科技和新发展考题及词汇.doc

科技类
• 电视：1）应不应该鼓励孩子在家里和学校看电视；2）孩子们看电视的利弊；
• 计算机：1）现代游戏VS传统游戏对孩子更有利；2）计算机VS图书馆/博物馆；3）电脑和网络是否使得传统的学校教育失去意义；
• 手机：1）使用手机带来的问题pressure/crime/slave；2）手机和网络能否取代传统的书信；3）老年人不用手机或电脑 input/illiteracy in English
• 动物实验humane/cruel，太空探测costly
• traffic
新发展类
• 家庭话题：1）家庭关系不紧密的原因和解决途径；2）代沟的原因以及解决途径
• 科技加工作：1）在家办公；2）可以选择在任何地方居住或工作morale
2 Technology and the latest development
scientific invention科学发明 pave the way for the future development为未来的发展铺平道路 sophisticated/advanced复杂的 informative信息量大的 store a large amount of information highly efficient高效的 efficiency效率 process data hundreds of times faster than we humans比人处理数据快几百倍 convenient方便的 anywhere and any time 随时随地 more interesting and more attractive than a traditional teacher
Flickering Screen不断闪烁的屏幕 keyboard键盘 notebook笔记本电脑=laptop I-pad disk碟 光盘 removeable disk可移动u盘 hard disk硬盘 cyber=internet=web网络 website网站 search engine搜索引擎 instant message system即时聊天工具 chat 聊天 vi./n.
Talk with friends or relatives in foreign countries while looking at their faces
Telecommuting远近距离通勤=在家办公

Mobile: communicate with friends and family members any time随时与朋友和家人联系
be Convenient to entertain ourselves on the way/ while waiting/ by watching on-line movies or listening to music or videotaping 通过看在线电影、听音乐或拍录像方便我们在路上或者当我们等待的时候自娱自乐 help us in our study such as looking up a word in an e-dictionary play games shorten the distance betwed equipment尖端的设备technical innovation科技创新

Computer、robot机器人：highly inen people in different countries or cities 缩短了不同国家、城市的人们的距离

Traffic means/ vehicles交通工具:faster= more speedy更快 more comfortable safer energy saving省能源的 energy efficient节能型的 worsen/ aggravate global warming by emitting carbon dioxide通过排放二氧化碳加重全球变暖 petroleum汽油 release vt./n.排放 emission n.排放 jam = congestion堵塞 hybrid powered 混合动力车 autos=automobiles汽车 subway=underground=metro=light rail地铁 轻轨 ride bicycle骑自行车=cycling n. e-bike电瓶车 private cars私家车 extend the scope of human activity拓宽了人们的活动范围 energy crisis能源危机 depletion of resources能源的耗尽 exhaust gas废气 disastrous灾难性的environmentally-friendly resources环保的能源 alternative fuel可替代燃料 (nuclear power核电 leaking泄露，radiation/ solar energy太阳能， wind power风能， bio-energy生物能) Progress=breakthroughs 进步、突破 automobile industry汽车工业 levy the tax征税 pollution-free fuel无污染燃料lay more emphasis on…把重心放在… observe traffic regulations遵守交通规则 break traffic regulations违反交通规则 rush hour上下班高峰时间 ease the traffic pressure缓解交通压力 overspeed超速行驶non-renewable resources不可再生资源carbon dioxide 二氧化碳 make full use of …充分利用 speed limits限速overcrowded过度拥挤的 violator 违规者 high-tech products高科技产品perfect service完善服务
Agriculture农业
Chemical fertilizer化肥 pesticide农药 杀虫剂 improve=enhance=boost the production/productivity提高产量、生产力 degrade the soil quality 使土地质量下降
land erosion水土流失 industrialization产业化 （农业的）工业化 instant food 即食食品 prepacked food预先包装好的食品 specialty特产 genetically modified food转基因食品 imported fruit or vegetables进口水果和蔬菜 keep… fresh保鲜 hormone荷尔蒙 激素 ripe 成熟的

machines机械：
labor saving节省劳动力 cost saving节省成本 free sb. from the heavy work把…从繁重的劳动中解脱出来 replace=take the place of 取代 to do dangerous or highly repetitive jobs 做危险的或者高度重复性的工作 a fatal breakdown致命故障potential hazards潜在危险pose a threat to…对…有一种威胁

scientific experiment:科学实验
do/ carry out/ perform experiments on live animals在活体上的实验 test animals用于实验的动物 animal rights动物权利 clinical research临床研究 cruel残忍的medical scientific gains科学成果 evolution进化 inhumane不人道的 anatomy解剖unfair不公平的 rely on…依赖…
space exploration太空探测

Family， the old and the young
The young are comparatively eager to learn, quick to respond, curious about novel things对新生事物好奇and active to participate in any exercises, while the old is slow to react/ reserved/ techno-phobic对高科技不感兴趣的/高科技恐惧症的 and would rather be engaged in conventional things, such as opera, Taiji, traditional food or dressing, or health care.
Parents have more modern ideas about edu, but busy with jobs/ the grandparents have more time to devote to the family致力于家庭, but may indulge/spoil the grandson骄纵、惯坏孙子
Staying more with the child is better than buying expensive toys or clothes or stationery文具, since playing with the adults is also a process of learning/ toys may lead to more loneliness /isolation/self-autism.孤独或自闭症
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live separately from the parents离开父母居住 loosening family relationship越来越松的家庭关系 nuclear family核心家庭 DINK=double income and no kids丁克家庭 extended family大家族 kins and relatives亲属 亲戚 marriage结婚 divorce离婚 be married结婚了的 wedding ceremony婚礼 get divorced离婚了的 generation gap代沟 respect the elderly尊重老人 the aged= the senior= the greying population老人