Today companies have branches around the world. More than 11% of the US employers and employees work online either full-time or part-time, and that number is continuing growing. It is believed that it is a waste of time and money to fly around the world for face-to-face meetings. An effective solution to this problem is to use Web meetings.
A large group of presentations, training classes and meetings are done online without losing the face-to-face experience. Web meetings are online meetings where an organizer invites attendees to listen to or watch an online presentation by presenters. Besides, Web meetings can be recorded for later use in presentations or training projects or downloaded for on-demand playback. Presenters can take real-time surveys to study how to hold a successful meeting. Some Web meeting software programs can monitor the users' desktop behavior to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents. If so, the program can tell presenters when the listeners lose their attention, and how long the distraction lasts. In this way the presenters will know which parts of their meetings need improving.
Web meetings can work well because they're hosted on a server. Images from the presenter's desktop are taken, uploaded to a server and then downloaded by people who have access to the server Web meetings require a powerful server to deal with several images a second and “serve” them back to thousands of users at the same time.
Companies have two choices when it comes to these servers. They can either buy a special Web meeting server to host their meetings on-site, or they can pay for a Web meeting service every time and let the off-site provider worry about hosting the meetings. The choice depends on frequently the company holds
Web meetings, the average number of people attending the meetings, and the quality of engineering and information technology.
Web meetings are an excellent example of how technology is changing the way we do business. With all the technologies today, the traditional office might soon be a thing of the past.
1.What is the disadvantage of the traditional meeting?
A.It needs more people to organize it.
B.It is expensive and time-consuming.
C.It results in traffic accidents frequently.
D.It fails to meet the demands of big companies.
2.How do some Web meeting software programs help improve the meetings?
A.By presenting successful documents.
B.By recording the frequency of distraction.
C.By tracking the listeners' state of attention.
D.By taking surveys about a successful meeting.
3.What do you know about Web meetings according to the text?
A.Web meetings are likely to be widely used.
B.Web meetings help presenters stay focused.
C.Web meetings determine the quality of engineering.
D.Web meetings work well without the help of a server.
Hipster Greenport: 4 places to eat, shop and visit
Greenport may date back to the 1630s, but it's feeling pretty of-the-moment right now. Here are four places that embody the old-meets-new energy of the village:
Claudio's
If you’ve been to Greenport, you can't miss Claudio's - it's where generations of Long Islanders have made a tradition of eating, whether inside the main restaurant or at the floating dock-bar. The new owners have added fresh elements: Baccano Pizza by Nino, which offers a variety of slices and pies until as late as 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays - is right by the dock entrance.
Little Creek Oyster Farm & Market
It's little spots like this that tell the current Greenport story. There’s no sign or advertising for this tiny bouse changed from the cabin of an old ship that's practically hidden down Bootlegger's
Alley near Mitchell Park. But there they are - streams of people who come to enjoy the fresh oysters while drinking local craft beer, with a waterside view.
Nostalgia (怀旧) for bygone times runs high in this 1909 building, which once served as the base for the Suffolk Times newspaper. These days, this well-designed Shop sells vinyl records and loads of old-fashioned clothing and home decoration items including mid-century highball sets.
Greenport Fire
Heat comes in many form and several are sold here ― hot sauces, cigars and candles, Consult the chalkboard for the current sauce offerings or browse cigars such a hand-rolled Honduran Leaf by Oscar or the Gurkha Cellar Reserve made with 18-year-aged tobacco,
1.What's special about Greenport?
A.It is a place full of energy. B.It is a famous port in the world.
C.It is a combination of new and old. D.It is a popular place of interest.
2.What can you do in The Times Vintage?
A.can enjoy delicious oysters. B.You can buy some old things.
C.You can find hand-rolled cigars. D.You can have Baccano Pizza.
A research shows two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of a cultural or political issue, not heated debates about a film or a book, but plain and simple ___ . Language is our greatest treasure and what do we ___ do with it? We gossip(闲聊). About others' behavior and private lives; how to deal with difficult ___ situations involving children, lovers, and colleagues.
So why are we keen on gossiping? Are we just natural ____, of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about ___ in particular simply to avoid facing up to the really important issues of life? It’s not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar, who says gossip is one of these really ___ issues.
Dunbar ___ the traditional view that language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly bunting activities more effectively. ____. he suggests that language evolved among women. We don't spend two-thirds of our time griping just ___ we can talk, argues Dunbar--- ___ he goes on to say, language evolved specifically to allow us to gossip.
Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studying the___ of the higher primates(灵长类动物)like monkeys. By means of grooming leaning the fur by brushing it monkeys form groups with other individuals on whom they can rely for support ___some kind of conflict within the group or ___from outside it.
As we human beings evolve from in a particular branch of the primate family. Dunbar __ that at one time in our history we did much the same. ___together made sense because the bigger the group the greater the ___it provided, on the other hand, the bigger the group, the greater the ___of living close to others. Grooming helped to ease the pressure and calm everybody down.
But as the groups got bigger and bigger, the amount of time spent in grooming activities also had to be ____ to maintain its effectiveness. Clearly, a more ____ kind of grooming was needed, and thus language evolved as a kind of vocal grooming which allowed humans to develop relationship with ever-larger groups by exchanging information over a wider network of individuals than would be possible by one-to-one _____contact.
1.A.claim B.description C.gossip D.language
2.A.occasionally B.habitually C.independently D.originally
3.A.social B.political C.historical D.cultural
4.A.admirers B.masters C.consumers D.wasters
5.A.every tiling B.something C.anything D.nothing
6.A.vital B.sensitive C.ideal D.difficult
7.A.confirms B.rejects C.outlines D.broadens
8.A.Still B.Besides C.Therefore D.Instead
9.A.because B.until C.unless D.as
10.A.for instance B.in addition C.on the contrary D.as a result,
11.A.motivation B.appearance C.emotion D.behavior
12.A.in terms of B.in favor of C.in the wake of D.in the event of
13.A.attack B.contact C.inspection D.assistance
14.A.recalls B.denies C.concludes D.acknowledges
15.A.Communicating B.Grouping C.Migrating D.Swinging
16.A.prospect B.responsibility C.leadership D.protection
17.A.stresses B.benefits C.barriers D.conveniences
18.A.reduced B.extended C.consumed D.wasted
19.A.common B.efficient C.scientific D.thoughtful
20.A.indirect B.daily C.physical D.confidential
-- Do you come off duty so late every day?
-- Almost no one leaves on schedule.
A.You have my word. B.It's anyone's guess.
C.Never you mind. D.You can say that again.
Xi'an is the home of Chinese civilization, where the renowned Silk Road starts through west China to the Mediterranean.
A.switching B.stretching. C.sweeping D.squeezing
This isn't the first time the shareholders Zuckerberg to step down from his dual roles, which would help him focus on running the company
A.have wanted B.wanted C.will want. D.want
