UNIT 1
Listening and Speaking
As technology is getting advanced, many products have been 1) created to make life easier. With the help of modern technology, people’s 2) standard of living has changed and their life is more 3) comfortable. People use these new products not only to 4) enhance their career but also their health, beauty and wealth. For example, mobile phones and smartphones have become important 5) means of communication. Today everyone needs a mobile phone for 6) day-today purposes. Computers play an important role in every field including hospitals, hotels, schools, and other 7) institutes. There are also mobile 8) devices like tablets and smartphones that can be used as a portable computer. These help people to get their 9) work and everyday routine done through 10) a click of a button. Text A
Reading Comprehension
1.
1) (1) sniffed at, smug (2) proud
2) (1) the few remaining holes, quite soon (2) disheartened
3) (1) impossible to be truly alone, more and more endangered, staring, even
(2) critical
4) (1) love the wilderness, can’t wait for my next trip, walk for miles, drink deeply from a mountain stream, stretch out under the open sky, gaze up at the stars, use my phone (2) optimistic
2.
1) F The author admitted that his colleague kind of had a point because he did use GPS. That is to say, to some degree he agreed with his colleague. 2) NG It is not mentioned in the text.
3) F Waldeinsamkeit becomes more and more endangered with every cell tower.
4) T Technology can enhance your wilderness experience, for example the Night Sky mobile app, an app concerning birding, or a map app.
5) F The phone isn’t the problem. The problem is us — our inability to step away from email and games and inessential data, our inability to look up, be it at an alpine lake or at family members.
Language in Use 4.
A. Noun Verb Adjective competition compete competitive competitor competitiveness civilization civilize civilized civility civil deletion delete deletable enforcement enforce enforce enforcer enforceable identification identify identified identity identifiable identifier migration migrate migrant migrant migratory persistence persist persistent population populate populous populated urge urge urgent urgency B. ?
1) urge, urgent
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2) delete, deletions
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3) enforced, enforcement 4) identification, identified
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5) persistence, persistent
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6) civilization, civilize 7) populated, populous
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8) migrate, migration
5.
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1) draw the line
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2) off the grid
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3) had a point
4) get away from it all
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5) (Being) free of
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6) serve up 7) save for
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8) live with
6.
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1) sniffed at
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2) murmuring at
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3) rejoice at
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4) grasp at 5) Glancing at
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6) marveling at
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7) aim at
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8) barked at
7.
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1) packed with
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2) consisting with
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3) endowed with 4) quivering with
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5) combined with
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6) gossiping with
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7) compromise with
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8) paled with
8.
Reference translation
1) 我们走了200多英里却没有踏足任何公路；更爽的是，这期间我们没有回复任何电话、电子邮件、推特或其他日常网络通信。这简直就是人间天堂。 2) 但当我们走到小路尽头，站在惠特尼山巅，俯瞰着广阔无垠的西部，随处可见的各种智能手机让我惊愕不已。
3) 每个人对何为彻底逃离（科技）都有自己的定义。在某些人看来，我的所谓彻底逃离其实并不彻底。
4) 现在的情形已基本如此了。只消上网看看国家电信和信息管理局的全美宽带覆盖图，你就会发现，除了一些高山和人烟稀少的沙漠外，全国基本呈一片连续的蓝色。
5) 这些做法也许荒诞可笑，却发人深省。我们生活在一个非凡的年代，在这个年代里，真正的独处很快将难以企及。
9.
Reference translation
Bhutan did not introduce TV until 1999, and is the last country that is open to TV and the Internet. Its mobile phone and Internet penetrations are as low as 30% and 5% respectively, almost out of tune with the modernized world. Now that the majority of its people have no mobile phones and no access to the Internet, they have little odds of being phubbers or night persons. While the other countries are striving desperately to develop economy and boost GDP at all costs, what Bhutan pursues is GNH (Gross National Happiness). They are willing to take advantage of modern technology, but would do it at their own pace, according to their own needs and at their own proper time. Although likewise thirsting for economic prosperity, Bhutan refuses to realize it at the price of their cherished tradition and culture.
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