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A world-famous Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, has created the world’s first long-distance signing device(装置), the LongPen.
After many tiring……from city to city, Atwood thought there must be a better way to do them . She hired some technical experts and started her own company in 2004. Together they designed the LongPen. Here’s how it works: The author writes a personal message and signature on a computer tablet(手写板) using a special pen. On the receiving end, in another city, a robotic arm fitted with a regular pen signs the book. The author and fan can talk with each other via webcams(网络摄像机) and computer screens。
Work on the LongPen began in Atwood’s basement(地下室). At first, they had no idea it would be as hard as it turned out to be. The device went through several versions, including one that actually had smoke coming out of it. The investing finally completed, teat runs w ere made in Ottawa, and the LongPen was officially launched at the 2006 London Book Fair. From here , Atwood conducted two transatlantic book signings of her latest book for fans in Toronto and New York City.
The LongPen produces a unique signature each time because it copies the movement of the author in real time. It has several other potential applications. It could increase credit card security and allow people to sign contracts from another province. The video exchange between signer and receiver can be recorded on DVD for proof when legal documents are used.
“It’s really fun”, said the owner of a bookstore, who was present for one of the test runs. “Obviously you can’t shake hands with the author but there are chances for a connection that you don’t get from a regular book signing..
The response to the invention has not been all favorable. Atwood has received criticism from authors who think she is trying to end book tours. But she said, “It will be possible to go to places that you never got sent to before because the publishers couldn’t afford it.”How does the LongPen work
A:I copies the author’s signature and prints it on a book. B:It signs a book while receiving the author’s signature. C:The webcam sends the author’s signature to another city. D:The fan uses it to copy the author’s signature himself.
Text 4
Under normal conditions the act of
communication requires the presence of at least two persons: one who sends and
one who receives the communication. In order to communicate thoughts and
feelings, there must be a conventional system of signs or symbols which mean the
same to the sender and the receiver.
The means of sending
communications are too numerous and varied for a systematic classification;
therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communication.
Reception of communication is achieved by our senses. Sight, hearing, and touch
play the most important roles. Smell and taste play very limited roles, for they
cannot receive intellectual expression from fully developed systems of signs and
symbols.
Examples of visual communication are gesture and
mimicry. Although both frequently accompany speech, there are systems that rely
solely on sight such as those used by deaf and dumb persons. Another means of
communicating visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags, of flashing lights.
Feelings may be simply communicated by touch, such as by handshaking or
backslapping, although a highly developed system of hand stroking has enabled
blind, deaf, and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to
someone, applauding in a theater, and other forms of communication by sound rely
upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully developed form of auditory
communication is, of course, the spoken language.
The means of
communication mentioned so far have two features in common: they last only a
short time, and the person involved must be relatively close to each other.
Therefore all are restricted in time and space. |
Which of the following senses plays the least important role in communication
A:Touch. B:Sight. C:Smell. D:Hearing.
汉译英：“即期汇票；有效期限”，正确翻译为( )。
A:sight draft；valid period B:valid period；sight draft C:sight L/C；signature D:signature；sight L/C
汉译英：“即期汇票；有效期限”，正确翻译为( )。
A:sight draft；valid period B:valid，period；sight draft C:sight L/C；signature D:signature；sight L/C
汉译英：“即期汇票；有效期限”，正确翻译为( )。
A:sight draft；valid period B:valid period；sight draft C:sight L/C；signature D:signature；sight L/C
荇信用证上关于汇票的条款规定：AVAILABLE BY YOUR DRAFT AT 30 DAYS SIGHT DRAWN ON APPLICANT，则此汇票应填写( )。
A:付款期限为AT 30 DAYS SICHT，付款人为开证申请人的名称 B:付款期限为AT 30 DAYS SIGHT，付款人为开证行的名称 C:付款期限为AT×××SIGHT，付款人为开证行的名称 D:付款期限为AT 30 DAYS SIGHT，付款人为“APPLICANT”
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