Using iPads to make learning fun④

遼寧 王秀鳳

□語篇導讀

人類社會進入了高度文明時代，高科技產品隨處可見。高科技的發明給人類帶來了更多的便利，在各個領域都得到了普遍的應用！上到老人，下至兒童，都會使用手機、電腦以及更小的iPad，這些產品讓人們的學習、工作及生活更加快捷！你知道在教育領域使用iPad會使學習更加有趣、更加高效嗎？

Paper,pencils,whiteboards,textbooks are the tools you need if you want to go to school.But recently,you can add another one to the list:an iPad.

Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos,but also being used to make learning fun.

Scientists now know that we will learn better when we are enjoying ourselves,so recently software developers have made iPad applications that look like video games,but have strong educational content.One of the best examples of this new form of teaching application is Futaba,a game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning(旋轉的)object,and then identify what it is.The game can be used to teach English,math,foreign languages,or just about anything,and students love it.Teachers can even make their own questions.The important thing is that children enjoy the game,and don't even realize how much they are learning!

So the next time you have to choose between making your child study and letting them play a game,just remember—they could do both at the same time!

◆語塊收藏

1.search the Internet網上搜索；上網

2.add another one to the list再增加一個到清單上

3.one of the best examples最好的例子之一

4.up to多達；直到；相當于

5.even make their own questions甚至提出他們自己的問題

◆典句賞析

1.Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos,but also being used to make learning fun.因為受歡迎的蘋果平板電腦不僅對上網和看錄像有用，而且它也正被用來使學習變得有趣。

(1)not only...,but(also)...意思是“不但……，而且……”，屬于并列連詞詞組，可以連接句子中兩個相同的成分。如果并列兩個主語，謂語動詞在人稱和數的使用方面應采用“就近原則”。如果放于句首并列兩個句子，則第一個句子要用倒裝語序。

(2)use....to do sth.意思是“用……來做某事”；be used to do sth.“被用來做某事”；be used to doing sth.“習慣做某事”；be used by sb.“被某人使用”；be being used是現在進行時的被動語態，意為“正被使用”。

2.Scientists now know that we will learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.如今科學家們知道，當我們玩得開心的時候，我們會學得更好。

that引導的是賓語從句，其中又包含when引導的時間狀語從句；enjoy oneself是固定詞組搭配，意思是“過得快樂；玩得開心”。

3.So the next time you have to choose between making your child study and letting them play a game,just remember—they could do both at the same time!所以下一次你必須在讓你的孩子學習和讓他們玩游戲之間進行選擇時，要記住他們能同時做兩件事！

(1)make sb.do sth.意為“使某人做某事”，make是使役動詞，后邊的do sth.是省略了to的動詞不定式短語，作賓語sb.的補足語。類似的動詞還有let(讓),have(叫)等。

(2)between...and...意思是“在……和……之間”，后接名詞、代詞或者動名詞等。

◆理解自測

根據短文內容，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇適當的答案。

1.What can be added to the school thing list according to the passage?

A.An ipad. B.An English textbook.

C.A pencil. D.A whiteboard.

2.What's the meaning of the underlined word“applications”in Chinese in this passage?

A.勤勉 B.應用 C.用功 D.目標

3.According to the passage______is a new educational application.

A.whiteboard B.textbook

C.Futaba D.a new outdoor activity

4.In the Futaba game______children can take part at a time.

A.seven B.nine C.three D.four

◆詞句微練

根據所給漢語意思，完成下列英語句子。每空一詞。

1.他不但游戲玩得好，而且學習也好。

____________does he play computer games well,____________he studies well.

2.郵票是用來寄信的。

Stamps____________to send letters./Stamps are used______sending letters.

3.老板讓他的工人們每天工作15個小時。

The boss______his workers______15 hours every day.

4.我希望你們玩得高興。

I hope you'll____________.