新工科大学英语 教师用书 Unit 2 Living smarter, living better.pdf

Unit2Livingsmarter,livingbetter

Unitoverview

Thisunitexamineshowtechnologicalinnovationistransformingmodernlifetocreate

moresustainableandefficientcommunities.Throughthreeengagingcasestudies–an

eco-cityinChina,smartcitiesworldwide,andthesustainabilitychallengesbroughtby

EVbatteries,studentswillexplorethepromisesandchallengesofsmarturban

development.Keytakeawaysincludehowtechnologycanimprovethequalityoflife

whilereducingenvironmentalimpact,theimportanceofthoughtfuldesigninsustainable

systems,andthenecessitytoconsiderthesocialandethicaldimensionsoftechnological

progress.Byexploringtheseinterconnectedtopics,theunitoffersinsightsintoliving

smarterandbetterinthe21stcentury.

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Backgroundinformation

Sino-SingaporeTianjinEco-Cityisacollaborativeprojectbetweenthegovernments

ofChinaandSingapore,aimedatcreatingamodelforsustainableurbandevelopment.

LocatedintheBinhaiNewAreaofTianjin,approximately40kilometersfromthecity

centerandadjacenttotheBohaiBay,theeco-citycoversaplannedareaofabout30

squarekilometers.Launchedin2008,theprojectaimstobuildacitythatis

“ecologicallyfriendly,sociallyharmonious,andeconomicallysustainable,”providing

areplicablemodelforsustainableurbandevelopmentworldwide.

Scripts

Aneco-cityoffersaglimpseoffutureliving

China’srapidurbanizationincreasestheneedforcityplanning.Therehavebeen

differentkindsofexperimentsincreatingacommunitythatnotonlyaccommodatesbut

alsoservesandintegrates.Aneco-city,whichisatwo-hourdrivefromBeijing,offers

onesolution.

Abustlingneighborhood,builtfrom