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Unit 3Net changes life (2)Part 1 warming upA. key words:telegraph：电报机；电报verb. (1) To transmit (a message) by telegraph. 用电报机发送用电报机发送（信息）(2) To send or convey a message to (a recipient) by telegraph. 打电报给用电报向（接收者）发送或传递信息a wire cable: 电缆 radio program 广播节目direct telephone calls 直拨电话communications satellite通讯卫星networks：网（1）A system of lines or channels that cross or interconnect: 交通网相互交叉或连接的线路或水道：eg. a network of railroads铁路网（2）A complex, interconnected group or system:复杂而相互作用的系统：（3）An extended group of people with similar interests or concerns who interact and remain in informal contact for mutual assistance or support. 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）A chain of radio or television broadcasting stations linked by wire or microwave relay. 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:The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body. 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From the beginning of human history, information traveled only as fast as the ship could sail, or horse could run, or a person could walk. People experimented with other ways to send messages. Now listen t some statements about a brief history of communications. Match the columns of time and events.1. c2. e3. a4. d5. b6. g7. h8. fTapescript1. The first telegraphs were delivered in Britain and the United States in 1830s. each letter of the alphabet and each number had to be sent separately by a device called a telegraph key.2. On Aug. 5th, 1858, the first message was transmitted by a wire cable under the Atlantic Ocean. This meant that information now took only a matter of hours to reach most large cities in the world.3. On November 2nd, 1920, radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania broadcast the first radio program. Within a few short years, news ad information could be heard anywhere a radio broadcast could reach.4. After World War II, a new invention appeared: television. In the industrial countries, television quickly became common in most homes.5. In the 1950s, two important events took place that greatly affected the communication of information. The first was a television broadcast that showed the east coast and the west coast of the United States at the same time. People could see two reporters talk each although they were separated by a continent.6. The other event happened on Sep. 25th, 1956. that was when the first telephone cable under the Atlantic Ocean made it possible to make direct telephone calls form the United States to Europe.7. In July 1962, the first communications satellite was placed in orbit around the earth. The speed of information again greatly increased.8. Today expects say there are about 300 million computers connected to networks that provide links with computers around the world.B. key words: American Online 美国在线Time Warner 时代华纳Media company 媒体公司vocabulary:mediathe newspapers, television and radioListen to a short passage about two famous companies. Write down every word you hear. The passage will be read to you three times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second reading, the passage will be read sentence by sentence or phrase by phrase. Do the activity during the second reading.Tapescript:1. America Online is the largest provider of Internet service in the world. 2. It serves more than 20 million people worldwide.3. Time Warner is the worlds largest media company.4. The company owns Time magazine, first published in 1923.5. Time Warner publishes more than 30 magazines.6. One hundred and twenty million people read them.7. The company produces TV shows and films as well as recordings. part 2 Net changes dorm lifekey words:high-speed Internet access 高速上网a top priority 最优先做的事情vocabulary:merger: m:d a joining together of two or more companies or firm; the act or an instance of merging; union. 合并，合并之行为或实例；联合envision想象; 预见; 展望to see in the mind as a future possibility; to picture in the mind; imagine 想像，脑海中的图象；想像priority prairiti something that needs attention and consideration before others; something afforded or deserving prior attention.优先考虑的事或值得优先注意的事Meager mi:g(r) Not enough in quantity; deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; 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a plan of how to spend money during a particular period or for a particular purposefractionMathematics 【数学】An expression that indicates the quotient of two quantities. 分数A small part; a bit:一小部分；些微：moved a fraction of a step.移了一小步A chemical component separated by fractionation. 分馏被分馏出的化学成分bulkthe main or largest part(1) Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large. 容积，体积大小、体积或容积，常指很大时(2) A distinct mass or portion of matter, especially a large one: 大块，大量物体很明显的重量或部分，尤指一个大物体：the dark bulk of buildings against the sky.天空下的巨大建筑群 (4) The major portion or greater part:主要部分, 或较大的部分：toll(1) A fixed charge or tax for a privilege, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road. 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) A charge for a service, such as a long-distance telephone call. 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mow downto destroy or knock down杀死；摧毁；扫射Our machine guns mowed them down like grass.我们的机枪像割草似地把他们扫射倒。simultaneouslyHappening, existing, or done at the same time. 同时的, 同时发生的、存在的或做的antiquatedToo old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded. 过时的, 陈旧不时髦的，不合适的或无用的； dining commons.virtual houseElevator电梯pursuitThe act or an instance of chasing or pursuing.追逐，追寻：追逐或追寻的动作或事例anticipateAnticipate means to be ready for.For example: Im anticipating my next vacation or Im anticipating my next day off.预期, 预期；期待We anticipate hearing from you again.我们期待再接到你们的来信。head offhead forv.出发, 动身, 前往A. listen to a report about the Internet. Focus on the areas and examples that the Internet will bring changes in. supply the missing informationAreasExamplesAcademicsa. registering for classesb. getting assignments and research papersc. attending professors “virtual office hours”d. posting course lecturesEntertainmenta. data containing music filesb. online gamesCommunicationsa. instant messagesb. toll-free phone callsCommercee-commerce ordersB. Now discuss the following questions after you have heard the report.Tapescript:The proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner anticipates an age when high-speed Internet access is everything. It will be a pipeline for almost all the entertainment, communications and information that people consume.It is an era so distant to most Americans that they can hardly envision it. And yet it already exists. In fact, it is the only world that todays college students know. Colleges across the United States have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years wiring dormitories for high-speed Internet access.When admissions people go out and talk to students these days, the students always ask, “Do you have a high-speed network?” Indeed, for todays students, having high-speed Internet access is a top priority. They base their housing decisions on it, and restructure their meager student budgets to afford it.College administrators acknowledge that academic pursuits are just a fraction of the activity on their campus networks. The bulk of the traffic consists of data containing music files, instant messages, toll-free phone calls, e-commerce orders, online games and just about anything.At a high-rise dorm at the University of Southern California, walking down the halfway on the eighth floor almost any time of day, youre likely to hear students in separate rooms shouting at each other - “You killed me!” - as they mow each other down in online games played over the network. Friends from opposite ends of the floor simultaneously make for the elevators. Theyve just messaged each other by computer that its time to head off to the dining commons. To them, knocking on someones door is an antiquated 20th century tradition.Todays students register for classes, get their homework assignments, research papers and attend professors “virtual office hours” online. Some universities even post course lectures on the Net, so that students can review them any time they wish.Just as one of the students put it: “We live our lives over the Internet.”Part 3 Global multi-media giantKey words:America Online美国在线Time Warner时代华纳兄弟娱乐公司American writer and editor best known for his collaboration on The Gilded Age (1873) with Mark Twain and for his series of essays My Summer in a Garden (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. listen to a news report. Fill in the blanks.linklargest mediathe latest technologybuy160 thousand millionthe agreementstockholdersB. Now listen to a more detailed report. Supply the missing information.l Event: merger agreement between America Online and Time Warnerl Name of the new company: AOL Time Warnerl Areas influenced by the event: music, publishing, news gathering, films, Internetl Way of buying: with stockl Value of the agreement: 180 thousand million dollarsC. Now listen again. Decide whether the statements are true or false.1. F2. F3. T4. T5. FTAPESCRIPTOn Monday, the largest provider of Internet service in the world announced plans to buy the worlds largest media company. America Online and Time Warner expect to combine their businesses by the end of this year. The new company will have a major influence in many areas including music, publishing, news gathering, films and the Internet. The new company will be called AOL Time Warner.America Online agreed to buy Time Warner with stock. Some media estimates said the agreement was worth as much as 180 thousand million dollars. However, share prices in both companies fell as the week continued. The agreement shows that traditional media no longer exist separately from the media created by new technology. Time Warner admits that its efforts to move in new directions have not always succeeded. So it welcomed the offer by Americ