（精）英语四级听力1讲解Unit3.pptVIP

 Part I Warming up Section A: History of Communications Pre-listening questions: 1. What ways do you use to communicate with your families or friends? 2. What ways have humans used to send messages? Do you know when they were invented or first used? alphabet: The English alphabet has 26 letters. 英语共有二十六个字母。 字母系统,字母表 telegraph: a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals devise: 设备,仪器,装置 The television receiver is an electronic device. 电视接收器是一种电子装置。 transmit: to broadcast something, or to send out or carry signals using radio, television, etc 发射;播送 The message was transmitted by radio. 这情报是用无线电发送的。 a wire cable 有线电缆 Pennsylvania: A state of the eastern United States. played a crucial role in the American Revolution and in the formation of the new republic. Harrisburg is the capital and Philadelphia the largest city. Population: 12,400,000. continent: one of the seven large land masses on the Earths surface, surrounded by sea, consisting of various countries:e.g. the North American continentAsia and Africa are the two biggest continents. communications satellite: 通讯卫星 orbit: 轨道 hoax 恶作剧 coordinate 使协调 Key to Ex. 1-c 2-e 3-a 4-d 5-b 6-g 7-h 8-f  Part 2 Net changes dorm life dormitory 寝室 a top priority 优先 high-speed Internet access 快速接入因特网 merger: when two or more companies join together:合并 The merger of these two companies would create the worlds biggest accounting firm. pipeline 管道 envision: to imagine or expect as a likely or desirable possibility in the future: 想象 Its hard to envision how it could have happened  meager: very small or not enough: a meager salary budget: 1. V.to plan how much money you will spend on something: The school budgeted one million dollars for a new library. 学校编列了一百万美元建新图书馆的预算。 2. N. a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend:预算 It is essential to balance ones budget. 量入为出是很重要的。 fraction: a small pa