电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 12.

1. 电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 12. Vocabulary (See Page 83.) • breadline n. 贫困线 • handout n. 施舍的东西 • outrageous a. 可恶的；令人不能容忍的 • cyber a. (前缀)计算机的 • gossip n. 闲话；小道消息 • e-biz n. 电子商务 • coupon n. 商家的优待券 • lure v. 引诱 • verge n. 边缘 • perish v. 毁灭 • buck n. (俚语)美元

2. 电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 12. Vocabulary (See Page 83.) • profile n. 人物简介 • vulnerable a. 易受到…攻击的 • pillage v. 掠夺 • enact v. 制定法律 • defy v. 不服从；藐视 • infringe v. 违反；侵害 • aggravate v. 使恶化；加重 • abuse v. 滥用 • backlash v. 对抗性地反应 • digital a. 数字的 • volunteer n. 志愿者 • assistance n. 协助；援助

3. Part One Core Listening Dialogue: Unemployment • Out of work: losing jobs; unemployed • If they looked for it, they’d find it: 如果他们找工作的话，他们就会找到。they’d = they would • Not in England they wouldn’t: they would not find work if they are not in England. • Let Bill finish: Don’t interrupt Bill. • Kirkby: a town in England • they’d get a job in no time: they would find a job immediately. • The government should take work to the people: the government should give people jobs. • Social security: A government program that provides economic assistance to persons faced with unemployment, disability, or agedness, financed by assessment of employers and employees. 社会保障制度对

4. Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Focus on Cyber Privacy • Owning a customized webpage sounds cool: 拥有一个定制的网页听起来很酷。A customized webpage = a webpage designed and created to fit individual or personal specifications. 划线部分是动名词词组作主语。 • master of the page: the host or owner of the webpage. • what if: what should I/you do if… 如果…怎么办？ • shortcomings: n. A deficiency; a flaw; weakness.不足之处；缺点 • strengthen e-marketing: promote marketing activity through internet. • Worse: 更糟的是……e-buz player: a company doing business with or through internet. • Spot: find; recognize • netizen: network citizen; network participant 网民 • cry foul: declare a player’s wrongdoing as a football judge does at a game 叫犯规。

5. Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Focus on Cyber Privacy • Cram: v. fill up too much • Junk: n. discarded materials; garbage, trash, waste 垃圾，废物 • Be on the verge of : To tend to move in a particular direction; come close to濒临于；接近 • go under: go bankrupt 破产 • Perish: v. to be completely destroyed 毁灭 • Profile: n. a description of someone containing all the most important or interesting facts about him. 人物简介 • Vulnerable: a. able to be easily hurt 易受攻击的 • Enact: v. to make or pass a law 制定法律 • Defy: v. to refuse to obey or to do sth in the usual or expected way 不服从；藐视

6. Part One Core Listening Passage 1 Focus on Cyber Privacy • Since the Internet defies national borders…: Since the Internet reaches everywhere, any efforts to protect individual privacy will be weakened if there is no worldwide cooperation. 由于因特网超越了国界，如果没有全球合作，保护隐私的努力就会被削弱。 • net buff: One that is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about network 网迷 • infringement: v. A violation, as of a law, a regulation, or an agreement; a breach.违反；侵犯 • Aggravate: v. to make worse, to annoy or irritate 使恶化，加重 • To put things on the right track: to make Internet operations follow the appropriate rules of the game. • Pillage: v.To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.掠夺 • Abuse: v. To use something wrongly 滥用 • Backlash: v. to react to sth strongly and negatively 对抗性地反应

7. Part One Core Listening Passage 2 The Digital divide 数字鸿沟 • Divide: n. A dividing point or line 分界线；分水岭 • Many organizations working in development far from cities have computers: 许多致力于远离城市地区发展的组织拥有计算机。（划线部分是动名词词组作定语，修饰organizations) • VITA uses satellites orbiting the earth to pick up messages…: VITA使用围绕地球轨道运行的卫星接收信息（划线部分是satellites的定语） • hard-o-reach应为hard-to-reach。排版错误

8. Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises I. Listening Comprehension Dialogue Opening a Restaurant • I want to be my own boss: 我想自己当老板。

9. Part Two Self-Assessment Exercises Passage New Medical Privacy Rules • Privacy: n. The right of an individual to share with others information about himself 隐私权 • The measures limit what information doctors, health insurance companies and hospitals can release without a patient’s approval: 划线部分是宾语从句，what information在从句中作release的宾语。 • Release: v. to make known or available • Take effect: begin to be effective; come into work生效 • Violate: v. to break or disregard (a law or promise for example) 违反 • Would be punished with jail terms up to ten years: would be sentenced with up to ten-year imprisonment.

10. Part Three Supplementary Listening Dialogue A Waiter • Get on with it: begin to do it. • Every other Sunday: 每隔一个星期天 • Do overtime: keep working after regular work hours. 加班 • Sack: v. to discharge from employment; fire 解雇

11. Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 1 Charles Chaplin • His mother’s life on the stage had been lived in the hope that she would one day be a “star”: 他妈妈的舞台生活一直有一种希望，她有一天成为“明星”。（划线部分是hope的同位语从句）。 • Her son dreamed that he could succeed where she had failed: 她儿子梦想着他能在她失败的地方获得成功（划线部分是宾语从句，斜体部分是该从句的状语从句。） • Tramp: n. One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant. 流浪汉 • Charlie, the tramp: 流浪汉查理。the tramp是同位语 • But, before they had time to reach for their handkerchiefs, Charlie’s feet would get in the way and they would laugh instead: 但是，还没等他们够到手绢，查理又外撇着脚挪步了，让观众破泣为笑。 • Depression: A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy 经济萧条。 Great Depression: 大萧条，美国30年代发生

12. Part Three Supplementary Listening Passage 2 Martin Luther King Day马丁路德金日 • Civil right: legal rights of a citizen 公民权利；人权 • Minister: n. One who is authorized to perform religious functions in a Christian church 牧师 • Christian Baptist church: 基督教浸信教会 • Gandhi: 甘地，印度政府，社会和宗教领袖 • Spiritual leader: 精神领袖 • Thoreau: 梭罗 • Protest: n., v. A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization. 抗议 • Reverend: a. Deserving reverence.值得尊重的 ~ King: 金牧师