2022年全國(guó)公共英語(yǔ)(PETS3)復(fù)習(xí)資料：Unit13

2022年全國(guó)公共英語(yǔ)(PETS3)復(fù)習(xí)資料：Unit13Dialogues/monologues:

1、Areyoubeingattendedto,Miss?

本句的意思是：小姐，有人在為您效勞嗎?在商場(chǎng)、飯店中，toattendtosb.的意思是，招呼、照看、幫助某位顧客。

這句話用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)氣可以說(shuō)成：

Isanybodyattendingtoyou,Miss?

2、Youmaydividecyberretailersintothreesubsetsandattackeachwithadifferentstrategy.

本句的意思是：您可以將網(wǎng)上零售商分成三個(gè)子類，用不同的戰(zhàn)略應(yīng)付他們。

留意：divideinto：分成

Passage:

Buyingcomputerandsoftware

Atfirst,Iwasreluctanttobuycomputerproductscompletelyonline.Manyoftheonlinecomputerstoresusedtosellexclusivelythroughprintedcatalogs,addressingthetechnicallyastute.Ifoundthoseprintedcatalogsintimidatingandconfusing.Andpreferredtogotoaphysicalstore,whereknowledgeablesalespeoplecouldguidemethroughthemazeofchoices,explainingthebenefitsandrisksandcosts.

Whenegghead,theprominentsoftwareretailer,closeditsphysicalstoresanddecidedtooperatesolelyonline,Iwasshockedanddisappointed,asIhadshoppedhardwareorsoftwareregularlyatthelocaleggheadstoreanddependedonexpertise,judgmentandadvicefromtheirsalespeople.Also,IgreatlyvaluedthefactthatwhenIbroughtnewadd-onsorupgradesformyPC,Icouldpaytohavetheminstalledonthespot.ButnowIwasforcedtolearnmoreaboutcomputersthanIeverexpectedtolearn.Asitturnsout,that”sprobablyagoodthingformeandformybudget.

Today,thecomputerindustryisacommodity,standards-drivenmarketplace.Computer“manufactures”arereallyjustassembles.Theybuyprocessorsfromone,software,disks,memories,fromothersources,andassemblethemintosystems.Thecompetitionisfierceandtheprofitmarginsareslim.Intermsofthebasicspecs—speed,memory,andstorage—whatwenowdefineasa“completesystem”forhomeusewouldhavemadeawealthytechnicalgurutremblewithjealousytenyearsago.

Fifteenyearsago,isseemedinconceivablethatanordinaryindividualwouldeverneeda100MHZmachinewith1gigabyteofdiskstoragespace.Yet,withthepredictableimprovementoftechnology,thespeedofcommerciallyavailableprocessorsdoublesaboutevery18monthsaccordingtoaruleofthumb(knownas“Moore”slaw”).Whileatsomepoint,technologymustmeetbarriersthatwillslowthepaceofchange,thecomputerindustryhasbeenadaptingatthisincrediblyrapidrateformorethantwodecadesnow,withgreatregularity.Andthesoftwareindustryhasbeenkeepinginlockstepwiththesehardwaredevelopmentsbymakingeachnewversionofthecommonapplicationsthatpeopledependuponmoreandmorecomplexandbulky,requestingthefullcapacityofthelatestandgreatesthardware.Ibelievethissoftwareinflationresultsfromtheconsequencesofhumannature—softwareexpandstofillthecapacityavailableforit.

Basically,“Moore”slaw”plussoftwareinflationmeantoday”scomputersystemwillnotlast.Andthenewversionsofsoftwarewillmakeyourequipmentseempainfullyslowintwoyears,andobsoleteinfour.Tostaycompatiblewithotherpeoplewithwhomyouhavetosharefiles,youshouldinvesttimelearningabouttheseadd-onsgadgets,etc.toupgradeyoursystem.ThusyoucanmakefulluseoftheshoppingresourcesontheInternet,andsaveagainandagain.

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購(gòu)置電腦和軟件

剛開頭的時(shí)候，我不太情愿完全依靠網(wǎng)絡(luò)購(gòu)置電腦產(chǎn)品。很多網(wǎng)上電腦商店過(guò)去主要靠打印出來(lái)的產(chǎn)口名目進(jìn)展銷售，上面清晰地寫明白技術(shù)需求。但是我總認(rèn)為那樣的產(chǎn)品名目看起來(lái)讓人感覺(jué)有些發(fā)怵而且稀里糊涂的，所以我還是偏愛實(shí)體商店，由于那里有精通業(yè)務(wù)的銷售人員，他們能指引我走出迷宮做出選擇，他們還能向我解釋產(chǎn)品的優(yōu)點(diǎn)、風(fēng)險(xiǎn)性和本錢。

當(dāng)?shù)能浖N售商Egghead關(guān)閉實(shí)體店鋪，打算只走網(wǎng)絡(luò)運(yùn)營(yíng)路線的時(shí)候我感覺(jué)震動(dòng)和絕望。由于我總是定期到Egghead在當(dāng)?shù)氐膶?shí)體店鋪去購(gòu)置軟件和硬件，仰仗那里的銷售人員的專業(yè)技能、推斷力和閱歷。還有一點(diǎn)讓我特別看重的是：每當(dāng)我購(gòu)置新的附加軟件或是將我的個(gè)人電腦升級(jí)時(shí)，我只需付些費(fèi)用就可以讓他們?cè)诂F(xiàn)場(chǎng)給我安裝完畢。但是現(xiàn)在我卻被迫去了解更多的電腦學(xué)問(wèn)，而我以前是不需要了解這么多的。但是后來(lái)發(fā)覺(jué)，這或許對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是件好事，而且節(jié)約了我的預(yù)算。

今日，計(jì)算機(jī)產(chǎn)業(yè)是一種商品，是一個(gè)以標(biāo)準(zhǔn)為市場(chǎng)導(dǎo)向的市場(chǎng)。計(jì)算機(jī)“制造者”們實(shí)際上只不過(guò)是組裝者。他們從某個(gè)渠道購(gòu)置處理器，從其它渠道購(gòu)置軟件、光盤和內(nèi)存，然后將它們組裝成系統(tǒng)。競(jìng)爭(zhēng)是劇烈的，利潤(rùn)空間也不大。從最根本的配置——速度、內(nèi)存和硬盤空間——來(lái)講，我們現(xiàn)在所定義的家用“全套系統(tǒng)”足以讓十年前富有的技術(shù)權(quán)威艷羨地發(fā)顫不行。

15年以前，好像難以想象一個(gè)一般人會(huì)需要100兆的機(jī)器和十億字節(jié)的磁盤存儲(chǔ)空間。然而，隨著可以預(yù)見的技術(shù)進(jìn)步，僅憑閱歷(被稱為“摩爾定律”)就可以推知：商用存儲(chǔ)器的速度每隔18個(gè)月就會(huì)成倍增長(zhǎng)。然而，技術(shù)必定會(huì)在某個(gè)時(shí)候遇上某種障礙，使其減緩變化的步伐。計(jì)算機(jī)產(chǎn)業(yè)在最近二十年來(lái)，始終處于令人難以置信的進(jìn)展速度，到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)穩(wěn)步進(jìn)展了。軟件產(chǎn)業(yè)始終與硬件進(jìn)展保持著齊肩并進(jìn)的態(tài)勢(shì)，人們最常用的應(yīng)用軟件的更新版本愈發(fā)簡(jiǎn)單與寵大，只有用最