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核心考点 核心考点 核心考点 课前预习 精品阅读 核心考点 核心考点 -*- 话题2语言学习 -*- A B 语篇导读:当作者和儿子来到美国的新泽西州时,曾被儿子的幼儿园老师教训了一顿,但作者仍然认为儿子不应该只学英语而忘掉母语。懂两门语言让儿子在以后的日子里受益匪浅。 About 30 years ago,I left Cuba for the United States with my son.After getting settled finally in Brunswick,New Jersey,I enrolled (注册) my son in kindergarten.Several weeks later,my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at his office. In the teacher’s office,an exchange of greetings was followed by his questions:“Is your son mentally retarded (弱智的)?Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?” -*- A B Was he talking about my wonderful Scola?No,no,it can’t be.What a helpless,lonely moment!I told him that Scola was a quiet,sweet little boy,instead.I asked him why he was asking me all these questions. My son could not follow the teacher’s directions,he told me,and thus,Scola was disrupting the class.Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet? He was angry:“Why hasn’t your son been taught to speak English?Don’t you speak English at home?” -*- A B No,I didn’t speak English at home,I replied.I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months,and I didn’t want him to forget his native language.Well,wrong answer!What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all times?“Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country,never wanting to be a part of this society?” Needless to say,I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people.”Then he told me the meeting was over,and I left. -*- A B chool year was over.He went on to graduate from college and got a job,earning close to six figures.He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted,contented life.And he has benefited from being bilingual (双语的). Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others;it teaches people about other cultures and other places—something very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey. -*- A B 1.The teacher asked the author to his office . A.to discuss Scola’s in-class performance B.to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten C.to find a language partner for Scola D.to work out a study plan for Scola | 
