Electronic books are making their way to schools

湖北宜昌天問國際學校 王 晶

聽力掃障

1.electronic book電子書

2.online textbook電子教科書；線上教科書

3.public school公立學校

4.laptop computers筆記本電腦

5.a regular textbook普通的教科書

6.update the content更新內容

7.a printed textbook印刷課本

8.curriculum director教務主任

掃碼聽測

Ⅰ.信息匹配

一邊聽錄音一邊把下文所提供的有關內容進行匹配。需要匹配的內容是錄音材料中的關鍵信息。

1.Luke Rosa 2.Peter Noonan A.a student in Fairfax County B.a social studies teacher 3.Michael Bambara C.a history teacher 4.Stephen Castillo 5.Gladys Whitehead D.a curriculum director E.an assistant superintendent

【小貼士】

本聽力材料中人物較多，可以在測試前預讀表格，采用速記的方式記住每個人物，記錄時，只需記住人名的首字母即可，人物角色中的限定詞可考慮省略。如：Luke Rosa→LR;Peter Noonan→PN；a student in Fairfax County→SFC；a history teacher→ST。

Ⅱ.聽寫練習

一邊聽錄音一邊閱讀以下文字材料，這些文字材料不是錄音的全部內容，而是以提綱、摘要、筆記、圖表等形式再現的錄音的主要內容，需要補全的內容一般是錄音中的關鍵信息。注意每空一詞。

1.Electronic books have changed the way many people read for___________.

2.Last year， ___________schools in Fairfax County used digital books.This school year， middle schools and high schools changed from___________to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.

3.Peter Noonan thinks publishers can quickly update the___________with the latest information with electronic textbooks.

4.Melanie Reuter thinks it's more___________to carry a electronic book around.

5.Maria Stephany dislikes an online textbook because the Internet sometimes doesn't___________.

6.In Prince George's County___________percent of students have computer access at home.

文本解說

本文是一篇說明文，說明了電子教材的優勢、劣勢、當前應用狀況及前景。文章的語篇結構為：phenomenon→example→advantages and disadvantages→the present situation of the application and its future。電子教材的出現與流行有多方面的原因：相比于傳統的紙質教材，電子教材便攜、內容更新快、能在自己的賬戶下做學習筆記，并且能夠滿足差異化的閱讀水平的需求。盡管電子教材受到了網絡及電腦終端設備的制約，但作為新的教育手段和資源，電子教材依然會走近越來越多的師生。

在閱讀時，應能夠：

1.把握不同人物的角色；

2.把握不同人物的言論及其隱含的觀點與態度，并按照正反觀點對引述的話進行分類；

3.把握文章的宏觀語篇結構。

Electronic bookshave changed the way many people read for pleasure.Nowonline textbooksare changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.

More than 175，000 students attend thepublicschools in Fairfax County， Virginia，outside Washington.Last year，the school system used digital books in fifteen schools.This school year，middle schools and high schools changed from printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.Luke Rosa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School.His students work on schoollaptop computers.He explains the idea to them this way.

Luke Rosa:“I mean，it's just likea regular textbook， except it's got it all online.”

Peter Noonan，an assistant superintendent（負責人）of schools，says with electronic textbooks，publishers can quickly update the content with the latest information.

Peter Noonan:“The world's changing consistently.And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that are happening.”

Digital books also cost less than printed textbooks，he says.

Peter Noonan:“Usually it's in the neighborhood of between fifty and seventy dollars to buy a textbook for each student，which adds up to roughly eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County.We actually have purchased all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”

So what do students think?

Melanie Reuter:“I don't have to carry a textbook around， so that's nice.”

Maria Stephany:“I don't like it because the Internet sometimes， it's like， doesn't work.”

Brian Tran:“You can highlight your work.You can leave notes on your work and it'll all be saved onto your account.It's a lot better than a regular textbook.”

Social studies teacher Michael Bambarasays the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a printed textbook.He likes the way it has materials for students with different levels of reading skills.

Michael Bambara:“Particularly this book，that I use in government has differentiated reading levels.So a person can individualize their learning and I can individualize their instruction.”

But the students also need access to the Internet when they are not at school.About ten percent of students in Fairfax County do not have a computer or online access at home.Stephen Castillo is one of them.

Stephen Castillo: “Pretty much I go to，like， the library， I guess，or go to a friend's house.”

Public libraries in the county have free Internet.There are also after-school computer labs as well as computer clubhouses supported by the county.Middle school student Slieman Hakim is happy about that.He says his family shares a single computer at home.

Slieman Hakim:“All of my family works on a computer，my sister and me both do our homework on it.So I come here to do my homework.It's good.”

Other school systems in the area are also considering online textbooks.In Prince George's County， Maryland， a survey showed that sixty percent of students have computer access at home.Curriculum Director Gladys Whitehead says an e-book test project is being planned.

Language Study

表達人物身份的不同方式

一、使用陳述句

Luke Rosa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School.盧克·羅薩是Falls Church高中的一名歷史老師。

二、使用同位語1.后置同位語

Peter Noonan，an assistant superintendent of schools，says with electronic textbooks， publishers can quickly update the content with the latest information.學校副院長彼得·努南說，有了電子教科書，出版商就可以用最新的信息快速更新內容。

2.并列的同位語

Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a printed textbook.社會研究老師邁克爾·班巴拉說，他在政府課堂上使用的電子書比印刷教材要好。

Curriculum Director Gladys Whitehead says an e-book test project is being planned.教務主任格拉迪斯·懷特黑德表示，一個電子書測試項目正在規劃中。

三、使用定語從句（拓展）

Peter Noonan， who is an assistant superintendent of schools， says with electronic textbooks，publishers can quickly update the content with the latest information.學校副院長彼得·努南說，有了電子教科書，出版商就可以用最新的信息快速更新內容。