Before the Internet
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Information and the Internet.
信息与互联网目录.
4 At the Library.
4个 图书馆
6 In the News.
页:1 新闻网.
10 Face-to-Face.
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11 Finishing Up.
11 结束。
14 A World of Technology.
14 技术世界。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Information and the Internet Imagine that your city holds a festival each year celebrating the history of the city.
16 信息和互联网 想象一下,你的城市每年举办一个庆祝城市历史的节日.
Your teacher wants everyone in your class to write a report about the festival.
你的老师希望班上每个人都写一篇关于节日的报告.
You need to research and include information about your city, the history of the festival, and events happening at the festival this year.
您需要研究并包含有关您所在城市,节日历史,以及今年节日活动的信息.
Your teacher says that you need to use several different sources.
你的老师说,你需要使用几种不同的来源。
You also need to interview a person who lives in your city.
您还需要采访住在您所在城市的人。
You probably already know how you would start finding information for your project.
你可能已经知道 如何开始为您的项目找到信息。
Your city likely has a website and social media pages where you can quickly learn about its history and current events.
您所在的城市可能有一个网站和社交媒体网页,您可以快速了解其历史和时事。
You can also find the people involved in planning the festival.
也可以找到参与策划节日的人.
Imagine that you live in a time before the Internet was available, though.
想象一下,你生活在互联网尚未普及的时代。
How will you find information for your project now?
你现在要怎么为项目找到信息?
These days, we have many tools and devices to help us find information, people, and places.
现在,我们有许多工具和设备 来帮助我们找到信息、人和地点。
It was not always so easy to access this information.
获取这种信息并不总是那么容易。
At the Library You decide to start at the local public library.
在图书馆 你决定从当地公共图书馆开始
There, you know you can find books, articles, news stories, and information about events and people in your city.
在那里,你知道你可以找到书籍,文章,新闻报道, 和关于你城市的事件和人们的信息。
The librarian can help you find the most useful resources for your project.
图书馆管理员可以帮助您找到您项目最有用的资源。
Librarians don’t just organize the books in a library.
图书馆馆员不只是在图书馆里整理书籍。
They are also experts in finding information and helping others do the same.
他们也是寻找信息和帮助他人这样做的专家。
Owning Encyclopedias The librarian tells you that encyclopedias are a helpful starting point for any kind of project.
拥有百科全书 图书管理员告诉你,百科全书是任何项目的一个有益的起点.
Encyclopedias are books full of information about many different topics.
百科全书是充满许多不同主题信息的书籍.
They come in a set that is organized alphabetically.
他们按照字母顺序排列成一组
Each book usually covers topics that begin with a letter of the alphabet.
每本书通常涵盖以字母表字母开头的主题.
The encyclopedia might have an article about your city or about an important person who once lived there.
百科全书可能有一篇关于你的城市的文章 或关于曾经住在那里的重要人物的文章
For many years, most schools and libraries had a set of encyclopedias.
多年来,大多数学校和图书馆都有一套百科全书.
Many people also owned encyclopedias at home.
许多人在家也拥有百科全书.
Encyclopedia salespeople would travel from home to home, selling the books.
百科全书的销售人员会从家到家,卖出书籍.
A full set of encyclopedias could cost more than one thousand dollars.
一套完整的百科全书可能耗资一千多美元.
Most encyclopedia companies no longer print books.
大多数百科全书公司不再印刷书籍.
Instead, encyclopedias can be found online.
相反地,可以在网上找到百科全书.
Once you learn everything you can from the encyclopedia, you look for other books in the library.
一旦从"百科全书"中学习出能学到的一切,就去图书馆找其他书籍.
For this, you use the card catalog.
对于这个,你使用卡片目录。
This system keeps track of the books in the library.
这个系统可以追踪图书馆的书籍.
The librarian shows you drawers full of paper cards with information about every book in the library.
图书管理员会给你们看满满纸卡的抽屉 里面有图书馆里每本书的资料
The cards list the title, author, and subject of each book.
卡片列出每本书的标题,作者,主题.
You look through the cards until you find a book you think might be helpful.
你仔细看牌,直到找到一本书,你觉得有帮助。
Then you write down the information from the card.
然后把卡片上的信息写下来
Now you know where to find the book on the shelves.
现在你知道书在哪里了
Most libraries no longer use card catalogs.
大多数图书馆不再使用卡片目录.
Instead, libraries have computer programs to help people find and track information in the library.
相反,图书馆有计算机程序帮助人们在图书馆中查找并跟踪信息.
Next, your librarian shows you where the library keeps copies of newspapers and magazines.
接下来,你的图书管理员会告诉你图书馆存放报纸杂志的地方.
You look through old newspapers to find stories about festivals in past years.
你看看旧报纸 找寻过去几年的节日故事
Your library also has recordings of local TV and radio news stories.
您的图书馆还提供当地电视和广播新闻的录音。
You find old photographs and video recordings of events that happened at the festival.
你发现旧照片和录像 发生在节日的事件。
Many libraries keep collections of historical or out-of-date resources such as newspapers, letters, photographs, and books.
许多图书馆保存有报纸,信件,相片等历史资料或过时资料和书籍.
In the News You can check the news to find information about this year’s festival, too.
新闻 有关今年节日的信息,您也可查看新闻。
Your city’s newspaper might have an article about the upcoming festival.
您所在城市的报纸可能会刊登一篇文章,
Your local news station might do a story about it, too.
你的当地新闻台可能也会报道这件事
Your library has a copy of the most recent newspapers, and your parents have a newspaper delivered to your home each day.
您的图书馆有一份最新的报纸,您的父母每天有一份报纸送到您家。
You plan to watch the evening news to see the story on TV.
你准备看晚间新闻,看电视上的故事。
To find out when to watch local news, you look in a TV guide.
为了了解何时看本地新闻,请看电视指南.
The guide is printed in your local newspaper.
指南由你当地报纸印制.
It lists every TV channel available in your area and every show playing on these channels at every hour of the day.
它列出了您所在区域可以使用的每一个电视频道,以及每天每个小时在这些频道播放的每一个节目.
The guide also has descriptions of what will happen on the shows that week.
指南还描述了该周节目将发生的事情.
You look in the TV guide for the channels you get at your home.
你在电视指南里查看你家里的频道
Then you find out what time you can watch the news.
然后找出何时可以看新闻.
Face-to-Face Finally, you’ve collected all the information you can from books, articles, and news reports.
面对面 最后,你从书籍、文章和新闻报道中收集了所有你能够收集的信息。
It is time to begin planning your interview.
是时候开始计划你的采访了
Your research has given you some ideas about who to interview.
你的研究给了你一些关于谁采访的想法.
From reading the newspaper, you’ve learned who is in charge of planning this year’s festival.
你从报纸上了解到今年的节日由谁负责。
The local news interviewed a man who has been to fifty festivals.
当地新闻采访了一位参加过50个节日的人.
You decide you’ d like to interview him, too.
你决定自己也想采访他。
You also think it would be interesting to talk to the mayor of the city.
你还认为和市长谈谈会很有趣
Two students interview a man using a video camera and microphone.
两个学生用相机和麦克风采访一个人.
You decide to try contacting all three of these people.
你决定试着联系这三个人
You start by getting out another big book—the phone book.
首先你拿出另一本大书 电话簿
This book lists businesses, services, and households in your area.
这本书列出了你所在地区的企业,服务和住户.
You can look people up by name to find their home telephone number.
你可以查个人的姓名 找到他们家的电话号码。
Or you can look up businesses and city offices to contact the people who work there.
或者你可以查查企业和城市办公室 联系那里的人
The phone book also lists a physical address for each household and business in town.
电话簿还列出了城镇每个家庭和企业的实际地址.
If the person you call agrees to do the interview, you will need to decide on a time and place to meet.
如果你打电话的人同意面试,你需要决定见面的时间和地点。
You might meet at the library, city hall, or the person’s office.
您可在图书馆、市政厅或个人办公室会面。
You write down the addresses of the people you want to interview.
你记下你想采访的人的地址
Then you look at a map of your city.
然后看一幅你的城市地图
The map shows all the streets in town.
地图上显示镇上所有街道.
It also shows important landmarks such as city hall.
它还展示了市政厅等重要地标.
Using the map, you can figure out the best way to get from your house to your meeting place.
利用地图,可以想出最好的办法,从你的房子到会议地点.