英文阅读增强美国数学和科学教育的运动英文阅读增强美国数学和科学教育的运动听力练习ObamaUrgesEffortstoEnhanceMath,ScienceEducationTheWhiteHousehaslaunchedacampaigntoimprovemathandscienceeducationintheUnitedStates.PresidentBarackObamasaystheprivatesectoriscomingthroughwithtalentandmoneytosupportthecause.AstudentexperimentinroboticswasfrontandcenterattheWhiteHouse.Themetalcontraptionbuiltbytwoteenagerscaughtandthrewaball.PresidentObamasaidthedemonstrationwasheldtounderscoretheimportanceofscienceandmatheducation."Itgoesbeyondthefactsinabiologytextbookorthequestionsonanalgebraquiz,"saidPresidentObama."Itisabouttheabilitytounderstandourworld,toharnessandtrainthathumancapacitytosolveproblemsandthinkcritically-asetofskillsthatinformsthedecisionswemakethroughoutourlives."Earlierthisyear,thepresidentchallengedtheprivatesectortojoinwithgovernmentinanationwideefforttobooststudentachievementinscienceandmathematics.Hesaidcorporations,universities,non-profitorganizations,andprofessionalassociationsrepresentingmillionsofscientists,engineersandteachershaveembracedthecall."Theinitialcommitmentoftheprivatesectortothiscampaignismorethan$260million,"saidMr.Obama."Andweonlyexpectthecampaigntogrow."Themoneywillbeusedtoreachchildrenofallages.Therewillbeextraresourcesforteachersandevenanewseriesoftelevisionprogramsforpreschoolers.PresidentObamawillbedirectlyinvolvedinoneaspectofthecampaign-aWhiteHousesciencefairthatwillshowcasetopstudentexperimentsfromacrossthecountry.Hesaidtheseyounginnovatorsdeservethesameacclaimasschoolsportschampions."IfyouwintheNCAA[NationalCollegiateAthleticAssociation]championshipsyoucometotheWhiteHouse,"saidPresidentObama."Well,ifyouareayoungpersonandproducethebestexperimentordesign,thebesthardwareorsoftware,yououghttoberecognizedfortheachievement,too."ThepresidentcalledforagreateremphasisonmathandscienceeducationinaspeechtotheNationalAcademyofSciencesinApril.HesaidstudentsfrommanyothercountriesareoutperformingtheUnitedStates,emphasizinghisgoalis