【轻松英文阅读】边玩边学

 Paper, pencil, whiteboard, textbook. Those 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 tablet¹ is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos, but it is also being used to make learning² fun.

 

 

 

Scientists and psychologists³ now know that we 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 teaching⁴ is Futaba, a game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning⁵ 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. Plus 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 or letting them play a game, just remember… they could do both at once!

1 tablet   

n.平板，门牌，笔记簿，碑，匾

参考例句：

• Take a tablet and your headache will go.吃一片药你的头就不疼了。
• Fill a glass with water and dissolve this tablet in it.倒杯水把药片放进去溶解了。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 psychologists   

n.心理学研究者，心理学家( psychologist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• However, psychologists distinguish between'sound" and "noise".'sound" is measured physically in decibels. 然而，心理学家把声音与噪声做了区别，声音实际上可以用分贝来测量，而噪声却不能用同样的方法来测量。 来自中级百科部分
• Using a scientific way, these psychologists set up experiments. 这些心理学家利用科学的方式做了很多实验。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

4 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

5 spinning   

n.纺纱v.使…旋转( spin的现在分词 )；纺（线）；杜撰；（使）急转身

参考例句：

• The plane was spinning out of control. 飞机失去控制，不停地旋转。
• The carriage was spinning along at a good speed. 马车以高速飞跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》