Academic (学院部)
Information 490. English Composition. Fall, Spring, 3 hours.
One lecture, two writing laboratories. Pre-requirement: English 400 or
permission of the instructor. A review of English grammar and
vocabulary, practice in writing technical English. Intended to assist
foreign graduate students to write theses. Not open to native speakers.
Professor Baker. Satellite (卫星) The most powerful carrier of
information ever created isn’t a highway at all it’s a super skyway. And
it exists today—a satellite network that is ubiquitous (普遍存在的), reliable and
efficient. Unlike fiber optics (纤维光学), satellites can send data
to any point on earth, at sea or in the air—all at the same time. Nor are they
as vulnerable (易受伤的) to great natural disasters like flood and
earthquakes. Satellites are essential for today’s broadcast,
cable, business, TV, radio, data delivery, educational programming and telephone
industries. In the first ad, (46) will instruct this
course. This course seems to be open to (47) . According to
the advertisement, (48) is the most powerful carrier of
information. Satellite can (49) at the same
time. (50) can not affect the satellite’s functions
(功能).