第43课（247字2分钟）

Passage Forty-three

（K9 level）

1. The most challenging task for Shaun Rogers, a university student, is opening the classroom door on his own.

2. Shaun cannot manage this without assistance because he is only six years old.

3. He is the youngest person ever to enroll at Rochester University in New York.

4. Shaun started reading at the age of two, and by five, he had read numerous books and even finished writing his first book.

5. Shaun mentioned that he has a passion for learning, and he considers the scientist Albert Einstein his hero because Einstein never combed his hair or wore socks.

6. Shaun’s mother first noticed that her son was different when he often cried at playschool, bored by the children's simple games.

7. She began teaching him at home after discovering that local schools were unprepared for children who learn at Shaun’s accelerated pace.

8. Currently, Shaun is studying geography at university and using the Internet to complete his high school education.

9. However, some experts caution that excessive study might hinder a child's normal development.

10. Dr. Brain Wood argued that, regardless of a child's intelligence, six-year-olds should be playing with their peers.

11. Mrs. Rogers disagreed with the idea that all of her son's time was consumed by schoolwork.

12. Mrs. Rogers clarified that Shaun enjoys playing the violin and has many outdoor hobbies, like camping, fishing, and swimming, just like other boys his age.

生词表（New Words）

1. challenging 挑战性的 task 任务    student 学生

2. manage 管理    without 没有    assistance 帮助

3. enroll 报名    youngest 最年轻的

4. started 开始    reading 阅读    finished 完成   

writing 写

5.mentioned 提到    passion 热爱 hero 英雄

scientist 科学家

6. noticed 注意到    different 不同的 bored 无聊的

7. began 开始 teaching 教 discovering 发现   

unprepared 没有准备的

8. studying 学习    complete 完成

9. caution 警告    hinder 阻碍    development 发展

10. argued 认为    should 应该    playing 玩

11. disagreed 不同意    consumed 占据

12. clarified 澄清    enjoys 喜欢    hobbies 爱好   

swimming 游泳

1. 对于大学生肖恩·罗杰斯来说，最具挑战性的任务是独自打开教室的门。

2. 肖恩不能在没有帮助的情况下做到这一点，因为他只有六岁。

3. 他是历史上最年轻的学生，曾经在纽约的罗切斯特大学就读。

4. 肖恩两岁就开始阅读，到了五岁，他已经读了许多书，并且完成了写第一本书的任务。

5. 肖恩提到，他非常热爱学习，并且把科学家阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦视为自己的英雄，因为爱因斯坦从不梳头发，也不穿袜子。

6. 肖恩的母亲第一次注意到儿子与众不同，是因为他常常在托儿所哭泣，因孩子们简单的游戏而感到无聊。

7. 她在发现当地学校无法满足像肖恩这样学习进度超快的孩子需求后，开始在家教他。

8. 目前，肖恩在大学学习地理，并通过互联网完成高中学业。

9. 然而，一些专家警告说，过度学习可能会妨碍孩子正常的发展。

10. 布莱恩·伍德博士认为，无论孩子有多聪明，六岁的孩子都应该和同龄人一起玩耍。

11. 罗杰斯夫人不同意认为她儿子所有时间都被学业占据的说法。

12. 罗杰斯夫人澄清说，肖恩喜欢小提琴，并且有很多户外爱好，比如露营、钓鱼和游泳，就像其他同龄的男孩一样。