2019年英语新同步浙江专用必修五讲义：Unit 3 Section Ⅳ Learning about Language Using Language.docVIP

Section_ⅣLearning_about_Language__Using_Language [原文呈现] I HAVE SEEN AMAZING① THINGS My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in space②. Described③ as an enormous④ round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate⑤ the pull of the earths gravity.Inside was an exhibition of the most up-to-date⑥ inventions of the 31st century.A guide (G) showed us around along a moveable⑦ path. [读文清障] ①amazing adj.令人惊异的；惊人的 ②过去分词短语considered the most modern in space作a space station的后置定语。 ③过去分词短语Described as ...作状语。 ④enormous [In??m?s] adj.巨大的；庞大的 ⑤imitate [ImIteIt] vt.模仿；仿造 ⑥up-to-date adj.最新的；时尚的 up to date最新的；时尚的 out of date过时的 ⑦moveable [mu?v?bl] adj.可移动的；活动的 我看到了奇妙的东西 [第1段译文] 我首先参观的是一个太空站，这个站被认为是太空中最现代化的地方。太空站像一个巨大的圆盘，在太空中缓缓地旋转，以模仿地心的引力。太空站里展出了31世纪一些最前沿的发明。有个导游带领我们站在一条移动的运送带上，到各处参观。 G：Good morning to all our visitors from 2008.First were going to examine one of the latest forms of communication among our space citizens⑧. No more typists⑨ working on a typewriter⑩ or computer！No more postage? or postcodes?！ Messages can now be sent using a “thoughtpad”?. You place the metal band over your head, clear your mind, press the sending button?， think your message and the next instant? its sent. Its stored on the “thoughtpad” of the receiver?. Its quick, efficient? and environmentally friendly?. The only limitation is if the user does not think his or her message clearly, an unclear message may be sent.But we cannot blame the tools for the faults of the user, can we? During the explanation I looked at the pair of small objects called “thoughtpads”? on a table.They just looked like metal ribbons?. So ordinary but so powerful! While I was observing them, the path moved us on. ⑧citizen [sItIzn] n．公民；居民；市民 ⑨typist [taIpIst] n．打字员 ⑩typewriter [taIp?raIt?] n．打字机 ?postage [p??stId?] n．邮资 ?postcode [p??stk??d] n．邮政编码 ?现在分词短语using a “thoughtpad”作方式状语。 ?button [b?tn] n．按钮；纽扣 ?instant [Inst?nt] n．瞬间；片刻 adj.立即的；立刻的 ?receiver [rIsi?v?] n．接受者；接收器；电话听筒 ?efficient [IfI?nt] adj.效率高的；有