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Part1:FamousQuotesPart2:BackgroundknowledgePart3:ListeningandSpeakingPracticePart4:听说秘籍之模仿（Imitation）Chapter5Internet
1Part1:FamousQuotesTheInternetisbecomingthetownsquarefortheglobalvillageoftomorrow.--BillGates互联网会成为明日地球村的村中广场。---比尔•盖茨TheInternetislikealcoholinsomesense.Itacc|entuateswhatyouwoulddoanyway.Ifyouwanttobealoner,youcanbemorealone.---EstherDyson某种程度上互联网就像酒精。不管你想做什么，都会事半功倍。如果你想一个人独处，它会让你越来越孤独；如果你想和其他人联系，它会让联系越来越容易。---埃丝特•戴森AdvancesincomputertechnologyandtheInternethavechangedthewayAmericaworks,learns,andcommunicates.TheInternethasbecomeani|ntegralpartofAmerica'seconomic,political,andsociallife.…BillClinton计算机技术和互联网的发展已经改变了美国人工作，学习和沟通的方式。互联网已经成了美国人经济，政治和社会生活密不可分的一部分。---比尔•克林顿
2Part2:Backgroundknowledge(1)FortyYearsoftheInternet:HowtheWorldChangedforEverByOliverBurkemaneSource:TheGuardian,Friday23October2009
3【背景知识|】作者OliverBurkeman出生于1975年,是英国卫报的一名记者。他曾获过ForeignPressAssociation’sYoungJournalistoftheYear这个奖项,他也是2006年OrwellPrize的提名候选人。OliverBurkema还撰写了一个非常受欢迎的专栏,该专栏每周一次,关于心理学方面的内容。专栏有个好听的名字叫ThisColumnWillChangeYourLife。他也撰写自己的博客。本书中的这篇短文摘自他发表在英国卫报上的一篇关于互联网发展史的长文，因为篇幅有限，因此只节选了其中的一部分。
4Vocab|ularyrequisite[ˈrɛkwɪzɪt]adj.需要的，必要的ecumenical[ˌɛkjəˈmɛnɪkəl]adj.普世的；泛基督教的portentous[pɔ:rˈtentəs]adj.自命不凡的;装腔作势的tangible[ˈtændʒəbəl]adj.可触知的;有形的nascent[ˈnæsənt]adj.初生的;初期的fittingly['fɪtɪŋlɪ]adv.适切地，适合地biblical[ˈbɪblɪkl]adj.圣经的;依据圣经的;
5Towardstheendofthesummerof1969–afewweeksaft|erthemoonlandings,afewdaysafterWoodstock,andamonthbeforethefirstbroadcastofMontyPython'sFlyingCircus–alargegreymetalboxwasdeliveredtotheofficeofLeonardKleinrock,aprofessorattheUniversityofCaliforniainLosAngeles.Itwasthesamesizeandshapeasahouseholdrefrigerator,andoutwardly,atlea|st,ithadaboutasmuchcharm.ButKleinrockwasthrilled:aphotographfromthetimeshowshimstandingbesideit,inrequisitelate-60sbrowntieandbrowntrousers,beaminglikeaproudfather.
6Hadhetriedtoexplainhisexcitementtoanyonebuthisclosestcolleagues,theyprobablywouldn'thaveunderstood.Thefewoutside|rswhoknewofthebox'sexistencecouldn'tevengetitsnameright:itwasanIMP,or"interfacemessageprocessor",buttheyearbefore,whenaBostoncompanyhadwonthecontracttobuildit,itslocalsenator,TedKennedy,sentatelegrampraisingitsecumenicalspiritincreatingthefirst"interfaithmessageprocessor".Needl|esstosay,though,theboxthatarrivedoutsideKleinrock'sofficewasn'tamachinecapableoffosteringunderstandingamongthegreatreligionsoftheworld.Itwasmuchmoreimportantthanthat.
7It'simpossibletosayforcertainwhentheinternetbegan,mainlybecausenobodycanagreeonwhat,precisely,theinternetis.
