The National Geographic Channel has unearthed a time capsule (时光宝盒) buried by late Apple chairman and co-founder Steve Jobs thirty years ago.
The time capsule was buried in Aspen .Colorado .in 1983, shortly after Jobs attended the International Design Conference being held in that city. Organizers called the device the Aspen Time Tube and contributed items like Rubik's cubes(魔方) and some iconic music. Jobs added his own items to the capsule ,including the " Lisa" ( also known as an "Apple" )"mouse he used for his presentation at the conference. '
Younger readers may not recognize the name but the Lisa Apple mouse was one of the first commercial mice released to consumers. The mouse was specially designed for the Apple Lisa computer. It's also the first personal computer to offer users a graphical user interface(图形用户界面)
Initially ,the plan was to dig up the time capsule in the year2000,but organizers forgot its exact location. Recently .they brought in researchers working with the National Geographic Channel show Diggers to find the device. Eventually they came across the 13-foot-long.1. 5-foot-diameter tube. inside they found a lot of 1980s artifacts(人工制品）that are still being catalogued.
“When the end came off .literally things just poured out .”noted Diggers host Tim Saylor "There must be literally thousands of things in there.”
“They had the foresight to put a bunch of stuff in plastic bags." Saylor said .“I could see at least a dozen plastic bags and other items. But I know for sure there got to be photographs in there. People had hand-written things on the back of the photographs ,so there will be some really interesting things inside.”
Among the artifacts researchers expect to discover inside :a Steve Jobs speech in which the Apple visionary outlines his predictions for future technologies. We should know more about the researchers ,discoveries once the Diggers program airs this fall.
小题1:Which of the following is true about the Lisa mouse?
A．The mouse was the first commercial one for consumers
B．The mouse was created only for the Apple Lisa computer
C．The mouse was buried in Aspen ,Colotado for two decades.
D．The mouse was invented after the International Design Conference小题2:Why wasn't the time capsule dug up in 2000?
A．Because it was not the time set by Steve Jobs.
B．Because it could not be accurately located.
C．Because organizers forgot its precise shape .
D．Because the local government didn't approve.小题3:From the passage we can infer that_______.
A．there were some special photographs found-inside the time capsule
B．a Steve Jobs speech with future predictions was found inside the cap
C．Steve Jobs predictions for future technologies have come true
D．more about the capsule will be discovered in the Diggers program小题4:The best title for the passage might be _______.
A．The "Lost" Steve Jobs Time Capsule
B．The Mystery of Steve Jobs Speech Solved
C．Steve Jobs' 1983 Time Capsule Recovered
D．Co-founder & Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs
