新视野大学英语第四册new words

desperate a. ① needing or wanting very much
Use it
Suppose you got lost in the woods. What would you be desperate for/to do?
Tips
I would be desperate for (a rescue/food/a sheltere to (look for water/call for help …)
• in a way • provincial capitals • log on to • paperless trading • fixed lines • at one’s disposal • make use of • become the rage • keep pace with • lag behind
8. The safe ___of nuclear waste is a major problem. A. proposal B. throw C. abandon D. disposal 9. Fog will ______ throughout the night. A. stay B. keep C. persist D. retain
New Horizon College English
Unit 4 : Section A
The Telecommunications Revolution
新视野
Background Information Main idea of the text:
I. Related Information
3. Can you help me _______ on to the computer system? A. get B. log C. step D. go 4. They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need, ______profit. A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than

Information superhighway
Telecommunications (A)
Telecommunications, from Greek, means “__________at a distance”. communications Telecommunications through voice, data, and ____________communication is changing the image accessing world. The ease of ________information and people anywhere at anytime is having major finance impacts on society, business, and__________. occurred Two major trends have __________in the technology that is applicable to telecommunications.
5. Prices are going up so rapidly. ______ A. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. B. Petrol now is as twice expensive as it was a few years ago. C. Petrol now is as expensive as twice it was a few years ago. D. Petrol now is expensive as twice as it was a few years ago.
10. Many people lost their job because of the industrial _______. A. boom B. failure C. reduction D. recession
II. Chinese to English
跨越 比……具有优势 太过度了 缺乏 （两者中）选择 区分 解决问题 触及表面
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Telecommunications (B)
incredible increase in The first trend has been the _________ the processing power of _______computers, namely, digital dramatic decreases in physical size along with equally dramatic increases in complexity, speed, and ______ capacity. The second trend has been the explosive ________growth in transmission capacity through the widespread use of _______ fiber across optical continents and under oceans. These two trends have had impressive long-term consequences __________for telecommunications around the world. The Internet and the World Wide Web have already created a global system for the access of information.
1. Useful Expressions 万维网 码分多址

WWW: the World Wide Web

CDMA: Code Division Multiple
Access
网络 网站


Network
Website
信息时代
信息高速公路

the Information Age
Information expressway
• leap over • give … advantage over
• go too far • lack in • choose between • separate … from …
• lick the problem • scratch the surface
在某种程度上 省会 登录 无纸化交易 固定电话 供任意使用 使用 流行 与……齐步前进 落后
6. She _____ all her efforts in passing the final exam. A. made B. put C. used D. invested 7. Mum is getting old, so her memory is not very ______ these days. A. true B. forgettable C. reliable D. credit
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Main idea of the text: The passage deals with one of the popular and current topics of today — telecommunications revolution. The passage explores the topic from different aspects: the advantages of telecommunications technologies, questions that should be considered in developing the new technologies for developing countries, different countries trying to solve different problems with different resolutions, and lastly the conclusions.
Key
那些囚犯拼命企图逃亡。
III. Check Yourself 1. Have you ever seen John? I’m ______ to meet him. A. despair B. thirsty C. desperate D. desire 2. The police took a new ________ for crowd control. A. strategy B. plan C. way D. procedure
desperate a.
② filled with despair and ready to do anything, regardless of danger
Translation
The prisoners became desperate in their attempts to escape.