歷年考研英語閱讀理解1994年03

[00:06.02]1994 Passage3 [00:08.24]Exceptional children are different in some significant way [00:12.07]from others of the same age. [00:15.11]For these children to develop to their full adult potential, [00:18.74]their education must be adapted to those differences. [00:22.98]Although we focus on the needs of exceptional children, [00:27.10]we find ourselves describing their environment as well. [00:31.24]While the leading actor on the stage captures our attention, [00:34.96]we are aware of the importance of the supporting players [00:38.55]and the scenery of the play itself. [00:41.36]Both the family and the society [00:43.78]in which exceptional children live are often the key to [00:46.91]their growth and development. [00:49.13]And it is in the public schools [00:50.85]that we find the full expression of society's understanding [00:55.08]--the knowledge, hopes, and fears [00:57.50]that are passed on to the next generation. [01:00.93]Education in any society is a mirror of that society. [01:05.57]In that mirror we can see the strengths, [01:08.50]the weaknesses, the hopes, the prejudices, [01:11.89]and the central values of the culture itself. [01:16.02]The great interest in exceptional children shown [01:18.69]in public education over the past three decades [01:22.14]indicates the strong feeling [01:23.86]in our society that all citizens, [01:26.58]whatever their special conditions, [01:28.50]deserve the opportunity to fully develop their capabilities. [01:33.37]"All men are created equal." We've heard it many times, [01:38.01]but it still has important meaning for education [01:41.04]in a democratic society. [01:43.76]Although the phrase was used by this country's founders [01:46.78]to denote equality before the law, [01:49.40]it has also been interpreted to mean equality of opportunity. [01:54.75]That concept implies educational opportunity for all children [01:59.48]--the right of each child to receive help in learning to [02:02.98]the limits of his or her capacity, [02:06.22]whether that capacity be small or great. [02:10.65]Recent court decisions have confirmed the right of all children [02:15.18]--disabled or not--to an appropriate education, [02:18.91]and have ordered that public schools [02:20.73]take the necessary steps to provide that education. [02:25.48]In response, schools are modifying their programs, [02:29.00]adapting instruction to children who are exceptional, [02:32.94]to those who cannot profit substantially from regular programs.

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