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A Technological Revolution in Education 教育界的科技革命 Para. 1 A human being transported from the year 1900 to our time would recognize much of what goes on in today?s classrooms—the prevalent lecturing, the emphasis on drill, and the materials and activities ranging from the basic reader to the weekly spelling tests. With the possible exception of the church, few institutions have changed as little as those charged w ith the formal education of the next generation. Para. 1 如果让生活在 1900 年的人来到我们这个时代，他会辨认出我们当前课堂里发生的许多事情 —— 那盛行的讲座、 对操练的强调、从基础读本到每周的拼写测试在内的教学材料和教学活动。 可能除了教堂以外，很少有机构像主管下一代 正规教育的学校那样缺乏变化了。 Para. 2 Contrast this continuity with children?s experiences outside the school walls. In modern society children have acc ess to a range of media that would have seemed like a miracle in an earlier era. The visitor from the past, who would readily recognize today?s classroom, would have trouble relating to the out -of-school world of a 10-year-old today. 让我们把上述一贯性与校园外孩子们的经历作一番比较吧。 在现代社会，孩子们有机会接触广泛的媒体，而在早些年代这 些媒体简直就是奇迹。 来自过去的参观者一眼就能辨认出现在的课堂，但很难适应现今一个 10 岁孩子的校外世界。 Para. 3 Schools—if not education generally— are inherently conservative institutions. In large measure, I would defend this conservative tendency. But changes in our world are so rapid and so decisive that it will not be possible for schools to remain as they are or to simply introduce a few superficial improvements. Indeed, if schools do not change rapidly and radically, they are likely to be replaced by other more flexible institutions. 学校 —— 如果不是一般意义上的教育界 —— 天生是保守的机构。 我会在很大程度上为这种保守的趋势辩护。 但变化在我们 的世界中是如此迅速而明确，学校不可能维持现状或仅仅做一些表面的改善而生存下去。 的确，如果学校不迅速、彻底地 变革，就有可能被其他较灵活的机构取代。 Para. 4 The Transforming Power of Computers 计算机的变革力 Para. 5 The most important technological event of our time is the rise of the computer. Computers already permeate many aspects of our lives, from transportation and telecommunications to entertainment. Scarcely ignorant of these trends, many schools now have computers and networking capacity.