Vocabulary：
1.mislead v. to lead in the wrong direction to lead into error of thought or action，especially by intentionally deceiving 把……引錯方向；把……引入歧途，把……引致錯誤的思想或 行為，尤指通過故意欺騙
2.crave v. to neegently； require 急需
3.display n. to provide ( information or graphics) on a screen 顯示
4.pixel n. the smallest image-forming unit of a video display 像素
5.sieve n. a utensil of wire mesh or closely perforated metal, used for straining, sifting, ricing, or puring 篩子，濾網
6.gauge v. to measure precisely 精確地測量 to evaluate or judge 評估；判斷
7.webcast v. do live broadcast on the web 網上直播
8.jazz combo a small jazz band 一個小爵士樂隊
9.solo n. a composition or passage for an individual voice or instrument, with or without accompaniment 獨唱曲
10.main riff the main rhythm 主旋律
Step One Listen to the news and decide whether they are true or false.
1.The search engines deny they&aposre deceiving their users but the Web isn&apost so free anymore.
2.Be aware that many engines now do not accept payment for placement.
3.Napster has decided to drop the MP3 music storage format it helped make famous in favor of dot Nap.
4.Some British researchers say that if you use the computer as a kind of external memory, your memory might be much better.
5.Researchers at IBM are working on an emotion mouse. They say it&aposs part mouse, part lie detector. It gauges a user&aposs mood by monitoring skin temperature, heart rate and sweat.
Step Two Complete the following blanks with the exact words from the news.
1.And we begin with a major U. S. consumer group, which has ____ that eight major search____ be investigated for____ Internet users.
2.Scientists in the U. S. have ____once and for all that bigger is better. They&aposve built the largest computer____ ever made. ____ 130 square feet and made up of 20million pixels. The screen displays____as good as the human eye is able to see.
3.According to a study of____people, at Hokkaido University School of Medicine, more than one in ten of us are____from severe____problems.
4.How about computers that____how you feel? Researchers at IBM are working on an____mouse. They say it&aposs part mouse, part____.
Notes：
1.PDA：n. Personal Digital Assistant個人數字處理器，目前市場上常見的“商務通”產品
就是典型的個人數字處理器。
2.And we begin with a major U. S. consumer group, which has demanded that eight major search engines be investigated for misleading Internet users. Commercial Alert claims that the search engines failed to distinguish between paid-for ads and genuine search results. The search engines deny they&aposre deceiving their users but the Web isn&apost so free anymore. Be aware that many engines now do accept payment for placement.
譯文：首先是美國的一個大型消費者團體，他們要求調查8個主要的搜索引擎，說它 們誤導因特網消費者。這個叫做“商業警覺”的團體聲稱這些搜索引擎沒有清楚標明 付費廣告和純搜尋結果。搜尋引擎否認欺騙用戶，但網絡已不再是免費的了。要知 道，很多搜索引擎現在的確在一些項目設置上收取費用。
3.Scientists in the U. S. have proven once and for all that bigger is better. They&aposve built the largest computer display ever made. Measuring 130 square feet and made up of 20 million pixels. The screen displays images as good as the human eye is able to see. Far from showing off to their friends，the screen will allow scientists to improve their understanding of complicated systems likes crashes and fires.
譯文：美國科學家又一次證明了越大越好這個道理。他們製造了世界上最大的計算 機顯示器，它足有130平方英尺那麼大，由兩千萬像素組成。圖像的清晰度達到了肉 眼看實景的程度。研究人員遠不止為了向朋友炫耀，顯示器可幫助科學家們進一步 理解像係統崩潰和防火牆等複雜的係統現象。
News Item 6 Downey Arrested for Drug Possession
Vocabulary ：
1.rehab n. rehabilitation； something, especially a building, that has undergone rehabilitation 修複；修複的房屋，經修複後的東西，特別是建築物
2.probation n. the act of suspending the sentence of a person convicted of a criminal offense and granting that person provisional freedom on the promise of good behavior 緩刑
3.cocaine n. a kind of an illicit drug 古柯堿，可卡因
4.dismiss v. to end the employment or service of； discharge 解雇，免職；開除 to put (a
claim or action) out of court without further hearing 駁回，不受理
5.parole n. the release of a prisoner whose term has not expired on condition of sustained lawful behavior that is subject to regular monitoring by an officer of the law for a set period of time 假釋