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Ananova - the World’s First Virtual Newscaster　

安娜诺娃——世界上第一个虚拟新闻节目主持人

Hello, my name is Ananova and I am the world’s first virtual newscaster. I live in cyberspace. I work in front of a very fine computer system with much information. My job is to scour the web and bring information to you. You can get this information through something like a desktop or a mobile phone.

On April 19, 2000 I read news on the Internet for the first time. My creators spent a year developing me. They studied hundreds of photos of ordinary and famous people’s faces to come up with my unique looks. My green hair makes me look different from real human. Then they worked with digital animation specialists, created my 3D head and body and made me move. The text-to-speech system creates my voice. At the same time the live animation technology matches my mouth movements to my words.

And here I am! You can see and hear me at my website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can e-mail from there as well. I love to know you.

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Text B 课文B

Computer Mouse　鼠 标

Douglas Engelbart invented a number of information access systems. In 1968 he invented the computer mouse. It helps popularize the use of computers.

The mouse is an important part of a computer. It is a casing with a flat bottom. It has one or a few buttons on the top. On the bottom is a ball and it is a device to detect directions. A cable connects the mouse to a computer. First, the user holds the mouse with one hand, moves it on a surface like a desk. In this way the user controls the cursor on the screen. And then he or she presses one of its buttons and makes a “mouse click”.

Douglas Engelbart finished a lot of design work in the computer world. The mouse was only one of his inventions.

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