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第九课:科技
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READING

课文翻译

LIFE ON THE GO

忙碌的生活

  Wang Mei puts her hand /into/ her pocket, takes out her red cellphone and

  王梅把手放进口袋,拿出她的红色手机,

  presses the talk key.“Hi, mum! I’m on the bus. I should be home in about

  按下了通话键。“嗨,妈妈!我在车上。大约十分钟

  ten minutes.”Wang Mei is one of many Chinese teenagers who live life“on the

  后到家。”王梅是中国众多青少年中的一员,他们过着“忙碌”的生活,

  go”and use cellphones.

  使用手机。

  Cellphones,or mobile phones, make it possible for us to talk to anyone

  手机,或者说移动式电话机,使得我们在任何地方与任何人通话

  from anywhere.Words and images are being sent throughout the world. Modern

  成为可能。可以向世界任何地方发送文字和图像。现代化的

  cellphones are more than just phones—they are being used as cameras and

  手机不仅仅是电话——他们被用作照相机、

  radios, and to send email or surf the Internet. New functions are being add-

  收音机,还可以发送电子邮件和上网冲浪。电话机被加上了

  ed to the phones. The latest cellphones have features such as games, music

  新功能。最新的手机拥有特别吸引人的东西,像游戏,音乐

  and an electronic calendar that will remind you about appointments and impor

  和电子日历,电子日历会提醒你别忘了约会和

  tant dates.

  重要日期。

  Cellphones have changed our behaviour and how we communicate. They

  手机已经改变了我们的行为和我们的交际方式。到处

  are being used everywhere—sometimesswheresthey shouldn’t. One head-

  都用手机——有时候甚至在不该用的地方也用。一位校长

  master says that phones are not allowed in the classroom.“If a phone starts

  说教室里不准使用手机。“如果手机在教室里

  ringing in the classroom, teachers and students are disturbed and cannot

  响起,将会扰乱老师和同学们,使他们不能

  work.”The students obey the rules and agree not to use their phones in the

  上课。”学生们遵守规章制度,同意不在教室里

  classroom.“I don’t dare to use the phone in school, because they will take it

  使用手机。“我不敢在学校里使用手机,因为他们会被

  away from me,”says John Hill, a student in London. John got his phone for

  没收。”约翰·希尔,伦敦的一个学生说。手机是约翰的

  his birthday, but his parents don’t let him use it in school. Some parents worry

  生日礼物,但他父母不让他在学校里使用。一些家长担心

  that their children will spend too much time and money on phone calls.

  他们的孩子会在手机上花费太多的时间和金钱。

  Why are cellphones so popular, especially among teenagers? The answer

  为什么手机这么受欢迎,尤其在青少年当中?答案

  seems to be that we have a need to stay in touch with friends and family no

  看起来是我们需要同朋友和家人保持联系,不管

  matterswhereswe are or what we are doing.shavingsa cellphone also makes us

  我们在哪儿,在干什么。拥有手机同时使我们

  feel safer, since we can call for help in case of an emergency. Of course, to

  有安全感,因为在紧急情况下我们可以通过手机求救。当然,对

  many teenagers the cellphone is not only a useful tool but also a way to have

  很多青少年来说,手机不仅是有用的工具,更是娱乐和

  fun and be cool.

  扮“酷”的一种方式。

  Wang Mei calls her best friend Xiao Li at least once a day to see how she

  王梅每天至少给她的好朋友晓丽打一次电话,了解她

  is doing and what is going on. She says that her cellphone helps her do what

  过得怎么样和下一步的打算。她说手机帮她做任何

  ever she wants to do and still stay in touch with her parents and friends.“I

  她想做的事情,同时和家人和朋友保持联系。“我

  think it’s the most useful invention ever,”Wang Mei says as she is dialling the

  觉得它是最有用的发明,”王梅说,一边又开始拨着

  number to Xiao Li again to ask her what she will be wearing to school tomorrow.

  晓丽的号码去问她明天穿什么衣服上学。

 

 重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  1. on the go口语,意为“忙碌的,活跃的”,go在这里用作名词。

  She’s been on the go all day.她整日忙碌。

  2. add…to意为“增添,追加,附加”。

  If you add 5 to 5, you get 10.五加五得十。

  Please add my name to the list.请在名单上加上我的名字。

  She added sugar to her tea.她往茶里加了些糖。

  add to意为“增加”。

  His not coming added to our difficulty.

  他没来,这增加了我们的困难。

  3. remind sb. about sth.意为“提醒某人某事”。

  Don’t forget to remind me about the meeting tomorrow evening.

  别忘了提醒我明天晚上的会议。

  4.agree to do意为“同意(答应)做某事”。

  She agreed to go out with me.她答应跟我一块出去。

  agree to后面还可以接表示“提议,办法,计划”等的词,意为“同意……,赞成……”。

  Do you agree to this arrangement?你赞成这个安排吗?

  5.spend...on/for意为“在某方面花费金钱”。

  He spent all his savings on a new car.

  他将全部积蓄花在一辆新车上。

  He spends about a third of his salary on drinking.

  他把薪水的大约三分之一花在喝酒上。

  She spends much money for clothes.她花很多钱置衣服。

  spend作“花费时间”讲时,多用spend some time on sth.或spend some time (in) doing sth.结构。

  She doesn’t spend much time on housework.

  她在家务上花时间不多。

  He spent his whole life/in looking after the poor.

  他把他的一生都用来照顾贫穷的人。

  6.stay in touch with意为“和……保持联系”。

  I still stay in touch with my old friends.

  我依然与老友们保持联系。

  7.no matter常用作连词词组,意为“不管,无论”,后接what/who/when等词,引导让步状语从句,主要用于no matter what/which/who/whose/whether/where/when/how…(从句) +主句。

  No matter how many patients come, we shall be able to look after them.

  无论来多少病人,我们都能照料。

  No matter who breaks the law he should be punished.

  不管谁违反了法律都要受到惩罚。

  8. call for意为“大声呼叫……;要求,需要;去接某人,去拿某物”。

  Frightened by the dog, he called for help.

  被那只狗吓着了,他大声求救。

  I’ll call for you at nine. 9点时我将去接你。

  Success calls for hard work.成功要靠勤奋。

  9. in case of意为“若,如果,万一”,通常用于句首。

  In case of fire, ring the alarm bell.万一失火的话,请按警铃。

  In case of a road accident, call 122.万一发生交通事故,请拨122。

 

 语法:现在进行时的被动语态

  现在进行时的被动语态由“am/is/are + being +过去分词”构成,表示正在进行的被动动作。

  Words and images are being sent throughout the world.

  语言与图像传遍整个世界。

  New functions are being added to the phones.

  电话机被加上了新的功能。

  A computer center is being built for the students.

  一个学生计算机中心正在被建立。

INTEGRATING SKILLS

课文翻译

  Reading and writing

  It is the year 2374 and the machines have taken over. The earth is ruled

  时间是2374年,机器接管了地球。地球被

  by a great computer named Q12 that uses robots to make people work for it. It

  一个叫Q12的巨大电脑统治,它使用机器人来让人们为它工作。这

  is not a happy world. The few surviving human beings are being used in the way

  不是一个快乐的世界。极少数幸存的人类被它们使唤,就像我们现在

  that we use machines today: they have to make electricity for the machines,

  使用机器的方式一样:他们被迫为机器发电,

  repair them when they break down, and do everything Q12 tells them to. Once,

  当机器坏了时修理机器,做Q12叫他们做的每一件事。以前,

  the earth was a beautiful blue planetswherespeople lived happily among trees

  地球是个美丽的蓝色的星球,人们在树木

  and animals. Now, the world is dark and dirty, with no room for happiness

  和动物间幸福地生活着。现在,地球又黑又脏,没有幸福

  and fun.

  和欢乐。

  But there is still hope. The human beings have been able to keep a

  但还是有希望的。自从机器接管地球以来,人类

  small, secret school open since the machines took over. In this school, the

  秘密地保留了一所小学校。在这所学校里,

  students still learn about all the wonders of the worldscience, art, history,

  学生们仍然学习世界科学、艺术、历史、

  culture—and they are still allowed to dream about a better future. The leader of

  文化,他们还可以梦想有一个美好的未来。人类的领导者

  the humans has decided that it is time to do something to stop Q12, bring the

  认为是采取某种措施来阻止Q12,把

  machines and people back together, and make the world beautiful again. A

  机器和人类联合起来,恢复美好世界的时候了。一

  group of experts were asked to solve the problem, but they failed. Now, the

  群专家授命解决这个问题,但他们失败了。现在,

  leader has asked asgroupsof students to do what they can to save the earth.

  领导者让一群学生尽力拯救地球。

  Q12 can not be defeated by force. It is too strong and no one believes

  用武力是打不败Q12的。它太强大了,没有人认为

  that fighting a war can solve the problem. Instead, the students have decided

  战争能解决问题。相反,学生们决定

  to come up with a peaceful solution. They will try to teach Q12 about love and

  提出一种和平解决问题的方法。他们将尽力教Q12关爱和

  friendship. If they succeed, they believe that humans and machines can live

  友谊。如果他们成功了,他们相信人类和机器

  together like friends in the future.

  在未来能够像朋友一样生活在一起。

  Imagine that you are one of the students chosen to solve the problem.

  假设你是被挑选来解决问题的学生之一。

  Write a letter to Q12 in which you explain love and friendship. Remember that

  给Q12写一封信,向它解释关爱和友谊。记住

  Q12 is a computer that does not understand how human beings feel and what

  Q12是台电脑,它不懂人类的感情,也不知道

  human life is like. Tell Q12 about how we think, how we feel about each

  人类生活是什么样的。告诉Q12我们的想法,我们相互间的

  other, and try to give examples of love and friendship.

  感受,并尽力给出一些关爱和友谊的例子。

  重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  1.take over意为“接手,接管”。

  Who do you think will take over the governor has been dismissed?

  州长已免职,你看会由谁来接任呢?

  2.surviving human beings是动词的ing形式作定语,修饰human beings。很多ing形式可以作定语,置于名词之前;如果是ing短语作定语,一般要置于名词之后。

  There is a crying boy over there.那儿有一个正在哭的男孩。

  3.once意为“一度,曾经”。

  I once met your mother.我曾经见过你的母亲。

  This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.

  这本书从前很出名,现在没人看了。

  once还作“一次”解。

  He cleans the car once a week.他一星期擦一次车。

  4. allow意为“允许,许可”,后接不定式的复合结构,即allow sb. to do;或者接动词的ing形式。

  My boss doesn’t allow me to use the telephone.老板不许我用电话。

  We don’t allow smoking in our house.在我们家里不容许吸烟。

  5.come up with意为“找出或提出(答案、办法)”。

  She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.

  她想出了增加销售量的新主意。

  6.in the future和in future的区别。

  in the future是“在将来”;in future是“在以后”,表达的时间比in the future距现在的时间近。

  Who knows what will happen in the future?

  谁知道将来会发生什么事?

  You must work hard, then you’ll be successful in future.

  你必须努力工作,才能在以后的工作中成功。




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