高中英语人教版2000年高三下05

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 18 Office equipment
[00:02.80]第十八单元 办公设备
[00:05.59]Lesson 69 1 Reading comprehension
[00:09.12]第六十九课 1 阅读理解
[00:12.64]Read the text fast and choose the right title for each section:
[00:15.83]快速朗读课文，在每一片段选出正确的标题。
[00:19.02]The photocopier      The answering machine
[00:21.45]影印机               电话答应机
[00:23.88]The fax machine      The word processor
[00:26.40]传真机               文字处理软件
[00:28.92]THE OFFICE
[00:30.20]办公室
[00:31.48]Offices cannot work properly
[00:35.34]without certain important pieces of equipment.
[00:37.62]办公室没有必要的重要的仪器设备就不能完全地工作。
[00:39.89]One of the first jobs when you start work in an office
[00:42.37]当你在办公室开始工作时，第一件事情就是
[00:44.85]is to learn how to use every piece of equipment.
[00:47.23]学习怎样用每一样仪器设备。
[00:49.61]Once you have done this,
[00:52.77]you will quickly become a useful member of the team.
[00:55.09]一旦你这样做了，你就会很快成为工作班子里有用的一员。
[00:57.42]It is better to ask for help at the beginning
[01:00.00]最好在开始工作时就请求帮助
[01:02.59]rather than to wait until a busy period
[01:06.95]when everyone is rushed off their feet.
[01:08.98]而不要等到大家都忙得不可开交的时候。
[01:11.00]The fax has greatly changed office work, especially in China.
[01:14.42]尤其是在中国，传真大大地改变了办公室的工作。
[01:17.84]When you place a sheet of paper in a fax machine,
[01:20.27]当你放一张纸在传真机上，
[01:22.70]the machine "reads" the writing on the page
[01:25.13]机器就会读写在上面的内容
[01:27.56]and changes the shapes of letters into electronic signals.
[01:30.38]改变字母的形状，使之变成电子信号。
[01:33.20]It then sends these signals down an ordinary telephone line
[01:36.04]然后把这些信号发送到普通的电话线
[01:38.87]to another fax machine
[01:42.03]which changes the signals back into the shapes of letters.
[01:44.52]到另一个传真机，把信号转变成字母的形状。
[01:47.00]You can imagine how useful this is,
[01:48.88]你可以想象这多有用，
[01:50.76]particularly in countries like China and Japan,
[01:53.19]特别是在中国或日本，
[01:55.62]which use written characters not letters
[01:57.84]书写用文字而不是用字母的国家。
[02:00.06]It is also useful for sending pictures,designs,maps and so on.
[02:03.18]对传送图片、设计图、地图等等也很有用的。
[02:06.30]Sending a fax is more expensive than posting a letter,but much quicker.
[02:09.63]发一份传真比邮寄一封信要贵的多，但快很多。
[02:12.96]For example,you can send information abroad immediately,
[02:15.78]例如，你可以立刻把信息传送到外国去，
[02:18.61]but mailing a letter might take a week or so.
[02:20.89]但邮寄一封信可能要用一个星期或者更多。
[02:23.18]If you want to send a letter to an office abroad
[02:27.62]that is in a different time zone,
[02:29.45]如果你想发一封信到不同时间区域的外国办公室去，
[02:31.28]you can send a fax,
[02:34.44]and it will be received even though the office is not open.
[02:37.02]你可以发传真，它将会被收到，即使那个办公室没有开门。
[02:39.61]There are two other points to consider.
[02:41.49]这有另外两点要考虑。
[02:43.37]First,remember that a fax can be read by anyone,
[02:48.41]so be careful what you send!
[02:50.15]第一，记住传真每个人都可以看，所以小心你的发的东西！
[02:51.89]Second,do not start faxing everything!
[02:54.22]第二，不要每一样东西都发传真！
[02:56.56]It is much cheaper to post or email a long report than to fax it.
[02:59.68]通过邮寄成电子邮件的方式发一个长篇的报告比用传真便宜得多。
[03:02.80]This makes copies,using a mirror,a roller and special black powder.
[03:06.34]这个做副本是用一面镜子，一个滚筒和一种特殊的黑火药。
[03:09.88]Modern machines can make the copy bigger or smaller,
[03:12.56]现代机器可以把副本做的或大或小，
[03:15.24]lighter or darker and copy onto both sides of the paper.
[03:17.86]亮些或暗些，还可以在纸的两面都有印上内容。
[03:20.49]It can copy a long report and sort the copies and pin them together.