《信息技术英语》-unit7.pptVIP

1.Listening ChallengeSpot DictationDirections: The following passage will be heard 3 times. During the second time, you are required to put the missing words or phrases in the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third time is for you to check your answers. Now the passage begins. * * Unit 7 Society and Telecommunication Chapter Three Part4 Extensive Reading @ Part 1 Notes to Text @ Part5 Notes to Passage Part 2 Word Study @ Part3 Practice on Text @ Part6 Practice on Passage @ Part 1 Notes to Text 1) In 2006, estimates placed the telecommunication industrys revenue at $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world product. 据估计电信工业的收入在2006高达1.2万亿美元，或者说几乎是占世界生产总产值的3%。 注释：可以将该句改写为：It was estimated that the telecommunication industrys revenue reached $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world product in 2006。 2) However, according to academic Edward Lenert, even the conventional retailer Wal-Mart has benefited from better telecommunication infrastructure than its competitors.然而，根据学者Edward Lenert声称，即使是传统的零售商沃尔玛都从比其竞争对手更先进的电信基本设施中获得了利益。 注释：Wal-Mart（沃尔玛）公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆·沃尔顿先生于1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过四十多年的发展，沃尔玛公司已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售商。目前，沃尔玛在全球开设了近6,800家商场，员工总数190多万人，分布在全球14个国家。每周光临沃尔玛的顾客1.76亿人次。 Society and Telecommunication 3) On the macroeconomic scale, Lars-Hendrik Roller and Leonard Waverman suggested a causal link between good telecommunication infrastructure and economic growth.从宏观经济规模来看，Lars-Hendrik Roller和Leonard Waverman都认为良好的电信基础设施与经济增长之间有着因果联系。 注释：介词短语On the macroeconomic scale意思是“宏观经济规模地”；Lars-Hendrik Roller和Leonard Waverman两位都是欧洲著名的经济学家。 4) A 2003 survey by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) revealed that roughly one-third of countries have less than 1 mobile subscription for every 20 people and one-third of countries have less than 1 fixed line subscription for every 20 people. 国际电信联盟2003年的一份调查显示：大约有三分之一的国家中，每20个人中移动电话订户还不到1个；有三分之一的国家，每20个人中的固定电话订户也不到1个。 注释：国际电信联盟（ITU）是电信界最权威的标准制订机构，成立于1865年5月17