U校园 新视野大学英语(第三版) 读写1 Unti 3答案

Unit 3 Digital campus

3-2 Text A: College life in the Internet age

Pre-reading activities 1

1.Traditional classroom:

Advantages: more direct communication between the teacher and students; a better learning atmosphere. Disadvantages: little interaction either among students or between students and the teacher; the teacher tending to dominate the class; writing on blackboard reducing efficiency

Multimedia learning:

Advantages: more vivid teaching materials; students better engaged in classroom learning.

Disadvantages: too many distractions with too many pictures and videos in multimedia classrooms

Studying online:

Advantages: being able to choose when and what you want to

learn; easy access to the wide range of online information.

Disadvantages: making it easier for students to copy answers from the Internet; lack of face-to-face communication between the teacher and students; the possibility for students to develop Internet addiction

2. I prefer the multimedia way of learning. A multimediaclassroom is vivid with teaching materials presented in different ways: slides, pictures, and even movies. Compared with a traditional classroom, a multimedia classroom is more interesting.

To be frank, I prefer to study online. In. this way I can manage my own time. I can have my own priorities and do things at my own pace. It is simply what I want.

3. Yes. The Internet is indispensable in teaching and learning nowadays. It is hard to imagine what it would be like without the Internet. We would have no easy or quick way to learn about the latest development of teaching and learning. We would miss the many interesting online courses; we couldn't communicate

effectively with teachers after s ) class. We just can't afford to lose the Internet.

No. Teaching and learing had been carried out long before the Internet came into being. And people did just as well without the Internet or the compuiter, It is true that the Internet makes teaching and learning more convenient and more efficient, but it is by no means indispensable. I'm sure we can still teach or learn without the Internet.

Reading comprehension 1

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1.A fleet of laptops, smartphones and Internet connectivity 24

hours a day.

2. Wireless Internet access anywhere and anytime on campus.

3. Because smartphones could draw students' attention and encourage sophisticated thinking.

4. Because too much time online can mean too little time in real-life studying or exercising or visiting with friends. If we spend too much time online, we will be cut off from the real world.

5. They used the money to wire dorms with high-speed connections and equip their campuses with Wi-Fi networks.

6. Because the university was afraid that its technology was not as advanced as that of other universities, it gave away free Apple iPads to compensate for its inferiority in this aspect.

7. If a university can't keep up with the rest of the world, or if it can't provide high-bandwidth information as expected, it will be at a competitive disadvantage.

8. It is mainly because they want to provide students with the most advanced free system.

Reading comprehension 2

1. Yes, I think so. Internet access is a must on campus. We students need the Internet to do research for our study, to