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　Unit 3　Under the sea　 突破阅读理解 怎样快速捕捉主题句 三 【方法技巧】 主题句位于however，but，yet等信息词后。你要明白， 作者在文章中突然使用了表示转折意义的副词或连词时， 就表示作者的写作重心是在后面，而不是前面。所以， 抓住这些信息词能使你快速捕捉住主题句。 【实例验证】 In the West，having a successful lifestyle often means having material goods such as a large house or two ，a large car or two ，private schooling for the children， designer clothes，foreign holidays in exotic locations winter and summer ，all mod cons 现代化设备 ． However，it could be argued that this emphasis on financial and material success can lead to people becoming locked into 受困于 an unfulfilling lifestyle， though a luxury one，working harder and harder to become more and more successful financially in order to buy more and more luxury items. ◆What does the author want to tell us in this paragraph A．The advantages of success. B．The disadvantages of success. C．A successful lifestyle. D．Hard work leads to successful life. 答案：B 【实践应用】 Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers.You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation Fortunately，you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag 标签 ．The chips send back name， job，hobbies， and the time available for meeting—whatever. Making new friends becomes simple. This hasn’t quite happened in real life.But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology. An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product， under your pet’s skin，even under your own skin.Passive RFID tags have no energy source—batteries because they do not need it.The energy comes from the reader，a scanning device 装置 ，that sends out energy for example，radio waves that starts up the tag immediately. Such a tag carries information specific to that object， and the data can be updated.Already，RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport.Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records.At a nightclub in Paris or in