第5单元Remote Control.pptVIP

Remote Control 遥控器 by Dave Barry戴夫·巴里 Listen，appliance manufacturers: We don’t need a dishwasher that we can communicate with from afar. If you want to improve our dishwashers, give us one that senses when people leave dirty dishes on the kitchen counter, and shouts at them: “Put those dishes in the dishwasher right now or I’ll leak all over your shoes!” 电器制造商们听着：我们不需要从远处来启动洗碗机。如果你想改进洗碗机，那就给我们这样一台：当人们把脏碗放在碗柜上时，洗碗机能够感应并且大声冲人喊：“立刻把碗放进来，不然我就会漏水把你鞋子弄湿！” 替换词： advance、automatically、offer、signal 解释：If you want to make dishwashers more advanced, offer us a dishwasher which will automatically realize that there are some dirty dishes left by the owner on the kitchen counter, and then give some signals. 单词、短语： 1、appliance ?[?plai?ns] ?noun .a machine that is designed to do a particular thing in the home, such as preparing food, heating or cleaning n.器具, 应用, 装置, 器械 e.g. A manual containing operating instructions, as for an appliance or a machine. ? 工作手册一本包括操作指南手册，如用于器具或机器 2、communicate with ?与 ... 交流 、沟通 e.g.: Parents often find it difficult to communicate with their children. ? 父母亲常会发觉难於跟他们的小孩沟通。 3、afar [?‘fɑ:] ?ad. from off or away 遥远地 e.g.: Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. ? 名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。 4、sense ?[sens]n.感官(觉)；判断力，见识；意思 vt.觉得 e.g.: We have five senses, namely, senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. 我们有5种感觉,即视觉、听觉、嗅觉、味觉和触觉。 5、 counter ?[kaunt?] ? n. 计算器, 计算者, 柜台 adj. 相反的 adv. 与 ... 相反地 vt. 反对, 反击 vi. 反对, 反击 e.g.: He placed the money on the counter. ? 他把钱放在柜台上。 6、leak ?[li:k] ? verb. to allow liquid or gas to get in or out through a small hole or crack v.渗, 漏, 泄露 n.漏洞, 泄露 e.g.: The details were supposed to be secret but somehow leaked out. ? 这些细节原属秘密，可是不知怎么给泄露出去了。 Likewise, we don’t need a refrigerator that knows when it’s out of milk. We already a foolproof system for determining if we’re out of milk: We ask our wife. What we could use is a refrigerator that refuses to let us open its door when