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大学英语四级段落信息匹配题解题技巧一．题型介绍2013年12月大学英语四级改革后，题型有局部变化。
原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇章长度和难度不变。
篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。
每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。
有的段落可能对应两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。
四级考试需要各位同学做的是，大家需要去看十个左右的段落，然后去匹配十个信息点。
但是到六级当中，我们的难度就要增加了，我们见到的情况是六级当中变成了15个段落，去匹配十个信息点。
阅读题里出现的段落信息匹配题占10%的分值。
整个阅读部分占总分值的35%，考试时间只有forty minutes，建议大家在段落信息匹配题当中花去的时间千万不要超过15分钟，所以整体上看做阅读时需要注意一个很重要的问题：严控时间。
但总体来看，不管题型怎么变，其实学习方法没变，还是仍旧需要大家提高阅读的能力，比如说读文章的时候，是不是直接拿英语读，如果读快速阅读的时候，还是拿中文边翻译边读的话，会发现阅读速度一直会比较慢，所以那么长的文章很难找到细节，所以大家一定要养成拿英语直接阅读的这样一种习惯，这样才能保证我们的阅读真正速度又快又准。
每一年考四六级的考生中，都会有很多考生因为时间不够、题做不完而折戟沉沙，而几乎全国考生都会在一个阅读这个模块超时大量的时间，而且由于我们的精度得分确实太大，因为20%的精读只有10道题，一道题占2%乘以710分，一道精读题目的分数就达到了14.2分将近15分。
分值太大导致各位同同学容易在这个地方花去大量时间，但是你要明白这个部分的时间花的再久也只有20%，你完全没有理由因为20%去损失另外一个10%，而且你还不能确定你这20%是否可以得到一个非常好的成绩，所以提醒大家：掌控时间非常重要，每一个环节限时来做，而现在做题的时候就必须要控制时间。
从样卷看，此次涉和改革题目的特点是：1、做题时间10~15分钟（整体阅读包括选词填空、匹配和精度，共计40分钟）；2、四级样卷显示需要将10道题目信息配对到9个段落中；3、六级样卷显示需要将10道题目信息配对到15个段落中；4、考试说明提到，某段可能被用到两次，而某段可能完全不被涉和。
2020年9月大学英语四级考试真题及答案（第1套）听力答案：1.A) Ship traffic in the Atlantic.2.D) They may be affecting the world’s climate.3.C) To call for a permanent security guard.4.A) It had already taken strong action.5.B) The road was blocked.6.D) A track hit a barrier and overturned.7.B) It was a hard task to removing the spilled substance.8.A) She wanted to save for a new phone.9.D) They are less aware of the value of their money.10.B) More non-essential things.11.C) It may lead to excessive spending.12.C) He had a problem with the furniture delivered.13.B) Describe the furniture he received.14.A) Correct their mistake.15. с) She apologized to the man once more.16. B) Tidying up one's home.17. A) Things that make one happy.18. C) It received an incredibly large number of donated books.19. A) Give free meals to the homeless.120. D) Follow his example.21. C) Sending him had-made bags.22. A) To solve word search puzzles.23. B) They could no longer concentrate on their task.24. C) A reduction in the amount of sleep.25. C) Realize the disruptive effects of technology.PART I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on online dictionaries. You can start your essay with the sentence "O nline dictionaries arebecoming increasingly popular. " You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.参考范文：With the growing popularity of smart phones and the high coverage rate of wireless network, online dictionaries are becoming increasingly popular for students in daily study. It seems to be a trend that online dictionaries would replace paper ones. However, just as the saying goes, “different strokes for different folks.”Some students are more prone to use online dictionaries and have two points to support it. First, online dictionaries are more portable, and make it possible to look up any new words that we met anytime and anywhere only via a small phone in our hands. Second, we can improve both written and oral skills, as online dictionaries allow us to hear the native pronunciation of each word clearly. Whereas others hold differently. They are still in favor of use print ones. For one thing, paper dictionaries can protect our eyesight better than online ones as digital devices may emit radiation if we watch the electronic screen for a long time. For another, using the print dictionary can prevent us from being distracted by reminders of irrelevant information.As far as I’m concerned, although the content of paper dictionaries is authoritative, its lexicon is not updated as quickly as online ones. After all, we live in an informationage and can have access to many hot words on the Internet every day.【选词填空第1套】26. H integrate27. B coincidence28. A associated29. L recognizable30. I maximizes31. N stressful32. K principal33. J natural34. M simply35. O symbolized【信息匹配第1套】Doctor’s orders: Let children just play36. H 段落第一句段落第一句 Another playtime thief37. E 段落第一句段落第一句 The trends have been a long time coming.38. L 段落第一句段落第一句 Play may not be a hard sell to kids.39.G 段落第一句段落第一句 Predictions aren’t the only ones who have noticed.40. D段落第一句段落第一句 “play is not silly behavior,”41. I 段落第一句段落第一句 “I respect that parents have busy lives and it’s easy to hand a child a iPhone”42.C 段落第一句段落第一句 The advice, issued Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics43. K 段落第一句 Yogman also worries about the pressures that squeeze playtime for more affluent kids.44. F 段落第一句段落第一句 By 200945. B 段落第一句段落第一句 “This may seem old-fashioned, but there are skills to be leaned when kids aren’t told what to do”【仔细阅读第1套】Text 1 ：Diets46.What does the author say may have an adverse impact on people?A.Under going plastic surgeries in pursuit of beauty.B.Imitating the life styles of heroes and role models.C.Striving to achieve perfection regardless of financial cost.D.Attempting to meet society’s expectation of appearance47.What have researchers found out about people’ s earnings?A.They are closely related to people’s social status.B.They have to do with people’s body weight and shapeC.They seem to matter much less to men than to womenD.They may not be equal to people’s contributions48.What does the author’ s recent study focus on?A.Previous literature on indicators of competitiveness in the work place.B.Traits that matter most in one’s pursuit of success in the labor market.C.Whether self-perception of body image impacts one’s work place successD.How bosses’ perception of body image impacts employees’ advancement.49.What is the finding of the author’s recent research?A.Being over weight actually does not do much harm to the overall well-being of employees.B.People are not adversely affected in the workplace by false self-perception ofbody weightC.Self-esteem helps to combat gender in equality in the work place.D.Gender in equality continues to frustrate a lot of female employees.50.What does the author think would help improve the condition in the labor market?A.Banning discrimination on the bass of employees’ body imageB.Expanding protection of women against gender discrimination.C.Helping employees change their own perception of beauty.D.Excluding body shape as a category in the labor contract.答案：46.D 47.B 48.C 49.B 50.AText 2 ：Work-life balance51.What does the author suggest by saying"The work-life balance is dead”?A.the hope of achieving a thriving life is impossible to realize.B.the pursuit of a fulfilling career involves personal sacrificeC.the imbalance between work and life simply doesn’t exist anymore.D.the concept of work-life balance contributes little to a fulfilling life.52. What does the author say about our use of language?A. it impacts how we think and behave.B.it changes with the passage of time..C. it reflects how we communicate.D. it differs from person to person.53.What does the author say we do in an ideal world?A.we do work that betters the lives of our families and friends.B. we do work that gives us bursts of joy each new day.C. we do meaningful work that contributes to society.D. we do demanding work that brings our capacity into full play.54. What does the author say about life?A. it is cyclicalB.it is dynamicC.it is fulfillingD. it is risky.55. what does the author advise us to do?A.make life as simple as possibleB.talk about balance in simpler termsC. balance life and work in a new wayD.strive for a more fulfilling life.答案：51. D 52. A 53. C 54. B55. D 翻译茅台茅台(Moutai)(Moutai)(Moutai)是中国最有名的白酒，在新中国成立前夕，被选为国宴用酒。
大学英语四级考试中信息匹配题的特点和解题技巧一、大学英语四级考试题型变化由国家教育部高等教育司主办的大学英语四、六级考试是当前比较权威的考试，它能够准确、全面、客观地衡量在校大学生英语综合应用能力。
为了更好地满足新发展形势下国家和社会对人才的需求，大学英语四、六级考试改革也在稳步推进。
2013年12月，全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会对四级的题型、分值等进行了大刀阔斧的改革：考试成绩采用满分710分的计分法；对取得的成绩不设及格线；颁发的合格证也调整成为成绩报告单。
考试内容、形式、分值也有很大变动(见下表1、2)，其中快速阅读题型转变为信息匹配题。
信息匹配题的文章和原快速阅读文章相比，长度和难度不变，但是文后的题型由原来的7道单选题和三道填空题转变成10道信息匹配题。
所谓信息匹配题，就是文章后附10个句子题干，每句题干所包含的信息都是出自文章某一段落，要求考生从文中找出与每句题干所含信息相匹配的段落。
虽然文章的长度和难度没有太多变化，但是这种新题型对考生的理解和分析能力还是提出了新的要求。
为了帮助学生更好地应对这种信息匹配题型，笔者分析该题型特点，辅以真题举例，最后给出解题技巧和备考策略。
二、信息匹配题特点分析信息匹配题型分值占卷面总分10%，文章大约长1200字，要求考生15分钟内读完，并能找出与文后10道题干所包含信息相对应的段落。
它具有如下特点：表1 原大学英语四级考试题型1.题目无序信息匹配题打破了题文同序的原则，因此传统的从文章开头到结尾“逐一解题”的阅读技巧和解题思路在信息匹配题型中完全行不通。
考生要花费大量时间和脑力，通篇理解全文的前提下，才能把握文章主旨，从而正确定位。
2.一题可以两选四级考试中题干大于段落数，意味着有很多的干扰项，题目要求中也明确提醒说：“You may choose a paragraph more than once.”即有些段落可能对应两题，而另一些段落也许完全不被涉及。
大学英语四级段落信息匹配题解题技巧一．题型介绍2013年12月大学英语四级改革后，题型有局部变化。
原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇章长度和难度不变。
篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。
每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。
有的段落可能对应两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。
四级考试需要各位同学做的是，大家需要去看十个左右的段落，然后去匹配十个信息点。
但是到六级当中，我们的难度就要增加了，我们见到的情况是六级当中变成了15个段落，去匹配十个信息点。
阅读题里出现的段落信息匹配题占10%的分值。
整个阅读部分占总分值的35%，考试时间只有forty minutes，建议大家在段落信息匹配题当中花去的时间千万不要超过15分钟，所以整体上看做阅读时需要注意一个很重要的问题：严控时间。
但总体来看，不管题型怎么变，其实学习方法没变，还是仍旧需要大家提高阅读的能力，比如说读文章的时候，是不是直接拿英语读，如果读快速阅读的时候，还是拿中文边翻译边读的话，会发现阅读速度一直会比较慢，所以那么长的文章很难找到细节，所以大家一定要养成拿英语直接阅读的这样一种习惯，这样才能保证我们的阅读真正速度又快又准。
每一年考四六级的考生中，都会有很多考生因为时间不够、题做不完而折戟沉沙，而几乎全国考生都会在一个阅读这个模块超时大量的时间，而且由于我们的精度得分确实太大，因为20%的精读只有10道题，一道题占2%乘以710分，一道精读题目的分数就达到了14.2分将近15分。
分值太大导致各位同同学容易在这个地方花去大量时间，但是你要明白这个部分的时间花的再久也只有20%，你完全没有理由因为20%去损失另外一个10%，而且你还不能确定你这20%是否可以得到一个非常好的成绩，所以提醒大家：掌控时间非常重要，每一个环节限时来做，而现在做题的时候就必须要控制时间。
从样卷看，此次涉及改革题目的特点是：1、做题时间10~15分钟（整体阅读包括选词填空、匹配和精度，共计40分钟）；2、四级样卷显示需要将10道题目信息配对到9个段落中；3、六级样卷显示需要将10道题目信息配对到15个段落中；4、考试说明提到，某段可能被用到两次，而某段可能完全不被涉及。
四级匹配题通常是指大学英语四级考试中的一种题型，也称为信息匹配题或段落匹配题。
这种题型要求考生从文章中找出与题目中给出的细节信息相匹配的段落，并选择正确的答案。
匹配题的常见问题类型包括：
1. 细节信息匹配题：这种题目要求考生从文章中找出与题目中给出的细节信息相匹配的段落。
2. 主旨大意匹配题：这种题目要求考生从文章中找出与题目中给出的主旨大意相匹配的段落。
3. 词汇解释匹配题：这种题目要求考生从文章中找出与题目中给出的词汇相匹配的解释或定义。
为了做好匹配题，考生需要掌握一定的阅读技巧和解题方法。
例如，考生需要快速浏览文章，了解文章的主旨大意和结构，同时注意寻找与题目中给出的细节信息或词汇相匹配的词汇或短语。
在选择答案时，考生需要注意排除与文章内容不符或与题目要求不符的选项，选择最符合文章内容和题目要求的答案。
总之，四级匹配题是大学英语四级考试中的一种重要题型，考生需要通过练习和掌握阅读技巧来提高自己的解题能力。
大学英语四级考试段落匹配题型的解题技巧全国大学英语四级考试是由教育部考试中心主持以及实施的一项大规模水平考试。
四级考试自1987年实施以来，几经改革，已经走过了32个年头。
而阅读理解一直以来都是四六级考试中分值较大的题型，“民间”甚至有句口头禅“得阅读者得‘天下’”，可见，阅读理解对于四级考试的重要性。
大学英语四级考试从2013年12月开始，试题结构和题型都进行了大幅度的调整，调整后的四级考试中，阅读理解分值占比为35%，其中长篇阅读理解占比10%。
长篇阅读理解采用的题型是段落匹配，目的是考核学生运用略读和查读的技能从文章中获取关键信息的能力。
文章后面附有10句话，一句一题，题号为36-45。
每句所包含的信息均出自文章中的某一段，要求考生找出和每句所包含的信息相匹配的段落。
有的段落可能对应两道题目（可能性较小），有的段落可能与任何一题都不对应（全国大学英语四六级考试委员会，2016：6）。
总体来说，学生要在15分钟之内完成段落信息匹配难度相当大，因此掌握相关的解题技巧有助于学生快速高效地完成该题。
文章将以2018年6月大学英语四级考试真题“Some College Students Are Angry That They Have to Pay to Do Their Homework”为例，分析段落匹配题型的难点，再详细阐述该题的解题技巧。
1 段落匹配题型难点分析笔者目前所教班级的学生未讲解该题的解题技巧之前，往往是将文章从头到尾阅读完毕，再阅读题干，由于这一题型的信息排列是“无序”的，这就表明“顺序解题”原则在此题型中并不适合。
而且毫无章法的将段落和题干信息匹配耗时长，正确率还相当低，尤其在第一段就是干扰段时，浪费的时间会更多。
未讲解解题技巧前，笔者班上学生该题的正确率大概在4-5道题左右。
2 段落匹配题型解题技巧2.1 改变做题思路做段落信息匹配题型，先要改变做题思路，我们需要做的是判断这一题干信息可能会出现在哪一段。
2020年12月大学英语四级真题试卷(三)Part ⅠWriting 写作Do Violent VideoGames IncreaseAggression ?(暴力电子游戏会增加攻击性吗?) Studies have shown that playingviolent videogames can increaseaggressive thoughts ，behaviors，and feelings in both the short -term and long -term.[2] Violentvideogames can also desensitizepeople to seeing aggressivebehavior and decrease prosocialbehaviors such as helping anotherperson and feeling empathy ( theability to understand others ). Thelonger that individuals areexposed to violent videogames ，the more likely they are to haveaggressive behaviors ，thoughts，and feelings . These effects havebeen seen in studies in bothEastern and Western countries .Although males spend more timethan females playing violent videogames ，violent videogameexposure can increase aggressivethoughts ，behaviors，and feelingsin both sexes.Part ⅡListening 听力Part ⅢReading 阅读Section A 词汇理解(完形填空)Nowadays you can't buy any hing without then being asked to provide ...26.E) experience27.B) commonplace28.J) routinely29.D) desperate30.H) prompted31.I) roughly32.K) shining33.0) wonder34.C) confess35.G) optionSection B信息匹配(长篇阅读)The start of highschool doesn't have to be stressful36.[E] In addition，studies find the first year of high school typically shows one of the greatest increases in depression of any year over the lifespan.37.[G] In one recent study，we examined 360 adolescents' beliefs about the nature of“smartness”-that is，their fixed mindsets about intelligence.38.[J] These findings lead to several possibilities that we are investigating further.39.[C] In the new global economy，students who fail to finish the ninth grade with passing grades in college preparatory coursework are very unlikely to graduate on time and go onto get jobs.40.[H] We also investigated the social side of the high school transition.41.[E] In addition，studies find the first year of high school typically shows one of the greatest increases in depression of any year over the lifespan. ...42.[D] The consequences of doing poorly in the ninth grade can impact more than students’ability to find a good job.43.[A] This month，more than 4 million students across the nation will begin high school.44.[I] Experiment results showed that students who were not taught that people can change showed poor stress respons-es.45.[F] Given all that’s riding on having a successful ninthgrade experience，it pays to explore what can be done to meet the academic，social and emotional challenges of the transition to high school.Section C 仔细阅读2篇(阅读理解)Boredom has become trendy . Studies point to how boredom is good for creativity·46.A)It facilitates innovative thinking .47.A)A need to be left alone.48.C)It may prevent people from developing a genuine sense of community .49.B) Reflect on how they relate to others .50.D) Devote themselves to a worthy cause .Can you remember whatyou ate yesterday ? If asked，most people will be......51.A) Calorie consumption had fallen drastically over the de-cades52.A)People's calorie intake was far from accurately reported .53.B) They overlook the potential causes of obesity .54.B) The potential causes of snacking .55.B) Make sure people eatnon-fatteningfood.Part ⅣTranslation 翻译(汉译英)普洱(Pu'er)茶深受中国人喜爱，最好的普洱茶产自云南的西双版纳(Xishuangbanna)，那里的气候和环境为普洱茶树的生长提供了最佳条件。
2021年12月全国大学英语四级真题试卷卷二1、听力2、选词填空∶It is commonly believed that the great English dramatist and poet.26.E)exact27.C)conclusively28.L)scarcity29.H)position30.Jprobably31.B)classical32.M)senior33.D)emergence34.A)captured35.I)precision3、信息匹配：How to no be boring36.(F)The most interesting people aren't those who've gone on some Eal,Pray,Love jourmey to find themsclves.Instead,Pirson says,they're those who examine the ordinary.37.(J)Of course,it's possible to be a fountain of knowledge and a boring person,says public relations consultant Andrea Pass.Paying attention to the listener is an important part of。
38.[B]To tell the truth,interesting people are more popular among their friends.If you don't arouse somcone's curiosity or brighten somcone's day,you probably come.…..39.(I)Television veteran Audrey Morrissey,executive producer of NBC's The Voice,is always looking for what will make a person or story interesting to viewers…..40.(M)I have now come to realize that being boring,in actuali-ty,is not only about who you are as a person,but also how you present yourself……41.(C)Recently,I was at a gathering of colleagues when some-one turned to me and asked,"So,what's new with you?"Ordi narily,I think I'm a good conversationalist……..42.(G)This is essentinlly how Jessica Hagy starts her day a lot of time thinking about what's interesting to her.....43.(A)Humans are creatures habit.We love to establish a rou-tine and stick with it.Then we often put ourselves on auto-pi-lot.Routincs can be incredibly useful in helping you get things done….44.(K)"If the listener is not paying attention,it's your sign to shorten the story or change direction.45.(E)"If someone is making up some conversation that might be interesting,it's probably not going to land well,"says Pirson,whose expertise includes trust and….4、仔细阅读：With obesity now affecting29%of the population in England,and expected to rise to35%by2030, should we now recognise it as disease?46.C)It should be regarded as a genetic disease.47.D)It results from a lack of self-control.48.A)Obese people would not feel responsible to take any action.49.B)It is too inclusive and thus lacks clarity.50.D)It may do little good to patients.Nationwide,only about three percent of early childhood teach-51.C)It is negatively impacted by a lack of male teachers.52.A)The importance of broadening children's horizons.53.D)Many of them feel prejudiced against socially and cultur-ally.54.A)Higher pay.55.B)Taking measures to attract prospective male teachers to work in the field.5、翻译：大运河(GrandCanal)是世界上最长的人工河，北起北京，南至杭州。
大学英语四级段落信息匹配题解题技巧一．题型介绍2013年12月大学英语四级改革后，题型有局部变化。
原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇章长度和难度不变。
篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。
每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。
有的段落可能对应两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。
四级考试需要各位同学做的是，大家需要去看十个左右的段落，然后去匹配十个信息点。
但是到六级当中，我们的难度就要增加了，我们见到的情况是六级当中变成了15个段落，去匹配十个信息点。
阅读题里出现的段落信息匹配题占10%的分值。
整个阅读部分占总分值的35%，考试时间只有forty minutes，建议大家在段落信息匹配题当中花去的时间千万不要超过15分钟，所以整体上看做阅读时需要注意一个很重要的问题：严控时间。
但总体来看，不管题型怎么变，其实学习方法没变，还是仍旧需要大家提高阅读的能力，比如说读文章的时候，是不是直接拿英语读，如果读快速阅读的时候，还是拿中文边翻译边读的话，会发现阅读速度一直会比较慢，所以则长的文章很难找到细节，所以大家一定要养成拿英语直接阅读的这样一种习惯，这样才能保证我们的阅读真正速度又快又准。
每一年考四六级的考生中，都会有很多考生因为时间不够、题做不完而折戟沉沙，而几乎全国考生都会在一个阅读这个模块超时大量的时间，而且由于我们的精度得分确实太大，因为20%的精读只有10道题，一道题占2%乘以710分，一道精读题目的分数就达到了14.2分将近15分。
分值太大导致各位同同学容易在这个地方花去大量时间，但是你要明白这个部分的时间花的再久也只有20%，你完全没有理由因为20%去损失另外一个10%，而且你还不能确定你这20%是否可以得到一个非常好的成绩，所以提醒大家：掌控时间非常重要，每一个环节限时来做，而现在做题的时候就必须要控制时间。
从样卷看，此次涉与改革题目的特点是：1、做题时间10~15分钟（整体阅读包括选词填空、匹配和精度，共计40分钟）；2、四级样卷显示需要将10道题目信息配对到9个段落中；3、六级样卷显示需要将10道题目信息配对到15个段落中；4、考试说明提到，某段可能被用到两次，而某段可能完全不被涉与。
大学英语IV1-5单元课文的新四级题型练习汇总2014-3-12【说明】该资料由大学英语二年级教研室团体老师提出建议后汇编而成。
请各位老师参考使用于课堂教学，课后作业布置、以及期末考前复习。
根据2013年四级考试新增题型（阅读理解的“完成信息匹配题”、段落翻译题），以及写作题型，本教研室针对大学英语III教材《21世纪大学英语综合教程4》的第一至第五各单元的Part A课文进行新四级题型练习设计，现汇总如下：Unit 1完成信息匹配题（出题者：孙穗平）Direction：Reading the following statements that contain the information of one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose one or more than one paragraph. You may choose one paragraph for more than once.A. Todd believes it is not just the recession that makes people into DIY because it can add great value to our home and be easy to get information and advice.B. Paterson finds 53% of people are afraid of DIY owing to the lack of confidence.C. Chris Tidy advises people should assure the right tools for DIY job.D. A DIY website spokesperson advises that people should prevent DIY from gas and electrics if they don’t have any training..E. Sylvia Marshall believes we should trust our gut instinct and don’t blame ourselv es when things go wrong.F. Paterson advises people should be aware of the time they need for the DIY job.G. One of the biggest obstacles to DIY is the potential for damage.keys: A-4, B-5, C-7, D-9, E-12, F-6, G-8段落翻译题（出题者：梁凌、田晓燕）自己动手女（do-it-herselfer或handywoman）指能将家中部分或全部维修、维护及修筑类工作自己动手搞定的女性。
信息匹配题(2篇) 第一篇 Section B Directions: In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions 6y marking the corresponding letter on Answer' Sheet 2. Can Digital Textbooks Truly Replace the Print Kind? A) The shortcomings of traditional print edition textbooks are obvious: For starters they're heavy, with the average physics textbook weighing 3.6 pounds. They're also expensive, especially when you factor in the average college student's limited budget, typically costing hundreds of dollars every semester. But the worst part is that print versions of textbooks are constantly undergoing revisions. Many professors require that their students use only the latest versions in the classroom, essentially rendering older texts unusable. For students, it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paperweight that they can't sell back. B) Which is why digital textbooks, if they live up to their promise, could help ease many of these shortcomings. But till now, they've been something like a mirage(幻影)in the distance, more like a hazy (模糊的) dream than an actual reality. Imagine the promise: Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad? It sounds almost too good to be true. But there are a few pilot schools already making the transition(过渡) over to digital books. Universities like Cornell and Brown have jumped onboard. And one medical program at the University of California, Irvine, gave their entire class iPads with which to download textbooks just last year. C) But not all were eager to jump aboard. "People were tired of using the iPad textbook besides using it for reading," says Kalpit Shah, who will be going into his second year at Irvine's medical program this fall. "'They weren't using it as a source of communication because they couldn't read or write in it. So a third of the people in my program were using the iPad in class to take notes, the other third were using laptops and the last third were using paper and pencil.”The reason it hasn't caught on yet .he tells me, is that the functionality of e-edition textbooks is incredibly limited, and some students just aren't motivated to learn new study behavior. D) But a new application called Inkling might change all that. The company just released an updated version last week, and it'll be utilized in over 50 undergraduate and graduate classrooms this coming school year. “Digital textbooks are not going to catch on,”says Inkling CEO Matt MacInnis as he's giving me a demo(演示)over coffee. “What I mean by that is the current perspective of the digital textbook is it's an exact copy of the print book. There's Course Smart, etc.，these guys who take an image of the page and put it on a screen. If that's how we're defining digital textbooks, there's no of that becoming a mainstream product” E) He calls Inkling a platform for publishers to build rich multimedia content from the ground up, with a heavy emphasis on real-world functionality. The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton. At first glance Inkling is an impressive experience. After swiping(触击)into the iPad app(应用软件)，which you can get for free here, he opens up a few different types of textbooks. F) Up first chapters is a chemistry book. The boot time is pretty fast, and he navigates through(浏览)a few before swiping into a fully rendered 3D molecule that can be spun around to view its various blocks. "Publishers give us all of the source media, artwork, videos,” he says, "We help them think through how to actually build something for this platform.” Next he pulls a music composition textbook, complete with playable demos. It's a learning experience that attacks you from multiple sensory directions. It's clear why this would be something a music major would love. G) But the most exciting part about Inkling, to me, is its notation(批注)system. Here's how it works: When you purchase a used print book, it comes with its previous owner's highlights and notes in the margins. It uses the reading (how much experience you trust of someone who already went through the class to help improve your each notation is obviously up to you). But with Inkling, you can highlight a piece of content and make notes. Here's where things get interesting, though: If a particularly important passage is highlighted by multiple Inkling users, that information is stored on the cloud and is available for anyone reading the same textbook to come across. That means users have access to notes from not only their classmates and Face-book friends, but anyone who purchased the book across the country. The best comments are then sorted democratically by a voting system, that your social learning experience is shared with the best and brightest thinkers. As a can even chime in(插话)on discussions. They'll be able to answer the questions of students who are in their class directly via the interactive book.
