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Unit 4
Information
Technology
Text A
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Comprehension
1.
Complete the following passage with the
information you get from the text.
1)
co-founder
2) value/significance
3) drop-out
4) engineering
5)
titans/giants
6) attention
7)
floundering/struggling
8) surpassed
9) technology
10)
daunting
2.
Essay Questions
1)
As a touch-
screen computer without a keyboard, iPad is a
ground-breaking new
product.
Extending
the
iPhone
’
s
innovations
of
a
more
versatile
screen
and
lightweight
applications
designed for specific tasks, it points
to
a future
beyond
the computer mouse
–
and a world without
Windows.
2)
Apple has released Ping, a social
network similar to Facebook for iTunes users.
And it will counter
Google
’
s smaller 7-inch
tablet computer with a similar gadget
of its own.
3)
His
strong
spiritual
aspiration,
relentless
ambition
and
obsessive
attention
to
details.
4)
No fixed answer.
5)
No fixed
answer.
-filling:
Complete
the
following
sentences
with
the
words
given
in
the
box.
Change the form when necessary.
1) rebuttal
2)
sideline
3) stir up
4)
rankle
5) write off
6)
obsessive
7) surpass
8)
culmination
9) fledgling
10)
rudimentary
rasing
1.
Rewriting: Rewrite the underlined part
of each sentence in your own words.
1) More than ten years ago, it was
highly speculated that both Mr.
Job
’
s career and
Apple, the company he had co-founded
would fail in the competition, their relevance
to the future of technology written off
both in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.
2) Mr. Gates himself championed a
tablet computer nearly a decade ago, however it
was not well-received by the market due
to its need of a stylus to write on its screen
and the PC-like interface.
3) A spirituality guided by his
training in Zen Buddhism has played a central part
in
his life, and with such spiritual
belief he even avoided using medical treatment for
a
period while struggling against
pancreatic cancer.
4) Compromise seems
too strong a word, but now as a world leader in
this business,
Apple has become more
pragmatic.
5)
After
antitrust
authorities
took
an
interest
this
year,
Mr.
Jobs
backed
off
a
requirement
that
forced
developers
to
use
Apple’s
software
tools
to
create
apps,
barring rival Adobe’s
technology—
nevertheless this change of
strategy seemed to be
designed
intentionally to please software developers who
might otherwise turn more
attention to
creating apps for phones running
Google
’
s
software.
2.
Sentence
Transformation:
Complete
the
following
sentences
based
on
the
structures given.
1) As an
acknowledged master for a long time, Mr. Jobs
knows very well the art of
generating
this
suspension
of
disbelief
which
is
essential
to
stirring
up
demand
for
gadgets most consumers had no idea they
needed.
2) In order to rule its new
kingdom even more closely than what Microsoft did
to the
PC, Apple now makes the decision
on which applications are available in its online
store and sets the rules for how those
applications are developed.
3) Despite
being a college drop-out with no formal
engineering background, he and
Mr.
Wozniak founded their new business by resorting to
their electronics hobby right
after
returning from India.
4)
It
is
regarded
by
those
who
have
worked
for
him
that
Mr.
Jobs,
as
a
stern
taskmaster, cares more
about
what
is
possible
to
be achieved than those
long-range
visions.
5) Though it seems out of his
character, Mr. Jobs now is forced to compete with
others
who are considering Apple as
their main rival.
IV
.Translation
1.
Sentence
Translation
1)
一月份发布会之前，公众的期
待就被煽动得无比高涨，即便是依照乔布斯自
己的苛刻标准，这也是不寻常的。
2)
好几个月来，高科技圈一直在猜测传说
中的苹果公司最新的开拓性产品。
3)
这对美国作家菲茨杰拉德被广泛引用的名言
“美国社会中没有从头再来一说”
是个绝妙的反驳。
4)
< br>比尔·盖茨是难以取胜的劲敌。由于他对个人电脑软件领域的垄断，在其处
于事业
的巅峰时期，比尔·盖茨可能更加富有，也可能更能呼风唤雨。
5)
有了平板电脑
iPad
助力，苹果的总市值五月份终于超过了微软成为全世界最
有价值的科技公
司。
V
.Cloze
1) platform
2)
unveil
3) executive
4) launches
5) strategic
6) health
7) excellent
8)
centered
9) crucial
10) popularity
ing
1. Multiple
Choice: Listen to Part One and choose the best
answer to each
question.
1)
C
2) B
3) D
4) D
5) B
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