2022年职称英语考试综合类课堂笔记八十五2

2022年职称英语考试综合类课堂笔记八十五2A.herehumansbehave（举止）（in）thewayanimals（动物）do

B.peopleinaliftareallscared（吓坏了）

C.heresomepeopletakenotes（记笔记）

D.inaliftthebubble（泡沫，空想）ofpersonalspace（个人空间）break（裂开，违反，打破）

5.D.细节题。利用问题句中的细节信息词（psychologists,humanbehavior）及

Thinkofamoderncityandthefirstimagethatcometomindistheskyline.Itisfullofgreatbuildings,pointinglikefingerstoheaven.Itistruethatsomecitiesdon’tpermitbuildingstogoaboveacertainheight.Butthesearecitiesconcernedwiththepast.Thefirstthinganycitydoeswhenitwantstotelltheworldthatithasarrivedistobuildskyscrapers.

Whenpeoplegathertogetherincites,theycreateademandforland.Sincecitiesareplaceswheremoneyismade,thatdemandcanbemet.Andthebestwaytomakemoneyoutofcitylandistoputasmanypeopleaspossibleinaspacethatcoversthesmallestamountofground.Thatmeansbuildingupwards.

Thetechnologyexistedtodothisasearlyasthe19thcentury.Buttheheightofbuildingswaslimitedbyoneimportantfactor.Theyhadtobesmallenoughforpeopleonthetopfloorstoclimbstairs.Peoplecouldnotbeexpectedtoclimbamountainattheendoftheirjourneytowork,orhome.

ElishaOtis,aUSinventor,wasthemanwhobroughtusthelift–orelecator,ashepreferredtocallit.However,mostofthetechnologyisveryold.LiftsworkusingthesamepulleysystemtheEgyptiansusedtocreatethePyramids.WhatOtisdidwasattachthesystemtoasteamengineanddeveloptheelevatorbrake,whichstopstheliftfallingifthecordsthatholdituparebroken.Itwasthisthatdidthemosttogainpublicconfidenceinthenewinvention.Infact,hespentanumberofyearsexhibitingliftsatfairgrounds,givingpeoplethechancetotrythembeforesellingtheideatoarchitectsandbuilders.

Aliftwouldnotbeaverygoodthemeparkattractionnow.（第4题答案相关句）Goinginaliftissuchaneverydaythingthatitwouldjutsbeboring.Yet（然而）psychologistsandotherswhostudyhumanbehaviorfind（发觉）liftsfascinating（迷人的）.Thereasonissimple（简洁的）.Scientistshavealwaysstudiedanimalsinzoos（动物园）.Thenearesttheycangetto（开头，到达）thatwithhumansisinobserving（观看，遵守）theminlifts.

“Itbreaks（打破）alltheusual（通常的）conventions（规定，习俗）aboutthebubble（梦想）ofpersonalspacewecarry（携带）aroundwithus–andyoujustcan’tchooseto（打算）moveaway（离开）.”saysworkplace（工作场所）psychologist,GrayFitzgibbon.Beingtrappedinthissettingcancreatedifferenttypesoftensions,hesays.Somepeoplearescaredofthem.Othersusethemasanopportunitytogetclosetotheboss.Somestandclosetothedoor.Othershideinthecorners.Mostpeopletryandshrinkintothebackground.Butsomebehaveinawaytha