网络改变生活
Net Changes Life
(II)
网络改变生活
Part I Warming Up
Section A,Words & Phrases
Time Events
1,In the 1830s a,first radio program broadcasting
2,On Aug,5th,1858 b,two coasts of the U.S,shown on
TV at the same time
3,On Nov,2nd,1920 c,telegraph invention
4,After World War II d,television invention
5,In the 1950s e,first message transmitted by a wire
cable under the Atlantic Ocean,
6,On Sep,25th,1956 f,300,000,000 computers connecting
to networks,
7,In July 1962 g,first direct telephone calls from the
U.S,to Europe,
8,Today h,first communications satellite placed
in orbit around the earth,
Part I Warming Up
Section A,Dictation
1,The first useful telegraphs were developed in Britain and the United States in the 1830s,
Each letter of the alphabet and each number had to be sent separately by a device called a
telegraph key,
2,On Aug,5th,1858,the first message was transmitted by a wire cable under the Atlantic
Ocean,This meant that information now took only a matter of hours to reach most large
cities in the world,
3,On Nov,2nd,1920,radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania broadcast the first
radio program,Within a few short years,news and information could be heard anywhere
a radio broadcast could reach,
4,After World War II,a new invention appeared,television,In the industrial countries,
television quickly became common in most homes,
5,In the 1950s,two important events took places that greatly affected the communications
of information,The first was a television broadcast that showed the east coast and the
west coast of the United States at the same time,People could see two reporters talk to
each other although they were separated by a continent,
网络改变生活
Part I Warming Up
6,The other event happened on Sep,25th,1956,That was when the first telephone cable
under the Atlantic Ocean made it possible to make direct telephone calls from the United
States to Europe,
7,In July 1962,the first communications satellite was placed in orbit around the earth,
The speed of information again greatly increased,
8,Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to networks that
provide links with computers around the world,
Section A,Dictation
网络改变生活
Section B,Words & Phrases
Part I Warming Up
Normal Speed Slow Speed
American Online is the largest provider of Internet service in the world,
It serves more than 20 million people worldwide,Time Warner is the
world’s largest media company,The company owns Time magazine,first
published in 1923,Time Warner publishes more than 30 magazines,One
hundred and twenty million people read them,The company produces TV
shows and films as well as recording,
TapeScript
Part II Net Changes dorm Life
Words & Phrases
网络改变生活
Part II Net Changes dorm Life
Section A
Areas Examples
Academics
a,Registering for classes
b,___________________________________________;
c,____________________________________________;
d,Posting _________________________,
________________ a,Data containing music files b,_____________________________________ _____;
_________________ a,Instant messages b,__________________________________ ________;
Commerce ______________________________________________
Getting assignments and research papers
Attending professors’,virtual office hours”
Course lectures
Entertainment Online games
Communications Toll-free phone calls
E-commerce orders
网络改变生活
Part II Net Changes dorm Life
Tapescript
The proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner anticipates an age when high-speed
Internet access is everything,It will be a pipeline for almost all the entertainment,communication
and information that people consume,
It is an era so distant to most Americans that they can hardly envision it, And yet it already
exists,In fact,it is the only world that today’s college students know,Colleges across the United
States have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years wiring dormitories for high-speed
Internet access,
When admission people go out and talk to students these days,the students always ask,“Do you
have a high-speed network?” Indeed,for today’s students,having high-speed Internet access is a top
priority,They base their housing decisions on it,and restructure their meager student budgets to
afford it,
College administrators acknowledge that academic pursuits are just a fraction of the activity on
their campus networks,The bulk of the traffic consists of data containing music files,instant
messages,toll-free phone calls,e-commerce orders,online games and just about anything,
At a high-rise dorm at the University of Southern California,walking down the hallway on the
eighth floor almost any time of the day,you’re likely to hear students in separate rooms shouting at
each other –,You killed me!” – as they mow each other down in online games played over the
network,Friends from opposite ends of the floor simultaneously make for the elevators,They’ve just
messaged each other by computer that it’s time to head off to the dining commons,To them,
knocking on someone’s door is an antiquated 20th century tradition,
Today’s students register for classes,get their homework assignments,research papers and
attend professors’,virtual office hours” online,Some university even post course lectures on the Net,
so that students can review them any time they wish,
Just as one of the student put it,,We live our lives over the Internet.”
Part III Global Multi-Media Giant
Words & Phrases
Section A
Listen to a news report,Fill in the blanks,
The Internet company American Online and the movie company Time Warner may
soon _______________ to create the world’s ____________________ company,Officials
of the two companies said they will work to use _______________________ to provide
news and entertainment products,American Online will _____________ Time Warner
for at least _____________________________ dollars,Officials of both companies have
approved ______________________________,But it still must be approved by
_____________________ and government officials,
link largest media
the latest technology
buy
160 thousand million
the agreement
stockholders
Part III Global Multi-Media Giant
Section B
Now listen to a more detailed report,Supply the missing info.,
● Event,merger agreement between _________________________________________,
● Name of the new company,____________________________________,
● Areas influenced by the event,___________,publishing,news gathering,_______,
____________,
● Way of buying,_______________________,
● Value of the agreement,____________________________________,
America Online & Time Warner
AOL Time Warner
music films
Internet
with stock
180 thousand million dollars
Section C
Now listen again,Decide whether the statements are true or
false,Put,T” or,F” in the brackets
( ) 1,Time Warner earns more money than America Online and its stock are more
valuable than those of America Online,
( ) 2,The value of America Online stock has risen 180% in the past two years,
( ) 3,It can be inferred form the report that in the future there may be more mergers
of Internet and media businesses,
( ) 4,The agreement is the result of media companies trying to use the power of the
Internet and Internet companies wanting to reaching more people,
( ) 5,Some groups opposes the sale of Time Warner to America Online because
Internet and media businesses may feel more pressure to unite,
F
F
T
T
F
-The End of Part III-
Net Changes Life
(II)
网络改变生活
Part I Warming Up
Section A,Words & Phrases
Time Events
1,In the 1830s a,first radio program broadcasting
2,On Aug,5th,1858 b,two coasts of the U.S,shown on
TV at the same time
3,On Nov,2nd,1920 c,telegraph invention
4,After World War II d,television invention
5,In the 1950s e,first message transmitted by a wire
cable under the Atlantic Ocean,
6,On Sep,25th,1956 f,300,000,000 computers connecting
to networks,
7,In July 1962 g,first direct telephone calls from the
U.S,to Europe,
8,Today h,first communications satellite placed
in orbit around the earth,
Part I Warming Up
Section A,Dictation
1,The first useful telegraphs were developed in Britain and the United States in the 1830s,
Each letter of the alphabet and each number had to be sent separately by a device called a
telegraph key,
2,On Aug,5th,1858,the first message was transmitted by a wire cable under the Atlantic
Ocean,This meant that information now took only a matter of hours to reach most large
cities in the world,
3,On Nov,2nd,1920,radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania broadcast the first
radio program,Within a few short years,news and information could be heard anywhere
a radio broadcast could reach,
4,After World War II,a new invention appeared,television,In the industrial countries,
television quickly became common in most homes,
5,In the 1950s,two important events took places that greatly affected the communications
of information,The first was a television broadcast that showed the east coast and the
west coast of the United States at the same time,People could see two reporters talk to
each other although they were separated by a continent,
网络改变生活
Part I Warming Up
6,The other event happened on Sep,25th,1956,That was when the first telephone cable
under the Atlantic Ocean made it possible to make direct telephone calls from the United
States to Europe,
7,In July 1962,the first communications satellite was placed in orbit around the earth,
The speed of information again greatly increased,
8,Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to networks that
provide links with computers around the world,
Section A,Dictation
网络改变生活
Section B,Words & Phrases
Part I Warming Up
Normal Speed Slow Speed
American Online is the largest provider of Internet service in the world,
It serves more than 20 million people worldwide,Time Warner is the
world’s largest media company,The company owns Time magazine,first
published in 1923,Time Warner publishes more than 30 magazines,One
hundred and twenty million people read them,The company produces TV
shows and films as well as recording,
TapeScript
Part II Net Changes dorm Life
Words & Phrases
网络改变生活
Part II Net Changes dorm Life
Section A
Areas Examples
Academics
a,Registering for classes
b,___________________________________________;
c,____________________________________________;
d,Posting _________________________,
________________ a,Data containing music files b,_____________________________________ _____;
_________________ a,Instant messages b,__________________________________ ________;
Commerce ______________________________________________
Getting assignments and research papers
Attending professors’,virtual office hours”
Course lectures
Entertainment Online games
Communications Toll-free phone calls
E-commerce orders
网络改变生活
Part II Net Changes dorm Life
Tapescript
The proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner anticipates an age when high-speed
Internet access is everything,It will be a pipeline for almost all the entertainment,communication
and information that people consume,
It is an era so distant to most Americans that they can hardly envision it, And yet it already
exists,In fact,it is the only world that today’s college students know,Colleges across the United
States have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years wiring dormitories for high-speed
Internet access,
When admission people go out and talk to students these days,the students always ask,“Do you
have a high-speed network?” Indeed,for today’s students,having high-speed Internet access is a top
priority,They base their housing decisions on it,and restructure their meager student budgets to
afford it,
College administrators acknowledge that academic pursuits are just a fraction of the activity on
their campus networks,The bulk of the traffic consists of data containing music files,instant
messages,toll-free phone calls,e-commerce orders,online games and just about anything,
At a high-rise dorm at the University of Southern California,walking down the hallway on the
eighth floor almost any time of the day,you’re likely to hear students in separate rooms shouting at
each other –,You killed me!” – as they mow each other down in online games played over the
network,Friends from opposite ends of the floor simultaneously make for the elevators,They’ve just
messaged each other by computer that it’s time to head off to the dining commons,To them,
knocking on someone’s door is an antiquated 20th century tradition,
Today’s students register for classes,get their homework assignments,research papers and
attend professors’,virtual office hours” online,Some university even post course lectures on the Net,
so that students can review them any time they wish,
Just as one of the student put it,,We live our lives over the Internet.”
Part III Global Multi-Media Giant
Words & Phrases
Section A
Listen to a news report,Fill in the blanks,
The Internet company American Online and the movie company Time Warner may
soon _______________ to create the world’s ____________________ company,Officials
of the two companies said they will work to use _______________________ to provide
news and entertainment products,American Online will _____________ Time Warner
for at least _____________________________ dollars,Officials of both companies have
approved ______________________________,But it still must be approved by
_____________________ and government officials,
link largest media
the latest technology
buy
160 thousand million
the agreement
stockholders
Part III Global Multi-Media Giant
Section B
Now listen to a more detailed report,Supply the missing info.,
● Event,merger agreement between _________________________________________,
● Name of the new company,____________________________________,
● Areas influenced by the event,___________,publishing,news gathering,_______,
____________,
● Way of buying,_______________________,
● Value of the agreement,____________________________________,
America Online & Time Warner
AOL Time Warner
music films
Internet
with stock
180 thousand million dollars
Section C
Now listen again,Decide whether the statements are true or
false,Put,T” or,F” in the brackets
( ) 1,Time Warner earns more money than America Online and its stock are more
valuable than those of America Online,
( ) 2,The value of America Online stock has risen 180% in the past two years,
( ) 3,It can be inferred form the report that in the future there may be more mergers
of Internet and media businesses,
( ) 4,The agreement is the result of media companies trying to use the power of the
Internet and Internet companies wanting to reaching more people,
( ) 5,Some groups opposes the sale of Time Warner to America Online because
Internet and media businesses may feel more pressure to unite,
F
F
T
T
F
-The End of Part III-
