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Unit 3 Technological Advance Warm-up Questions 预热提问 1. How does the high-tech bring to our lives? 2. What advantages do technologies bring to the disable? Section A Read Fast 一睹为快 Passage A Topic-oriented Lead-in 抛砖引玉 Mobile phones, PCs and other equipment with high-tech have entered our lives for several years. As we enjoy the advantages they bring to us, we haven’t realized that they have become a part of our daily life. Without them, we can’t carry out our work smoothly. Not only for normal people, but more importantly for people with disabilities, technologies have changed their lives. Speeding up Work for People with Disabilities Bank of New Words 词库宝典 1. application / ?plikei??n / n. act of putting a theory or discovery to practical use 应用，运用 You should correct these errors in the application. 您应当在应用程序中纠正这些错误。 formal request 申请，请求 2. distribute / di‘stribjut / v. separate something into parts and give a share to each person 攻击；袭击 It also provides the ability to distribute these events to consumers. 另外还提供了将这些事件分发到使用者的功能。 3. embrace / im‘breis / v. include 包含 The term ‘mankind’ embraces men, women and children. 人类一词包括男人、女人和儿童。 take into one’s arms as a sign of affection 拥抱 4. fulfill / ful‘fil / v. perform something or bring something into completion 完成，实现 And that’s why we can fulfill our destiny. 这就是为什么我们能实现我们的命运。 We must fulfill the plan, whatever happens. 我们无论如何都要完成这个计划。 5. gesture / d?est?? / n. expressive movement of a part of the body, esp. the hand or head 手势，姿势 communicating by gesture 用手势表达 make a rude gesture 做出粗野的姿势 action showing one’s intentions or attitude 示意的或表明态度的动作或姿势 6. incredible / inkred?bl/ adj. impossible to believe难以置信的，惊人的 It sounded incredible in common. 乍一听来，简直不可思议。 She is an incre