Reading(1)：TheevolutionofvideoandsounddevicesVIP专享VIP免费

UnitUnit11Reading1TheevolutionofvideoandsounddevicesTheblack-and-whiteTVThecolorTVTheLCDTVTherecordplayerThetaperecorderVideorecorderCDVCDDVD•1.CanyoudescribetheTVyouareusingnow?•2.Whatarethedifferencesbetweentaperecorders,CDplayers,MP3players?•3.DoyourememberthereadingpassageaboutthedevelopmentofEnglish?Howwasthearticleorganized?Thearticlewasdividedbythreeheadings:OldEnglish,middleEnglishandModernEnglish.StepLead-inⅠ1.WhodevelopedthesystemusedformostearlyTVbroadcasts?JohnLogieBaird.2.Whomadethefirstrecordingofahumanvoice?ThomasEdison.3.Whatweredevelopedbythelate1960s?Portablecassetteplayersandvideorecorders.StepReadingforgistⅡStepReadingfordetailsⅢ1.ColourTVbecamepopularwithinjustafewyearsafteritwasinvented.2.PeoplewithoutsatellitedishesdonotbenefitatallfromsatelliteTVbroadcasts.3.Someofthefirsttaperecordersusedplastictapetorecordon.4.RecordsandcassettesdonotofferasgoodasoundqualityasCDs.5.Newtechnologywillsoonmakemanyofthethingstalkedaboutinthearticleoutofdate.StepReadingforconsolidationⅣ1.WhodevelopthesystemusedformostearlyTVbroadcasts?A.JohnLogieBaird,anEnglishmanB.PhiloFarnsthorth,anEnglishmanC.JohnLogieBaird,anAmericanmanD.PhiloFarnsthorth,anAmericanman2.InwhichyeardidsatellitescomeintouseinTVbroadcasts?A.1925B.1962C.1993D.1995Taskone3.MorecolourTVsthanblack-and-whiteTVswerebeingusedbytheyear________.A.1928B.1951C.1967D.19724.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthearticle?A.CassettteplayersB.VideorecordersC.3DrecordersD.DVDsTasktwolong-distancebegancontributionsdiscoveredtookwithinreceivedaccessiblebeneficialdespiteTaskthreeWhatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytogetthemostimportantinformationinsuchalongpassage?Followthechronologicalorder(时间顺序).•1887—•1925—•1929—•1938—•1962—•1967—EmileBerlinerinventedarecordplayerthatuseddiscstorecordon.ThefirstpublicTVbroadcastsweremade,intheUSA.RegularpublicbroadcastingbeganinLondon.ThefirstcolourTVprogrammewasbroadcast.SatelliteswereusedtobroadcastTV.RegularcolourTVbroadcastsbeganintheUK.1982—1993—1995—ThefirstCDsweremadeavailable.TheVCDwasborn.TheDVDwasinvented.StepUnderstandingdifficultsentencesⅤ•1.Regularpublicbroadcastingfollowedshortlyafter,firstbeginningon11May1928inNewYork.•Regularpublicbroadcastingfollowedshortlyafter.•Regularpublicbroadcastingfirst____on11May1928inNewYork.began2.SatelliteswereusedtobroadcastTVbeginningin1962.SatelliteswereusedtobroadcastTVandthis____in1962.3.…broadcastthesignalstheygetfromsatellitereceiverstothepopulationlivingnearby.…broadcastthesignalstheygetfromsatellitereceiverstothepopulation________nearby.beganwholive•4.…adoptmanyoftheprinciplesfirstdiscoveredbyFransworth.•…adoptmanyoftheprinciples________________byFransworth.•5.…andsosatellitedishescanoftenbeseendistributedthroughoutthecountrysideandtheremoteareas.•…andsoyoucanoftensee____________throughoutthecountrysideandtheremoteareas.thatwerefirstdiscoveredsatellitedishesdistributed6.…itwasnotuntil1938thatthefirstcolourTVprogrammewasbroadcast.ThefirstcolourTVprogramme_______________________________.7.Technologyisnowchangingfasterthanmostpeoplecankeeppacewith.Mostpeople_____________________.wasnotbroadcastuntil1938cannotkeeppacewithtechnologicalchangeWriteasummaryCanyoubrieflyintroducetheevolutionofvideoandsounddevices?Homework1.Readthepassage.2.Writeasummary.3.Underlinedifficultsentencesandimportantphrases.