ThereisacertaininevitabilitythatebooksaleshavenowovertakenpaperbacksalesonAmazon’sUSsite.Amazon’s
Kindle2issolightandsocheapthatit’seasytoseewhypeoplehaverushedtobuyit.ThoughI’mstillnotkeenonthedesignoftheKindle,itisavastimprovementonitspredecessorandcertainlytolerable.Beyondthedeviceitself,AmazonhasdoneagreatjobofrollingoutKindleapps,ensuringthatpeoplelikeme-whohaveaniPadbutnotaKindlecanstilljoininthefun.
Onceyou’reintotheKindleecosystem,Amazonlocksyouintightly-justasAppledoeswithitsiTunes/iPodecosystem.It’ssoeasytobuyfromAmazon’sstoreandthebooksaresocheapthatit’snotworththeeffortofgoingelsewhere.
WhileIremainopposedtoAmazon’sDRM(数字版权管理)-indeed,I’mopposedtoDRMonanyebooks-Ihavetoadmit
thattheimplementationissosmooththatmostKindleuserswon’tcareatallthattheirebookscan’tbemovedtoother
devices.
Theebooktrendisnowherenearpeaking.Overthenextfiveyearswecanexpecttoseemoreandmorereadersmoveawayfromprintedbooksandpickupebooksinstead.ButIdon’tthinkthatwillmeanthedeathoftheprintedbook.
Therearesomewhopreferprintedbooks.Theylikehavingshelvesfilledwithbooksthey’vereadandbookstheyplanto
read;theylikethefeelofthebookintheirhandsandthedifferentweightsandtypefacesandlayoutsofdifferenttitles.Inotherwords,theylikethephysicalformofthebookalmostasmuchasthewordsitcontains.
Icansympathizewiththosepeople.AsIwroteearlierthisweek,myidealsituationwouldbeforpublisherstobundle
e-bookswithprintedones-inmuchthesamewaythatfilmstudioDVDswithdigitalcopiesoffilms.There’snoreasontothink
thatloversofprintedbookswillchangetheirminds.Therewillundoubtedlybefewerofthemastimegoesbybecausemore
peoplewillgrowupwithebooksandspendlittletimewithprintedones.However,justastherearepeoplewholovevinyl
records(黑胶唱片),eveniftheywerebornwellintotheCDera,therewillstillbeadedicatedminoritywholovephysicalbooks.
Sincetherearefewerofthesepeople,thatwillmeanfewerbookshopsandhigherpricesforprintedbooksbutIdon’tthinkthepictureisentirelybleak.Thereisscopeforsmallerprintrunsoflavishlydesignedprintedbooksandbookshopsaimedat
booklovers,ratherthantheStiegLarsson-readingmasses.Withmainstreamreadersoutoftheprintedbookmarket,
bookloversmightevenfindtheygetabetterexperience.
6【单项选择题】
WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraphOne?
AMostpeoplebuyKindle2mainlybecauseofitslowprice.
BTheauthorofthepassageisaloyalcustomerofAppleproducts.
CAmazon’sKindle2surpassedKindle1indesigning.
DThesalesofebookoutnumberedthoseofpaperbackintheU.S.
WhatisthemajorcauseforEuropeans’lossofsleep?
AThedaylightsavingstime.
BThecolorfulnightlife.
CTheWorldCup.
DThesummertime.
简述教学反馈的基本要求。
纠错方式根据纠错手段来划分,有哪些分类?
WhatdowelearnabouttheRussiansregardingsleep?
ATheydon’tfallasleepuntilverylate.
BTheydon’tsleepmuchonweekends.
CTheygetlesssleeponpublicholidays.
DTheysleeplongerthanpeopleelsewhere.
Whichofthefollowingistrueofformativeassessment?
AMainlybasedontesting.
BDonemostlyattheendofalearningperiod.
CMainlyfortestingstudents’knowledgeandskill.
DFocusedonstudents’learningprogress.