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1、wordUnit 9Task 1【答案】 PanelOpinions1st penallist: Philip Barnesputers have already changed our lives.2nd penallist: Miss Andersonputers have changed our lives, but I dont want my life changed.3rd penallist: Arthur HainesThe puter will affect everyone in the world. Records can be kept of everything we

2、 do. Records will be kept of all our private lives. The puter is the greatest disaster of the 20th century.4th penallist: Phyllis Archer The puter is a machine. It was invented by people; it is used by people. If the puter is a disaster, then people are a disaster.【原文】pere: And now for our first que

3、stion. It es from Mrs. June Moore. Mrs. Moore?Mrs. Moore: Does the panel think that puters will change our lives?pere: Mrs. Moore wants to know if puters will change our lives. Philip Barnes?Philip Barnes: puters have already changed our lives. Business is more efficient. Planes and trains provide a

4、 better service.Miss Anderson: Just a moment, Mr. Barnes. You may be right about business, but how many people have lost their jobs because of puters? puters have changed our lives, but I dont want my life changed.Arthur Haines: Excuse me, Miss Anderson. Were talking about our lives, not your life.

5、The puter will affect everyone in the world. Records can be kept of everything we do. Records will be kept of all our private lives. In my opinion, the puter is the greatest disaster of the 20th century.Phyllis Archer: Could I interrupt? Arthur Haines says the puter is a disaster, but the puter is a

6、 machine. It was invented by people; it is used by people. If the puter is a disaster, then people are a disaster.pere: Thank you, Phyllis Archer. Thank you, panel. And thank you, Mrs. Moore.Task 2【答案】A.1) It includes a 9-inch TV screen, a keyboard with 46 numbers and characters on it, a printer, an

7、d two disk drives.2) Its all contained right on the floppy disk.3) Its much better than a typewriter in that one can move words or sentences from place to place or make corrections or changes right on the screen, and never have to erase on paper.4) It can help him make a monthly budget for his house

8、hold with electronic spreadsheet software.B.1) loads your program into the machine2) typewriter, typewriter, 3) turning the puter on and loading a program4) the different things the program can do【原文】Narrator: For Harvey Van Runkle, it was love at first sight, or should we say, love at first byte? R

9、eally, it is 64,000 bytesthats the size of the memory on his new BANANA-3 personal puter. It all happened by accident. His wife, Charlotte, had sent him out to buy a new toaster, when he found himself standing in front of a puter display at the BANANA puter Store.Salesman: Yes, ladies and gentlemen,

10、 this little puter is going to change your lives. Just consider the hardware: You have a 9-inch TV screen. Thats your video display terminal. You have a keyboard with 46 numbers and characters on it. You have a printer that will give you paper printouts of your work in three colors. You have two dis

11、k drivesone inside the puter terminal and one outside. This puter can do anything! Now lets have a little demonstration. Who would like to try the new BANANA-3 puter? You, sir. You look interested. Step right up and try the BANANA-3.Harvey: Whats a d-disk drive?Salesman: Thats the part of the puter

12、that loads your program into the machine.Harvey: Oh. Whats a program?Salesman: The program? Thats your software. Thats the instructions. Its all contained right on this floppy disk here. The instructions on this disk tell the puter what to do.Harvey: Oh, you mean like my wife. She always tells me wh

13、at to do.Salesman: Exactly. Now what type of program would you like? I have word processing, I have electronic spreadsheet.Harvey: Whats word processing?Salesman: Word processing is using the puter like a typewriter. But its much better than a typewriter. You can move words or sentences from place t

14、o place or make corrections or changes right on the screen. You never have to erase on paper. Its a wonderful little program! Would you like to try it, Mr.Harvey: Van Runkle. Harvey Van Runkle. Ive never used a puter before.Salesman: Its easy. First we start up the machine, and then boot up a progra

15、m.Harvey: Boot up?Salesman: Thats puter talk for turning the puter on and loading a program. There. Now we look at the menu.Harvey: Menu? But I just had lunch. Im not hungry.Salesman: No, no. This is a program menu, not a restaurant menu. It shows the different things the program can do. For example

16、, here we have file. If you select file, you can choose which of your documents you want to work on. And heres “edit. This gives you ways to correct your document.Harvey: Gee, this is great! Theres only one problem.Salesman: Whats that?Harvey: I dont have any documents. Im a plumber.Salesman: But yo

17、u have bills, dont you?Harvey: Yeah, but. Salesman: Well, with our electronic spreadsheet software, you can make a monthly budget for your household.Harvey: No. My wife, Charlotte, does that.Salesman: Well, now you can do it, Harvey. Harvey: I dont know. Salesman: And you have friends, dont you? Har

18、vey: Yeah, well theres my brother-in-law Bob.Salesman: Great! You can write letters to Bob on your new BANANA-3 puter! Harvey: Okay. How much is it?Salesman: Never mind. Do you have a credit card? Harvey: Well, sure.Salesman: Great. Joe, get Harvey here signed up, will you? He wants a BANANA-3 with

19、a printer and software. Okay, step right up, ladies and gentlemen. This puter can do anything!Task 3【答案】A.1) They are important because they are able to measure quantities such as electricity and temperature.2) Digital puters.3) Only one person at a time can use them.4) It is because their owners do

20、 not spend enough time learning how to operate them efficiently.5) Each person who uses a miniputer has a puter terminal that is connected to the miniputer by interface wires. With the help of the operating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.B.Similarities and D

21、ifferences between Microputers and MiniputersSimilarities1They are two kinds of mon digital puters.2Both of them can be used in small businesses.3Each puter has only one CPU.Differences1. Miniputers are larger than microputers.2. Microputers are used more frequently in large offices and businesses t

22、han in small businesses.3. More than one person can use a miniputer at the same time.【原文】There are two primary kinds of puters: analog puters and digital puters. Unless you are a scientist, you probably will not use analog puters. These puters are important because they are able to measure quantitie

23、s such as electricity and temperature. In contrast, digital puters perform their tasks by counting. Some digital puters are built to help solve only a specific kind of problem. For example, digital puters that monitor airplanes flying in and out of airports are built only for that task. Most digital

24、 puters, though, can be used to help solve many kinds of problems. Among them, microputers and miniputers are two kinds of mon digital puters. Microputers, also called personal puters, are the newest puters. Many are about the size of a very small television set. Some, however, are so small and ligh

25、t that people can carry them easily on business trips. Because puter manufacturers produce an enormous amount of puter hardware, it is possible for anyone to own and use a microputer. Therefore, we now see these machines in many homes, schools, and businesses. There is one disadvantage to these pute

26、rs, though. Only one person at a time can use them. Also, many people who buy microputers do not understand what these machines can and cannot do. Some experts say that almost half of all micro-puters are not used often because their owners do not spend enough time learning how to operate them effic

27、iently. Like microputers, miniputers are used in small businesses. However, they are larger than microputers and are used more frequently in large offices and businesses than in small businesses. Another difference is that more than one person can use a miniputer at the same time. We call this time-

28、sharing. Some miniputers can have more than a hundred people time-sharing them. Each person who uses a miniputer has a puter terminal that is connected to the miniputer by interface wires. But even though more than one person can use a miniputer, the puter has only one CPU. With the help of the oper

29、ating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.Task 4【答案】A.1) It wasnt the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a record being played at too slow a speed. It sounded natural. It had charm to it.2) Lupa had once heard that even a sophisticated analog puter co

30、uldnt pick up certain subtleties in the English language, no matter how good the programming is.3) When Lupa stood up and walked around the room, it was evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an inter was someone with a microphone.B.1) Theyre running a contest. The kids are

31、 supposed to name me. Im dreading the whole thing, believe me.2) You know something; I thought youd be different. Just once today I was hoping Id get someone who wouldnt try to beat the program.3) You wouldnt happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would you? It

32、was a Sunday; but how do you know whether Im right? Thank you for visiting the puter exhibit.【原文】Lupa laughed. She liked the voice that had been selected for the puter. It wasnt the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a record being played at too slow a speed. It sounded natural. It had c

33、harm to it. Do you have a name? Lupa asked. Not yet, the puter answered. Theyre running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. Im dreading the whole thing, believe me. Now Lupa thought this was clever, the way they had programmed the puter. She wondered if there was some way to screw up the pr

34、ogram. She had once heard that even a sophisticated analog puter couldnt pick up certain subtleties in the English language, no matter how good the programming is, so she decided to give it a try.My paws give me pause, she said.The puter was silent.My paws give me pause, Lupa repeated. Its a clause

35、without claws.Lupa waited in silence for a response.You know something, the puter said. I thought youd be different. Just once today I was hoping Id get someone who wouldnt try to beat the program.Lupa smiled. This was marvelous, she thought to herself. Theyd thought of everything.Sorry, she said. M

36、i dispiace.Ah, you speak Italian, the puter said with some sarcasm.Qui, daccord, Lupa answered. Cest vrai.And French, too. Your French is better than your Italian. Though neither one is great. Now, if youll excuse me, I have to shut down. Its closing time.Lupa stood up and walked around the room. It

37、 was evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an inter was someone with a microphone. She thought about how to test for this.You wouldnt happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would you? Lupa asked.It was a Sunday, the puter answered, but

38、 how do you know whether Im right? Thank you for visiting the puter exhibit.Task 5【答案】A.1) b) 2) c)B.1) F 2) F 3) F 4) TC.puter TalkWhat does It Mean?OnlineTo start or workOffline To disconnect it or take it out of the systemTo interfaceTo do something so that different puter parts or software can w

39、ork togetherTo accessTo make information available【原文】Hello. I think we can begin now if youre ready. Um, today I want to talk to you about puters, about the impact of puters on how we talk, on the ways we talk. Now of course we all know that puters have changed our lives in many ways. Stop and thin

40、k for a minute about how we use puters in our everyday life. Its hard to think of anything we do that hasnt been changed by puters. For example, puters allow us to get money directly from our bank accounts at cash machines. At hospitals, puters help doctors understand what is wrong with patients. We

41、 can use puters to help us decide which color to paint our houses, which hair styles to have, or which dresses or suits would look good on us-lots of professional and personal uses. puters are simply a part of our lives, and, I think it is safe to say, they will continue to be. What Id like to look

42、at today is how the use of puters has had an impact on our language-how puters have changed the expressions we say, the words we use.First, let me give you some examples. These are examples from English that Id like you to think about. The first example is this. Someone at an office says, Wed like t

43、o have the project online by next Monday. In puter talk online means started or working. So this statement means that wed like to have the project started and going by next Monday.The second example is from a discussion or seminar. Someone might say, Lets take this discussion offline until tomorrow.

44、 To take a puter offline means to disconnect it or take it out of the system. What do you think it means to take a discussion offline? To take a discussion offline means to stop talking about it. This example means lets stop discussing this now and talk about it tomorrow.The third example is: Ill tr

45、y to interface my plans with yours. To interface, in puter talk, means to do something so that different puter parts or software can work together. So Ill try to interface my plans with yours means that Ill try to change my plans to fit with yours. People still say, of course, Ill try to change my p

46、lans to fit with yours. But now we might also start to hear people say, Ill try to interface my plans with yours, or Lets see if we can interface our schedules so that we can meet next week.Lets try one more example. Our fourth example might take place at home. Someone says, I just cant access where

47、 I left my car keys. In puter talk to “access something means to make information available. If I cant access where I left my keys, I dont have this information available for me to use. What would be another way to say this? Of course, we could also say, “I cant remember where I put my keys.Task 6【答

48、案】1) Cyber ethics.2) It will focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.3) Because its not done verbally so that people can overhear it; they think its anonymous on the Internet. 4) She was a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curric

49、ulum development and technology in the classroom.5) Young puter users do not see hacking, threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations and virus distribution as crimes.6) She said that it is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum, and student should know that

50、these behaviors are as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm. 【原文】Although schools are doing a better job at teaching children how to use the Internet, they are not addressing cyber ethics. Cyber Ethics: Teaching Responsible Use of Technology will focus on teaching educators how to tea

51、ch their students cyber ethics.When typical crimes are mitted on the Internet, students do not see them as a crime, said Cherie Geide, the conference director. They dont see anything wrong with it because they see it as a prank. Its more unacceptable to do it verbally where people can overhear it. T

52、hey think its anonymous on the Internet, said Geide, a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom. Geide said young puter users do not see hacking, threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations,

53、 such as in software or music, and virus distribution as crimes. This is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum, she said, that this behavior is as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm. Task 7【答案】A.1) Its Microsofts SANTA that the kids cant resist; its the ultimat

54、e software with a traditional twistremended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a picture of Santa himself.2) Father did last-minute Internet shopping; Mum and I had just settled down for a long winters nap.B.1) not a creature was stirring, except fathers mouse. The puter was humm

55、ing; the icons were hopping2) were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software3) were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of puter games filling their leads4) now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santas workshop had been moved by Bill Gates5)

56、 now finds hes a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion; preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans6) no more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams, only pact disk ROMs with th

57、e Microsoft label7) a new Christmas star, owned by the Microsoft guy8) turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound, as I sprang from my bed and was turning around9) a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm matesexclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good ni

58、ght【原文】It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, except fathers mouse. The puter was humming; the icons were hopping, as father did last-minute Internet shopping.The stockings were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new

59、 software. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of puter games filling their leads.The letters to Santa had been sent out by Mum, to santatoyshop.northpole , which now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santas workshop had been moved by Bill Gates. All the elves a

60、nd the reindeer had had to skedaddle to flashy new quarters in suburban Seattle.Alter living a life that was simple and spare, Santa now finds hes a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion. The

61、 old fellow preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans.No more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams will be under the tree, only pact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label. So spin up your drive from now on, Christmas runs only on Windows 95.Its Microsofts SANTA that the kids cant resi

62、st; its the ultimate software with a traditional twistremended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a picture of Santa himself. Get em young, keep em long is Microsofts theme; and a merger with Santa is a marketers dream. To the top of the NASDAQ! To the top of the Dow! Now dash aw

63、ay! Dash away! Dash awaywow!And Mum in her handkerchief and me in my cap, had just settled down for a long winters nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, the whirr and the hum of our satellite platter. As it turned toward that new Christmas star in the sky, the SANTALITE owned by the

64、Microsoft guy. As I sprang from my bed and was turning around, my puter turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound.And there on the screen was a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm mates. And I heard them exclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night!Task 8【答案】A.1) You would need a puter because of its memory and speed; a puter can consider more factors than a person can.2) The reserva