大学体验英语听说教程 第二册12

　　Unit 12 Check this out!
Vocabulary Task
Answers
1. c 2. b 3.a 4.e 5.f 6.d 7.h 8.i 9.g
Script
1. A: Is this your new modem¹?
B: Yes. It lets me hook up to the Internet at 138 kilobytes per second.
2. A: How Much did that laser printer cost?
B: It wasn’t too expensive, and it prints out high-quality copies.
3. A: So this is a zip drive, huh?
B: Yeah. I can store up to 100 megabytes of data with it.
4. A: Wow! Is that your new scanner?
B: Uh-huh. Check out these pictures I scanned for my website.
5. A: What does the mouse do?
B: It lets you move the pointer around the screen and click on things.
6. A: What kind of software do you have?
B: I have a graphics² program, a word processing program, and an e-mail program.
7. A: Why do they call it a notebook?
B: Because it’s so small it can fit in your bag.
8. A: What kind of disks can this computer read?
B: It’ll read DVDs and CD-ROMs.
9. A: What size Monitor should I buy?
B: The bigger it is, the more you can see on the screen.
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. scanner
2. notebook
3. zip drive
4. computer program CD (CD-ROM)
2 Second Listening
Answers
1. to send pictures to her customers
2. to shop on the Internet
3. to store art work
4. to organize her finances
Script
1. A: What is that? Some kind of printer?
B: No! It’s the newest scanner on the market. See, you open it up here, put your photo or whatever on the glass, then click the scan button on the screen to scan in the picture.
A: What’s it good for?
B: Well, I use it to send pictures of our products to my customers.
2. A: So why did you get a notebook computer instead of a desktop³ computer?
B: Well, I travel a lot and I need something that I can use when I’m traveling.
A: Does it connect to the internet?
B: You bet. I can shop on the Internet even when I’m in an airport… or at the beach.
3. A: So why did you get that thing there?
B: This? It’s my new zip drive. Each disk can hold up to 100 megabytes of data.
A: That’s a lot. Why do you need so much space?
B: I have very large files of my artwork… so I need lots of storage space.
4. A: Hey, is that a new CD?
B: Yeah, it’s a CD, but it’s not a music Cd. It’s software.
A: Oh, what kind of software?
B: It’s called Money Magic. It’s accounting⁴ software.
A: What do you use it for?
B: I use it to organize my home finances. It really helps!
Real World Listening
1 Predict
Answer
Movies on DVD
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
Scanner: scan in graphics for the web page
Headset: talk to customers on the phone
DVD player: check out the DVD movies
Cardboard boxes: for shipping⁵ out orders
Script
[Knock on the door]
Leon: Come in! (Andy walks in.) Andy! Hi!\
Andy: Are you ready to go? Pat and Chris are in the car. Let’s go – Hey, what is all this stuff?
Leon: This is my home office.
Andy: Whoa! You’ve gotta lot of stuff in here.
Leon: Yeah, well, I need it all for the different types of things I do for my business.
Andy: You’ve got your own business
Leon: Yep. DivineDVDs.com. I got 50,000hits on my website so far this week.
Andy: Cool. And you need all this stuff?
Leon: Oh, yeah, absolutely! This is my headset so I can talk on the phone to my customers while I type on the keyboard.
Andy: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And what’s this big thing next to your computer?
Leon: That’s my scanner. I scan in graphics and pictures to put on the web page.
Andy: I see. Oh, cool… And what are these things?
Leon: Those are my DVD players. I got four of em. I have to check out the DVDs before I sell them, you know.
Andy: Uh-huh. So you just watch these DVDs all day?
Leon: Well, yeah. I have to be more, um, disciplined, though, you know. It’s easy to want to watch them all day instead of doing my work.
Andy: Yeah. And what are all these boxes for?
Leon: Those cardboard boxes? They’re for shipping out orders.
Andy: Whoa, sounds busy. So are you selling a lot of disks?
Leon: Um, no, not yet. But things are looking better all the time.

1 modem   

n.调制解调器

参考例句：

• Does your computer have a modem?你的电脑有调制解调器吗？
• Provides a connection to your computer via a modem.通过调制解调器连接到计算机上。

2 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

3 desktop   

n.桌面管理系统程序；台式

参考例句：

• My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
• Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

5 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。