首页
登录
职称英语
As citizens of advanced but vulnerable economies, we must either relentless
As citizens of advanced but vulnerable economies, we must either relentless
游客
2023-11-22
9
管理
问题
As citizens of advanced but vulnerable economies, we must either relentlessly increase the quality of our skills or see our standard of living erode. For the future, competition between nations will be increasingly based on technological skill. Oil and natural resources will still be important, but they no longer will determine a nation’s economic strength. This will now be a matter of the way people organize themselves and the nature and quality of their work. Japan and the "new Japans" of East Asia are demonstrating this point in ways that are becoming painfully obvious to the older industrial countries.
There is simply no way to rest on our past achievements. Today’s competition renders obsolete huge chunks of what we know and what forces us to innovate. For each individual, several careers will be customary, and continuing education and retraining will be inescapable. To attain this extraordinary level of education, government, business, schools, and even individuals will turn to technology for the answer.
In industry, processing the information and designing the changes necessary to keep up with the market has meant the growing use of computers. The schools are now following close behind. Already some colleges in the United States are requiring a computer for each student. It is estimated that 500,000 computers are already in use in American high schools and elementary schools. Although there is an abysmal lack of educational software, the number of computers in schools expands rapidly.
The computer is the Proteus of machines, as it takes on a thousand forms and serves a thousand functions. But its truly revolutionary character can be seen in its interactive potential. With advanced computers, learning can be individualized and serf-paced. Teachers can become more productive and the entire learning environment enriched.
It is striking how much current teaching is a product of pencil and paper technology. With the computer’s capacity for simulation and diverse kinds of feedback, all sorts of new possibilities open up for the redesign of curriculums. Seymour Papert, the inventor of the computer language LOGO, believes that concepts in physics and advanced mathematics can be taught in the early grades with the use of computers. On every-day level, word-processing significantly improves the capacity for written expression. In terms of drill and practice, self-paced computer-assisted instruction enables the student to advance rapidly-without being limited by the conflicting needs of the entire class. In short, once we learn to use this new brain outside the brain, education will never be the same.
Industry, faced with the pressures of a rapidly shifting market, is already designing new methods to retrain its workers. In the United States, a technological university has been set up to teach engineering courses by satellite. And the advances in telecommunications and computational power will dramatically expand the opportunities for national and international efforts in education and training.
Without romanticizing the machine, it is clear that computers uniquely change the potential for equipping today’s citizens for unprecedented tasks of the future. Particularly in Europe and the United Sates, innovation will be the basis for continued prosperity. New competitors are emerging to challenge the old economic arrangements. How successfully we respond will depend on how much we invest in people and how wisely we employ the learning tools of the new technology. [br] The main idea of this passage is ______.
选项
A、Knowledge of a Computer
B、Importance of a Computer
C、Function of Knowledge
D、Function of Technology
答案
B
解析
B项意为“计算机的重要性”。整篇文章都显示了这一点。第三段“工业上,信息处理和制定必要的改革计划以适应市场需要意味着越来越多使用计算机。学校紧跟工业之后……”第四段“计算机是一种变化多端,神通广大的机器,因为它显示千种图象,发挥千种功能。而它的真正的革命性可在其相互作用的潜能中看出。有了先进的计算机,学习可以个别进行,速度自行规定。教师变得更有成效……”第五段“……由于利用计算机,在学校低年级就能教授物理学和高等数学概念……”最后一段画龙点睛地指出“计算机独一无二地改变着那种使今天公民能担当未来空前任务的
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3210582.html
相关试题推荐
Onceuponatime,peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneitherside
Onceuponatime,peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneitherside
Onceuponatime,peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneitherside
Onceuponatime,peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneitherside
Onceuponatime,peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneitherside
Anincreasingproportionofourpopulation,unabletolivewithoutadvancedmedi
Howoldareseniorcitizens?[br][originaltext]Peopleovertheageof65i
Itisuptothegovernmentto______therightsofindividualcitizens.A、withdraw
Ascitizensofadvancedbutvulnerableeconomies,wemusteitherrelentless
Ascitizensofadvancedbutvulnerableeconomies,wemusteitherrelentless
随机试题
[originaltext]Theyoungpeoplewhotalkofthevillageasbeing"dead"are
ExercisetoProtectAgingBodies—andBrainsA)Weallknow
相位调制(PM)的瞬时相位偏移随调制信号做线性变化。()
根据《施工企业安全生产评价标准》JGJ/T77—2010,关于安全生产责任制度
取得公路水运工程助理试验检测师职业资格证书的人员,应当具备以下()职业能力
女性,48岁,行胃大部切除术,输血150m|后出现寒战,肌肉注射异丙嗪25mg后
大批赴美志愿者汉语教师在美国校园和社区内担当着文化使者的角色,来自四川的高中教师
_的深度、广度和逻辑结构要符合学生的年龄,符合学生身心发展的一般规律。
肺主行水功能主要依赖于A.肺主一身之气 B.肺司呼吸 C.肺主宣发肃降 D
通常将投保人也是()向保险人投的保险业务叫保证保险。A.权利人 B.保
最新回复
(
0
)