1 Check out the io Personal Digital Pen launched by Logitech：It's a magic pen that can store everything you write and transfer it to your computer. And you don’t have to lug a hand-held device along with you for it to work.1
2 Logitech's technology works like this：The pen writes normally,using normal ballpoint pen ink2. But while you are writing,a tiny camera inside the pen is also taking 100 snapshots per second of what you are doing3,mapping your writing via a patchwork of minute dots printed on the paper. All this information—the movement of your pen on the paper,basically — is then stored digitally inside the pen,whether you are writing notes or drawing complex diagrams. You can store up to 40 pages worth of doodles in the pen’s memory. As far as you are concerned4,you are just using a normal pen.
3 It is only when you drop the pen into its PC-connected cradle that the fun begins. Special software on your PC will figure out what you have done,and begin to download any documents you have written since the last time it was there. Depending on whether you have ticked certain boxes on the special notepad,it can also tell whether the document is destined to be an e-mail,a “to do” task,or a diagram to be inserted into a word-processing document. Once the documents are downloaded you can view them,print them out or convert them to other formats.
4 The io Personal Digital Pen is a neat and simple solution to the problem of storing,sharing and retrieving handwritten notes,as well as for handling diagrams,pictures and other non-text doodling. You don't have to carry a laptop along with you. All you have to do is just whip out the pen and the special paper and you are off5.
5 It is a great product because it does not force you to work differently—walking around with a screen strapped to your arm,or carrying with you extra bits and pieces. The pen is light and works like a normal pen if you need it to,while the special notepads look and feel like notepads. The only strange looks will be from people who are curious why you are writing with a cigar.
6 The io Personal Digital Pen also has potential elsewhere. FedEx6,for example,is introducing a version of the pen so that customers can fill out forms by hand — instead of punching letters into cumbersome devices. Once that data is digital more or less anything can be done with it — transferring it wirelessly to a central computer,for example,or via a hand-phone. Doctors could transmit their prescriptions direct to pharmacies,reducing fraud； policemen could send their reports back to the station,reducing paperwork.
練習(xí)：
1.Paragraph 2 _________.
2.Paragraph 3 _________.
3.Paragraph 5 _________.
4.Paragraph 6 _________.
A A Friendly and Convenient Device
B Ways to Download the Stored Information
C Examples of Other Potential Applications of the Io Pen
D Customers' Passion for the Io Pen
E FedEx the First User of the Io Pen
F Working Principles of the Io Personal Digital Pen
5.There is no need to learn how to use the io Personal Digital Pen because _________.
6.If you want to download what you have done with the magic pen,_________.
7.The magic pen is particularly convenient when you work away from home or office because _________.
8.No matter what you write or draw,_________
A you don't have to carry your laptop along
B the information will be shown digitally on the pen
C FedEx has special software to store your information
D it works like an ordinary pen
E you simply place the pen into its computer-connected cradle
F the movement of your pen is recorded digitally inside the pen
答案與題解：
1.F 第二段介紹神奇筆的工作原理。筆內(nèi)裝有一個(gè)攝像頭，把寫的字或畫的圖轉(zhuǎn)換為數(shù)碼，存儲(chǔ)在筆內(nèi)的記憶裝置里。
2.B 第三段介紹把神奇筆存儲(chǔ)的信息下載到電腦中的過(guò)程，其中很重要的一個(gè)設(shè)備是將筆與電腦相連接的cradle（筆座）。
3.A 第五段介紹神奇筆的優(yōu)越性，使用的方式和使用普通筆一樣，不用攜帶顯示屏，不用帶附件。所以，這段的內(nèi)容可以概括為A friendly and convenient device.
4.C 最后一段列舉了有可能使用神奇筆的其他地方。
5.D 文章中多處都提到the io Personal Digital Pen用起來(lái)很方便，普通的筆怎么用，the io Personal Digital Pen也怎么用。因此，it works like an ordinary pen是答案。
6.E download和使用cradle的內(nèi)容可在第三段第一句、第二句中找到。
7.A 題干中的convenient和when you work away from home or office提示我們要選A.第五段第一句說(shuō)，外出時(shí)不用攜帶顯示屏或附件。
8.F 第二段第三句是選F的依據(jù)。
2 Logitech's technology works like this：The pen writes normally,using normal ballpoint pen ink2. But while you are writing,a tiny camera inside the pen is also taking 100 snapshots per second of what you are doing3,mapping your writing via a patchwork of minute dots printed on the paper. All this information—the movement of your pen on the paper,basically — is then stored digitally inside the pen,whether you are writing notes or drawing complex diagrams. You can store up to 40 pages worth of doodles in the pen’s memory. As far as you are concerned4,you are just using a normal pen.
3 It is only when you drop the pen into its PC-connected cradle that the fun begins. Special software on your PC will figure out what you have done,and begin to download any documents you have written since the last time it was there. Depending on whether you have ticked certain boxes on the special notepad,it can also tell whether the document is destined to be an e-mail,a “to do” task,or a diagram to be inserted into a word-processing document. Once the documents are downloaded you can view them,print them out or convert them to other formats.
4 The io Personal Digital Pen is a neat and simple solution to the problem of storing,sharing and retrieving handwritten notes,as well as for handling diagrams,pictures and other non-text doodling. You don't have to carry a laptop along with you. All you have to do is just whip out the pen and the special paper and you are off5.
5 It is a great product because it does not force you to work differently—walking around with a screen strapped to your arm,or carrying with you extra bits and pieces. The pen is light and works like a normal pen if you need it to,while the special notepads look and feel like notepads. The only strange looks will be from people who are curious why you are writing with a cigar.
6 The io Personal Digital Pen also has potential elsewhere. FedEx6,for example,is introducing a version of the pen so that customers can fill out forms by hand — instead of punching letters into cumbersome devices. Once that data is digital more or less anything can be done with it — transferring it wirelessly to a central computer,for example,or via a hand-phone. Doctors could transmit their prescriptions direct to pharmacies,reducing fraud； policemen could send their reports back to the station,reducing paperwork.
練習(xí)：
1.Paragraph 2 _________.
2.Paragraph 3 _________.
3.Paragraph 5 _________.
4.Paragraph 6 _________.
A A Friendly and Convenient Device
B Ways to Download the Stored Information
C Examples of Other Potential Applications of the Io Pen
D Customers' Passion for the Io Pen
E FedEx the First User of the Io Pen
F Working Principles of the Io Personal Digital Pen
5.There is no need to learn how to use the io Personal Digital Pen because _________.
6.If you want to download what you have done with the magic pen,_________.
7.The magic pen is particularly convenient when you work away from home or office because _________.
8.No matter what you write or draw,_________
A you don't have to carry your laptop along
B the information will be shown digitally on the pen
C FedEx has special software to store your information
D it works like an ordinary pen
E you simply place the pen into its computer-connected cradle
F the movement of your pen is recorded digitally inside the pen
答案與題解：
1.F 第二段介紹神奇筆的工作原理。筆內(nèi)裝有一個(gè)攝像頭，把寫的字或畫的圖轉(zhuǎn)換為數(shù)碼，存儲(chǔ)在筆內(nèi)的記憶裝置里。
2.B 第三段介紹把神奇筆存儲(chǔ)的信息下載到電腦中的過(guò)程，其中很重要的一個(gè)設(shè)備是將筆與電腦相連接的cradle（筆座）。
3.A 第五段介紹神奇筆的優(yōu)越性，使用的方式和使用普通筆一樣，不用攜帶顯示屏，不用帶附件。所以，這段的內(nèi)容可以概括為A friendly and convenient device.
4.C 最后一段列舉了有可能使用神奇筆的其他地方。
5.D 文章中多處都提到the io Personal Digital Pen用起來(lái)很方便，普通的筆怎么用，the io Personal Digital Pen也怎么用。因此，it works like an ordinary pen是答案。
6.E download和使用cradle的內(nèi)容可在第三段第一句、第二句中找到。
7.A 題干中的convenient和when you work away from home or office提示我們要選A.第五段第一句說(shuō)，外出時(shí)不用攜帶顯示屏或附件。
8.F 第二段第三句是選F的依據(jù)。