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　　Anyone who is interested in study will welcome the latest development in classroom technology．School pupils equipped with hand-held keypads(键盘)connected wirelessly to electronic whiteboards(白色书写板)can now answer teachers questions－without their classmates knowing．The electronic“student response system”is aimed at 4-to-11-year-olds

　　Stephen Jury, the company’s chief manager, says the system helps teachers with the continuous assessment of pupils, and encourages shy children to voice opinions and become more active in class．

　　According to the Department of Education and Skills, ICT(information and communications technology)spending for schools has more than doubled since 1998．

　　“If anything, it will probably increase,”says David Todman, Dell’s UK schools manager．“To achieve what the government wants in education, there is nothing it can do but increase expenditure on IT．”

　　The education white paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, looks to IT to help the government achieve two aims－lessons tailored to(适应)different pupils’ needs and connecting parents more closely with choosing and running schools．It notes that more than 80％ of secondary schools now have websites．“Parents and pupils will be able to see exactly what’s on offer, how well the school is doing, and the future direction it plans to take．”Parents can log on(登录)to the school’s IT system to look at their child’s reports, attendance records and information about homework．

　　Nearly everyone agrees that more needs to be done to make sure that computers are used properly in schools．Stephen Jury says that Britain needs to follow the US in developing the rules of“educational technology”rather than leaving e-learning in the hands of IT departments．

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　　A popular shopping bag has been seen on the arm of some of the world’s most beautiful women．It sells at an official price of ￡5, but as much as ￡400 online．The bag called“I’m Not a Plastic Bag”is made of cotton．It is so“hot”that now everyone wants to get one．It’s fashionable, and it’s green!

　　Supporters see the bag as a way to move away from throwaway(一次性的)plastic bags that are given away in large numbers by supermarkets every year．

　　When the bags were first sold, about 500 people waited in line to buy one．So far, 20,000 of the popular bags have been sold at the second largest supermarket in Great Britain．It is one of the ways to encourage shoppers to use the reusable(可再利用的)bags, rather than the plastic ones．

　　The bag has also become a must-have for many famous people who want to be fashionable, and at the same time care about the environment．

　　The designer of the bag has been asked to develop the bag by the“We Are What We Do”group．The group believes that each person in Great Britain uses about 167 plastic bags every year．It says that small lifestyle changes can have a strong effect on reducing waste and the environmental pollution．It also says that everyone should try his best to protect the earth from being polluted．

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　　Take a rapid look at someone, then look away．Do you realize you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement．Hold it for three seconds, and the meaning has changed again．For every social situation, there is an allowed time that you can hold a person's look without being close, rude or dangerous．If you are on a lift, what stare time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you specially do．You very likely give other passengers a quick look to judge of them and to let them believe that you mean no harm．Since being close to another person suggests the possibility of communication, you need to give a signal telling others you want to be left alone．So you cut off eye contact(接触), what Dr．Erving Goffman(1963)calls“a dimming of the lights”．You look down at the floor, at the lift door, or anywhere but into another passenger's eyes．If you break the rule against staring at a stranger on a lift, you'll make the other person gradually uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself．

　　If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation．For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this matter．They may look at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again．But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals,“I know you”,“I am interested in you”,or“You look strange and I am curious about you”．This type of stare often produces unfriendly feelings．

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