1·In response to declining math skills among their students, some Japanese schools are bringing back an ancient calculating device—the abacus.
为了应对学生数学能力的下降,日本的一些学校重新使用起一种古老的计算工具——算盘。
2·The abacus was perhaps the earliest type of computer.
算盘可能是最早的一种计算机。
3·Learn how to use an abacus.
学会用算盘。
4·In English we call it an abacus.
在英语里我们叫它为一个算盘。
5·But I am interested in using an abacus.
可我对打算盘还是很感兴趣。
6·We might say, the day of the abacus is gone.
我们可以说,算盘的时代已经过去了。
7·Why is the abacus such an effective teaching device?
为什么算盘有效地帮助了教学?
8·Abacus is still in wide use in some parts of Asia.
在亚洲某些地方算盘仍然被广泛地使用着。
9·Learning abacus made my son more interested in math.
学习珠算使我的儿子对数学更感兴趣。
10·So am I. Using an abacus is still a basic accounting.
我也一样,打算盘仍然是会计的基本技能。
1·In response to declining math skills among their students, some Japanese schools are bringing back an ancient calculating device—the abacus.
为了应对学生数学能力的下降,日本的一些学校重新使用起一种古老的计算工具——算盘。
2·The Chinese invented the abacus; India invented the binary and the decimal systems.
中国人发明了算盘;而印度人发明了二进制及十进制算法。
3·Such fine calibrations may date back to the use of the abacus, and to an old Chinese convention that assumes a 360-day year for the purpose of reckoning interest payments.
如此精细的调整可追溯到算盘的使用,追溯到中国的一个古老传统,即假设一年为360天,以达到简化利息支付的目的。
4·Why is the abacus such an effective teaching device?
为什么算盘有效地帮助了教学?
5·Look up words and concepts like abacus, Thales’ theorem, obtuse triangle and a lot more in this special site.
Math Glossary: 这里可以查找像算盘、泰勒斯定理,钝角三角形等等更多的单词以及概念。