VOA慢速英语:A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners

短语讲解：

1. When you have eighteen kids in the classroom and you see ten kids, hands raised up, the teacher does her best to get around.

raise up举起
例句：They raised their hands up straight, so that the teacher could see them.
他们把手举起来伸直，好让老师看见。
get around随意走走; 旅行
例句：Does Abell get around a great deal?
艾贝尔常出去走动吗?

2. They know what they've done is correct and they can move on, or they know 'Oh, I need to ask for help.'"

move on继续前进, 继续进行, 往前走
例句：We talked about these for a while and then moved on to another house.
我们谈了一会儿之后, 就前往另一家去了。
ask for请求…, 要求…
例句：We often asked the veteran workers for advice.
我们常常向老工人求教。

3. Project coordinator Mike Muir says he believes the computers can help students improve in reading and math.

improve in在…方面有所提高
例句：He tried his best to improve his marks in school.
他尽自己的最大努力来提高成绩。

4. Less than two-thirds of the third graders in the school system are at what are known as benchmark levels.

be known as被认为是
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

5. One of our literacy interventionists was working with several of her students, and, having a hard time with helping them be successful, she finally pulled out her own personal iPad and had them work on some apps for letter recognition and letter formation, and they met the benchmark very quickly and even as she moved on to other topics with these students, they retained that level of mastery.

pull out拔出
例句：The drawer won't pull out.
这抽屉拉不出来。
work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

6. Educators in Maine plan to give a report at the end of the school year.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.
讲在他演讲快结束的时候, 人群情绪激昂, 狂热欢呼。