Unit Nine
Reading I
Machines with Brains
Questions on the text
? Did people have to attend on machines
hundreds of years ago?
? What happened to industry about a
hundred years ago?
? What is the operation of automatic
machines based on?
? By what is a central- heating oil-burner
controlled?
? What happens when the bar in the
mechanism of a thermostat gets warm?
attend,look after
? The prisoners were attended by the
guards.
? The doctors tried to attend to the worst
injured soldiers first.
thermo-(a combining form) connected
with heat or temperature
? thermo-electric
热电的
? thermo-nuclear 热
核的
? thermo-current 热
电流的
? thermotank 恒温箱
? thermo-tolerant 耐
热的
? thermos保温瓶
? thermogram温度纪
录图
? thermometer温度
计
straighten out
? 1)make (become) straight
? Their house is just where the lane
straightens out.
? He tried to straighten out the bent wire.
2)to remove (the confusions or difficulties
in) 清理，整顿
? 谁能把黑板上的这个别扭的句子改正过
来？
? Who can straighten out this awkward
sentence on the blackboard?
? We must straighten out our accounts and
see how much we owe each other.
pull away
? 1)(esp,of a vehicle)start to move off
? He jumped onto the bus just as it was
pulling away.
? 2)to free oneself,to escape
? She tried to pull away from the man who
was holding her.
adjust
? vt,change slightly for a particular
purpose
? 我得调整我的表，它走慢了。
? I must adjust my watch,for it’s slow,
? adjust a seat to the height of a person
? adjust the economy to a new pattern
vi.be used to
? The eyes need several minutes to adjust to
the darkness.
? 他很快便适应了这个国家酷热的天气。
? He adjusted quickly to the heat of the
country.
speed up,go faster
? You have to speed up your work of rate if
you want to finish it by the deadline.
? 我的心跳加速了。
? My heart is speeding up.
? The new system will speed up the process
of applying for a passport.
break up (into)
? break up a chemical
? 冰冻的天气使土地龟裂。
? Freezing weather will break up the soil.
?
break up the sentence into clauses
regulate,make work correctly
? 调好了的钟
? a well-regulated clock
?
Please regulate the heat so that we don’t
freeze and boil alternately.
Reading II
Chips with Everything
Questions on the text
? How did the writer find out the man and
the woman were the owners of video
games?
? What are the good points of having a
video set at home?
? Why do you think the writer use the title
“Chips with everything”?
par （高尔夫）规定击球次
数（ 18个穴共 72次）；达到规定
击球次数的成绩
? above par 在一般水平以上
? under par 在一般水平以下
? up to par 达到一般水平
? Your work is not up to par this week.
Floodlight
? large powerful light that produces a wide
beam,used to light sports grounds,
theatre stages,ect,泛光灯，探照灯
(floodlighted or floodlit)
? During the festival the castle was floodlit
every night.
To be hopless at,(infml) to be
very bad at 学不会的，教不会的
? 他德语怎么教也不会。
? He is hopeless at German.
? I am a hopeless housewife.
? 我实在不会料理家务。
The penny dropped.
? If you say the penny dropped or the
penny has dropped,you mean that you or
someone else suddenly understands or
becomes aware of something that you or
they did not know about.
? She looked confused for a moment,then
suddenly the penny dropped and she
burst out laughing.
? It took long time for the penny to drop.
effect
? a.in/to effect, in full force
? The agreement will go into effect from six
o’clock Monday morning.
? 法律将在明天生效。
? The law will come into effect tomorrow.
? b,effect, something brought by a cause
? I tried all kinds of medicines,but none of
them had any effect.
?Too much smoking has a bad effect on the
lungs.
? They hope that the devaluation of their
currency will have a positive effect on
their foreign trade.
? c,to the effect,the basic meaning of
something written or said
? He wrote to the effect that he could not
come to the conference,I don’t
remember what exactly what reasons he
gave.
to play by the rules/ go by the rules/ do
things by the rules,follow instructions,
standards,or rules other collocation
with RULE:
? follow/obey/observe the rule
? bend/stretch the rules:break them slightly
? break/violate the rules
?
Reading I
Machines with Brains
Questions on the text
? Did people have to attend on machines
hundreds of years ago?
? What happened to industry about a
hundred years ago?
? What is the operation of automatic
machines based on?
? By what is a central- heating oil-burner
controlled?
? What happens when the bar in the
mechanism of a thermostat gets warm?
attend,look after
? The prisoners were attended by the
guards.
? The doctors tried to attend to the worst
injured soldiers first.
thermo-(a combining form) connected
with heat or temperature
? thermo-electric
热电的
? thermo-nuclear 热
核的
? thermo-current 热
电流的
? thermotank 恒温箱
? thermo-tolerant 耐
热的
? thermos保温瓶
? thermogram温度纪
录图
? thermometer温度
计
straighten out
? 1)make (become) straight
? Their house is just where the lane
straightens out.
? He tried to straighten out the bent wire.
2)to remove (the confusions or difficulties
in) 清理，整顿
? 谁能把黑板上的这个别扭的句子改正过
来？
? Who can straighten out this awkward
sentence on the blackboard?
? We must straighten out our accounts and
see how much we owe each other.
pull away
? 1)(esp,of a vehicle)start to move off
? He jumped onto the bus just as it was
pulling away.
? 2)to free oneself,to escape
? She tried to pull away from the man who
was holding her.
adjust
? vt,change slightly for a particular
purpose
? 我得调整我的表，它走慢了。
? I must adjust my watch,for it’s slow,
? adjust a seat to the height of a person
? adjust the economy to a new pattern
vi.be used to
? The eyes need several minutes to adjust to
the darkness.
? 他很快便适应了这个国家酷热的天气。
? He adjusted quickly to the heat of the
country.
speed up,go faster
? You have to speed up your work of rate if
you want to finish it by the deadline.
? 我的心跳加速了。
? My heart is speeding up.
? The new system will speed up the process
of applying for a passport.
break up (into)
? break up a chemical
? 冰冻的天气使土地龟裂。
? Freezing weather will break up the soil.
?
break up the sentence into clauses
regulate,make work correctly
? 调好了的钟
? a well-regulated clock
?
Please regulate the heat so that we don’t
freeze and boil alternately.
Reading II
Chips with Everything
Questions on the text
? How did the writer find out the man and
the woman were the owners of video
games?
? What are the good points of having a
video set at home?
? Why do you think the writer use the title
“Chips with everything”?
par （高尔夫）规定击球次
数（ 18个穴共 72次）；达到规定
击球次数的成绩
? above par 在一般水平以上
? under par 在一般水平以下
? up to par 达到一般水平
? Your work is not up to par this week.
Floodlight
? large powerful light that produces a wide
beam,used to light sports grounds,
theatre stages,ect,泛光灯，探照灯
(floodlighted or floodlit)
? During the festival the castle was floodlit
every night.
To be hopless at,(infml) to be
very bad at 学不会的，教不会的
? 他德语怎么教也不会。
? He is hopeless at German.
? I am a hopeless housewife.
? 我实在不会料理家务。
The penny dropped.
? If you say the penny dropped or the
penny has dropped,you mean that you or
someone else suddenly understands or
becomes aware of something that you or
they did not know about.
? She looked confused for a moment,then
suddenly the penny dropped and she
burst out laughing.
? It took long time for the penny to drop.
effect
? a.in/to effect, in full force
? The agreement will go into effect from six
o’clock Monday morning.
? 法律将在明天生效。
? The law will come into effect tomorrow.
? b,effect, something brought by a cause
? I tried all kinds of medicines,but none of
them had any effect.
?Too much smoking has a bad effect on the
lungs.
? They hope that the devaluation of their
currency will have a positive effect on
their foreign trade.
? c,to the effect,the basic meaning of
something written or said
? He wrote to the effect that he could not
come to the conference,I don’t
remember what exactly what reasons he
gave.
to play by the rules/ go by the rules/ do
things by the rules,follow instructions,
standards,or rules other collocation
with RULE:
? follow/obey/observe the rule
? bend/stretch the rules:break them slightly
? break/violate the rules
?
