吴建业

Topic: Usually boys and girls in China study together in one school. In recent years, however, there are more and more boys’ or girls’ schools that only accept students of the same sex. Which kind of schools, schools with both boys and girls or schools with all boys or girls, do you prefer? And why?

FOR

11. A lot of sick weird and disgusting things go on in same-sex “closed” workplaces and a school is a workplace. Co-ed environment is conducive to the healthy development of children both mentally and physically.

12. Schools should prepare children for life and the more the school emulates “real life” the better. The co-educational system makes children more socially adaptable.

13. The formative years of children are the best time to expose them to the company of the other gender, in order that they may learn each others’ behaviour and be better prepared for adult life. The number of subjects benefiting from single-sex discussion is so small that this could easily be organised within a co-educational system.

14. Boys do better in the classroom if girls are present to set them a good example.

15. Girls do better in single sex schools but boys are “brought on” by the more studious girls in a co-educational environment.

16. Separate education for women would inevitably be inferior to that of men. The only way of ensuring equality is to insist that women and men be educated together.

AGAINST

17. In segregated schools, boys and girls can fully develop themselves to their own interest and abilities. In boy schools, boys can enjoy many courses specially designed for them while it is the same with girls in girl schools.

18. Thousands of great men and women graduated from segregated schools. They are the product of girls-only or boys-only education.

19. The advantages of single-sex education for boys fall into three categories: 1) fewer distractions, 2) more diverse role models, and 3) custom-tailored and age-appropriate learning and instruction.

20. Both girls and boys do better in single-sex schools than they do in coeducational schools, the single-sex advantage is greater for the boys than it is for the girls.

21. Maintaining separate schools for males and females is only natural, considering presumed differences in their developmental needs and learning styles.

22. In addition to assumptions about female learning and relational styles, proponents of all-girls schools rely on social science to support the claim that segregation by sex fosters achievement in girls.

23. When girls and boys aged 12 to 17 are in the same class, all they do is to be affected by the presence of the opposite sex.

Words and expressions for the topic：

FOR

weird古怪的        disgusting令人厌恶的

is conducive to有助于      mentally精神上

physically身体上      emulate仿效、模仿

socially adaptable能适应社会的

the formative years形成性格时期

expose使受到、接触        company陪伴

set them a good example树立好的榜样

studious勤奋的、好学的

be inferior to劣于

ensuring equality确保平等

AGAINST

to their own interest and abilities依照自己的兴趣和能力    segregated schools男女分校

fall into分为    categories类别

distractions分心、干扰      role models榜样

custom-tailored定制的

age-appropriate适合年龄的

instruction教育   coeducational男女共校的

presumed假定的    assumptions假想

proponents 建议者

social science社会科学

claim  主张、声称

segregation by sex   按性别隔离

foster 培养

the presence of the opposite sex异性的存在