现代大学英语听力3原文及其规范标准答案unit9Word文件下载.docx
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everythingwedo.Recordswillbekeptofallourprivatelives.Thecomputer
isthegreatestdisasterofthe20thcentury.
4thpenallist:
PhyllisArcher
Thecomputerisamachine.Itwasinventedbypeople;
itisusedbypeople.If
thecomputerisadisaster,thenpeopleareadisaster.
【原文】
Compere:
Andnowforourfirstquestion.ItcomesfromMrs.JuneMoore.Mrs.Moore?
Mrs.Moore:
Doesthepanelthinkthatcomputerswillchangeourlives?
Mrs.Moorewantstoknowifcomputerswillchangeourlives.PhilipBarnes?
PhilipBarnes:
Computershavealreadychangedourlives.Businessismoreefficient.Planesandtrainsprovideabetterservice...
MissAnderson:
Justamoment,Mr.Barnes.Youmayberightaboutbusiness,buthowmanypeoplehavelosttheirjobsbecauseofcomputers?
Computershavechangedourlives,butIdon'
ArthurHaines:
Excuseme,MissAnderson.We'
retalkingaboutourlives,notyourlife.Thecomputerwillaffecteveryoneintheworld.Recordscanbekeptofeverythingwedo.Recordswillbekeptofallourprivatelives.Inmyopinion,thecomputeristhegreatestdisasterofthe20thcentury.
PhyllisArcher:
CouldIinterrupt?
ArthurHainessaysthecomputerisadisaster,butthecomputerisamachine.Itwasinventedbypeople;
itisusedbypeople.Ifthecomputerisadisaster,thenpeopleareadisaster.
Thankyou,PhyllisArcher.Thankyou,panel.Andthankyou,Mrs.Moore.
Task2
A.
1)Itincludesa9-inchTVscreen,akeyboardwith46numbersandcharactersonit,aprinter,andtwodiskdrives.
2)It'
sallcontainedrightonthefloppydisk.
3)It’smuchbetterthanatypewriterinthatonecanmovewordsorsentencesfromplacetoplaceormakecorrectionsorchangesrightonthescreen,andneverhavetoeraseonpaper.
4)Itcanhelphimmakeamonthlybudgetforhishouseholdwithelectronicspreadsheetsoftware.
B.
1)loadsyourprogramintothemachine
2)typewriter,typewriter,
3)turningthecomputeronandloadingaprogram
4)thedifferentthingstheprogramcando
Narrator:
ForHarveyVanRunkle,itwasloveatfirstsight,orshouldwesay,loveatfirstbyte?
Really,itis64,000bytes—that'
sthesizeofthememoryonhisnewBANANA-3personalcomputer.Itallhappenedbyaccident.Hiswife,Charlotte,hadsenthimouttobuyanewtoaster,whenhefoundhimselfstandinginfrontofacomputerdisplayattheBANANAComputerStore.
Salesman:
Yes,ladiesandgentlemen,thislittlecomputerisgoingtochangeyourlives.Justconsiderthehardware:
Youhavea9-inchTVscreen.That’syourvideodisplayterminal.Youhaveakeyboardwith46numbersandcharactersonit.Youhaveaprinterthatwillgiveyoupaperprintoutsofyourworkinthreecolors.Youhavetwodiskdrives—oneinsidethecomputerterminalandoneoutside.Thiscomputercandoanything!
Nowlet’shavealittledemonstration.WhowouldliketotrythenewBANANA-3computer?
You,sir.Youlookinterested.SteprightupandtrytheBANANA-3.
Harvey:
What'
sad-diskdrive?
That'
sthepartofthecomputerthatloadsyourprogramintothemachine.
Oh.What'
saprogram?
Theprogram?
syoursoftware.That'
stheinstructions.It'
sallcontainedrightonthisfloppydiskhere.Theinstructionsonthisdisktellthecomputerwhattodo.
Oh,youmeanlikemywife.Shealwaystellsmewhattodo.
Exactly.Nowwhattypeofprogramwouldyoulike?
Ihavewordprocessing,Ihaveelectronicspreadsheet...
swordprocessing?
Wordprocessingisusingthecomputerlikeatypewriter.Butit'
smuchbetterthanatypewriter.Youcanmovewordsorsentencesfromplacetoplaceormakecorrectionsorchangesrightonthescreen.Youneverhavetoeraseonpaper.It'
sawonderfullittleprogram!
Wouldyouliketotryit,Mr...
VanRunkle.HarveyVanRunkle.I'
veneverusedacomputerbefore...
It'
seasy.Firstwestartupthemachine,andthenbootupaprogram.
Bootup?
scomputertalkforturningthecomputeronandloadingaprogram.There.Nowwelookatthemenu.
Menu?
ButIjusthadlunch.I'
mnothungry.
No,no.Thisisaprogrammenu,notarestaurantmenu.Itshowsthedifferentthingstheprogramcando.Forexample,herewehave"
file"
.Ifyouselectfile,youcanchoosewhichofyourdocumentsyouwanttoworkon.Andhere’s“edit”.Thisgivesyouwaystocorrectyourdocument.
Gee,thisisgreat!
There'
sonlyoneproblem.
sthat?
Idon'
thaveanydocuments.I'
maplumber.
Butyouhavebills,don'
tyou?
Yeah,but...
Well,withourelectronicspreadsheetsoftware,youcanmakeamonthlybudgetforyourhousehold.
No.Mywife,Charlotte,doesthat.
Well,nowyoucandoit,Harvey.
Harvey:
tknow...
Salesman:
Andyouhavefriends,don'
Yeah,wellthere'
smybrother-in-lawBob...
Great!
YoucanwriteletterstoBobonyournewBANANA-3computer!
Okay.Howmuchisit?
Nevermind.Doyouhaveacreditcard?
Well,sure...
Great.Joe,getHarveyheresignedup,willyou?
HewantsaBANANA-3withaprinterandsoftware.Okay,steprightup,ladiesandgentlemen.Thiscomputercandoanything!
Task3
1)Theyareimportantbecausetheyareabletomeasurequantitiessuchaselectricityandtemperature.
2)Digitalcomputers.
3)Onlyonepersonatatimecanusethem.
4)Itisbecausetheirownersdonotspendenoughtimelearninghowtooperatethemefficiently.
5)Eachpersonwhousesaminicomputerhasacomputerterminalthatisconnectedtotheminicomputerbyinterfacewires.Withthehelpoftheoperatingsystem,theCPUisabletodivideitstimeandperformforalltheusers.
SimilaritiesandDifferencesbetweenMicrocomputersandMinicomputers
Similarities
1.Theyaretwokindsofcommondigitalcomputers.
2.Bothofthemcanbeusedinsmallbusinesses.
3.EachcomputerhasonlyoneCPU.
Differences
1.Minicomputersarelargerthanmicrocomputers.
2.Microcomputersareusedmorefrequentlyinlargeofficesandbusinessesthaninsmallbusinesses.
3.Morethanonepersoncanuseaminicomputeratthesametime.
Therearetwoprimarykindsofcomputers:
analogcomputersanddigitalcomputers.Unlessyouareascientist,youprobablywillnotuseanalogcomputers.Thesecomputersareimportantbecausetheyareabletomeasurequantitiessuchaselectricityandtemperature.
Incontrast,digitalcomputersperformtheirtasksbycounting.Somedigitalcomputersarebuilttohelpsolveonlyaspecifickindofproblem.Forexample,digitalcomputersthatmonitorairplanesflyinginandoutofairportsarebuiltonlyforthattask.Mostdigitalcomputers,though,canbeusedtohelpsolvemanykindsofproblems.Amongthem,microcomputersandminicomputersaretwokindsofcommondigitalcomputers.
Microcomputers,alsocalledpersonalcomputers,arethenewestcomputers.Manyareaboutthesizeofaverysmalltelevisionset.Some,however,aresosmallandlightthatpeoplecancarrythemeasilyonbusinesstrips.Becausecomputermanufacturersproduceanenormousamountofcomputerhardware,itispossibleforanyonetoownanduseamicrocomputer.Therefore,wenowseethesemachinesinmanyhomes,schools,andbusinesses.Thereisonedisadvantagetothesecomputers,though.Onlyonepersonatatimecanusethem.Also,manypeoplewhobuymicrocomputersdonotunderstandwhatthesemachinescanandcannotdo.Someexpertssaythatalmosthalfofallmicro-computersarenotusedoftenbecausetheirownersdonotspendenoughtimelearninghowtooperatethemefficiently.
Likemicrocomputers,minicomputersareusedinsmallbusinesses.However,theyarelargerthanmicrocomputersandareusedmorefrequentlyinlargeofficesandbusinessesthaninsmallbusinesses.Anotherdifferenceisthatmorethanonepersoncanuseaminicomputeratthesametime.Wecallthistime-sharing.Someminicomputerscanhavemorethanahundredpeopletime-sharingthem.Eachpersonwhousesaminicomputerhasacomputerterminalthatisconnectedtotheminicomputerbyinterfacewires.Buteventhoughmorethanonepersoncanuseaminicomputer,thecomputerhasonlyoneCPU.Withthehelpoftheoperatingsystem,theCPUisabletodivideitstimeandperformforalltheusers.
Task4
1)Itwasn'
tthetypicallowmechanicalvoicethatsoundedlikearecordbeingplayedattooslowaspeed.Itsoundednatural.Ithadcharmtoit.
2)Lupahadonceheardthatevenasophisticatedanalogcomputercouldn'
tpickupcertainsubtletiesintheEnglishlanguage,nomatterhowgoodtheprogrammingis.
3)WhenLupastoodupandwalkedaroundtheroom,itwasevidenttoherthatsomewhereinthebuilding,listeningthroughanintercomwassomeonewithamicrophone.
1)They'
rerunningacontest.Thekidsaresupposedtonameme.I'
mdreadingthewholething,believeme.
2)Youknowsomething;
Ithoughtyou'
dbedifferent.JustoncetodayIwashopingI'
dgetsomeonewhowouldn'
ttrytobeattheprogram.
3)Youwouldn'
thappentoknowwhatdayoftheweekSeptemberthefourteenth,1321,fellon,wouldyou?
ItwasaSunday;
buthowdoyouknowwhetherI'
mright?
Thankyouforvisitingthecomputerexhibit.
Lupalaughed.Shelikedthevoicethathadbeen
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