第19课（338字 2分钟）

Passage Nineteen

（K4 level）

1. Imagine a classroom missing one thing that’s long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing.

2. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper, nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.

3. A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to achieve.

4. Students don’t do any handwriting in this class.

5. Instead, they use palm-sized, or specially-designed computers.

6. The teacher downloads texts from internet libraries and sends them to every student’s personal computer.

7. Having computers also means that students can use the Web.

8. They can look up information on any subject they’re studying—from maths to social science.

9. High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan over one year ago.

10. She said that they could touch every side of the country through different sites—from the forest to refugee camps. She added that using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible.

11. And exams can go online, too.

12. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers.

13. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.

14. A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper.

15. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.

16. She said to think about the money and trees they could save with the computers.

17. But, with all this technology, there’s always the risk that the machines will break down.

18. So, in case of power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students.

生词表（New Words）

1.imagine 想象                      necessary 必不可少的 

2. critical 关键的 

3. paperless 无纸化               achieve 实现 

4. handwriting 手写 

5. specially-designed 专门设计的 

6. downloads 下载                 libraries 图书馆 

7. means 意味着 

8. information 信息 

9. describe 描述                     learn 学习                       sites 网站 

10. impossible 不可能的 

11. exams 考试 

12. grades 成绩 

13. records 记录                    electronic 电子的 

14. reducing 减少                  waste 浪费 

15. save 节省 

16. technology 技术              risk 风险                         machines 机器 

17. problems 问题 

18. textbooks 教材

1. 想象一下，有一个教室，缺少了一个长期以来被认为是阅读和写作必不可少的东西。

2. 教室里没有笔记本、教科书、试卷，也没有铅笔或钢笔，这些总是在关键时刻没墨水了。

3. “无纸化课堂”是越来越多学校正在努力实现的目标。

4. 学生们在这堂课上不进行手写。

5. 相反，他们使用的是掌中宝或专门设计的电脑。

6. 老师从网络图书馆下载文本，并把它们发送到每个学生的个人电脑上。

7. 拥有电脑还意味着学生可以使用网络。

8. 他们可以查找任何学科的信息，从数学到社会科学。

9. 美国佛罗里达州的高中教师Judy Herrell描述了她的班级如何利用网络了解一年前的阿富汗战争。

10. 她说，他们可以通过不同的网站了解这个国家的方方面面，从森林到难民营。她还表示，使用三四年前的书籍是不可能的。

11. 而且，考试也可以在线进行。

12. 在美国田纳西州的一所高中，学生们在自己的电脑上参加考试。

13. 老师将成绩记录在网络上，大家都可以看到，然后再复制到他自己的电子成绩册里。

14. 无纸化课堂是减少纸张浪费的重要一步。

15. 美国肯塔基州的高中教师Stephanie Sorrell说，她以前每周要发给每个学生大约900张纸。

16. 她表示，想一想如果使用电脑，我们能节省多少钱和树木。

17. 但是，随着科技的应用，机器总是有可能出现故障。

18. 因此，万一发生停电或技术问题，纸质教材依然广泛供这些高科技学生使用。