Unit15LearningSometimesthebestwayforstudentstolearnisn'tfromateacher—it'sfromanotherstudent.AnewlearningprogrampairsstudentshavingdifficultyinreadingatHandleyHighSchoolwithstrugglingreadersatQuarlesElementarySchooltohelpthemimprovetheirreadingandwritingskillswhileworkingtogether.“Itbuildstheirconfidencereadingwithotherstudents，”saidJessicaCavalier,areadingexpertatHandley.“There'sanunderstandingbetweentheolderandyoungerstudentsbecausetheybothstruggle.”EightstudentsfromHandleybeganvisitingQuarlestwiceaweektoworkwithstrugglingfourthgraders.Thefourthgraderstakingpartintheprogramwerepickedbytheirteachersandreadingexpertsattheschool.For30minutes,thestudentsreadtogetherinQuarles'library,workingwiththesame“readingbuddy(朋友)”eachweek.“They'rebuildingrelationships，”saidCavalier.“We'reseeingsomeprogress.”Handleyfreshman(新生)NoemiLopezsaideachweekshepickedbooksshethinksherreadingbuddy,EmilyGomez,wouldlike.“Weliketoreadtogether，”shesaid,addingthatshehasseenEmily'sreadingskillsimproveoverthepastfewmonths.EmilysaidshelikesreadingwithNoemibecause“shemakesmelaughbytellingjokes.”TheideatopairstrugglingreadersfromsuchdifferentgradelevelswasdevelopedbyCavalierandQuarlesPrincipalJoanieHovatter.“It'spositive，”Hovattersaidabouttheprogram.“It'speertopeer.It'sallaboutreading.They'recomfortablewitheachother.It'sproductive.They'reinvolved(参与),andthey'relearning.Thesekidsareteaching.”Section_ⅠWarmup__&_Lesson_1_—_PrereadingTheImportanceofLifelongLearningNowadays,moreandmore①peopleofvariousagesandbackgroundsarecontinuingtostudytoimprovethemselves.Here'swhattheyhavetosayabouttheirlifelonglearningexperience.Sun_Wen_—_28_years_old“It'snevertoolateto②learn.”ThatwastheadviceIgotafterIfailedmycollegeentranceexam.NowI'mabouttograduatefrom③theSchoolofContinuingEducationatQinghuaUniversitywithaBachelor'sDegreeinComputerEngineeringbydistancelearning.Becauseofmynewqualification④，I'mgettingpromoted⑤atwork.Inthepast,ifsomeonelikemehadfailedtogetintouniversity⑥throughthecollegeexam,hewouldhavehadnochanceofgetting⑦adegree.Butit'sdifferentnow.Idecidedtogivemyselfasecondchancebystudyingforadegreeintheeveningsandonweekendswhilekeepingasecure⑧fulltimejob.Franklyspeaking⑨，thelastfouryearshavebeenhardwork,butit'sbeenworth○it！①moreandmore越来越多的“the＋比较级，the＋比较级”越……越……②too...to...太……而不能……never/nottoo...to...表示肯定意义。③graduatefrom从……(学校)毕业beabouttodosth.即将做某事(不能与表将来的时间状语连用)④qualificationn．资格，资历qualifyv．取得资格；达到标准⑤getpromoted得到晋升⑥本句是if引导的虚拟条件句，表示对过去的虚拟。⑦havenochanceofdoing...没有机会做……⑧secure[sI'kjʊ]əadj.稳定的；无忧无虑的⑨franklyspeaking坦率地说frankly['frækli]ŋadv.坦率地，真诚地○worthprep.值得终身学习的重要性[第1～3段译文]现在，越来越多不同年龄、不同背景的人在不断地学习以提高自己。这里是他们对自己终身学习经历的描述。孙文——28岁“学习永远都不会太晚。”这是我在高考失败后得到的忠告。现在我即将从清华大学的继续教育学院毕业，通过远程教育课程获得计算机工程专业的学士学位。因为我拥有的新资历，我将在工作上得以晋升。过去，像我这样没能通过高考而进入大学的人是没有机会获得学位的。但是现在不同了。我决定再给自己一次机会，在保持一份稳定的全职工作的同时，利用晚上和周末的时间学习以取得学位。坦白地说，过去这4年过得很艰难，但是值得！Ms_Tang_—_45_years_oldThreemonthsago,whenmymanage...
