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Part 3. Future of the Internet.
第3部分网络的未来

A. Keyword. future, everywhere, experimenting anarchy, asset, threat.
A关键词未来，到处，试验性无政府状态，财产，威胁

Vocabulary. vague, clerical, asset, Internet world Trade Show.
词汇模糊，文书，资产，互联网世界贸易展

You are going to hear an interview on the future of the Internet.
你将会听到一则关于未来的互联网的采访。

Pay special attention to the main points that some specialists say about the Internet.
特别需要注意一些专家所讲的关于互联网的要点。

Complete the following statements.
完成下列陈述。

We're gonna take a closer look tonight again at the future of the Internet.
今晚我们将再次深入探讨互联网的未来。

Not we have anything but the vaguest idea where it's going in the long run.
现在我们只有关于很久以后未来的一些模糊的观点。

One of the truly fascinating and somewhat unsettling aspects of the Internet revolution is how many technologists and scientists say that the future may hold any number of surprises.
互联网革命真正吸引人又有些令人不安的一个方面是，许多技术专家和科学家说，未来可能会有很多惊喜。

So we're going to inch our way into the future.
所以我们将跨进未来。

At the Internet World Trade Show in New York, they see a future when the web is everywhere.
在纽约的互联网世界贸易展上，他们看到了网络无处不在的未来。

Technology is moving from the desktop into our everyday life.
科技正从桌面进入我们的日常生活。

Imagine work, society, economics, relationships, all transformed, when anyone, anytime can get any message or knowledge or amusement they what, anywhere on the planet without so much as a wire.
想象一下，工作、社会、经济、人际关系，一切都改变了，当任何人、任何时间都可以在地球上任何地方获得任何信息、知识或娱乐，而不需要一根电线。

In many ways, Internet is the world's largest experimenting anarchy.
在很多方面，互联网都是世界上最大的无政府领域。

Because of all of a sudden, the citizens of the world are in charge, and no single government or governing body is in charge of what they do.
因为，突然全世界的人都掌握了，而没有一个政府或政府部门管理他们做的事情。

Keep in mind that the web transmitted by satellites, cellphone, cable goes through no one central location that anyone controls.
请记住，通过卫星、手机、电缆传输的网络不会经过任何人控制的中心位置。

So many of the boundaries that exist today, political and economic, will be strained as never before.
所以现存的很多政治上还有经济上的界限比任何时候都要紧张。

Some scientists say three quarters of the world's languages will disappear as the net connects isolated the places.
很多科学家都表明随着互联网将隔离的地方都连接起来，世界上三分之一的语言都会消失。

Already English is what you find on most of web pages, blending cultures, no matter how much people try to save them.
你已经在大多数网页上都看到了英语，它融合了各种文化，无论人们多么努力地想要挽救它。

Economies are changing too.
经济也发生了改变。

As distance becomes meaningless, white-collar clerical, accounting or administrative jobs are being exported to Asia, just as blue-collar factory jobs were years ago.
随着距离变得毫无意义，白领文书、会计或行政工作正在向亚洲输出，就像多年前工厂的蓝领工作一样。

Imagine, there are 40 or 50 millions Indians, not mention the Chinese, who could deliver office work to the rich countries of the world for two dollars a hour.
想象一下，有四千万或五千万印度人，更不用说中国人了，他们可以以每小时两美元的价格向世界上的富裕国家提供办公室工作。

So this massive web of information is both an asset and a threat, changing cultures, economics, governments in ways no one can imagine or control.
因此，这个庞大的信息网络既是一种资产，也是一种威胁，它以一种任何人都无法想象或控制的方式改变着文化、经济和政府。

B. Keywords. networked individualism, social networks, electronic interaction.
b .关键词。网络个人主义，社会网络，电子互动。

Vocabulary. interact, contradict, flash-and-blood, hermit, make-believe, flicker, child-rearing.
词汇量。互动，矛盾，闪血，隐遁，假装，闪烁，养育孩子。

B1. Listen to a report about the role of the Internet interaction.
B1 听一篇关于互联网互动作用的报道。

Fill in the following chart with keywords.
用关键词填写下列表格

There is a professor at the univeristy of Toronto in Canada who has come up a term to describe the way a lot of us North Americans interact these days.
加拿大多伦多大学的一位教授提出了一个术语来描述我们许多北美人如今的互动方式。

And now, a big research study confirms it.
现在，一项大型研究证实了这一点。

Barry Wellman's term is "Networked Individualism".

It's not the easiest concept to grasp.
这不是一个容易理解的概念。

In fact, the words seem to contradict each other.
事实上，这个单词似乎自相矛盾。

How can we be individualistic and networked at same time?
我们如何在个人主义的同时网络化呢?

You need other people for networks.
你上网需要其他人。

Here is what he means.
这是他表达的意思。

Until the Internet and email come along, our social networks involved fresh-blood relatives, friends, neighbors and colleagues at work.
在互联网和电子邮件出现之前，我们的社交网络包括新加入的亲戚、朋友、邻居和工作中的同事。

Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person in real time.
一些互动是通过电话进行的，但它仍然是语音对语音，实时的人对人。

But the latest study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced a great deal of social interchange.
但皮尤互联网和美国生活项目的最新研究证实，对很多人来说，通过电脑进行的电子互动已经取代了大量的社交交流。

A lot of folks Pew talked with say that's a good thing, because of concerns that the Internet was turning us into hermits who shut out other people in favor of a make-believe world on flickering computer screens.
皮尤采访过的很多人都说这是一件好事，因为他们担心互联网正在把我们变成一个隐士，把别人拒之门外，只喜欢在闪烁的电脑屏幕上幻想世界。

To the contrary, the Pew study discovered.
皮尤研究发现，恰恰相反。

The internet has put us in touch with many more real people than we'd have ever imagined.
网络将我们与更多我们从没想过的更真实的人联系起来。

Helpful people, too.
也是乐于助人的人。

We're turning to an ever-growing list of cyber friends for advice on careers, medical crises, child-rearing and choosing a school or college.
我们正在前所未有的扩大我们的通讯录，添加了很多可以在职业上，医疗上，育儿上以及择校上面提供建议的网络朋友。

About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important or critical role in helping them deal with major life decisions.
大概有六千万美国人告诉皮尤，网络在帮助他们做生活上的重要决定上起了重大或者关键的作用。

So we networked individuals are pretty tricky:
所以我们这些联网的个人是很棘手的:

We're keeping more to ourselves, while at the same time, reaching out to more people, all with just the click of a computer mouse.
我们把更多的东西留给自己，与此同时，接触到更多的人，这一切只需要点击一下电脑鼠标。

B2. Listen to the report again.
B2.再听一次报告

Find out what the tricky term "networked individualism" means and fill in the blanks.
找出“网络个人主义”这个棘手的术语是什么意思，然后填空。

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Part 3. Future of the Internet.

A. Keywords. future, everywhere, experimenting anarchy, asset, threat.

Vocabulary. vague, clerical, asset, Internet world Trade Show.

You are going to hear an interview on the future of the Internet.

Pay special attention to the main points that some specialists say about the Internet.

Complete the following statements.

We're gonna take a closer look tonight again at the future of the Internet.

Not we have anything but the vaguest idea where it's going in the long run.

One of the truly fascinating and somewhat unsettling aspects of the Internet revolution is how many technologists and scientists say that the future may hold any number of surprises.

So we're going to inch our way into the future.

At the Internet World Trade Show in New York, they see a future when the web is everywhere.

Technology is moving from the desktop into our everyday life.

Imagine work, society, economics, relationships, all transformed, when anyone, anytime can get any message or knowledge or amusement they what, anywhere on the planet without so much as a wire.

In many ways, Internet is the world's largest experimenting anarchy.

Because of all of a sudden, the citizens of the world are in charge, and no single government or governing body is in charge of what they do.

Keep in mind that the web transmitted by satellites, cellphone, cable goes through no one central location that anyone controls.

So many of the boundaries that exist today, political and economic, will be strained as never before.

Some scientists say three quarters of the world's languages will disappear as the net connects isolated the places.

Already English is what you find on most of web pages, blending cultures, no matter how much people try to save them.

Economies are changing too.

As distance becomes meaningless, white-collar clerical, accounting or administrative jobs are being exported to Asia, just as blue-collar factory jobs were years ago.

Imagine, there are 40 or 50 millions Indians, not mention the Chinese, who could deliver office work to the rich countries of the world for two dollars a hour.

So this massive web of information is both an asset and a threat, changing cultures, economics, governments in ways no one can imagine or control.

B. Keywords. networked individualism, social networks, electronic interaction.

Vocabulary. interact, contradict, flash-and-blood, hermit, make-believe, flicker, child-rearing.

B1. Listen to a report about the role of the Internet interaction.

Fill in the following chart with keywords.

There is a professor at the univeristy of Toronto in Canada who has come up a term to describe the way a lot of us North Americans interact these days.

And now, a big research study confirms it.

Barry Wellman's term is "Networked Individualism".

It's not the easiest concept to grasp.

In fact, the words seem to contradict each other.

How can we be individualistic and networked at same time?

You need other people for networks.

Here is what he means.

Until the Internet and email come along, our social networks involved fresh-blood relatives, friends, neighbors and colleagues at work.

Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person in real time.

But the latest study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced a great deal of social interchange.

A lot of folks Pew talked with say that's a good thing, because of concerns that the Internet was turning us into hermits who shut out other people in favor of a make-believe world on flickering computer screens.

To the contrary, the Pew study discovered.

The internet has put us in touch with many more real people than we'd have ever imagined.

Helpful people, too.

We're turning to an ever-growing list of cyber friends for advice on careers, medical crises, child-rearing and choosing a school or college.

About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important or critical role in helping them deal with major life decisions.

So we networked individuals are pretty tricky:

We're keeping more to ourselves, while at the same time, reaching out to more people, all with just the click of a computer mouse.

B2. Listen to the report again.

Find out what the tricky term "networked individualism" means and fill in the blanks.

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重点单词		查看全部解释
control	[kən'trəul]	想一想再看 n. 克制，控制，管制，操作装置 vt. 控制
interchange	[.intə'tʃeindʒ,'intətʃeindʒ]	想一想再看 n. 交换，立体交叉道 v. 交换
threat	[θret]	想一想再看 n. 威胁，凶兆 vt. 威胁, 恐吓
describe	[dis'kraib]	想一想再看 vt. 描述，画(尤指几何图形)，说成	联想记忆 X 单词describe 联想记忆： de着重+scribe写→着重写→描写，叙述
vague	[veig]	想一想再看 adj. 模糊的，不明确的，犹豫不决的，茫然的	联想记忆 X 单词vague 联想记忆： vag漫游+ue→漫游而思想不集中→含糊的
isolated	['aisəleitid]	想一想再看 adj. 分离的，孤立的
revolution	[.revə'lu:ʃən]	想一想再看 n. 革命，旋转，转数	联想记忆 X 单词revolution 联想记忆： re翻+volut转+ion→翻转→革命，变革
contradict	[.kɔntrə'dikt]	想一想再看 vt. 反驳，与 ... 矛盾	联想记忆 X 单词contradict 联想记忆： contra反，dict说－反着你的意思说－反驳
interview	['intəvju:]	想一想再看 n. 接见，会见，面试，面谈 vt. 接见，采
contrary	['kɔntrəri]	想一想再看 adj. 相反的，截然不同的 adv. 相反(	联想记忆 X 单词contrary 联想记忆： contra反对,相反+ary→相反的