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Some people say, if kids didn't have to go to school, they'd all be out in the streets.
有些人說，如果孩子們不用上學，他們就會閑散在大街上。
My reply is "No, they wouldn't."
我的回復是“不，他們不會。”
First, even if school stayed just the way they are, children would spend at least some time there, because that's where they'd be likely to find friends.
首先，即使學校保持原樣，孩子們至少會在那里呆上一段時間，因為在那里他們可能會找到朋友。
Second, schools wouldn't stay the way they are.
其次，學校不會保持原來的樣子。
They'd get better, because we would have to start making them what they ought to be right now.
學校會變得更好，因為我們必須開始讓學校成為現在應該成為的樣子。
Last, if we stirred up our brains and gave children a little help, those who did not want to go to school could find other things to do—things many children now do during their holidays.
最后，如果我們喚醒我們的大腦，給孩子一點幫助，那么那些不想上學的人可以找到其他的事情去做——現在許多孩子在假期做的事情。
There's something easier we could do.
還有更簡單的方法。
We need to get kids out of the school buildings, give them a chance to learn about the world at first hand.
我們需要讓孩子們走出校舍，讓他們有機會親自了解世界。
In Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, plans are being drawn up for public schools that won’t have any school buildings at all.
在費城，以及俄勒岡州的波特蘭市，公立學校正在計劃不再建任何校舍。
That will take the students out into the city and help them to use it and its people as a resource.
這將使學生走出校園走進城市，幫助學生把城市和城市里的人當作一種資源。
In other words, students perhaps in groups, perhaps independently, will go to libraries, museums, exhibitions, courtrooms, radio and TV stations, meetings, businesses, and laboratories to learn about their world and society at first hand.
換句話說，學生們可能以小組的形式，也可能是個人形式，去圖書館、博物館、展覽、法庭、電臺和電視臺、會議、企業和實驗室，了解世界和社會的第一手資料。
A small private school in Washington is already doing this. It makes sense. We need more of it.
華盛頓的一所小型私立學校已經在這樣做了。這是有意義的。我們需要更多。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.請根據你剛剛聽到的文章回答問題19至問題21。Question 19. What are some people worried about according to the speaker?
問題19：作者提到有些人擔心什么？
Question 20. What does the speaker think we could do for kids who dislike school?
問題20：作者認為我們能為不喜歡學校的孩子做些什么？
Question 21. What does the speaker say is the easier thing we could do?
問題21：作者認為我們能做的更簡單的事情是什么？
