新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)課件第四冊(cè)課件4-4The Telecommunications Revolution

TheTelecommunicationsRevolution

Unit4Stage1:Warming-upActivities

Stage2:Reading-CentredActivities

Stage3:After-ReadingActivities

Stage4:Listening-and-SpeakingPracticeWarming-upActivitiesGroupworkQuestionsforthoughtanddiscussionBackgroundinformationEnrichingyourvocabularyComparingthefollowingwordsGroupworkGooverthepreview,thepre-readingquestionsandthetitleofthetextbeforelisteningtothesummaryofthestoryandanticipatewhatwearegoingtoread.Questionsforthoughtanddiscussion

Listentoashortpassagecarefullyandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.

Backgroundinformationtelecommunications:Telecommunications,fromGreek,means“communicationsatadistance”.Telecommunicationsthroughvoice,data,andimagecommunicationischangingtheworld.Theeaseofaccessinginformationandpeopleanywhereatanytimeishavingmajorimpactsonsociety,business,andfinance.Twomajortrendshaveoccurredinthetechnologythatisapplicabletotelecommunications.Thefirsttrendhasbeentheincredibleincreaseintheprocessingpowerofdigitalcomputers,namely,dramaticdecreasesinphysicalsizealongwithequallydramaticincreasesincomplexity,speed,andcapacity.Thesecondtrend

hasbeentheexplosivegrowthintransmissioncapacitythroughthewidespreaduseofopticalfiberacrosscontinentsandunderoceans.Thesetwotrendshavehadimpressivelong-termconsequencesfortelecommunicationsaroundtheworld.TheInternetandtheWorldWideWebhavealreadycreatedaglobalsystemfortheaccessofinformation.Ithasbecomepopularthatpeoplecheckflight,weather,andhotelsbeforetravelingtoaforeigncountry.E-mailmakesiteasytokeepincontactinstantlywithcolleaguesandfriendsaroundtheglobe.Butmanyofthepeoplesoftheworlddonotevenhaveatelephone,muchlessaccesstotheInternetandtheinformation.Thechallengetothetelecommunicationsindustryistobridgethedigitalgapandextendtheavailabilityoftelecommunicationstoallpartsoftheplanet.EnrichingyourvocabularyReadthesentencescarefullyandguessthemeaningoftheitalicizedtermineachsentenceaccordingtothecontextandyourownexperiences.Thecompanyspecializesintelecommunications.Somekitchentoolshaveverylittleutility.highutilitybillTelescopesandmicroscopesareopticalinstruments.Hesuffersfromanopticaldefect.長(zhǎng)途通信用處公用事業(yè)光學(xué)的視覺的Theroadhasbeendugupinordertolaycables.abraceletmadeofcopperHerhairshonecopperinthesunlight.WhenIaskedhimabouthischildhood,herememberedaparadeofbaby-sitters.Thesmallboyloveswatchingthesoldiersonparade.電纜銅紫銅色一大批檢閱隊(duì)伍Theeditorcondensedthemanuscripttohalfofitsoriginallength.Steamcondensesintowaterwhenittouchesacoldsurface.Alotoffarmingtechniqueshavebeenabandonedbecausetheyweretoolabour-intensive.Shewasdesperatetogetintouniversity.壓縮凝結(jié)勞動(dòng)密集非常想Yearsofbeingleftoutintherainhadrustedthemetalchairs.Thecarwascoveredwithrust.Youcan‘tgiveawayGranny’soldbookcase—it‘savaluableantique.Thecomputerpeopleseemtohavelickedtheproblem.Thechildfinishedthedessertandthenlickedtheplate.生銹銹古董克服舔Thecompanyhasappointedanewmarketingdirectortobroadenitsstrategicexpertise.Manybusinessesarefailingbecauseofthecontinuingrecession.Becarefulnottoscratchyourselfontheroses.Marketingiswithintheprovinceofthesalesdepartment.戰(zhàn)略規(guī)劃衰退扎傷職權(quán)范圍Thewarhasbadlydamagedthecountry‘sinfrastructurefromelectricityplantsandgeneratorstoroadsandbridges.Theoldplanehadloggedhundredsofhoursofflyingtime.Theforesthasbeensoheavilyloggedthatitisindangerofdisappearing.Thecabinwasbuiltoflogs.

Thecaptaindescribedtheaccidentintheship'slog.基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施積累砍伐原木航海日志Trafficreachedapeakbetween8and9inthemorning.Itisoneofthemostdifficultpeakstoclimbinthewholerange.Herefusestoinvestincompanieswithoutagoodsocialrecord.Thecompanyissellingoffits15%stakeintheCommercialBank.Ijustdon‘tfeelIhaveastakeinhowthetrialcomesout.Oneofthestakesinthefenceisbroken.高峰山峰投資股份利益關(guān)系樁Wehaveleasedanapartmentforoneyear.Theleaserunsoutintwoyears‘time.Wewalkedalongthenarrowmountainridgetoreachthesummit.Mycarissevenyearsoldbutit‘sstillfairlyreliable.

Whosecoatisthis?Lookatthenametag.租租約脊可靠標(biāo)簽Theyoungladyhasentiredisposalofthehouse.Hisbusinessiswastedisposal.Hewillhaveacarathisdisposalforthewholemonth.Thegovernmentwasshortofmoneybecauseoffallingoilrevenues.I'mstuckwiththisjobforthemoment.處置權(quán)處理供他使用收入無(wú)法擺脫Somepeopleprefertheoldversiontothenewone.It‘samatteroftaste.Hehadtochoosebetweendeathanddishonor.Ourfriendshipdatesfromcollegedays.Hesaidhiscarhadgotstuckinthesnow.Weleftfeelingthatwehadjustscratchedthesurfaceofthisfascinatingcountry.是…的問(wèn)題在…之間作出選擇始于陷進(jìn)了解表面的一些東西Anyonecanlogontothiscomputer.Inordertologontothesystemyouhavetotypeinaspecialpassword.Logoutbeforeswitchingthecomputeroff.

Arewageskeepingpacewithinflation?Westilllagfarbehindmanyofourcompetitorsinusingmoderntechnology.登錄進(jìn)入退出與…同步落后于VocabularyComparingDumbvoiceless

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