Unit 4

Section A. The Telecommunications Revolution

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. II, p. 95

1.       The living standards in the developing world will be greatly improved.

2.       The author refers to those places without telecommunications facilities such as telephones, which hinders exchange of information.

3.       Because advanced communications and subsequent widespread access to information technologies enable the developing regions to shorten the process of changing from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing and design.

4.       Because they believe it is in bad need of any phones and it lacks experience in weighing costs and choosing between technologies. 

5.       First, it sold a 30% stake in its national phone company to two Western companies to quicken the import of Western technology. Second, it had leased rights to a Dutch-Scandinavian group of companies to build and operate an advanced digital mobile phone system.

6.       Wireless. For it’s cheaper to build radio towers than to string lines across mountain ridges and it is a reliable service.

7.       Because customers there talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America.

8.       Because mobile phones make it possible for them to keep contact with each other even when they are caught in the traffic jams.

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. III, p. 95

1.       recession

2.       disposal

3.       condensed

4.       strategic

5.       revenue

6.       persist

7.       utilities

8.       desperate

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. IV, p. 96

1.       lags far behind

2.       are stuck with

3.       going for

4.       remain in contact

5.       keep pace with

6.       at your disposal

7.       dates from

8.       only scratch the surface of

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. V, p. 96

1.       sales

2.       health

3.       will

4.       trade

5.       education

6.       growth

7.       understanding

8.       idea

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. VI, p. 97

1.       superpower

2.       superabundant

3.       supermarket

4.       super-speed

5.       super-computers

6.       superman

7.       superstar

8.       super-efficient

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. VII, p. 97

1.       auto-timer

2.       auto-racing

3.       auto-focus

4.       autograph

5.       auto-reverse

6.       autopilot

7.       autobiography

8.       auto-industry

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. VIII, p. 98

1.       Concentrate on indoor delights rather than outdoor fights and you’ll be much better appreciated. 

2.       As a result of the development of the information superhighway many people may eventually be able to work at home rather than go to an office.

3.       Some people say that this term pupils’ achievements will be measured by a formal test rather than by their teachers’ assessment.

4.       They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need rather than profit.

5.       During weekends the businessmen may spend some time establishing friendship and mutual trust rather than discussing any particular item of business.

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. IX, p. 99

1.       Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago

2.       Theirs is about three times as big as ours 

3.       Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America

4.       the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much as for calls made over fixed lines

5.       can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephone wire

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. X, p. 99

1.       By installing the latest wireless transmission systems, a parade of urban centers and industrial zones from Beijing to Budapest are stepping directly into the Information Age.

2.       Widespread access to information technology promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing and design.

3.       Modern communications will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technologies.

4.       There is little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers.

5.       The economy of the country is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to scratch the surface of the problem.

6.       Businesses eager for reliable service are willing to pay a significantly high price tag for a wireless call.

7.       Having an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your disposal.

8.       For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to resist.

 

《读写教程 IV》:  Ex. XI, p. 100

1.       一个将会大大提高发展中国家生活水准的转变正方兴未艾。

2.       所有这些发展中地区都把先进的通信技术看作一种能跨越经济发展各阶段的方法。

3.       问题是，它的国内电话系统是一堆生了锈的20世纪30年代的老古董。

4.       通信工程也是上海实现其成为一流金融中心这一梦想的关键。

5.       整个拉丁美洲对无线电通信的需求和使用已急速增加。

6.       泰国也在求助于无线电通信方式，以便让泰国人在发生交通堵塞时能更好地利用时间。

7.       移动电话在商界成为时尚，使人们在交通堵塞时也能与外界保持联系。

8.       总有一天，他们将能在信息高速公路上与美国和西欧并驾齐驱。

 

Section B. The Information Superhighway

XVI. Read the following statements carefully, and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.

1. F      2. F     3. T     4. T     5.  F    6. T    7. T      8. T

 

《读写教程IV》Ex. XVII, p. 111

1.       transmit

2.       insuring

3.       format

4.       feedback

5.       correspondence

6.       vacuum

7.       Synthetic

8.       diagrams

 

《读写教程IV》Ex. XVIII, p. 111

1.       differ on

2.       refer to

3.       be compared to

4.       specialize in

5.       make routine

6.       come up with

7.       has access to

8.       Some concrete steps should be taken