牛津高中英语模块7M7U1 Reading

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Sound and video go digital. L42 The first CDs were made available. L43 make … things of the past L49-50 keep pace with L51 foresee what the future will bring L51-52 adaptations were made L9 P5 Relay conversation and music L9 P5 had access to L13(倒数L3) P5 The primary means of getting news and entertainment L14(倒数L2) P5
access (n.) 1) the right to enter a place, use something, see someone etc have access to 进入，得到，获得 1、Access to the papers is restricted to senior management. 2、Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water. 2) how easy or difficult it is for people to enter a public building, to reach a place, or talk to someone （容易或难以）进入、通向 access to a house with easy access to the sea
3. Regular colour TV broadcasts were delayed in the UK until 1967. L15
delay (v.)
1) to wait until a later time to do something He delayed his decision on whether to call an election. 推迟 delay doing sth. Big companies often delay paying their bills.
• constructed the first colour TV L12 • regular colour TV broadcasts were delayed L15
• within a short time L15 • Satellites allow TV programmes to be broadcast live L19 • over vast distances L20 • over a long distance L2 P5 • make TV accessible to people who live far away from cities L21 • throughout the countryside and the remote areas L22-23 • a small percentage of people L23
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The evolution of video and sound devices
Important expressions
• • • • • • • the evolution of video and sound devices Title shortly afterwards L4 contributed to the development of TV L6 was very primitive and had many drawbacks L8 made important breakthroughs L9 in the late 1920s and early 1930s L10 TVs use many of the principles L10
The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight. 现场
5. They also make TV accessible to people who live far away from cities, … L21
accessible (adj.)
1)easy to obtain or uselow TV to be broadcast live over vast distances, … L19-20
live (adj.) 1)a live television or radio program is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happening 直播的 a live radio phone-in show There will be live TV coverage of tonight‘s big match. 2) not dead or artificial = living 生动的 experiments on live animals
1.Many different people contributed to the development of TV. (L6) 很多不同的人对电视的发展作出了贡献。 contribute: verb [vi or vt] 1) 捐助，贡献 必修6 Come to the meeting if you feel you have something to contribute. Her family have contributed £ 50, 000 to the fund. 2) 投稿 She contributes to several magazines. contribute to sth. 有助于，成为……的原因 Smoking certainly contributed to his early death.
as if/though 似乎,仿佛 She looked as if she'd had some bad news. I felt as though I'd been lying in the sun for hours. They stared at me as if I was crazy. even though 尽管 Even though he left school at 16, he still managed to become prime minister.
注意：以下短语中 “to” 是介词， 后接名词或动名词： look forward to; take to; refer to; get/be used to; be/get/become accustomed to; lead to; contribute to； devote to; pay attention to; get down to; the key to…
live (adv.)
The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. 直播 The match will be shown live by the BBC.
I love their music, but I‘ve never seen them perform live. 现场
delay sth. until ……推迟到…… The opening of this section of the road is delayed until September.
2) to make someone or something late 延 误 seriously/badly/slightly etc delayed The flight was badly delayed because of fog.
2) a place, building, or object that is accessible is easy to reach or get into The island is only accessible by boat. There is a church which is easily accessible from my home. 3) someone who is accessible is easy to meet and talk to, even if they are very important or powerful I think that you'll find she's very accessible. 4) a book, poem, painting etc that is accessible is easy to understand and enjoy He wants his music to be accessible to everyone.
accessible to the need for an efficient health service that is accessible to all easily/readily accessible Computers should be made readily accessible to teachers and pupils.
3) a live performance is one in which the entertainer performs for people who are watching, rather than a film, record etc 有生气的，活泼的
The band will be giving a live concert performance next week. 4)a wire or piece of equipment that is live has electricity flowing through it （正在）通电的 Be careful - those wires are live.
• benefit from satellite TV L24 • broadcast the signals L24-25 • made the first recording of a human voice L27 • used round tubes to record on L28-29 • used discs as alternative to tubes L30 • be wound up by hand L31 • Times surely have changed! L32 • employed steel tape to record on L35 • by the late 1960s L38-39
2. It took more than two decades, though, until 1951, for colour broadcasts to begin in the USA. (L13-14) 但是彩色电视节目一直到1951年才得以 在美国开播,这其间一共经历了二十多年的时间。 though conj. 1) 虽然 She hasn’t phoned, even though she said she would. 2) 但是 They’re coming next week, though I don’t know which day. adv. despite this: 可是,不过 We were at school together. I haven't seen her for years though.