Broadband VS Dial up

From ABC News Cyber Shake, I’m Michael Barre. What are the advantages(1) to broadband(2) after this? Many homes with PCs use the phone line to go on the Internet.

“About 80% of them are doing it from what we call a dial up experience.”

Analyst TS Kelley with Nielsen Net Ratings.

“When people go to broadband, it’s a matter of them getting audio and video and all sorts of other types of content delivered to them in much quicker fashion【方式】.”

What’s the difference between Cable Broadband and DSL? Kelley says not much, except with DSL.

“It’s like dropping another phone line into the home or utilizing(3) the existing phone line where the cable folks are piggybacking【背负式运输】their signals for the internet via(4) their cable wires.”

Kelley says there are lots of different services using broadband.

“You can think about new security features(5) and new technology features to your home.”

Another analyst says there’s no proof that using broadband will make us more productive(6), but it will make us more connected. From Cyber Shake, I’m Michael Barre, ABC News.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. advantage []n.优势
2. broadband []n.宽带
3. utilize[]v.利用
4. via [] prep. 经由；通过
5. feature []n.作用；特色
6. productive []adj.有建设性的；有生产力的

听音高级短语

dial up 拨号上网

听音超级句型

It’s a matter of…
这是一个…的问题。

What’s the difference between…and…?
…和…之间有什么不同?

There’s no proof that…
没有证据表明…

宽带挑战拨号上网

这里是ABC新闻网络漫游，我是麦克•伯里。宽带上网的优势是什么？许多拥有电脑的家庭用电话线上网。

约有80%的家庭使用我们称之为“拨号”的方式上网。

Nielsen Net Ratings的分析员TS Kelley告诉我们。

“当人们用宽带上网时，他们就能以更快的方式接收视听及各种不同的内容。”

宽带上网中电缆接入跟DSL接入有什么不同？卡利说区别不大，但DSL有点不同。

“就像在家里另牵一根电话线或利用现有的电话线，网络公司通过它们的线路背负传输信息。”

卡利说宽带接入提供多种服务。

“你可以考虑为家里带来新的安全和技术特色。”

另一个分析员说并无证据表明使用宽带会使我们效率更高，但它却能够把我们更紧密地联系在一起。这里是ABC新闻网络漫游，我是麦克•伯里。