stepbystep3000第三册unit7答案及原文.docx
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stepbystep3000第三册unit7答案及原文
Unit7Communications(I)
PartIWarmingup
A.
Tapescript:
1.AndBritishpapersreportthelatesttrendwhenyoumeetsomeoneinabaristogettheirnumber,gohome,andgooglethem.Yesthatgorgeousgirlorguyyoumettheothernightisprobablypatrollingasearchenginerightnowtocheckyouout.Sodon'teventhinkoftryingtotellthemyou'reafamousfootballerorbrainsurgeonortelevisionpresenter.
2.Thejamming,earlierthismonth,ofseveralpopularInternetsiteswithafloodofcripplingmessagessentawakeupcalltothoseinvolvedwithelectronicore-commerce.Onerecentsuggestionistoformanindustry-widegrouptoshareinformationaboutsecurityissues.High-techexecutiveswanttomakeacoordinatedefforttoensurethattheInternetbecomesasafeplacetoconductbusiness.
3.Nowhometosome800millionpages--afigurethat'sdoublingeachyear-searchingtheInternetcanbelikelookingforaneedleinahaystack.ButOslo-basedFastSearch&Transfer(FAST)hasdevelopedasearchengine(www.alltheweb,com)capableofscanningmorethan200millionpages.FASTisworkingonamega-searchenginethatsearches"alltheweb,allthetime."
4.Thisweek,theIntelcorporationhelditssemi-annualDeveloperForuminPalmSprings,California.Thegatheringdrawsmorethan2,000hardwareandsoftwaredevelopersfromaroundtheworld.Intelexecutivesopenedtheeventwithademonstrationofahigh-speedchip,code-named"Williamette."Thechip,designedtopowerpersonalcomputers,hasaspeedofonepointfivegigahertz,makingitalmosttwiceasfastasIntel'spopularPentiumIIIchipwhichrunsat800megahertz.
5.AnonlineVCRseemslikeabrightideabutit'sbeenquicklyrenderednon-functionalbythecopyrightlawyers.Notforthefirsttime,theHollywoodstudiosobjectedtore-transmittingnetworktelevisionshows,inthiscaseforuserstowatchviatheweb.ProgramswerebeingmadeavailableforvisitorstosaveremotelyorrecordforsubsequentviewingviaWindowsMediaPlayer.
B.
NationalGeographic:
nHelpingchoosethemagazine'scover
nInterviewingthephotographers
nShowingmorepictures
nProvidingzipU.S.A.
HungerSite:
nHelpingalleviateworldhunger
nDonatingcontributionstotheUnitedNationsWorldFoodProgrameachtimeanindividuallogsontothesite
nTotalvalueofdistributedfood:
approximately$400,000
AskJeevesSite:
nAskingquestionsinsimpleEnglish
nGettingdirectanswers
nStartingyear:
1997
nQuestionsdealtwithsofar:
morethan150million
Tapescript:
1.NationalGeographic,themagazine,hasredesigneditswebsitewithsomenewfeatures.Amongthem,anopportunityforreaderstohelpchoosethemagazine'scover,interviewswithNationalGeographicphotographers,andlotsandlotsofpictures.Morepicturesinfactthantherewasroomforintheprintversion.There'salsoZipU.S.A.,thefeatureyoucanfindbothonlineandinprint.It'safocusedlookatonezipcodeintheU.S.
2.Now,there'sawebsitecreatedtohelpalleviateworldhungercalledtheHungerSite.Contributions,generatedwhencomputerusersvisitthesiteontheWorldwideWeb,aredonatedtotheUnitedNationsWorldFoodProgram."Thebeautyofthesiteisthatwhenthewebsurferclickson,theydon'tpayapenny."ThisisAbbySpring,aWorldFoodProgramofficial.ShesaysthatfundstopurchasethefoodcomefromcorporatedonorswhomakeafinancialcontributioneachtimeanindividuallogsontoHungersite--that'soneword--dotcom.Abbyspringsaysthatsofar,thankstoHungersitedotcom,theWorldFoodProgramhasbeenabletodistributefoodvaluedatapproximately$400,000.
3.TheAskJeevesSiteontheInternetisoneofthemostusefulInternetsitesforaskingquestionsinsimpleEnglishandgettingdirectanswers.Askmostsearchenginesaquestionthesedaysandtheywillreturnaresultwhichgivesthousandsofpagesforyoutosearch.TheAskJeevesSitegivesyouhalfadozenwhereyoucanfindtheexactanswer.TheAskJeevesSiteownerssaytheyhavedealtwithmorethan150millionquestionssinceAskJeeveswassetupin1997.Justthismonth,peoplewereaskingJeevesthefollowingquestions:
Whatarethelatestscoresforbaseball?
WhatistheaddressofthewebsiteforCoca-Cola?
WherecanIfindalistofairfaretravelbargains?
Tellmethenamesofthetop20universitiesandcollegesintheU.S.
PartIINewWaystocommunicate
A1
1.Whenafriendisonline
2.1.6milion
3.3,000
4.youcanonlycontactsomeone(onthesamenetworkasyou.)usingthesameprogram
5.laughoutloud.
A2
Online/popular/takeoff/signingup/by/makeup
Obvious/oneveryimportantdisadvantage/bright/voiceconverstation/swap/funny
Whenyoumeetsomeoneforthefirsttime,doyouasktheirASL?
DoyouLOLiftheycomeoutwithsomethingfunny,andsayCUL8erwhenyoufinishtheconversation?
IfyouknowwhatI’mtalkingabout,thenyouareprobablyalreadyauserofinstantmessaging,orIM.
TheideabehindIMissimple.Aprogramonyourcomputertellsyouwhenafriendisonline.Youcanthensendamessagetoyourfriend,whocantypeareplyinstantly.Todothis,youneedanIMprogram.
Worldwide,AIM,theinstantmessagingserviceprovidedbyAOL,isbyfarthemostpopular.Ithas195millionuserswhosendabout1.6billionmessageseveryday.ICQ,whichisownedbyAOL,hasabout140millionmessengers,andMSNandWindowsIMmakeupabout75millionusers.
Theadvantageovere-mailisthatwithinstantmessagingyouknowyou’relikelytogetareply.IMisalreadyhugelypopularintheUSA,wherepeoplespendfivetimesmoretimeonlinethaninEurope.However,IMisstartingtotakeoffintheUK,withover3,000peoplesigninguptoMSNMessengeraloneeveryday.
WhilethepluspointsofIMareobvious,thereisoneveryimportantdisadvantage:
youcanonlycontactsomeoneonthesamenetworkasyou.IfyourfriendisusingAIM,andyouareusingMSN,youcannottalktoeachother.ThismakesIMlessusefulthanitshouldbe.Imagineifyoucouldn’tsendane-mailformhotmailtoyahoo.However,thingslooklikethey’llchangesoon.
Ingeneral,thefuturelooksbrightforIM.Lotsofprogramsalsoallowyoutohavevoiceconversations,videoconferencing----thismeansyoucanseetheotherpersonusingawebcam----andalsoletyouswappictures,musicandotherfiles.
So,perhapswe’llallsoonbeaskingsomeone’sage,sexandlocation(ASL),andlaughingoutloud(LOL)whentheysaysomethingfunny.Seeyoulater(CUL8er).
B:
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Howdoyoumeetnewpeople,makenewfriends,orfindoutaboutthelatestbands?
HereintheUKyoungpeoplehavetraditionallydonetheirsocializinginbars,pubsandclubs.
Howeverthereisanewgenerationgrowingupthatfindsiteasiertomanagetheirsociallivesonthenet,usingfreewebsiteslikeMySpace,BeboorMSNSpaces.
Welcometothesocialnetworkingwebsite----aplacewhereyoucanpresentyourselftothedigitalcommunityandmeetotherlike-mindedpeople.
ThemostsuccessfulsocialnetworkingwebsiteintheUKisMyS.asofJuly2006,MySpaceistheworld’sfourthmostpopularEnglish-languagewebsite,attractingalmost3millionvisitorspermonth.Myspaceclaimstohave95millionmemberswith500,000newmembersjoiningthecommunityeachweek.
Sohowhasitbecometosuccessful?
Perhapsitssecretisinitssimplicity.Eachnewmembercanbuildtheirownpagesimply---uploadingphotos,videosandMP3files.Thentheydescribethemselves,listingtheirlikes,dislikes,favoritebands,relationshipstatus,etc.it’saneasywaytohookupwithpeoplewhoshareyourinterest.
BrianaDougherty,a25-year-oldMySpacedevotee,toldus,“It’sacasualwaytostayincontactwithoutappearingweird.”itseemsthatmanypeopledonotfeelcomfortablegivingouttheirphonenumberorpersonale-mailaddresstonewacquaintancesbutareperfectlyhappytotradeMySpaceprofiles
WhilesocializingisthekeytoMySpace’ssuccess,loveofmusicisattheheartofthecommunity.Indeed,mostaspiringmusiciansintheUKuploadtheirsongstothesite,andwithgoodreason:
unsignedartists,ArcticMonkeysandLillyAllencreatedsuchabuzzonthesitethattheywereofferedrecordingcontractsandscorednumberonehits.
SocialnetworksitescouldbeagreatplacetopracticeyourEnglish.Whynotgiveitatry?
Youcantellusaboutyourexperiencebyfilinginthenewcommentsformatthetopofthescreen.
Statements:
1.MostyoungpeopleintheUKmakenewfriendsatwork.
2.YahooandGooglearesocialnetworkingsites.
3.MySpaceisoneofthetopfiveEnglish-languagewebsite.
4.Newbrandsputtheirmusiconthewebforpeopletolistento.
5.Usersofsocialnetworksusuallypayfortheservice.
PartIIIDigitalMcLuhan
Summary:
MarshallMcLuhan,acommunicationsexpertfromCanada,nevertouchedapersonalcomputer.Buthisresearchonthemediaandtheireffectonpeopleandsocietyremainsrelevanttoday.Hewasthefirstthinkertoreallylookattelevisionassomethingthathadaseriousimpactuponoursociety.Althoughhewaswritingabouttelevision,anenormousamountofwhathesaidhasevenmoreapplicabilitytotheInternetage.Hesaidthattelevisionwasturningtheworldintoaglobalvillage.Andthenotionofvillagebecomesmuchmoremeaningfulandrealinourdigitalage.HesawatimewheneveryonewouldbeapublisherwiththehelpoftheXeroxmachine,andnowthewebisevenexpandingandamplifyingthat.
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IInterviewerL--PaulLevinson
MarshallMcLuhan,acommunicationsexpertfromCanada,nevertouchedapersonalcomputer.Hediedin1979.Buthisresearchonthemediaandtheireffectonpeoplea
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