1.

1) undergoing dramatic change

2) digital media culture

3) embracing the new technologies

4) valuable target market

5) new-media content

6) digital marketplace

7) academic research

8) holds both promise

1.

A. The main argument that “Print is still king for many of the biggest-selling textbooks” is based on the following two points:

Point 1/Changes

Online assessment tools and tutorials, along with textbooks, are delivered by Norton.

Pearson offers “customized learning experience” in its multiple formats.

Point 2/Reasons

Students’ Preferences

1) Holding the thing in their hands can bring students some sort of comfort.

2) Students are concerned not about the format of textbooks but the cost.

College’s pedagogical philosophy:

1) The college gives priority to books because of the careful reading attention books require.

2) Being able to read a relatively complicated and unfamiliar text should be compulsory for every college student.

B. But there exists a flexible attitude toward the print and digital formats:

1) Pearson envisions a time when the predominant distribution mechanism is digital, while not expecting print products to vanish.

2) John Wiley & Sons sees signs of “a fast transition from a print to a digital world”, and believes that the print-versus-digital issue is not either/or, but a both-and-all conversation.

2.

• 1) access code

•  

• 2) print-plus

•  

• 3) majority

•  

• 4) calling

•  

• 5) preference

• 6) driven

•  

• 7) complicated

•  

• 8) stick

•  

• 9) factor

•  

• 10) bets

• 11) vanish

•  

• 12) dominant

•  

• 13) bundled

•  

• 14) accommodate

Language in Use

4.

• 1) bundled

•  

• 2) previous

•  

• 3) have … appealed

• 4) revolves

•  

• 5) access

•  

• 6) simplify

• 7) envisioning

•  

• 8) scrambling

•  

• 9) interactive

• 10) vanish

5.

• 1) a. call for

•  

• b. called up

•  

• c. call off

• 2) a. stuck to

•  

• b. stick by

•  

• c. stick with

• 3) a. draw back

•  

• b. drew on

•  

• c. draw … into

6.

• 1) remain silent

•  

• 2) remains a mystery

•  

• 3) remain to be settled

• 4) remained at home

•  

• 5) remain seated

•  

• 6) remains to be seen

7.

• 1 g

•  

• 2 i

•  

• 3 b

•  

• 4 a

•  

• 5 j

• 6 f

•  

• 7 e

•  

• 8 d

•  

• 9 c

•  

• 10 h

• 1) black and white

•  

• 2) have the blues

•  

• 3) in the red

• 4) once in a blue moon

•  

• 5) a white lie

•  

• 6) roll out the red carpet

• 7) out of the blue

•  

• 8) black sheep

8.

Reference translation

1) 她说：“我们并不觉得这对我们的教学模式很重要”，因为这个课程是随课堂教学情况的变化而变化的。

2) 为了满足学生们对二手书的需求，教师逐步引入教科书的最新版本，这样旧版本能用久一点。

3) 学生们想要便宜的教科书，而且获取渠道也越来越有创意，但多数学生并不要求数字化革命……

4) 就大多数学生的阅读水平而言，该书难度适中。

5) 巴特利女士说：“我们认为每一个大学生应该能阅读内容相对复杂、题材相对陌生的文章。”

9.

Reference translation

1) Most teachers and students still like to use traditional textbooks rather than e-books.

2) He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties./He complains about his bad luck instead of facing up to his difficulties resolutely.

3) I should say Henry is not so much a writer as a reporter.

4) It is not that the machine is out of order, but that I have not learned to operate it.

5) Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.

1.

A.

3 a. Digital Natives

1 b. Digital Settlers

2 c. Digital Immigrants

B.

Digital Natives a b c e f h

Digital Settlers g

Digital Immigrants d

Language in Use

2.

• 1) interacted

•  

• 2) affordable

•  

• 3) cropped

•  

• 4) accessible

• 5) instantly

•  

• 6) browsing

•  

• 7) crash

•  

• 8) virtually

3.

• 1) turn to

•  

• 2) brings out

•  

• 3) pick up

•  

• 4) keep up with

• 5) turn to

•  

• 6) pick up

•  

• 7) brought out

•  

• 8) keep up with

4.

1) 他们养尼奥宠物，与尼奥宠物交朋友，不养胖胖狗。

2) 与其拿起电话安排下午稍晚时的约会，他们更倾向于发即时信息。

3) 他们从网上下载音乐——通常是免费的，也是非法的——也不愿到音像店买。

4) 有些人认为它们是属于精神层面的而非宗教方面的。

5) 他们关注的不是高高在上的造物主上帝，而是这个世界本身，这才是终极意义之所在。

Writing

1

• 1) would rather/prefer to

•  

• 2) prefers

•  

• 3) share/hold

• 4) inclined

•  

• 5) Contrary

•  

• 6) instead of/rather than

2

Step 1: Planning

Brainstorm and make a list of the advantages of E-learning and fill in the table.

• Class work can be scheduled around work and family.

• Students may have the option to select learning materials that meet their level of knowledge and interest.

• Students can study anywhere they have access to a computer and an Internet connection.

• Self-paced learning modules allow students to work at their own pace.

• E-learning fosters more interaction between students and instructors than in large lecture halls.

• E-learning can accommodate different learning styles and facilitate learning through a variety of activities.

• E-learning can develop knowledge of the Internet and computer skills that will help learners throughout their lives and careers.

• Successfully completing online or computer-based courses builds self-knowledge and self-confidence and encourages students to take responsibility for their learning.

• Learners can test out of or skim over materials already mastered and concentrate their efforts on mastering areas containing new information and/or skills.

Step 2: Drafting and organizing

Concession: Despite some criticism, E-learning is changing our way of learning and even the form of education.

Argument: More and more people, including researchers, teachers and of course students, hold the opinion that E-learning, instead of traditional classroom settings, should be a dominant approach to education.

Reason 1: E-learning is convenient in that students can study anywhere they have access to a computer and Internet connection, thus reducing travel time and travel costs for off-campus students.

Reason 2: E-learning offers the flexibility that the traditional classroom can not. Class work can be scheduled around work and family. Self-paced learning modules allow students to work at their own pace. Moreover, E-learning can accommodate different learning styles and facilitate learning through a variety of activities.

Reason 3: E-learning, through developing knowledge of the Internet and computer skills, will help learners throughout their lives and careers.

Conclusion: E-learning can be a good choice to supplement the traditional classroom and can also be a major form of adult education and lifelong education.