1、M7 Unit 1 Living with technologyP1-5 1.If a road, river, or line of people winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends or twists in it. 2.When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times. 3.When you wind a mechanical devic

2、e, for example, a watch or a clock, you turn a knob, key, or handle on it several times in order to make it operate. 4. A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example, for recording or measuring something. 5.A drawback is an aspect of something or someone that mak

3、es them less acceptable than they would otherwise be. 6.Today, almost all of our volunteers have cell phones to facilitate their work and keep in touch with their families. 7.If you construct something such as a building, road, or machine, you build it or make it. 8.If you delay doing something, you

4、 do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. 9. Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. 10.Scientific principles are general scientific laws which explain how something happens or works. 11.A principle is a gener

5、al belief about the way you should behave, which influences your behaviour. 12.A telephones receiver is the part that you hold near to your ear and speak into. 13.A receiver is the part of a radio or television that picks up signals and converts them into sound or pictures. 14.The barcode comes from

6、 the computer-readable black-and-white parallellines that are printed on product packaging. 15.A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time. 16.Evolution is a process of gradual change that takes place over many gen

7、erations, during which species of animals, plants, or insects slowly change some of their physical characteristics. 17. Evolution is a process of gradual development in a particular situation or thing over a period of time. 18. A satellite dish is a piece of equipment which people have on their hous

8、e in order to receive satellite television. 19.If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people. 20. When a company distributes goods, it supplies them to the stores or businesses that sell them.1-3. wind 1. sail against the wind 2. The snake wound its way to the hole. 3

9、. wind the wool into a ball 4. He forgot to wind (up) his watch. 5. Are all the windows wound up? 6. Give the handle another couple of winds.N. 風(fēng)風(fēng)蜿蜒蜿蜒/曲折而行曲折而行卷纏，纏繞，繞成團(tuán)卷纏，纏繞，繞成團(tuán)給給上發(fā)條上發(fā)條把（汽車窗玻璃等搖上）把（汽車窗玻璃等搖上）N. 再轉(zhuǎn)動兩下手柄再轉(zhuǎn)動兩下手柄It was one of those old gramophones (唱機(jī)唱機(jī)) that you have to wind up.Its time

10、 to wind things up I have a plane to catch.You keep driving like that and youll wind up dead. 1) 搖動搖動(把手等把手等)；給機(jī)器上發(fā)條；給機(jī)器上發(fā)條 2) 使使(活動、會議等活動、會議等)結(jié)束；結(jié)束結(jié)束；結(jié)束(公司等公司等) 3) 以以告終；落得個告終；落得個下場下場wind up 5. drawback n. 缺點, 不利條件; 障礙 Everything has its drawback. 凡事皆有不足之處。 customs drawback 進(jìn)口貨物再出口時的關(guān)稅退稅 duty drawba

11、ck 關(guān)稅退稅 excise drawback 消費稅退稅 優(yōu)缺點優(yōu)缺點： the merits/benefits and drawbacks advantages and disadvantages virtues and defects pros and cons strengths and weaknesses good points and bad points pluses and minuses merits and faults superiorities and deficiencies 7. construct vt. 修建, 建立 They constructed the

12、bridge in a year. 他們花一年時間建起了那座橋。 構(gòu)成, 組成 The composition is well constructed. 這篇文章的構(gòu)思很不錯。 construction n. 建造, 建設(shè); 建筑業(yè) be under construction8-9. delay His delay made the teacher angry.My delay in going abroad is due to my illness.It is getting late, dont delay.Heavy traffic delayed us.The driver delay

13、ed the drive until the weather cleared.n. 耽擱耽擱, 延遲延遲; 被耽擱被耽擱推遲推遲的事件或時間的事件或時間v. (使使)耽擱耽擱, 延誤延誤;推遲，使延遲，使延期，推遲，使延遲，使延期， 延緩延緩 16-17. evolution 進(jìn)發(fā)展, 演變, 漸進(jìn) 放散出, 放散出物 (舞蹈等的)規(guī)定動作; 旋轉(zhuǎn) the evolution of a story 故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展 study the evolution of man 研究人類的進(jìn)化 The space program is the evolution of years of research.

14、 太空計劃是多年研究的發(fā)展結(jié)果。 The evolution of heat from the sun is inestimable. 從太陽中放射出的熱是無法估計的。 evolve v. The idea evolved from a drawing I discovered in the attic. 這種想法是從我在閣樓里發(fā)現(xiàn)的一幅畫得到啟發(fā)的。 vi. The company has evolved into a major chemical manufacturer. 這家公司已逐步發(fā)展成一個主要的化工廠。vi. Each school must evolve its own way

15、 of working. 每個學(xué)校必須形成自己的辦學(xué)方式。vt. 19.If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people. 20. When a company distributes goods, it supplies them to the stores or businesses that sell them. 21. If you are sceptical about something, you have doubts about it. 22.If you foresee

16、something, you expect and believe that it will happen. 23.A relay is a race between two or more teams, for example teams of runners or swimmers. 24.To relay television or radio signals means to send them or broadcast them. 25.A percentage is a fraction of an amount expressed as a particular number o

17、f hundredths of that amount. 26.A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe. 27. A tube of something such as paste is a long, thin container which you squeeze in order to force the paste out. 28. The tube is the underground railway system in London. 29.If a place or building is

18、 accessible to people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. 30.If something is accessible to people, they can easily use it or obtain it. 31. In a computer, the disc is the part where information is stored. 32.I wound up the watch and listened to it tick. 33.Eventually means in the end, e

19、specially after a lot of delays, problems, or arguments. 34. A portable machine or device is designed to be easily carried or moved. 35.Digital systems record or transmit information in the form of thousands of very small signals. 36.An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programm

20、e that is based on it. 37.The components of something are the parts that it is made of. 38.VCD is an abbreviation for versatile compact disc. 39.If you refer to the storage of something, you mean that it is kept in a special place until it is needed. 40.Adaptation is the act of changing something or

21、 changing your behaviour to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. 41.A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film. 21. sceptical adj. not convinced that something is true; doubtful 不肯相信的; 常懷疑的 be

22、sceptical about sth have doubts about I am rather sceptical about their professed sympathy for the poor. 他們聲稱同情窮人, 我對此相當(dāng)懷疑。 23-24.relay Messengers will relay your letters.She relayed the information to us.The program is being relayed by satellite.The concert will be relayed at 9 pm.vt. 轉(zhuǎn)述轉(zhuǎn)述; 轉(zhuǎn)達(dá)轉(zhuǎn)達(dá);轉(zhuǎn)播

23、轉(zhuǎn)播 n. in relays 輪班，換班輪班，換班 relay race 接力賽接力賽 relay 中繼設(shè)備，轉(zhuǎn)播設(shè)備中繼設(shè)備，轉(zhuǎn)播設(shè)備29-30. accessible 1.Medicine should not be kept where it is accessible to children. 藥物不應(yīng)放在容易被小孩拿到的地方。藥物不應(yīng)放在容易被小孩拿到的地方。2. The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter. 只有乘直升機(jī)才能進(jìn)入那遙遠(yuǎn)的荒漠地區(qū)。只有乘直升機(jī)才能進(jìn)入那遙遠(yuǎn)的荒漠地區(qū)。3. Her poetry i

24、s always very accessible. 她的詩總是通俗易懂。她的詩總是通俗易懂。4. I think that youll find shes very accessible. 我想你會發(fā)現(xiàn)她十分平易近人。我想你會發(fā)現(xiàn)她十分平易近人。易到達(dá)的，易進(jìn)入的易到達(dá)的，易進(jìn)入的可接近的，可進(jìn)入的可接近的，可進(jìn)入的易懂的，易于理解并欣賞易懂的，易于理解并欣賞的的隨和的，平易近人的隨和的，平易近人的adj.這座島只能坐船去。這座島只能坐船去。The island is accessible only by boat.這種信息不是很容易得到的。這種信息不是很容易得到的。Such informat

25、ion is not really accessible. 39.storage n. 貯存, 貯藏 The fish should be kept in cold storage. 那些魚應(yīng)冷藏起來。 儲藏處, 倉庫 How much will you have to pay the warehouse for storage? 你得付多少倉庫保管費? vt. store 貯存, 貯藏 n. 商店；貯存物；備用物 P9-11 1.Translation is a written communication in a second language having the same meanin

26、g as the written communication in a first language. 2.A gram is a unit of weight. One thousand grams are equal to one kilogram. 3.Someone or something that is suitable for a particular purpose or occasion is right or acceptable for it. 4.An idiom is a group of words that have a different meaning whe

27、n used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately. 5.If there is an ample amount of something, there is enough of it and usually some extra. 6.If something is obvious, it is easy to see or understand. 7.Insurance is an arrangement in which you pay money to

28、a company, and they pay you if something unpleasant happens to you, for example, if your property is stolen or damaged, or if you get a serious illness. 8.If you do something as insurance against something unpleasant happening, you do it to protect yourself in case the unpleasant thing happens. 9. I

29、f you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing. 10.A casual event or situation happens by chance or without planning. 11. An electronic device has transistors or silicon chips that control and change the electric current

30、passing through the device. 12. If you describe a person or thing as elegant, you mean that they are pleasing and graceful in appearance or style. 13.If you describe clothes, places and things as elegant, you mean they are attractive and designed well. 14.An all-round person is good at a lot of diff

31、erent skills, academic subjects, or sports. 15.All-round means doing or relating to all aspects of a job or activity. 16.Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and childrens toys. 17.When you scan written material, you look through it quickly in order

32、to find important or interesting information. 18.When you scan a place or group of people, you look at it carefully, usually because you are looking for something or someone. 19.If a computer disk is scanned, a program on the computer checks the disk to make sure that it does not contain a virus. P1

33、4-15 1.A vote is a choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election. 2. Avote is an occasion when a group of people make a decision by each person indicating his or her choice. 3.When you vote, you indicate your choice officially at a meeting or in an election, for example, by

34、 raising your hand or writing on a piece of paper. 4. If you hold someone or something tight, you hold them firmly and securely. 5. A tight group of people is one whose members are closely linked by beliefs, feelings, or interests. 6. Tight controls or rules are very strict. 7.Tight clothes or shoes

35、 are small and fit closely to your body. 8.A valid argument, comment, or idea is based on sensible reasoning. 9. If a ticket or other document is valid, it can be used and will be accepted by people in authority. 10.If you reject something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not accep

36、t it or you do not agree to it. 11. A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ. 12.If you oppose someone or oppose their plans or ideas, you disagree with what they want to do and try to prevent them from doing it. 13.If something is stable, it is not likely to change or come t

37、o an end suddenly. 14.If someone has a stable personality, they are calm and reasonable and their mood does not change suddenly. 15.You use merely to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting. 16.If you dial or if you dial a number, you turn the d

38、ial or press the buttons on a telephone in order to phone someone. 17.And for good measure, he spent several hours erasing all of his appointments from his calendar. 18.A refrigerator is a large container which is kept cool inside, usually by electricity, so that the food and drink in it stays fresh. 19. You use religious to describe things that are connected with religion or with one particular religion. 20.They are both very religious and felt it was a gift from God. 他們倆都很虔誠，覺得這是上帝賜予的禮物。 21.You use typical to describe someone or something that sho