文档介绍：Unit 5 Mobile Phones
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Warming-Up Exercise
Directions:The following is a set of statements about the text,some true,others false. if a statement is true,repeat it;if it is false,make necessary changes to turn it into a true one.
1. According to a survey,the cell phone is the invention that Americans hate the most but can't live without. (T)
2. It's easier to teach people manners than to teach mobile phones manners. (F)
(It's easier the other way round.)
3. If the research at MIT Media Lab is essful,mobile phones will be able to pick up polite behavior from other phones nearby. (T)
4. The cell phone with manners' will always direct your boss' call to voice mail. (F)
(When your boss is calling you,other phones will be directed to voice mail.)
5. A cell phone with manners will always ring on your way to work. (F)
(It doesn't ring when you take a bus to work.)
6. The cell phones with manners could be programmed to respond to calls in different ways. (T)
7. Schmandt and his colleagues are developing a system that reduces the inappropriate behavior of mobile phones.(T)
8. Schmandt's system doesn't require users to set up their phones. (F)
(They have to be set up by users.)
9. The "off" button currently on our cell phones can help us e users with manners. (T)
Information Related to the Text
Founded in 1861,Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is located on 168 acres that extend more than a mile along the Cambridge side of the Charles River Basin. Today it is a world-class educational institution. Teaching and research—with
relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle---continue to be its primary purpose. Its five schools and one college pass 34 academic departments,divisions,and degree-granting programs,as well as numerous interdisciplinary centers,labs,and programs.
MIT's past achievements include the creation of modern food preservation processes,the first chemical synthesis of penicillin and vitamin A,the development of inertial gui