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EducationalTechnology

HowdoAmericanschoolsuseeducationaltechnology?

Thereisnotasimpleanswer.Itdependsonthesubjectandlevelofstudents,ofcourse.Butitalsodependsontheinterestandtrainingoftheteachers,andthegoalsandbudgetsoftheschools.SchoolsarealmostallconnectedtotheInternet.Butsomehavemoretechnology,anduseitmorethanothers.Forexample,someschoolsusecomputersforactivitieslikevideoconferencing,tobringtheworldintotheclassroom.Andsomeclassroomsareequippedwiththingslikeaninteractivewhiteboard.Interactivewhiteboardsarelargedisplaysforpresentations.Theyconnecttoacomputerandcanoperatebytouch.Theycanbeusedfordocumentsorwritingortoprojectvideo.Someteachersaretryingcreativenewwaystoteachwithdeviceslikemobilephones.Buteducatorssaythemostimportantthingisthecontent.

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TOEIC

TOEIC,whichstandsfortheTestofEnglishforInternationalCommunication,measurestheabilityofpeopletocommunicateintheworkplaceusingeverydayEnglish.Morethan9,000organizationsusethetestinmorethan90countries.Non-nativeEnglishspeakerstakethetesttodemonstratetheirEnglishskillswhenseekinganewjoborapromotion.SomeorganizationsusetheTOEICtomeasureprogressinEnglishtrainingprogramsandasaplacementtest.Thecostofthetestissetlocallyineachcountry.TheTOEICisreallytwotests.Peoplecantakeoneorbothofthem.Oneisapaper-and-penciltest,whichmeasureslisteningandreadingskills.Theothertestgivenonacomputermeasuresspeakingandwritingskills.Elevenquestionsonthecomputertestrequirespeaking.Forexample,thetesttakerisaskedtoreadoutloudordescribeapicture.Eightotherquestionsrequirewrittenanswers,includinganopinionessay.

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Dictionary

Adictionaryisareferencebookthatfocusesondefiningwordsandphrases,includingmultiplemeanings.Themostfrequentlyuseddictionaryisalanguagedictionarythatincludesthemajorityoffrequentlyusedwordsinalanguage.Languagedictionariesaremadefordifferenttypesofusers:

scholars,officeworkers,schools,andsecondlanguagelearners.Therearemanycompetingdictionariesputoutbydifferentcompanies.Notonlydotheyhavedifferentforms-paperback,hardback,andonlineeditionsbuttheydifferinotherways.Eachcompany,forexample,usesitsownversionofphoneticrespellingbasedontheresearchdonebyitsexperts.Otherdifferencesbetweendictionariesshowupinotherfeatures.Manydictionariesincludetheirexperts'guidanceongrammar,usage,andthehistoryofthelanguage.Definitionsdifferslightly,andsamplesentencesmaybetheworkoftheeditorialstaffortakenfromreal-worldusage,perhapsthefirstknownwrittenuse./

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MedicalEducation

ItisnoteasytobecomeadoctorintheUnitedStates.Studentsmustattendacollegeoruniversityanddowellintheirstudies.Studentswhowanttobecomedoctorsusuallystudylargeamountsofbiologyandchemistryincollege.Somestudentsworkforayearortwoinamedicalorresearchjobbeforetheyattempttoentermedicalschool.Onceinmedicalschool,studentsspendtheirfirsttwoyearsmainlyinclassroomstudy.Theylearnaboutthebodyandallitssystems.Theyalsobeginstudyinghowtorecognizeandtreatdisease.Bythethirdyear,studentsbeginworkingwithpatientsinhospitals.Experienceddoctorswhohavetreatedmanypatientsguidethemastheywork.Duringthefourthyear,studentsbeginapplyingtoprogramsinhospitalsfortheadditionaltrainingtheywillneedaftermedicalschool.Competitiontoworkatatophospitalcanbefierce.

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TheEnglishLanguage

Englishisthemostwidespreadlanguageintheworld/andismorewidelyspokenandwritten

thananyotherlanguage./MorepeoplearetryingtoleanEnglishintheworld./Englishisthelanguageofpoliticalnegotiationsandinternationalbusiness./Ithasbecometheinternationallanguageofscienceandmedicine./InternationaltreatiessaypassengerairplanepilotsmustspeakEnglish./EnglishisthemajorforeignlanguagetaughtinmostschoolsinSouthAmericaandEurope./SchoolchildreninthePhilippinesandJapanbeginlearningEnglishatanearlyage./Englishistheofficiallanguageofmorethan75countries/includingBritain,Canada,theUnitedStates,Australia,andSouthAfrica./Incountrieswheremanydifferentlanguagesarespoken,/Englishisoftenusedasanofficiallanguagetohelppeoplecommunicate./Indiaisagoodexample./Englishisthecommonlanguageinthiscountry/whereatleast24languagesarespokenbymorethanonemillionpeople./

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Dating

Datingisthetraditionalfirststeptowardmarriage./Butdatingandestablishingarelationshipcanbehardwork../Soalotofpeoplewanttogowheretheycanmeetpeoplewithsimilarinterests./Theymightlookforsomeone/whoshareacommoninterestinreligionorbooks,forexample./Alotofbookstoresnowhaveplacesthatservecoffeeandfood./Manyofferspecialprogramsandsocialactivitiesforsinglepeople./Singlesmayjoinhealthclubs,orsportsteamsormaybeevenagroupforpeoplewholiketotakelongwalksinthewood./Ifnothingelse,atleasttheywillhavegottensomeexercise./Somepeopleusedatingservices,/whichhelppeoplechooseapersontheymightlike./Manynewspapersandmagazinespublishmessage/frompeoplewhoareseekingsomeonetodate./Therearealsotelephonedatingservices,videodatingservicesandonlinedatingservices./

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NationalSpellingBee

Everyyear,thebestyoungEnglishlanguagespellersfromaroundtheworld/gatherinWashington,D.C.fortheNationalspellingBee./Theyspellcomplexwords/thatmostEnglishspeakershaveneverevenheardof'./Thenationalspellingbeetakesplaceovertwointensedaysofcompetitioninalargehotelmeetingroom./Thespellerssittogetherinfrontofseveraljudges./Eachspellerstandswhenitishisorherturn./Whenthejudgecallsouttheword,/spellerscanaskforhelp./Theycanaskforthedefinitionofthewordorforittobeusedinasentence./Theycanalsoaskwhichlanguagethewordcamefrom./Thiscanoftenhelpthemdecidehowitisspelled./Studentswhospellthewordcorrectlyremaininthecompetition./Butifthespellermakesamistake,/abellringsandthechildmustleavethegroup./

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Sales

Whenastoresellsgoodsorservicesatacostlowerthanusual,itiscalledasale./Saleslastforalimitedtime./Thenthecostisretunedtoitsusualamount./Therearemanykindsofsales./Forexample,a“back-to-schoolsale”isheldnearthebeginningoftheschoolyear./Parentscansavemoneyonclothesandschoolsuppliesfortheirchildren./A“midnightmadness”eventStartsverylateatnight./An“earlybirdspecial”salestartsveryearlyinthemorning,/usuallybeforethesunrises./ThiskindofsaleispopularthedayafterThanksgivinginNovember./Afavoritesaleamongmanypeopleisthe“buyone,getonefree,”sale./Youbuyonethingandgetasecondonewithoutcost./Anotherkindofsaleisa“goingoutofbusiness”sale./Thisiswhenastoreownertriestosellallthegoodsinthestore/beforeclosingthebusinesspermanently./

buyone,getonefree买一送一permanently永久地

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TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage

ItisthemostwidelyrespectedEnglish-languagetestintheworld,/recognizedbymorethan8,000collegesanduniversitiesinmorethan130countries./ItiscalledTOEFL,whichstandsforTestEnglishasaForeignLanguage./TOEFLisanimportanttestforforeignstudentswhowanttostudyAmerica./Morethan4,000Americanuniversitiesandotherschools/requirestudentsseekadmissiontotakethetest./Eachyear,nearlyamillionindividualsofallagestaketheTOEFLleveltodemonstratetheirEnglish-languageproficiency./ItmeasuresyourabilitytouseandunderstandEnglishattheuniversitylevel./Anditevaluateshowwellyoucombineyourfourskills,/listeningreading,speakingandwritingskillstoperformacademictasks./TherearetwoformatsfortheTOEFLtest./Theformatyoutakedependsonthelocationofyourtestcenter./Nowadays,mosttesttakerstaketheInternet-basedTest./TestcentersthatdonothaveInternetaccessofferthePaper-basedTest

TOEFL托福考试demonstrate说明，显示evaluate评估；评价

format形式Internet-based基于互联网的proficiency熟练，精通

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HeatStress

Themostcommonhealthproblemlinkedtohotweatherisheatstress./Thecausesofheatstressincludewearingheavyclothing,/physicalworkorexercise,hotweatherandhighhumidity./Ifseveraloftheseconditionsarepresentatthesametime,/aperson'sbodytemperaturemayriseabovesafelevels./Mostpeoplesufferonlymusclepainbecauseofheatstress./Thepainisawarningthatthebodyisbecomingtoohot./Doctorssaythosesufferingmusclepainsshouldstopallactivityandrestinacoolplace./Doctorssaynottoreturntophysicalactivityforafewhours/becauseseriousconditionscoulddevelop./Somepeoplefaceanincreaseddangerfromheatstress./Theymayhaveaweakordamagedheart,/highbloodpressureorotherproblemsofthebloodsystem./Severeheatisalsodangerousforpeoplewhoweightoomuchandhavetoomuchbodyfat,/andforpeoplewhodrinkalcohol./

humidity湿度，潮湿

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ForeignLanguageStudyinAmerica

ForeignlanguagestudystartsataveryyoungageformanystudentsinAmerica./Somestudentsstartlanguagetrainingatagesix./Statesdonotrequireforeignlanguagetrainingthisearlyineducation./Butmanystudentschoosetostudylanguagesinelementaryschool./The