高级英语Unit 8 An Interactive Life.ppt

Words and expressions 2. Philips Interactive, for example, has dozens of titles, among them a tour of the Smithsonian, in which the viewer selects which corridor to enter by clicking on the screen. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Paraphrase Philips Interactive machine, for example, has many discs, among them a visit to Smithsonian in which the viewer may decide on which part on the museum to visit and turn on the television by clicking on the screen. Words and expressions 3. lucrative: profitable Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading E.g. He?decided?to?turn?his?hobby?into?a?lucrative?sideline. 4. cater to: to take account of and provide with what is necessary; try to satisfy E.g. Some magazines cater to boys. Practice 她拒绝迎合他荒谬的要求。 Practice She refused to cater to his ridiculous demands. Words and expressions 5. tout: to praise greatly, esp. as a form of advertising; recommend highly Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading E.g. This show is being widely touted in the press as the greatest ever on Broadway 6. runs on a handwritten commands scribbled on a small screen: operates on instructions written by hand on a small screen in a casual way Consumers would be a little like information “cowboys”, rounding up data; thousands of “channels” delivered; programmed electronic selectors. Video telephony: a complete two-way link of video, audio and data; Interactive means we are all involved. Complete viewer control(p9) Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Final frontier(p10) Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 1. What does “complete viewer control” mean? It means that there are huge amount of information which can be chosen or controlled by viewers completely. 2. Why would video telephony mean an end of anonymous phone calls? In video telephony, images and voices would be bea