Module7Unit1LivingwithtechnologyReading1.Becauseofthis,itisstilluncertainwhoinventedTV.(lines6-7)•Itwasmyfirstchancetousethatsoftwaretoeditthevideoextracts.Iwasuncertainabouthowtoaddbackgroundmusictoit.•Don’ttakehiswordsseriously.Heisapersonofuncertaintemper.•Thelightisuncertain未确定的易变的忽明忽暗的IamuncertainwhatjobIamgoingtotakeinthefuture.我不确定将来我要做什么工作。2.SomeconsiderdigitalTVtobesuperiortosatelliteTV…(line19-20)•Whodoyouconsidertobethemostimportantpersoninhistory.•Theyareconsideringmovingtoanothercitysincetheygetanewjobthere.consider:1).tothinkofsomeoneorsomethingasortobelievesomeoneorsomethingtobe2).considertocarefullythinkabout•如果你考虑过她所受的良好训练,你对她的成功就不会惊讶了。•贝尔被认为是世上第一个发明电话的人。Bellisconsideredtohaveinventedthefirsttelephone.Hersuccessisnotsurprisingifyouconsiderherexcellenttraining.besuperiorto:betterinqualityorvalue“比……好,比…..强”;地位高的;高傲的;自大的•在我看来,手工制作的裤子要比机器加工的好.•就这两本书而言,我认为这本比那本更好.•这家西餐馆比我们上星期去的那一家好。Inmyopinion,trousersmadebyhandaresuperiortothosemadebymachines.Ofthetwobooks,Ithinkthisoneissuperiortothat.Thiswesternrestaurantissuperiortotheonewewenttolastweek.•superiorn.“上级”,“长者”•我们需要一封你们领导写的推荐信.Wewillneedaletterofrecommendationfromoneofyoursuperiors.beinferiorto比…差的,劣的;地位低的Acaptainisinferiortoamajor.上尉的级别低于少校。3.consumersintheUSAhadaccessto200channel.(line22)access:thepossibilityofreachingaplaceortherighttousesomething•Theonlyaccesstotheoldcastleisabridge.•Studentshavefreeaccesstothelibraryinourschool.•Onlyafewpeoplehaveaccesstothelecturehalltodeliveraspeech.4.In1996,acompletelynewconceptwasintroducedwhenthefirstWebTVset-topboxescameontothemarket.(lines24-25)•comeontothemarkettoappearortobesoldinthemarketManythingsneedtobedonebeforeanewproductcomesontothemarket.•当一个新的产品进入市场的时候,很快就脱销了。•这款新的MP4面世之后,他很快就在年轻人中很流行。Whenanewproductcomesontothemarket,itissoonoutofstock.AfterthisnewtypeofMP3playercameontothemarket,itsoonbecamepopularamongyoungpeople.5.ThiscombinestheTVsetwiththeworldWideWeb.(line25)•combine…with…/becombinedwith:tojoinsomethingtogetherwith理论应该和实践结合起来。教孩子的一种好方法是把教学与快乐结合起来。Agoodwayofteachingchildrenistocombineteachingwithpleasure.Theoryshouldbecombinedwithpractice.6.Atthattime,therecordplayerhadtobewoundupbyhandandonlyplayedarecordfortwominutes.(lines31-32)•windn.风,气流,打嗝•windv.(winded,winded)使(某人)气急,打嗝•windv.(wound,wound)toturnortwist蜿蜒,缠绕,上发条,卷起Wewerewindedbythesteepclimb.Thenursewoundabandagearoundmyfingersothatbleedingcouldbestopped.Remembertowindtheclockeverynightbeforeyougotobedifyoudonotwantittostop.小男孩用手环着妈妈的腰,不让她走。Thelittleboywoundhisarmsaroundhismother’swaistandpreventedherleaving.winddown:1)Todiminishgraduallyinenergy,intensity,orscope:渐减:能量、强度或范围上渐渐减少:e.g.Thepartywounddownasguestsbegantoleave.2)Torelax;unwind.放松;松弛e.g.Thisyearisratherbusyforme---Ineedaholidaytowinddown.windup:1)Tocomeorbringtoafinish;end:结束:e.g.BeforeIwindup,thereaetwomorethingstosay.2)Toputinorder;settle:把…料理停当;处理:e.g.Shewoundupheraffairsbeforeleavingthecountry.3)InformalToarriveinaplaceorsituationafterorbecause...