Electronic books are making their way to schools

湖北宜昌天问国际学校 王 晶

听力扫障

1.electronic book电子书

2.online textbook电子教科书；线上教科书

3.public school公立学校

4.laptop computers笔记本电脑

5.a regular textbook普通的教科书

6.update the content更新内容

7.a printed textbook印刷课本

8.curriculum director教务主任

扫码听测

Ⅰ.信息匹配

一边听录音一边把下文所提供的有关内容进行匹配。需要匹配的内容是录音材料中的关键信息。

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

【小贴士】

本听力材料中人物较多，可以在测试前预读表格，采用速记的方式记住每个人物，记录时，只需记住人名的首字母即可，人物角色中的限定词可考虑省略。如：Luke Rosa→LR;Peter Noonan→PN；a student in Fairfax County→SFC；a history teacher→ST。

Ⅱ.听写练习

一边听录音一边阅读以下文字材料，这些文字材料不是录音的全部内容，而是以提纲、摘要、笔记、图表等形式再现的录音的主要内容，需要补全的内容一般是录音中的关键信息。注意每空一词。

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.

文本解说

本文是一篇说明文，说明了电子教材的优势、劣势、当前应用状况及前景。文章的语篇结构为：phenomenon→example→advantages and disadvantages→the present situation of the application and its future。电子教材的出现与流行有多方面的原因：相比于传统的纸质教材，电子教材便携、内容更新快、能在自己的账户下做学习笔记，并且能够满足差异化的阅读水平的需求。尽管电子教材受到了网络及电脑终端设备的制约，但作为新的教育手段和资源，电子教材依然会走近越来越多的师生。

在阅读时，应能够：

1.把握不同人物的角色；

2.把握不同人物的言论及其隐含的观点与态度，并按照正反观点对引述的话进行分类；

3.把握文章的宏观语篇结构。

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（负责人）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

表达人物身份的不同方式

一、使用陈述句

Luke Rosa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School.卢克·罗萨是Falls Church高中的一名历史老师。

二、使用同位语1.后置同位语

Peter Noonan，an assistant superintendent of schools，says with electronic textbooks， publishers can quickly update the content with the latest information.学校副院长彼得·努南说，有了电子教科书，出版商就可以用最新的信息快速更新内容。

2.并列的同位语

Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a printed textbook.社会研究老师迈克尔·班巴拉说，他在政府课堂上使用的电子书比印刷教材要好。

Curriculum Director Gladys Whitehead says an e-book test project is being planned.教务主任格拉迪斯·怀特黑德表示，一个电子书测试项目正在规划中。

三、使用定语从句（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.学校副院长彼得·努南说，有了电子教科书，出版商就可以用最新的信息快速更新内容。