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1、The Telecommunications The Telecommunications RevolutionRevolution Unit 4Unit 4Stage 1: Warming-up ActivitiesStage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Stage 2: Reading-Centred ActivitiesReading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading ActivitiesStage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and
2、-Speaking PracticeStage 4: Listening-and-Speaking PracticeWarming-up ActivitiesWarming-up ActivitiesGroup work Group work Questions for thought and Questions for thought and discussiondiscussionBackground information Background information Enriching your vocabularyEnriching your vocabularyComparing
3、the following words Comparing the following words Group workGroup workGo over the preview, the pre- reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. Questions for thought and Questions for thought and discussiondiscuss
4、ionListen to a short passage Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer carefully and then answer the following questions .the following questions . Background informationBackground information telecommunications: Telecommunications, from Greek, means “communications at a distance”. Telecom
5、munications through voice, data, and image communication is changing the world. The ease of accessing information and people anywhere at anytime is having major impacts on society, business, and finance. Two major trends have occurred in the technology that is applicable to telecommunications. The f
6、irst trend has been the incredible increase in the processing power of digital computers, namely, dramatic decreases in physical size along with equally dramatic increases in complexity, speed, and capacity. The second trend has been the explosive growth in transmission capacity through the widespre
7、ad use of optical fiber across continents and under oceans. These two trends have had impressive long-term consequences for telecommunications around the world. The Internet and the World Wide Web have already created a global system for the access of information. It has become popular that people c
8、heck flight, weather, and hotels before traveling to a foreign country. E-mail makes it easy to keep in contact instantly with colleagues and friends around the globe. But many of the peoples of the world do not even have a telephone, much less access to the Internet and the information. The challen
9、ge to the telecommunications industry is to bridge the digital gap and extend the availability of telecommunications to all parts of the planet.Enriching your vocabularyEnriching your vocabularyRead the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to th
10、e context and your own experiences. The company specializes in telecommunications. Some kitchen tools have very little utility. high utility bill Telescopes and microscopes are optical instruments. He suffers from an optical defect. 长途通信用处 公用事业光学的视觉的 The road has been dug up in order to lay cables.
11、a bracelet made of copper Her hair shone copper in the sunlight. When I asked him about his childhood, he remembered a parade of baby-sitters. The small boy loves watching the soldiers on parade. 电缆 铜紫铜色一大批检阅队伍 The editor condensed the manuscript to half of its original length. Steam condenses into
12、water when it touches a cold surface. A lot of farming techniques have been abandoned because they were too labour-intensive. She was desperate to get into university. 压缩凝结劳动密集非常想 Years of being left out in the rain had rusted the metal chairs. The car was covered with rust. You cant give away Grann
13、ys old bookcase its a valuable antique. The computer people seem to have licked the problem. The child finished the dessert and then licked the plate. 生锈 锈古董克服舔 The company has appointed a new marketing director to broaden its strategic expertise. Many businesses are failing because of the continuin
14、g recession. Be careful not to scratch yourself on the roses. Marketing is within the province of the sales department. 战略规划衰退扎伤职权范围 The war has badly damaged the countrys infrastructure from electricity plants and generators to roads and bridges. The old plane had logged hundreds of hours of flying
15、 time. The forest has been so heavily logged that it is in danger of disappearing. The cabin was built of logs. The captain described the accident in the ships log. 基础设施积累砍伐 原木航海日志 Traffic reached a peak between 8 and 9 in the morning. It is one of the most difficult peaks to climb in the whole rang
16、e. He refuses to invest in companies without a good social record. The company is selling off its 15% stake in the Commercial Bank. I just dont feel I have a stake in how the trial comes out. One of the stakes in the fence is broken. 高峰山峰投资股份利益关系 桩 We have leased an apartment for one year. The lease runs out in two years
