1. Historical Background oo Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing The crisis in American life carried by the Revolution made artists self-conscious about American subjects o The spiritual life in the colonies during that period was molded by the bourgeois Enlightenment

underground['^ n d agr a u n d]a.地下的 via['vaia]prep.经过,通过 keyboard[ki:b:d]n.键盘 visual[' vi zj ual]a.视觉的,光学的 originate[a' r i si ne i tJv.发生,开始 originating call发端呼叫

11, Circuit Switching and Packet Switching destination[. de ti' n e i jan]n.目的地,终点 allocate[' aelak e i t]vt.分配,分派,配给 release[ri'li:s]vt.释放,放松,发布 Jargon[吗a:gan]n.行话,土语

cellular[' se j u13]a.细胞(状)的,蜂窝状的,单元的 mobile[' mou a i l,' mou i()1]a.运动的,流动的,机动的,装在车上的 deploy[di' p iJv.;n.展开,使用,推广应用

uniT 8 The Development of Paging System means[mi:nz]n.方法,手段,工具 advantage[ad'wa:nti]n.优势,利益 availability[a' veila' b i t i]n.可用性,可得性 assume[a'sju:m]v.假定,设想 dramatic[dra' mae t i k]a.戏剧的,鲜明的

NEW WORDS AND PHRASES vISIonary[ vita n ari]n.幻想家,梦想家 contribute [kan tribju]v.捐献,贡献 kan]adv.重大的,效果显著的,具有特殊意义的

Word13 multimedia[. mAl i''midjn.多媒体 describe[dis k]v.描述,形容 mixture['m tfan.混合,混合物 consequent['kon wan]a.作为结果的,随之发生的

Words 15 integrate''i]vt.使结合,使并入 consequently['kon wan Ii]ad.因而,所以 architecture['a: kt]n.结构,组织 dictate[ k't]v.口述,命令,支配 global['g' bal1]a.全球的,世界的 megatelecommunication电信 mega-构词成份,“大”“强

principle[ pr i nsi pI]n.原理 be dependent on依赖,取决于 sample['samp1]vt..样;样值 quantize[ k won t z]v.量化,分层 ode[koud]v.编码;n.码 scheme[ski:m]n.方案,设计,安排 describe[dis'\ k r ai b]vt.叙述,描述 description叙述,描述

I. Revision Teacher uses the following exercise to help the students to revise the important expressions or phrases or sentences which were learnt in the loud speaker, study of last unit eacher: When I say a phrase or an expression in Chinese, you respond by blackboard