Living with technology
2) who might be the inventor of the first t v?
a. vladimir zworykin from russia. b. philo farnsworth in the usa.
c. john logie baird from scotland. d. it remains uncertain.
3) how many countries have put digital tv into operation according to the passage?
a. only one. b. already two. c. at most three. d. at least four.
4) who might have attributed to the development of the walkman?
a. two japanese engineers. b. three american scientists.
c. thomas edison. d. emile berliner.
5) what is the main factor that causes the spring up of music websites all over the internet?
a. the popularity of walkman. b. the development of the md player.
c. the development of mps technology. d. the wide use of discman.
6) from the passage we know that ______.
a. satellite tv delivers cleaner pictures than digital tv.
b.55% of households in china were receiving digital tv signals by .
c. webtv is the tv set combined with the world wide web.
d. more color than black-and-white tv sets were being used before 1967
6 . fill in the blanks with words given in the box. (page5 part e)
step 3 reading strategy: understanding subtitles
subtitles appear after titles and give you more information about the text than the titles.
subtitles can show how a text is organized. read the text again and figure out how this text is organized. complete the following chart.
tv
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audio devices
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step 4 掌握分析下列句子并譯成漢語。
1.(line 3) regular public broadcasting followed shortly after, first beginning on 11 may 1928 in new york.
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2.(line 17) satellites were used to broadcast tv beginning in 1962.
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3.(line 36) 1931 was the year when a german company began to make the first tape recorders, which could record and play sounds on a tape wound around a round object.
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