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英语听力小短文走遍全世界: 信息高速公路——世界尽在你掌中

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Some historians say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency(总统任期) in the 1950s was the U.S. interstate highway system. It was a massive project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human endeavors as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower's interstate highways bound the nation together in new ways and facilitated major economic growth by making commerce less expensive. Today, an information superhighway has been built - an electronic network that connects libraries, corporations, government agencies and individuals. This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, and it is the backbone(主干) of the World Wide Web.

一些历史学家说,德怀特·艾森豪威尔总统在20世纪50年代最重要的贡献就是建立了美国的洲际公路系统。这是一个巨大的项目,轻易就超过了先前人们所努力修剪的巴拿马运河的规模。艾森豪威尔的洲际公路使整个国家以新的方式连接在一起,并且通过减少贸易费用推动了主要经济的增长。现如今,信息高速公路已经建成——即一种电子网络,它将图书馆、公司、政府机构和个人连接在了一起。这种电子高速公路被称为互联网,它也是万维网的支柱。

The Internet had its origins in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network alled ARPAnet, which stood for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to exchange information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), whose mission is to promote science, took over.

互联网起源于1969年美国国防部被称为阿帕网的计算机网络,阿帕网代表的是高级研究计划网络。美国国防部建立这个网络是为了军事承包商和大学里的军事研究院进行信息交流。1983年,以促进科学发展为使命的国家科学基金会(NSF)接管了过来。

This new NSF network attracted more and more institutional users, many of which had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that joined the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network then bacame a connector for thousands of other networks. As a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.

这种新的国家科学基金会网络吸引了越来越多的机关用户,其中许多都有自己的内部网络。例如,大多数加入美国国家科学基金会网络的大学都有校内计算机网络。于是NSF的网络连接起了成千上万的其他网络。作为连接网络的支柱系统,互联网这个名称最为合适。

So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure(基础设施) on which web messages move. It began sa a military communication system, which expand into a government-funded civilian research network.

因此,我们可以看到,互联网是承载信息的有线基础设施。它是作为军事通讯系统开始的,而后扩展成为政府资助的民用科研网络。

Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying institutions of many sorts together into an "information superhighway".

如今,互联网是一个将各式各样的机构捆绑在一起成为“信息高速公路”的用户融资系统。

英语词汇整理:

1. interstate adj. 洲际的

eg: They are planning to build an interstate bridge.

他们计划建一座州际大桥。

短语:

interstate commerce 州际贸易,州际商业

interstate commerce commission 美国政府州际商务委员会

2. surpass v. 超越;胜过

eg: To be in love is to surpass oneself.

人在爱中超越自我。

短语:

surpass in 在…方面超过

surpass sb by sth 以…超过某人

surpass one's expectation 超出某人的预料

3. previous adj. 先前的

eg: He said he had arrived on the previous night.

他说他是在前一天夜里到达的。

短语:

previous year 前一年

previous generation 前代;当代

previous period 前期

previous page 上一页,前一页;返回上一级菜单

previous question(国会议事程序中作为动议提出的)先决问题

previous to 在…以前;在…之前

previous to sb's arrival 在某人到达之前

4. endeavor n. 努力

eg: Our endeavor was valuable.

我们的努力是有价值的!

短语:

endeavor in 致力于

endeavor to 尽力

5. bound v. 结合,绑定

eg: He was bound by his promise.

他受到自己诺言的约束。

短语:

be boun up with 与…紧密相连,与…息息相关,与…有密切关系;与…结合在一起

I dare bound.=I'll be bound. [口语]我敢肯定。

in duty bound 义不容辞,有责任

in honor bound 在道义上必须;无论如何要

bound for开往…

be bound by受…约束;由…联系起来

6. facilitate v. 促进

eg: Friendly contacts between different peoples facilitate the cultural and economic interchange.

各国人民的友好接触促进文化和经济交流。

短语:

facilitate communication 促进沟通;方便联系;沟通

facilitate with 使变得容易用

7. contractor n. 承包商

eg: The system will be operated by contractor personnel.

该系统将由承包商工作人员操作。

短语:

building contractor 建筑承包商

prime contractor 总承包人;主要承包商

8. institutional adj. 机构的

eg: NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.

北大西洋公约组织仍然是美国在欧洲的主要支柱机构。

短语:

institutional economics 制度经济学

institutional factor制度因素

institutional shareholders 法人股东

institutional sales 机构式销售;公共饮食业

9. civilian adj. 民用的,公民的

eg: Holding his ground, he told them they could not insulate themselves from significant changes in civilian society.

坚守他的地产,他告诉孩子们不能使自己从平民的显著改变社会。

短语:

civilian worker 民工;农民工

civilian population 平民;平均人口

civilian construction民用建筑

佳句采摘:

Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying institutions of many sorts together into an "information superhighway".

如今,互联网是一个将各式各样的机构捆绑在一起成为“信息高速公路”的用户融资系统。

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