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海词积累

1.obsolete adj.淘汰的

2.resilient adj.有适应力的

3.prominence n.重要

4.enroll v.注册；登记

5.intervention n.介入；干预

6.dump sth on sb丢下；推卸

7.folly n.愚蠢；愚笨

8.prompt n.提示

9.panacea n.万灵药；万能之计

预读思考

1.With AItechnology developing， will teachers be obsolete？ Why？

2.Will there be panacea for teaching？What will it be？

“Books will soon beobsoletein schools，”Thomas Edison announced in 1913.They would， he believed， soon be replaced by silent films.Each new wave of information technology—radios， televisions， computers—has led to similar predictions.And each time，the old technologies of books，classrooms and teachers have proved startlingly（惊人地）resilient.

Like teachers，digital educational technology comes in many forms，from wonderful to shocking.But， used properly， it now deserves moreprominencein schools—especially in poor countries where human teachers are often ignorant，absent or both.

The UN's Millennium Development Goals included the ambition that by 2015 all the world's children would complete primary school.This has largely been achieved：nine out of ten children are nowenrolled.Alas，the figure is not as impressive as it sounds.Even though most of the world's children go to school，an awful lot of them learn pretty much nothing there.According to a recent World Bank study of seven sub-Saharan African countries，half of nine-year-olds cannot read a simple word and three-quarters cannot read a simple sentence.The reason is terrible teaching.The same study found that only 7%of teachers had the minimum knowledge needed to teach reading and writing effectively.When classrooms were inspected to see whether a teacher was present，half the time the answer was no.

Several recent studies suggest ed-tech can help.It seems to bring about bigger improvements in poor countries than in rich ones.In a study of a range of interventions in poor countries—including smaller class sizes， nutritional supplements and incentives（激励）for teachers and pupils—tech had the biggest effect.

Some of the scarce resources being spent on teachers could therefore be better spent on ed-tech．That does not mean dumping computers on schools in the hope that children will understand how to use them，a folly on which plenty of money has been wasted．Instead，it means providing schools with software that children can use with minimal help from an adult，that gets things right more often than the teachers do，that adjusts itself to the child's ability，that sends teacherspromptsabout what they are supposed to be teaching and that allows the authorities to check on whether the teacher is in the classroom．

Technology is nopanacea．Good traditional teachers are not obsolete，and are never likely to be．And authorities need to hold teachers to account．But ed-tech can help greatly—by monitoring pupils and teachers alike，assisting the best teachers and， most important， making up for the failings of the worst．

——From The Economist

文本探究

大数据应用方兴未艾，人工智能已悄然而至，在21世纪教育科技逐渐走进课堂的今天，老师是否会被淘汰呢？事实证明，并不会。但是教育科技的进步很大程度上可以帮助贫困地区的孩子们提升他们的教育质量。

探究视角1：篇章结构

本文是一篇说明文，篇章结构如下：

Structure Paragraph（s） Main idea（s）Introduction Para．1～2 Digital 1．_________technology should be used properly and widely in poor countries．Analysis of the problem Para．3～5●Students learn nothing because of terrible teaching．●Ed-tech 2．______poor countries to improve their education．●Provide schools with 3．______that children can use with minimal help from an adult and send prompts to teachers and allow authorities to check on teachers．4．_______Para．6 Ed-tech can 5．______to the improvements of the education in poor countries greatly．

探究视角2：语言学习

Ⅰ.文本填空

1．But， _________（use） properly， it now deserves more prominence in schools—especially in poor countries _______human teachers are often ignorant， absent or both．

2．When classrooms ________（inspect） to see_______a teacher was present，half the time the answer was no．

3.Some of the scarce resources_______（spend） on teachers could therefore be better spent on ed-tech.

4.Good traditional teachers are not obsolete，and are never _______（可能的）to be.

5.And authorities need to _______（使老师负责）.

Ⅱ.写作推荐

in the hope that...抱着……的希望

That does not mean dumping computers on schools in the hope that children will understand how to use them，a folly on which plenty of money has been wasted.这并不意味着把电脑堆放在学校，希望孩子们能够明白怎样使用它们，这是一种浪费大量金钱的愚蠢行为。

本句中in the hope that...中的that引导同位语从句，说明希望的内容。

【例句仿写】他又问了她一次，希望能说服她来。

参考译文

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托马斯·爱迪生在1913年宣称“在学校里书籍很快会被淘汰”，他相信他们很快会被无声电影替代。每一次新的信息技术潮流都引起相似的预测，例如收音机、电视和电脑。而每一次书籍、教室和教师，这些老技术已经证明了他们令人震惊的适应能力。

像老师一样，数字教育科技以多种形式出现，从令人赞叹的到令人吃惊的。但是如果恰当使用，现在数字教育科技在学校更加重要，尤其是在教师无学识的或匮乏的或兼有的贫穷国家。

联合国千年发展目标包括一项雄心勃勃的计划：到2015年，世界上所有适龄儿童都能够完成小学阶段的学习。这个目标大部分已经实现了：九成适龄儿童如今已经注册入学。可悲的是，这个数字并不像听上去那样令人赞叹。尽管世界上大多数适龄儿童都去了学校，但他们之中有很多人在那里几乎什么都没学到。根据世界银行最近针对撒哈拉沙漠以南地区七个非洲国家的一份研究，有一半的九岁孩子连一个简单的单词都不会念，四分之三的孩子读不懂简单的句子。造成这个现象的原因是糟糕的教学质量。同一份研究发现，仅仅百分之七的老师有需要用来教学生有效阅读和写作的最基本的知识。在检查教室看老师是否在场时，有一半的时间答案是否定的。

最近的几项研究表明教育科技可以帮助改善这种情况。相比于富有的国家来讲，教育科技似乎能为贫穷的国家带来更大的进步。在包括更小的班级规模、为教师学生提供营养补给品和激励措施等一系列干预措施中，教育科技效果最明显。

因此，一些原本被用在教师身上的稀缺资源可以被更好地用在教育科技上。这并不意味着把电脑堆放在学校，希望孩子们能够明白怎样使用它们，这是一种浪费大量金钱的愚蠢行为。而是意味着为学校提供软件，这种软件使孩子们可以在成年人尽可能少的帮助下使用它，这种软件比教师的准确率还高。它能够根据孩子的能力自行调整，能够给教师发送提示信息，告诉教师应该教些什么，并使得有关部门能够监控教师是否在教室里。

科技并非万能之计。传统的优秀教师并不会过时，也不可能过时。有关部门需要让教师肩负起责任。然而，教育科技可以帮大忙——通过监控学生和老师，帮助最优秀的教师，以及，最重要的是，弥补最差的老师的不足。