全新版大学英语综合教程B4_Unit_2_Smart_Cars.ppt

SmartCars ThinkingbeforelisteningWritedownthreequestionsaboutcarsofthefuture Listentothepassageagainandsaywhatchangeswillbemadeindriving cleaner Safer Morecomfortable Tips cleaningdriving electricallypowered environmentallyclean Safedriving controlledbycomputerMorecomfortable aversatileinteriorwiththeadultsandchildreninafamilycircle Namesofcarparts windscreen windshieldsidelight parkinglightheadlightbrakelightrearlight taillightnumberplate licenseplatebumperexhaustpiperearviewmirrorwingmirror sidemirrorreflector反射镜 gearstick gearshiftignition点火装置dashboard仪表板speedometer速度计mileometer odometer里程表brake handbrakeaccelerator gaspedalsteeringwheelhornboot trunktyre tire Warm upQuestions 1 Whatdoyouthinkisthemostprofitableandpowerfulindustryofthe20thcentury computer automobile petroleumorairplane 2 Whatdoyouthinkwillbethemostprofitableandpowerfulindustryinthe21stcentury communication astronautics biologyorconstruction 3 Whatisthegreatestinventionintheworldsofar 4 Ifyoucouldaffordacar wouldyoubuyone Whichbrandwouldyouliketohave 本单元四级核心词汇 alertapplicationapproximatelybunchconvertcorrelatedecreaseeliminateexpansionfrequencyhazardhighwayincorporatelanelucrativemagneticmanufacturemonotonousmountpollutionpresentlyprototypesatellitevaporvibrateoutlineimplicationtherebyfeasiblerealisticcomponentdiversepermanentimplementequivalentappropriateassemblyexposurematureintroductionperceive 本单元重要短语 aswellbepoisedto do get bestuckin sth intheairsendoutstartuptakecontrolofturnsth into becomearealityatthestartofbymeansof PartOne para 1 3 Newtechnologywillhaveadramaticimpactoncarsandhighwaysinthe21stcentury 1 L 6 8 Salesoftheautomobileindustrystandataboutatrilliondollars makingittheworld sbiggestmanufacturingindustry 1 Howdoyouunderstandtheword stand stand isusedtoshowaparticularleveloramount Inflationcurrentlystandsatninepercent Yourbankbalancestandsat 460 2 TranslatethesentenceintoChinese 汽车工业的销售额达一万亿美元左右 从而成为世界上最大的制造业 ForPart1QuestionsandAnswers 1 Howimportantwastheautomobileindustryinthe20thcentury 2 Didtheautomobileindustrychangealotinthelastseventyyears 3 Whatwillhappentocarsandroadsinthe21stcentury 4 Whydoestheauthorsaythekeytotomorrow s smartcars willbesensors 1 Howimportantwastheautomobileindustryinthetwentiethcentury Therewere500millioncarsworldwide Salesoftheautomobileindustrystoodaboutatrilliondollars makingittheworld sbiggestmanufacturingindustry 2 Whatwillhappentocarsandroadsinthetwenty firstcentury Thecar andtheroadsittravelson willberevolutionizedinthetwenty firstcentury 3 Whydoestheauthorsaythekeytotomorrow s smartcar willbesensors Asensorisadevicethatconvertsmeasurableelementsofaphysicalprocessintodatameaningfultothecomputer Andwewanttocreateakindofcar smartcar whichcanseeandhearandsmellandtalkandact PartTwo para 4 9 Withtheaidofadvancedtechnology smartscarswillbesodesignedthattheycanhelpeliminatetrafficaccidents determinetheirownpreciselocationsandwarnoftrafficjams 6 L 19 eliminate vt remove esp sb sth thatisnotwantedorneeded getridof消除 消灭 排除 Thepolicehaveeliminatedalltheothersuspects 她已被取消了参加游泳比赛的资格 Shehasbeeneliminatedfromtheswimmingrace Pattern eliminatesth fromsth Canweevereliminatehungerfromtheworldoneday 7 L 21 intheair 悬而未决 我们的计划尚未确定 Ourplansarestillintheair 8 L 21 startup beginorbeginworking running happening发动 启动 开始 Putthekeyintheignitionandturnittostartthecarup 玛丽发动引擎 向她的家乡驶去 Marystarteduptheengineanddroveforherhometown CF alert attentive alert指思维敏捷而高度集中 注视者可能发生的事件 尤其是危险的 恐怖的事件 并迅速做出反应 Ahunting dogmustbealert Theguardswerealerttoanydanger 哨兵警惕着一切危险的情况 attentive强调能够把注意力集中于某事上而不分心 不走神 Iwishyouwouldbemoreattentivetowhatyourteacherhastoldyou 希望你能多注意老师对你说的话 Hewasabsolutelyattentivetoresearchintothecauseofcancer 他专心致志研究癌症的起因 10 L 26 28 Shouldyoumakeaseriousdrivingmistake e g changelaneswhenthereisacarinyour blindspot thecomputerwouldsoundanimmediatewarning Analyzethestructureofthissentence IfyoushouldseeHarry givehimmyregards Youmightseehim if subject should verb isoftenreplacedby should subject verb ShouldyouseeHarry givehimmyregards 11 L 29 prototype n thefirstmodelordesignofsth fromwhichotherformsarecopiedordeveloped 原型 样品 PrototypeequipmentPrototypemachinePrototypemodelNB proto 前缀 表示 最初的 原始的 Protocluster原星团 cluster丛 Protogalaxy原星系 galaxy星系 银河 Protovirus原始病毒 virus病毒 12 L 31 monotonous adj dullandneverchangingorvarying constantandboring单调的 一成不变的 Theteacher svoicewassomonotonousthatitsentmetosleep 我在汽车工厂的工作颇为单调乏味 Myjobinthecarfactoryisrathermonotonous 13 L 33 hazard n 危害 危险 Therearemanyserioushazardsassociatedwithsmoking 穿越非洲的旅行有许多危险 TherearemanyhazardsinajourneyacrossAfrica Collocation Atallhazards不顾一切风险 在任何情况下Inhazard在危险中 受到威胁Byhazard偶然 碰运气Beonthehazard在危险中 22 L 52 convert v changefromoneformorusetoanother Pattern convertsth to intosth 使 转变 使 改变 IwanttoconvertsomeHongKongdollarsintoAmericandollars Coalcanbeconvertedtogas 那座楼房改成学校了 Thatbuildinghasbeenconvertedintoaschool 24 L 55 correlate vt 使 与 相互关联 Researchworkersfindithardtocorrelatethetwosetsoffigures Smokingandlungcancerarecloselycorrelated Pattern correlatesth withsth Theyaretryingtofindoutifthesebehaviorpatternscorrelatewithparticularchangesindiet 把理论和实践联系起来 QuestionsforPartTwo 1 Howwouldsensorshelpreducetrafficfatalities 2 Whatisthefunctionoftheradarshiddeninthebumpers 3 Howwillasmartcaralertadriverwhofeelsdrowsy 4 Whatmakesitpossibleforsmartcarstodeterminetheirapproximatelocation QuestionsforPartTwo 1 Howwouldsensorshelpreducetrafficfatalities Almosthalfofcaraccidentscomefromdrunkdrivers Ifadriverisdrunkthecarcansenseviaelectronicsensorsthatcanpickupvaporintheair andrefusestartupthecar 2 Whatisthefunctionoftheradarshiddeninthebumpers Theradarshiddeninthebumperscanscanfornearbycarswhichalertthedriverstosomeseriousdrivingmistakes 3 Howwillasmartcaralertadriverwhofeelsdrowsy Asmartcarisequippedwithatinycamerawhichishiddeninthedashboardandcanbetrainedonadriver sfaceandeye Ifadriver seyelidscloseforacertainlengthoftimeandhisorherdrivingbecomeserratic acomputerinthedashboardcouldalertthedriver 4 Whatmakesitpossibleforsmartcarstodeterminetheirapproximatelocation Withthehelpoftheradiosignalsfromorbitingsatellites thesensorsinsmartcarscandeterminethecar spreciselocation PartThree para 10 13 GPSand telematics willmakeitpossibletobuildsmarthighways whichwillbenefitusinmorethanoneway 28 L 57 bepoisedtodo bereadytotakeactionatanymoment做好准备随时 做 ItisreportedthatU S forcesarepoisedtoattackIraq Theautomobilecompanyispoisedtolaunchitsnewadvertisingcampaign 29 L 65 mount v 将 固定住 将 置于架上 Mountingtheengineinthiswaywasanimprovement 她把照片裱贴在她的日记本上 Shemountedthephotographonthebackofherdiarybook 30 L 67 Onaneight milestretchofInterstate15tenmilesnorthofSanDiego 1 HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheInterstateintheU S InterstateisoneofasystemofhighwaysextendingbetweenandconnectingthemajorcitiesoftheUnitedStates 2 Whatdoes stretch mean Itmeansacontinuousorunbrokenlength 3 TranslatethesentenceintoChinese 在圣迭戈以北10英里的15号州际公路一段8英里长的路面上 CF decrease reduce lessen decrease一词使用广泛 特指数量的减少 Thenumberoftrafficaccidentsdecreasedlastyear 去年交通事故的数量减少了 Waterconsumptionhadtodecreasetoavoidadrought reduce词义很广 既可指大小 数量 范围或程度的缩小 也可指等级 地位或经济状况的下降 Theyreducedthesizeoftheapparatusbytwo thirds 他们把该装置的体积缩小了三分之二 Thishasgreatlyreducedthethreatpresentedbytyphoons 这大大减少了台风造成的威胁 lessen是比较正式的用词 用于客观地表示程度 价值或数量的减少 而不带任何偏见 Productionintextileindustryhasalsolessenedsharply 纺织工业的产量也已急剧下降 Thevalueofmoneylessensduringinflation 通货膨胀时货币贬值 QuestionsforPartThree 1 WhataretheprospectsforapplicationsofGPS 2 Whatis telematics expectedtoachieveinincreasingtheefficiencyandsafetytransportation 3 WhataretrafficengineersdoingonInterstate15closetoSanDiego 4 Whathopesdopromotersofthesmarthighwayhaveforitsfuture 5 Whataretheadvantagesofsmarthighway 1 WhataretheprospectsforapplicationsofGPS Asthepriceofmicrochipisdroppingdrastically theprospectsforapplicationsofGPSareveryoptimistic 2 Whatis telematics expectedtoachieveinincreasingtheefficiencyandsafetytransportation Telematcs isexpectedtoputsmartcarsonsmarthighwaystoincreasetheefficiencyandsafetyofhighwaytransportation 3 WhataretrafficengineersdoingonInterstate15closetoSanDiego Thetrafficengineersareinstallingasystemthatcallsforcomputers withthehelpthousandsofthree inchmagneticspikesburiedinthehighway tocompletelycontrolthedrivingcarsonheavilytraffickedroads 4 Whathopesdopromotersofthesmarthighwayhaveforitsfuture Theyholdanoptimisticviewtowardthesmarthighway By2010 telematicsmaywellbeappliedtooneofthemajorhighwaysintheU S By2020 itisverylikelyfortelematicstobeadoptedinthousandsofmilesofhighwaysintheUnitedStatesifthepriceofmicrochipsdropstobelowapennyapiece 5 Whataretheadvantagesofsmarthighway Smarthighwayswillturntobeenvironment friendly savingfuel reducingtrafficjams decreasingairpollution andservingasanalternativetohighwayexpansion GlobalReading TrueorFalse1 Therearesomanypeoplekilledinthecaraccidentsthatcaraccidentsreportscanbefoundinnewspapernearlyeveryday 2 Asmartcarcanalertthedriverifhebecomesdrowsy 3 Thecomputerinthecarwilltotallyeliminatethecasesofgettinglostandgettingstuckintraffic 4 Thecomputerinthecarsendsoutaradiosignalthatcanbedetectedbyasatellite 5 Byestablishingtherelationbetweentherotationsinthesteeringwheelandthecar spositiononamap thecomputercantelluswherethecaris TrueorFalse 1 Therearesomanypeoplekilledinthecaraccidentsthatcaraccidentsreportscanbefoundinnewspapernearlyeveryday F Thenumberofpeoplethatarekilledorbadlyinjuredincaraccidentsissovastthatwedon tevenbothertomentiontheminthenewspaperanymore 2 Asmartcarcanalertthedriverifhebecomesdrowsy T 3 Thecomputerinthecarwilltotallyeliminatethecasesofgettinglostandgettingstuckintraffic F Thecomputercanhaveapositiveimpactontheseproblems butitisunlikelytocurethem 4 Thecomputerinthecarsendsoutaradiosignalthatcanbedetectedbyasatellite F Thesatellitesendsoutasignalthatcanbedetectedbyreceiverinacar scomputer 5 Byestablishingtherelationbetweentherotationsinthesteeringwheelandthecar spositiononamap thecomputercantelluswherethecaris T ForPart2 3TextAnalysis Task summarizethefeaturesofsmartcars Tips 1 Smartcarscaneliminatemostcaraccidents 2 Smartcarscanalertthepoliceandprovidepreciselocationifstolen 3 Smartcarscanmonitorone sdrivingandthedrivingconditionsnearby 4 Smartcarscanalertthesleepydriver 5 Smartcarscanlocateyourcarpreciselyandwarnoftrafficjams Languagefocus Anefficientreaderwillmakeaguessbasedonknowledgeofword formationorknowledgeofthewordinthecontext E g blindspot Shouldyoumakeaseriousdrivingmistake e g changelaneswhenthereisacarinyour blindspot thecomputerwouldsoundanimmediatewarning Theremightbeanaccidentifyouchangelaneswhenthereisacarinyour blindspot Howcouldithappen Howcomeyoudon tknowtheexistenceofthecar Itmustbethatyoudon tknowtheexistenceofthecar Itmustbethatyoucannotobservethecarfromtherear viewmirror blindspot aportionoftheroadbehindacar whichadrivercannotobservefromtherear viewmirror GlobalPositioningSystem L 42 and atomicclocks L 46 Word formationmayalsoprovidemuchinformationaboutthemeaningofaword e g whatistelematics Theprefix tele means distant thesuffix matics maybetheendpartof informatics Sotelematicsmustbea