新编实用英语unit 3-passage 1

cringe
vi. 畏缩，蜷缩
Para.1 I’ve got a cell phone, email and voice mail. But why am I so lonely?
Para.2 A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.
Intimacy n. 亲昵，亲密，关系密切 Intimate （close)
e.g. an intimate friendship 一段亲密的友情 We had been intimate for some time. 我们曾经是极要好的朋友。
advance n. an improvement,
(syn.) a breakthrough前进，进展
E.g. There have been great advances in medicine in the last 50 years. This model is a great advance on previous ones.
hush vt. 使…安静；缄默；肃静 int. 嘘；别作声 e.g. Hush! (be quiet!) 安静 He hushed the baby to sleep. 他把婴儿哄得安然入睡。
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deposit v. to place sth. valuable, such as money, in a
bank or brokerage account; to place valuables for safekeeping 存放，存储 e.g. Sam deposited ten dollars in his savings account. Mrs. Heckler deposited her jewelry in a safe. n. a partial payment to hold goods or property until the buyer makes complete payment定钱，押金 e.g. She left a deposit on the coat.
evidently ad. as it appears, seemingly, (syn.)
apparently明显，显然 e.g. Evidently your sister was sensitive on the topic of operations.
preferable a. better or more suitable, to be
免除与人打交道的麻烦 加油 电话查询服务台
conceive vt. 构思，设想，想到…
e.g. He conceived a new plan very quickly. 他很快就想出一个新的计划方案。 I can't conceive why you allowed your daughter to travel alone. 我想不通你为什么会让你的女儿独自外出旅游。
Para.5 The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people (sitting next to you) feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget （designed to make communication easier）. 小玩意 急速上升，飞驰 Para.6 Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice-mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the 即时通信 answer on her machine. 留言机
随着人们之间几乎每一种可以想到的联系都变 得自动化起来，疏远指数就上升。 可想象的
Para.7 As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the 疏远 alienation index goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated. Para.8 Pumping gas at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe 刷卡 your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?
Para.11 I am no luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, an email account. Giving them up isn’t an option--- they are great for what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended consequences that make 无意的 me cringe.
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Unit 3
Communication by phone
Passage 1
For conversation press #1
Division Part 1: Para 1-2 Part 2: Para 3-10 Part 3: Para. 11 Main idea
preferred 更可取的；更好的 e.g.
She found life in the city preferable to her quiet life in the country.
Gradual change is preferable to sudden, great change.
比…更好
untether 不受…束缚；不受约束
tether vt.
1. (用绳、链等)拴： e.g. He tethered a donkey and a horse to a tree. 他把一头驴和一匹马拴在一棵树上。 2. 约束，拘束，束缚： e.g. We should tether our plan to our resources. 我们应把我们的计划限定在自己财力所允许的范围内。
Communication revolution leads to loneliness. Examples to illustrate the point above.
Telling people to use the communication devices wisely.
Analysis of the text
each other
• Para.3 I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation. • Para.4 The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.
畏缩，蜷缩
consequence
n. the result of doing sth.结果，后果 e.g.
I’m quite willing to accept the ider the consequences.
luddite n. 勒德分子（十九世纪初英国手工业工人中 参加捣毁机器的人）；强烈反对机械化或 自动化的人
conceivable adj.可以想到的，可想象的
e.g. Viewed from every conceivable angle, your project has no chance of approval. 从所有可想象的角度考虑，你的项目不可能获准。
街道，街区，街坊
• Para.9 Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM? • Para.10 Pretty soon you won’t have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing.