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1、高等院校研究生英语系列教材 综合教程 上 INTEGRATEDCOURSE Unit8 SmarterTransportation Content StartingoutReadingFocusReadingMorePracticalTranslationFocusedWritingFinalProject Task1Workinpairs ChooseyourfavoritecarfromthecarsgivenonP220andtellyourpartnerwhyyoulikeitbest Startingout Task1 Task2Roleplay Workoutaconversati
2、onwithyourpartnerinwhichoneofyoudreamsofhavingacarandliststhebenefits whiletheotherplaystheopposingroleandcomplainsaboutthedamagecausedbycars Startingout Task2 Usefulwordsandexpressions Benefits convenient comfortable luxurious enjoyfreedom higherstandardofliving privacy independence takebettercareo
3、ftheyoungandtheaged protectedfrompickpockets Shortcomings jamtheroads energy consuming highcost emissions airpollution theftfromcarparks breakdowns stressfuldriving Startingout Task2 Startingout Task2 Task3Discusswithyourgroupmembershowtosolvetheproblemoftrafficcongestionincities Youmaygivesomesugge
4、stionsonhowtoimprovetheroadsandtrafficregulationsandhowtomakecarssmartertoavoidbeingcaughtintrafficjams GPS GlobalPositioningSystem guidesdriverstotherightplacewithoutwonderingaboutonthestreets Carscanbemadesmaller too Thelatestconceptcarsarefoldableinordertosaveparkingspace Startingout Task2 TheHid
5、denDangerofSeatBelts ReadingFocus ReadingFocus Itiswell knownthatseatbeltisoneofthesafetymeasuresaimingtosavelives preventinjuries andreducecarcrashes Whydoesthewritersaythereare hiddendangers causedbybucklingseatbelts Wouldyougiveanexampletosupportthisstatement BackgroundInformation ReadingFocus Gl
6、obalUnderstanding It scommonknowledgethat But accordingtoJohnAdams Adamsexplainshisresearchintermsof Forexample seatbeltsmaycause andthusposerisksto Therearemanyfactorsthataffectrisk including Completethefollowingextract seatbeltsdecreaseour riskofdyinginanaccident therealityismessierandmorecomplica
7、ted thanthat riskcompensation peopletodrivemorerecklessly otherpassengersorpedestriansaswellasthemselves financial physicaloremotionalrewards Task2 Choosethesentencethatbestexpressesthemeaningofthesentencefromthetext Key 2345678910 A B A A B B A B B A ReadingFocus DetailedInformation CriticalThinkin
8、g ReadingFocus StepOneInthetext theauthorsaid Seatbeltsmayactuallycausepeopletodrivemorerecklessly Seatbeltssavelives Ayoungmanis100timesmorelikelytobeinvolvedinaseverecarcrashthanisamiddle agedwoman ReadingFocus CriticalThinking StepTwoDiscussingroups ReadingFocus CriticalThinking Whatsafetymeasure
9、shavebeenincludedincardesigns WhydoesJohnAdamssaythatdrivingat3 00a m onaSundayoneismorethan100timesmorelikelytodiethansomeonedrivingat10 00a m Canyouexplainthissituationaccordingtotheriskcompensationtheory 1 Seatbeltsstilldecreaseourriskofdyinginanaccident butthestatisticsarenotallblackandwhite Par
10、a 1 blackandwhite 1 ofaphotograph film televisionprogramme orillustration inblack white shadesofgrey andnoothercoloure g oldblack and whitemovies2 ofasituationordebate involvingclearlydefinedopposingprinciplesorissuese g Itwasallgreyareas noblack and whitecertainties ReadingFocus LanguagePoint 2 Wha
11、thefoundwasthatcontrarytoconventionalwisdom mandatingtheuseofseatbeltsin18countriesresultedineithernochangeoractuallyanetincreaseinroadaccidentdeaths Para 2 mandate require something tobedone makemandatorye g Thegovernmentbeganmandatingbettercarsafety ReadingFocus LanguagePoint 3 Ifheiswearingaseatb
12、eltandhiscarhasfrontandsideairbagsandanti skidbrakestoboot hemayinturndriveabitmoredaringly Para 3 toboot usedattheendofalistofremarkstoemphasizetheme g 1 Heiskind handsomeandwealthytoboot 2 Shewasagreatsportswoman andbeautifultoboot ReadingFocus LanguagePoint 4 Inthecaseofseatbelts insteadofasimple
13、 straightforwardreductionindeaths theendresultisactuallyamorecomplicatedredistributionofriskandfatalities Para 4 redistribute v togivesomethingtoeachmemberofagroupsothatitisdividedupinadifferentwayfrombefore再分配 再分发e g Theirprimaryconcernwastoredistributeincomefromrichtopoor ReadingFocus LanguagePoin
14、t 5 Consequently anysinglemeasurementassignedtotheriskofdrivingacarisboundtobeonlytheroughestsortofbenchmark Para 5 benchmark somethingthatisusedasastandardbywhichotherthingscanbejudgedormeasured基准e g 1 Thevaluationbecomesabenchmarkagainstwhichtojudgeotherprices 2 Testsattheageofsevenprovideabenchma
15、rkagainstwhichthechild sprogressatschoolcanbemeasured ReadingFocus LanguagePoint Keytostep11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Task1Step1Matchthewordsintheleftcolumnwiththeircorrectmeaningsintherightcolumn Notethateachwordhasmorethanonemeaning e m c j b q g n a f l h i k o d p ReadingFocus VocabularyinAction boot bound
16、 fatal negotiate net theodds reward vacuum Step2 Fillineachoftheblankswithanappropriatewordorphraseandwritedownthecorrespondingmeaning markeda qinthetableabove attheendofeachsentence Changetheformifnecessary ReadingFocus VocabularyinAction Keytostep21 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 boot m vacuum p rewarded o reward k net f negotiating n odds h odds i Fatal b negotiations g Task2Fillineachoftheblankswithanappropriatewordorphrasefromeachgroup Changetheformifnecessary ReadingFocus VocabularyinAction 1 blackand