高中英语人教版高一年级上19

[00:08.80]PRE-READING

[00:25.57]LIFE ON THE GO

[00:31.74]Wang mei puts her hand into her pocket,

[00:37.38]takes out her red cellphone 1 and presses the talk key.

[00:44.75]"Hi,mum! I'm on the bus.I should be home in about ten minutes."

[00:53.39]Wang Mei is one of many Chinese teenagers

[00:59.04]who live life "on the go" and use cellphones.

[01:05.41]cellphones,or mobile 2 phones,

[01:10.69]make it possible for us to talk to anyone from anywhere.

[01:17.95]Words and images are being sent throughout 3 the world.

[01:24.11]Modern cellphones are more than just phones

[01:29.86]--they are being used as cameras and radios,

[01:35.63]and to sent e-mail or surf the Internet.

[01:41.80]New functions are being added 4 to the phones.

[01:47.26]The latest cellphones have features such as games,

[01:53.74]music and an electronic 5 calendar

[01:59.09]that will remind you about appointments and important dates.

[02:05.26]Cellphones have changed our behaviour and how we communicate.

[02:12.10]They are being used everywhere--sometimes where they shouldn't.

[02:19.08]One headmaster says that phones are not allowed in the classroom.

[02:26.63]"if a phone starts ringing in the classroom,

[02:32.19]teachers and students are disturbed and cannot work."

[02:38.72]The students obey the rules

[02:43.08]and agree not to use their phones in the classroom.

[02:48.83]"I don't dare 6 to use the phone in school,

[02:54.60]because they will take it away from me,"says John Hill,a student in London

[03:02.86]John got his phone for his birthday,

[03:08.13]but his parents don't let him use it in school.

[03:14.09]Some parents worry

[03:17.85]that their children will spent too much time and money on phone calls.

[03:24.93]Why are cellphones so popular,especially among teenagers?

[03:32.48]The answer seems to be that we have a need to stay in touch with friends and family

[03:39.95]no matter where we are or what we are doing.

[03:45.28]Having a cellphone also makes us feell safer,

[03:51.21]since we can call for help in case of an emergency.

[03:57.77]Of course,to many teenagers

[04:02.83]the cellphone is not only a useful tool

[04:08.08]but also a way to have fun and be cool.

[04:14.04]Wang Mei calls her best friend Xiao Li at least once a day

[04:21.02]to see How she is doing and what is going on.

[04:26.48]She says that her cellphone helps do whatever she wants to do

[04:33.53]and still stay in touch with her parents and friends.

[04:39.38]"I think it's the most useful invention ever,"

[04:45.44]Wang Mei says as she is dialling the number to Ziao Li again

[04:51.68]to ask her what she will be wearing to school tomorrow.

[04:57.53]INTEGRATING SKILLS

[05:06.49]It is the year 2374 and the machines have taken over.

[05:15.04]The earth is ruled by a great computer named Q12

[05:20.81]that uses robots to make people work for it.

[05:26.16]It is not a happy world.

[05:30.32]The few surviving human beings

[05:34.76]are being used in the way that we use machines today:

[05:40.32]They have to make electrcity for the machines.

[05:45.68]repair them when they break down,

[05:49.94]and do every thing Q12 tells them to.

[05:55.50]Once,the earth was a beautiful blue planet 7

[06:00.25]where people lived happily among trees and animals.

[06:05.61]Now,the world is dark and dirty,with no room for happiness and fun.

[06:13.55]But there is still hope.

[06:17.39]The human beings have been able to keep a small,secret school open

[06:23.92]since the machines took over.

[06:27.89]in this school,the students still learn about all the wonders of the world-

[06:34.66]science,art,history,culture-

[06:40.30]and they are still allowed to dream about a better future .

[06:45.94]The leader of the humans has decided 8 that it is time to do something to stop Q12,

[06:54.20]bring the machines and people back together,

[06:59.24]and make the world beautiful again.

[07:03.78]A group of experts were asked to solve the problem,but they failed.

[07:10.26]Now the leader has asked a group of students to do what they can to save the earth

[07:17.52]Q12 cannot be defeated by force

[07:22.88]It is too strong and no one believes that fighting a war can sove the problem

[07:30.53]Instead,the students have decided to come up with a peaceful solution.

[07:37.59]They will try to teach Q12 about love and fried 9 ship.

[07:43.36]If they succed,they believe that humans and machines can live together

[07:50.02]like friends in the future.

[07:53.78]Imagine that you are one of the students chosen to solve the problem.

[08:00.34]Write a letter to Q12 in which you explain love and friendship.

[08:07.18]Remember that Q12 is a computer that does not understand how human beings feel

[08:15.26]and what human life is like.

[08:19.20]Tell Q12 about how we think,how we feel about each other,

[08:25.68]and try to give wcamples of love and friendship.

[08:31.56]After reading this section on pages 55-56

[08:39.21]and doing the required exercise,try to translate the reading pieces

[09:09.67]Look at the photo below and put its caption 10 into chinese.

[09:33.23]Team of robots

[09:40.18]positioned in front of the ball

[09:45.22]prior to the start of their match

[09:53.40]during the seventh Soccer World Championship

[09:58.67]for Robots in Padua,northem Italy,on July 9