Using iPads to make learning fun④

辽宁 王秀凤

□语篇导读

人类社会进入了高度文明时代，高科技产品随处可见。高科技的发明给人类带来了更多的便利，在各个领域都得到了普遍的应用！上到老人，下至儿童，都会使用手机、电脑以及更小的iPad，这些产品让人们的学习、工作及生活更加快捷！你知道在教育领域使用iPad会使学习更加有趣、更加高效吗？

Paper,pencils,whiteboards,textbooks are the tools you need if you want to go to school.But recently,you can add another one to the list:an iPad.

Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos,but also being used to make learning fun.

Scientists now know that we will learn better when we are enjoying ourselves,so recently software developers have made iPad applications that look like video games,but have strong educational content.One of the best examples of this new form of teaching application is Futaba,a game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning(旋转的)object,and then identify what it is.The game can be used to teach English,math,foreign languages,or just about anything,and students love it.Teachers can even make their own questions.The important thing is that children enjoy the game,and don't even realize how much they are learning!

So the next time you have to choose between making your child study and letting them play a game,just remember—they could do both at the same time!

◆语块收藏

1.search the Internet网上搜索；上网

2.add another one to the list再增加一个到清单上

3.one of the best examples最好的例子之一

4.up to多达；直到；相当于

5.even make their own questions甚至提出他们自己的问题

◆典句赏析

1.Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos,but also being used to make learning fun.因为受欢迎的苹果平板电脑不仅对上网和看录像有用，而且它也正被用来使学习变得有趣。

(1)not only...,but(also)...意思是“不但……，而且……”，属于并列连词词组，可以连接句子中两个相同的成分。如果并列两个主语，谓语动词在人称和数的使用方面应采用“就近原则”。如果放于句首并列两个句子，则第一个句子要用倒装语序。

(2)use....to do sth.意思是“用……来做某事”；be used to do sth.“被用来做某事”；be used to doing sth.“习惯做某事”；be used by sb.“被某人使用”；be being used是现在进行时的被动语态，意为“正被使用”。

2.Scientists now know that we will learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.如今科学家们知道，当我们玩得开心的时候，我们会学得更好。

that引导的是宾语从句，其中又包含when引导的时间状语从句；enjoy oneself是固定词组搭配，意思是“过得快乐；玩得开心”。

3.So the next time you have to choose between making your child study and letting them play a game,just remember—they could do both at the same time!所以下一次你必须在让你的孩子学习和让他们玩游戏之间进行选择时，要记住他们能同时做两件事！

(1)make sb.do sth.意为“使某人做某事”，make是使役动词，后边的do sth.是省略了to的动词不定式短语，作宾语sb.的补足语。类似的动词还有let(让),have(叫)等。

(2)between...and...意思是“在……和……之间”，后接名词、代词或者动名词等。

◆理解自测

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择适当的答案。

1.What can be added to the school thing list according to the passage?

A.An ipad. B.An English textbook.

C.A pencil. D.A whiteboard.

2.What's the meaning of the underlined word“applications”in Chinese in this passage?

A.勤勉 B.应用 C.用功 D.目标

3.According to the passage______is a new educational application.

A.whiteboard B.textbook

C.Futaba D.a new outdoor activity

4.In the Futaba game______children can take part at a time.

A.seven B.nine C.three D.four

◆词句微练

根据所给汉语意思，完成下列英语句子。每空一词。

1.他不但游戏玩得好，而且学习也好。

____________does he play computer games well,____________he studies well.

2.邮票是用来寄信的。

Stamps____________to send letters./Stamps are used______sending letters.

3.老板让他的工人们每天工作15个小时。

The boss______his workers______15 hours every day.

4.我希望你们玩得高兴。

I hope you'll____________.