Vocabulary Preparation:

 

unbeknownst   adj. unbeknown; without the personmentioned knowing 瞒着；背着

hard sell a way of selling something inwhich there is a lot of pressure on you to buy 强行推销

kiddie   adj. made, involving, or intended for young children 小孩子的；针对孩子的

unknowingly   adv. not realizing what you are doing or what ishappening 不知不觉地

subscription   n. anamount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive copies of a newspaperor magazine, or receive a service, or the act of paying money for this 订购；订阅

cut   n. someone's share of something, especially money（分得的）份额、利润

scam   n. a clever but dishonest way to get money 骗局；诈欺

graphic   n. a visual presentation onsome surface 图表；图案

allowance    n.an amount that is allowed or granted 限额；定量

nasty   adj. very unpleasant or annoying 令人不愉快的; 烦人的

 

 

Notes:

 

Verizon (CommunicationsInc.) is an American broadband and telecommunications company headqurtered inNew York and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.美国通信公司

AT&T is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephoneservices in the United States, and also serves digital subscriber line Internetaccess. AT&T is the second largest provider of wireless service in theUnited States. 美国电话电报公司

Kajeet is a pay-as-you-go sprint-based mobile virtual network operatorthat began selling phones to the general public in March 2007 through theirwebsite. 美国Kajeet公司（一家美国手机运营商）

Pay as you go (phone) is a methodof billing for a mobile phone. Prepaid mobile phones operate by a user’spurchase of mobile services in advance of using them. By purchasing credit touse on a mobile phone network, a user can access a mobile phone network withoutongoing billing. Users can then use the mobile phone to the limit of theircredit. 边购边付；边打电话边付钱

 

 

Exercise:Listen to the news report and decide whether the following statements are trueor false.

 

1.      Lauren’s father was charged $9.99 everymonth because she did not delete the text message.

2.      All sites on the Internet offered free ring tones andjokes.

3.      According to Daniel Nealover 10 million kids will get phones in the next two years.     

4.      With a pay-as-you-go service, kids cannot buy ring-tones and wallpaper andgames.

5.      Kids’ can purchase nothing from their cell phones withthe Web-based program added by AT&T.