【正文】 Great! I’m looking for something affordable. And I want to get somethingportable this time.Penny: I’m sure Scott can help you with that…Let’s see, he is in a meeting until 3:30. I’ll ask him to call you.Ted: No, that’s OK. I’ll call him after 3:30. Please give him the message.Track 42OL4 Email is my favorite way to municate. I think it is as fast as a fax machine,and it is as easy as a cell phone. Of course has some problems, too. It isn’t asaffordable as ordinary mail, because you need a puter and Internet service. And Idon’t think it is as reliable as a fax machine. Sometimes messages get lost. Butin my opinion, is as convenient as a cell phone. I can send a message from myhome or office, and my friends can read it when they have time.Track 42OL5In today’s report, we look at a new technology called pervasive puting.Pervasive puting means putting tiny puters into everyday electronic appliances, such as toasters and microwaves. With pervasive puting, appliances can municate with their users – and with other appliances!Some panies now sell pervasive puting products like a “smart” toaster. It remembers your favorite kind of toast: light or dark. Companies are designing a “smart” coffee maker and a “smart” clock. The coffee maker can measure the water and coffee. It can even put milk in your breakfast coffee and make black coffee in the afternoon. The clock will check the time on other clocks in your house, and give information about other appliances. For example, it can tell you, “Your coffee maker needs more water.”And that’s only the beginning. One pany is now advertising “Save time – phone your washing machine!” Engineers are making a “smart” house. In this house, the lights, heater, and air conditioner change automatically when family members e home. This makes the home fortable, and it saves a lot of energy. Pervasive puting could change many parts of our daily lives.But do people really want pervasive puting? Do they really need technology everywhere? One pany asked people about their opinions on “smart” appliances. There were surprises. A “smart” refrigerator can buy more food on the Internet, but people didn’t want it, because it might make mistakes.“Pervasive puting is as important as a telephone,” says Rebecca Blair, president of InnoTech Corporation. But some of these products are not useful, or even practical. Companies should learn more about the technology that people really want. Track 42OL7Local girl rescued She may have a broken leg, but she can’t be happier. Morgan Bailey, 11, is happy to be alive.Tuesday was like any other day for Morgan. She was at school. It was fourth period, and she was the first student to arrive in the gymnasium for her physical education class.Suddenly there was a loud noise.“There was a sharp cracking noise and then a loud boom. After that, I don’t remember anything,” said Morgan. The roof of the gymnasium had collapsed under the heavy snow. Morgan was trapped underneath. She couldn’t escape. “I woke up and there was a big piece of wood on my leg. I couldn’t move it. I was starting to get cold.”Fortunately, help was nearby. A new program using “rescue robots” was tried for the first time.“We were nervous about using the robot,” said Derrick Sneed, the man in charge of the program. “But in the end, the robot gave us reliable information. It went extremely well.”The rescue robot was able to go into the gym and locate Morgan’s exact position.“We send in robots first because it may not be safe for humans,” said Mr. Sneed. “Human beings are not as useful as robots in some situations. A gas leak, for example, could kill you or me but wouldn’t hurt a robot.”Although it didn’t happen in Morgan’s case, some rescue robots can bring fresh air or water to people who are trapped.Rescue robots go into rough, dangerous places. They work in life or death situations. They have to be durable.Doctors say that Morgan is doing well. She should be going home in two or three days. What is the first thing she wants to do after she gets out of the hospital?“I want to meet my hero,” laughs Morgan. “That little robot that saved my life!”Unit 2, Lesson BGlobal ViewpointsTechnology today Reda: I really don’t know a lot about electronics but I think that new phones…new cell phones…with ah…cameras…which have digital cameras are very cool and they’re so easy to use. And you don’t have to think all the time that you forgot the camera…you know? Because you always have it with you and that’s so smart.Kevin: I like the laptop because it’s very, very thin. It’s maybe less than one inch and it’s about four pounds and I can carry it anywhere I want.Alejandra: My favorite feature of my puter is the Instant Messenger. The reason for this is that it’s very affordable, fun, and convenient and allows me to chat with my friends from all over the world.Denise: I stay in touch with my family in Brazil with like… Instant Messenger.Jackie: I use the puter for chatting online, searching the web, and downloading music.Catherine: I have a lot of friends in New York and Philadelphia and California, so instead of talking on the phone with train on the way home.Julianna: I use my puter to surf on the Internet, to do my homework, and to work. My puter was expensive, but it is reliable.Jonathan: I don’t really like my puter because it’s old and not reliable.City Living The first word processorMrs. Morgan: Good. So change the first part and make those corrections and your paper will be great.Tara：OK. Thanks for all your help, Professor Morgan. I’ll my paper to you later today.Mrs. Morgan: You know, technology is amazing. In high school I used to write my term papers on a typewriter.Tara: It must have taken a long time to write a paper on typewriter. : Well, I was pretty fast, but I made some mistakes. Actually, the typewriters