American schools are very enthusiastic1 about teaching "life skills"- logical thinking, analysis2, and creative ways to solve problems. The most important part of the lessons is the process, which trains the child to handle whatever life presents, including the future. Actual content3 of the lessons is secondary. Both teacher and student regard4 pure memorization as uncreative and somewhat vulgar5.

　　例句：You don't seem very enthusiastic about the party-don't you want to go tonight?

　　你似乎不太热衷于这个聚会--难道今晚你不想去吗？

　　2.analysis: n. the act of separating the whole to parts insgroupsto be understood easily分析

　　例句：His analysis of international situations was so marvelous that all the audience applauded warmly.

　　他对国际形式的分析令人惊讶，所有的听众都对他报以热烈的掌声。

　　3.content: n. the ideas that are contained in a piece of writing, a speech or a film内容

　　例句：We must try to enrich the content of education.

　　我们必须努力地丰富教育的内容。

　　4.regard: v. consider or think of把……看作……，认为…….如何

　　例句：He regarded her as a little sister but she thought he was her boyfriend .

　　他拿她当小妹妹看，但她却把他看作男朋友。

　　5.vulgar: adj. indecent; tasteless粗俗的,庸俗的

　　例句：Showing off one's wealth is a vulgar deed.

　　炫耀财富是庸俗的行为。

　　Exercise: Why do people of the West frown on memorization when the Chinese emphasize on it？

　　Clues to the answer: uncreative, simple