美語情景對話 第1271期:Should teachers correct grammar? 老師應該糾正語法嗎?

Mike: Hi, I'm Mike from Singapore and this is ....

邁克：嗨，我是邁克，來自新加坡，這位是……

MJ: MJ from Korea.

MJ：我是MJ，來自韓國。

Mike: OK, MJ, let's talk about mistakes. Should teachers correct students grammar mistakes?

邁克：好，MJ，我們來談談錯誤。老師應該糾正學生的語法錯誤嗎？

MJ: Yes, I think so, cause as a foreigner my English grammar is not perfect and I got a lot of corrections from American or Western teachers that I now can write a pretty good English essay.

MJ：我認爲應該，因爲我是外國人，我的英語語法並不是很好，美國老師或來自西方國家的老師糾正了我的很多錯誤，所以我現在才能寫出優秀的英語作文。

Mike: Really.

邁克：真的嗎？

MJ: What do you think Mike?

MJ：邁克，你的想法是什麼？

Mike: I think, well if it's English class, probably yes, because we have to learn to write better, but if it is ... let's say for example, in our school, if it's class or international relations, then probably not that important. The reason is because ... well the teacher wouldn't want to do it anyway. Imagine, right, you have a hundred papers. Not only you want to mark about ... give them points on the topic and, you know, any good points that are brought up in the report. And now you have to do grammar mistakes marking for them as well. It's too much work.

邁克：我認爲，如果是英語課那可能應該糾正語法，因爲我們要學習並改進自己的寫作，但是如果……以我們學校爲例，如果是國際關係之類的課程，那可能語法並不是那麼重要。因爲老師也不想糾正語法。想象一下，有100份試卷要評分。你不只要對他們就主題闡述的論點進行判分，對報告中提到的好的觀點進行評價。還要爲他們糾正語法錯誤。那工作量太大了。

MJ: Too much work.

MJ：工作量的確很大。

Mike: Right. It depends on what class you're in.

邁克：對。我認爲這取決於課程。

MJ: Yeah, I think so.

MJ：嗯，我同意。

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例句：Great men have often risen from poverty--Lincoln and Edison, for example.
大人物常常出身貧寒，例如林肯和愛迪生。
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例句：He told me that he would bring up the point at the next meeting.
他告訴我他將在下次會議上提出這一點。
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