The Impact of the Internet on Learning
It is apparently depicted in the cartoon given above that while a teacher wants to give a quiz to a little boy who is holding a cell phone in his hand and says: "Once I learn how to use Google, isn't that all the education I really need?" The teacher seems to be quite embarrassed and shocked after hearing her student's naive question.
The cartoon vividly mirrors one of the problems in our lives that the Internet has exerted a great influence on people's learning. We can acquire relevant knowledge and information rapidly and precisely via search engines, professional websites and online education. However, education does not simply mean learning to obtain information. Learning basic hands-on skills, traveling with classmates, participating in social activities and fulfilling a project with our teamwork can also be effective and indispensable forms. All of these maybe can not be achieved by obtaining information from Internet alone.
Therefore, we should not ignore those traditional, essential and prevailing forms of education when we surf the web and speak highly of convenience of the Internet education in the age of information. (172 words)
embarrassed adj. 尴尬的
exert v. 用(某特质﹑ 技巧﹑ 压力等)
fulfill v. 完成，实现
indispensable adj. 不可缺少的
naive adj. 天真的
hands-on 实地的，实践的
prevailing adj. 普遍的
speak highly of 对......评价很高
互联网对学习的影响
很明显，上面这幅漫画描绘了这样一个场景：当一个老师要给一个小男孩做随堂测验时，小孩子手里拿着一部手机说道："一旦我知道了如何使用Google，那不就是我所有需要的教育吗?"听到学生这么天真的问题，老师显得尴尬而又惊讶。
漫画生动地折射了我们生活中的一个问题：互联网对我们的学习造成了巨大的影响。我们可以通过搜索引擎、专业的门户网站或者在线教育快速而又精准地获得相关的知识和信息。然而，教育绝不仅仅意味着学会如何获取信息。学习一些基础的动手能力、与同学一起出游、参加社会活动、与团队共同完成一个项目都是教育的有效而必不可少的形式。而这些可能是通过网络获取信息这样的教育形式所无法做到的。
因此，在这个信息时代，我们在网上冲浪盛赞网络教育的便利性的时候，我们不能忽视那些传统的、精华的和主流的教育形式。
1. We can acquire relevant knowledge and information rapidly and precisely via search engines, professional websites and online education. 我们可以通过搜索引擎、专业的门户网站或者在线教育快速而又精准地获得相关的知识和信息。
2. Learning basic hands-on skills, traveling with classmates, participating in social activities and fulfilling a project with our teamwork can also be effective and indispensable forms. 学习一些基础的动手能力、与同学一起出游、参加社会活动、与团队共同完成一个项目都是教育的有效而必不可少的形式。
