Unit3

Listening

LISTENINGTEXTP21LIMING:WhatareyoudoingDave?DAVE:I'mreadingabout_____________________．LM:

Youmeanthingslikecomputers?_____________they'resoboringtoreadabout.They'reonlygoodtouse．D:

Butthey'rejustonekindofIT．LM:

Really?SowhatelseispartofIT?D:

We'vehadITforalongtime．Books,radiosandTVsarealsokindsofIT．LM:

Oh．Ineverthoughtofthatbefore．Booksareawonderfulwayforustogetinformation．informationtechnologyInmyopinionD:

Yeah,Ibelievethattoo．Theyarecheapandeasytotakewithyoubutsometimestheinformationisoutofdate．LM:

Iagree．Theworldischangingsofast．Butinmyopinionlisteningtosportsontheradioisbetterthananythingelse．SometimesIalsolistentoEnglishprogrammesontheradio．Buttheyspeaksofastandsometimesit'sdifficulttounderstandeverything．D:

Yes．IalsolistentoEnglishontheradiobutit'seasiertofollowonTVbecauseyoucanalsoseewhatisgoingon．SometimesitismoreinterestingtowatchsportsonTVthanjustlistentothemontheradio．LM:

I_________becauseyougetsuchalotofinformationonthetechnicalaspectsofagameontheradio．Youdon'tgetthatonTV．ButIstillthinkthatthecomputeristhebestkindofIT．Youcanwatchafilmonit,writetofriends,getinformation,andfindoutwhatisgoingonintheworld．D:

Iknow,butitisalsothemostexpensiveanditistoobigtocarrywithyoueverywhere．AlsotheInternethasnobodytocheckwhetherthatinformationyoufindthereiscorrect．Soyouhavetobecareful．LM:

Well,IsupposeallkindsofIThaveboth_________________________disagreedisadvantagesandadvantages．TypeofITAdvantagesDisadvantagesTVWebRadioBookSuggestedanswers:

Youcanbothlistenandwatch．Youcannotwritetofriends．Youcanfindinformation．Itisveryexpensive．YoucanlistentoEnglish．Youcannotwatchafilm．Youcangetinformation．Sometimesitisoutofdate．LISTENINGTEXTP55ROBOTSALE:1.Thisisapersonalrobotwhichcandoalltheworkaroundthehouse．Itisonly__________soitiseasytostore．Ithas________toholdallthetoolsandisveryeasytouse．Itwillstartworkonitsownat5amandfinishwhenallitsjobsaredone．Youonlyneedtoenterthemintoakeyboardandtherobotwilldotherest．Only_________foraday'suse．35cmhighfivearms50yuan2

Whynotbuya__________whichdoesnotmakeamessorneedfeeding?Thisbeautiful_________androidsingsasbeautifullyasarealbirdandisonly__________．Itjumpsarounditscagejustlikearealbird．Youcanhaveanycolouryoulikeandanyrepairyouneedinthefirstyearwillbepaidbytherobotcompany．Itshouldlastforatleast________andafterthatyoucanhaveanewcomputerchipfittedtogiveitalongerlife．Sowhynotchooseonetoday?Only_________．personalpetbird-like10cmshighsixyears600yuan3

Iamalarge,hard-workingandroid．Ifeellonely．Iwouldliketomeetanotherandroidforfriendshipafterwork．Iam______．Ilikeclimbingmountainsandsinging．ButmyfamilysayIamtoonoisywhenIplaymyguitarandsing．Theyarenotfriendlytowardsme．Soifyouwouldliketomeeta____________androidtosingkaraokewith,Iamyourmate!PleasecallmeonmyprogramatROB-1234．

2mtallkind-hearted321allhousework35cmrobotwithfivearms50yuanaday10cmbird-likeandroidsingsbeautifully600yuan2mlarge,energeticrobotclimbsmountains,playsguitar,singskaraokeROB-1234LISTENINGTEXTP58B:Hey,Sally,howareyoutoday?S:Oh,Brenda,I'msotiredofbeingamaid．Iwishmyprogrammerwouldmakemesomethingelse,likeyou．I'dliketoworkinthefactorywithyou．B:No,youwouldn't．Itissoboring!Wearen'tallowedtotalkwhilewework．S:Butatleastyoudon'thavefivechildrentorunaftereveryday．Andthemiddlechildissolazy!Healwaysgetsmeintotrouble．B:Butatleastinyourjob,everydayisdifferent．Idothesamethingforeighthourseveryday．Ifeellikemyarmisgoingtobreakoff．S:IwouldlovetochangejobswithyoubutIknowIcan't．B:Whynot?Whatdifferencewoulditmaketomyfamilyifitwasyouorme?S:No,ourprogrammerdecidedourjobsandwillnotchangeusnow．B:Peopleareluckybeingabletochangejobstheyhate!S:Lookatthoseflowers．I'veseenpeoplepickthemupandputthemtotheirnoses．Whyisthat?B:Theysayit“smells”nicebutIdonotknowwhatthatmeans．IwishIdid．S:Don'ttrytocryagain．Itmadeyourchipsgofunnylasttime．Justunderstandwewillneverlaugh,taste,smelloreatfood．Well,let'senjoythedaytoday．Finallywebothhaveadayoff．B:Yes,theweatherisnice,andIwouldliketojointheotherandroidsforagameoffootball．Wouldyouliketocome?S:Sure,runningaroundasoccerfieldisbetterthanrunningafter5children!AndatleastIhavehadsomepracticethisweek!

Theirprogrammerdecidedthem．

Theyarenotabletochangejobs．

Theirprogrammer