Activity 3 Listen and read.

听并读。

Tony: Dad,can I borrow your camera?

托尼：爸爸，我能借一下你的相机吗？

Dad: Why?

爸爸：为什么？

Tony:I'd like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week. They'll be put up on the school website. And they can be seen on the Internet by other classes, even people living in other countries.

托尼：下周我想拍一些学校去博物馆参观的照片。它们将被公布在学校的网站上。并且通过因特网它们会被其他班的学生，甚至住在其他国家的人看见。

Dad:Sounds great! When I was at school,we waited for weeks to hear from our pen friends abroad. But today, we can send and receive photos and mails on the Internet,and it's really fast.

爸爸：听起来很棒！当我上学时，我们等几个星期才收到国外笔友的来信。但是现在，我们可以通过因特网发这、接收照片和邮件，而且它真的很快捷。

Tony:Yes,the Internet and the computer have changed our lives. We even use online textbooks in our class. I wonder...Will computers be used more than books in the future?

Dad: Perhaps. In the past, we mainly got information from paper books. Some were huge ones with thousands of pages. Today, with the invention of the computer and electronic teachnology ,it's easy to get information on the Internet. The Internet is more powerful than bcoks.

托尼：是的，因特网和电脑改变了我们的生活。在我们班我们甚至使用在线教材。我想知道……将来电脑会比书籍使用得更多吗？

爸爸：也许吧。过去，我们主要从纸制书上获取信息。一些是好几千页的巨型书。如今，随着电脑和电子技术的发明，通过因特网获取信息是容易的。因特网比书籍功能强大得多。

Tony:Anyway,about the camera...?

托尼：对了，相机呢……？

Dad:Oh,yes. Here it is. I haven't used it since your mum's birthday. And the memory card may be full.

爸爸：噢，好的。给你。自从你妈妈的生日以来我没有使用过它。而且存储卡可能满了。

Tony:OK. That can be fixed. I've got an empty memory card. where are the instructions?

托尼：好的。那可以修。我有一张空的存储卡。说明书在哪里？

Dad:In the camera bag. It's a gift from your mum for my birthday,so you must promise that you'll take good care of it. If you have to lend it to anyone,tell them to use it properly.

爸爸：在相机包里。它是你妈妈送给我的生日礼物，所以你必须保证你会保管好它。如果你不得不把它借给别人，就告诉他们正确地使用它。

Tony: Promise!

托尼：保证做到！