M7 Unit 1 Living with technology
Welcome to the unit:
1. the dangers of the mobiule phones 手机的危害
2. give advice 提建议
3. make a list of the advantadges and disadvantadges 列出……的利弊
4. in the last few decades 在过去的几十年
5. be in black and white 黑白的
6. record music using computers 用电脑录音乐
7. With moble phones, we can keep in touch with others wherever we are.
有了手机，无论在哪里，我们都能和他人保持联系。
keep in touch with sb 和…. 保持联系
get in touch with sb 和….取得联系
lose touch with sb 和….失去联系
be in touch with sb 和…. 有联系
be out of touch with sb 和….失去联系
10. change with time 随着时间而变化
Reading:TV and audio devices: a review
1. at the media and technology exhibition 在传媒与技术展览会上
2. shortly after 之后不久
3. contribute to the development of TV 对电视的发展做出了贡献
4. It is still uncertain who invented TV. 至今还没能确定谁发明了电视。
5. consider digital TV to be superior to satellite TV 认为数字电视优于卫星电视
6. be delivered with clearer pictures 播更清晰的图像
7. international standards for digital TV 数字电视的国际标准
8. have access to 200 channels 能接受到200个频道
9. come onto the market 上市； 面市
10. combine A with B 把A和B结合起来
11. respond to questionnaires 做问卷调查
12. chat to/with other viewers 和他人聊天
13. make a recording of ….. 录制
14. a German living in the USA 生活在美国的德国人
15. be wound up be hand 手工转动
16. play a record/ sounds 放音乐/声音
17. develop it for military use 为了军事用途研制了它
18. be added to the Oxford English Dictionary 被加入牛津英语词典
19. make the first CDs available 第一批CD激光唱片出现了
20. for the first time ever 有史以来第一次
21. be very easy to carry 便于携带
22. to such a degree 达到这样的程度
23. take over the portable music player market 占领了便携式音乐播放器市场
24. spring up all over the Internet 在互联网上涌现
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个各种不同频道
28. move on to……. 接下去转到 …..; 继续 …..
29. in the 1980s 二十世纪八十年代
in the eighties 在八十年代 in one’s eighties 在某人八十几岁时
30. bring great convenience and delight to people’s lives
给人们的生活带来了便利和快乐
31. imagine living without TV 相象没有电视来生活
重点单词，短语和句式：
1. Altogether, three men could be responsible. ( L7) 总而言之，有三个人贡献最大。
altogether adv. （1）总而言之；总起来说 （2）完全；全部
（3）总共；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)______________________________________这里总共有10 个人。
答案：in all;
(1) 总之，我们的成就很大。 （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) 有些人认为数字电视优于卫星电视，因为数字电视传播的电视节目图像比以前更加清晰。
superior作形容词时，表“高级的；高傲的；优越的；上级的”，短语be superior to…意为“比……好”、“比……强”、“不屈服于……”。
(1)__________________________________________________________________
在我看来，手工制作的裤子要比机器加工的裤子好。
(2)The boy was superior to hardships. _____________________________________
(3)另外，superior还可作名词，意为“上级”、“长者”、“地位/智力较高的人”等。
We will need a letter of recommendation from one of your superiors.
_____________________________________________________________________
答案：
(1) In my opinion, trousers made by hand are superior to those made by machine.
(2) 那男孩不向艰难困苦屈服。
（3）我们需要一封你们领导写的推荐信。
3. They bought the patent and applied the technology to create the transistor radio.
(L40) 他们买下了专利，将该技术用于生产晶体管收音机。
apply vt.& vi. 运用，应用，申请； application n. 运用，申请; applicant n. 申请人，句中动词apply意为“应用”，短语apply…to…意为“把……应用于……”。
（1）The results of this research _____________________________________________
这项研究成果将应用于肺癌的治疗。
（2）apply还可表“申请”、“请求”（apply for sth申请某物 ; apply to sb. for sth.“向某人申请某物”）。
我将去那家公司申请那份工作。
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（3）apply vt.“使(自己)专心于/使聚精会神”的意思（apply oneself to…“致力于……”）（apply one’s mind to… “专心于…”）
他专注于解决这一难题。
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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）
然后在1979年，一种便携式只有口袋尺寸大小的盒带播放器，即随身听（Walkman）被引进，并且变得如此受欢迎，以致于“Walkman”一词在1986年
被收入《牛津英语词典》。
辨析：add to… 增加…… add…to… 把……加到……上
add up 加在一起 add up to… 总计……；加起来是……
（1）The bad weather add to our difficulties。______________________________
(2) ______________________________________________?
请您给这篇文章加几条注释好吗?
(3) ____________________________________. 这些帐单加起来正好一百元。
(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) 恶劣的天气增加了我们的困难。
(2) Would you please add a few notes to the article?
(3) The bills add up to exactly 100 yuan.
(4) 选D
5. …and in 1988, for the first time ever, people were demanding more CDs than LPs. （L49）及至1988年，人们对CD的需求有史以来第一次超过了LP唱片。
demand vt. 要求，需要；vi. 要求，查问 n. 要求，需要，需求量
(1) demand sth 要求/需要某物，
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众所周知，钓鱼是一项需要耐心的工作。
(2) demand to do sth 要求干某事
demand后接动词不定式时，主语通常是人而不是物；动词不定式可根据需要用主动或被动形式。例如：
_________________________________________________________
她要求知道这件事情的整个经过。
(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从句 要求…… demand后接宾语从句时，从句谓语一般要用虚拟语气，即"should + 动词原形";其被动语态为 "should + be +动词过去分词",其中should可以省略。例如：
____________________________________________ 我要求约翰立即到那里去。
(5)demand用作名词时既可用作可数名词，也可用作不可数名词。常见用法有：
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) 这位外国顾客要求超市女售货员向其道歉。
(4) 工人们加薪和改善工作条件的要求遭到拒绝。
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,设想; 承担, 担任； 呈（某种形式、面貌）。
assuming conj. 假定；设想 （引导条件句）
（1）________________________________________. 我以为你能讲流利的法语。
(2) I made a mistake and I will assume responsibility for it.
___________________________________________________
(3)________________________________________. 这个问题又以新的形式出现
(4)__________________________________________________________
假定明天下雨我们怎么办？
答案：
(1) I assumed you could speak French fluently.
(2) 我错了，我愿意为此承担责任。
(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…… （数目/程度/时间）
_____________，he has collected 1000 stamps 至今, 他已经收集1000张邮票。
（2）be up to sb to do sth 应有某人做某事
______________________________________. 应由我来帮助你.
(3) be up to sth 从事于、忙于（某种不好的事; 密谋干坏事
I’ll bet that he is up to no good as usual.__________________________________
(4) be up to 胜任，适于
______________________________________ 他不胜任他的工作。
答案：
(1) Up to know
(2) It’s up to me to help you.
(3) 我敢打赌他肯定如往常一样没干好事。
(4) He is not up to the work.
分析下列句子结构：
1.Cable TV began in 1948 in the USA, but it took 50 years before 66 per cent of American households had it (L16)
before 连词在此处是什么意思？__________________
翻译：_________________________________________________________________
2.This 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做什么成份___________________________
as the name “mini” indicates 是什么从句？________________________
3.Personally, I think people must have found it quite a delight when colour TV was first broadcast in 1929.
it指带什么？________________ a delight 是什么意思？__________________
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 亮个Ving短语作什么成份？__________________________
答案：
1. 在…之后才….
2. 原因状语；定语从句
3. it指when句子所指内容；a delight指“乐事”
4. 定语
Word Power：
1. work on the third floor 在三楼工作
2. the section manager 部门经理
3. electronic goods 电子产品
4. household appliances 家用电器
5. start with 以……开始
6. be linked to…… 被连接到……
7. video cameras 摄像机
8. digital cameras 数码照相机
9. take up to three minutes 拍摄长达三分钟
10. all sorts of other functions 各种其他功能
11. at the top/at the bottom 在顶部/在底部
12. a freezer section （冰箱的）冷冻区
13. electric rice cooker 电饭锅
14. microwave ovens 微波炉
15. electric woks 电炒锅
16. be coated with…… 被涂上一层……、被覆盖……
17. vacuum cleaners 吸尘器
18. save us a lot of time 给我们节省许多时间
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/权利； 通路，入口
_____________ adj. 易接近的； 可理解的
have/gain/get/obtain access to…… 接近……; 进入……； 使用……
be easy /hard of access 容易/难接近
(1)You can easily get access to him. ____________________________
(2)Only a few people _______ ________ _______the full facts of the case.
只有少数几个人能看到有关该案全部事实的材料。
(3)_____ _______ _________ ______ ________ __________ is along that narrow road.
只有沿著那条狭窄的路走才能到达他們的房子。
答案：
accessible
（1）你很容易接近他/见到他。
（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 仅仅一年
4. have sth. in store 有东西储存备用
5. look into the case 调查这个案子
6. set sail and head for Shanghai 扬帆起航前往上海
7. be in time for the programme 及时赶上这节目
8. by means of a special jack 通过一个特殊的接口
9. press “delete” by accident/mistake 无意中按了“delete”键
10. on the market 上市，出售
11. be on sale/ for sale 有售, 上市； 廉价出售
12. up to date 最新式的
13. be capable of …… 有能力干……
14. be satisfied with…… 对……很满意
15. sb be familiar with sth人对某事熟悉 /
sth be familiar to sb 某事为某人所熟悉
16. the price is likely to go down. 价格很可能会下降。
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. 伴随； 陪同； 配有 为……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 用某物给某人伴奏
（1）_______________________________________________. 他希望她陪他。
（2）I will accompany you to the station.__________________________________
(3) The singer ______ ______________ ________ the piano by Mr White.
怀特先生为那位钢琴家担任钢琴伴奏。
答案：
（1）He wished her to accompany him.
（2）我将陪你到车站。
（3）was accompanied
18. You want a TV linked with the Internet ? In that case, get a WebTV
case n. 情况，状况；真相；事实；事例；案件；
相关短语：
in this case/in that case 假如这样（那样 ）的话
in case 假如； 万一 just in case 以防万一
in case of…… 万一……， 如果发生……
in the case of …… 就……而言
in no case 绝不
in any case 无论如何；总之
as is often the case (with sb.) 这是常有的事
as the case may/ might be看情况； 根据具体情况而定
（1） You have finished, haven’t you?
______________________________如果那样，你可以休息一会。
（2）It may rain, ____________________,the hike will be canceled.
天也许会下雨， 如果那样的话，徒步旅行将会被取消。
（3）The sun is shining, but I’ll ______ ____ ________ _______ _______ _________. 现在是晴天，但我还是带上雨伞以防万一。
(4)_____ ________ ______ ______, dial 119 at once. 如果发生火灾,立即拨打119。
(5)_____ _______ ________ _______ _____ ______________, it is fortunate for him
to have recovered from his illness like this. 就他的健康状况来说,能恢复到这样算是幸运的了。
(6) You should finish your composition before school is over in any case.
_________________________________________________________________
(7)_______________________________________________________. 教室里决对不允许吸烟。
(8) Is that the case? No, that’s not the case. ___________________________________
(9)___________________________________________________________________
他和朋友吵架，但這已屡見不鮮。
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）无论如何你应该放学前完成你的任务。
(7) In no case shall we allow smoking in the calssroom.
（8）事实是那样吗？ 不，事实并非如此。
（9）He quarrelled with his friends, as was often the case.
Task:
1. a major consideration 主要的考虑
2. above all 首先，最重要的是
3. in particular 特别，尤其
4. it doesn’t matter so much if /whether……是否……并没太多的关系
5. extra functions 额外的功能
6. be shaped like …… 形状像……
7. have an inbuilt louderspeaker有一个内置的扬声器
8. have a one-year guarantee有一年的保修期
9. be clear and to the point 清楚切题
10. bring in unnecessary information 提出/引入不必要的信息
bring in $150 a week 每周赚一百五十美元
11. keep two things in mind 牢记两件事
12. get confused 弄糊涂了
13. recommend the first one 推荐第一款
14. It has an AAA battery (included) and has a one-year guarantee.
guarantee n. 担保, 担保人; 担保品, 抵押品；保证, 保障; 保证书；保修期; 迹象
stand guarantee for…… 为……担任保证人
offer one’s house as a guarantee提供房屋作为担保品
（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.
____________________________________________________________
guarantee vt. 担保，保证
guarantee sth担保某事
guarantee sb sth 保证给某人某物
grarantee to do sth 保证/担保去做某事
guarantee that clause
be guaranteed to do sth 必定做某事/一准做某事
guarantee sb against /from ……保证某人免受……
（3）______________________________________________我保证付清他的债务。
(4)We cannot guarantee the punctual arrival of trains in fogy weather.
________________________________________________________________
（5） ______________________________________________. 我包你玩得痛快。
（6）It's guaranteed to rain when you want to go out. ____________________________________________________.
(7)_______________________________________________________________
这想措施保障我们免受所有损失。
答案：
(1) 我向你保证按时完成工作。
(2) 在这一带冬天刮南风是下雨的迹象。
(3) I guarantee to pay off his debt.
(4) 在有雾的天气我们不能保证火车准时到达。
(5) I guarantee that you’ll enjoy yourself.
(6) 你想出门，天准下雨。
（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 表示倍数（一般限于包括基数在内三倍或三倍以上的数。表示两倍的数，一般用 twice ）。其句式有：
(1.) “… times ＋形容词 / 副词的比较级＋ than …”例如：
Line AB is three times longer than line CD.
线段 AB 是（线段） CD 的三倍长。
____________________________________________________
这个大厅比我们的教室大 5 倍。
(2.) “… times +as + 形容词 / 副词的原级＋ as …”例如：
This table is three times as long as that one.
这张桌子是那张桌子的三倍长。
This dictionary __________________________the one you borrowed from the library.
这本词典的厚度是你从图书馆借的那本（厚度）的 5 倍。
(3.) “… times + the + 名词（如：size，height，weight，length，width 等）＋ of …”例如：
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.
地球的体积是月球的 49 倍。
_______________________________________________________________
这条河是那条河的三倍深。
(4.) “… times + more ＋名词＋ than …”例如：
He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago.
他现在挣的钱比十年前挣的多 5 倍。
There are _______ _______ _______________in our class than in theirs.
我们班的学生人数比他们班多两倍。
(5. )“… times +as many （或 much ）＋名词＋ as …”例如：
We've produced twice as much cotton this year as （ we did ） ten years ago.
今年我们生产的棉花是十年前的两倍。
He has got ____________________________________________ as his sister.
他拥有的书的数量是他妹妹的三倍。
(6.) “… times + what 从句”例如：
The length of the road is four times what it was three years ago.
这条路的长度是三年前的 4 倍。
The price of the meat is __________________________________________
肉价是去年的两倍。
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?
1.double the risk of developing brain cancer 使患脑部肿瘤的危险增加了一倍
2. be based on/upon sth 以……为基础
3. carry out a plan /an order/ one’s duty/one’s promise 执行，贯彻，履行
4. two and a half times 两点五倍
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/无所顾忌被使用
8. conduct another study 做令一项研究
9. previous to this 在此之前
10. as one scientist has pointed out, 正如一位科学家所指出的
11. the effects of mobile phones on people’s health 手机对人们健康的危害
12. be unwilling to do sth 不情愿做某事
13.make the findings public 把研究结果公开
14. draw a parallel between mobile phones and cigarettes 把手机和香烟做个类比
15. be associated with sth. 与某事有联系
16. have faith in them 相信/信任他们
17. for the time being 暂时，暂且
18. be not fully developed 没完全发育
19. This study was conducted with 200 mice, half of which were exposed to radiation while the other half did not receive any radiation.
该研究对200只老鼠进行了试验，其中一半接受辐射，另一半不接受任何辐射。
expose vt 使暴露， 使显露，使曝光，使遭受， 使接触，使了解
expose sb/ sth/ oneself to……
使……暴露在……； 使……接触……；使……遭受……
be exposed to…… 被暴露于……； 经受……
(1) He exposed the plan to the newspaper.___________________________________
(2)_______________________________________________；it will get burnt.
别把你皮肤暴露在阳光下，会晒伤的。
(3)This kind of paint can be exposed to all kinds of weather.
______________________________________________________
(4) He is a student who _________________________________________________.
她是一位接触英语达六年左右的学生。
答案：
(1)他想这家报社透露了这个计划。
(2) Don’t expose your skin to the sun.
(3) 这种油漆能经受各种天气的考验。
(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. 辐射的总量相当于每天使用手机打两次半小时的电话。
equal adj. 相当的，平等的，胜任的
____________(adv.)平等地 ________________(n.) 平等；均等
be equal to 等于，相当于， 胜任，有……的能力
（1）On the whole, women are not equal to men in physical strength.
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(2)______________________________________________. 她能胜任这项任务。
equal vt. 等于，和……相等；比得上；敌得过 n. 相当的人或物；匹敌者
（3）Three times three equals nine. ____________________________________
(4)___________________________________________.谁的力气也比不上他。
（5）Is he your equal in strength.? _______________________________________.
答案：
equally; equality
(1)总体来说，女性的体力不及男性。
(2) She is equal to (doing) the task.
(3) 三乘三等于九。
(4) Nobody equals him in strength.
(5)他同你力气一样大吗？
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.)承认, 供认 (2). 告知已收到 (3). 鸣谢, 感谢
acknowledge sth
acknowledge that ……
acknowledge doing sth /having done sth承认做了某事
acknowledge sb/sth as/to be……承认某人/某物为……
It is universally ackowledged that…… ……是大家公认的
（1）He waved his hands to acknowledge the cheers of the crowd.
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(2)___________________________________________我马上告之收到了他的信。
(3) They acknowledged having done wrong. _______________________________.
（4）_________________________________________. 我承认它是真的。
(5)It is universally acknowledged that dogs have an acute sense of smell.
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答案：
(1) 他挥手对大众的欢呼表示感谢。
(2) I acknowledged his letter at once.
(3) 他们承认做错了事。
(4) I acknowledge it as true.
(5) 大家都认为狗的嗅觉敏锐。