The Impact of the Internet on Learning
It is apparently depicted in the cartoon given above that while a teacher wants to give a quiz to a little boy who is holding a cell phone in his hand and says: "Once I learn how to use Google, isn't that all the education I really need?" The teacher seems to be quite embarrassed and shocked after hearing her student's naive question.
The cartoon vividly mirrors one of the problems in our lives that the Internet has exerted a great influence on people's learning. We can acquire relevant knowledge and information rapidly and precisely via search engines, professional websites and online education. However, education does not simply mean learning to obtain information. Learning basic hands-on skills, traveling with classmates, participating in social activities and fulfilling a project with our teamwork can also be effective and indispensable forms. All of these maybe can not be achieved by obtaining information from Internet alone.
Therefore, we should not ignore those traditional, essential and prevailing forms of education when we surf the web and speak highly of convenience of the Internet education in the age of information. (172 words)
embarrassed adj. 尷尬的
exert v. 用(某特質(zhì)﹑ 技巧﹑ 壓力等)
fulfill v. 完成，實現(xiàn)
indispensable adj. 不可缺少的
naive adj. 天真的
hands-on 實地的，實踐的
prevailing adj. 普遍的
speak highly of 對......評價很高
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)對學習的影響
很明顯，上面這幅漫畫描繪了這樣一個場景：當一個老師要給一個小男孩做隨堂測驗時，小孩子手里拿著一部手機說道："一旦我知道了如何使用Google，那不就是我所有需要的教育嗎?"聽到學生這么天真的問題，老師顯得尷尬而又驚訝。
漫畫生動地折射了我們生活中的一個問題：互聯(lián)網(wǎng)對我們的學習造成了巨大的影響。我們可以通過搜索引擎、專業(yè)的門戶網(wǎng)站或者在線教育快速而又精準地獲得相關(guān)的知識和信息。然而，教育絕不僅僅意味著學會如何獲取信息。學習一些基礎(chǔ)的動手能力、與同學一起出游、參加社會活動、與團隊共同完成一個項目都是教育的有效而必不可少的形式。而這些可能是通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)獲取信息這樣的教育形式所無法做到的。
因此，在這個信息時代，我們在網(wǎng)上沖浪盛贊網(wǎng)絡(luò)教育的便利性的時候，我們不能忽視那些傳統(tǒng)的、精華的和主流的教育形式。
1. We can acquire relevant knowledge and information rapidly and precisely via search engines, professional websites and online education. 我們可以通過搜索引擎、專業(yè)的門戶網(wǎng)站或者在線教育快速而又精準地獲得相關(guān)的知識和信息。
2. Learning basic hands-on skills, traveling with classmates, participating in social activities and fulfilling a project with our teamwork can also be effective and indispensable forms. 學習一些基礎(chǔ)的動手能力、與同學一起出游、參加社會活動、與團隊共同完成一個項目都是教育的有效而必不可少的形式。
