Unit3 communication by phone新编实用英语第四版(3)

6. (Para. 7) As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. Analysis: As is a conjunction, meaning at the same time that. Translation: 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， 疏远指数上升了。 Example: They smiled as their eyes met. As he entered, the hall burst into thunderous applause. 7. (Para. 8) Pumping gas at the station? Analysis: This is an elliptical sentence. The complete sentence should be Are you pumping gas at the station? Translation: 你在加油站加油吗？ Example: (Are you) Making a deposit at the bank? (Para. 9) 8. (Para. 8) Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Analysis: In this sentence, why is used as an interrogative adverb, followed by a bare infinitive to form a rhetorical question, which can also take a negative structure such as Why not do something? The former means why should we do something or we don’t need to do something, while the latter means the opposite: let’s do something. Translation: 既然你可以用信用卡在加油泵旁自动刷卡，免除与人打交道的 麻烦，何必还要对加油站的工作人员打招呼呢？ Example: Why smoke when you know it is so unhealthy? Why not try to train your character when you have the opportunity? 9. (Para. 11) I am no Luddite. Analysis: In this sentence, no means not at all. Translation: 我并不反对自动化。 Example: Don’t cheat her. She’s no fool. She is no friend of mine. 10. (Para. 11) Giving them up isn’t an option — they are great for what they are intended to do. Analysis: The clause They are great for what they are intended to do serves to explain why giving them up isn’t an option. Great for means very good for. What they are intended to do means what they are designed to do. Translation: 放弃他们并不可取——人们赋予它们的功能太美妙了。 Example: Going there isn’t a good idea — it’s too far away from here. 旁批栏： Important Words 1. lonely a. alone and feeling sad, lonesome 孤独的，寂寞的 e.g. ? Without friends, Selena felt lonely in the city she had just arrived in. ? I shall have a companion in the house after all these lonely years. ? He felt lonely when his best friend moved to another place. 11 ? 2. recently ad. not too long ago; starting not too long ago and still going on, (syn.) currently 最近，近来 ? e.g. I saw my friend recently; we had dinner together last week. ? Recently, my brother has been working on his master’s degree at the university. ? I’ve only recently begun to learn German. 3. evidently ad. as it appears, seemingly, (syn.) apparently 明显，显然 e.g. ? Mr. Lowenberg evidently regarded this as a great joke. ? From the warm temperature and abundant flowers, it is evidently spring here. ? Evidently your sister was sensitive on the topic of operations. 4. preferable a. better or more suitable, to be 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. ? Milk is fine, but cream would be preferable. 5. connect v. to attach, join together; to reach sb. by telephone 连接，接通 e.g. ? The telephone operator connected me with the human resources department. ? I connected the antenna to the TV set. ? A new road connects the two small cities. 6. unable a. not able, incapable 不能的，不会的 e.g. ? I am unable to cycle to school because my bicycle is broken. ? He is unable to walk because of a bad ankle. ? He is unable to do the job for lack of experience. 7. 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. ? Under this system popular science education made great advances. in advance of: more highly developed 在?之前，超过 ? Their training facilities are far in advance of anything we have. in advance: ahead of time 预先，事先 ? Everything had been fixed in advance.

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旁批栏： 8. deposit v. to place sth. valuable, such as money, in a bank or brokerage account; to place valuables for safekeeping 存放，存储 n. a partial payment to hold goods or property until the buyer makes complete payment 定钱，押金 e.g. ? Sam deposited ten dollars in his savings account. ? Mrs. Heckler deposited her jewelry in a safe. ? She left a deposit on the coat. 9. insert v. to put sth. into, between, or among 插入，嵌入 e.g. ? The old lady carefully inserted the letter into an envelope carefully. ? The professor inserted a comment in the margin. ? A film of oil is inserted between the sliding surfaces of a bearing. 10. account n. money kept in a bank for present or future use; a character string that indentifies a user and is used by computer operating system in accounting or other services 账户，帐号 e.g. ? I have a checking account at Metropolitan Bank. ? The accounts were perfectly in order. ? He opened an account at my bank in your name. 11. consequence n. the result of doing sth. 结果，后果 e.g. ? He drank heavily and died as a consequence. ? I’m quite willing to accept the consequence. ? He does not consider the consequences. Step 4 Assignment Finish the exercises on P64-65 旁批栏：

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