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英语听力入门第一册第三单元

Unit3

Netchangeslife

（2）

Part1warmingup

A.keywords:

telegraph：

电报机；电报

verb.

（1）Totransmit（amessage）bytelegraph.

用电报机发送用电报机发送（信息）

（2）Tosendorconveyamessageto（arecipient）bytelegraph.

打电报给…用电报向（接收者）发送或传递信息

awirecable:

电缆

radioprogram广播节目

directtelephonecalls直拨电话

communicationssatellite通讯卫星

networks：

网

（1）Asystemoflinesorchannelsthatcrossorinterconnect:

交通网相互交叉或连接的线路或水道：

eg.anetworkofrailroads铁路网

（2）Acomplex,interconnectedgrouporsystem:

复杂而相互作用的系统：

（3）Anextendedgroupofpeoplewithsimilarinterestsorconcernswhointeractandremainininformalcontactformutualassistanceorsupport.

人际网,有共同爱好或兴趣，并互相作用保持非正式交往以获得多方面帮助或支持的群体

（4）Achainofradioortelevisionbroadcastingstationslinkedbywireormicrowaverelay.

广播网由线路或微波中转站连接的电台或电视台网络

vocabulary:

orbit:

Thepathofacelestialbodyoranartificialsatelliteasitrevolvesaroundanotherbody.

运行轨道，天体绕另一天体或人造卫星绕一天体旋转所运行的轨道

Pennsylvania:

宾夕法尼亚州

Fromthebeginningofhumanhistory,informationtraveledonlyasfastastheshipcouldsail,orhorsecouldrun,orapersoncouldwalk.Peopleexperimentedwithotherwaystosendmessages.Nowlistentsomestatementsaboutabriefhistoryofcommunications.Matchthecolumnsoftimeandevents.

1.c

2.e

3.a

4.d

5.b

6.g

7.h

8.f

Tapescript

1.ThefirsttelegraphsweredeliveredinBritainandtheUnitedStatesin1830s.eachletterofthealphabetandeachnumberhadtobesentseparatelybyadevicecalledatelegraphkey.

2.OnAug.5th,1858,thefirstmessagewastransmittedbyawirecableundertheAtlanticOcean.Thismeantthatinformationnowtookonlyamatterofhourstoreachmostlargecitiesintheworld.

3.OnNovember2nd,1920,radiostationKDKAinPittsburgh,Pennsylvaniabroadcastthefirstradioprogram.Withinafewshortyears,newsadinformationcouldbeheardanywherearadiobroadcastcouldreach.

4.AfterWorldWar

anewinventionappeared:

television.Intheindustrialcountries,televisionquicklybecamecommoninmosthomes.

5.Inthe1950s,twoimportanteventstookplacethatgreatlyaffectedthecommunicationofinformation.ThefirstwasatelevisionbroadcastthatshowedtheeastcoastandthewestcoastoftheUnitedStatesatthesametime.Peoplecouldseetworeporterstalkeachalthoughtheywereseparatedbyacontinent.

6.TheothereventhappenedonSep.25th,1956.thatwaswhenthefirsttelephonecableundertheAtlanticOceanmadeitpossibletomakedirecttelephonecallsformtheUnitedStatestoEurope.

7.InJuly1962,thefirstcommunicationssatellitewasplacedinorbitaroundtheearth.Thespeedofinformationagaingreatlyincreased.

8.Todayexpectssaythereareabout300millioncomputersconnectedtonetworksthatprovidelinkswithcomputersaroundtheworld.

B.keywords:

AmericanOnline美国在线

TimeWarner时代华纳

Mediacompany媒体公司

vocabulary:

media

thenewspapers,televisionandradio

Listentoashortpassageabouttwofamouscompanies.Writedowneverywordyouhear.Thepassagewillbereadtoyouthreetimes.Duringthefirstreading,whichwillbereadatnormalspeed,listenandtrytounderstandthemeaning.Forthesecondreading,thepassagewillbereadsentencebysentenceorphrasebyphrase.Dotheactivityduringthesecondreading.

Tapescript:

1.AmericaOnlineisthelargestproviderofInternetserviceintheworld.

2.Itservesmorethan20millionpeopleworldwide.

3.TimeWarneristheworld’slargestmediacompany.

4.ThecompanyownsTimemagazine,firstpublishedin1923.

5.TimeWarnerpublishesmorethan30magazines.

6.Onehundredandtwentymillionpeoplereadthem.

7.ThecompanyproducesTVshowsandfilmsaswellasrecordings.

part2Netchangesdormlife

keywords:

high-speedInternetaccess高速上网

atoppriority最优先做的事情

vocabulary:

merger:

['mə:

dʒə]ajoiningtogetheroftwoormorecompaniesorfirm;theactoraninstanceofmerging;union.

合并，合并之行为或实例；联合

envision想象;预见;展望

toseeinthemindasafuturepossibility;topictureinthemind;imagine

想像，脑海中的图象；想像

priority [prai'ɔriti somethingthatneedsattentionandconsiderationbeforeothers;somethingaffordedordeservingpriorattention.

优先考虑的事或值得优先注意的事

Meager ['mi:

gə（r）] 

Notenoughinquantity;deficientinquantity,fullness,orextent;scanty.不足的，缺乏的在数量、程度或范围上缺乏的；不足的

budget预算

aplanofhowtospendmoneyduringaparticularperiodorforaparticularpurpose

fraction

Mathematics【数学】

Anexpressionthatindicatesthequotientoftwoquantities.

分数

Asmallpart;abit:

一小部分；些微：

movedafractionofastep.

移了一小步

Achemicalcomponentseparatedbyfractionation.

分馏被分馏出的化学成分

bulk

themainorlargestpart

（1）Size,mass,orvolume,especiallywhenverylarge.容积，体积大小、体积或容积，常指很大时

（2）Adistinctmassorportionofmatter,especiallyalargeone:

大块，大量物体很明显的重量或部分，尤指一个大物体：

thedarkbulkofbuildingsagainstthesky.

天空下的巨大建筑群

（4）Themajorportionorgreaterpart:

主要部分,或较大的部分：

toll

（1）Afixedchargeortaxforaprivilege,especiallyforpassageacrossabridgeoralongaroad.

费用，通行费获得某种特权所要交的固定费用或税款，特别是为了通过一座桥梁或一条道路

（2）Achargeforaservice,suchasalong-distancetelephonecall.

服务费获得某种服务必须缴纳的费用，例如长途电话服务费

mowdown

todestroyorknockdown

杀死；摧毁；扫射

Ourmachinegunsmowedthemdownlikegrass.

我们的机枪像割草似地把他们扫射倒。

simultaneously

Happening,existing,ordoneatthesametime.

同时的,同时发生的、存在的或做的

antiquated

Toooldtobefashionable,suitable,oruseful;outmoded.

过时的,陈旧不时髦的，不合适的或无用的；

diningcommons.

virtualhouse

Elevator

电梯

pursuit

Theactoraninstanceofchasingorpursuing.

追逐，追寻：

追逐或追寻的动作或事例

anticipate

Anticipatemeanstobereadyfor.

Forexample:

I'manticipatingmynextvacationorI'manticipatingmynextdayoff.

预期,预期；期待

Weanticipatehearingfromyouagain.

我们期待再接到你们的来信。

headoff

headfor

v.

出发,动身,前往

A.listentoareportabouttheInternet.FocusontheareasandexamplesthattheInternetwillbringchangesin.supplythemissinginformation

Areas

Examples

Academics

a.registeringforclasses

b.gettingassignmentsandresearchpapers

c.attendingprofessors’“virtualofficehours”

d.postingcourselectures

Entertainment

a.datacontainingmusicfiles

b.onlinegames

Communications

a.instantmessages

b.toll-freephonecalls

Commerce

e-commerceorders

B.Nowdiscussthefollowingquestionsafteryouhaveheardthereport.

Tapescript:

TheproposedmergerofAmericaOnlineandTimeWarneranticipatesanagewhenhigh-speedInternetaccessiseverything.Itwillbeapipelineforalmostalltheentertainment,communicationsandinformationthatpeopleconsume.

ItisanerasodistanttomostAmericansthattheycanhardlyenvisionit.Andyetitalreadyexists.Infact,itistheonlyworldthattoday’scollegestudentsknow.CollegesacrosstheUnitedStateshavespenthundredsofmillionsofdollarsinrecentyearswiringdormitoriesforhigh-speedInternetaccess.

Whenadmissionspeoplegooutandtalktostudentsthesedays,thestudentsalwaysask,“Doyouhaveahigh-speednetwork?

”Indeed,fortoday’sstudents,havinghigh-speedInternetaccessisatoppriority.Theybasetheirhousingdecisionsonit,andrestructuretheirmeagerstudentbudgetstoaffordit.

Collegeadministratorsacknowledgethatacademicpursuitsarejustafractionoftheactivityontheircampusnetworks.Thebulkofthetrafficconsistsofdatacontainingmusicfiles,instantmessages,toll-freephonecalls,e-commerceorders,onlinegamesandjustaboutanything.

Atahigh-risedormattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,walkingdownthehalfwayontheeighthflooralmostanytimeofday,you’relikelytohearstudentsinseparateroomsshoutingateachother---“Youkilledme!

”---astheymoweachotherdowninonlinegamesplayedoverthenetwork.Friendsfromoppositeendsofthefloorsimultaneouslymakefortheelevators.They’vejustmessagedeachotherbycomputerthatit’stimetoheadofftothediningcommons.Tothem,knockingonsomeone’sdoorisanantiquated20thcenturytradition.

Today’sstudentsregisterforclasses,gettheirhomeworkassignments,researchpapersandattendprofessors’“virtualofficehours”online.SomeuniversitiesevenpostcourselecturesontheNet,sothatstudentscanreviewthemanytimetheywish.

Justasoneofthestudentsputit:

“WeliveourlivesovertheInternet.”

Part3Globalmulti-mediagiant

Keywords:

AmericaOnline美国在线

TimeWarner时代华纳兄弟娱乐公司

AmericanwriterandeditorbestknownforhiscollaborationonTheGildedAge（1873）withMarkTwainandforhisseriesofessaysMySummerinaGarden（1871）.

华纳，哈里·莫里斯1881-1958美国电影制片人，与他的兄弟阿尔伯特（1884-1967年），塞缪尔·路易斯（1887-1927年）和杰克（1892-1978年）共同创立了华纳兄弟电影公司，制出了第一部有声电影爵士歌手（1927年）和许多古典影片，包括卡萨布兰卡（1942年）

Vocabulary:

Stock/share股票

A.listentoanewsreport.Fillintheblanks.

link

largestmedia

thelatesttechnology

buy

160thousandmillion

theagreement

stockholders

B.Nowlistentoamoredetailedreport.Supplythemissinginformation.

●Event:

mergeragreementbetweenAmericaOnlineandTimeWarner

●Nameofthenewcompany:

AOLTimeWarner

●Areasinfluencedbytheevent:

music,publishing,newsgathering,films,Internet

●Wayofbuying:

withstock

●Valueoftheagreement:

180thousandmilliondollars

C.Nowlistenagain.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.

1.F

2.F

3.T

4.T

5.F

TAPESCRIPT

OnMonday,thelargestproviderofInternetserviceintheworldannouncedplanstobuytheworld’slargestmediacompany.AmericaOnlineandT