WordpowerUnit1Livingwithtechnology模塊七ElectronicandelectricalgoodsA.SuMeiisstartinganewjobinabigdepartmentstore.Themanagerisshowingherthegoodsandexplainingwhatsheneedstoknow.Wehavetwosectionshere—electronicgoodsandhouseholdappliances.Let’sstartwiththeelectronicgoods.Thisisaverypopularsectionbecausemanyoftheproductsareforentertainment.Manycustomersdon’talwaysknowmuchabouthowtousethem,soyouneedtostudyhowtooperatetheseproductsandbeabletoexplainhowtheyfunction.Overherewehaveaudioandvideodevices—digitalmusicplayerslikeportableCDplayersandMP4players,andcameraslikevideocamerasanddigitalcameras.Digitalcamerasareverypopularnowadays,especiallytheonesthathaveavideofunction.Andhere,nearthecomputers,areeducationalproducts.Thisiswherewehavedifferentkindsofe-bookreadersandelectronicdictionaries.Alargeamountofeducationalsoftwarecanalsobefoundhere.Oh,andofcourse,wealsosellallkindsofmobilephones.IfanyonefromtheUSAasksforthem,theywillcallthem‘cellphones’.ThemostpopularoneshavecamerasandInternetaccessaswellasgamesandallsortsofotherfunctions.FillintheformElectronicgoodsAudiodevices:Educationalproducts:Videodevices:CDplayersMP4playersVideocamerasDigitalcamerasE-bookreaderselectronicdictionariesComputersMobilephonesB.Inthehouseholdappliancessection,SuMeiisshownthefollowingproducts.____________oftenhaveafreezersectionusuallyatthebottom.Refrigerators______________havebeenpopularforalongtime.Theycanbeusedtocookvariousthings.Electric

cookers_______________areusefulforbothcookingandheatingfood.Microwave

ovensModern________________usedigitalcontrols.washing

machines_______________arethebesttooltokeepcarpetsclean.Vacuum

cleanersC.Backhomeafterherfirstdayatwork,SuMeiistellingherfamilyaboutwhatshelearntduringtheday.FillintheblankswithsuitableexpressionsfrompartAandB.Iworkonthefloorwheretheysell(1)_______________inonesection,andhouseholdappliancesinanothersection,soIneedtolearnalotofnewthings.Thereareelectronicgoodsallsortsofportableaudioand(2)_______devicesintheelectronicgoodssectionandmostofthesedevices,suchas(3)___________,andMP4players,seemtobeformusic.Ofcourse,Iknewaboutdigitalcamerasbefore,butIdidn’tknowthatsomeofthemCDplayers

videohavea(4)_____________.TherearemanymodelsofvideocamerasIhavetobeabletotalkabout.Thenthereareeducationalvideofunctionproductslike(5)______________,electronicdictionariesand(6)___________________.Ithinktheothersection,withthehouseholdappliances,willbemucheasiertoworkin.Therefrigeratorsareprettyeasy.Mostofthemhavea_____________atthebottom.(8)_______________arealsothere,e-bookreaders

educationalfreezersection

softwarevacuumcleanersbutsincetheironlyfunctionistocleancarpets,thereisnotmuchtoexplainthere._______________areverypopularnowadays.Peoplecancookandheatfoodquicklywiththem.MicrowaveovensD.Thinkabouthowusefulelectronicandelectricaldevicesareinvariouswaysinourlives.Whichdevicesarethemostuseful?Completethefollowingtablewithasmanyasdevicesasyoucanthinkof.ForstudyForentertainmentForthehouseholdcomputer

electronicdictionarieseducationalsoftwareTVsets

radios

DVDplayers

CDplayerscamerasrefrigeratorselectriccookersmicrowaveovenswashingmachinesvacuumcleanersLanguagepoints

1.function

noun功能，作用Thefunctionoftheveinsistocarrybloodtotheheart.I’mnotquitesurewhatmyfunctioniswithinthecompany.Athermostatperformsthefunctionofcontrollingtemperature.verb起作用You’llsoonlearnhowtheofficefunctions.Thetelevisionwasfunctioningnormallyuntilyesterday.I’msotiredtoday,Icanbarelyfunction.2.One的復數形式為ones，作替代詞時，只可替代同一類人或事物的復數名詞，其前面必須有限定詞，如：the,some,all等修飾。但不能用數詞或many修飾。例如:Mrs.Zhanggavethetextbookstothepupilsexcepttheoneswhohadalreadytakenthem.Idon’twanttobuythesesmallpears;Iwantsomelargeones.3.that用來替代前面提到的特指的事物，所代替的名詞可以是可數名詞，也可以是不可數名詞。代替可數名詞可以用theone替換。但其前面不可用任何限定詞修飾。例如:ThepopulationofChinaislargerthanthatofJapan.Theheadteacherinyourclassisyoungerandmoreactivethanthatintheirs.1.Surelyitdoesn’tmatterwherethestudentassociationsgettheirmoneyfrom;what

iswhattheydowithit.A.counts B.applies C.stressesD.functions

AExercise2.TheinformationontheInternetgetsaroundmuchmorerapidlythan____inthenewspaper.A.itB.thoseC.oneD.that3.____feltfunnywatchingmyselfonTV.

A.One B.This C.It D.ThatDC4.Mymostfamousrelativeofall,______whoreallylefthismarkonAmerica,wasRobSussel,mygreat-grandfather.A.OneB.theoneC.he D.someone5.Littlejoycanequal_____ofasurprisingendingwhenyoureadstories.A.thatB.thoseC.anyD.someBA6.---Whydon’twetakealittlebreak?---Didn’twejusthave_____?A.it B.