Unit11TheMediaMediaisattheveryheartofsocietyandbusiness.Asanimportanttoolforpeopletoexchangeminds,mediainitsmanyformsinvolvesagreatdealofvaluewhosecontenthasdevelopedinanincreasingspeed.Mediahasalargeeffectoneverybody’slife.Amongallkindsofmediaforms,massmediaarethemostimportanttoolsofcommunication.Throughtheinformationpassedbymassmedia,wecanknoweventhefarthestendoftheworld.Theyenableustocommunicatewitheachotherbyhelpingustoovercomethebarriersoftimeandspace.Massmediaaffectusinvariousways.Theykeepuswellinformedofthehappeningsoftheworldwhichwouldotherwiseremainunknown.Becauseofthegreatinfluencemassmediacanmake,alargenumberofproductsandbrandscomeintoourmindsthroughadvertisements.Aswecansee,newspapers,magazinesandTVarefilledwithallkindsofcolours,persuadingustobuytheirproducts.Also,massmediagiveusentertainment.Everyday,abigvarietyofprogramsarebroadcastingaroundtheclockonTVandradio.Films,booksandmagazinesallgiveusdailyamusement.Overthelastdecade,massmediahavechangedalot.Weevenhaveseenmanynewmediacreated.Everyonewilllikethemedia,producingandspreadinginformationtoanycorneroftheworldthroughtheInternet.Mediawillbemorecomplicatedandmultiple.Let’slookforwardtothefutureofmedia,hopingthedevelopmentofmediawillbringlargebenefitstopeople.Section_ⅠWarmup&Lesson1—Prereading[原文呈现]AfricaonG8Agenda①July5,2005ScotlandTheGroupofEight,orG8,wasformed②byeightoftheworld’swealthiestnations③in1998.TheG8ismadeupof④political⑤leadersfromFrance,theUnitedStates,Britain,Germany,Japan,Italy,CanadaandRussia.Theymeeteverysummertodiscussmajorproblemsthatconcernthewholeworld⑥.[读文清障]①agenda/'dend/əʒən.议程②formv．形成，组成n．形式intheformof以……的形式③nation/'neIʃn/n.国家；民族nation侧重指国民；state侧重指政权；country主要指疆土。④bemadeupof由……组成consistof＝bemadeupof，但consistof无被动形式。⑤political/p'lItIkəl/adj.政治的⑥that引导的定语从句，修饰problems。非洲问题摆上八国首脑峰会议程[第1段译文]2005年7月5日苏格兰1998年世界上最富有的8个国家组建了八国集团(或称G8)。八国集团由法国、美国、英国、德国、日本、意大利、加拿大和俄罗斯的政治领导人组成。他们每年夏天会面，讨论有关全世界的重要问题。Itisgoingtoberememberedas⑦ahistoricalmeetingthisyear,asthetopicofAfricawillbediscussedindetail⑧.Widespread⑨poverty⑩inAfricameansthatmanypeopletherecannotgetthewater,clothing,housing,electricity⑪oreducationtheyneed⑫.AIDS⑬isanotherproblemofgreatconcernsosex⑭educationandhealthcareadministration⑮areextremelyimportant.Reforms⑯havebeendemanded⑰bypeoplefromallovertheworld.Theywanttheleaderstocancelthedebt⑱ofAfrica’spoorestcountriessothattheproblemstherecanbepreventedfrom⑲gettinganyworse⑳.Theirbelief○isthatthisistheonlywayformanyofthesenationstoescapetheirpainful○pasts.⑦berememberedas作为……被记住⑧indetail详细地⑨widespread/'waIdspred/adj.广泛的⑩poverty/'pvti/ɒən.贫穷，穷困⑪electricity/Ilek'trIsIti/n.电⑫theyneed是定语从句，修饰前面的thewater...oreducation。⑬AIDS/eIdz/n.艾滋病⑭sex/seks/n.性，性别⑮administration/dmInI'streIəˌʃn/n.管理，行政⑯reform/rI'fm/ɔːn.改革，改良⑰demand/dI'mɑnd/ːvt.要求，请求⑱debt/det/n.债务，欠款indebt欠债outofdebt不欠债⑲bepreventedfromdoing为preventsb.fromdoing的被动形式。⑳sothat引导目的状语从句，该从句中的canbeprevented是含有情态动词的被动语态。○belief/bI'lif/ːn.信仰；信心；信任○painful/'peInfl/adj.令人痛苦的，引起疼痛的[第2～3段译...
