2018年高中英语精品资料： 协同进步Unit 5 Enjoying novels（人教版选修10）.docVIP

协同进步 见仁见智 Having finished her homework,Ma Li wants some music for relaxation.As usual,she starts her computer and goes to Baiducom to download music files.But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs’ copyright bursts onto the screen. The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as web companies like Baidu are accused of infringing(侵犯)copyright.This month lawsuits(诉讼)have been filed against four websites offering free downloads. In September,a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push for their losses.Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website.This caused a heated discussion on Internet file sharing. “Baidu’s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying.Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official from the Guangdong Provincial Press and Publication Administration. Like many teens,Huang Ruoru,an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province,doesn’t think that getting music from websites is wrong.She always shares her favorite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends.When told about the lawsuit,she began to feel a little sorry about getting others’ work without paying. But she said that the wish of file sharing is too convenient to pass up.“Buying CDs is too expensive for students,” she said,“I don’t know what I will do now.It’s really terrible if my only choices are radio and television.”[来源:学优高考网GkStK] However,other teenagers have different ideas.Wang Yafei,a Senior 2 girl from Jinan,Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it,I will buy the CD,” she said,“So what the recording companies really should do is improving their music,rather than fighting against file-sharers.”[来源:学优高考网GkStK] 【问题导入】 网络的广泛使用使信息传播的速度大大加快，尤其是网络下载极大地方便了人们的工作和生活。但是，保护知识产权的呼声却越来越高，有关部门的执法力度也越来越大。网站对网络下载也增加了许多限制。你对网络下载与知识产权保护有何看法？ What’s yo