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Passage 1（Questions16-18）
· 听力原文（中英逐句对照）：
Steve Miller beganhis career in IT back in the late 1980s. Being a deaf person in tech required ahuge amount of effort in organization. Because there was no email or textmessage service, everything had to be done face to face, or by telephone.Communicating in meetings was very difficult. He needed a sign languageinterpreter for every meeting, but it was a huge effort to coordinate.
史蒂夫・米勒在 20 世纪 80 年代末开始了他的 IT 职业生涯。作为一名科技行业的听障人士，他需要在工作组织上付出巨大努力。当时没有电子邮件或短信服务，所有事情都必须面对面或通过电话完成。会议中的沟通非常困难，他每次会议都需要手语翻译，但协调安排翻译是一件极其费力的事。
These days,although challenges still remain, it's a good time to be a deaf person in tech,says Miller. Big advances in speech recognition technology have enabledcommunication tools to turn live speech into text in real time on yoursmartphone or laptop, and sign language into text as well.
米勒说，如今虽然挑战依然存在，但对于科技行业的听障人士来说，这是一个好时代。语音识别技术的巨大进步，让通讯工具可以在智能手机或笔记本电脑上实时将语音转换为文字，也能将手语转换为文字。
New Tech coupledwith improvements in hearing aid technology and medical advances means thatMiller is able to focus far more on his work. He has benefited to a greatextent from a tiny hearing device in his ear. It gives him a degree of hearing,and he can use a variety of communication methods depending on the situation.He can employ lip-reading and have meetings via video instead of on the phone.These things have made a huge difference. He no longer has to worry aboutwhether or not he can understand. He can just concentrate on how interestingthe meeting might be and what he needs to get out of it in order to progress.
新技术加上助听器技术的改进和医学进步，让米勒能够更专注于工作。他从耳朵里的一个微型助听设备中受益匪浅，它能让他获得一定的听力，并且可以根据不同情况使用多种沟通方式。他可以借助唇读，也可以通过视频而非电话参加会议。这些变化带来了巨大的不同，他再也不用担心自己是否能听懂，只需专注于会议本身是否有趣，以及为了推进工作需要从中获取什么信息。
· 问题（中英对照）：
16. What do we learn about Steve Miller?
我们对史蒂夫・米勒有什么了解？
17. What does Miller say is making thingsbetter for people like him?
米勒说是什么让像他这样的人的情况有所改善？
18. In what way can Miller benefit fromattending meetings via video?
米勒通过视频参加会议能获得什么好处？
