M7 Unit 1 Living with technology
Welcome to the unit:
1. the dangers of the mobiule phones 手機的危害
2. give advice 提建議
3. make a list of the advantadges and disadvantadges 列出……的利弊
4. in the last few decades 在過去的幾十年
5. be in black and white 黑白的
6. record music using computers 用電腦錄音樂
7. With moble phones, we can keep in touch with others wherever we are.
有了手機，無論在哪裏，我們都能和他人保持聯繫。
keep in touch with sb 和…. 保持聯繫
get in touch with sb 和….取得聯繫
lose touch with sb 和….失去聯繫
be in touch with sb 和…. 有聯繫
be out of touch with sb 和….失去聯繫
10. change with time 隨着時間而變化
Reading:TV and audio devices: a review
1. at the media and technology exhibition 在傳媒與技術展覽會上
2. shortly after 之後不久
3. contribute to the development of TV 對電視的發展做出了貢獻
4. It is still uncertain who invented TV. 至今還沒能確定誰發明了電視。
5. consider digital TV to be superior to satellite TV 認爲數字電視優於衛星電視
6. be delivered with clearer pictures 播更清晰的圖像
7. international standards for digital TV 數字電視的國際標準
8. have access to 200 channels 能接受到200個頻道
9. come onto the market 上市； 面市
10. combine A with B 把A和B結合起來
11. respond to questionnaires 做問卷調查
12. chat to/with other viewers 和他人聊天
13. make a recording of ….. 錄製
14. a German living in the USA 生活在美國的德國人
15. be wound up be hand 手工轉動
16. play a record/ sounds 放音樂/聲音
17. develop it for military use 爲了軍事用途研製了它
18. be added to the Oxford English Dictionary 被加入牛津英語詞典
19. make the first CDs available 第一批CD激光唱片出現了
20. for the first time ever 有史以來第一次
21. be very easy to carry 便於攜帶
22. to such a degree 達到這樣的程度
23. take over the portable music player market 佔領了便攜式音樂播放器市場
24. spring up all over the Internet 在互聯網上涌現
25. way back in 1925 早在1925年
26. another three years/three more years 又三年
27. a variety of 200 differrent channels 200個各種不同頻道
28. move on to……. 接下去轉到 …..; 繼續 …..
29. in the 1980s 二十世紀八十年代
in the eighties 在八十年代 in one’s eighties 在某人八十幾歲時
30. bring great convenience and delight to people’s lives
給人們的生活帶來了便利和快樂
31. imagine living without TV 相象沒有電視來生活
重點單詞，短語和句式：
1. Altogether, three men could be responsible. ( L7) 總而言之，有三個人貢獻最大。
altogether adv. （1）總而言之；總起來說 （2）完全；全部
（3）總共；一共 =____i________
Eg. (1) Altogether, our achievements are very great.__________________________.
(2)That’s _______________another question. 那完全是另外一回事。
(3)______________________________________這裏總共有10 個人。
答案：in all;
(1) 總之，我們的成就很大。 （2）altogether （3）There are 10 people here altogether.
2. Some consider digital TV to be superior to satellite TV because it allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures than before. (L19) 有些人認爲數字電視優於衛星電視，因爲數字電視傳播的電視節目圖像比以前更加清晰。
superior作形容詞時，表“高級的；高傲的；優越的；上級的”，短語be superior to…意爲“比……好”、“比……強”、“不屈服於……”。
(1)__________________________________________________________________
在我看來，手工製作的褲子要比機器加工的褲子好。
(2)The boy was superior to hardships. _____________________________________
(3)另外，superior還可作名詞，意爲“上級”、“長者”、“地位/智力較高的人”等。
We will need a letter of recommendation from one of your superiors.
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答案：
(1) In my opinion, trousers made by hand are superior to those made by machine.
(2) 那男孩不向艱難困苦屈服。
（3）我們需要一封你們領導寫的推薦信。
3. They bought the patent and applied the technology to create the transistor radio.
(L40) 他們買下了專利，將該技術用於生產晶體管收音機。
apply vt.& vi. 運用，應用，申請； application n. 運用，申請; applicant n. 申請人，句中動詞apply意爲“應用”，短語apply…to…意爲“把……應用於……”。
（1）The results of this research _____________________________________________
這項研究成果將應用於肺癌的治療。
（2）apply還可表“申請”、“請求”（apply for sth申請某物 ; apply to sb. for sth.“向某人申請某物”）。
我將去那家公司申請那份工作。
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（3）apply vt.“使(自己)專心於/使聚精會神”的意思（apply oneself to…“致力於……”）（apply one’s mind to… “專心於…”）
他專注於解決這一難題。
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答案：
（1）will be applied to the treatment of lung cancer.
(2) I will apply to the company for the job.
(3) He applied himself to solving the problem.
4. Then, in 1979, the Walkman, a portable pocket-sized cassette tape player, was introduced and became so popular that Walkman was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1986. （L41）
然後在1979年，一種便攜式只有口袋尺寸大小的盒帶播放器，即隨身聽（Walkman）被引進，並且變得如此受歡迎，以致於“Walkman”一詞在1986年
被收入《牛津英語詞典》。
辨析：add to… 增加…… add…to… 把……加到……上
add up 加在一起 add up to… 總計……；加起來是……
（1）The bad weather add to our difficulties。______________________________
(2) ______________________________________________?
請您給這篇文章加幾條註釋好嗎?
(3) ____________________________________. 這些帳單加起來正好一百元。
(4)There have been several new events to the program for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
A. add B. to add C. adding D. added
答案：
(1) 惡劣的天氣增加了我們的困難。
(2) Would you please add a few notes to the article?
(3) The bills add up to exactly 100 yuan.
(4) 選D
5. …and in 1988, for the first time ever, people were demanding more CDs than LPs. （L49）及至1988年，人們對CD的需求有史以來第一次超過了LP唱片。
demand vt. 要求，需要；vi. 要求，查問 n. 要求，需要，需求量
(1) demand sth 要求/需要某物，
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衆所周知，釣魚是一項需要耐心的工作。
(2) demand to do sth 要求幹某事
demand後接動詞不定式時，主語通常是人而不是物；動詞不定式可根據需要用主動或被動形式。例如：
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她要求知道這件事情的整個經過。
(3) demand sth from/ of sb向某人要求某物， 例如：
The foreign customer demanded an apology from the saleswoman in the supermarket.
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（4） demand +that從句 要求…… demand後接賓語從句時，從句謂語一般要用虛擬語氣，即"should + 動詞原形";其被動語態爲 "should + be +動詞過去分詞",其中should可以省略。例如：
____________________________________________ 我要求約翰立即到那裏去。
(5)demand用作名詞時既可用作可數名詞，也可用作不可數名詞。常見用法有：
表示"要求；要求的事物"。例如：
The workers’ demands for higher pay and better working condition were turned down.
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答案：
(1) As is known, fishing is a job that demands great patience.
(2) She demanded to be told everything about it.
(3) 這位外國顧客要求超市女售貨員向其道歉。
(4) 工人們加薪和改善工作條件的要求遭到拒絕。
6. I was also really surprised to learn that Germany was the birthplace of MP3, not Japan or the USA as I had assumed they would be.
assume vt. 假定,設想; 承擔, 擔任； 呈（某種形式、面貌）。
assuming conj. 假定；設想 （引導條件句）
（1）________________________________________. 我以爲你能講流利的法語。
(2) I made a mistake and I will assume responsibility for it.
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(3)________________________________________. 這個問題又以新的形式出現
(4)__________________________________________________________
假定明天下雨我們怎麼辦？
答案：
(1) I assumed you could speak French fluently.
(2) 我錯了，我願意爲此承擔責任。
(3) The problem has assumed a new form.
(4) Assuming it rains tomorrow, what shall we do?
7. But it’s up to you to choose good programmes! (Page 5)
（1）up to 直到…… （數目/程度/時間）
_____________，he has collected 1000 stamps 至今, 他已經收集1000張郵票。
（2）be up to sb to do sth 應有某人做某事
______________________________________. 應由我來幫助你.
(3) be up to sth 從事於、忙於（某種不好的事; 密謀幹壞事
I’ll bet that he is up to no good as usual.__________________________________
(4) be up to 勝任，適於
______________________________________ 他不勝任他的工作。
答案：
(1) Up to know
(2) It’s up to me to help you.
(3) 我敢打賭他肯定如往常一樣沒幹好事。
(4) He is not up to the work.
分析下列句子結構：
e TV began in 1948 in the USA, but it took 50 years before 66 per cent of American households had it (L16)
before 連詞在此處是什麼意思？__________________
翻譯：_________________________________________________________________
is like a mini CD player but can also record music and is very easy to carry, being very small, as the name “mini” indicates.
being very small做什麼成份___________________________
as the name “mini” indicates 是什麼從句？________________________
onally, I think people must have found it quite a delight when colour TV was first broadcast in 1929.
it指帶什麼？________________ a delight 是什麼意思？__________________
4. The other information I got was about the evolution of audio devices, starting with Thomas Edison’s first recording, then moving on to different kinds of tape recorders and finally CDs, which were introduced in the 1980s.
starting 和 moving 亮個Ving短語作什麼成份？__________________________
答案：
1. 在…之後才….
2. 原因狀語；定語從句
3. it指when句子所指內容；a delight指“樂事”
4. 定語
Word Power：
1. work on the third floor 在三樓工作
2. the section manager 部門經理
3. electronic goods 電子產品
4. household appliances 家用電器
5. start with 以……開始
6. be linked to…… 被連接到……
7. video cameras 攝像機
8. digital cameras 數碼照相機
9. take up to three minutes 拍攝長達三分鐘
10. all sorts of other functions 各種其他功能
11. at the top/at the bottom 在頂部/在底部
12. a freezer section （冰箱的）冷凍區
13. electric rice cooker 電飯鍋
14. microwave ovens 微波爐
15. electric woks 電炒鍋
16. be coated with…… 被塗上一層……、被覆蓋……
17. vacuum cleaners 吸塵器
18. save us a lot of time 給我們節省許多時間
19. The most expensive ones have cameras and Internet access as welll as games and all sorts of other functions.
access n. 接近的方法/權利； 通路，入口
_____________ adj. 易接近的； 可理解的
have/gain/get/obtain access to…… 接近……; 進入……； 使用……
be easy /hard of access 容易/難接近
(1)You can easily get access to him. ____________________________
(2)Only a few people _______ ________ _______the full facts of the case.
只有少數幾個人能看到有關該案全部事實的材料。
(3)_____ _______ _________ ______ ________ __________ is along that narrow road.
只有沿著那條狹窄的路走才能到達他們的房子。
答案：
accessible
（1）你很容易接近他/見到他。
（2）have access to
（3）the only access to their their house
Grammar and usage:
1. on the afternoon of 5th June 在六月五日的下午
2. in the direction of…… 朝……方向
3. for merely one year 僅僅一年
4. have sth. in store 有東西儲存備用
5. look into the case 調查這個案子
6. set sail and head for Shanghai 揚帆起航前往上海
7. be in time for the programme 及時趕上這節目
8. by means of a special jack 通過一個特殊的接口
9. press “delete” by accident/mistake 無意中按了“delete”鍵
10. on the market 上市，出售
11. be on sale/ for sale 有售, 上市； 廉價出售
12. up to date 最新式的
13. be capable of …… 有能力幹……
14. be satisfied with…… 對……很滿意
15. sb be familiar with sth人對某事熟悉 /
sth be familiar to sb 某事爲某人所熟悉
16. the price is likely to go down. 價格很可能會下降。
It is likely that……/Sb(Sth) be likely to do sth
17. Could you accompany me to get a new one while the sale is on?
accompany vt. 伴隨； 陪同； 配有 爲……伴奏
accompany sb=keep sb company陪同某人
accompany sb/sth 陪同某人/某物
accompany sb to a place 陪同某人去某地
accompany sb at /on sth 用某物給某人伴奏
（1）_______________________________________________. 他希望她陪他。
（2）I will accompany you to the station.__________________________________
(3) The singer ______ ______________ ________ the piano by Mr White.
懷特先生爲那位鋼琴家擔任鋼琴伴奏。
答案：
（1）He wished her to accompany him.
（2）我將陪你到車站。
（3）was accompanied
18. You want a TV linked with the Internet ? In that case, get a WebTV
case n. 情況，狀況；真相；事實；事例；案件；
相關短語：
in this case/in that case 假如這樣（那樣 ）的話
in case 假如； 萬一 just in case 以防萬一
in case of…… 萬一……， 如果發生……
in the case of …… 就……而言
in no case 絕不
in any case 無論如何；總之
as is often the case (with sb.) 這是常有的事
as the case may/ might be看情況； 根據具體情況而定
（1） You have finished, haven’t you?
______________________________如果那樣，你可以休息一會。
（2）It may rain, ____________________,the hike will be canceled.
天也許會下雨， 如果那樣的話，徒步旅行將會被取消。
（3）The sun is shining, but I’ll ______ ____ ________ _______ _______ _________. 現在是晴天，但我還是帶上雨傘以防萬一。
(4)_____ ________ ______ ______, dial 119 at once. 如果發生火災,立即撥打119。
(5)_____ _______ ________ _______ _____ ______________, it is fortunate for him
to have recovered from his illness like this. 就他的健康狀況來說,能恢復到這樣算是幸運的了。
(6) You should finish your composition before school is over in any case.
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(7)_______________________________________________________. 教室裏決對不允許吸菸。
(8) Is that the case? No, that’s not the case. ___________________________________
(9)___________________________________________________________________
他和朋友吵架，但這已屢見不鮮。
答案：
（1）In that case, you may have a rest.
（2）in which case
（3）take an umbrella just in case
（4）in case of fire
（5）in the case of his health
（6）無論如何你應該放學前完成你的任務。
(7) In no case shall we allow smoking in the calssroom.
（8）事實是那樣嗎？ 不，事實並非如此。
（9）He quarrelled with his friends, as was often the case.
Task:
1. a major consideration 主要的考慮
2. above all 首先，最重要的是
3. in particular 特別，尤其
4. it doesn’t matter so much if /whether……是否……並沒太多的關係
5. extra functions 額外的功能
6. be shaped like …… 形狀像……
7. have an inbuilt louderspeaker有一個內置的揚聲器
8. have a one-year guarantee有一年的保修期
9. be clear and to the point 清楚切題
10. bring in unnecessary information 提出/引入不必要的信息
bring in $150 a week 每週賺一百五十美元
11. keep two things in mind 牢記兩件事
12. get confused 弄糊塗了
13. recommend the first one 推薦第一款
14. It has an AAA battery (included) and has a one-year guarantee.
guarantee n. 擔保, 擔保人; 擔保品, 抵押品；保證, 保障; 保證書；保修期; 跡象
stand guarantee for…… 爲……擔任保證人
offer one’s house as a guarantee提供房屋作爲擔保品
（1）You have my guarantee that I’ll finish the job on time.____________________.
（2）South winds in winter are a guarantee of rain in these parts.
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guarantee vt. 擔保，保證
guarantee sth擔保某事
guarantee sb sth 保證給某人某物
grarantee to do sth 保證/擔保去做某事
guarantee that clause
be guaranteed to do sth 必定做某事/一準做某事
guarantee sb against /from ……保證某人免受……
（3）______________________________________________我保證付清他的債務。
(4)We cannot guarantee the punctual arrival of trains in fogy weather.
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（5） ______________________________________________. 我包你玩得痛快。
（6）It's guaranteed to rain when you want to go out. ____________________________________________________.
(7)_______________________________________________________________
這想措施保障我們免受所有損失。
答案：
(1) 我向你保證按時完成工作。
(2) 在這一帶冬天刮南風是下雨的跡象。
(3) I guarantee to pay off his debt.
(4) 在有霧的天氣我們不能保證火車準時到達。
(5) I guarantee that you’ll enjoy yourself.
(6) 你想出門，天準下雨。
（7）The measure gurantees us against all loss.
15. In other words, the model with the camera costs twice as much as the older model, isn’t it?
一、用 times 表示倍數（一般限於包括基數在內三倍或三倍以上的數。表示兩倍的數，一般用 twice ）。其句式有：
(1.) “… times ＋形容詞 / 副詞的比較級＋ than …”例如：
Line AB is three times longer than line CD.
線段 AB 是（線段） CD 的三倍長。
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這個大廳比我們的教室大 5 倍。
(2.) “… times +as + 形容詞 / 副詞的原級＋ as …”例如：
This table is three times as long as that one.
這張桌子是那張桌子的三倍長。
This dictionary __________________________the one you borrowed from the library.
這本詞典的厚度是你從圖書館借的那本（厚度）的 5 倍。
(3.) “… times + the + 名詞（如：size，height，weight，length，width 等）＋ of …”例如：
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.
地球的體積是月球的 49 倍。
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這條河是那條河的三倍深。
(4.) “… times + more ＋名詞＋ than …”例如：
He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago.
他現在掙的錢比十年前掙的多 5 倍。
There are _______ _______ _______________in our class than in theirs.
我們班的學生人數比他們班多兩倍。
(5. )“… times +as many （或 much ）＋名詞＋ as …”例如：
We've produced twice as much cotton this year as （ we did ） ten years ago.
今年我們生產的棉花是十年前的兩倍。
He has got ____________________________________________ as his sister.
他擁有的書的數量是他妹妹的三倍。
(6.) “… times + what 從句”例如：
The length of the road is four times what it was three years ago.
這條路的長度是三年前的 4 倍。
The price of the meat is __________________________________________
肉價是去年的兩倍。
答案：
(1) This hall is five times bigger than our classroom.
(2) is five times as thick as
(3) The river is three times the depth of that one.
(4) twice more students
(5) three times as many books
(6) twice what it was last year
Project: Are mobile phones safe?
le the risk of developing brain cancer 使患腦部腫瘤的危險增加了一倍
2. be based on/upon sth 以……爲基礎
3. carry out a plan /an order/ one’s duty/one’s promise 執行，貫徹，履行
4. two and a half times 兩點五倍
5. concentrate on /upon sth 集中在……上
6. not necessarily 未必，不一定
7. be used with/without caution 小心翼翼地/無所顧忌被使用
8. conduct another study 做令一項研究
9. previous to this 在此之前
10. as one scientist has pointed out, 正如一位科學家所指出的
11. the effects of mobile phones on people’s health 手機對人們健康的危害
12. be unwilling to do sth 不情願做某事
the findings public 把研究結果公開
14. draw a parallel between mobile phones and cigarettes 把手機和香菸做個類比
15. be associated with sth. 與某事有聯繫
16. have faith in them 相信/信任他們
17. for the time being 暫時，暫且
18. be not fully developed 沒完全發育
19. This study was conducted with 200 mice, half of which were exposed to radiation while the other half did not receive any radiation.
該研究對200只老鼠進行了試驗，其中一半接受輻射，另一半不接受任何輻射。
expose vt 使暴露， 使顯露，使曝光，使遭受， 使接觸，使瞭解
expose sb/ sth/ oneself to……
使……暴露在……； 使……接觸……；使……遭受……
be exposed to…… 被暴露於……； 經受……
(1) He exposed the plan to the newspaper.___________________________________
(2)_______________________________________________；it will get burnt.
別把你皮膚暴露在陽光下，會曬傷的。
(3)This kind of paint can be exposed to all kinds of weather.
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(4) He is a student who _________________________________________________.
她是一位接觸英語達六年左右的學生。
答案：
(1)他想這家報社透露了這個計劃。
(2) Don’t expose your skin to the sun.
(3) 這種油漆能經受各種天氣的考驗。
(4) has been exposed to English for six years.
20. The amount of radiation was equal to using a mobile phone for two half-hour periods per day. 輻射的總量相當於每天使用手機打兩次半小時的電話。
equal adj. 相當的，平等的，勝任的
____________(adv.)平等地 ________________(n.) 平等；均等
be equal to 等於，相當於， 勝任，有……的能力
（1）On the whole, women are not equal to men in physical strength.
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(2)______________________________________________. 她能勝任這項任務。
equal vt. 等於，和……相等；比得上；敵得過 n. 相當的人或物；匹敵者
（3）Three times three equals nine. ____________________________________
(4)___________________________________________.誰的力氣也比不上他。
（5）Is he your equal in strength.? _______________________________________.
答案：
equally; equality
(1)總體來說，女性的體力不及男性。
(2) She is equal to (doing) the task.
(3) 三乘三等於九。
(4) Nobody equals him in strength.
(5)他同你力氣一樣大嗎？
21. For years, the cigarette companies would not acknowledge that cancer is associated with smoking, but now we all know that it is.
acknowledge vt. (1.)承認, 供認 (2). 告知已收到 (3). 鳴謝, 感謝
acknowledge sth
acknowledge that ……
acknowledge doing sth /having done sth承認做了某事
acknowledge sb/sth as/to be……承認某人/某物爲……
It is universally ackowledged that…… ……是大家公認的
（1）He waved his hands to acknowledge the cheers of the crowd.
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(2)___________________________________________我馬上告之收到了他的信。
(3) They acknowledged having done wrong. _______________________________.
（4）_________________________________________. 我承認它是真的。
(5)It is universally acknowledged that dogs have an acute sense of smell.
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答案：
(1) 他揮手對大衆的歡呼表示感謝。
(2) I acknowledged his letter at once.
(3) 他們承認做錯了事。
(4) I acknowledge it as true.
(5) 大家都認爲狗的嗅覺敏銳。
