自 2020 年 3 月以來(lái)，英國(guó)已經(jīng)幾度實(shí)行全國(guó)性封鎖，以控制疫情。在此期間，英國(guó)家長(zhǎng)需要幫助孩子參與學(xué)校組織的線上課。但一些家庭沒(méi)有足夠的電子設(shè)備和良好的無(wú)線網(wǎng)絡(luò)環(huán)境，所以不具備遠(yuǎn)程學(xué)習(xí)的條件。

Google Classroom, Zoom lessons and Microsoft Teams are some of the ways in which schools are continuing their pupils’ education during lockdown, though without a device or wi-fi, learning from home is extremely challenging.

谷歌教室、Zoom（視頻通訊軟件）課程和 Microsoft Teams（微軟團(tuán)隊(duì)協(xié)作軟件）是學(xué)校在新冠肺炎封鎖期間繼續(xù)為學(xué)生提供教學(xué)工作的一些方式，即便如此，在沒(méi)有設(shè)備或無(wú)線網(wǎng)絡(luò)的情況下，在家學(xué)習(xí)是極其困難的。

Ofcom estimates as many as 1.8 million children in the UK currently do not have access to a device, and almost 900,000 have to rely on mobile internet, which can be costly.

英國(guó)通信管理局（Ofcom）估計(jì)，目前英國(guó)有多達(dá)180萬(wàn)兒童沒(méi)有使用相關(guān)設(shè)備的條件，近90萬(wàn)兒童不得不依賴移動(dòng)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)學(xué)習(xí)，而移動(dòng)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的成本可能很高。

Legal campaigners, the Good Law Project, argue the answer is not for those children to be forced to go to school and have threatened legal action. In response, the government says more than half of the one million laptops bought for disadvantaged children and young people have already been delivered and it’s working with the mobile network operators to provide free data at home.

法律倡導(dǎo)者 “良法項(xiàng)目（Good Law Project）” 認(rèn)為，解決問(wèn)題的辦法不是強(qiáng)迫這些孩子去上學(xué)，并威脅要采取法律行動(dòng)。作為回應(yīng)，政府表示，為弱勢(shì)兒童和年輕人購(gòu)買的100萬(wàn)臺(tái)筆記本電腦中，有一半以上已經(jīng)交付。同時(shí)，政府正與移動(dòng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)運(yùn)營(yíng)商合作，為在家學(xué)習(xí)的兒童提供免費(fèi)數(shù)據(jù)流量。

詞匯表

device 設(shè)備
learning from home 在家學(xué)習(xí)
challenging 有難度的，具有挑戰(zhàn)性的
have access to 有機(jī)會(huì)使用，可以利用
rely on 依靠，依賴
mobile internet 移動(dòng)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
costly 高成本的，昂貴的
legal action 法律訴訟
network operator 網(wǎng)絡(luò)運(yùn)營(yíng)商

閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. True or false? Learning from home is not easy without a device or wi-fi.

2. According to Ofcom’s estimate, how many children in the UK do not have access to a device?

3. What is the downside of having to rely on mobile internet to study, according to the text?

4. How many of the one million laptops bought for disadvantaged children and young people have been delivered, according to the government?

答案

1. True or false? Learning from home is not easy without a device or wi-fi.
True. Although schools have ways to continue pupils’ education during lockdown, without a device or wi-fi, learning from home is extremely challenging.

2. According to Ofcom’s estimate, how many children in the UK do not have access to a device?
As many as 1.8 million children in the UK currently do not have access to a device.

3. What is the downside of having to rely on mobile internet to study, according to the text?
The downside is it can be costly.

4. How many of the one million laptops bought for disadvantaged children and young people have been delivered, according to the government?
According to the government, more than half of the one million laptops have been delivered.