中口0309听力原文

Questions 23-26

Thank you Mr. Chairman for giving me the opportunity to speak at this parent teacher committee. I think in this country teachers in some secondary school are worried that their job may become impossible in the near future unless something can be done to restore school discipline in the classrooms. In the problem schools, some teenager students are so naughty and mischievous that they purposely disrupt lessons to such an extent that the teachers can no longer teach their class effectively. As the teacher loses the control of the pupils, the classroom becomes worse than a playground. And the lessons are anything but instructive or enjoyable. What has become of our children, you may ask, how could they behave in such a way? There may several reasons.

First, some people within the teachers’ unions think that the permissive nature of modern society is responsible. In our community, small children are continually encouraged to express their individuality without restriction. Naturally, when they grow older, they are reluctant to accept school discipline and possibly become even more rebellious.

Secondly, modern teaching techniques appear to stress personal enjoyments and individual pleasure at the expense of serious academic work. As a result, both teaching technique might instead teach the child to put his own selfish interest before his duties to the communities in which he lives.

Perhaps, this problem can be solved by improving facilities for the psychological guidance of these difficult children or by better cooperation between the school and parents. Since, the parents may be mainly responsible for the aggressive behaviors of their children. But some of us believe there ought to a return to more old fashioned or the so-called traditional methods. At present, in some schools, teachers may not even slap a child who misbehaves, but I personally feel that caning as kind of corporal punishment should be reintroduced and this might produced the desired results.

23. Who is this speaker addressing?

24. Which of the following is not held responsible for the behavior of difficult children in the speech?

25. What is the man attitude toward corporal punishment?

26. What inference can we draw from the man’s speech?