1、Unit FourteenFast Reading Course for Industry EnglishFast Reading Course for Industry EnglishSection AGetting familiar with the industrySection A: IntroductionSection A: IntroductionHome appliances are electrical or mechanical machines which have some household functions, such as cooking or cleaning

2、. Home appliances can be classified into:Major appliances, or White goods Small appliances, or Brown goods家用電器電子或者機械設(shè)備，這些機器有做家務的功能如做飯，洗衣服。家用電器可以分為：大家電或者白色家電小家電或者黑色家電White goods or major appliances comprise major household appliances and may include: air conditioner, dishwasher, clothes dryer, freeze

3、r, refrigerator, kitchen stove, water heater, washing machine, trash compactor, microwave oven.Brown goods or small appliances are typically small household electrical entertainment appliances such as: TV sets, CD and DVD players, clocks, alarm clocks, video game consoles, HiFi, home cinema, telepho

4、nes and answering machine.大家電包括：空調(diào)，洗碗機，干洗機，冰箱，廚灶，熱血器，洗衣機，垃圾壓縮機，微波爐。典型的小家電是一些電子娛樂設(shè)備如：電視機，CD和DVD播放器，鬧鐘，視頻游戲機，高保真音響，家庭影院，電話機和電話答錄機。Section A: Warm-upSection A: Warm-upRead the following pictures. Try to list the names of the following home appliances. What are the functions of these appliances? TV Sets

5、TV SetsWashing machineWashing machineRefrigeratorRefrigeratorAir conditionerAir conditionerElectric cookerElectric cookerMicrowave oveMicrowave oven nSection A: Warm-upSection A: Warm-upRead the following pictures. Try to list the names of the following home appliances. What are the functions of the

6、se appliances? vacuum cleaner vacuum cleaner vacuum cleaner vacuum cleaner vacuum cleanerelectric fanelectric fanelectric ironelectric ironelectric kettleelectric kettleSection A: Word BankSection A: Word BankPlease choose the right Chinese to match the corresponding English expressions. . Vocabular

7、y Related to Household Appliancedoor to door deliveryhousehold appliance industry major appliancefree installation and adjustmentsmall applianceone-stop serviceenergy efficiency gradenational quality assurancehome appliance replacementchain stores for home applianceslength of warrantyhome appliance

8、maintenancesubsidy to rural residentspay in installments;送貨上門大家電小家電能效等級以舊換新保修期家電下鄉(xiāng)家電企業(yè)免費安裝與調(diào)試一站式服務全國聯(lián)保家電連鎖家電維修分期付款Section BReading skills guidesparagraph developing(comparison and paragraph developing(comparison and contrast)contrast)Section B: Section B: Practice readingPractice readingThe followin

9、g material is about similarities and differences between tThe following material is about similarities and differences between two kinds of cars. Finish the table after reading it. wo kinds of cars. Finish the table after reading it. SUVcompacttransition wordsfunctionsimilaritydifferencegood and bad

10、 good and bad featuresfeaturesgood and bad good and bad featuresfeaturesbothbothcomparecomparedo not have good do not have good gas mileagegas mileageexcellent gas excellent gas mileagemileageon the on the other handother handcontrastcontrastdifficult handlingdifficult handlingeasy handlingeasy hand

11、lingby contrastby contrastcontrastcontrastSection CPractical readingCommon Air conditioner problemsSection C: ExercisesSection C: Exercises. Answer the following questionsWhy do air conditioners become a necessity?2. Whats the advantage of knowing some basics of air conditioner?3. What may cause fre

12、quent stoppage of air conditioner?An air conditioning unit is becoming a necessity more and more because of the hot weather. You may avoid the expensive costs in an air condition repair.This just means that you have used up all of its available Freon.4. Why does frequent stoppage increase power cons

13、umption?5. Which part of the air conditioner may be affected by frequent stoppage?6. What are the two common problems caused by a burnt wire? The first home-use microwave oven was made in Japan.Its not easy to heat up leftovers with a microwave oven.Microwave ovens starts to get hot form the outside

14、 and it takes sometime before the inside gets hot.7.Whats wrong with the air conditioner when the air conditioning unit gives out a sound but the fan isnt running?8.What is one of the most annoying air conditioner problems?9.Which part of the air conditioner may be dirty when ice begins to form in y

15、our air conditioner?This may occur if your fan motor is damaged or is defective; therehas been a burnt wire in your unit; or you have a defective capacitor.Ice begins to form Evaporator is very dirty or a dirty filter.10. What is the easiest task for air conditioner maintenance?The easiest task for

16、air conditioner maintenance is to clean the air filters on a regular basis.Informational puzzlesInformational puzzles Common problems of air conditionerCommon problemsProbable cause1.2. .frequent stoppagefrequent stoppagecircuit breakercircuit breakerThe air conditioning unit gives out The ai

17、r conditioning unit gives out a sound but the fan isnt running.a sound but the fan isnt running.The air conditioning units fan runs but the compressor isnt.Ice begins to form.air conditioner leaking waterused up all of its available Freona weak or old breaker; a grounded compressor; a weak or old br

18、eaker; a grounded compressor; or the condenser fan had a short-circuitor the condenser fan had a short-circuitour fan motor is damaged or is defective; there has been a our fan motor is damaged or is defective; there has been a burnt wire in your unit; or you have a defective capacitorburnt wire in

19、your unit; or you have a defective capacitor.a burnt wire in the compressor; your compressor overa burnt wire in the compressor; your compressor overloaded for some reason; you have a defective comprloaded for some reason; you have a defective compressor; or you have a defective capacitor.essor; or

20、you have a defective capacitor.evaporator is very dirty; a dirty filter; defective blower motor; evaporator is very dirty; a dirty filter; defective blower motor; defective capacitor; or your unit is low on refrigerantdefective capacitor; or your unit is low on refrigerant.Clogged drain,:ine; or eva

21、porator coil has become Clogged drain,:ine; or evaporator coil has become rusted; or the insides of your unit have frozen up.rusted; or the insides of your unit have frozen up.Section C: TranslationSection C: Translation 常見的空調(diào)問題由于炎熱的天氣，空調(diào)越來越成為很多家庭的必需品了。如果你能了解空調(diào)的一些基本常識，或者至少能了解怎么去尋找故障，你就能省下不少價格不菲的空調(diào)維修

22、費用。沒有明顯故障，空調(diào)反復的停。經(jīng)常停既損害整體的冷卻又增加電費，因為反復的開關(guān)增加電損耗。這意味著你已經(jīng)用光了氟利昂，一般只要重新注入。空調(diào)開的時候，斷路器跳開。這可能是由于較弱的或者老化的斷路器造成的。接地的壓縮機，或者冷凝器風扇短路。空調(diào)有聲音但是風扇不運轉(zhuǎn)，這可能是由于你的風扇電風機壞了或者有缺陷；空調(diào)的某根線燒了或者電容器有問題。Section C: TranslationSection C: Translation空調(diào)結(jié)冰形這可能是空調(diào)最惱人的問題了，這是由于你的蒸發(fā)器壞了或者你的冷凍劑少了。辦公室或者家里的空調(diào)漏水。這可能是由于管子堵住了；蒸發(fā)器盤管生銹了或者空調(diào)內(nèi)部凍住了。要

23、使空調(diào)運轉(zhuǎn)正常，防止因空調(diào)問題可能帶來的昂貴的維修費用，空調(diào)維護是必不可少的。最簡單的空調(diào)維護就是定期清洗空氣過濾器。空氣過濾器可以確保灰塵在進入蒸發(fā)器和風扇前被過濾掉。很多生產(chǎn)商建議每個月清洗一次過濾器。家用空調(diào)的維護還包括拿下面板清洗擦干后再裝回去。定期維護空調(diào)可以減少空調(diào)的維修次數(shù)但是空調(diào)不壞是不可能的。Section DFast readingSection D: TranslationSection D: Translation微波爐誕生于20世紀40年代末的美國。第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，微波爐技術(shù)廣泛應用在雷達設(shè)備上，因此這一技術(shù)也得到了提高。戰(zhàn)后，科學家們用這些知識發(fā)明了第一臺微波爐

24、。事實上正是由于這一歷史原因，微波爐起初被叫作“雷達烤箱”。在那時期，由于微波爐體積龐大，只有餐館和一些其他商家使用。20年代60年代，日本制造出第一臺家用微波爐，但當時只有富裕家庭才能買得起。而如今在許多國家人們都能買得起微波爐了。有了微波爐，加熱剩飯菜變得非常簡單。隨著人們越來越多的了解微波爐的便利，微波爐逐漸得到了推廣。接下來讓我們了解微波爐如何發(fā)展的。微波爐是使用一種叫作微波的電磁波來加熱食品的。這種微波類似海洋中的水波。大多數(shù)食物中都有水分。水分子經(jīng)微波照射會以非常快的速度振動，食物中的水分子會通過振動相互碰撞，相互摩擦，使食物變熱。Section D: TranslationSec

25、tion D: Translation如果用火加熱，食物會從外部開始逐漸變熱，要加熱至內(nèi)部需要一段時間。而微波爐通過微波可以很快從食物內(nèi)部開始加熱。微波爐的內(nèi)部由金屬制成。這是因為如果微波第一次沒有照到食物上，與內(nèi)壁碰撞之后也會彈回到食物上。在門上覆蓋有隔板，這樣微波就不會泄漏到外部。位于微波爐中央的是轉(zhuǎn)盤。是否注意到在用微波爐加熱時，轉(zhuǎn)盤總是會不停的旋轉(zhuǎn)？微波通過波導管送入微波爐內(nèi)部時，不管怎樣總會有一些地方容易照到微波，而有些地方很難照到，產(chǎn)生出差異來。這樣一來，即使對食物進行加熱，也會有地方熱，有些地方?jīng)觥＿@樣食物就不好吃了。怎樣才能將微波均勻地照射到食物上呢？科學家反復研究后發(fā)現(xiàn)，通過轉(zhuǎn)動食物要比試圖改變微波以使其均勻照射更容易解決這一問題。于是就制作了