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It is hard to convince them that they are still making progress toward fluency and that their English is certain to improve, given time and dedication.
很難讓學生們相信：他們仍在朝著流利的目標前進，而且只要花上時間和精力，他們的英語一定會有所提高。
In such circumstances it is hardly surprising that some give up in disgust,
在這種情況下，有些學生厭惡地放棄了學習并不出人意表，
while others still wait hopefully for the teacher to give them the same confident guidance he was able to offer them at first.
而另外一些學生則仍然滿懷希望地等待著老師像最初那樣給他們以充滿自信的指導。
The teacher, for his part, frequently reduced to trying to explain the inexplicable, may take refuge in quoting proverbs to his colleagues such as:
就教師來說，由于經常被迫設法去解釋一些無法解釋的東西，他們就可能對同事們引用一些諺語來聊以自慰，如：
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink,"
“引馬河邊易，逼馬飲水難?！?/div>
or, more respectfully if less grammatically: "It ain't what you say. It's the way that you say it."
或者引用一句雖不太合乎語法卻比較尊重學生的話：“重要的不在于你說什么，而在于你怎么說?！?/div>
His students might feel inclined to counter these with: "The more I learn, the less I know."
對這些話，學生們也許很想反駁說：“我學得越多，懂得越少。”
Of course this is not true.
當然，這話并不正確。
What both students and teachers are experiencing is the recognition
因為不管是學生還是老師，他們現在都經歷著這樣一個認識過程，
that the more complex structures one encounters in a language are not as vital to making oneself understood and so have a less immediate field of application.
即我們在某種語言中所碰到的比較復雜的結構，對于表達自己的意思來說并不是那么不可或缺，因此它們的應用范圍也就不那么直接。
For the same reason, from the teacher’s point of view, selecting what should be taught becomes a more difficult task.
由于同樣的原因，以教師的觀點來看，選擇適當的教材就成了一項更為困難的任務。
It is much easier to get food of any kind than to choose the dish you would most like to eat on a given day from a vast menu.
比起在某個特定的日子從一份豐盛的菜單中選出你最想吃的一道菜來，隨便準備點吃的東西畢竟要容易得多。
Defining the problem is easier than providing the solution.
把問題講清楚是容易的，而要提出解決辦法可就難了。
One can suggest that students should spend two or three years in an English-speaking country, which amounts to washing one's hands of them.
有人可能會建議讓學生到一個講英語的國家去住兩三年，這等于把他們甩掉，不再管他們，
Few students have the time or the money to do that.
因為有時間或有錢出國的學生為數并不多。
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| refuge | ['refju:dʒ] |
想一想再看 n. 避難(處), 庇護(所) |
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| complex | ['kɔmpleks] |
想一想再看 adj. 復雜的，復合的，合成的 |
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| application | [.æpli'keiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 應用; 申請; 專心 |
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| recognition | [.rekəg'niʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 認出，承認，感知，知識 |
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| convince | [kən'vins] |
想一想再看 vt. 使確信，使信服，說服 |
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| confident | ['kɔnfidənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 自信的，有信心的，有把握的 |
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| certain | ['sə:tn] |
想一想再看 adj. 確定的，必然的，特定的 |
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| counter | ['kauntə] |
想一想再看 n. 計算器，計算者，柜臺 |
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| immediate | [i'mi:djət] |
想一想再看 adj. 立即的，即刻的，直接的，最接近的 |
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| vital | ['vaitl] |
想一想再看 adj. 至關重要的，生死攸關的，有活力的，致命的 |
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