第19课（321字 2分钟）

Passage Nineteen

（K9 level）

1. Imagine a classroom missing something long regarded as essential for reading and writing.

2. There are no notebooks, textbooks, or test papers, nor are there any pencils or pens, which often run out of ink at critical moments.

3. More and more schools are working to create what is known as a “paperless classroom.”

4. In these classrooms, students no longer rely on handwriting.

5. Instead, they use handheld or specially-designed computers for all their tasks.

6. Teachers download reading materials from online libraries and distribute them directly to each student’s personal device.

7. Having access to computers also allows students to explore the internet.

8. They can research topics for any subject they are studying, whether it’s mathematics or social studies.

9. Judy Herrell, a high school teacher in Florida, shared how her class used the internet to study Afghanistan during the war more than a year ago.

10. She explained that students could explore every aspect of the country through various websites, from its forests to refugee camps, and said using outdated books was simply not an option.

11. Even exams can now be taken online.

12. At a high school in Tennessee, students complete their tests on personal computers.

13. The teacher records grades on a shared network for students to see and transfers them to an electronic grade book.

14. Transitioning to a paperless classroom significantly reduces paper waste.

15. Stephanie Sorrell, a high school teacher in Kentucky, mentioned she used to hand out approximately 900 sheets of paper to each student every week.

16. She pointed out the environmental and financial savings they could achieve by using computers.

17. However, with such reliance on technology, there is always the risk of technical failures.

18. Therefore, in case of power outages or system malfunctions, traditional paper textbooks are still available for these tech-savvy students.

生词表（New Words）

1. classroom 教室 essential 必需品  

2. critical 关键的  

3. schools 学校 paperless 无纸化  

4. handwriting 书写  

5. handheld 手持的 designed 设计的 computers 电脑  

6. teachers 教师 online 在线的 libraries 图书馆

distribute 分发  

7. access 使用 explore 探索 internet 互联网  

8. research 研究 subjects 科目 mathematics 数学

social studies 社会学科  

9. shared 分享 war 战争

10. students 学生 websites 网站 forests 森林

refugee camps 难民营 outdated 过时的  

11. exams 考试 online 在线  

12. personal 个人的 tests 测试  

13. records 记录 electronic 电子的

14. reduces 减少 waste 浪费

15. mentioned 提到 sheets 纸张  

16. environmental 环保的 financial 经济的

17. reliance 依赖  

18. traditional 传统的 available 可用的

1. 想象一个教室中缺少了一直被视为读写必需品的东西。

2. 教室里没有笔记本、课本或试卷，也没有那些总是在关键时刻没墨水的铅笔或钢笔。

3. 越来越多的学校正在努力创建所谓的“无纸化教室”。

4. 在这些教室里，学生不再依赖书写。

5. 取而代之的是，他们使用手持或专门设计的电脑完成所有任务。

6. 教师从在线图书馆下载阅读材料，并直接分发到每个学生的个人设备。

7. 使用电脑还让学生能够探索互联网。

8. 他们可以为任何学习的科目进行研究，无论是数学还是社会学科。

9. 佛罗里达州的一位高中教师朱迪·赫雷尔分享了她的班级如何利用互联网研究一年多前的阿富汗战争。

10. 她解释说，学生们可以通过各种网站探索这个国家的每一个方面，从森林到难民营，并表示使用过时的书籍根本不可行。

11. 即使是考试现在也可以在线完成。

12. 在田纳西州的一所高中，学生在个人电脑上完成他们的测试。

13. 教师将分数记录在一个共享网络上，供学生查看，并将其转移到电子成绩册中。

14. 转向无纸化教室显著减少了纸张浪费。

15. 肯塔基州的一位高中教师斯蒂芬妮·索雷尔提到，她以前每周给每个学生大约发放900张纸。

16. 她指出，使用电脑可以实现环保和经济上的节省。

17. 然而，依赖技术总是有技术故障的风险。

18. 因此，为了应对停电或系统故障，这些精通科技的学生仍然可以使用传统的纸质课本。