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1、 Unit 2Unit 2Net Changes Net Changes Life (1)Life (1) Part I Warming upPart I Warming up Section A: Email HistorySection A: Email History Pre-listening questions:Pre-listening questions: 1. What way or ways do you use most to 1. What way or ways do you use most to communicate with your families or f
2、riends? communicate with your families or friends? 2. Do you know when people began to use 2. Do you know when people began to use email?email? UCLA:UCLA: University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los Angeles promptly: promptly: immediatelyimmediately crash:crash: ( (of a comput
3、er systemof a computer system): to suffer a sudden ): to suffer a sudden major failure usually with attendant loss of major failure usually with attendant loss of datadataElizabeth II, Born 1926. Elizabeth II, Born 1926. Queen of Great Britain and Northern Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4、 (since 1952) who ascended to Ireland (since 1952) who ascended to the throne on the death of her father, the throne on the death of her father, George VI.George VI.Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II Jimmy Carter:Jimmy Carter: Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 3939th th President of the President of the Un
5、ited States (1924- United States (1924- ) ) campaigncampaign: : a connected series of operations designed to bring a connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result about a particular result election election campaigncampaign coordinatecoordinate: : to make various differe
6、nt things work effectively to make various different things work effectively as a wholeas a whole 协调协调, ,调节调节, ,使调和使调和 If we If we coordinate our effortscoordinate our efforts we should be able to we should be able to win the gamewin the game. . 如果我们同心协力如果我们同心协力, ,我们应该能够打赢这我们应该能够打赢这 场比赛。场比赛。MaineMai
7、nen nA state of the A state of the northeast northeast United United States. States. n nAugustaAugusta is the is the capital capital n nPortland Portland the the largest city.largest city.n nPopulationPopulation: : 1,233,2231,233,223缅因州缅因州 hoaxhoax: : a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the a
8、 plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick:not one, or a trick: The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax. 骗局骗局; ;玩笑玩笑; ;恶作剧恶作剧 hard drive:hard d
9、rive: 【电脑】硬盘驱动器电脑】硬盘驱动器 processorprocessor: : 【电脑】信息处理器电脑】信息处理器; ;处理程序处理程序Key to Ex. AGreat Dates in Email History 1)_ Leonard Kleinrock, a UCLA computer science professor, sends the _ to a colleague at Stanford. The computer promptly crashes. October 1969first email message2) _ Ray Tomlison, author
10、 of the first email software, chooses the “” for _: “I got there first, so I got to choose any punctuation I wanted”. March 1972addresses 3) _3) _ Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first _ to send an email message. _ to send an email message. February 1976February 1
11、976head of statehead of state 4) _4) _ _ _ and Walter and Walter Mondale Mondale use use email every day during their campaign to email every day during their campaign to coordinate their travel schedules. A single coordinate their travel schedules. A single message costs _ to send.message costs _ t
12、o send.Fall 1976Fall 1976 Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter USUS4 45) _) _ Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Colby College in Waterville, Maine, becomes one of the first institutions of becomes one of the first institutions of _ to assign email _ _ to assign email _ to all its students.to all its students.
13、September 1983September 1983higher educationhigher educationaccountsaccounts 6) _6) _ A widely circulated email hoax appears, A widely circulated email hoax appears, warning that reading an email entitled warning that reading an email entitled “Good Times” will _ your hard drive “Good Times” will _
14、your hard drive and _ your processor. and _ your processor. December 1994December 1994eraseerase destroydestroy7) _) _ In the movie In the movie YouYouve ve Got MailGot Mail, a , a celebration of email romance, Meg Ryan celebration of email romance, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks recreate and Tom Hanks recr
15、eate The Shop Around The Shop Around the Cornerthe Corner online. The original movie, online. The original movie, The The Shop Around the Corner,Shop Around the Corner, was shown in was shown in 1937. 1937. December 1998December 1998 Section B Abbreviations Used in Section B Abbreviations Used in EmailEmail Pre-listening:Pre-listening: What abbreviationsWhat abbre
