新东方王强口语第一册18-l-C
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    John: Hi, Victor!
    Victor:  Hi there, John! What's new?
     John:  I was just about to watch this video dad got in the mail! It's an anthology of clips from TV shows in the 1950's!
    Victor:  Oh, wow! Ancient history!
    (On the TV screen, the host is interviewing a professor.)
    Host:  Professor, do you foresee13 man going into space?
    Professor:  No. The radiation from the sun would kill them when they left the atmosphere and at a speed of 4,000 MPH, it'd take 99 years to reach Pluto!
    John:  Boy! They didn't have a clue then!
    Victor:  And the use of the word "man" was sexist!
    Host:  Say, son, you really can sing! How much do you earn driving a truck?
    Interviewee:  $16 a week, sir.
    Host:  $16 a week? How would you like to earn $50 a week?
    Interviewee:  $50 a week? Yes, sir!
    John:  Did people really earn that little then?
    Victor:  I guess so!
    Host:  Could you explain what all these circuit boards, relays and vacuum tubes are?
    Interviewee:  Certainly! This is a "Thinking Machine"! It stores data in its memory! How big is this contraption? It takes up three warehouses!
    John:  Look, Victor! A primitive computer!
    Victor:  Oh, wow! It's humongous! Now, through miniaturization, you can carry all that in your hand!
    John:  In those days there was no coast-to-coast cable or satellites or even morning TV! They didn't have color TV or videotape. These were copied from films!
    Victor:  Wow! It's amazing what a totally different world it was! Everything's changed!
    (John's Father walks in and talks to himself.)
    John's Father: Today's young people have no respect for anything! They dress in sloppy clothing and dance to noise that they call music!

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