Computer Talk Online Offline To start or work What does It Mean To disconnect it or take it out of the system To interface To do something so that different computer parts or software can work together To access 【原文】
Hello. I think we can begin now if you're ready. Um, today I want to talk to you about computers, about the impact of computers on how we talk, on the ways we talk. Now of course we all know that computers have changed our lives in many ways. Stop and think for a minute about how we use computers in our everyday life. It's hard to think of anything we do that hasn't been changed by computers. For example, computers allow us to get money directly from our bank accounts at cash machines. At hospitals, computers help doctors understand what is wrong with patients. We can use computers to help us decide which color to paint our houses, which hair styles to have, or which dresses or suits would look good on us--lots of professional and personal uses. Computers are simply a part of our lives, and, I think it is safe to say, they will continue to be. What I'd like to look at today is how the use of computers has had an impact on our language--how computers have changed the expressions we say, the words we use.
First, let me give you some examples. These are examples from English that I'd like you to think about. The first example is this. Someone at an office says, \
To make information available project online by next Monday.\In computer talk \means started or working. So this statement means that we'd like to have the project started and going by next Monday.
The second example is from a discussion or seminar. Someone might say, \take this discussion offline until tomorrow.\To take a computer \disconnect it or take it out of the system. What do you think it means to take a discussion offline To take a discussion \means to stop talking about it. This example means \this now and talk about it tomorrow.\
The third example is: \try to interface my plans with yours.\To \in computer talk, means to do something so that different computer parts or software can work together. So \try to interface my plans with yours\means that \try to change my plans to fit with yours.\of course, \try to change my plans to fit with yours.\But now we might also start to hear people say, \try to interface my plans with yours,\or \see if we can interface our schedules so that we can meet next week.\ Let’s try one more example. Our fourth example might take place at home. Someone says,” I just can’t access where I left my car keys.” In computer talk to “access” something means to make information available. If I can’t access where I left my keys, I don’t have this information available for me to use. What would be another way to say this Of course, we could also say, “I can’t remember where I put my keys.”
Task 6 【答案】
1) Cyber ethics.
2) It will focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.
3) Because it’s not done verbally so that people can overhear it; they think it’s anonymous on the Internet.
4) She was a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom. 5) Young computer users do not see hacking, e-mail threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations and virus distribution as crimes. 6) She said that it is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum, and student should know that these behaviors are as unacceptable in cyberspace as in the physical realm. 【原文】
Although schools are doing a better job at teaching children how to use the Internet, they are not addressing cyber ethics. \focus on teaching educators how to teach their students cyber ethics.
When typical crimes are committed on the Internet, students do not see them as a crime, said Cherie Geide, the conference director.
\a prank. It's more unacceptable to do it verbally where people can overhear it. They think it's anonymous on the Internet,\said Geide, a former principal and an adjunct professor at Marymount University, teaching curriculum development and technology in the classroom.
Geide said young computer users do not see hacking, e-mail threats, cyber talking, Intellectual Property Rights violations, such as in software or music, and virus distribution as crimes.
\is something that needs to be instructed as routine curriculum,\in cyberspace as in the physical realm. Task 7 【答案】 A.
1) It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimate software with a traditional twist—recommended by no less than the jolly old elf, and on the package, a picture of Santa himself. 2) Father did last-minute Internet shopping; Mum and I had just settled down for a long winter’s nap. B.
1) not a creature was stirring, except father's mouse. The computer was humming; the icons were hopping
2) were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software
3) were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of computer games filling their leads
4) now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates
5) now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion; preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans 6) no more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams, only compact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label 7) a new Christmas star, owned by the Microsoft guy
8) turned on with a Jingle-Bells sound, as I sprang from my bed and was turning around
9) a smiling Bill Gates next to jolly old Santa, two arm-in-arm mates
exclaim in voices so bright, have a Microsoft Christmas, and to all a good night 【原文】
It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, except father's mouse. The computer was humming; the icons were hopping, as father did last-minute Internet shopping.
The stockings were hung next to the modem with care in the hope that Santa would bring new software. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, with visions of computer games filling their leads.
The letters to Santa had been sent out by Mum, to, which now had been re-routed to Washington State where Santa's workshop had been moved by Bill Gates. All the elves and the reindeer had had to skedaddle to flashy new quarters in suburban Seattle.
Alter living a life that was simple and spare, Santa now finds he's a new billionaire; with a shiny red Porsche in place of his sleigh, and a house on Lake Washington just down the way from where Bill has his mansion. The old fellow preens in black Gucci boots and red Calvin Klein jeans.
No more dolls or tin soldiers or little toy drams will be under the tree, only compact disk ROMs with the Microsoft label. So spin up your drive from now on, Christmas runs only on Windows 95.
It's Microsoft's SANTA that the kids can't resist; it's the ultimate software with a traditional twist—recommended by no
现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit9
