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Unit 2 Detailed Reading 1. Difficult Sentences Sales of the automobile industry stand at about a trillion dollars, making it the world’s biggest manufacturing industry. How do you understand the word stand? (= Stand is used to show a particular level or amount. For example: Inflation currently stands at nine per cent. Your bank balance stands at $460.) Translate the sentence into Chinese. (=汽车工业的销售额达一万亿美元左右，从而成为世界上最大的制造业。) The key to tomorrow’s “smart cars” will be sensors. Paraphrase the sentence and pay attention to the structure the key to sth. (=The crucial element of the future smart