do better academically because they have more opportunities to take the leading role in discussions and managerial responsibilities. Well, I think within the classroom, she is going to have full opportunity to express her own opinions.

音频二：

Are teenagers in particular do you think sheltered too much from contact of the opposite sex? They encounter boys all the time socially out of school, and through debating societies and things like that.

重点词汇：

1.academically/,ækə'demɪkəlɪ/  adv. 学术上地

2.single sex school   同性学校 

3.crudely /'kru:dli/  adv. 严格地

4.managerial responsibilities  管理责任

5.be sheltered from   被保护     shelter 原义为保护，提供庇护

6.opposite sex   异性

7.debating society 辩论社团

跟读训练：

一、

in your experience, do girls do better academically and later professionally in single sex schools?  

在你的经验里，女生在女校里，学业会更好，并且其后表现更专业么？

Yes, I think they do better academically.

是的，我认为她们的学业更出色。

And you can measure that very crudely from the examination results.

（并且）你可以从考试结果中严格的测量出来。

I also think they do better academically because they have more opportunities to take the leading role in discussions and managerial responsibilities.

我认为她们学业更出色，是因为她们有更多机会在讨论及管理责任中，扮演领导角色。

Well, I think within the classroom, she is going to have full opportunity to express her own opinions.

恩，我认为在教室里，她有足够机会表达自己的观点。

二、

Are teenagers in particular do you think sheltered too much from contact of the opposite sex?

你是否认为，尤其是年轻人，被过分的保护在了与异性的联系之外？

They encounter boys all the time socially out of school, and through debating societies and things like that.

通过辩论社团以及类似的渠道，她们在校外社交的所有时间都可以遇到男生。

背景拓展：

回顾一下今日所学，作者认为，女生在女校里，学业表现更好they do better academically

因为她们有更多机会担任领导角色they have more opportunities to take the leading role以及完整机会表达个人观点full opportunity to express her own opinions.另外，女生也有足够机会在校外和异性接触They encounter boys all the time。

现代教育研究认为，男女在成长阶段有大量不同点，所以，重新建立了大量男校与女校。世界上有很多知名的单一性别学校，例如，英国最著名的贵族中学，伊顿公学(Eton College)由亨利六世于15世纪创立。伊顿以“精英摇篮”、“绅士文化”闻名世界，诗人雪莱、英国王子威廉和哈里从这里毕业。伊顿公学每年250名左右的毕业生中， 70%进入世界名校。又比如，男子学校哈罗公学(Harrow School)也很知名。在美国，知名女子学院的代表就是威尔斯利学院（Wellesley College），为美国七姐妹学院之一，著名女诗人冰心，蒋介石夫人宋美龄，美国前国务卿奥尔布赖特都是这里的学生。

歌曲:  1.《Cant Hold Us Down》by Christina Aguilera 

          2.《Suspirium》by Thom Yorke