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如果上课时数字课本突然打不开，学习该怎么继续？文章先讲 10 月 21 日日本部分学生一度无法阅读数字教科书的经过：原因是广泛使用的编程语言 PHP 被发现严重漏洞，一家提供阅读软件的公司紧急维护；再交代文部科学大臣 10 月 30 日的说明，以及为何这次短暂中断值得重视——依照 6 月通过的法律，数字教科书将从 2030 年度起成为正式教科书，但文科省草案以纸质与数字结合的“混合型”为标准；随后介绍新规则将要求的安全措施和打印、下载功能；最后说明这些方案尚未定稿。阅读时可留意 because、But、so that 如何连接原因、转折和目的，以及 would、could、hopes 等词如何区分已经发生的事和计划。

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On 21 October, some school students in Japan opened their digital textbooks and found that they could not read them for a while. The problem did not start in their schools. A serious weakness had been found in PHP, a programming language that many websites use, and one company had to stop its service quickly to deal with it.

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10 月 21 日，日本一些学生打开数字教科书时，发现有一段时间无法阅读。问题并不是出在学校。人们在许多网站都使用的编程语言 PHP 中发现了一个严重漏洞，一家公司不得不迅速暂停服务来处理。

On 30 October, Education Minister Yoshihiro Seki explained what had happened. Seven companies provide the software that students use to view their digital textbooks, and only one of them uses PHP. That company carried out emergency repairs, so for some hours students could not open their books. Seki said it was a step to prevent harm. There was no sign that anyone had broken into the system or that information had leaked.

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10 月 30 日，文部科学大臣关芳弘说明了事情经过。为学生提供数字教科书阅读软件的公司共有七家，其中只有一家使用 PHP。这家公司进行了紧急维护，因此学生在部分时段打不开课本。关芳弘说，这是为防止损害而采取的措施。没有迹象表明有人侵入系统或信息遭到泄露。

The short break matters because digital textbooks are about to play a bigger role in Japan. Today, schools mainly use digital copies of paper books. But under a law passed in June, digital textbooks can become official textbooks from the 2030 school year. Publishers will be able to choose paper only, digital only, or a mix of the two.

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这次短暂中断之所以值得重视，是因为数字教科书即将在日本发挥更大作用。目前，学校主要使用纸质课本的数字版本。但根据 6 月通过的一项法律，从 2030 学年度起，数字教科书可以成为正式教科书。出版社将可以选择纯纸质、纯数字或两者结合的形式。

The ministry does not plan to move everything to screens at once. In October, it showed a group of experts a draft plan that makes the mixed form the standard for all grades and subjects. Children in the fourth grade and below would not get digital-only books. According to The Japan Times, older students could use them only in a few subjects, such as English, music and art.

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文部科学省并不打算一下子把所有课本都搬到屏幕上。10 月，它向一个专家小组提交了一份草案，把纸质与数字结合的形式定为所有年级和学科的标准。小学四年级及以下的孩子将不会使用纯数字课本。据《日本时报》报道，高年级学生也只能在英语、音乐和美术等少数学科使用纯数字课本。

Seki said it is important that children’s learning does not stop, even when the new books arrive. The ministry is now changing its basic rules for digital textbooks, which were first published in 2023, and hopes to finish before the end of this school year. The new rules will ask for proper security as a normal part of every product. They will also require a way to print or download pages, so that lessons can continue when the digital version is not working.

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关芳弘说，即使换上新课本，也要确保孩子们的学习不中断。文部科学省正在修订 2023 年首次公布的数字教科书基本规则，希望在本年度结束前完成。新规则将要求把适当的安全措施作为每个产品的标准配置，还将要求提供打印或下载页面的方式，这样即使数字版无法使用，课程也能继续。

These plans are not final yet. The draft guidelines on textbook forms will be open to public comments before the ministry makes a decision, which it hopes to do by the end of the year. Software will always need repairs from time to time, and the rules cannot stop every problem. What the ministry wants is simpler: when a repair is needed, students should still have something to read.

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这些方案尚未最终确定。关于教科书形式的指导方针草案将先公开征求意见，文部科学省希望在年底前作出决定。软件总会不时需要维修，规则也无法阻止所有问题。文部科学省想要的其实更简单：需要维修时，学生手里仍然有东西可读。

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