美語情景對話 第992期:Computers in Class 課堂上的電腦應用

Peter: So Sarah, tell me, you're teaching right now, could you give me your opinion on computer use in the classroom, like using it in your classes, what do you think about that?

彼得：薩拉，你現在從事教學工作，你能談談你對課堂上應用電腦的看法嗎，你怎麼看在課堂上使用電腦這件事？

Sarah: I think it's good when there's certain activities that are related to using computers. But when you're trying to do an activity that's not on a computer in a classroom that has computers, it's very difficult to get your students' attention because they're often distracted by doing something else on the internet, they shouldn't be doing.

薩拉：我認爲這很好，尤其是在課堂上組織要用到電腦的活動時。但是如果在課堂上組織不需要用到電腦的活動，學生們很難集中精力，因爲他們會分心，他們可能會上網做一些他們不應該在課堂上做的事情。

Peter: Oh, I totally agree, I often have that problem, it feels like I'm speaking to a crowd of ghosts. I have no idea that they're talking to me or looking at me or doing anything that they should be doing, so it's really hard. I find it really hard. But I agree also, I think computers can be so useful in the classroom, especially if you have to do a specific activity where students have to find information and listening activities where they can listen to individual listenings and things like that, you know.

彼得：哦，我完全同意你的觀點，我經常遇到這種問題，那讓我感覺我在和一羣幽靈說話。我不知道他們是不是在和我說話，不知道他們有沒有看我，也不知道他們是不是在做他們應該做的事情，這非常難。我發現這真的很難。不過我認爲電腦在課堂上是有用處的，尤其是學生們要做找資料或是做聽力練習的時候，他們可以單獨進行聽力練習。

Sarah: Yeah. So what do you think about cell phones in the classroom, do you let your students use them? Because maybe they have an electronic dictionary of some sort on their mobile phone. So is that okay, or no cell phones, what do you do?

薩拉：對。那手機呢，你允許學生在課堂上使用手機嗎？他們的手機上可能有電子詞典之類的工具。你是允許還是不允許，你怎麼想的？

Peter: Ah, that's a frustrating topic. I think sometimes I find it really useful if students have their smartphones with them and they can do a quick online search of something that they want to do, especially words they want to look up. So the dictionary use I think is quite useful for students. But on the other hand I always have to kind of keep a watchful eye and see what students exactly are up to, you know, they sometimes start playing a game or they sit on Facebook and sit writing notes to their friends and messages come and go. So yeah, I'm always not sure exactly how to handle it, but most of the time my students are pretty good. So they seem to use it mostly for dictionary.

彼得：這是個讓人無奈的話題。有時我認爲允許學生們使用智能手機很方便，他們可以用手機上網，然後快速查找需要的信息，或是查單詞。我認爲詞典功能對學生們非常有用。但是另一方面，我必須要一直注意學生們到底在做什麼，因爲有時他們可能會玩遊戲，或是登陸臉譜網，或是和朋友聊天之類的。我不知道要如何解決這個問題，不過大部分時間學生們的表現都很好。看起來基本上學生們都在用手機查單詞。

Sarah: Oh, that's good, yeah.

薩拉：哦，這很好。

Peter: Yeah. How about your students?

彼得：對，你的學生們呢？

Sarah: Yeah, some of my students use it for ... they have a dictionary on there that they use. But I think though, most of them have a separate electronic dictionary that's only a dictionary. And I much prefer it when they use that because then I know they are really just looking at a word and not on Facebook or doing something else like you just mentioned, so.

薩拉：有些學生會用手機上的詞典查詞。不過大部分學生有專門的電子詞典。我非常喜歡他們用電子詞典，因爲這樣我就知道他們是在查單詞，而不是在上臉譜網或做其他你剛纔提到過的無關的事情。

Peter: Have you ever taken cell phones away in class from students?

彼得：你有沒有在課堂上沒收過學生的手機？

Sarah: No, not yet, I haven't had to, usually when I walk around the room they put it away very quickly if they are doing something they are not supposed to be doing. And if they are using it to look up a word then they have no problem with me seeing what they are doing, so, end of class.

薩拉：沒有，我不必這麼做，通常我會在教室裏來回走動，如果他們在做與學習無關的事情，他們就會迅速把手機收起來。如果他們在查單詞，那他們就不會擔心我會看到。

Peter: I heard about a teacher the other day, he said he's got a basket that he collects cell phones with at the beginning of class, and he puts them on his front desk and then at the end of class he gives them back. But I thought, wow, that's quite strict I thought. I don't know if I would do that, how about you?

彼得：那天有個老師跟我說，他在開始上課時會拿個籃子收學生的手機，然後他把收上來的手機放在前面的桌子上，下課時他會把手機還給學生們。不過我認爲這太嚴格了。我想我不會這麼做，你呢？

Sarah: Yeah. I would be worried that some students would forget their phones and then the problem with trying to get them their phone back and all of that, it might not be worth the hassle.

薩拉：對，我很擔心有些學生會忘了拿手機，這樣在還他們手機時就會產生問題，我認爲這樣是得不償失。

Peter: Yeah, I probably would agree with that.

彼得：對，我可能會同意這個觀點。

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重點講解：
1. look up （在參考書、列表等中）查檢（事實或信息）；
例句：You can look up this word in the vocabulary.
你可以在詞彙表裏查這個詞。
2. put away 把…收起；放好；
例句：The table cloth was neatly folded up and put away.
桌布已整齊地摺好放好。
3. be supposed to do sth. 應當，應該，須；
例句：You are supposed to be here at eight every day.
你應當每天八點到這裏。
4. give back 歸還；交還；
例句：My friend gave back the tools that he borrowed.
我朋友歸還了他借的工具。