[00:02.00]Unit 3 Net Changes Life(II) [00:05.88]Part I [00:08.75]Warming up [00:11.39]A:Key words: [00:17.63]telegraph a wire cable radio program [00:25.36]direct telephone calls communications satellite networks [00:34.43]Vocabulary: [00:39.71]orbit Pennsylvania [00:44.46]From the beginning of human history, [00:48.40]information traveled only as fast as the ship could sail, [00:53.86]or horse could run,or a person could walk. [00:58.62]People experimented with other ways to send messages. [01:03.66]Now listen to some statements about a briefhistory of communications. [01:10.11]Match the columns of time and events. [04:04.27]B:Key words: [04:10.80]America Online Time Warner media company [04:18.98]Vocabulary: [04:24.12]media [04:26.89]Listen to a short passage about two famous companies. [04:32.54]Write down every word you hear. [04:36.30]The passage will be read to you three times. [04:40.69]During the first reading,which will be read at normal speed, [04:46.01]listen and try to understand the meaning. [04:50.40]For the second reading, [04:53.46]the passage will be read sentence by sentence or phrase by phrase. [04:59.39]Do the activity during the second reading. [05:03.93]The third reading will be read at normal speed again [05:08.98]and during this time you should check your work. [07:24.45]Part II [07:32.91]Net changes dorm life [07:38.79]Key words: [07:44.35]wire dormitories [07:50.00]hihg-speed Internet access a top priority [07:57.36]Vocabulary: [08:02.51]merger pipeline envision priority [08:14.76]meager budget fraction bulk [08:26.72]toll mow down simultaneously antiquated [08:36.88]A:Listen to a report about the internet. [08:42.16]Focus on the areas and examples that the internet will bring changes in. [08:48.22]Supply the missing information. [11:28.98]B:Now discuss the following questions after you have heard the report.