2022年06月四级第3套仔细阅读 Passage 2 原文翻译及答案解析

In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm.

在即将到来的教育预算削减时代，远程学习可能会成为常态。

The temptation for those in charge of education budgets to trade teachers for technology could be so strong that they ignore the disadvantages of distance learning. School facilities are expensive to build and maintain, and teachers are expensive to employ. Online classes do not require buildings and each class can host hundreds of people simultaneously, resulting in greater savings, thus increasing the temptation of distance education for those concerned more about budgets than learning. But moving away from a traditional classroom in which a living, breathing human being teaches and interacts with students daily would be a disaster. Physically attending school has hidden benefits: getting up every morning, interacting with peers, and building relationships with teachers are essential skills to cultivate in young people. Moreover, schools should be more than simple institutions of traditional learning. They are now places that provide meals. They are places where students receive counseling and other support.

对于那些负责教育预算的人来说，用技术替代教师的诱惑可能如此强烈，以至于他们忽略了远程学习的弊端。学校设施建设与维护成本高昂，教师雇佣费用也不菲。在线课程不需要建筑，且每堂课可同时容纳数百人，从而节省更多开支，这进一步增加了远程教育对那些更关心预算而非学习的人的吸引力。然而，远离一个由活生生的人每天教学并与学生互动的传统课堂，将是一场灾难。实际到校上课有隐藏的好处：每天早起、与同伴互动、与教师建立关系，这些都是培养年轻人必备的技能。此外，学校不应仅仅是传统学习的简单机构。它们现在是提供餐食的地方，是学生接受咨询和其他支持的地方。

Those policy-makers are often fascinated by the latest technology in education and its potential to "transform" education overnight. But online education does not allow a teacher to keep a struggling student after class and offer help. Educational videos may deliver academic content, but they are unable to make eye contact or assess a student's level of engagement. Distance education will never match the personal teaching in a traditional classroom. In their first 18 years of life, American children spend only 9% of their time in school. Yet teachers are expected to prepare them to be responsible citizens, cultivate their social skills, encourage successful time management, and enhance their capacity to flourish in an increasingly harsh labor market. Given these expectations, schools should not become permanently "remote".

这些政策制定者常常对教育中的最新技术及其“一夜之间”转变教育的潜力着迷。但在线教育不允许教师课后留下学习困难的学生并提供帮助。教育视频可能传递学术内容，但无法进行眼神交流或评估学生的参与度。远程教育永远无法与传统课堂中的个性化教学相媲美。在人生的前18年，美国儿童仅有9%的时间在学校度过。然而，教师被期望将他们培养成负责任的公民，培养他们的社交技能，鼓励成功的时间管理，并提升他们在日益严峻的劳动力市场中蓬勃发展的能力。鉴于这些期望，学校不应永久地“远程化”。

The power of the classroom is rooted in the humanity of the people gathered in the same place, at the same time. Personal teaching is about teachers showing students a higher path, and about young people going through the process together. Technology, no matter how advanced, should simply be a tool of a good teacher.

课堂的力量源于在同一时间、同一地点聚集的人们的人文性。个性化教学是教师为学生指明更高目标，以及年轻人共同经历这一过程。无论技术多么先进，它都应只是优秀教师的工具。