电子教材让学生告别沉甸甸的书包

王晶

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

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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 A.a student in Fairfax County 2.Peter Noonan B.a social studies teacher 3.Michael Bambara C.a history teacher 4.Stephen Castillo D.a curriculum director 5.Gladys Whitehead 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 its more ___________ to carry a electronic book around.

5.Maria Stephany dislikes an online textbook because the Internet sometimes doesnt ___________.

6.In Prince Georges County ___________ percent of students have computer access at home.

本文是一篇說明文，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 books have changed the way many people read for pleasure. Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.

More than 175，000 students attend the public schools 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 school laptop computers. He explains the idea to them this way.

Luke Rosa： “I mean， its just like a regular textbook， except its 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 worlds 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 its 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 dont have to carry a textbook around， so thats nice.”

Maria Stephany： “I dont like it because the Internet sometimes， its like， doesnt work.”

Brian Tran： “You can highlight your work. You can leave notes on your work and itll all be saved onto your account. Its a lot better than a regular textbook.”

Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says 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 friends 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. Its good.”

Other school systems in the area are also considering online textbooks. In Prince Georges 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.