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1、一套PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)CanDigitalTextbookTrulyReplacethePrintKind?Theshortcomingsoftraditionalprinteditiontextbooksareobvious:Forstartersthey’reheavy,withtheaveragephysicstextbookweighing3.6pounds.They’realsoexpensive,es
2、peciallywhenyoufactorintheaveragecollegestudent’slimitedbudget,typicallycostinghundredsofdollarseverysemester.Buttheworstpartisthatprintversionoftextbooksareconstantlyundergoingrevisions.Manyprofessorsrequirethattheirstudentsuseonlythelatestversionsinthecla
3、ssroom,essentiallyrenderingoldertextsunusable.Forstudents,itmeansthey’rebasicallystuckwithafourpoundpaper-weightthattheycan’tsellback.Whichiswhydigitaltextbooks,iftheyliveuptotheirpromise,couldhelpeasemanyoftheseshortcomings.Buttillnow,they’vebeensomethingl
4、ikeamirage（幻影）inthedistance,morelikeahazy（模糊的）dreamthananactualreality.Imaginethepromise:Carryingallyourtextbooksina1.3poundiPad?Itsoundsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.Butthereareafewpilotschoolsalreadymakingthetransition（过渡）overtodigitalbooks.UniversitieslikeCornel
5、landBrownhavejumpedonboard.AndonemedicalprogramattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,gavetheirentireclassiPadswithwhichtodownloadtextbooksjustlastyear.Butnotallwereeagertojumpaboard.“PeopleweretiredofusingtheiPadtextbookbesidesusingitforreading,”saysKalpitShah
6、,whowillbegoingintohissecondyearatIrvine’smedicalprogramthisfall.“Theyweren’tusingitasasourceofcommunicationbecausetheycouldn’treadorwriteinit.SoathirdofthepeopleinmyprogramwereusingtheiPadinclasstotakenotes,theotherthirdwereusinglaptopsandthelastthirdwereu
7、singpaperandpencil.”Thereasonithasn’tcaughtonyet,hetellsme,isthatthefunctionalityofe-editiontextbooksisincrediblylimited,andsomestudentsjustaren’tmotivatedtolearnnewstudybehavior.ButanewapplicationcalledInklingmightchangeallthat.Thecompanyjustreleasedanupda
8、tedversionlastweek,andit’llbeutilizedinover50undergraduateandgraduateclassroomsthiscomingschoolyear.“Digitaltextbooksarenotgoingtocatchon,”saysInklingCEOMattMaclnnisashe’sgivingmeademo（演示）overcoffee.“W
