中职会计英语unit2.pptVIP

Unit 2 Part I The Industrial Revolution profound [pr?‘faund] adj. 深奥的； 意义深远的； 深刻的； 知识渊博的 primarily [’praim?rili] adv. 首先； 首要地，主要地； 根本上； rural [‘ru?r?l] adj. 乡下的，农村的； capitalist [‘k?pitlist] n. 资本家； 资本主义者 adj. 资本的； 资本主义的 urban [’?:b?n] adj. 都市的； 市内 household adj. 家庭的，普通的，平常的 location adj. 位置，场所 candidate [‘k?ndidit]可数名词候选人;求职者 spiffy [’spifi] adj. 好看的； 漂亮的； 出色的； 利落的 manufacturing [’m?nj?‘f?kt??r??] n. 制造业，工业 commercial [k?‘m?:??l] adj. 商业的； 贸易的； drainage [’dreinid?] n. 排水； 排水系统； pump [p?mp] n. 泵； quality [‘kw?liti] n. 质量，品质； efficiency [i’fi??nsi]n. 效率，效能； 功效 surviving [s?‘vaivi?] adj. 继续存在的，依然健在的 install [in’st?:l] vt. 安装； 安置； 任命； 使…正式就职 rural economy 农村经济 convert into 转变，变换 The start of the Industrial Revolution was about 1750. what is the Industrial Revolution were profound social changes, as Europe moved from a primarily agricultural and rural economy to a capitalist and urban economy ,from a household, family-based economy to an industry-based economy. Ironbridge If a single location is needed for the birth of the Industrial Revolution, Ironbridge is a good candidate. It is located in a river valley west of Birmingham, has been converted into a series of museums mainly dedicated to the story of Industrial Revolution, and has a spiffy bridge. Industrial Revolution is past and gone, to carious manufacturing sites around Britain such as Birmingham Coventry, and Manchester. The Steam Engine Perhaps the greatest invention of the age was the steam engine, a commercial success when made operational by James watt in 1769. Thomas Newcomen improved the steam engine, first invented in Holland, to use for drainage pump in coal mines. With the partner Mathew Bolton, he began manufacturing steam engine and improving their qualities and efficiency. The oldest surviving steam engine, produced for the Birmingham Canal at Smethwick is installed at Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry. Newcomen Watt EXERCISE 1