辽东学院大学英语课程教案 新视野大学英语 读写教程 第三版 1 Unit6 Section A To work or not to work — That is the question 1 There are numerous and reliable ways by which one can measure the impact of employment on student achievement, and we used several in our research. We compared the grades of students who work a great deal with those who work in limited amounts or not at all. We also contrasted workers with non-workers, on different indicators of their commitment to education. Additionally, we followed students overtime as they increased or decreased their work hours, and we assessed how different patterns of employment altered school performance and engagement. 打工还是不打工— — 这是个问题 1 要衡量工作经历对学生成就的影响有许多可靠的方法。在我们的研究中，我们采用了几种方法。 我们比较了打很多工的学生和打工时间有限或者根本不打工的学生的学习成绩。 我们也对比了打工学生和不打工学生在学习投入程度方面的不同指征。 另外，我们长期跟踪学生，了解他们在打工时间增加或减少时的表现。而且，我们还评估了不同的打工模式如何改变学习成绩和学习参与度。 1 To work or not to work — That is the question (Title) Meaning: Should students work or not work? That is an important question, which requires careful consideration. Note: The title is a reference to a quote from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” For Hamlet it was a life-or-death question. Here the author means that “to work or not to work” is also an important question. For another example: Quantity or quality, that is the question. 是重数量还是重质量，这是个问题。 2 There are numerous and reliable ways by which one can measure the impact of employment on student achievement, and we used several in our research. (Para. 1) Meaning: There are many reliable...
