Unit 1 Living with technology Technology Creates or Solves Problems? 人类文明受技术的影响从未像今天这样强烈，卫星、克隆和互联网都是很好的例子。当然，技术也带来了一些新的问题，关键是让技术通过自身发展克服它们。 It seems that human civilization has never been as fueled by technology as it is today.Satellites，Cloning and Internet are all examples of technology that has reshaped our life to an unprecedented degree.What matters most nowadays is that the power of technology must be ensured to overshadow the curses it brings about. It must be pointed out that technology can aggravate existing problems that are far from its original target. Atomic energy is just the case in point.Although its researches have a view of optimizing the current energy sources，atomic technology is repeatedly employed to manufacture deadly weapons for the purpose of deterring or even destroying other countries. Technology can also create new problems without alleviating the previous ones.There is no better example than the automobile.Wasn't it the inventor's promise that automobiles could bring speed and convenience to their owners，thus surpassing the other means of transportation? But every morning at rush hours，car owners enjoy neither speed nor convenience from car ownership.Meanwhile car exhaust remains an alarming effect on our environment. Therefore，technology is by no means a “cure?all” solution.Yet there is no need to use the above reasons as excuses to stop the development of technology.The key is to control the problems and allow the technology to overcome them through self?advancement. [阅读障碍词] 1．unprecedented adj. 前所未有的 2．overshadow vt. 遮挡 3．aggravate vt. 使严重 4．optimize vt. 充分利用 5．deter vt. 制止 6．alleviate vt. 缓解 [诱思导读] 1．What does atomic technology bring us according to the passage? It_can_let_people_make_full_use_of_the_current_energy_sources_but_it_also_helps_manufacture_deadly_weapons. 2．What is your opinion of technology? Technology can not only bring development of human civilization but also cause problems.We should learn how to control and solve the problems. Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思 ( )1.evolution A．vt.制造；修筑，建造 ( )2.principle B．n.演变，发展；进化 ( )3.receiver C．n.原理，法则；道德原则，行为准则 ( )4.wind D．n.无线电接收机；听筒，受话器；接受者 ( )5.construct E．vt.& vi.上发条；缠绕；蜿蜒，曲折 ( )6.portable F．n.专利权；专利证书 ( )7.digital G．vt.播放，转播；接转，转发 n.接力赛；中继设备 ( )8.storage H．adj.便携式的，轻便的 ( )9.patent I．adj.数字信息系统的，数码的，数字式的 ( )10.relay J．n.存储，储藏(空间) [答案] 1－5 BCDEA 6－10 HIJFG Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思 A．受益于，从……中受益 B．对……做出贡献；有助于C．上发条 D．与……齐头并进；与……保持同步 E．依靠 F．有使用……的权利(机会) ( )1.The clock stopped.I wound it up to make it tick regularly. ( )2.Only then did we realize that our economy had benefited from the new technologies grea ... ...
