Answers to the Exercises
General Comprehension
I. Content Questions:
1. By means of Internet connection, we can check sports scores,
download new ringtones, watch TV, read books and magazines and
play gems, etc.
2. They appear in both fast and slow flavors. The emergence of them
has changed our cultural background and the way we live and work.
3. With the capability of the processing power to send email, browse the
Web and to take photos, our new cell phones are now turning into the
full-featured computerlike phones.
4. Your phones would possess the all the features of the computers and
it seems that you are going to have the equivalent of a persistent T1
line in your pocket.
5. As mobile phones are getting smaller and smaller, people are not
going to replace the full screen, mouse and key board experience with
staring at a little screen. And what’s more, with Wi-Fi technology
equipped, it’s more convenient for the PC users to set up their
temporary offices anywhere at any time,
6. Speech-recognition systems.
7. Such phone has got a laser inside it to emit the pattern of a large
keyboard on a flat surface, and the phones camera perceives the
user’s finger movements.
8. At present stage, our phones don’t have enough processing power for
speech-recognition.
9. Omitted.
10. Because the phone world has no open and single set of protocols for
prograamers to build around.
Understanding the Text
I . Multiple Choice：
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. D 10. D II. Fill in the blanks with words or phrases given below：
1. multimedia
2. revolutionise
3. access
4. streaming
5. device
6. instantaneous
7. connected
8. model
9. operators
10. facilities
III. Cloze：
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. D
9.
A 10.C
11.D 12.B 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. D 19.
A 20.C
Translation Practice
I. Exercises for Practicing the Skills
II. Words and Phrases Translation
A. Translate the following expressions into Chinese：
1. the existing technology 现有的技术
2. voice commands 语音命令
3. cellular network蜂窝网络
4. slot for added memory附加存储卡用槽
5. have computerlike features具有电脑功能
6. a built-in digital camera 内置式数码相机
7. set up temporary offices 建立临时办公室
8. word processing power 文字处理能力
9. qwerty keyboard 标准键盘
10. location-based services定位服务
B. Translate the following expressions into English：
1. 闪存容量flashy memory
2. 手机观察家们mobile-phone watchers
3. 投影键盘projection keyboard
4. 个人电脑的捍卫者defenders of the PC
5. 语音识别系统speech-recognition system
6. “双铰”式设计“dual hinge” design
7. 按钮式拨号式键盘the touch-tone pad
8. 手机迷a phone guy
9. 豪华大屏显the luxuriously large screen
10. 智能手机the sophisticated / smart phones
III. Sentence Translation
A. Translate the following English sentences into Chinese.
1. 电话变得越来越智能、小型、快速，并且能够让用户高速地连接
到因特网，一个显而易见的问题就出现了：移动手持设备将成为
下一代的计算机吗？
2. 还有一些正在开发中的智能电话,他们将带有摄像机、GPS天线
以及本地Wi-Fi (一种常在办公室、机场和本地咖啡馆能找到的超
高速无限网络)热点链接的入口。
3. 有了这项功能，手机很快就能提供诸如精确的行车向导、走过店
铺时店铺的打折信息以及开展约会等服务。
4. 手机不太可能沿着最快的道路飞驶向自己光明的未来。
这个行业
里的创新充满了曲折和失误，这常常是由于没有任何一家单独的
公司能完全控制这一产品。
然而，手机创新者也正着手解决这个棘手的问题。
科学家已经在语音识别系统方面进行了数十年的研究，而且此项研究仍在继续。
最近已将这项技术引入了PDAs中。