科技类常用词汇和短语

科技类常用词汇和短语
名词和名词短语：
Technological advancement \ development 科技进步; Technological innovations 科技创新High-tech facilities \ products 高科技设施\产品; Modern technology 现代科技; Communication technology 通讯科技(如：mass media; mobile phones; the internet)
The fast rhythm of life 快节奏的生活方式; Information age 信息时代;
Home working \ telecommuting work 在家办公; Distance education 远程教育
The widespread use of the internet 网络的广泛使用;
Electric appliances 家电; automation 自动化; mass manufacture 大量生产
动词短语：
Give easy access to ….(主语为事物) = Acquire…. (主语为人) 获得… (知识, 信息等)
Adapt to + 名词适应… ; Get (be) used to +名词习惯…;
Benefit from…从…中受益; Benefit…使…受益
Be beneficial to + 名词对…有益; Enhance study efficiency 提高学习效率;
Broaden one’s horizons开阔某人眼界; Enrich one’s knowledge (experience) 丰富某人的知识(阅历); Remove the barrier for…为…消除障碍; Assist sb to do…协助某人做某事;
Equip sb with sth 用…武装某人; Put sb into contact with sth 让某人接触某事
Be confronted with…面对…; Put sb at an advantage in terms of…使某人在某方面处于优势Make use of …. 充分利用; Be available to… = be accessible to供….使用
Keep up with 跟上…的步伐; Stay in close contact with…. 保持和….的密切接触
Enhance efficiency (work efficiency; study efficiency; productivity) 提高效率; Accelerate.. 加速
典型考题：
1. Some people believe the range of technology available to individuals today is increasing the gap between poor people and rich people. Others think it is having an opposite effect. What is your opinion?
2. Some people think people have benefited from modern communication technology, other people think some people have not benefited at all, to what extend do you agree
or disagree?
现代科技的一些正面影响：
效率
… assist people to enhance working efficiency
With the help of fax, e-mail or other automated and communication devices, people are able to perform daily routines in a more efficient way, reducing manual work greatly
方便
The outside world has become more accessible to people and one can perform many tasks at home, such as shopping, banking and business transactions, thus helping them cut costs of bus fare and fuel
娱乐
People are able to spend much less time on daily routines and household chores,
With the emergence of various IT products, people are leading a more colorful life with more flexibility and leisure time.
情感
…. expands people’s social circle. In the pas t, social relationships were limited by physical factors such as geographical distance. But nowadays, Because of technological advances, such as the railroad, the automobile, the telephone and the internet, one can travel further and get acquainted with more people.
就业
…triggers emergence and great progress of various fronts, thereby creating numerous job opportunities
知识
…enables any person in present-day society to become enlightened and empowered. Modern technology gives infinite and flexible access to information and knowledge. By gathering information from a variety of sources, such as the Internet, mobile phones, E-libraries, online training courses,
people can have a broader view of life and equip themselves with various skills and abilities
现代科技的一些负面影响：
压力
Employees are actually working longer, primarily because fax, e-mail or other communication devices have made them accessible to their superiors, colleagues and customers after work, partly depriving workers of their leisure time
娱乐
a).People’s leisure time (social activities) has been shrinking as a result of various Internet-based activities. Specifically, web-surfing, on-line shopping has taken up a larger part of people’s after-work life
情感
…alters their social behaviors and habits. For example, for many people, spending part of the day on the internet is quite normal. Because most internet users are deeply addicted to Internet, they will become socially isolated. Most of them have poor social life and feelings of loneliness.
健康
a). people have become more and more accustomed to living in a world that appreciates convenience and inactivity. As a result, people are very likely to lose patience and physical vigor
b).Too much time spent on the Internet leads to the result that people suffer serious loss of vision, back pain and obesity. It is likely that many people end up struggling with poor health。