(英专)大学英语unit6.pptVIP

Unit Six Text I: Atomic Cars Text II: Energy or Extinction Unit Six: Objectives This lesson is intended for intensive study, where much attention is given to reading skills and writing skills. Lexical work and grammatical practice will never be left out in laying a solid foundation in English. Through studying this text the students will get to know the way of writing a persuasive argument and meanwhile they will get some information on nuclear energy. Cultural Background The magezine Ford Times The Atomic Car The future is taking shape in a most unlikely place near Duluth. A century old, dovetailed machine shed on a ramshackle farmstead south of Esko holds the work of Jorki Jetsonen (pronounced YOR-kee YET-so-nen), a second-generation Finnish-American inventor who also considers himself an environmentalist. Jetsonen is working on a project that could free America from dependence on foreign oil, eliminate the problem of how to dispose of the expired fuel rods that were once the heart of nuclear power generating plants, and reduce emissions that add to global warming. Jetsonen is developing an atomic powered car. Though he would not give full details about his atomic auto or the materials he used, nor let us take any photos of the drivetrain, we were able to get a brief description of how the process works. Its similar to todays hybrid-electric cars, but uses an atomic powered steam turbine to generate the electricity instead of an internal combustion engine. The spent uranium fuel rods from nuclear power plants still have some radioactive energy which is why disposal is so difficult. Jetsonen has developed a process to slice the fuel rods into disks about the size of a hockey puck. That amount of radioactivity is enough to provide energy for the autos power plant for about a year. Pre-reading Questions Decide whether the following statements are true or false. We get atomic energy from the splitting of the nucleus, or the central part, of the atom. In pro