英語流行話題聽力:Unit 12 比爾·蓋茨與通用汽車公司

[00:01.03] Unit 12 Bill Gates vs. GM At a computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated" If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, [00:19.13] we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, [00:27.59] General Motors issued a press release stating if GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics: 1. [00:40.38] For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. [??:??.??] 2. [00:45.40] Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. [??:??.??] 3. [00:53.43] Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. [00:57.59] You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, [01:02.33] shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. [01:08.36] For some reason you would simply accept this. [??:??.??] 4. [01:13.42] Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, [01:21.19] in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. [??:??.??] 5. [01:24.41] Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive ... but would run on only five percent of the roads. [??:??.??] 6. [01:41.04] The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single" General Protection Fault" warning light. [??:??.??] 7. [01:52.42] The airbag system would ask," Are you sure?" before opening up. [??:??.??] 8. [02:01.04] Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, [02:10.51] turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna. [??:??.??] 9. [02:13.40] Every time GM introduced a new car, buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. [??:??.??] 10. [02:32.12] You 'd have to press the" Start" button to turn the engine off.

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