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L/O/G/OUnit1Internet•Theworldwidewebgiveyouaccesstoplentyofresourceinavarietyofforms,suchasstreamingaudioandvideo.Inordertoappreciatewhatthewebhastooffer,allyouneedisahigh–speedInternetconnection.AndthatisexactlywhatbroadbandInternetconnectivitybringsyou.ItisthegatewaytotheworldoffastInternet;andfastaccesstoinformationgivesyouacompetitiveedgeoverothers.•AccessingtheInternetthroughahigh-speedbroadbandconnectiongivesyouseveralbenefitsoverthetraditionaldial-upmethod.Nolongerdoyouneedtowaitforhoursforsimpledownloadsorbekeptofflineduetoserveroverload.WithbroadbandInternet,youcanforgetabouttheannoyingdial-upwaittimeandhavean“alwayson”connection.•Whilehouseholdusersareusingbroadbandtodownloadsongs,videos,andhugefiles,businessesarenotfarbehindinmakinguseofthebenefitsoffastInternetaccess.BroadbandInternetenablesbusinessestocutdownthetravelexpensesofemployees.Employeesnolongerneedtotraveltoanotherpointontheglobeformeeting;instead,theycanusethepowerofbroadbandtojoinwebconferences,avoidingseveraldaysoftravelandtheexpensesofflights,hotels,meals,citytransportation,andsoon.•LargebusinessescanalsosetupaninternalbroadbandInternetnetworksothatemployeescancommunicatewitheachotherattheclinkofabutton.Theycanaccesseachother’sfilesthroughthenetwork.NotonlydoesbroadbandInternetenableemployeestoworkefficiently,butitalsopermitsemployeestohavetheflexibilityofworkingathome,savingthecostsofexpensiveofficespace.High-speedbroadbandInternetconnectionshavebecomesopopularthatwenowhaveanewgenerationofwork-at-homeindividuals,whocreateandmaintainwebsitesandblogs.•WithmoreandmorepeoplearoundtheglobetransformingtheirlivesbyusingbroadbandInternetconnectivity,whyshouldyoubeleftout?TextA•broadband[brɔ:dbænd]•n.宽带widebandofelectromagneticfrequencies•access[ækses]•v.进入；接触toobtainaccessto(dataorprocesses).•Citizenmayhavefreeaccesstothelibrary.•streaming•n.流动audioorvideofilesplayedonacomputerwithoutdownloadingthem•audio•n.音频thebroadcastingorreceptionofsound•appreciate[ə`pri:ʃieit]•v.意识到，察觉；对……的充分意识或领会•gateway[`geɪt`weɪ]•n.入口，途径sth.Thatservesasentranceorameanofaccess•Hardworkisthegatewaytosuccess.•competitive[kəm`petitiv]•adj.竞争的involvingordeterminedbycompetition•It’sgettingverycompetitiveinthecarindustry.•dial-up[`daiəlʌp]•adj.[计]拨号（上网）的anetworkconnection,astotheInternet,whichrequiresthatatelephonenumberbedialedserver[`sə:və]n.服务器acentralsupercomputerthatrelaysmessagesdueto因为becauseofoverloadn.超载，负荷过多anexcessiveloadShehasbeensufferingfrommentaloverload.annoying[ə`nɔɪɪŋ]adj.恼人的，讨厌的causingvexationirritation;troublesomehousehold[`haushəuld]n.一家人，家庭adomesticunitconsistingofthemembersoffamilywholivetogetheralongwithnon-relativessuchasservantsadj.家庭的of,relatingto,orusedinahousehold•Benotfarbeingindoing不甘落后做某事imiatewithoutdelay•cutdown削减；删节dosth.Lessoften•internal[in`tə:nəl]adj.内部的of,relatingto,orlocatedwithoutthelimitsorsurface;innerHeworkedininternaltrade.•click[klik]n.点击（鼠标）theactionofmakingacomputerdosomethingbypressingabuttonthemouseWemustmaintainafirmattitude.•large-scale[`lɑ:dʒ`skeɪl]adj.大规模，大比例的largeinscopeorextent•transform[træns`fɔ:m]v.改变；转换tochangethenature,function,orconditionof;convertThemagiciantransformedthefrogintoaprincess.•leaveout省去；遗漏omit,donotinclude.Oneortwoscenesintheplaywereleftout.剧中的一两个场景被删掉了。Besurenotleaveoutthisitem.•connectivity[kənek`tiviti]•n.连接；被连接或连接的性质thequalityorconditionofbeingconnectedorconnective•backup[`bæk`ʌp]n.备份acopyofaprogramorfilethatisstoredseparatelyfromtheoriginal•flexibility[.fleksɪ`bɪlɪtɪ]n.机动性，适应性，灵活性abilitytochanceplans,orusedifferentmethods•maintain[mein`tein]v.维持或保持；继续tokeepuporcarryon;continue•blogn.博客（weblog的简称）TextA宽带互联网万维网使你能够使用大量各种形式的资源，比如流媒体。想领略到网络的魅力，你只需要高速的互联网连接。宽带就能满足你的需求，向你敞开高速互联网世界的大门。信息的快速获取又给予你傲人的竞争优势。ReadingA•相比传统的拨号上网，高速的宽带连接让你受益良多。你再也不必为了简单的下载而等上数小时或由于服务器超载而掉线了。有了宽带，你就可以摆脱等待拨号上网的烦恼并可以“始终在线”。ReadingA•当家庭用户利用该宽带下载歌曲、视频以及大容量文件时，商业用户也不甘落后，充分利用高速互联网络。宽带联网削减了企业用于员工的差旅费用。员工们再也不需要为了开会而长途拨涉。他们利用宽带参加网络会议，免去了数日出差以及飞机、旅馆、膳食、城市交通等费用。ReadingA•大公司也可以建成局域网，员工们只要一揿下按钮就能相互交流。他们可以通过内部网络进入彼此的文档。宽带不仅使员工们高效工作，也实现了大规模的数据备份。宽带连接也能使员工们能够灵活地在家里工作，从而节省昂贵的办公室开支。高速宽带互联网已经非常普遍，如今涌现出在家里工作的一代人，他们自己建立并维护网站和博客。ReadingA•全世界越来越多的人通过宽带互联网的连接改变了生活，你会甘心落后么？Languagefocus•Studythewordsandphraseinthebox.Wehaveanumberofexercisestohelpyoulearnhowtousethem.accessappreciateconnectivitygatewayCompetitiveoverloadannoyinghouseholdInternalclicklarge-scaleflexibilityMaintaintransformavarietyofduetoMakeuseofcutdownleaveoutvocabulary•1.fillinthegapswiththewordsorphraseschosenfromthebox.Changetheformwherenecessary.1.untilthemewgymisbuilt,youhavenooptionbutto_____________theexistingbuildingswhichmayorma