考研英语核心词汇速成胜经Unit 9
一、 真题文章
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened between . As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the company of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution speeded up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in perspective . It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized, however , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately apparent . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal" too, as well as institutional , with display becoming sharper and storage capability increasing. They were thought of, like people, in terms of generations, with the distance between generations much smaller.
It was within the computer age that the term “information society" began to be widely used to describe the context within which we now live. The communications revolution has influenced both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been controversial view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed against “harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult .
二、 译文
人们曾把20世纪电视的发展与15、16世纪印刷术的传播进行比较。然而在这段时间之间还发生过许多事情。正如前面讨论的，直到19世纪，报纸才继小册子和书本之后，和期刊一起，成为电子时代之前最重要的传媒。正是与此同时，通信革命加速发展，从铁路运输开始，发展到电报、电话、无线电和电影，直到20世纪的汽车和飞机。并非人人较正确地看到这一进程，而做到这点是很重要的。
然后，人们普遍承认，20世纪早期计算机的出现，及随后60年代集成电路的发明，大大地改变了这一进程，虽然它对传媒的影响并不是立竿见影的。随着时间的发展，计算机变得越来越小，却越来越强大；并出现了个人电脑，也出现了大型机，它的显示器分辨率越来越高，存储量越来越大。就像人类一样，计算机也被分为一代代，而每代之间的差距更短了。
正是在这个计算机时代，“信息社会”这个词开始广泛用来描绘我们所生存的环境。通信革命对工作、休闲以及我们思考和感受时空的方式都产生了影响，但是也产生了关于其经济、政治、社会及文化含义的不同看法。“益处”要针对产生的“害处”来权衡。很难一概而论。
三、 考研核心
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