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爸爸們?yōu)閷殞氃O(shè)計網(wǎng)站

News Background

在一個網(wǎng)絡(luò)技術(shù)日益深入個人生活和社會生活的世界里，它不僅在傳播科學(xué)技術(shù)知識方面發(fā)揮著舉足輕重的作用，而且在教育領(lǐng)域也起著越來越重要的作用。兒童是一個家庭的未來和希望，它們的教育無疑是父母親人最關(guān)心的問題之一。對于兒童教育，網(wǎng)絡(luò)憑借其視聽結(jié)合、聲畫并茂等優(yōu)勢，為兒童創(chuàng)造了一個更人性化的教育平臺。它有助于開拓兒童的視野，讓兒童主動地、活潑地選擇、吸收新知識，充分發(fā)揮兒童的主體性，摒棄了過去那種“灌輸式”的教學(xué)模式，真正做到了“我選擇、我喜歡”。網(wǎng)絡(luò)走進(jìn)家庭，走進(jìn)孩子們的生活，是時代的需要，也是兒童教育改革的需要。

News Transcript VOA 新聞梗概

Two-year-old Lilianna Robinson is pursuing one of her favorite pastimes, playing on thecomputer while sitting on her mother’s lap. They’ve logged onto a site called KneeBouncers.com.

“Whenever my wife, Holly, is at the computer and my daughter spies her at the computer, it’sKneeBouncer, KneeBouncer, KneeBouncer,’” says Jim Robinson.

(Any key will do)There’s no frustration with KneeBouncers. Babies can hit any key on the keyboard and getan immediate response. Parents can choose from 18 different games, featuring those and othercolorful characters. “A lot of the games came from just the simple games we play with our kidswhen they are babies,” says Robinson.

(Family fun goes viral)Robinson, who is trained as a graphic artist, comes up with the games and does the drawings.

News Item 4Part 1Listening Comprehension聽力理解1. hit any key; 18 different games2. C 3. C KeyDommermuth, a programmer, brings the games to life with animation and sound. Becausethey both design Websites for a living, it seemed natural to put KneeBouncers on line.

(Expanding the KneeBouncer family)Robinson and Dommermuth have made a little money from merchandisingand they are getting ready to grow the brand. They are currently working onboth Webisodes and TV episodes based on characters in the games, and they aredeveloping applications for Apple’s i-Phone so parents can take KneeBouncerseverywhere they go with their children.

1 There’s no frustration with KneeBouncers. Babies canon the keyboard and get an immediate response. Parents can choose from, featuring those and other colorful characters. “A lot of thegames came from just the simple games we play with our kids when they arebabies,” says Robinson.

2 Which is not the characters of KneeBouncer? ( )A. There’s no frustration with KneeBouncers.

B. Babies can hit any key on the keyboard and get an immediate response.

C. Parents can choose from 20 different games, featuring those and othercolorful characters.

D. All the above.

3 Which statement about the article is not right? ( )A. Dommermuth, a programmer, brings the games to life with animation and sound.

B. Robinson, who is trained as a graphic artist, comes up with the games anddoes the drawings.

C. Robinson and Dommermuth have made a lot of money from merchandisingand they are getting ready to grow the brand.

D?? All the above.

pastime n.

消遣，娛樂log v.

登陸frustration n.

沮喪，挫敗feature v.

以……為特征graphic a.

繪畫的animation n.

動畫merchandising n.

商品銷售application n.

應(yīng)用軟件詞匯加油站兩歲的莉蓮娜??羅賓森正在做她最喜愛的娛樂活動——坐在媽媽的腿上玩電腦。母女倆已經(jīng)登陸上一個叫做KneeBouncers.com的網(wǎng)站?！爸灰移拮踊衾蜃诫娔X那兒，我女兒就過去盯著，這是KneeBouncer, KneeBouncer, KneeBouncer”羅賓森說道。

任何鍵都會起作用KneeBouncers從不會讓人失望。寶寶們可以敲擊鍵盤上任何鍵，然后立刻就會得到回應(yīng)。父母們可以從18款不同游戲中選擇，游戲的特點(diǎn)就是這些和其他顏色各異的小人。“很多游戲都是我們的孩子還小的時候，我們和他們玩的簡單游戲。”羅賓森說道。

家庭娛樂像病毒復(fù)制一樣擴(kuò)散繪畫藝術(shù)家羅賓森想出了這個游戲，并繪制了圖畫。程序師多默穆斯用動畫和聲音，把這些游戲變得活靈活現(xiàn)。因?yàn)樗麄冊O(shè)計這個網(wǎng)站是為了生計，所以很自然地，他們把KneeBouncers放到了網(wǎng)上。

增加KneeBouncer的使用家庭羅賓森和多默穆斯已經(jīng)從銷售中賺了一些錢，他們正準(zhǔn)備發(fā)展這個品牌。目前，他們正努力以游戲中的人物為基礎(chǔ)，開發(fā)網(wǎng)絡(luò)花絮和影視短片。他們還在為蘋果手機(jī)開發(fā)應(yīng)用軟件，這樣父母們就可以把KneeBouncers帶到他們和孩子們?nèi)サ娜魏蔚胤搅恕?/p>

1 Whenever my wife, Holly, is at the computer and my daughter spies her at the computer.“ whenever”

引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，意為“只要，無論什么時候”。Holly 被兩個逗號隔開，是作插入語的成分，插入語被去掉的話，句子結(jié)構(gòu)依然完整。整句話的意思是只要我妻子坐到電腦那兒，我女兒就過去盯著。

2 Robinson, who is trained as a graphic artist, comes up with the games and does the drawings.

“who is trained as a graphic artist”是非限制性定語從句。非限制性定語從句與先行詞關(guān)系不十分密切，只是對其做一些附加說明，不起限定制約作用。如果將非限制性定語從句省去，主句的意義仍然完整。

3 Apple’s i-Phone蘋果手機(jī)。2008年，美國當(dāng)?shù)貢r間6月9日，蘋果首席執(zhí)行官史蒂夫??喬布斯在當(dāng)年的蘋果全球開發(fā)商大會（WWDC 2008）上正式發(fā)布了3G版iPhone。作為第二代iPhone，3G iPhone基本沿襲了第一代的外觀和用戶界面風(fēng)格。用蘋果的話來說，3GiPhone就是一個把寬屏iPod，與眾不同的網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備，以及具有創(chuàng)新意義的手機(jī)結(jié)合起來的產(chǎn)品。