时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2006年


英语课

Janice Lieberman: America is a cell phone nation, dialing, texting and ringing, nonstop.

(Inaudible)
Ding?
Yeah?
Hello?

Janice Lieberman: Although we can't live without our cell phones, most people don't know much about them.

I'm not sure if there are health risks with using cell phones.
I'm not sure, this mostly like the radio waves and going to your body. . .

Janice Lieberman: It's time to separate fact from fiction.

Janice Lieberman: Myth No. 1: Cellphone use can cause cancer.

And I'm concerned though I haven't stopped using my cell phone.
I need it, so, ur, hopefully it doesn't.

Janice Lieberman: True or false? We spoke 1 to a neurosurgeon.

Dr. Edward Aulisi: Brain tumors have been diagnosed for a lot longer time (than) cell phones have been around, um, and, ur, there is no clear indication that, ur, the number of brain tumor 2 has gone up. That haven't been said, no one has done a study would have disapproved 3 it either. In general, most of us in the, in the field believe that there is no clear linkage 4 (between) cell phone usage and brain tumors.

Janice Lieberman: And the answer is: I think it's quite unlikely.

Janice Lieberman: Myth No. 2: Using a hands-free cell phone while driving is much safer.

I think definitely using a headset is a lot easier than safer.
I don't think it makes the difference.
Most definitely safer.

Kim Kleman: We asked consumer reports. We had drivers navigate 5 a course once with a hand-held cell phone and once with a headset. It didn't matter whether they had the headset or whether they were holding a cell phone to their ear as to whether they were distracted. It was the conversation that was the this distraction 6.

Hey, hey, get off the cell phone, concentrate on the road.
Yeah.
Idiot! Still there?

Janice Lieberman: So the answer is: I think it's a myth that hands-free is, is somehow safer than holding a cell phone.

Janice Lieberman: Myth No. 3: Cell phones can detonate bombs.

I do think that cell phone can detonate a bomb.
Oh, yeah, definitely.
I don't know if cell phones can detonate a bomb.

Janice Lieberman: We asked our terrorism expert.

Roger Cressey: They've been used before with the Madrid train bombings in Bali and on (a) number of occasions inside Iraq by the insurgency 7. And that's something that law enforcement must take into consideration as a potential threat. The most extreme measure, of course, is eliminating the use of cell phones inside tunnels.

Janice Lieberman: And the answer is: That is true.

Janice Lieberman: Myth No. 4: Cell phone use in hospitals can be harmful.

That might have an effect on the emergency equipment.
I think it's ok.
Ur What will happen? Nothing.

Janice Lieberman: We asked the chairperson of the American Hospital Association Committee on information technology, who is also the CEO of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn New York.

Pamela S. Brier: It was widely believed that cell phones interfered 8 with the technical workings of the fancy equipment that now exists in hospitals. As it turns out cell phones have been proved dramatically in the last ten years and they don't really disrupt the high-tech 9 equipment at all. There is only one place in the hospital you can not use a cell phone and that is in the intensive care units.

Janice Lieberman: And the answer: False, they are not hazardous 10 to the machines that are taking care of patients.

Janice Lieberman: And finally, myth No. 5: Cellphone use while flying can down a plane.

Oh, no, you can't use that phone while we are in the plane.
Girl, please. NO, no, no, they say that's ripped you up.
Oh nope

Janice Lieberman: True or false? We went straight to the FAA for this one.

Marion Blakey: We have a little bit of anecdotal evidence from pilots who have suggested they believe there's been interference from time to time in terms of their navigation equipment or their communications on board. But right now, certainly there's nothing that has been in any way or dangerous or catastrophic in the area of cellphone use today. So until we know, that we really do not have any safety problems. We will be cautious.

Janice Lieberman: And if you're wondering about those pay phones already on the planes.

Marion Blakey: Air plane phones are wired differently.

Janice Lieberman: So for this one, the jury's out.



1 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
2 tumor
n.(肿)瘤,肿块(英)tumour
  • He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
  • The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
3 disapproved
v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 )
  • My parents disapproved of my marriage. 我父母不赞成我的婚事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing. 她不赞成儿子不加选择地收看电视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 linkage
n.连接;环节
  • In their monographic treatment of linkage,they have emphasized this especially.他们在论连锁的专题文章中特别强调了这点。
  • Occasionally,problems with block inheritance or linkage are encountered.有时会遇到区段遗传或连锁问题。
5 navigate
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航
  • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
  • Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
6 distraction
n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐
  • Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。
  • Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
7 insurgency
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
8 interfered
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉
  • Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 high-tech
adj.高科技的
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展,这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
10 hazardous
adj.(有)危险的,冒险的;碰运气的
  • These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
  • Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。
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