Ladiesandgentlemen,
Ihavehadalotofteachersinmyschoolwhohavegivenmemuchhelpinmystudy.FortheirhelpIwillneverforgetthem.ButtodayIamgoingtotalkaboutaspecialteacherofmine.Thisteacherisnotahumanbeinganditsnameis“Computer”.IthasbeenteachingmealotofknowledgeandIappreciateitverymuch.
Withthedevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology,computersarewidelyusedineveryteritories[everyfield](1)includingeducation.Howcanacomputerbemyteacher?Howdoesacomputerteachme?Multimediahelpsalotinthisaspectinrecentyears,andcomputerbasedtraining(CBT)hasbecomeapopulareducationalmedium.Evenbeforethemultimediacome[came](2)up,manydifferentlearningsystemsappeared,usingthecomponentsandtechniqueswenowassociatewiththeterm“multimedia”.Multimediacomponents,suchasgraphics,animations,soundandvideo,makethelearningprocesseasierthroughvisualization.Animationscanpresentmanycomplexsubjectsdynamically,buthumanteacherscannotdothisonblackboards.Multimediamakesourstudymorelivelyandinteresting.Forexample,aCDROMdisknamed“EncartaEncyclopedia”contains650MBinformationincludingimages,graphics,musicclips,videoclips,animations,texts,hotwords,anddatabasesearchfunctions.Fieldsinvolvedincludesphysicalsciences,performancearts,socialsciences,politics,military,educationandsoon.Whenpressingabutton,IcanhearAmericanPresidentClinton'sspeechclip.Imayenjoyplayingallkindsofmusicalinstrumentsintheworld.Icanalsoseetheanimationofmanyphysicalphenomena.Thismakesphysicalconcepttobeunderstooddeeply[conceptsunderstoodbetter](3).Theaudiofeaturesofmultimediacangreatlyhelpmelearning[learn](4)foreignlanguages.Withitsspeechoutputcapabilities,I'mnolongerdependentonaninstructorforproperpronunciation.
HowcanIinteractwithacomputer?Therearemanyways,includingkeyboard,mousepointer,andtouchscreen.Ioftenuseakeyboard.WhenIpressrightkeys,IcanseeandhearwhateverIwant.Informationworldisatmyfingertip.Iwishthattruespeechinputoutputsystemwouldbeinventedoneday.
Asteachers,computershavealotofvirtues：Theyarepositive,theyhavegoodmemoriesandneverloseanyinformationstoredinthem.Theyhavemuchknowledgeineveryfield.Theycanletoutallkindsofsounds,andcanalsoimprovetheefficiencyofourstudy.Forexample,ifIwantto,IcanskipsomechapterssothatIcanstudyatmyownpace.
Althoughcomputerswillnevertaketheplaceofhumanteachers,theyarewelcomedbymoreandmorelearners.Computerswillcontinuetoevolvewiththeaidofmoderntechnologies.Computersaresopowerful,helpfulandimportantthateverybodyneedsit,especiallyinthefuture!Ilovemycomputerteacher!
Thankyou.