在线女子学校提供新的学习机会 Online Girls’School Provides a New Chance to Study
News Background
新闻导读
网络课堂是基于互联网的远程在线互动培训课堂。一般系统采用音视频传输以及数据协同等网络传输技术，模拟真实课堂环境，通过网络给学生提供有效的培训环境。其标准使用状况是：学员在连接互联网的计算机上安装网络课堂客户端软件或直接使用浏览器，再使用由网络课堂管理者提供的学员账号登录客户端，即可参加由培训学校提供的在线培训课程。网络课堂的核心就是教学资源共享、协同浏览。标准的网络课堂系统拥有文档播放、视频语音交互、背景音乐、电子教鞭、电子白板、屏幕共享、网页共享、文字交互、课程录制、虚拟课堂等功能；还应有众多个性化细节设计，如公聊、私聊、答疑、禁止某个学员发言、踢出、锁定课堂、学员搜索、申请发言、指定学员进入提问席、在线投票等。常见的网络课堂系统具备完善的教学管理平台，可实现对培训机构、讲师、学员和课堂的管理。一些网络课堂软件甚至提供了课堂数据统计和下载，如学员列表、聊天记录、投票结果等。
News Transcript
新闻正文
Marlborough School student Xochitl Green wants to pursue a career in the field of psychology. Her high school only offers one psychology course, and that's not enough for her.“Because I wanted to take a more in-depth class, they told me there was an option to do an online course, and so I looked into it.”
In addition to her classes in school, Green took an online Advanced Placement psychology course through Online School For Girls. She said the experience was different from a regular classroom.“I actually thought it was a lot easier to say your thoughts because there weren't any eyes looking at you like there are in a classroom.You got to be completely 100 percent yourself.There were a lot of projects, though, where we had to video chat with girls or you had to text girls.”
Marlborough School's Stuart Posin said partnering with Online School for Girls gives students opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have.“There are a lot of APs, a lot of STEM courses that we just don't have the interest or the mass of students to be able to produce those classes, and so by partnering with other schools around the nation and getting the best teachers around the nation, we're giving girls the opportunity they just otherwise wouldn't have.”
Brad Rathgeber, Executive Director for the Online School for Girls.“What we're trying to do in these single gender settings is really build an enormous amount of confdence in the girls so they can fnd great success they go onto college and beyond.”A single sex education is not what makes a student successful, though, says Diane Halpern of the Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute. She spoke to VOA in a Skype interview.“Often people will point to exemplary single sex schools and say‘look here's an example that it works，'but they tend to be highly selective in terms of the students they admit.Parents are wealthier, especially in the U.S.，where people have paid they tend to be very academically focused.”
But there is growing interest in an all girls'online school. Since it began fve years ago, the Online School for Girls has seen an increase in attendance, and the number of high schools partnering with Online School for Girls has grown from 4 to 85.Rathgeber said his online girls'school provides students with a strong sense of community that helps them learn.
“If you're creating a small cose knit community and you're trying to really bond students with their teachers and students with each other, gender can matter at some level. And we think we can create a learning environment that capitalizes on a single gender experience.”Rathgeber is now working on building an online school for boys.
Translaton
参考译文
马尔伯勒学校的学生希克特里·格林一直梦想从事心理学领域的职业。但她的高中只提供了一种心理学课程，这对格林而言是远远不够的。“我想去上更为深入的课程，因此他们告诉我在线课程是不错的选择，所以我就来了。”
除了学校的课程之外，格林还通过在线女子学校预修心理学课程的学习。她表示网络课堂体验和一般课堂完全不同。“我认为网络课堂更容易表达你自己的想法，因为不像在教室里那样会有人盯着你。你可以完全做自己。在很多课程中，我们女孩间必须视频聊天或互相发短信。”
马尔伯勒学校学生斯图尔特·博赛因表示与在线女子学校合作为学生们提供了前所未有的机会。“有很多先修课程和STEM课程，之前由于没有学生有兴趣或学生数量不足而无法开设，现在通过与全国其他学校协作，获得全国最好的师资力量，我们给女孩们提供了前所未有的机会。”
在线女子学校执行董事布拉德·拉特格博说：“我们之所以尝试设置单性别学校是想为这些女孩树立极大的信心，这样她们进入大学可以获得更大的成就。”不过凯克研究所密涅瓦学校戴安·哈尔普恩在通过Skype接受采访时对美国之音说：“单性教育不会让一名学生取得成功，人们经常会指着某些模范单性别学校说‘看这里有一个运作良好的范例’，但是他们往往在招收学生时有很高的选择性。父母更为富裕，尤其是在美国，那些愿意花钱的人更关注学术。”
但人们对于所有女子在线学校的兴趣正在逐渐增加。从5年前开始，在线女子学校人数在不断增加，而且与这种学校合作的高中数量已从4所增加到85所。拉特格博表示他的在线女子学校为学生提供了一种帮助自己学习的强烈社区意识。
“如果你希望创建一个紧密团结的社区并且你想真正让学生们、师生之间心连心，性别在某种程度上会至关重要。我们认为利用单性别经验可以创造这样的一种学习环境。”拉特格博的一所在线男子学校正在构建当中。
Listening Comprehension
听力理解
1.Why did Xochitl Green choose an online course?
2.What we're trying to do in these single gender settings is really build an____amount of confdence in the girls so they can fnd great success they go onto college and beyond.
3.What's the increased number of high schools partnering with Online School for Girls?
A. 4
B. 81
C. 85
Hot Words
新闻热词
pursue[pəˈsjuː]v.寻求，追求
psychology[saɪˈkɒlədʒi]n.心理学
placement[ˈpleɪsmənt]n.实习工作，实习课；安置
Advanced Placement美国大学预修课程
regular[ˈregjələ（r）]adj.正常的，常见的，普通的
project[ˈprɒdʒekt]n.项目，计划
otherwise[ˈʌðəwaɪz]adv.否则，另外
produce[prəˈdjuːs]v.产生，造成
confdence[ˈkɒnfɪdəns]n.信心，信任
exemplary[ɪgˈzempləri]adj.典型的，示范的
attendance[əˈtendəns]n.出席，出勤
capitalize[ˈkæpɪtəlaɪz]v.利用
Listening Analysis
精彩解析
1.In addition to her classes in school, Green took an online Advanced Placement psychology course through Online School For Girls.
in addition to除……之外，还……
例句
She gets various perquisites in addition to her wages.
她除工资以外，还有各种津贴。
In addition to specifying where to print, you must specify the format of your print documents.
除了指定要打印地方之外，您还必须指定文档打印格式。
2.……but they tend to be highly selective in terms of the students they admit.
in terms of依据，按照；在……方面
例句
In terms of law, they are equally authentic.
按照法律条款，它们具有同等的效力。
It can not be measured in terms of money.
这是不能用金钱衡量的。
答案
1.Because she wanted to take a more in-depth class, somebody told her there was an option to do an online course, and so she looked into it.
2.enormous
3.B