第二十四期 (5/7)-英语听力

[00:00.29]There was once a time, a long time ago, when children had a different way of life. [00:07.37]Back during this point in history, the only thing that children needed to learn [00:12.15]was how to cope with the environment around them. [00:15.61]They had to learn physical survival skills such as being alert around moving objects [00:21.54]and drawing back when they met something unsafe. [00:25.19]They didn't need to attend schools because they could learn everything from the school of experience. [00:31.92]The experience of their daily lives gave them enough education to survive during that less complex period. [00:39.64]School was not necessary for them to learn other skills [00:43.67]because their parents would teach them all they needed to know about capturing their food and plowing the earth. [00:50.88]Learning the basic survival skills of how to feed oneself [00:53.97]and grow food was the only thing most people needed to learn during that time period. [00:59.90]Slowly, however, life became more complex, [01:04.13]and people found the need to communicate with people in distant places. [01:08.59]The world was expanding, and people needed to interact with people outside of their little town [01:13.96]or village for business or for personal reasons. [01:18.03]Then, it became important that children learn to read and write. [01:22.19]When money became the form of buying and selling, they needed to learn how to count and calculate. [01:28.76]These things were fundamental for children to know in order to survive in this more complicated world. [01:35.62]And because these skills could not be learned from first-hand experience, [01:39.91]schools became necessary to teach them these skills. [01:43.65]Children were taught what are now called the three Rs, reading, writing, and arithmetic.