全新版大学英语听说教程第二册 Unit16
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：全新版大学英语听说教程第二册
2-16-A
Passage 1:
Students and teachers at 20 schools in China's poor rural areas will have their own computer labs by the end of 2001. The labs are being jointly 2 funded by the China Youth Development Foundation and Coca-Cola (China) Beverages 3 Ltd., which have planned to establish more computer labs in 1,200 rural schools in the future.
Passage 2:
China is now using India's rich resources and expertise 4 in IT education to meet its great demand for software professionals. An Indian company has recently signed a deal with China to establish a joint 1 venture company in Beijing. It is the first Indian company to invest in the education of software professionals in China.
Passage 3:
Code Red II , the world's most vicious cyber worm, is about to start another attack. Unlike its former peer, "I love you" bug 5, this time the Code Red series will target Internet servers and the network. Anti-bug experts are calling for greater online security.
2-16-B
Digital Divide
Jenny: Hi, John.
John: Hi, Jenny.
Jenny: One of the issues today is the digital divide. What does it mean?
John: It refers to the divide between who is online and who isn't.
Jenny: What's the nature of the breakdown 6? Who are they saying is online and who isn't?
John: They are looking at three principal portions of the American population with regard to ethnic 7 gap, income gap and also different age groups.
Jenny: What do they discover?
John: They find that today 30% of African Americans, 33% of Hispanic Americans, and 47% of White Americans, are online, but the largest portion of the American population are Asian Americans with a 65% online.
Jenny: Do they offer any explanations about why this might be?
John: Well, one reason of course is income. Low income population's use of the Internet is less. For example, for those who earn $75,000 annually 8, over 70% have computers linked to the Internet.
Jenny: Well, computers are still a fairly pricey item, although prices are coming down.
John: But they're predicting that within five years double the amount of people will be using them.
Jenny: Going back to this digital divide, do men and women use the Internet equally? Is there a gender 9 divide?
John: No. Not only is there not a gender divide but the prediction is this year more women will be online than men.
Jenny: Really?
John: But the difference here is the sites they visit. Men are interested in financial and technology sites. Women tend to prefer sites dealing 10 with more personal matters. For instance. they want to find out about women's health. So while both men and women are online, there is a difference in what they go online for.
Jenny: Yeah. Interesting. What did the study say about the future growth?
John: Well. they're forecasting that three quarters of the country will be online within five years.
Jenny: That's fast, isn't it?
John: Sure. Let's better get involved.
Jenny: Right.
2-16-C
Ananova
Ananova is the Cyber-Goddess. She is the perfect woman -- 28, tall and beautiful, available 24 hours a day. She is a green-haired, wide-eyed, animated 11 woman with a mid-Atlantic accent. She delivers the news in a pleasant, quietly intelligent manner that makes people feel relaxed when they listen to her. Unlike humans, she doesn't possess undesirable 12 characteristics such as arrogance 13, timidity, and dishonesty, and she'll never call in sick or request a two-day vacation.
On April 19, 2000, Ananova made her initial appearance on the Internet. Her first words were "Hello, world " -- a common phrase used in the new software programs, followed by "Here's the news, and this time it's personal." She went on to deliver her first news story, reading a bulletin about a plane crash in the Philippines. During her two-minute speech she used her limited range of facial expressions -- a widening of the eyes and a superficial-looking smile. Her speechwriters attach tags to various words to help the computer animation 14 program know when she should smile or look serious. Crowded with users, her site was very difficult to access that morning. She attracted tens of thousands of users in the first hour.
As technology improves, people will be able to talk to her rather than type in their requests and get personalized bulletins, shopping help and other services read to them, on the Internet or by mobile phone.
In time, Ananova may gain virtual colleagues, a family or a male companion and she will get gradually more sophisticated.
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
- She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
- laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
- regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例
- We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
- You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
- There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
- The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
- She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
- The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
- They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
- French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
- Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
- We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
- They are the undesirable elements among the employees.他们是雇员中的不良分子。
- Certain chemicals can induce undesirable changes in the nervous system.有些化学物质能在神经系统中引起不良变化。