大學英語四(綜合教程)第三單元

1、大學體驗英語四（綜合教程）unit 3 copyrightlisten and talklead incopyright is the 1. legal right, given to the originator or their assignee for a 2. number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, musical, or artistic material, and to 3. others to do the same.a federal judge ' s ruling

2、in new york wednesday that internet music 4. must pay up to $250 million to universal music group for copyright infringements has 5.questions not justabout the future of mp, but also generally the future for 6. music, movies and other 7. from the internet.u.s. district judge jed said mp "willfu

3、lly " violated copyrights and 8. per universal cd. 9."mp vowed to appeal."10. , even if it' s on the internet." said mp ceo michael robertson.key: 1. exclusive; 2. fixed; 3. authorize; 4. distributor; 5. raised 6. downloading; 7. products;8. ordered it to pay $250009. an exac

4、t number of cds and total damages will be determined at a november hearing.10. we believe that everyone should have the right to listen to the music they purchasepassage a: 10 big myths about copyright2. analyze the following cases to see whether they are legal or illegal based on the information ob

5、tained from the reading passage. an example has been provided for you.use it, because the greatwall computer would sue us.i sent an e-mail about how to solve the problem to my brother and he used it in his paper.rlegalillegalll lecanswer:1.illegal, 2.illegal, 3.legal, 4.illegal, 5.legal, 6. legal, 7

6、. legal, 8. legal3. answer the following questions with the information from the passage.1. why should we follow the copyright law although some works do not carry a copyright notice? because the default we assume for other people's works is that they are copyrighted.2. what do you think of pers

7、onal copying of music without any commercial purposes? this does not violate the copyright.3. what condition must we obey when we want to use somebody' works posted in the public domain?either the author puts a note explicitly saying "i grant this to the public domain," or you can get

8、the author's authorization.4. how can i avoid violating the copyright law if i want to use some characters from somebody else ' s work in my story?you need the author's permission.5. when will people be punished severely if they violate copyright?when commercial copyright violation is mo

9、re than 10 copies and value over $2 500.4 .complete the summary of the text. the first letter of the missing word has been given to you.this article addresses a range of common 1) m about copyright, by outlining and explaining the related usa copyright 2) l . it looks at issues such as which materia

10、ls are free from copyright 3) r , what the acceptable 4) u of copyright materials is, what the 5) s of copyright brand names is, and what the legal 6) c of copyright violations might be. through the article the author encourages readers to beware of falling for the 7) m about copyright, and to give

11、legal and 8) e consideration to copyright issues.anwser:1.misconceptions 2.laws 3.restrictions 4.usage 5.scope6.consequences 7.myths 8.ethical5 . fill in the blanks with the words given below. change the form where necessary.block anonymous derive quote rationalizecontact exclusive violate default c

12、harge1. priests thought angrily that the soldiers the church by using it as a stable.2. we knowledge not only from books, but also from practice.3. yesterday i was caught in the rain, so now my nose is all _ up and i can hardly breathe.4. the system in this lap-top computer is windows xp.5. he furth

13、er his activities by convincing himself that he was actually promoting environmental protection.6. the saxophonist the kenny g melody going home in his solo.7. through an exciting bid for building the bridge, we won the contract in the end.8. she immediately called an officer at the naval intelligen

14、ce service, who in turn the fbi.9. after he reported the truth, he received many letters and phone calls.10. -do they for the use of the telephone?-yeah! half yuan per minute!answer:1.violated, 2.derive, 3.blocked, 4.default, 5.rationalize,6.quoted, 7.exclusive, 8.contacted , 9.anonymous , 10.charge

15、6. complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage.make changes where necessary.1. whether you go on with your study or not you.2. yesterday the heavy foga car crash on the highway.3. he driving a car while under the influence of alcohol.4. it for him to tell her the tr

16、uth that her son died in the war, because her husband just wentout of this world last month.5. who are in charge of these leaflets?answer:1.is up to, 2.resulted in, 3.was charged with, 4.was unlikely, 5.handing out7. find these words in the passage, decide the word class, and write it and the transl

17、ation of the word in the space provided. then complete the table by forming other words using appropriate suffixes if necessary. consult your dictionary.vocabulary wordword buildingwordclasstranslationnounverbadjectivescreateoriginallyviolationexceptioncommercialgrantexcerptdefendamendrationalizewor

18、dclasstranslationnounverbadjectivescreatev.創(chuàng)造creationcreativeoriginallyadv.最初；原先originoriginateoriginalviolationn.違反violateviolativeexceptionn.例外exceptexceptionalcommercialadj.商業(yè)的commercegrantv.grantexcerptn.摘水excerptdefendv.防護defencedefendableamendv.修正amendmentamendablerationalizev.使合理化rational8. t

19、ranslate the following sentences into english.1. 他理個發(fā)就要收500 元，簡直不可思議。 ( charge)it is simply unbelievable for him to charge 500 dollars for a haircut.2. 人民賦予你特權，你就應該全心全意為人民服務。 ( grant)people grant you the privilege, so you should serve the people wholeheartedly.3. 天氣預報很重要，依據它我們才能決定什么時候出航。 ( so that)t

20、he weather forecast is very important so that we can decide when to go to sea.4. 炮聲打破了往常周日早晨的寧靜，人們強烈預感到戰(zhàn)爭就要來臨。 (violate)the sound of guns violated the usual calm of sunday morning, and people had a strong feeling that the war was coming.5. 即使你每分鐘看3 頁，到本周末你無論如何也看不完這本書。 ( even though )even though you

21、read three pages per minute, you will by no means finish the book by the end of this weekend.9. read following sentences carefully, and then make your own sentences using the patternsin boldface type.1. but frankly you should not risk it unless you know for sure. you should not risk it unless .2. if

22、 you violate copyright you would not be charged with a crime, but usually get sued. not but .3. whether it has a notice or not, almost everything created privately and originally after april 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected.whether or not .4. you also can t "copyright a name ” or anything s

23、hort like that, such as almost all titles. or something / anything (+ adj) such as .5. you should think about the fact that piracy on the net hurts everybody who wants a chance to use this wonderful new technology to do more than read other people s flamewars.you should think about the fact that mor

24、e than .1. but to be honest you should not risk it if you know for sure.2. if you are late for the meeting, you will not be blamed by the person in charge of the meeting, but you ll feel a little shameful.3. whether we like a particular piece of news or not , all we have to do is sit in front of the

25、 tv .4. i like reading science fiction or something exciting like that, such as the x files.5. you should think about the fact that nowadays many people care about the quality of a tv set more than its price.passage b: are you a copyright criminal?12. decide whether each of the following statements

26、is true or false based on the information in the reading passage. write "t” for true or "f ” for false in each statement.1. copyright owners are becoming more aggressive, using new scanning and duplicating technologies to enforce their rights.a) trueb) false2. the purpose of the copyright

27、violators in copying others' materials is to save money and more often to seek illegal profits.a) trueb) false3. some violators do the illegal copying knowingly, believing their chances of getting caught are a small risk for the big payoff of easy access to high-quality prefabricated content.a)

28、trueb) false4. nowadays the law-enforcing activities have been stepped up to solve the problem out-of-court.a) trueb) false5. according to a 1993 survey by the training media association, the amount of copyright violation now is less than before because copyright violators have to pay a stiff fine i

29、f they do.a) trueb) falseanswer:1.f,2.t,3.t,4.f,5.f13. answer the following questions with the information from the passage.1. why does the passage say the copyright owners are becoming more aggressive?because they are using new tactics and technologies to enforce their rights.2. why do some manager

30、s encourage their people to do illegal copying?because they don't want to pay for the use of the copyrighted materials or they give a short shrift to the copyright.3. what is the lower limit set for severe punishment of copyright violation in the usa?commercial copyright violation involving more

31、 than 10 copies and a value of more than $2 500.4. what is the purpose for the tma to offer fines?to encourage people to report on illegal copying or unauthorized "public performance" of off-the-shelf training videos.5. what does the two-month review of comments posted to listservs show?it

32、 shows there is a general lack of understanding about what constitutes legal use.14. fill in the blanks with the words given below. change the form where necessary.duplicate knowingly tactic trample budgetwitness patrol abuse manual enforce1. we _ tremendous changes in the city where new interchange

33、s and express-ways could be seen here and there.2. don't _ on the flowers when you play in the garden.3. according to the investigation by fbi, he was accused of _ a privilege.4. read the _ carefully before you press the button.5. in order to climb over the snow mountain, we _ our expenses becau

34、se we have to buy the life-preserver.6. she will never _ hurt anyone because she is a kind-hearted girl by nature.7. because one of the players in our team was ordered off the field, the coach had to use a delaying _ .8. in the evening we see policemen _ our street against any possible disturbances.

35、9. after five-month's debating, the committee for economic development submitted to congress the annual _ which amounted to 1.2 billion.10. the professor asked the research team to provide statistics that would _ argument.answer:1.have witnessed, 2.trample, 3.abusing, 4.manual, 5.duplicated,6.kn

36、owingly, 7.tactic, 8.patrolling, 9.budget, 10.enforce15. complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions chosen from the passage. change the form where necessary.1. if you continue to steal, you will _ in prison.2. all idle talk wasted our time and we should _ it _ .3. in the face of th

37、e blood-shedding we must _ effective measures stop it.4. the airport built near our residential area _ our right to a quiet environment.5. the gear the machine, so you must change it.answer:1.end up,2.give.short shrift, 3.step up.to,4.infringed on, 5.doesn't fitinto16.each of the verbs and nouns

38、 in the following lists occurs in this passage. choose the noun that you think collocates with each verb and write it in the blank. if you think more than one is possible, write them down.to pay1.lawto enforce2.deadlinesto violate3.rehearsalsto save4.permissionto hit5.a copyto give6.a fineto do7.an interviewto make8.a presentationto seek