CET-B4-Unit2(newest) Smart Cars 全新版大學(xué)英語綜合教程(第二版)第四冊(cè)英語

1、編輯課件1編輯課件2Pre-reading Directions: Record the advantages and disadvantages of owning a car on the chart below. Be ready to share this with your classmates.Id LOVE to own a car becauseI would NOT LIKE to own a car because編輯課件3 Pollution Traffic jam/congestion Car accidents Money-consuming things The u

2、se of too much spaceProblems of Cars編輯課件4Problems of CarsThe Genie is out of the bottle, is there any way to put him back in?編輯課件5When listening, think:LookFuelDriverClean driving Safe drivingMore comfortableListening: Cars of the Future編輯課件6 eliminate traffic accidents alert the police and provide

3、precise location if stolen. monitor ones driving and the driving conditions nearby. alert the drowsy driver. locate your car precisely and warn of traffic jams.While-reading: Smart CarsSmart cars can see, hear, feel, smell, talk and act.編輯課件7While-reading: Smart Cars drunk electronic sensors driving

4、 warning radars sleepy driving monitoring camera編輯課件8While-reading: Smart Roads編輯課件9While-reading: Smart Roads編輯課件10While-reading: Smart Roads編輯課件11What effects does modern science and technology exert on (upon) our society and our lives? PLS list these effects. What are the advantages and problems

5、that science brings to mankind. Whats your opinion?How can we human beings make good use of modern science and technology for ourselves? Discussion: Science & technology編輯課件12Impact of Science & Technology In this world of change and complexity, the need for high-tech is of greatest importance with

6、new theories emerging and the wide application of inventions such as telephone, TV, computer, etc. benefiting man in many fields. Commerce and economy Education and culture Daily life / change in life style Sports and entertainment Health care Nature and environment National defense 編輯課件13Merits: Fi

7、rst of all, the access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people, and technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people. change life styles, ideas and human relationships im

8、prove life quality with the application of new inventions or the use of new medicine enhance the major social productivity develop the civilization and enable humans to get away from ignorance provide a comfortable, convenient and easier life for human being in the modern worldImpact of Science & Te

9、chnology 編輯課件14Drawbacks: Some take advantage of high-tech to seek ill-gotten gains (不義之財(cái)) and commit crimes alienate people from the real world (e.g. Internet) ill-disposed technology will result in disasters and pose a threat to world peace (e.g. WMDs)Impact of Science & Technology 編輯課件15Writing:

10、Sample (三段式三段式)Modern science and technology have bad as well as good effects on our society. Many scientific and technological advances have dramatically improved human life. For example, the latest advances in biological research have cured major life-threatening diseases such as tuberculosis and

11、polio, etc. Communication satellites keep countries all over the world in touch with each other.編輯課件16On the other hand, some scientific and technological developments have endangered human life. Take pollution for example. The pollution of our oceans is a threat to human food supplies, and the poll

12、ution of our atmosphere is a threat to human health.In short, everything has two sides / every coin has its two sides. The most important thing is that we should make good use of the scientific and technological advances for the benefit of the human society.Written assignment: On Automobile1.The ben

13、efits the car/Internet has brought us.2.The problem it has caused to us.3.Possible solutions / Your attitude.編輯課件17Formulated (套式的套式的) conclusion: Weighing the merits/benefits and demerits / defects of high-tech, I am inclined to believe that the conveniences/benefits of science and technology far o

14、utweigh the problems produced by high-tech to serve. The best policy is to regulate/make full use of modern science and technology appropriately so as to maximize its advantages and minimize its disadvantages.編輯課件18 Association map: PLS name each part of a car. What make of car would you like to dri

15、ve? As I see it, youre what you eat or what you write? But do you agree “youre what you drive”? Why and why not? Post-reading: Oral Activities編輯課件19Parts of A Car:boothubcaptiredoorwingindicatorfoglightheadlightbumpersidelightbonnetwindscreenwindscreen wipersunroofnumber plate編輯課件20wing mirrordoor h

16、andlepetrol capmudflaprear/tail lightexhaust pipereflectorbrake lightreversing lightrear windowaerialsunroofParts of A Car:編輯課件21steering wheelgear shifthand brakeclutchbrakeacceleratorseatdashboardair venthi-fisteering columninsidesafety belt編輯課件22roadRoads & Streets:street a thoroughfare (usually

17、including sidewalks) that is lined with buildingsan open way for the passage of vehicles, people, or animals編輯課件23avenueRoads & Streets:alley a wide street or thoroughfare in a citya narrow street with walls on both sides 編輯課件24highway Roads & Streets:a main public road that connects towns and citie

18、sexpressway freeway (AmE)motorway (BrE) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic few or no stoplights 編輯課件25Roads & Streets:tunnel3. tollbooth4. exact change lane編輯課件26Roads & Streets:5. route sign6. highway7. road8. divider/barrier9. overpass 10. underpass11. entrance ramp12. interstate (hig

19、hway)13. median編輯課件27Roads & Streets:14. left lane15. middle lane/ center lane16. right lane17. shoulder18. broken line19. solid line20. speed limit sign編輯課件28Roads & Streets:21. exit (ramp)22. exit sign24. service area編輯課件29Roads & Streets:1. interstate highway2. exit ramp3. overpass編輯課件301. Sales

20、of the automobile industry stand at about a trillion dollars, making it the worlds biggest manufacturing industry. (L. 6) How do you understand the word “stand”?- It is used to show a particular level or amount. Vocabulary & Structure編輯課件31Sentences2. The key to tomorrows smart cars will be sensors.

21、 (L. 10) Paraphrase: The crucial element of the future smart cars will be sensors. 編輯課件32Sentences3. Should you make a serious driving mistake (e.g., change lanes when there is a car in your blind spot) the computer would sound an immediate warning. (L. 26)Analyze the structure of this sentence. Com

22、pare it with: If you should make a the computer would sound an immediate warning. 編輯課件33Sentences4. To eliminate this, a tiny camera hidden in the dashboard can be trained on a drivers face and eyes. (L.33)Question: What does “train” mean? - “focus on” or “aim at ”- train sth. on / at sb. or sth. 編輯

23、課件345. Sensors in your car tuned to radio signals from orbiting satellites can locate your car precisely at any moment and warn of traffic jams. (L. 39)Paraphrase: - There are sensors in the car and they are turned to radio signals which come from orbiting satellites. The sensors can locate the car

24、and warn of traffic jams. Sentences編輯課件356. Some of them locate a cars position by correlating the rotations in the steering wheel to its position on a map. (L. 54)Explain :- They locate the cars position by establishing the relation between the rotations in the steering wheel and the cars position

25、on a map. Sentences編輯課件367. The commercial industry is poised to explode. (L. 47) Question: What does the “commercial industry” refer to?- It refers to the industry to which GPS is applied commercially.Paraphrase: - The commercial industry is bound to develop rapidly and be prosperous. Sentences編輯課件

26、37Questions: What is Interstate 15? What does “stretch” mean?- It means a continuous or unbroken length. 8. On an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 15 ten miles north of San Diego, (L. 57) Sentences編輯課件389. By 2010, telematics may well be incorporated into one of the major highways in the United Stat

27、es. (L. 65)Paraphrase the structure “may well be”.- It is very likely that Sentences編輯課件391. lucrative- letting you earn a lot of money e.g.The countrys railway network was expanding rapidly and the manufacture of steel rails was a lucrative business for Sheffield firms.The two also are competing in

28、 the lucrative market for business software.Detailed studyDetailed studyCollocation: lucrativebusinessmarketcontractdeal編輯課件402. stand - to be at a particular level or amounte.g.His former workforce of 1,300 now stands at 220.Illiteracy rates are still thought to stand above 50 percent.Four years ag

29、o, when Ohio voted against incumbent Bush, the jobless rate in the state stood at 7 percent.Detailed studyDetailed studyCollocation: stand at編輯課件413. manufacture - 1) to use machines to make goods or materials, usually in large numbers or amounts - 2) to invent an untrue story, excuse etc. e.g. Brit

30、ain still has a bicycle industry; frames and complete bicycles are manufactured here, though most of the components are imported.If the media can manufacture stories like this, then who are we supposed to believe?Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件424. approximately - referring to a number, amount, or

31、time is close to the exact number, amount etc, but could be a little bit more or less than it e.g.Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements on school buildings.The plane will be landing in approximately 20 minutes. An expert could give you the approximate value of the painting.Detail

32、ed studyDetailed study編輯課件435. eliminate - to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted e.g.Advances in medical science have eliminated the need for many patients to spend long periods of time in hospital.He supposes that technological process will eliminate the problem of scar

33、city of resources.Detailed studyDetailed studyCollocation:eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem 編輯課件446. alert - to make someone realize something important or dangerous e.g.Drivers are being alerted that an escaped prisoner has been seen hitch-hiking on the road to Frankfurt.The wireless remote

34、 receiver also can be connected to your home security system to alert the police.Children who are very passive and uncommunicative should alert us to the possibility that problems exist in the life of the family.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件456. alert a. & n. - to make someone realize something i

35、mportant or dangerous e.g.Passengers should try to stay alert at all times, and report any suspicious packages to the police immediately.The reader is asked to be alert to that important distinction as this narrative unfolds.They were to stay on the alert for any soldier unlucky enough to go overboa

36、rd.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件467. monotonous - boring because of always being the same e.g.Some are assigned different tasks, partly to prevent the work from becoming monotonous.Learners like hand-outs, but they should not be used with monotonous regularity to echo everything the teacher says.

37、Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件478. hazard - something that may be dangerous, or cause accidents or problems e.g. Common hazards exist in many work places. It is important to learn about these hazards, and how they can be controlled so that people at work are not exposed to risk.You should report a

38、ny potential danger or hazard to your manager.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件489. train - to aim something such as a gun or camera at someone or something e.g. He trained her binoculars on the bird.Chris trained at an airbase in Honduras.Detailed studyDetailed studytrain sth. on/at sb./sth.Collocat

39、ion:編輯課件4910. vibrate - shakes quickly and continuously with very small movements e.g.Some insects wings vibrate so fast that the movement is invisible to the human eye.When we listen to music, for example, our eardrums vibrate with the rhythm of changing air pressure.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課

40、件5011. convert - to change something into a different form of thing e.g. Will the volume increase or decrease when water is converted into ice? A Swiss company has found a way to convert animal waste into fuel.There have been other setbacks-like 160,247 hectares of farmland converted to industrial,

41、residential or commercial uses.Detailed studyDetailed studyCollocation:convert sth. to/into sth. 編輯課件5112. correlate - be closely connected to each other or one causes the other e.g. It is said that poverty and poor housing correlate with a shorter life expectancy.Electricity sales are closely corre

42、lated to economic growth.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件5213. drastic - extreme and sudden / having a strong or violent effect e.g.The report, drawn up by a special council management team, says drastic measures are needed to stop the decline.The State Administration of Work Safety put forward seve

43、n major measures to reduce drastically coal mine disasters. Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件5314. be poised to do - completely ready to do something or for something to happen, when it is likely to happen soon Example: Motorola may be poised to lose its status as the worlds No. 2 mobile phone maker.

44、 If this trend continues, building societies(建房建房互助協(xié)會(huì)互助協(xié)會(huì)) are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector. 2.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件5415. mount - fix (sth.) in position for use, display or study e.g. A small lamp was mounted on an upright stanchion near t

45、he head of each staircase.Exhibition mounted on a bright, well illuminated landing, and could be positioned to be clearly visible from the Centre entrance.Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件5516. take control of - make somebody / something do what you want e.g. On April ninth, United States forces took

46、 control of Baghdad. In a dramatic event on that day, Iraqis and American forces destroyed a large statue of Saddam Hussein in the capital. Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件5617. bunch - to stay close together in a group, or to make people do this e.g. Hibernating ladybirds will gather together into

47、one place. Bunching together stops the heat from escaping so they can survive the harsh winter. Detailed studyDetailed study編輯課件5718. incorporate - to include something as part of a group, system, plan etc. e.g. Weve incorporated many environmentally- friendly features into the design of the buildin

48、g. The architect has incorporated Egyptian and Renaissance themes in the buildings design.Detailed studyDetailed studyPoints to practice編輯課件5818. may/might/could well - used to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true e.g. The requirements may well be modified as detailed work

49、and discussion proceed.As we have already noted, he may well have been a militant nationalist who did not shrink from violence.Detailed studyDetailed studyPoints to practice編輯課件5919. boon - something that is very useful and makes your life a lot easier or better e.g. It also is a great boon to veget

50、arians who can cook grains and dried beans in 12 minutes or less.Yet even in its triumph over human competition, the computer is proving something of a boon to the chess world.Detailed studyDetailed studyPoints to practice編輯課件60Word and Cultural NotesMIT Media LabIntelligent Transportation System編輯課

51、件61Word and Cultural NotesNavstar satellites編輯課件62TelematicsInterstateWord and Cultural Notes編輯課件63Useful Expressions 計(jì)算機(jī)革命計(jì)算機(jī)革命 制造業(yè)制造業(yè) 長(zhǎng)途司機(jī)長(zhǎng)途司機(jī) 被嚴(yán)重低估被嚴(yán)重低估 威脅生命的重大隱患威脅生命的重大隱患 解決問題解決問題 積極的影響積極的影響 與無線電信號(hào)調(diào)諧與無線電信號(hào)調(diào)諧 the computer revolution manufacturing industry long-distance driver be grossly underesti

52、mated life-threatening hazard cure the problem a positive impact be tuned to radio signals編輯課件64Useful Expressions 在任何一個(gè)特定時(shí)間在任何一個(gè)特定時(shí)間 量子理論法則量子理論法則 精確的頻率精確的頻率 發(fā)出無線電信號(hào)發(fā)出無線電信號(hào) 換算出換算出 導(dǎo)航能力導(dǎo)航能力 幾乎無限幾乎無限 手杖手杖 at any given time the laws of the quantum theory precise frequency send out a radio signal be con

53、verted into navigational capability virtually limitless walking stick編輯課件65Useful Expressions 遙控遙控 潛在的應(yīng)用潛在的應(yīng)用 要求要求 完全控制完全控制 被編成組被編成組 一起行駛一起行駛 對(duì)環(huán)保有利對(duì)環(huán)保有利 remote control potential use / application call for take complete control of be bunched into groups travel in union environmental boon編輯課件66Vocabul

54、ary Exercises The regional death toll in the latest bird flu outbreak stands at 53% this week when another _ (death caused by accident or in war) was reported in Vietnam. _ (Nowadays), scientists have come to realize that atomic energy is such a tremendous _ (benefit) to productivity enhancement tha

55、t they are _ (ready to) make its _ (utilization) to _ (mass production), which are _ (interconnected) with each other and thus have a far-reaching _ (effect) on _ (profitable) industries such as _ (car) industry. Meanwhile, theyve been put on high/full _ (warning) for the potential threat the nuclea

56、r _ (ability) will pose.Presentlyboonpoised toapplicationmanufacturingcorrelatedimpactlucrativeautomobilefatalityalertcapability編輯課件67 In some _ (areas), where each villager _ (almost) owns _ (about) 2 elephants, elephant numbers have almost _ (become three times). But for others, elephant numbers d

57、ropped _ (sharply). Thats why some countries have _ (launched) the campaign against elephant-hunting. _ (warn) Congress that it will face potential _ (danger, risks) in Iraq, Bush said his budget would _ (substantially) reduce or _ (cancel) more than 150 federal programs. Overall, its a _ (considera

58、ble) improvement over his policy. But he still maintained that the presence of allied forces in Iraq should not _ (reduce) at present. regionsvirtuallyapproximatelytripleddrasticallymountedAlertinghazardsdrasticallyeliminatevastdecrease編輯課件68 Were supposed to be fully _ (aware) to many problems our

59、planet _ (have to deal with), such as population _ (boom), air _ (contamination), _ (traffic jam), territorial _ (increase in size), global warming, etc., which rank as among the top concerns in the public eyes. To _ (grasp in our hands) our future, we should _ (include) the environmental protection

60、/preservation plan into our policies and also take _ (severe) measures to crack down on the _ (obvious) negligence of _ (contaminate) environment, thus _ (change, turn) our mother earth to a beautiful one. We bet this dream will _ through our joint effort.alertbe faced withexplosionpollutionhighway