听力训练
Exercise
1. How do the teenagers share their information besides blogs?
2. According to the passage, what shouldn't children do online?
3. What does the bullying on the Internet contribute to?
4. Some schools have students from blogging on school computers. Other schools have tried to prohibit from keeping online journals even at home. But many teens say the are a great way to express their .
5. of people are online at any given time, and predators are , says Willard. Many students think only their friends read their blogs, but they're wrong, she . " Kids are going to argue that these blogs are part of their lives.
6. Bloggers say that their private writing is an of free speech. "If it is not endangering another ... schools should it whatever," wrote a teen on the .

Background Information 背景信息
博客一词是从英文单词Blog翻译而来。Blog是Weblog的简称，而Weblog则是由Web和Log两个英文单词组合而成。Weblog就是在网络上发布和阅读的流水记录，通常称为网络日志，简称为网志。Blogger既指撰写Blog的人。Blogger在很多时候也被翻译成博客一词，而撰写Blog的这种行为，有时候也被翻译成博客。因而，中文博客一词即可作为名词，分别指代两种意思Blog(网志)和Blogger（撰写网志的人），也可作为动词，意思为撰写网志这种行为，只是在不同的场合分别表示不同的意思罢了。

Words & Phrases
Words
bully 欺凌弱小者
endanger 危及
imperative 必要的，紧急的

journal 日志
plentiful 许多的，大量的
unspoken 未说出口的

Phrases
a great way to... ......的好方法
at any given time 在任何特定的时间
ban on 禁止
contribute to 有利于

keep in touch with... 和......保持联系
place limitations on 限制
point out 指出
prohibit from 禁止，阻止

Sentence Patterns 句型
1. Many teens say the journals are a great way to express their creativity. 许多青少年说，写日志是表达他们创造力的一个很好的途径。
...are a great way to... ......是......很好的途径
2. A study showed that one in five teens in America has a blog, and about twice as many read them. 一项研究表明，在美国，五分之一的青少年拥有自己的博客，更有比这多一倍的人阅读博客。
A study showed that... 一项研究表明......

听力答案

1. Passing notes in class.
2. Post private information about themselves.
3. Emotional distress for kids.
4. prohibited, teens, journals, creativity
5. Millions, plentiful, points out, private
6. expression, individual, have no control over, site

听力原文
Instead of passing notes in class, teens are now sharing information on their Web logs, or blogs. A study showed that one in five teens in America has a blog, and about twice as many read them.

But some schools have prohibited (禁止) students from blogging on school computers. Other schools have tried to prohibit teens from keeping online journals even at home. But many teens say the journals are a great way to express their creativity. They maintain that a ban on blogging violates (违反) their right to free speech.

Blog critics say that kids don't know about online safety and that it's imperative (必须的) to place limitations on students. They shouldn't post private information about themself, and they don't have the right to post someone else's secrets.

Millions of people are online at any given time, and predators are plentiful, says Willard. Many students think only their friends read their blogs, but they're wrong, she points out. " Kids are going to argue that these blogs are part of their private lives. And that's the point: They aren't private at all.

Online bullying (暴力) of fellow students and threats made to teachers are also serious concerns. Bullying on the Internet contributes to emotional distress (痛苦) for kids. It can be extremely harmful, says Willard.

Some students say they use blogs to help express unspoken feelings. Others see blogs as places to keep in touch with friends. I can talk to people I don't see as often, because everyone is so busy, Apollo High School senior Ashley Boswell says.

Bloggers say that their private writing is an expression of free speech. "If it is not endangering another individual ... schools should have no control over it whatever," wrote a teen on the site.

参考译文

和以往在班里传纸条不同，现在的青少年喜欢在网络日志即博客上分享信息。一项研究表明，在美国，五分之一的青少年拥有自己的博客，更有比这多一倍的人阅读博客。

但一些学校禁止学生在学校的电脑上写博客，还有些学校甚至曾经试图禁止青少年在家里写网络日志。但许多青少年说，写日志是表达他们创造力的一个很好的途径。他们坚持认为，禁止写博客侵犯了他们的言论自由权。

博客评论家说，孩子们对网络安全不够了解，对学生施加一些限制是势在必行的。他们不应该把自己的个人信息公布出来，也没有权利把别人的秘密公布出来。

威拉德说，数百万人可以在任何时间上网，掠食者是大量存在的。她指出，许多学生认为只有自己的朋友读他们的博客，但他们错了。孩子们会辩解说，这些博客是他们私生活的一部分。而实际上：博客一点都不够私密。

在网上恐吓同学和威胁老师也是人们非常关注的严重问题。威拉德说；网上恐吓增加孩子们的情感伤害，而这对孩子们来说是非常有害的。

一些学生说，他们使用博客是为了表达未说出口的情绪，其他学生把博客当做和朋友保持联系的地方。阿波罗高中的学生阿什利·博斯韦尔说：我可以在博客上和不经常见面的朋友说话，因为大家都很忙。

写博客的人说，他们的个人写作是言论自由的一种表现。一名青少年在网上说：只要不危害到其他人......无论如何学校都不应该控制这一行为。