(5)function (6)responded to (7)centralized at (8 )spread over 10)cares about (13)in the long run (14)In… .terms (16)show (17)hang around (18)at first blush (19)up to (20)consists of (21)fall into (22)subdivided into (23) prompted…to (24)conform to (25)subscribed to (26) liven up (27)experiment wit 28)dipped into (29)Given (30)a bunch of 3. Translation 1)Translation from english to Chinese 如果你从来没有使用过新闻组,那么使用 Deja News可能是开始的最佳方式。如果 你己经用过Yaho, Excite, Infoseek或其它网页搜索引擎里的新闻搜索选项,那么你可能 已经用过 Deja News这个软件了,只是你不知道罢了。 Deja News主要是新闻组电子函件的档案搜索引擎。最简单的做法就是直接进入网 站,输入搜索要求。 Deja News将返回一列相关新闻组电子函件。但是使用 Deja News 与其它用户网新闻服务器不一样。下面是主要区别,都会使你颇受裨益 全文搜索—搜索时, Deja News不象大多数新闻阅读器那样仅仅看新闻组名称 描述,函件题目,或文头。它使用一种自己拥有专利的文本搜索索引技术来帮你找到有 关搜索题目的文章。 更大的新闻稿邮包- Deja News比一般的新闻服务器携载的新闻稿邮包更多。 般的新闻服务器携载14,000到20.000个新闻组,而 Deja News却多达5万多个。比如, 你在那儿就可以发现 NetObjects的新闻组 永久资料一大多数的本地新闻服务器电子函件的保留时间为几天或几周,而Deja News却能永久保存。它把从1995年创始时到现在的所有新闻稿邮包的每一封电子函件 都一一存档,编入索引。如果你想找到那篇去年看到的文章在哪儿, Deja neεws可能是 唯一的希望 我的 Deja News一尽管是档案资料搜索引擎,你也可以快速简便的注册“我的 Deja News服务业务。利用“我的 Deja News”,你可以像通过 Usenet一样订阅当前新 闻组信函,并且你还可以从任何一个能上网的计算机上进入“我的 Deja News (2)Translation from Chinese to English Sometimes you might not be sure which is the best newsgroup to post your article. There may be a couple of newsgroups that are applicable. Most newsreaders allow you to post your article to more than one newsgroup. Before you post your article, you specify all of the
6 (5) function as (6) responded to (7) centralized at (8) spread over (9) first off (10) cares about (11) link to (12) was devoted to (13) in the long run (14) In …terms (15) happen to (16) show up (17) hang around (18) at first blush (19) up to (20) consists of (21) fall into (22) subdivided into (23) prompted…to (24) conform to (25) subscribed to (26) liven up (27) experiment with (28) dipped into (29) Given (30) a bunch of 3. Translation. (1) Translation from English to Chinese. 如果你从来没有使用过新闻组，那么使用 Deja News 可能是开始的最佳方式。如果 你已经用过 Yahoo, Excite, Infoseek 或其它网页搜索引擎里的新闻搜索选项，那么你可能 已经用过 Deja News 这个软件了，只是你不知道罢了。 Deja News 主要是新闻组电子函件的档案搜索引擎。最简单的做法就是直接进入网 站，输入搜索要求。Deja News 将返回一列相关新闻组电子函件。但是使用 Deja News 与其它用户网新闻服务器不一样。下面是主要区别，都会使你颇受裨益： 全文搜索 － 搜索时，Deja News 不象大多数新闻阅读器那样仅仅看新闻组名称， 描述，函件题目，或文头。它使用一种自己拥有专利的文本搜索索引技术来帮你找到有 关搜索题目的文章。 更大的新闻稿邮包 — Deja News 比一般的新闻服务器携载的新闻稿邮包更多。一 般的新闻服务器携载 14,000 到 20,000 个新闻组，而 Deja News 却多达 5 万多个。比如， 你在那儿就可以发现 NetObjects 的新闻组。 永久资料 — 大多数的本地新闻服务器电子函件的保留时间为几天或几周，而 Deja News 却能永久保存。它把从 1995 年创始时到现在的所有新闻稿邮包的每一封电子函件 都一一存档，编入索引。如果你想找到那篇去年看到的文章在哪儿，Deja News 可能是 唯一的希望。 我的 Deja News － 尽管是档案资料搜索引擎，你也可以快速简便的注册“我的 Deja News”服务业务。利用“我的 Deja News”，你可以像通过 Usenet 一样订阅当前新 闻组信函，并且你还可以从任何一个能上网的计算机上进入“我的 Deja News”。 (2) Translation from Chinese to English. Sometimes you might not be sure which is the best newsgroup to post your article. There may be a couple of newsgroups that are applicable. Most newsreaders allow you to post your article to more than one newsgroup. Before you post your article, you specify all of the
newsgroups to which you want to post Cross-posting is posting an article to more than one newsgroup. The newsreader the same article to each of the specified newsgroups. The article looks exactly if you had posted it to each newsgroup yourself. Most newsreaders list the cross-posted newsgroups with the article. People replying to your cross-posted article will find their replies in each of the listed newsgroups, unless they remove some of them first Spamming is posting an article to many or all of the newsgroups. This is similar to a mass mailing in the regular mail. Spamming often happens when someone sends out advertising for their product or service or as a marketing ploy. The article has little in common with any of the posted newsgroups. This is not the proper way to use Usenet News. After noticing a spam, some people might organize themselves and send many e-mail flames to the spammer We sometimes refer to these e-mail messages as mail bombs. A sudden, large amount of e-mail sent to one site often catches the eye of the spammers ISP. The administrators might take action against the spammer. In some cases, they may even pull the plug on the spammers Internet account. However, there are some ISPs that provide their services specifically to spammers, and ignore the mail bombs 4. Supplementary reading B Reading Comprehension 1.b 6.d 7.b 10.b
7 newsgroups to which you want to post. Cross-posting is posting an article to more than one newsgroup. The newsreader simply posts the same article to each of the specified newsgroups. The article looks exactly the same as if you had posted it to each newsgroup yourself. Most newsreaders list the cross-posted newsgroups with the article. People replying to your cross-posted article will find their replies in each of the listed newsgroups, unless they remove some of them first. Spamming is posting an article to many or all of the newsgroups. This is similar to a mass mailing in the regular mail. Spamming often happens when someone sends out advertising for their product or service or as a marketing ploy. The article has little in common with any of the posted newsgroups. This is not the proper way to use Usenet News. After noticing a spam, some people might organize themselves and send many e-mail flames to the spammer. We sometimes refer to these e-mail messages as mail bombs. A sudden, large amount of e-mail sent to one site often catches the eye of the spammer’s ISP. The administrators might take action against the spammer. In some cases, they may even pull the plug on the spammer’s Internet account. However, there are some ISPs that provide their services specifically to spammers, and ignore the mail bombs. 4. Supplementary Reading B. Reading Comprehension 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. d 5. c 6. d 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. b
Chapter 3 Answer the questions on the text (1) Bulletin Board Systems are one of the best communications and entertainment mediums are self-contained online communities. A bbs is almost like a miniaturized Internet. A bbs variety of things for users to do- Read and Write messages in Discussion Forums, Upload and Download files, and Play onlin (2)There are generally three types of BBS systems Dial-Up, Telnet and Web-based (3)When you have connected to a Telnet BBS system, you will notice things are different from hen you are surfing the World Wide Web. The graphics are not of the picture quality you are familiar with on the Web. Another big difference is that on most BBS systems your pointing device(mouse)does not work. (4)In order to access these systems, you will need something known as Terminal Software that allows you to use your computer modem to"call "these BBSes via the regular telephone network This concept is just like you would use for dialing up your Internet Service Provider (5) The BBS Systems offer Software/Applications, Discussion Forums, E-Mails, Online Games Chatting and Offline mails (6)There are two kinds of E-mail for BBS Systems. The first kind is only designed to be sent from a user to another user on that specific BBS System. The other kind of E-mail is sometimes referred to as"Netmail"where the originator is on one BBS system and is sent via a network to another BBS System somewhere else (7)The Inter BBS games allow the users of one BBS to unite as a team to play against the users of another BBS or a league consisting of several BBS systems. These games usually last for weeks and months (8)Ofline mail is a way for BBS users to read and reply to Discussion Forum messages while offline. BBS Users can select the Discussion Forums that they are interested in and download mailbags"to their PCs. Then with a program called an"Offline Mail Reader", the BBS user can open the mailbag and read, reply, and generate new messages. This is done at his/her own leisure When ready the reader application will create a reply mailbag. The caller then simply uploads the mailbag the next time he/she connects to the bBs. The reply mailbag is opened and the new messages are distributed to the correct conferences way the caller gets his/her mail and can participate in other activities on the BR plying mail. This (9)The user benefits because he/she is not burning up online time reading and re (10) BBS Systems for the most part are run by hobbyists
8 Chapter 3 1. Answer the questions on the text. (1) Bulletin Board Systems are one of the best communications and entertainment mediums. They are self-contained online communities. A BBS is almost like a miniaturized Internet. A BBS has a variety of things for users to do - Read and Write messages in Discussion Forums, Upload and Download files, and Play online games. (2) There are generally three types of BBS systems: Dial-Up, Telnet and Web-based. (3) When you have connected to a Telnet BBS system, you will notice things are different from when you are surfing the World Wide Web. The graphics are not of the picture quality you are familiar with on the Web. Another big difference is that on most BBS systems your pointing device (mouse) does not work. (4) In order to access these systems, you will need something known as Terminal Software that allows you to use your computer modem to "call" these BBSes via the regular telephone network. This concept is just like you would use for dialing up your Internet Service Provider. (5) The BBS Systems offer Software / Applications, Discussion Forums, E-Mails, Online Games, Chatting and Offline Mails. (6) There are two kinds of E-mail for BBS Systems. The first kind is only designed to be sent from a user to another user on that specific BBS System. The other kind of E-mail is sometimes referred to as "Netmail" where the originator is on one BBS system and is sent via a network to another BBS system somewhere else. (7) The InterBBS games allow the users of one BBS to unite as a team to play against the users of another BBS or a league consisting of several BBS systems. These games usually last for weeks and months. (8) Offline mail is a way for BBS users to read and reply to Discussion Forum messages while offline. BBS Users can select the Discussion Forums that they are interested in and download "mailbags" to their PC's. Then with a program called an "Offline Mail Reader", the BBS user can open the mailbag and read, reply, and generate new messages. This is done at his/her own leisure. When ready the reader application will create a reply mailbag. The caller then simply uploads the mailbag the next time he/she connects to the BBS. The reply mailbag is opened and the new messages are distributed to the correct conferences. (9) The user benefits because he/she is not burning up online time reading and replying mail. This way the caller gets his/her mail and can participate in other activities on the BBS. (10) BBS Systems for the most part are run by hobbyists
2. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the phrases. (1)consists of (2)ranges from..to (3)appeal to (5)jumped in with both feet (6)checked out (7)have missed out 8)subscribe to (9)is lacking in (10) had burned up 3. Translation ( Translate the following passage into Chinese. 欢迎来到电子公告栏的世界。你只需要你的电脑、调制解器和一条电话线就可以连接当 地的BBS系统了。BBS会将你带入一个信息与人,服务和娱乐的世界。使用BBS系统,你 可以为你的电脑找到高质量的最新的软件。你也可以同当地的其他人或世界各地的人交流 你有问题可以得到帮助,讨论和你关系重大的问题,和兴趣相同的人聊天。BBS系统一般 还提供激动人心的多人游戏,新闻和信息公布服务,最新的共享软件程序,以及许多在其它 地方都找不到的服务 你已经具备了一切进入奇妙的电子公告栏世界的所有东西,这真是太棒了。更棒的是 BBS一般都是一些BBS爱好者创办的,他们所提供的一切都是免费的。只要你熟悉BBS 它一般是非常容易使用的。然而要找到BBS上所提供的东西,学会如何使用也可能会很难 当人们刚有一个调制解调器时,人们常常会去试着上一些BBS,这是很正常的。他们四处 游览,然后就再不用调制解调器了,因为他们不知道能得到些什么。对了,这就是为什么我 们在这儿的原因了。如果你对学习如何利用BBS上为你提供的一切,把你的电脑和调制解 调器变为真正强有力的工具感兴趣的话,就请往下读吧 简单的说,电子公告栏系统是设立在我们计算机中的一个软件。你可以通过普通电话线 拨打我们的电脑,使用你电脑中的交际程序,进入我们的BBS上所能提供的软件(比如说游 戏),还可以下载(即指复制到你的电脑中)程序,供你在闲暇时使用。你还可以进入信息库和 全国各地的人通信 你首先应该知道的事情是BBS系统是多种多样的,就好像使用它们的人那样各有不同 有些爱好者创立的系统很小,只有很少的文件或是留言区,但是气氛通常都非常友好,也有 些商业运转的留言版,它们有许多行,其特色多的不是你能想象的。一些留言版提供的兴趣 特色差不多可以满足每一个人,然而其他的留言版只以特定的人群或兴趣爱好为对象。当你 首次参与了电子公告栏系统后,你可能就会想探索你能找到的尽可能多的不同的BBS系统。 你也很可能想参与BBS上发生的一切了
9 2. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the phrases. (1) consists of (2) ranges from … to (3) appeal to (4) is dedicated to (5) jumped in with both feet (6) checked out (7) have missed out (8) subscribe to (9) is lacking in (10) had burned up 3. Translation (1) Translate the following passage into Chinese. 欢迎来到电子公告栏的世界。你只需要你的电脑、调制解器和一条电话线就可以连接当 地的 BBS 系统了。BBS 会将你带入一个信息与人，服务和娱乐的世界。使用 BBS 系统，你 可以为你的电脑找到高质量的最新的软件。你也可以同当地的其他人或世界各地的人交流。 你有问题可以得到帮助，讨论和你关系重大的问题，和兴趣相同的人聊天。BBS 系统一般 还提供激动人心的多人游戏，新闻和信息公布服务，最新的共享软件程序，以及许多在其它 地方都找不到的服务。 你已经具备了一切进入奇妙的电子公告栏世界的所有东西，这真是太棒了。更棒的是， BBS 一般都是一些 BBS 爱好者创办的，他们所提供的一切都是免费的。只要你熟悉 BBS， 它一般是非常容易使用的。然而要找到 BBS 上所提供的东西，学会如何使用也可能会很难。 当人们刚有一个调制解调器时，人们常常会去试着上一些 BBS，这是很正常的。他们四处 游览，然后就再不用调制解调器了，因为他们不知道能得到些什么。对了，这就是为什么我 们在这儿的原因了。如果你对学习如何利用 BBS 上为你提供的一切，把你的电脑和调制解 调器变为真正强有力的工具感兴趣的话，就请往下读吧。 简单的说，电子公告栏系统是设立在我们计算机中的一个软件。你可以通过普通电话线 拨打我们的电脑，使用你电脑中的交际程序，进入我们的 BBS 上所能提供的软件(比如说游 戏)，还可以下载(即指复制到你的电脑中)程序，供你在闲暇时使用。你还可以进入信息库和 全国各地的人通信。 你首先应该知道的事情是 BBS 系统是多种多样的，就好像使用它们的人那样各有不同。 有些爱好者创立的系统很小，只有很少的文件或是留言区，但是气氛通常都非常友好，也有 些商业运转的留言版，它们有许多行，其特色多的不是你能想象的。一些留言版提供的兴趣 特色差不多可以满足每一个人，然而其他的留言版只以特定的人群或兴趣爱好为对象。当你 首次参与了电子公告栏系统后，你可能就会想探索你能找到的尽可能多的不同的 BBS 系统。 你也很可能想参与 BBS 上发生的一切了
(2)Translate the following pas sage into English. How to Use the message boards A Step-by-step Guide Welcome to the guide to using the BBC message boards! Here you'll find out everything you need to know about registering, and posting messages. Read on 1. First of all, you' ll need to register for the bbc boards. Either click on the"ReGister" button on the main message boards page or just click here bit of reading to do now. Read the Terms Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and the House Rules. If you've no objections with these, click on the"l accept"button at the bottom of the 3. Type in the following fields First Name -this appears on the message board Surname-also appears on the message board. You don't have to fill this in if you dont want to Preferred Login name-the username you'd like to use to login to the message boards(six or more characters without spac Password-the password you'd like to use to login to the message boards(six or more characters without spaces Confirm Password -just to make sure that you didn, t make any mistakes the first time 4. We'll send you an email immediately- check your email 5. To register, you need to reply to the email. This is*very* important-if you don' t reply then you wont be able to use the message boards properly 6. You should now be a registered member of the bbc message boards! go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/andchooseatopicthatinterestsyouYou'reregisteredfor all of them so don't limit yourself to just one topic! 7. Once you've found a board you'd like to participate in, you'll need to login. There will be a login option at the top of every message board. If you can't see one, you're already logged in 8. When you're logged in, you'll see two new options available to you If you want to start a new conversation,click on the"START NEW DISCUSSION" button at the top of the page, or if you would like to reply to someone, choose a message that looks interesting and click on either it's title, or the 'more button next to it. You'll now be taken to a page showing the full discussion-click on the"(Reply] "link at the end of whichever post you'd like to reply to 9. You'll be able to compose your message now. Fill in the title of your post, and the message in the box beneath. If you'd like to be emailed when you receive a reply to your post, click on the ickbox. Remember the three golden rules of the BBC message boards: no telephone numbers, no web or email addresses and treat others with respect. Click on the"PREVIEW MESSAGE"button when you're ready 10. If you're happy with your message, click the"POST IT"button. If you spot a spelling mistake or something else you'd like to change, click on the"EDIT"button. If you've changed your mind about posting the message, press"CANCEL"to return to the message board 11. If you're accessing the internet from a public place such as a university or internet cafe, you should click on the "logout" button top of each message board when you're ready to leave. If you don't, then the next person to use that computer will logon to the message boards with your details! If you're accessing the internet from your own computer, you needn 't
10 (2) Translate the following passage into English. How to Use the Message Boards A Step-by-step Guide Welcome to the guide to using the BBC message boards! Here you'll find out everything you need to know about registering, and posting messages. Read on! 1. First of all, you'll need to register for the BBC boards. Either click on the "REGISTER" button on the main message boards page or just click here. 2. There's a bit of reading to do now. Read the Terms & Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and the House Rules. If you've no objections with these, click on the "I accept" button at the bottom of the page. 3. Type in the following fields: First Name - this appears on the message board Surname - also appears on the message board. You don't have to fill this in if you don't want to. Preferred Login name - the username you'd like to use to login to the message boards (six or more characters without spaces) Password - the password you'd like to use to login to the message boards (six or more characters without spaces) Confirm Password - just to make sure that you didn't make any mistakes the first time! E-mail address - this must be valid! 4. We'll send you an email immediately - check your email! 5. To register, you need to reply to the email. This is *very* important - if you don't reply then you won't be able to use the message boards properly! 6. You should now be a registered member of the BBC message boards! Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/ and choose a topic that interests you. You're registered for all of them so don't limit yourself to just one topic! 7. Once you've found a board you'd like to participate in, you'll need to login. There will be a login option at the top of every message board. If you can't see one, you're already logged in! 8. When you're logged in, you'll see two new options available to you. If you want to start a new conversation, click on the "START NEW DISCUSSION" button at the top of the page, or if you would like to reply to someone, choose a message that looks interesting and click on either it's title, or the 'more' button next to it. You'll now be taken to a page showing the full discussion - click on the "[Reply]" link at the end of whichever post you'd like to reply to. 9. You'll be able to compose your message now. Fill in the title of your post, and the message in the box beneath. If you'd like to be emailed when you receive a reply to your post, click on the tickbox. Remember the three golden rules of the BBC message boards: no telephone numbers, no web or email addresses and treat others with respect. Click on the "PREVIEW MESSAGE" button when you're ready. 10. If you're happy with your message, click the "POST IT" button. If you spot a spelling mistake or something else you'd like to change, click on the "EDIT" button. If you've changed your mind about posting the message, press "CANCEL" to return to the message board. 11. If you're accessing the internet from a public place such as a university or internet cafe, you should click on the "LOGOUT" button at the top of each message board when you're ready to leave. If you don't, then the next person to use that computer will logon to the message boards with your details! If you're accessing the internet from your own computer, you needn't worry