大学体验英语视听说教程4 unite3文本与答案.doc

Unit 3 Copyright Famous Quote Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. — Bill Gates Bill Gates (1955 — ): Chairman, former chief executive officer and cofounder (with Paul Allen) of Microsoft Corporation. He was born in Seattle, Washington USA, later dropped out of Harvard University and created the world’s leading computer software company, which continually advanced and improved software technology along the way. With the growth in value of Microsoft stock, he has become one of the world Unit Overview Copyright is a legal term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. Nowadays in the digital age, the digital technology and digital communications networks such as the Internet and personal computers have raised challenging issues for copyright protection due to the ease of reproduction, dissemination and storage of copyrighted creative works. In this unit, the status quo of phenomena associated with copyright such as movie and book piracy will be presented, various factors contributing to the phenomena will be discussed, and potential solutions to the copyright infringement problem will be considered. Students will acquire a better and more thorough understanding about copyright protection through various listening, watching, reading and speaking activities. They will also conduct real-life learning projects like surveying college students’ awareness of copyright and debating on “Movie Piracy Sentence: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime” with their peers to put what they have learned in class into use. In this unit, you will get to know about copyright protection through listening, watching and reading talk about the phenomena of and solutions to copyright infringement through guided activities conduct a survey on college students’ awareness of copyrights with your peers conduct a debate on “Movie Piracy Sentence: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime” with your peers learn useful words and expressions learn to reflect on