Unit 1 Section Ⅰ Reading(Welcome to the unit & Reading).doc

Unit1Livingwithtechnology人类文明受技术的影响从未像今天这样强烈卫星、克隆和互联网都是很好的例子。当然技术也带来了一些新的问题关键要控制的问题是让技术通过自身发展克服它们。TechnologyCreatesorSolvesProblems?Itseemsthathumancivilizationhasneverbeenasfueledbytechnologyasitistoday.SatellitesCloningandInternetareallexamplesoftechnologythathasreshapedourlifetoanunprecedented(前所未有的空前的)degree.Whatmattersmostnowadaysisthatthepoweroftechnologymustbeensuredtoovershadow(遮挡)thecursesitbringsabout.Itmustbepointedoutthattechnologycanaggravate(加重恶化)existingproblemsthatarefarfromitsoriginaltarget.Atomicenergyisjustthecaseinpoint.Althoughitsresearcheshaveaviewofoptimizingthecurrentenergysourcesatomictechnologyisrepeatedlyemployedtomanufacturedeadlyweaponsforthepurposeofdeterring(制止吓住)orevendestroyingothercountries.Technologycanalsocreatenewproblemswithoutalleviating(缓解)thepreviousones.Thereisnobetterexamplethantheautomobile.Wasn'tittheinventor'spromisethatautomobilescouldbringspeedandconveniencetotheirownersthussurpassingtheothermeansoftransportation?Buteverymorningatrushhourscarownersenjoyneitherspeednorconveniencefromcarownership.Meanwhilecarexhaustremainsanalarmingeffectonourenvironment.Thereforetechnologyisbynomeansa“cure­all”solution.Yetthereisnoneedtousetheabovereasonsasexcusestostopthedevelopmentoftechnology.Thekeyistocontroltheproblemsandallowthetechnologytoovercomethemthroughself­advancement.1．fuelvt.使恶化使更强烈；(给车辆)加油加燃料2．bringabout引起导致造成3．surpassvt.超过；胜过4．rushhour(上下班的)高峰时间交通拥挤时间5．exhaustn.(引擎排出的)废气1．Whatdoesatomictechnologybringusaccordingtothepassage?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________【答案】Itcanletpeoplemakefulluseofthecurrentenergysourcesbutitalsohelpsmanufacturedeadlyweapons.2．Whatisyouropinion