As children return to schools in Sweden, many of their teachers are paying more attention to some traditional skills. These include reading paper books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice. Teachers are spending less time on digital devices (数码设备), online research and typing skills.
The return to traditional ways of learning might be the answer to the question raised by experts. They have questioned the country’s dependence on electronic technology in education.
Lotta Edholm is the Swedish Minister for Schools. “Swedish students need more textbooks,” Edholm said in March. “Paper books are important to their learning.” Edholm said that the government planned to stop digital learning for children under the age of six.
Swedish students’ reading ability scores were higher than the European average (平均水平). But an international test on fourth-grade reading levels showed that the reading ability of Swedish children had decreased (降低) between 2016 and 2021.
The use of digital learning tools in schools also has drawn concern of the United Nations’ education and culture agency. In a report published last month, UNESCO encouraged countries to speed up the Internet connections at schools. But it also said that technology in education should be used in a proper way.
Online teaching is a highly debated (有争议的) subject across Europe and in other parts of the world. Poland, for example, just had a program to give a laptop (笔记本电脑) paid for by the government to each student starting from the fourth grade.
To improve Swedish students’ reading ability, the Swedish government will spend $64.7 million buying books for the country’s schools this year. Another $45.3 million will be spent yearly in 2024 and 2025 to speed up the return of textbooks to schools.
【小题1】What are many teachers in Sweden paying more attention to?| A．Typing skills. | B．Handwriting practice. | C．Digital devices. | D．Online research. |
| A．The traditional ways of learning. |
| B．The advantages of online teaching. |
| C．The dependence on electronic technology in education. |
| D．The importance of paper books to children’s learning. |
| A．Poland. | B．Britain. | C．America. | D．Sweden. |
| A．What the Swedish government will do to improve students’ reading ability. |
| B．What schools in Sweden will do to to make students learn better. |
| C．When the Swedish government will provide free textbooks for students. |
| D．How much money the Swedish government has spent on education. |
| A．The government planned to stop digital learning for children. |
| B．Swedish students’ reading ability had decreased between 2016 and 2021. |
| C．Countries should speed up the Internet connections at schools. |
| D．Sweden brings books and handwriting practice back to school. |
It’s three o’clock in the afternoon. The golden sunshine comes through the southern window of the main reading room of the Braille (盲文) Library of China (BLC), yet not a single reader can be seen.
This doesn’t mean the librarian is doing nothing. ________ She keeps an eye on We Chat while checking QQ for new messages, as well as being ready to answer the phone that might ring at any time. All calls and messages come from visually impaired (有视觉障碍的) people or their families.
Since it was set up in 1994, the BLC has been providing free mailing service for the visually impaired. They can just send messages or make phone calls to request the books they need and then wait at home for them to arrive. After finishing the books, they only need to stick a prepared address card to the mail bag that comes with the books and put it in the mailbox.
The service has helped many visually impaired people who want to learn at home. Cheng Donghao, a 22-year-old blind man, is one of the over 20, 000 people who directly benefit (获益) from it. Having been a member of the BLC for about 10 years, Cheng has borrowed Braille books since primary school. “Now, I am preparing for the 2022 college entrance exam and I want to learn traditional Chinese medicine in university,” he says.
“The best way of improving the lives of the visually impaired is to help them gain (获得) knowledge,” says Zhu Bing, head of the BLC.
根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】The writer tries to tell us ________ by describing the reading room of the BLC.
| A．it’s enjoyable to read in the library | B．there are few readers in the library |
| C．the library has a good environment | D．the view from the window is beautiful |
| A．Instead, she’s pretty busy. | B．Actually, she has to read to the readers. |
| C．She must show the readers where to sit. | D．She can take a short break from time to time. |
| A．Everyone can use the service. |
| B．It costs the readers a little money. |
| C．The readers can only borrow books by calling the library. |
| D．The readers don’t need to leave their home to borrow books. |
| A．A teacher. | B．A postman. | C．A doctor. | D．A writer. |
| A．readers can keep the books after they finish reading them |
| B．the BLC has a history of more than thirty years |
| C．Zhu Bing thinks reading is of little help to the visually impaired |
| D．Cheng Donghao began to read books of the BLC at primary school |
Do you still have any of these bad habits? Check yourself by answering “yes” or “no” to these questions.
（1）Do you move your lips(嘴唇) when reading silently?
（2）Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
（3）Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
（4）Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit.If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them,or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you won’t have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin(下巴)in one hand and hold your head still(静止不动的).
If you read no more than one or two three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance(一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
Even if you do rather fast now, you can learn to read even faster.As you probably have been
told, the fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance. Read in thought groups and force(强迫)your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. Anyone who practices doing these things will be able to read faster
【小题1】You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as（为了 ____.
| A．to tell others to be silent |
| B．to feel whether your lips move or not |
| C．to hold a piece of paper between them |
| D．to keep yourself from talking to others |
| A．don’t keep your head still |
| B．don’t hold your books with your hands |
| C．don’t stand up near a desk |
| D．don’t use your finger to point to words |
| A．you can read more in less time |
| B．you can write faster |
| C．you can understand better |
| D．you can read less in more time |
| A．remember | B．have | C．get rid of(消除) | D．keep |
| A．How to read rapidly |
| B．What to read |
| C．Reading rules |
| D．Ways to read less in more time |
First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. You will never feel bored or tired.
Next, you can read a book almost anywhere---in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become writers too. They always have more things to write about.
If you wish to become a good reader, here are four important points to remember about speed of reading:
Knowing why you are reading---what you are reading to find out---will often help you to know whether to read quickly or slowly.
Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are instructions for making or doing something, solving math problems, and science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important idea.
Some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are simple stories for enjoyment, letters from friends and news from local newspapers, which tell what was happening to friends and neighbors.
In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow or from slow to fast as you go along. You need to read certain pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.
【小题1】You can read a book ________.
| A．almost anywhere | B．when you are driving a car |
| C．only on a plane | D．only when you feel bored or tired |
| A．It is fun. | B．You can read almost anywhere. |
| C．It is out of date. | D．It can help you improve your computer skills. |
| A．how much time you have | B．where you do the reading |
| C．the writer of the book | D．what and why you are reading |
| A．an instruction book | B．letters from friends |
| C．a book full of math problems | D．a history book full of important information |
| A．How to be a good reader. | B．How to read books quickly. |
| C．How to have fun by reading. | D．How to choose your reading materials. |
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