The Telecommunications
Revolution
Unit 4
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,After-Reading Activities
Stage 4,Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Go over the preview,the pre-
reading questions and the title
of the text before listening to
the summary of the story and
anticipate what we are going to
read,
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer
the following questions,
Background information
telecommunications,Telecommunications,from
Greek,means,communications at a distance”,
Telecommunications through voice,data,and image
communication is changing the world,The ease of
accessing information and people anywhere at
anytime is having major impacts on society,business,
and finance,Two major trends have occurred in the
technology that is applicable to telecommunications,
The first trend has been the incredible increase in the
processing power of digital computers,namely,
dramatic decreases in physical size along with equally
dramatic increases in complexity,speed,and capacity,
The second trend has been the explosive growth in
transmission capacity through the widespread use of
optical fiber across continents and under oceans,These
two trends have had impressive long-term consequences
for telecommunications around the world,The Internet
and the World Wide Web have already created a global
system for the access of information,It has become
popular that people check flight,weather,and hotels
before traveling to a foreign country,E-mail makes it
easy to keep in contact instantly with colleagues and
friends around the globe,But many of the peoples of the
world do not even have a telephone,much less access to
the Internet and the information,The challenge to the
telecommunications industry is to bridge the digital gap
and extend the availability of telecommunications to all
parts of the planet.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully
and guess the meaning of the
italicized term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences,
The company specializes in
telecommunications,
Some kitchen tools have very little
utility,
high utility bill
Telescopes and microscopes are
optical instruments,
He suffers from an optical defect,
长途通信用处公用事业光学的视觉的
The road has been dug up in order
to lay cables,
a bracelet made of copper
Her hair shone copper in the sunlight,
When I asked him about his
childhood,he remembered a parade
of baby-sitters,
The small boy loves watching the
soldiers on parade,
电缆铜紫铜色一大批检阅队伍
The editor condensed the manuscript
to half of its original length,
Steam condenses into water when it
touches a cold surface,
A lot of farming techniques have
been abandoned because they were
too labour-intensive,
She was desperate to get into
university,
压缩凝结劳动密集非常想
Years of being left out in the rain
had rusted the metal chairs,
The car was covered with rust,
You can?t give away Granny?s old
bookcase — it?s a valuable antique,
The computer people seem to have
licked the problem,
The child finished the dessert and
then licked the plate,
生锈锈古董克服舔
The company has appointed a new
marketing director to broaden its
strategic expertise,
Many businesses are failing because
of the continuing recession,
Be careful not to scratch yourself on
the roses,
Marketing is within the province of
the sales department,
战略规划衰退扎伤职权范围
The war has badly damaged the
country?s infrastructure from electricity
plants and generators to roads and
bridges,
The old plane had logged hundreds of
hours of flying time,
The forest has been so heavily logged that
it is in danger of disappearing,
The cabin was built of logs.
The captain described the accident in the
ship's log,
基础设施积累砍伐原木航海日志
Traffic reached a peak between 8 and 9 in
the morning,
It is one of the most difficult peaks to climb
in the whole range,
He refuses to invest in companies without a
good social record,
The company is selling off its 15% stake in
the Commercial Bank,
I just don?t feel I have a stake in how the
trial comes out,
One of the stakes in the fence is broken,
高峰山峰投资股份利益关系桩
We have leased an apartment for one
year,
The lease runs out in two years? time,
We walked along the narrow mountain
ridge to reach the summit,
My car is seven years old but it?s still
fairly reliable.
Whose coat is this? Look at the name
tag,
租租约脊可靠标签
The young lady has entire disposal of
the house,
His business is waste disposal,
He will have a car at his disposal for
the whole month,
The government was short of money
because of falling oil revenues,
I'm stuck with this job for the
moment,
处置权处理供他使用收入无法摆脱
Some people prefer the old version to the
new one,It?s a matter of taste,
He had to choose between death and
dishonor,
Our friendship dates from college days,
He said his car had got stuck in the snow,
We left feeling that we had just scratched
the surface of this fascinating country,
是 … 的问题在 … 之间作出选择始于 陷进了解表面的一些东西
Anyone can log on to this computer,
In order to log on to the system you have
to type in a special password,
Log out before switching the computer
off.
Are wages keeping pace with inflation?
We still lag far behind many of our
competitors in using modern technology,
登录进入退出与 … 同步落后于
Vocabulary Comparing
Dumb voiceless mute silent
speechless
Diameter radius perimeter circle
circumference
Millimeter centimeter decimeter
meter decameter hectometer
kilometer
spider moth butterfly fly
mosquito bug flea louse bee
wasp locust termite ant
fax telex phone telegram email
mobile phone dial mail post
postage stamp
persist in insist on stick to
adhere to cling to
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get
the main idea of the text,
Analyze the structure of the text,
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
After-Reading Activities
Vocabulary Exercises
Translating and Writing
Listening and speaking
activities
Talking about the topic
or retelling the text
Listening and speaking
practice in XP center
Revolution
Unit 4
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,After-Reading Activities
Stage 4,Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Go over the preview,the pre-
reading questions and the title
of the text before listening to
the summary of the story and
anticipate what we are going to
read,
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer
the following questions,
Background information
telecommunications,Telecommunications,from
Greek,means,communications at a distance”,
Telecommunications through voice,data,and image
communication is changing the world,The ease of
accessing information and people anywhere at
anytime is having major impacts on society,business,
and finance,Two major trends have occurred in the
technology that is applicable to telecommunications,
The first trend has been the incredible increase in the
processing power of digital computers,namely,
dramatic decreases in physical size along with equally
dramatic increases in complexity,speed,and capacity,
The second trend has been the explosive growth in
transmission capacity through the widespread use of
optical fiber across continents and under oceans,These
two trends have had impressive long-term consequences
for telecommunications around the world,The Internet
and the World Wide Web have already created a global
system for the access of information,It has become
popular that people check flight,weather,and hotels
before traveling to a foreign country,E-mail makes it
easy to keep in contact instantly with colleagues and
friends around the globe,But many of the peoples of the
world do not even have a telephone,much less access to
the Internet and the information,The challenge to the
telecommunications industry is to bridge the digital gap
and extend the availability of telecommunications to all
parts of the planet.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully
and guess the meaning of the
italicized term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences,
The company specializes in
telecommunications,
Some kitchen tools have very little
utility,
high utility bill
Telescopes and microscopes are
optical instruments,
He suffers from an optical defect,
长途通信用处公用事业光学的视觉的
The road has been dug up in order
to lay cables,
a bracelet made of copper
Her hair shone copper in the sunlight,
When I asked him about his
childhood,he remembered a parade
of baby-sitters,
The small boy loves watching the
soldiers on parade,
电缆铜紫铜色一大批检阅队伍
The editor condensed the manuscript
to half of its original length,
Steam condenses into water when it
touches a cold surface,
A lot of farming techniques have
been abandoned because they were
too labour-intensive,
She was desperate to get into
university,
压缩凝结劳动密集非常想
Years of being left out in the rain
had rusted the metal chairs,
The car was covered with rust,
You can?t give away Granny?s old
bookcase — it?s a valuable antique,
The computer people seem to have
licked the problem,
The child finished the dessert and
then licked the plate,
生锈锈古董克服舔
The company has appointed a new
marketing director to broaden its
strategic expertise,
Many businesses are failing because
of the continuing recession,
Be careful not to scratch yourself on
the roses,
Marketing is within the province of
the sales department,
战略规划衰退扎伤职权范围
The war has badly damaged the
country?s infrastructure from electricity
plants and generators to roads and
bridges,
The old plane had logged hundreds of
hours of flying time,
The forest has been so heavily logged that
it is in danger of disappearing,
The cabin was built of logs.
The captain described the accident in the
ship's log,
基础设施积累砍伐原木航海日志
Traffic reached a peak between 8 and 9 in
the morning,
It is one of the most difficult peaks to climb
in the whole range,
He refuses to invest in companies without a
good social record,
The company is selling off its 15% stake in
the Commercial Bank,
I just don?t feel I have a stake in how the
trial comes out,
One of the stakes in the fence is broken,
高峰山峰投资股份利益关系桩
We have leased an apartment for one
year,
The lease runs out in two years? time,
We walked along the narrow mountain
ridge to reach the summit,
My car is seven years old but it?s still
fairly reliable.
Whose coat is this? Look at the name
tag,
租租约脊可靠标签
The young lady has entire disposal of
the house,
His business is waste disposal,
He will have a car at his disposal for
the whole month,
The government was short of money
because of falling oil revenues,
I'm stuck with this job for the
moment,
处置权处理供他使用收入无法摆脱
Some people prefer the old version to the
new one,It?s a matter of taste,
He had to choose between death and
dishonor,
Our friendship dates from college days,
He said his car had got stuck in the snow,
We left feeling that we had just scratched
the surface of this fascinating country,
是 … 的问题在 … 之间作出选择始于 陷进了解表面的一些东西
Anyone can log on to this computer,
In order to log on to the system you have
to type in a special password,
Log out before switching the computer
off.
Are wages keeping pace with inflation?
We still lag far behind many of our
competitors in using modern technology,
登录进入退出与 … 同步落后于
Vocabulary Comparing
Dumb voiceless mute silent
speechless
Diameter radius perimeter circle
circumference
Millimeter centimeter decimeter
meter decameter hectometer
kilometer
spider moth butterfly fly
mosquito bug flea louse bee
wasp locust termite ant
fax telex phone telegram email
mobile phone dial mail post
postage stamp
persist in insist on stick to
adhere to cling to
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get
the main idea of the text,
Analyze the structure of the text,
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
After-Reading Activities
Vocabulary Exercises
Translating and Writing
Listening and speaking
activities
Talking about the topic
or retelling the text
Listening and speaking
practice in XP center
