When the bell rings, every student takes out an iPad.
上课铃一响，每个学生都会拿出iPad。
The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively.
屏幕的光映照在他们年轻的脸上，显得既漂亮又生动。
That’s what happens every day at my school in the US.
这就是我在美国的学校里每天都会发生的情景。
We use iPads in class.
我们在课堂上使用iPad。
I felt surprised and excited when I got an iPad on the first day I arrived at the school.
当我在到校第一天领到iPad时，我感到既惊讶又兴奋。
But it was not free.
但它并不是免费的。
I paid about $100 to use it for three years.
我支付了大约100美元来租用三年。
Every iPad at my school has a special learning system called Focus.
我们学校的每台iPad上都安装了一个名为Focus的专用学习系统。
Teachers put their teaching materials like textbooks and PPTs on it.
老师们会将课本和PPT等教学资料上传到上面。
When we have classes, we enter the system and download the materials with our iPads.
上课时，我们会进入该系统并用iPad下载这些资料。
It makes the classes interesting and efficient.
这让课堂变得有趣且高效。
For example, several weeks ago, we learned about former South African president Nelson Mandela.
例如，几周前我们学习了南非前总统纳尔逊·曼德拉的相关内容。
Our teacher prepared a video in which Mandela made an encouraging speech.
老师准备了一段视频，里面是曼德拉发表的一场鼓舞人心的演讲。
We could not only watch the video, but also read the written copy of his speech at the same time.
我们不仅可以观看视频，还能同时阅读他的演讲稿文字版。
Thanks to the video, I know more about the great man.
多亏了这段视频，我对这位伟人有了更多的了解。
We also do our homework with iPads.
我们也用iPad做作业。
If the homework is made up of multiple choices, we can know our grades right after we hand in our homework online.
如果作业是选择题，我们在网上提交后就能立刻知道成绩。
If it’s articles, teachers grade them online, without needing to look through so many papers.
如果是文章类作业，老师会在线批改，无需翻阅大量纸质试卷。
However, there are still some bad points about learning with iPads.
然而，使用iPad学习仍然存在一些弊端。
Some of my classmates play games or log on social networking websites in class.
有些同学会在课堂上玩游戏或登录社交网站。
I think the key to using iPads well is to have good self-control.
我认为用好iPad的关键在于拥有良好的自制力。
Don’t you think so?
你不这么认为吗？
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