Unit 1

Living with technology Unit 1 Living with technology

Many different people contributed to the development of TV. 很多不同的人对电视的发展做出了贡献。 contribute to… 把……贡献给；有助于…… ；促成 e.g. He contributed a lot of money to the charity. 他给慈善机构捐了很多钱。

Translation. 1. 充足的新鲜空气有助于身体健康。 2. 司机的粗心大意造成了这次事故。 Plenty of fresh air contributes to good health. The driver’s carelessness contributed to the accident.

2. John Logie Baird constructed the first color TV in 1928, but … 约翰· 洛吉· 贝尔德于1928年制造出第一台彩色电视机，但…… construct vt. 制造 e.g. His brother spent a month learning how to construct a model plane. 他弟弟花了一个月的时间学习 如何制造飞机模型。

3. Regular color TV broadcasts were delayed in the UK until 1967. 在英国，定期的彩色电视节目的播出一直延迟至1967年。 delay v. & n. 耽搁，延迟 delay sth. / doing sth. 推迟（做）某事 delay in doing sth 没有及时做某事 without delay=quickly 毫不迟延地

易混辨析：delay，put off 在表示“推迟某事”时可以互换。 e.g. The flight was delayed / put off due to the bad weather. 由于天气不好，航班被推迟了。

但它们又有细微差别： 1) delay强调因某种困难或障碍厌恶，动作主体是人或困难本身，延迟的时间不确定，也可能无限延迟。 e.g. My grandma fell ill all of a sudden, which delayed our trip. 奶奶突然病倒了，延迟了我们的 旅行。

2) put off强调“拖延时间”，指因客观原因造成的拖延或主观上的有意拖延。 e.g. You’re always putting off things. You should get rid of this bad habit. 你做事总是拖拉，你得克服这个坏 习惯。

Fill in the blanks. ①我们的飞机因大雾而延迟了。 ②拖了那么久，他终于完成了论文。 ③我的医生劝我立即戒烟。 was delayed Our plane ___________ by the heavy fog. After much delay _______________, he finished his paper at last. My doctor advised me to give up smoking ____________. without delay

4. Meanwhile, electrical components eventually became so small that, … 同时，电器元件最终变得很小，…… electrical adj. 电的；电气科学的； electronic adj. 电子的 electric adj. 电动的；用电的； e.g. an electric fan/blanket 电风扇/电热毯 an electrical engineer 电气工程师 an electronic music 电子音乐

5. …, and satellite dishes can often be seen distributed throughout the countryside and remote areas. ……，在农村和边远地区经常可以看到 卫星天线。 distribute vt. 分发；分销；使分布 distribute…over… 把……分配到 distribute sth. to… 把某物分配给…… distribute sth. among把某物分配给……

易混辨析：distribute, divide 都有“分配”的意思。 distribute指“将某物分成一定的部分或数量，通常各份的数量不一定相等，然后分给某些人或地方”。 e.g. distribute leaflets 分发传单 divide指“把整体分成若干部分”。 e.g. divide it into two 把它分成两份

Fill in the blanks. 这笔款项是在本地区的学校中分配的。 2) 一个句子可以划分成有意义的各个部分。 The money ____________________ schools in the area. was distributed among A sentence can ________________ meaningful segments. be divided up into

6. However, most people still benefit from satellite TV, as local TV … 大多娄人仍然受益于卫星电视，因为当地的电视司…… benefit from 从……中受益 e.g. Many children in the area benefit from the books he donated. 这个地区的许多孩子从他捐赠的 图书中受益。

7. The first record players and to be wound up by hand and only played records that were two minutes long. 最早的留声机必须手摇上发条，而且只能播放两分钟长的录音。 wind up 上发条 e.g. He reminded his wife to wind up the lock. 他提醒妻子给钟上发条。

难句解析 1. John Logie Baird constructed the first color TV in 1928, but it was not until 1938 that the first color TV programmer was broadcast.

【分析】 句中but后面的it was not until 1938 that是强调句型，对时间状语not until 1938 加以强调。 句意：约翰· 洛吉· 贝尔德于1928年制造出第一台彩色电视机，但直到1938年第一个彩色电视节目才播出。

2. However, most people still benefit from satellite TV, as local TV companies broadcast the signals they get from satellite receivers to the population living nearby. 句中as引导一个状语从句，在此句中， they get from satellite receivers是定语从句，修饰前面的the signals。

句意：然而，大多数人仍然受益于卫星电视，因为当地的电视公司把从卫星接收器接收到的信号传送给附近的居民。

3. It all began in 1877, when Thomas Edison made the first recording of a human voice on his invention, the record player. 句中when引导非限制性定语从句，在此从句中the record player是his invention的同位语。

句意：一切始于1877年，这一年托马斯· 爱迪生用他发明的留声机第一次录制了人的声音。

考点考例 Regular public broadcasting followed shortly afterwards, first beginning on 11 May 1928 in New York and on 20 August 1929 in London. [考点] regular

[考例] A new _____ bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago. A. normal B. usual C. regular D. common

regular 有规律的，定期的，定时的; normal 正常的，常态的，正规的； usual 通常的，惯常的； common 普通的，通常的，常见的。

2. It took more than two decades, though, until 1951, for regular color TV broadcasts to begin in the USA. [考点] though 作为副词的用法

[考例] – How is everything going on with you in Europe? – Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, _____. A. though B. instead C. either D. too

3. I think watching too much TV just makes you stupid! [考点] too much 和 much too [考例] Allen had to call a taxi because the box was _____ to carry all the way home. A. much too heavy B. too much heavy C. heavy too much D. too heavy much

副词too修饰形容词时，前面可以用much，a lot，a bit，far等来修饰，表示强调。根据逻辑，题中表语只能是heavy，too修饰 heavy，much修饰 too。

Remember the new words and phrases you have learnt in reading part.