教育的不同功能

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教育能拓展思想，開闊視野；教育是發現我是誰，發現生命的意義，發現我可以在我的生命中做什么，發現我希望創造一個怎樣的世界……

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Education isn't simply about achieving a“higher state of knowledge”; it's about equipping students with the tools they need to go out into the world and shape it for themselves.

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Schools cover many topics, and as you continue through our programs, more and more subjects open up to you. With all the possible topics available for students to learn, anyone can find their passion and do what they truly love!

Getting an education not only means learning skills like reading and writing, but also means gaining exposure to abstract concepts like teamwork, critical thinking and creativity. When you combine these two knowledge areas, you become an individual who is more likely to live a greater life than a less educated peer.

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Education brings up many environmental topics to students and encourages them to think about the ecosystems around them. Today this is becoming the most important issue to be aware of and education allows us to consume more responsibly and take action for the care of our planet.

Creative Philanthropy will introduce tools that cover environmental issues and what a student can do to improve their environmental impact at their schools and in their lives.

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Education's role in promoting world peace is no less important! Research shows that countries with secondary school enrollment rates (入學率) that are 10% above the international average have a 3% lower rate of engaging in a war. 4 And this holds true for all regions of the world, whether developed or developing. Uneducated people, on the other hand,are more likely to be persuaded by hate speech and be violent towards others.

5 If one extra year of school can

Reading Check

Fill in each blank with a proper sentence with the following sentences.

A. Education is a pretty investment.

B. Education is a step toward world peace.

C. Education reduces violence completely.

D. Education makes the world greener.

E. Education lets people take on responsibility.

F. Here is a list of how education could improve the world.

G. It has been shown that educated people are less likely to be violent.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence

With all the possible topics available for produce such concrete benefits, what will the world be like when universal education becomes a reality?students to learn, anyone can find their passion and do what they truly love! 有了所有可能的話題供同學們學習，任何人都可以找到他們所熱愛的東西，做他們真正喜歡的事情！

【點石成金】本句運用了with復合結構，其結構為“with+名詞+形容詞+to do”，在句中補充說明背景情況，充當狀語，在本句中充當條件狀語。

Ⅱ. Useful expressions

equip sb with sth 給某人配備某物

gain exposure to 暴露于……

bring up 提出

be aware of 意識到

take action 采取行動

promote world peace 促進世界和平

engage in 參與

on the other hand 另一方面

主題應用·語庫構建

Ⅰ. 熱詞積累

1. 教育意義

escape poverty-stricken lives 擺脫貧困生活

eliminate gender inequities 消除性別不平等

promote world peace 促進世界和平

foster global citizenship 培養全球公民

boost students' achievements 提高學生的成績

provide an education for... 為……提供教育

stimulate economic growth 拉動經濟增長

rise out of poverty 擺脫貧困

earn a living 謀生

take down barriers 拆除障礙物

be more tolerant to differences 更能包容差異

find your passion 找到你的激情

show leadership 展示領導能力

learn to socialize 學習進行社交活動

connect with the rest of the world 與世界其他地方建立聯系

bring people with similar interests together 把有相似興趣的人聚集在一起

improve child protection system 完善兒童保護制度

increase school attendance rates 提高學校的出勤率

increase the enrollment rate of children 提高兒童的入學率

2. 個人提升

develop students' problem-solving skills 培養學生解決問題的能力

shoulder responsibilities 承擔責任

accelerate progress 加快進步

discover passions 發現熱愛所在

gain skills and abilities 獲得技術和能力

broaden the mind 開闊眼界

change outlook 改變看法

put these skills into action 將技能付諸行動

critical thinking 批判性思維

learn important social skills 學習重要的社交技能

innovative and effective solutions 創新和有效的解決方案

learning experience 學習經驗

3. 其他

a well-educated mind 受過良好教育的人

a bachelor's degree 學士學位

educator 教育者

primary-aged children 小學入學適齡兒童

distance learning 遠程教育

honor roll 榮譽榜

secondary school 中學

be out of school 輟學

job-training 職業培訓

a non-profit organization 非營利性組織

provide undergraduate education 提供本科教育

teaching assistant 助教

tuition 學費

post-university 大學后的

Ⅱ. 美句背誦

學無止境

1. Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. 師傅領進門，修行靠個人。

2. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.Learn as if you were to live forever. 如同明日將死那樣生活，如同永遠不死那樣求知。

3. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. 無聊的解藥是好奇心，而好奇心卻是無藥可解。

4. Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read. 要掌握書，莫被書掌握；要為生而讀，莫為讀而生。

5. Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. 教育是一個逐步發現自己的無知的過程。

6. Mistakes are an essential part of education. 從錯誤中吸取教訓是教育極為重要的一部分。

教育的重要性

1. Education is the foundation of national development in the long run. 百年大計， 教育為本。

2. Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. 與其不受教育，不如不生，因為無知是不幸的根源。

3. Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. 所謂教育，就是一個人在忘掉學校所學后剩下的東西。

4. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. 教師的最高藝術是喚醒創造性表達和知識中的樂趣。

教育意義

1. If you are planning for a year, sow rice;if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.一年之計，莫如樹谷；十年之計，莫如樹木；百年之計，莫如樹人。

2. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. 教育的全部目的是把鏡子變成窗戶。

3. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. 教育的作用是教一個人如何深入思考和批判性思考。

4. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. 智慧加上個性，那才是真正教育的目標。

5. The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. 教育的目的在于能讓青年人畢生進行自我教育。

6. Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. 教育不是注滿一桶水，而是點燃一把火。

7. Example is always more efficacious than precept. 身教勝于言教。

8. Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 讀書使人充實，談話使人敏捷，寫作使人嚴謹。

9. Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study. 天然的能力猶如天然的植物，需要通過學習來精心修剪。

10. In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.我們并不是通過教育努力教會青年人謀生，而是教會他們創造生活。

11. The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live. 教育的主要目的不是獲取事實，而是要學會如何使事實具有生命力。

12. Histories make men wise; poets, witty;the mathematics,subtle;natural philosophy,deep;moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.讀史使人明智，讀詩使人靈秀，數學使人周密，自然哲學使人深刻，倫理學使人莊重，邏輯修辭之學使人善辯。

教育變革

1. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. 教育是你可以用來改變世界最強大的武器。

2. An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. 對知識投資，收益最佳。

3. The highest result of education is tolerance. 教育的最高成果是寬容。

4. The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. 學習的

美妙之處在于，沒有人能從你身上拿走它。

5. When you educate one person you can change a life; when you educate many you can change the world. 當你教育一個人時， 你可以改變一個人的生活；當你教育許多人時，你可以改變這個世界。

6. Education connects you with the stories,theories and accomplishments of faraway cultures and generations. It offers you a body of knowledge greater than you can ever gain on your own in one lifetime. 教育將你與遙遠的文化和世世代代的故事、理論和成就聯系起來，它為你提供了比你一生中所能獲得的更多的知識。

7. Education opens a window to thought leaders near and far throughout history, and lets you understand the world in a deeper, more complex way. 教育為歷史上遠近的思想領袖打開了一扇窗，讓你以一種更深刻、更復雜的方式理解這個世界。

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