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1、Unit 7 Communications (1)Part Warming upA.key words:security安全Freedom from risk or danger; safety.安全：不受威胁或危险； megameg兆,百万online VCRVCR: Video Cassette Recorder录像机Vocabulary:haystackheistk干草堆A large stack of hay for winter storage in the open（户外）干草堆：放于户外备冬用的干草堆look for a needle in a haystack做没有希望的事,
2、海底捞针gigahertzgigh:ts千兆赫 1,000,000,000 periods per secondmegahertzmeg.h:ts兆赫one million periods per secondrender宣布To deliver or pronounce formally正式宣布：正式地交付或宣布：eg. The jury has rendered its verdict.陪审团已经作出了裁决Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)一个挪威软件研究集团Developer ForumIntel Developer Forum（英特尔信息技术峰会，简称IDF）是
3、由英特尔公司主办的技术讲座，在美国、中国等7个地区举办，每年分秋冬举办两次。IDF主要由主题演讲、技术专题讲座以及技术展示组成，主题演讲的演讲者均是英特尔的高层人士，演讲的题目都具有相当的前瞻性，作为一家在处理器、网络处理器等领域处于领先地位的公司，IDF的确是让业界获悉英特尔最新动向的最佳场合。作为全球最负盛名的技术行业盛会之一，英特尔信息技术峰会(IDF)已经成为众多知名的技术专家和企业了解国际行业资讯、交流领先经验的超值平台。Palm Springs 棕榈泉 Palm Spring 沙漠里的绿洲patrol = search 搜查the human flesh search engine
4、 人肉搜索coordinated ku:dinitidadj. 同等的,等位的;协调的,整合的,综合的Tapescript: 1. And British papers report the latest trend when you meet someone in a bar is to get their number, go home, and google them. Yes that gorgeous girl or guy you met the other night is probably patrolling a search engine right now to chec
5、k you out. So dont even think of trying to tell them youre a famous footballer or brain surgeon or television presenter.2. The jamming, earlier this month, of several popular Internet sites with a flood of crippling messages sent a wakeup call to those involved with electronic or e-commerce. One rec
6、ent suggestion is to form an industry-wide group to share information about security issues. High-tech executives want to make a coordinated effort to ensure that the Internet becomes a safe place to conduct business.3. Now home to some 800 million pages - a figure thats doubling each year - searchi
7、ng the Internet can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. But Oslo-based Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) has developed a search engine (www. ) capable of scanning more than 200 million pages. FAST is working on a megasearch engine that searches “all the web, all the time.”4. This week, the Intel
8、 Corporation held its semi-annual Developer Forum in Palm Springs, California. The gathering draws more than 2,000 hardware and software developers from around the world. Intel executives opened the event with a demonstration of a high-speed chip, code-named “Williamette.” The chip, designed to powe
9、r personal computers, has a speed of one point five gigahertz, making it almost twice as fast as Intels popular Pentium chip which runs at 800 megahertz.5. An online VCR seems like a bright idea but its been quickly rendered non-functional by the copyright lawyers. Not for the first time, the Hollyw
10、ood studios objected to re-transmitting network television show, in this case for users to watch via the web. Programs were being made available for visitors to save remotely or record for subsequent viewing via Windows Media Player.B. key words:redesign重新设计To make a revision in the appearance or fu
11、nction of修改的外形，修改的功能alleviate减轻To make (pain, for example) more bearable减轻：使（痛苦等）更易于忍受：eg. a drug that alleviates cold symptoms 一种减轻感冒症状的药品Vocabulary:zip code邮政编码A service mark used for a system designed to expedite the sorting and delivery of mail by assigning a series of numbers to each delivery a
12、rea in the United States标明邮政编码于：美国的一种服务标志，通过给每个邮递区设定一系列数字使迅速完成邮件的分类和投递的而设计的一个系统donate捐赠To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute捐赠：作为礼物给某一基金或事业；贡献National Geographic 国家地理杂志National Geographic:l Helping choose the magazines coverl Interviewing the photographersl Showing more picturesl Provi
13、ding zip U.S.A.Hunger Site:l Helping alleviate world hungerl Donating contributions to the United Nations World Food Program each time an individual logs on to the sitel Total value of distributed food: approximately $400,000Ask Jeeves Site:l Asking questions in simple Englishl Getting direct answer
14、sl Starting year: 1997Questions dealt with so far: more than 150 millionTapescript:1. National Geographic, the magazine, has redesigned its website with some new features. Among them, an opportunity for readers to help choose the magazines cover, interviews with National Geographic photographers, an
15、d lots and lots of pictures. More pictures in fact than there was room for in the print version. Theres also Zip U.S.A. , the feature you can find both online and in print. Its a focused look at one zip code in the U.S.2. Now, theres a website created to help alleviate world hunger called the Hunger Site. Contributions, generated when computer users visit the site on the Worldwide Web, are donated to the United Nations World Food Progra
