Unit 9

Book 1

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Which of the following is nearest to your life philosophy in the 21st century?

A. Go where life takes you.B. Life is not a dress rehearsal. So don’t just play a role.C. To everything there is a season.D. Do it now.

Questions Who or what determines our future?

We ourselves

The actions of the present

Find the expressions in the context which refer to the similar meaning to “the actions of the present”.

we ourselves create the future

We ourselves build the future both through what we do and what we do not do

Questions What could a boss do in the future?

Measure brain activity to learn worker quality.

Use your imagination and describe the detail of the boss control with the help of computer.

Questions How do you understand this sentence?

Frequent computer analyses could tell whether workers, like air traffic controllers, are seeing all activity clearly enough to monitor it properly.

通过频繁的电脑分析，能够了解到工作人员，如飞行调度员，是否对工作全局一目了然，从而做好各自的工作。

Questions What will the 21st Century doctors depend on

in their medical diagnosis and treatment? ?

Computers

What information the computer can provide for doctors?

Visual information

Suppose you were a doctor in the future. You had a patient who were suffering from a headache. What visual information your computer could provide you?

Questions What else can home computers do for you in

terms of your health?

Ask you interactive questions and show you the alternative results if you act in a certain way.

If you had a headache, what interactive questions your computer would ask you?

What alternative results your computer could tell you?

Questions Will car driving be easier in the 21st Century with

the help of computers? Why?

Sum up in three noun phrases what the computer do for your car.

Automatic billing

Electronic map

Guides to solve engine problems

Questions How will computers help students in the future do

their homework assignments?

Worldwide resources

Specify the resources mentioned in the text.

museums, science facilities, libraries, databases, teachers, fellow students

The author mentions the following in the passage as the parts of our future that will have a great change.

your brain your doctor your car

the computer-home the workplace

the environment your health

Choose one of the following and write a 50-80 word part so as to add into the text as the 9th part of the passage:

your food

your telecommunication

your college English

your college dorm

1. — that the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond our control. (Line 6)

impose on (upon): force on; place on

父母不应当把自己的爱好强加给孩子。 1) Parents should not impose their own tastes on their children.

2) The UN imposed economic sanction upon the nation. 联合国对该国实行经济制裁。

3) The new government imposed higher income taxes on the “new rich”.新政府对“暴发户”征收更高的所得税。

2. Psychologist Arthur F. Kramer tested volunteers working on arithmetic problems. (Line 13)

work on (upon): have (something) as the subject of thought or effort

1) Scientists are working on killing the AIDS virus.

科学家在努力探索消灭艾滋病病毒。

2) He has been working on improving the water bicycle that he designed. 他一直在想方设法改进他设计的水上自行车。

3. He could predict their performance from the strength of the brain’s electrical activity measured through the head. (Line 14)

predict: vt. say in advance

1) One can look to the future but cannot predict the future.

人可以展望未来，但无法预测未来。

2) Some teachers predict that about 20% of the students will fail to pass the final test, but they could not foretell who will fail.

一些老师预计，大概 20% 的学生期末考试不及格，但他们无法预言谁会不及格。

3. He could predict their performance from the strength of the brain’s electrical activity measured through the head. (Line 14)

performance: n. 1) action or way of doing something 2) show of music, a play, etc.

1) Our team’s performance is praised highly by fans. 我国球队的表现受到球迷的高度称赞。

2) Though the performers were students, their performance was wonderful.

虽然演员均为学生，他们的表演令人赞叹。

5. Home computers will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results should you act in a certain way. (Line 25)

alternative: 1) a. giving a choice from among more than two things

1)煤炭和石油终会耗尽。我们必须找到可替代的能源类型。 Coal and oil will be used up. We must find an alternative energy form.

2)五角大楼提出的另一行动方案风险更高， 耗资更大。 The alternative operation by the Pentagon is more risky and costly.

5. Home computers will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results should you act in a certain way. (Line 25)

alternative: 2) n. serious choice; something that can be chosen instead.

1) Your learning strategy didn’t work. Let’s work out an alternative.

你的学习策略没有奏效。咱们另定学习策略吧。

2) If you want to reach the railway station in time for your train, you have to take a

taxi; there is no alternative. 如果你想及时到火车站赶上那趟火车，只能乘坐

出租车去，别无选择。

8. Many shoppers order groceries at home through Internet suppliers and have purchases delivered. (Line 50)

purchase: 1) n. something that you buy 2) vt. buy

Please complete the following sentences.

1) She read her shopping list again to ensure that （以确保所购商

品为所需物品） .2) How do you wish （支付所购商品）

______________________ ？3) An unidentified businessperson （购买 了这部品牌车） .

4) You’d better （购买此产品） , for it is a household brand.

her purchase was what she needed

to pay for your purchase

purchased this brand car

purchase this product

9. People are changing careers on average every ten years now, instead of staying in a job for life. (Line 57)

on average: at the usual rate or estimate

1)大学生每天平均睡眠时间不足 9 小时。 College students, on average, sleep less than nine hours every day.

2) 在强化培训期间，这些学员平均每天花 大约 3 小时练习口语。 On average, in their intensive training session, these learners spent about three hours in practicing spoken English.

10. Now governments and businesses realize bad air and water pollution affect everyone, making it difficult for cities to survive and for businesses to make a profit. (Line 65)

survive: v. continue to live especially after coming close to death

1) （他在这场洪水中幸免于难） . Though he was one of the survivors in the village, his survival was sensational news.

A) He was survived in the flood.B) He survived after the flood.C) He was survived after the

flood.D) He survived the flood.

Which is the correct English version of the Chinese clause?

10. Now governments and businesses realize bad air and water pollution affect everyone, making it difficult for cities to survive and for businesses to make a profit. (Line 65)

make a profit: make money

1) In the second season, the factory made a profit from slippers with a mobile phone pattern.通过销售带有手机图案的拖鞋，工厂在第二季度赚了钱。

2) The profit margin of products is narrow or non-existent. Analysts predict the company will not make a profit until 2008. 产品利润空间狭小，甚至不复存在。分析人士预 测，直到 2008 年该公司才能赢利。

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