现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit

1、-Unit 9Task 1【答案】 PanelOpinions1st penallist: Philip Barnesputers have already changed our lives.2nd penallist: Miss Andersonputers have changed our lives, but I don't want my life changed.3rd penallist: Arthur HainesThe puter will affect everyone in the world. Records can be kept of everything

2、we 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 q

3、uestion. 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

4、 a 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 don't want my life changed.Arthur Haines: E*cuse me, Miss Anderson. We're talking about our lives, not

5、 your life. 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 th

6、e 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.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

7、 printer, and two disk drives.2) It's 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 bud

8、get for his household 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

9、 at first byte? Really, it is 64,000 bytesthat's 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,

10、 ladies and gentlemen, 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 co

11、lors. You have two disk 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: What's a d-disk drive?Salesman: T

12、hat's the part of the puter that loads your program into the machine.Harvey: Oh. What's a program?Salesman: The program? That's your software. That's the instructions. It's all contained right on this floppy disk here. The instructions on this disk tell the puter what to do.Harve

13、y: Oh, you mean like my wife. She always tells me what to do.Salesman: E*actly. Now what type of program would you like? I have word processing, I have electronic spreadsheet.Harvey: What's word processing?Salesman: Word processing is using the puter like a typewriter. But it's much better t

14、han a typewriter. You can move words or sentences from place to place or make corrections or changes right on the screen. You never have to erase on paper. It's a wonderful little program! Would you like to try it, Mr.Harvey: Van Runkle. Harvey Van Runkle. I've never used a puter before.Sale

15、sman: It's easy. First we start up the machine, and then boot up a program.Harvey: Boot up?Salesman: That's 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. I'm not hungry.Salesman: No, no. This is a program men

16、u, not a restaurant menu. It shows the different things the program can do. For e*ample, 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! There'

17、s only one problem.Salesman: What's that?Harvey: I don't have any documents. I'm a plumber.Salesman: But you have bills, don't you?Harvey: Yeah, but. Salesman: Well, with our electronic spreadsheet software, you can make a monthly budget for your household.Harvey: No. My wife, Charlo

18、tte, does that.Salesman: Well, now you can do it, Harvey. Harvey: I don't know. Salesman: And you have friends, don't you? Harvey: Yeah, well there's 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: Nev

19、er 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 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

20、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 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 in

21、terface 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 Differences between Microputers and MiniputersSimilarities1They are two kinds of mon digital puters.2Both of them can be used in small businesses.3Each puter has

22、only one CPU.Differences1. Miniputers are larger than microputers.2. Microputers are used more frequently in large offices and businesses than 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.

23、 Unless you are a scientist, you probably will not use analog puters. These puters are important because they are able to measure quantities 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 k

24、ind of problem. For e*ample, digital puters that monitor airplanes flying in and out of airports are built only for that task. Most digital 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

25、called personal puters, are the newest puters. Many are about the size of a very small television set. Some, however, are so small and light 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

26、 and use a microputer. Therefore, we now see these machines in many homes, schools, and businesses. There is one disadvantage to these puters, 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 e*perts s

27、ay that almost half of all micro-puters are not used often because their owners do not spend enough time learning how to operate them efficiently. Like microputers, miniputers are used in small businesses. However, they are larger than microputers and are used more frequently in large offices and bu

28、sinesses than in small businesses. Another difference is that more than one person can use a miniputer at the same time. We call this time-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 mi

29、niputer 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 operating system, the CPU is able to divide its time and perform for all the users.Task 4【答案】A.1) It wasn't the typical low mechanical voice that sounded like a

30、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 couldn't 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 wa

31、s evident to her that somewhere in the building, listening through an inter was someone with a microphone.B.1) They're running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. I'm dreading the whole thing, believe me.2) You know something; I thought you'd be different. Just once today I was

32、hoping I'd get someone who wouldn't try to beat the program.3) You wouldn't happen to know what day of the week September the fourteenth, 1321, fell on, would you? It was a Sunday; but how do you know whether I'm right? Thank you for visiting the puter e*hibit.【原文】Lupa laughed. She l

33、iked the voice that had been selected for the puter. It wasn't 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. "Do you have a name?" Lupa asked. "Not yet," the puter answered. "They'

34、;re running a contest. The kids are supposed to name me. I'm 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 program. She had once heard that even a sophisticated analog puter

35、couldn't 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. "It's a clause without claws."Lupa

36、waited in silence for a response."You know something," the puter said. "I thought you'd be different. Just once today I was hoping I'd get someone who wouldn't try to beat the program."Lupa smiled. "This was marvelous," she thought to herself. "They'

37、;d thought of everything.""Sorry," she said. "Mi dispiace.""Ah, you speak Italian," the puter said with some sarcasm."Qui, d'accord," Lupa answered. "C'est vrai.""And French, too. Your French is better than your Italian. Though neit

38、her one is great. Now, if you'll e*cuse me, I have to shut down. It's closing time."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. She thought about how to test for this."You

39、wouldn't 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 how do you know whether I'm right? Thank you for visiting the puter e*hibit."Task 5【答案】A.1) b) 2) c)B.1) F 2) F 3)

40、 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 work togetherTo accessTo make information available【原文】Hello. I think we can begin now if you're ready. Um, to

41、day 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 think for a minute about how we use puters in our everyday life. It's hard to think of anything we do that h

42、asn't been changed by puters. For e*ample, 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 can use puters to help us decide which color to paint our houses, which hair styles to have, or w

43、hich 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 I'd like to look at today is how the use of puters has had an impact on our language-how puters have changed t

44、he e*pressions we say, the words we use.First, let me give you some e*amples. These are e*amples from English that I'd like you to think about. The first e*ample is this. Someone at an office says, "We'd like to have the project online by ne*t Monday." In puter talk "online&qu

45、ot; means started or working. So this statement means that we'd like to have the project started and going by ne*t Monday.The second e*ample is from a discussion or seminar. Someone might say, "Let's take this discussion offline until tomorrow." To take a puter "offline"

46、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 e*ample means "let's stop discussing this now and talk about it tomorrow."The third e*ample is: &q

47、uot;I'll try 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 "I'll try to interface my plans with yours" means that "I'll try to change my plans to fit wi

48、th yours." People still say, of course, "I'll try to change my plans to fit with yours." But now we might also start to hear people say, "I'll try to interface my plans with yours," or "Let's see if we can interface our schedules so that we can meet ne*t wee

49、k."Lets try one more e*ample. Our fourth e*ample might take place at home. Someone says, I just cant access where 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 u

50、se. 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 anon

51、ymous on the Internet. 4) She was a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum 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 cr

52、imes.6) She said that it is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum, and student should know that 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 add

53、ressing cyber ethics. "Cyber Ethics: Teaching Responsible Use of Technology" will focus on teaching educators how to teach 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

54、 don't see anything wrong with it because they see it as a prank. It's more unacceptable to do it verbally where people can overhear it. They think it's anonymous on the Internet," said Geide, a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum d

55、evelopment and technology in the classroom. Geide said young puter users do not see hacking, threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations, such as in software or music, and virus distribution as crimes. "This is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum,&quo

56、t; she said, "that this behavior is as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm. Task 7【答案】A.1) It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimate software with a traditional twistremended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a pict

57、ure 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, e*cept father's mouse. The puter was humming; the icons were hopping2) were hung ne*t to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bri

58、ng 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 Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates5) now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a h

59、ouse 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 the Microsoft label7) a new Christmas star, owned by the Microsoft guy8) turned on with a Ji

60、ngle-Bells sound, as I sprang from my bed and was turning around9) a smiling Bill Gates ne*t to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm matese*claim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night【原文】It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, e*cept father's mouse. The puter was humming; the icons were hopping, as father did last-minute Internet shopping.The stockings were hung ne*t to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software. The children