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爸爸们为宝宝设计网站

News Background

在一个网络技术日益深入个人生活和社会生活的世界里，它不仅在传播科学技术知识方面发挥着举足轻重的作用，而且在教育领域也起着越来越重要的作用。儿童是一个家庭的未来和希望，它们的教育无疑是父母亲人最关心的问题之一。对于儿童教育，网络凭借其视听结合、声画并茂等优势，为儿童创造了一个更人性化的教育平台。它有助于开拓儿童的视野，让儿童主动地、活泼地选择、吸收新知识，充分发挥儿童的主体性，摒弃了过去那种“灌输式”的教学模式，真正做到了“我选择、我喜欢”。网络走进家庭，走进孩子们的生活，是时代的需要，也是儿童教育改革的需要。

News Transcript VOA 新闻梗概

Two-year-old Lilianna Robinson is pursuing one of her favorite pastimes, playing on thecomputer while sitting on her mother’s lap. They’ve logged onto a site called KneeBouncers.com.

“Whenever my wife, Holly, is at the computer and my daughter spies her at the computer, it’sKneeBouncer, KneeBouncer, KneeBouncer,’” says Jim Robinson.

(Any key will do)There’s no frustration with KneeBouncers. Babies can hit any key on the keyboard and getan immediate response. Parents can choose from 18 different games, featuring those and othercolorful characters. “A lot of the games came from just the simple games we play with our kidswhen they are babies,” says Robinson.

(Family fun goes viral)Robinson, who is trained as a graphic artist, comes up with the games and does the drawings.

News Item 4Part 1Listening Comprehension听力理解1. hit any key; 18 different games2. C 3. C KeyDommermuth, a programmer, brings the games to life with animation and sound. Becausethey both design Websites for a living, it seemed natural to put KneeBouncers on line.

(Expanding the KneeBouncer family)Robinson and Dommermuth have made a little money from merchandisingand they are getting ready to grow the brand. They are currently working onboth Webisodes and TV episodes based on characters in the games, and they aredeveloping applications for Apple’s i-Phone so parents can take KneeBouncerseverywhere they go with their children.

1 There’s no frustration with KneeBouncers. Babies canon the keyboard and get an immediate response. Parents can choose from, featuring those and other colorful characters. “A lot of thegames came from just the simple games we play with our kids when they arebabies,” says Robinson.

2 Which is not the characters of KneeBouncer? ( )A. There’s no frustration with KneeBouncers.

B. Babies can hit any key on the keyboard and get an immediate response.

C. Parents can choose from 20 different games, featuring those and othercolorful characters.

D. All the above.

3 Which statement about the article is not right? ( )A. Dommermuth, a programmer, brings the games to life with animation and sound.

B. Robinson, who is trained as a graphic artist, comes up with the games anddoes the drawings.

C. Robinson and Dommermuth have made a lot of money from merchandisingand they are getting ready to grow the brand.

D?? All the above.

pastime n.

消遣，娱乐log v.

登陆frustration n.

沮丧，挫败feature v.

以……为特征graphic a.

绘画的animation n.

动画merchandising n.

商品销售application n.

应用软件词汇加油站两岁的莉莲娜??罗宾森正在做她最喜爱的娱乐活动——坐在妈妈的腿上玩电脑。母女俩已经登陆上一个叫做KneeBouncers.com的网站。“只要我妻子霍莉坐到电脑那儿，我女儿就过去盯着，这是KneeBouncer, KneeBouncer, KneeBouncer”罗宾森说道。

任何键都会起作用KneeBouncers从不会让人失望。宝宝们可以敲击键盘上任何键，然后立刻就会得到回应。父母们可以从18款不同游戏中选择，游戏的特点就是这些和其他颜色各异的小人。“很多游戏都是我们的孩子还小的时候，我们和他们玩的简单游戏。”罗宾森说道。

家庭娱乐像病毒复制一样扩散绘画艺术家罗宾森想出了这个游戏，并绘制了图画。程序师多默穆斯用动画和声音，把这些游戏变得活灵活现。因为他们设计这个网站是为了生计，所以很自然地，他们把KneeBouncers放到了网上。

增加KneeBouncer的使用家庭罗宾森和多默穆斯已经从销售中赚了一些钱，他们正准备发展这个品牌。目前，他们正努力以游戏中的人物为基础，开发网络花絮和影视短片。他们还在为苹果手机开发应用软件，这样父母们就可以把KneeBouncers带到他们和孩子们去的任何地方了。

1 Whenever my wife, Holly, is at the computer and my daughter spies her at the computer.“ whenever”

引导让步状语从句，意为“只要，无论什么时候”。Holly 被两个逗号隔开，是作插入语的成分，插入语被去掉的话，句子结构依然完整。整句话的意思是只要我妻子坐到电脑那儿，我女儿就过去盯着。

2 Robinson, who is trained as a graphic artist, comes up with the games and does the drawings.

“who is trained as a graphic artist”是非限制性定语从句。非限制性定语从句与先行词关系不十分密切，只是对其做一些附加说明，不起限定制约作用。如果将非限制性定语从句省去，主句的意义仍然完整。

3 Apple’s i-Phone苹果手机。2008年，美国当地时间6月9日，苹果首席执行官史蒂夫??乔布斯在当年的苹果全球开发商大会（WWDC 2008）上正式发布了3G版iPhone。作为第二代iPhone，3G iPhone基本沿袭了第一代的外观和用户界面风格。用苹果的话来说，3GiPhone就是一个把宽屏iPod，与众不同的网络设备，以及具有创新意义的手机结合起来的产品。