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1、大学英语 1college english 1unit 7 science and technologyby feng pengpengoutlineo text a conversation: the company that wasnto text b internet issueso exercisesn conversationn reading comprehensionn vocabulary and structuren clozen translationn writingtext a conversation: the company that wasnt o the com

2、pany that wasnt a company (in the traditional sense)text: an overviewo ann finds smith investment company, a respected local firm, is looking for someone speaking chinese for some translation work. she sends an e-mail to the contact person and gets the chance for an interview. o receptionist: may i

3、help you?o ann: yes, my name is ann, and i have a two oclock appointment with ms. andrea obrien. o receptionist: please have a seat. shell bewith you soon. o andrea: ann? good afternoon! im andrea obrien. nice to meet you.o ann: nice to meet you, too. sorry im a little late im not sure if i had the

4、right address or not. i was expecting a large office buildingo andrea: well, we used to have our own building downtown. but now we created this virtual office environment.o ann: oh yeah! i heard about these types of companies, but exactly how does a virtual office work?o andrea: its pretty simple, r

5、eally. about everything is done with a computer and a telephone. all we had to do was move the equipment in the old building to the homes of our employees and hook them up to our network. o ann: this is really interesting. but dont people ever need to come into the office?o andrea: no, not really. t

6、hey can do their job easily from home via the internet. whenever they do have a scheduled meeting, they always go to their clients office or home. o ann: but what about your own staff meeting?o andrea: we rely on teleconferencing, holding open discussion on the phone. o ann: thats pretty amazing. so

7、, whats this office for?o andrea: management decided that we still needed an office, although a small one. the network mainframe is here. and, besides, we still have people drop by with deliveries and mails, so a receptionist is needed as well.o ann: wow! it seems strange, but i guess theres really

8、no reason for your employees to come to work in an office. o andrea: not at all now, what about this job interview i was supposed to be conducting here? youve been doing all the interviewing!o ann: im sorrylanguage study: details o ann finds smith investment company, a respected local firm, is looki

9、ng for someone speaking chinese for some translation work. she sends an e-mail to the contact person and gets the chance for an interview. o smith investment companyninvestment company: a company whose main business is holding securities of other companies purely for investment purposes. the investm

10、ent company invests money on behalf of its shareholders who in turn share in the profits and losses. 投资公司ninvestment: the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage 投资 e.g.theres been a significant investment of time and energy in order to make the p

11、roject a success. stocks are regarded as good long-term investments. o a respected local firmn respected: 受人尊敬的n local 当地的，本地的，本土的 e.g. a local newspaper/radio station most of the local population depend on fishing for their income. n firm: n. 公司 o the contact person 联系人ncontact: n. 联系 v. 联系 e.g.for

12、 additional information, please contact your local sales office.如需了解更多信息，请联系我们在当地的销售办公室。 many infectious diseases pass from one person to another by direct contact.许多传染病通过直接接触从一个人传给另一个人。 nan interview n. 面试 ，采访，接见 ，访谈e.g.a telephone interview 电话采访/访谈a dry interview 一无所成的面试language study: details o a

13、nn finds smith investment company, a respected local firm, is looking for someone speaking chinese for some translation work. she sends an e-mail to the contact person and gets the chance for an interview. o安发现当地一家享有盛誉的公司史密斯投资公司正在寻找一个说中文的人做一些翻译工作。她给联系人发了一封电子邮件，得到了面试的机会。o receptionist: may i help you

14、?o ann: yes, my name is ann, and i have a two oclock appointment with ms. andrea obrien. o receptionist: please have a seat. shell be with you soon. o receptionist: a person who works in a place such as a hotel, office or hospital, who welcomes and helps visitors and answers the telephone 接待员o conve

15、rsation:- may i help you? 口语中一句极为常用的句子（也说 what can i do for you？ 或 may i help you？ 等），广泛用于商店、饭店、旅馆、邮局、办事处等场所，作为对顾客的招呼语。其本义是：要我帮忙吗？我可以帮你吗？我能替你做点什么吗？ 但具体含义要视场合而定。 exampleso a：what can i do for you，madam？夫人，你要买点什么？b：im looking for a dress for my daughter. 我想想为女儿买件连衣裙。o a：can i help yon，sir？先生，要吃点什么吗？b：

16、just a cup of tea and two eggs， please. 只要一杯茶和两只鸡蛋。o a：what can i do for you？你要邮寄什么？b：id like to send this parcel to beijing. 我要把这个包寄到北京去。my name is ann, and i have a two oclock appointment with ms. andrea obrienn appointment: a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and pl

17、ace 预约 o have an with sb.o id like to make an appointment with doctor evans, please. o she had to cancel her dental appointment. n conversation review: introducing oneself:o my name isplease have a seat. shell be with you soon. o have a seat: have a seat 等于 sit down, 都是“请坐”的意思。 have a seat,please 比p

18、lease sit down更常用, be seated也可以表示请坐的意思,但是它比please sit down更礼貌。have a seat还可以说成 take a seat。o shell be with you soon. 她马上过来。translationo receptionist: may i help you?o ann: yes, my name is ann, and i have a two oclock appointment with ms. andrea obrien. o receptionist: please have a seat. shell be wi

19、th you soon. o 接待员: 有什么需要我帮助的？o 安: 我是安，与安德里亚欧布莱恩女士约了两点见面。o 接待员: 请坐一下，她马上过来。o andrea: ann? good afternoon! im andrea obrien. nice to meet you.o ann: nice to meet you, too. sorry im a little late im not sure if i had the right address or not. i was expecting a large office buildingo andrea: well, we u

20、sed to have our own building downtown. but now we created this virtual office environment.o conversation review: introducing oneself and greetingn good afternoon! im andrea obrien. nice to meet you.n nice to meet you, too.o im not sure if i had the right address or not.n if 引导宾语从句，表示“是否”。if/whether引

21、导宾语从句o if或whether引导宾语从句时，作“是否”讲，常放在动词ask 、see 、say 、know和find out等后面。一般情况下，两者常可换用，在口语中多用if。o 如： nobody knows whether (if) it will rain tomorrow. 没有人知道明天是否下雨o if或whether引导的宾语从句时，虽具有疑问意义，但从句语序应用陈述句语序。如： did you know the way to the hospital？the old woman asked me . 宾语从句表达为：the old woman asked me if (wh

22、ether) i knew the way to the hospital.老妇人问我是否知道去医院的路。 oif或whether引导的宾语从句应和主句的时态保持一致。即主句为一般现在时，从句用任一种时态；主句为一般过去时，从句则用过去时中的任一种时态。oif和whether的区别： n1 在动词不定式之前只能用whether 。如： i cant decide whether to stay.  我不能决定是否留下。n2 在whether or not 的固定搭配中。如： i want to know whether its good news or not . 我想知道是

23、否是好消息。 n3 在介词后，只能用whether。如：his father is worried about whether he lose his work . 他的父亲担心是否会失去工作。 n4 宾语从句放在句首表示强调时，只能用whether 。如： whether they can finish the work on time is still a problem. 他们是否能准时完成这项工作还是个问题。 o i was expecting a large office buildingn expect: to look forward to the probable occurr

24、ence or appearance of 期待/期望某事的发生或出现 e.g.im execting a phone call. 我在等一个电话。he expects rains on sunday. 他预期周日会下雨。o we used to have our own building downtown.nused to do sth表示过去常常做某事，而现在往往不做了 e.g. i used to get up early in the morning when i was still a hight school student. n比较：be used to doing sth.习惯

25、于做某事 e.g. i am used to living in the countryside now. 我已经习惯了乡村的生活。ndowntown: n./ adv. 市区，商业区 e.g. i am going downtown. 我去市区。5 minutes from downtown距离市区5分钟路程o but now we created this virtual office environment.nvirtual:adj. of or relating to a computer technique by which a person, wearing a headset o

26、r mask, has the experience of being in an environment created by the computer, and of interacting with and causing changes in it 虚拟的 e.g. virtual world 虚拟世界 virtual reality 虚拟现实nenvironment: 环境 翻译oandrea: ann? good afternoon! im andrea obrien. nice to meet you.oann: nice to meet you, too. sorry im a

27、 little late im not sure if i had the right address or not. i was expecting a large office buildingoandrea: well, we used to have our own building downtown. but now we created this virtual office environment.o安德里亚: 是安吗？下午好，我是安德里亚欧布莱恩。很高兴见到你。o安: 我也很高兴见到你，很抱歉我迟到了我不确定地址是否正确，我原以为会是一个很大的写字楼。o安德里亚: 我们过去在市

28、中心是有自己的写字楼的，不过现在我们启用了这个虚拟办公环境。o ann: oh yeah! i heard about these types of companies, but exactly how does a virtual office work?o andrea: its pretty simple, really. about everything is done with a computer and a telephone. all we had to do was move the equipment in the old building to the homes of

29、our employees and hook them up to our network. o i heard about these types of companies, but exactly how does a virtual office work?n hear about 听说，了解 e.g. hear about my new job/ the new projectn exactly adv. 准确地，精确地 e.g. exactly true千真万确 tell me exactly where mary lives.请确切告诉我玛丽住在那里n how does work?

30、 询问某种事物或程序的运作o its pretty simple, really. about everything is done with a computer and a telephone. n pretty: adv. 相当，表示程度 e.g. this film is pretty good. 这个电影相当不错。n really在此表示强调 e.g. i am really depressed. 我实在很忧郁。n about everything is done with 被动语态复习o all we had to do was move the equipment in the

31、old building to the homes of our employees and hook them up to our network. nall we had to do was 表示“我们能做的只有”本句的主语是all+宾语从句，was后动词用原型，或动词不定式 e.g. all we have to do is believe in him. 我们能做的只有相信他。all we had to do was wait till it got dark. 我们能做的只有等待天黑。n equipment n. 仪器，设备equipment management 设备管理lifes

32、aving equipment 救生设备n hook . up: connect or link 连接the company sent a man to hook up the telephone. 公司派人去装电话。it will take three days to hook our computer system up to the universitys.需要三天把计算机系统与大学的计算机系统相连接。 translationoann: oh yeah! i heard about these types of companies, but exactly how does a virt

33、ual office work?oandrea: its pretty simple, really. about everything is done with a computer and a telephone. all we had to do was move the equipment in the old building to the homes of our employees and hook them up to our network. o安: 哦，对啊，我以前听说过这种公司，但是虚拟办公究竟是怎么回事？o安德里亚: 实际上很简单，大概所有的事情都通过电脑和电话完成。我

34、们要做的就是把旧写字楼中的设备搬到员工的家中，并且接通网络。o ann: this is really interesting. but dont people ever need to come into the office?o andrea: no, not really. they can do their job easily from home via the internet. whenever they do have a scheduled meeting, they always go to their clients office or home. o conversat

35、ion: n this is really interesting. 对别人说的话对别人说的话表示兴趣，以使谈话继续进行。表示兴趣，以使谈话继续进行。o conversation：n but dont people ever need to come into the office? 难道人们不需要n no, not really.o they can do their job easily from home via the internet.n via: prep. by way of; by means of 通过; 凭借 e.g. he went to taiwan via hong

36、kong.he sent the letter via airmail.owhenever they do have a scheduled meeting, they always go to their clients office or home.nwhenever: 无论何时 e.g.o you seem to have a ready-made answer, whenever i ask you a question.每逢我问你问题, 你总好象有现成的答案。na scheduled meeting scheduled adj. something arranged for a ce

37、rtain time 预定的 e.g. a scheduled dinner/visitnclient n. 客户translationo ann: this is really interesting. but dont people ever need to come into the office?o andrea: no, not really. they can do their job easily from home via the internet. whenever they do have a scheduled meeting, they always go to the

38、ir clients office or home. o 安: 真有意思。难道公司员工从来不需要来办公室吗？o 安德里亚: 对，不需要。他们可以在家中通过网络方便地工作。无论什么时候，如果的确有预定的会议，他们总是去客户的办公室或家中。o ann: but what about your own staff meeting?o andrea: we rely on teleconferencing, holding open discussion on the phone. o ann: thats pretty amazing. so, whats this office for?o and

39、rea: management decided that we still needed an office, although a small one. the network mainframe is here. and, besides, we still have people drop by with deliveries and mails, so a receptionist is needed as well.o but what about your own staff meeting?n what about? 怎么样？在此用于询问某方面的情况。e.g.what about

40、 the weather in your home town? 你们家乡的气候如何？ what about还可以用于提出建议、征询对方看法等。n staff meeting 员工会议o we rely on teleconferencing, holding open discussion on the phone. n rely on 依赖，依靠n teleconferencing 电话会议n hold discussion 进行讨论n 本句中现在分词holding用作方式状语，其逻辑主语是句子主语we。o thats pretty amazing. so, whats this offic

41、e for?n thats pretty amazing.对别人的话作出回应以使谈话继续进行n what is for? 用于询问目的或用处 e.g. what is this building for? 这座大楼时干嘛用的？o management decided that we still needed an office, although a small one. nmanagement n. 管理层nthat引导的宾语从句，从句为陈述句n比较if引导的宾语从句：从句为一般疑问句。i dont know that he will com tomorrow.我不知道他明天会来。i don

42、t know if he will come tomorrow.我不知道他明天是否要来。o the network mainframe is here. and, besides, we still have people drop by with deliveries and mails, so a receptionist is needed as well.n network n. 网络n mainframe n. a large, powerful computer, often serving several connected terminals. 计主机，大型机n besides

43、： in addition; also; moreover; furthermore 除之外;也;而且;还 ann is good at playing piano. besides, she is an excellent singer. o have people drop bynhave sb. do sth. 让某人做某事，do为省略to的不定式ndrop by 顺便访问，顺便来访 e.g. drop by whenever you have time. 什么时候有空随时来玩。o so a receptionist is needed as well.n as well 也，还 why

44、 dont you come along as well? 为什么你不也一起来呢？ he undertook other important work as well. 他也从事其它的重要工作。 oann: but what about your own staff meeting?oandrea: we rely on teleconferencing, holding open discussion on the phone. oann: thats pretty amazing. so, whats this office for?oandrea: management decided

45、that we still needed an office, although a small one. the network mainframe is here. and, besides, we still have people drop by with deliveries and mails, so a receptionist is needed as well.o安: 那你们自己的员工会议怎么办？o安德里亚: 我们利用电话会议，在电话上进行公开讨论。o安: 太令人惊讶了。那这间办公室用来做什么呢？o安德里亚: 管理层决定我们仍然需要一间办公室，虽然面积很小。网络的主机安装在这

46、里。而且，还有送货或送邮件的人会来，因此还需要一位接待员。o ann: wow! it seems strange, but i guess theres really no reason for your employees to come to work in an office. o andrea: not at all now, what about this job interview i was supposed to be conducting here? youve been doing all the interviewing!o ann: im sorryo wow! it

47、 seems strange, but i guess theres really no reason for your employees to come to work in an office.n wow: 感叹词，表示惊讶。n theres no reason 没有理由 n for somebody to do sth. 动词不定式复合式，其中somebody是do的逻辑主语。e.g. its no use for us to go on. 我们继续也没有用。 its for you to decide on it. 由你做决定。o conversation:a: i guess th

48、eres really no reason for your employees to come to work in an office. b: not at all前面的人所说的负面信息theres really no reason，因此用not at all这一否定的表达表示同意。o what about this job interview i was supposed to be conducting here? youve been doing all the interviewing!n定语从句 this job interview i was supposed to be co

49、nducting here，其中interview为从句中的宾语nbe supposed to: be expected or required to do sth. (by rules, custom,etc) 应该, 被期望 e.g. we are not supposed to play football on sundays. students are supposed to attend classes on time.n conduct: v. act; directing or controlling执行，做 e.g. n your children conduct themse

50、lves well.n my aunt conducts her business very successfully.nhave been doing 现在完成进行时n现在完成进行时表示某动作从过去某个时间开始，一直延续到现在，并且还有可能持续下去。如：we have been waiting for him for two hours. 我们等他等了两个小时。n现在完成时强调动作的完成，而现在完成进行时强调动作的延续，因此，表示动作的完成，只能用现在完成时，而不能用现在完成进行时。如：he has changed his idea. 他改变了想法。n在表示动作的延续时，虽然既可用现在完成时

51、，也可用现在完成进行时，但现在完成进行时强调动作的进行。因此在需要明确表示动作还要持续下去时，应用现在完成进行时。如：we have been studying here for two years. 我们在这儿已经学习了两年了。n有些延续性动词(如 keep, learn, live, stay, study, work等)，用于现在完成时或现在完成进行时的区别不大。如：i have lived here for many years.=i have been living here for many years. 我在这儿住了多年了。oann: wow! it seems strange,

52、 but i guess theres really no reason for your employees to come to work in an office. oandrea: not at all now, what about this job interview i was supposed to be conducting here? youve been doing all the interviewing!oann: im sorryo安: 哇！看上去很不同寻常，不过我看你们的员工也的确没有什么理由要到办公室工作了。o安德里亚: 完全没有必要那么我本来应该在这里进行的面

53、试如何呢？你一直在面试我！o安: 不好意思 idiomatic study: making a conversation goingidiomatic study: making a conversation goingo making comments:o no! - to show surpriseo i dont believe it! - to show surpriseo wow! - to show admiration or surpriseo thats interesting/ incredible / amazing / unbelievable - to show gre

54、at interest in the subject of conversation o how awful / terrible - to show sympathy with someone elses bad newso asking questionso really? - to show surpriseo and you? - when someone asks you how you are doingo did you? - can be used to encourage someone to tell his/her story.o 5 wh questions where

55、 appropriatewhat? where? when? why? and who? unit 7 science and technologytext b internet issuesmain ideao paragraph 1: the wide application of the interneto paragraph 2: there is a lack of censorship or control over what appears on the internet.o paragraph 3: there are also problems about privacy a

56、nd control of communication on the internet. detailed-reading: paragraph 1o the internet is an amazing information sources. students, teachers, and researchers use it as an investigative tool. journalists use it to find information for stories. doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases

57、and the latest medical developments. ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. o amazing: adj. 令人惊讶的 e.g. nan amazing discovery 令人惊讶的发现nit is amazing that she should have said nothing about it. 她对那件事竟只字未提，真是奇怪 o source: n. someone or someth

58、ing that supplies information 源泉，来源 e.g. nthe journalist refused to reveal her sources.nalways acknowledge your sources at the end of an essay. the internet is an amazing information source.o use as 把当作使用o investigative: adj. intended to examine a situation in order to discover the truth 调查性的 e.g. n

59、 the investigative committee 调查委员会n do some investigative work about the twin towers .做一些关于世贸大楼的调查工作。students, teachers, and researchers use it as an investigative tool.o learn about: to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity e.g. n ive learned a lot about computers since i started work

60、 here.o unfamiliar: adj. 不熟悉的n un-前缀表示否定，e.g. unhappiness, unfriendlydoctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the latest medical developments.o latest: being the newest or most recent or modern e.g. n have you seen her latest movie?n the latest fashions ordinary people use it for shopp