现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit9.docx

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现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit9

Unit9

Task1

【答案】

Panel

Opinions

1stpenallist:

PhilipBarnes

Computershavealreadychangedourlives.

2ndpenallist:

MissAnderson

Computershavechangedourlives,butIdon'twantmylifechanged.

3rdpenallist:

ArthurHaines

Thecomputerwillaffecteveryoneintheworld.Recordscanbekeptof

everythingwedo.Recordswillbekeptofallourprivatelives.Thecomputer

isthegreatestdisasterofthe20thcentury.

4thpenallist:

PhyllisArcher

Thecomputerisamachine.Itwasinventedbypeople;itisusedbypeople.If

thecomputerisadisaster,thenpeopleareadisaster.

【原文】

Compere:

Andnowforourfirstquestion.ItcomesfromMrs.JuneMoore.Mrs.Moore?

Mrs.Moore:

Doesthepanelthinkthatcomputerswillchangeourlives?

Compere:

Mrs.Moorewantstoknowifcomputerswillchangeourlives.PhilipBarnes?

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’smuchbetterthanatypewriterinthatonecanmovewordsorsentencesfromplacetoplaceormakecorrectionsorchangesrightonthescreen,andneverhavetoeraseonpaper.

4）Itcanhelphimmakeamonthlybudgetforhishouseholdwithelectronicspreadsheetsoftware.

B.

1）loadsyourprogramintothemachine

2）typewriter,typewriter,

3）turningthecomputeronandloadingaprogram

4）thedifferentthingstheprogramcando

【原文】

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?

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“edit”.Thisgivesyouwaystocorrectyourdocument.

Harvey:

Gee,thisisgreat!

There'sonlyoneproblem.

Salesman:

What's