大学英语四(综合教程)第三单元.doc

大学体验英语四（综合教程）Unit 3CopyrightListen and TalkLead inCopyright is the 1. legal right, given to the originator or their assignee for a 2. number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, musical, or artistic material, and to 3. others to do the same.A federal judges ruling in New York Wednesday that Internet music 4. must pay up to $250 million to Universal Music Group for copyright infringements has 5. questions not just about the future of MP3.com, but also generally the future for 6. music, movies and other 7. from the Internet.U.S. District Judge Jed said MP3.com willfully” violated copyrights and 8. per Universal CD. 9. . MP3.com vowed to appeal.10. , even if its on the Internet. said MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson.Key: 1. exclusive; 2. fixed; 3. authorize; 4. distributor; 5. raised 6. downloading; 7. products; 8. ordered it to pay $25000 9. An exact number of CDs and total damages will be determined at a November hearing. 10.We believe that everyone should have the right to listen to the music they purchasePassage A: 10 Big Myths About Copyright2. Analyze the following cases to see whether they are legal or illegal based on the information obtained from the reading passage. An example has been provided for you. 窗体顶端CaseLegalIllegalReasonIn 1999 people can use a picture in their work without any permission from the photographer.LegalIllegalYesterday I downloaded some files from BBS and made copies of them for my clients.LegalIllegalWhen I was a child in 1972, my uncle wrote a song for me. Now he is old, and has forgotten it, but I still remember the song. Now I play it in my own restaurant. LegalIllegalMy friend privately lent his companys software developing system to me. LegalIllegalMy friend copied some sentences from China Daily and sent them to me for my thesis.LegalIllegalI borrowed some music disks from my friend and gave them to my sister. LegalIllegalWe decided that our photo shop would be named after the Great Wall Photo in our campus. But our classmates told us not to use it, because the Great Wall Computer would sue us.LegalIllegalI sent an e-mail about how to solve the problem to my brother and he used it in his paper.LegalIllegal窗体底端Answer: 1.illegal, 2.illegal, 3.legal, 4.illegal, 5.legal, 6. legal, 7. legal, 8. legal3. Answer the following questions with the information from the passage. 1. Why should we follow the copyright law although some works do not carry a copyright notice? Because the default we assume for other peoples works is that they are copyrighted.2. What do you think of personal copying of music without any commercial purposes?This does not violate the copyright.3. What condition must we obey when we want to use somebodys works posted in the public domain?Either the author puts a note explicitly saying I grant this to the public domain, or you can get the authors authorization.4. How can I avoid violating the copyright law if I want to use some characters from somebody elses work in my story? You need the authors permission.5. When will people be punished severely if they violate copyright?When commercial copyright violation is more than 10 copies and value over $2 500.4.Complete the summary of the text. The first letter of the missing word has been given to you. This article addresses a range of common 1) m about copyright, by outlining and explaining the related USA Copyright 2) l . It looks at issues such as which materials are free from copyright 3) r , what the acceptable 4) u of copyright materials is, what the 5) s of copyright brand names is, and what the legal 6) c of copyright violations might be. Through the article the author encourages readers to beware of falling for the 7) m about copyright, and to give legal and 8) e consideration to copyright issues.Anwser: 1.misconceptions 2.laws 3.restrictions 4.usage 5.scope 6.consequences 7.myths 8.ethical5. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. block anonymous derive quote rationalize contact exclusive violate default charge 1. Priests thought angrily that the soldiers _ the church by using it as a stable. 2. We _ knowledge not only from books, but also from practice. 3. Yesterday I was caught in the rain, so now my nose is all _ up and I can hardly breathe. 4. The _ system in this lap-top computer is Windows XP. 5. He further _ his activities by convincing himself that he was actually promoting environmental protection. 6. The saxophonist _ the Kenny G melody Going Home in his solo. 7. Through an exciting bid for building the bridge, we won the _ contract in the end. 8. She immediately called an officer at the Naval Intelligence Service, who in turn _ the FBI. 9. After he reported the truth, he received many _ letters and phone calls. 10. -Do they _ for the use of the telephone? -Yeah! Half yuan per minute! Answer: 1.violated, 2.derive, 3.blocked, 4.default, 5.rationalize, 6.quoted, 7.exclusive, 8.contacted , 9.anonymous , 10.charge 6. Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage.Make changes where necessary.1. Whether you go on with your study or not _ you.2. Yesterday the heavy fog _ a car crash on the highway.3. He _ driving a car while under the influence of alcohol.4. It _ for him to tell her the truth that her son died in the war, because her husband just went out of this world last month.5. Who are in charge of _ these leaflets?Answer: 1.is up to, 2.resulted in, 3.was charged with, 4.was unlikely, 5.handing out 7. Find these words in the passage, decide the word class, and write it and the translation of the word in the space provided. Then complete the table by forming other words using appropriate suffixes if necessary. Consult your dictionary. Vocabulary WordWord BuildingWordClassTranslation NounVerb Adjectives createoriginally violationexceptioncommercialgrantexcerptdefendamendrationalizeWordClassTranslation NounVerb Adjectives createv. 创造 creationcreative originally adv.最初；原先origin originateoriginalviolationn.违反 violateviolativeexceptionn.例外exceptexceptionalcommercialadj.商业的commercegrantv.准予grantexcerptn.摘录excerptdefendv.防护defencedefendableamendv.修正amendmentamendablerationalizev.使合理化rational8. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 他理个发就要收500元，简直不可思议。（charge）It is simply unbelievable for him to charge 500 dollars for a haircut.2. 人民赋予你特权，你就应该全心全意为人民服务。（grant）People grant you the privilege, so you should serve the people wholeheartedly.3. 天气预报很重要，依据它我们才能决定什么时候出航。（so that）The weather forecast is very important so that we can decide when to go to sea.4. 炮声打破了往常周日早晨的宁静，人们强烈预感到战争就要来临。(violate) The sound of guns violated the usual calm of Sunday morning, and people had a strong feeling that the war was coming.5. 即使你每分钟看3页，到本周末你无论如何也看不完这本书。（even though）Even though you read three pages per minute, you will by no means finish the book by the end of this weekend.9. Read following sentences carefully, and then make your own sentences using the patterns in boldface type. 1. But frankly you should not risk it unless you know for sure. you should not risk it unless . 2. If you violate copyright you would not be charged with a crime, but usually get sued. not but . 3. Whether it has a notice or not, almost everything created privately and originally after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected. Whether or not . 4. You also cant copyright a name” or anything short like that, such as almost all titles. or something / anything (+ adj) such as . 5. You should think about the fact that piracy on the net hurts everybody who wants a chance to use this wonderful new technology to do more than read other peoples flamewars. You should think about the fact that more than . 1. But to be honest you should not risk it if you know for sure.2. If you are late for the meeting, you will not be blamed by the person in charge of the meeting, but youll feel a little shameful.3. Whether we like a particular piece of news or not, all we have to do is sit in front of the TV.4. I like reading science fiction or something exciting like that, such as the X Files.5. You should think about the fact that nowadays many people care about the quality of a TV set more than its price. Passage B: Are You a Copyright Criminal?12. Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false based on the information in the reading passage. Write T” for true or F” for false in each statement.1. Copyright owners are becoming more aggressive, using new scanning and duplicating technologies to enforce their rights. A) true B) false 2. The purpose of the copyright violators in copying others materials is to save money and more often to seek illegal profits. A) true B) false 3. Some violators do the illegal copying knowingly, believing their chances of getting caught are a small risk for the big payoff of easy access to high-quality prefabricated content. A) true B) false 4. Nowadays the law-enforcing activities have been stepped up to solve the problem out-of-court. A) true B) false 5. According to a 1993 survey by the Training Media Association, the amount of copyright violation now is less than before because copyright violators have to pay a stiff fine if they do. A) true B) false Answer: 1.F, 2.T, 3.T, 4.F, 5.F13. Answer the following questions with the information from the passage. 1. Why does the passage say the copyright owners are becoming more aggressive?Because they are using new tactics and technologies to enforce their rights.2. Why do some managers encourage their people to do illegal copying?Because they dont want to pay for the use of the copyrighted materials or they give a short shrift to the copyright.3. What is the lower limit set for severe punishment of copyright violation in the USA?Commercial copyright violation involving more than 10 copies and a value of more than $2 500.4. What is the purpose for the TMA to offer fines? To encourage people to report on illegal copying or unauthorized public performance of off-the-shelf training videos.5. What does the two-month review of comments posted to Listservs show?It shows there is a general lack of understanding about what constitutes legal use.14. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. duplicate knowingly tactic trample budget witness patrol abuse manual enforce 1. We _ tremendous changes in the city where new interchanges and express-ways could be seen here and there.2. Dont _ on the flowers when you play in the garden.3. According to the investigation by FBI, he was accused of _ a privilege.4. Read the _ carefully before you press the button.5. In order to climb over the snow mountain, we _ our expenses because we have to buy the life-preserver.6. She will never _ hurt anyone because she is a kind-hearted girl by nature.7. Because one of the players in our team was ordered off the field, the coach had to use a delaying _ .8. In the evening we see policemen _ our street against any possible disturbances.9. After five-months debating, the Committee for Economic Development submitted to congress the annual _ which amounted to 1.2 billion.10. The professor asked the research team to provide statistics that would _ argument.Answer: 1.have witnessed, 2.trample, 3.abusing, 4.manual, 5.duplicated, 6.knowingly, 7.tactic, 8.patrolling, 9.budget, 10.enforce 15. Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions chosen from the passage. Change the form where necessary.1. If you continue to steal, you will _ in prison. 2. All idle talk wasted our time and we should _ it _ .3. In the face of the blood-shedding we must _ effective measures stop it.4. The airport built near our residential area _ our right to a quiet environment. 5. The gear _ the machine, so you must change it.Answer: 1.end up, 2.give.short shrift, 3.step up.to, 4.infringed on, 5.doesnt fit into 16.Each of the verbs and nouns in the following lists occurs in this passage. Choose the noun that you think collocates with each verb and write it in the blank. If you think more than one is possible, write them down. Verbs Nouns to pay 1. law to enforce 2. deadlines to violate 3. rehearsals to save 4. permission to hit 5. a c