大学英语期末听力

Unit 2

Mrs. M: Good. So change the first part and m

ake those corrections and yourpaper will be

great.

Tara: OK. Thanks for all your help, Professor M

organ.

M: You know, technology is amazing. In high s

I‘ll

e-mail my paper to you later today.

choolI used to write my term papers

ewriter.

on a typ

T: It must have taken a long time to write a p

aper on a typewriter.

M: Well, I was pretty fast, but I made some mi

stakes. Actually, the typewriters

t bad. Now, as for the first computers

weren‘

gosh!

…

oh my

t tha

T: What do you mean?

M: The first computers were so unreliable. Th

ey used to crash all the time.

not as affordable or as fast as they are now.

And they were

T:

of the newer, more expensive ones

Mine‘s

pretty fast, but not as fast as some

M: I know! And nowadays, almost everyone h

as a computer. In those days, nobody

heir own computer. We used to use the ones

had t

at the university.

T: In the computer lab?

M : Yeah,

ne spring, during final exams.

that‘s

all we had.

I‘ll

never forget, o

Everybody was working on their term papers,

and the electricity went out!

T : So? No big deal

…

M : Yes, but remember, in those days we didn

…

laptops have batteries

‘t

u lost everything.

have laptops. If your computer

crashed, yo

T: Everything?

M : Everything. We used to lose information a

ll the time, but that time it was terrible.

erybody lost their papers that afternoon

luding me.

…

inc

Ev

T : What did you do?

M : I went back to the good, old-fashioned w

ay.

T : You mean typewriters?

M : Nope. I used something more affordable,

portable, reliable, disposable, something that

always worked.

T : What was that?

M : (holds up pencil and paper) The first wor

d processor.

1.

frequently

”

Don

’

t

quit

your

day

job!

”

is

advice

pessimistic

budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.

family

given

members

by

and

understandably

friends

to

a

The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and

many

bankrupt.

end

desire

peers

for

Still,

up

emotionally

worshipping

impure

fans

motives

if

not

financially

and

such

praise

as

the

drowning in fame

may

spur

the

artist

on.

The

lure

from

of

resisted.

’

s imperial glory is not easily

Takeshi:

there

Man,

look

at

that!

In

New

York

everything

’

s

always

know what

goes

something

being

built.

And

Roberto:

’

s going to be around next week.

up

so

quickly

…

you

never

sometimes

yeah,

Maybe

I

but

on

the

other

hand,

more.

they

need

wonder

to

about

start

building

overcrowding.

down

Takeshi: Building down?

Roberto:

underground instead of above i:

Yeah,

it

’

s

when

you

build

Nah,

love

that

incredible feats of engineering!

the

’

s

skyscrapers!

too

much

like

They

living

are

in

the

a

cave.

most

I

Roberto:

were built right here in New York City.

True.

And

some

of

the

first

ones

akeshi: That

New

York

’

s right! You know, I wonder what

looked

like

Takeshi:

buildings popped up.

fantastic!

Yeah.

I

’

ll

bet

before

all

these

it

’

ll

be

something

Roberto:

going to look like?

May

be

…

.what

do

you

think

it

’

s

Takeshi:

I

I

don

’

t

know

…

but

you

know

what?

Roberto: Uh

’

m going to remember what it looked like.

this guy what your

…

you are too much. Hey, let

’

s ask

to be

“

famous

”

building

’

s going

…

..

Mrs.

made

Morgan:

Well,

I

was

pretty

fast,

typewriters weren

some

mistakes.

but

I

’

t that bad. Now, as for the

Actually,

the

Tara: What do you mean?

first computers

…

oh my gash!

Mrs.

unreliable.

Morgan:

The

first

computers

were

And they were not as affordable or as fast as

They

used

to

crash

all

the

time.

so

they are now.

Tara:

Mine

’

s

pretty

fast,

but

not

as

fast

as

Mrs. Morgan: I know! And nowadays, almost

some of the newer, more expensive ones.

everyone

nobody had their own computer. We used to

has

a

computer.

In

those

days,

use the ones at the university.

Tara:

batteries

So?

No

big

deal

…

Mrs.

days we didn

Morgan:

…

laptops

have

Yes,

but

remember,

crashed, you lost everything.

’

t have laptops. If your computer

in

those

Tara: Everything?

Mrs.

information all the time, but that time it was

Morgan:

Everything.

We

used

to

lose

terrible.

afternoon

Everybody

…

including me.

lost

their

papers

that

determined

was

ranks of Hollywood stars. His huge fame gave

to

an

a

immensely

degree

unusual

talented

even

in

man,

the

him

the money ---to be his own master. He already

the

freedom----and,

more

importantly,

had

he discovered in himself as he went along.

the

urge

to

explore

and

extend

a

talent

can

“

It

extraordinary,

’

t

be

me.

Is

that

possible?

How

sight of himself as the Tramp on the screen.

”

is

how

he

greeted

the

first