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现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit9
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Unit9
Task1
【答案】
PanelOpinions
1stpenallist:
PhilipComputershavealreadychangedourlives.
Barnes
2ndpenallist:
MissComputershavechangedourlives,butIdon'twantmy
Andersonlifechanged.
3rdpenallist:
ArthurThecomputerwillaffecteveryoneintheworld.Records
Hainescanbekeptof
everythingwedo.Recordswillbekeptofallourprivate
lives.Thecomputer
isthegreatestdisasterofthe20thcentury.
4thpenallist:
PhyllisThecomputerisamachine.Itwasinventedbypeople;itis
Archerusedbypeople.If
thecomputerisadisaster,thenpeopleareadisaster.
【原文】
Compere:
Andnowforourfirstquestion.ItcomesfromMrs.JuneMoore.Mrs.Moore?
Mrs.Moore:
Doesthepanelthinkthatcomputerswillchangeourlives?
Compere:
Mrs.Moorewantstoknowifcomputerswillchangeourlives.Philip
Barnes?
PhilipBarnes:
Computershavealreadychangedourlives.Businessismoreefficient.
Planesandtrainsprovideabetterservice...
MissAnderson:
Justamoment,Mr.Barnes.Youmayberightaboutbusiness,buthowmanypeoplehavelosttheirjobsbecauseofcomputers?
Computershavechangedourlives,butIdon'twantmylifechanged.
ArthurHaines:
Excuseme,MissAnderson.We'retalkingaboutourlives,notyourlife.Thecomputerwillaffecteveryoneintheworld.Recordscanbekeptofeverythingwedo.Recordswillbekeptofallourprivatelives.Inmyopinion,thecomputeristhegreatestdisasterofthe20thcentury.
PhyllisArcher:
CouldIinterrupt?
ArthurHainessaysthecomputerisadisaster,butthecomputerisamachine.Itwasinventedbypeople;itisusedbypeople.Ifthecomputerisadisaster,thenpeopleareadisaster.
Compere:
Thankyou,PhyllisArcher.Thankyou,panel.Andthankyou,Mrs.
Moore.
Task2
【答案】
A.
1)Itincludesa9-inchTVscreen,akeyboardwith46numbersandcharactersonit,aprinter,andtwodiskdrives.
2)It'sallcontainedrightonthefloppydisk.
3)It’smuchbetterthantypewriterainthatonecanmovewordsorsentencesfromplacetoplaceormakecorrectionsorchangesrightonthescreen,andneverhavetoeraseonpaper.
4)Itcanhelphimmakeamonthlybudgetforhishouseholdwithelectronic
.
.
spreadsheetsoftware.
B.
1)loadsyourprogramintothemachine
2)typewriter,typewriter,
3)turningthecomputeronandloadingaprogram
4)thedifferentthingstheprogramcando
【原文】
Narrator:
ForHarveyVanRunkle,itwasloveatfirstsight,orshouldwesay,loveat
firstbyte?
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?
Salesman:
That'sthepartofthecomputerthatloadsyourprogramintothemachine.
Harvey:
Oh.What'saprogram?
Salesman:
Theprogram?
That'syoursoftware.That'stheinstructions.It'sallcontainedrightonthisfloppydiskhere.Theinstructionsonthisdisktellthecomputerwhattodo.
Harvey:
Oh,youmeanlikemywife.Shealwaystellsmewhattodo.
Salesman:
Exactly.Nowwhattypeofprogramwouldyoulike?
Ihavewordprocessing,Ihaveelectronicspreadsheet...
Harvey:
What'swordprocessing?
Salesman:
Wordprocessingisusingthecomputerlikeatypewriter.Butit'smuchbetterthanatypewriter.Youcanmovewordsorsentencesfromplacetoplaceormakecorrectionsorchangesrightonthescreen.Youneverhavetoeraseonpaper.It'sawonderfullittleprogram!
Wouldyouliketotryit,Mr...
Harvey:
VanRunkle.HarveyVanRunkle.I'veneverusedacomputerbefore...
Salesman:
It'seasy.Firstwestartupthemachine,andthenbootupaprogram.
Harvey:
Bootup?
Salesman:
That'scomputertalkforturningthecomputeronandloadingaprogram.
There.Nowwelookatthemenu.
Harvey:
Menu?
ButIjusthadlunch.I'mnothungry.
Salesman:
No,no.Thisisaprogrammenu,notarestaurantmenu.Itshowsthedifferentthingstheprogramcando.Forexample,herewehave"file".Ifyouselectfile,youcanchoosewhichofyourdocumentsyouwanttoworkon.Andhere’s“Thiseditgives”.youwaystocorrectyourdocument.
Harvey:
Gee,thisisgreat!
There'sonlyoneproblem.
Salesman:
What'sthat?
Harvey:
Idon'thaveanydocuments.I'maplumber.
Salesman:
Butyouhavebills,don'tyou?
.
.
Harvey:
Yeah,but...
Salesman:
Well,withourelectronicspreadsheetsoftware,youcanmakeamonthlybudgetforyourhousehold.
Harvey:
No.Mywife,Charlotte,doesthat.
Salesman:
Well,nowyoucandoit,Harvey.
Harvey:
Idon'tknow...
Salesman:
Andyouhavefriends,don'tyou?
Harvey:
Yeah,wellthere'smybrother-in-lawBob...
Salesman:
Great!
YoucanwriteletterstoBobonyournewBANANA-3computer!
Harvey:
Okay.Howmuchisit?
Salesman:
Nevermind.Doyouhaveacreditcard?
Harvey:
Well,sure...
Salesman:
Great.Joe,getHarveyheresignedup,willyou?
HewantsaBANANA-3withaprinterandsoftware.Okay,steprightup,ladiesandgentlemen.Thiscomputercandoanything!
Task3
【答案】
A.
1)Theyareimportantbecausetheyareabletomeasurequantitiessuchaselectricityandtemperature.
2)Digitalcomputers.
3)Onlyonepersonatatimecanusethem.
4)Itisbecausetheirownersdonotspendenoughtimelearninghowtooperatethem
efficiently.
5)Eachpersonwhousesaminicomputerhasacomputerterminalthatisconnectedto
theminicomputerbyinterfacewires.Withthehelpoftheoperatingsystem,theCPUisabletodivideitstimeandperformforalltheusers.
B.
SimilaritiesandDifferencesbetweenMicrocomputersandMinicomputers
Similarities
Differences
【原文】
1.Theyaretwokindsofcommondigitalcomputers.
2.Bothofthemcanbeusedinsmallbusinesses.
3.EachcomputerhasonlyoneCPU.
1.Minicomputersarelargerthanmicrocomputers.
2.Microcomputersareusedmorefrequentlyinlargeofficesand
businessesthaninsmallbusinesses.
3.Morethanonepersoncanuseaminicomputeratthesametime.
Therearetwoprimarykindsofcomputers:
analogcomputersanddigitalcomputers.Unlessyouareascientist,youprobablywillnotuseanalogcomputers.Thesecomputersareimportantbecausetheyareabletomeasurequantitiessuchaselectricityandtemperature.
Incontrast,digitalcomputersperformtheirtasksbycounting.Somedigitalcomputersarebuilttohelpsolveonlyaspecifickindofproblem.Forexample,digitalcomputersthatmonitorairplanesflyinginandoutofairportsarebuiltonlyforthattask.Mostdigitalcomputers,though,canbeusedtohelpsolvemanykindsofproblems.Amongthem,microcomputersandminicomputersaretwokindsofcommondigitalcomputers.
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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
【答案】
A.
1)Itwasn'tthetypicallowmechanicalvoicethatsoundedlikearecordbeingplayedattooslowaspeed.Itsoundednatural.Ithadcharmtoit.
2)Lupahadonceheardthatevenasophisticatedanalogcomputercouldn'tpickupcertainsubtletiesintheEnglishlanguage,nomatterhowgoodtheprogrammingis.
3)WhenLupastoodupandwalkedaroundtheroom,itwasevidenttoherthatsomewhereinthebuilding,listeningthroughanintercomwassomeonewithamicrophone.
B.
1)They'rerunningacontest.Thekidsaresupposedtonameme.I'mdreadingthewholething,believeme.
2)Youknowsomething;Ithoughtyou'dbedifferent.JustoncetodayIwashopingI'd
getsomeonewhowouldn'ttrytobeattheprogram.
3)Youwouldn'thappentoknowwhatdayoftheweekSeptemberthefourteenth,1321,fellon,wouldyou?
ItwasaSunday;buthowdoyouknowwhetherI'mright?
Thankyouforvisitingthecomputerexhibit.
【原文】
Lupalaughed.