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UNIT 15
1、word study
persist,ultimate,conquer,possess,distinguish between
① persist
vi.1、堅持，固執（in）；2、持續，存留
If you persist in ignoring my instructions, I shall have to punish you.
如果你堅持不聽我的命令，我將不得不懲罰你。
On the tops of very high mountains snow persists throughout the year.
高山頂上的積雪終年不化。
② ultimate
a.最后的，最終的
We don’t know the ultimate result.
我不知道最終的結果。
Whether the universe has ultimate limits is still a question.
宇宙有無極限仍然是個有爭議的問題。
His ultimate goal is too distant and shadowy to obtain.
他的最終目標太遙遠，又太模糊，難以實現。
③ conquer
vt.征服，戰勝
Man can conquer nature.
人定勝天。
It is very difficult to conquer the cigarette habit.
煙很難戒掉。
vi.得勝，勝利
Despite their diffierences, their love will conquer.
盡管他們之間有種種分歧，他們的戀愛必會成功。
④ possess
vt.具有，擁有
Television possesses a unique magic.
電視具有獨特的魔力。
He dreamed of possessing a fancy car.
他夢想擁有一輛很別致的汽車。
She possesses a little French.
她懂一點法語。
⑤ distinguish between
分辨，區分
It’s really a tough job to distinguish between these subtle differences of meaning.
把這些詞義的細微差別區分開來確實是件很難辦的事。
How do you distinguish between various species of deer?
你怎樣區分不同種類的鹿？
2、常考句型
1、電腦能減少生命研究中的很多死胡同。P2
Electronic brains can reduce the profusion of dead ends involved in vital research.
2、電腦也不能把人和應該與人有關系的事情聯系起來，例如別人痛苦的現實。
Nor do they connect a man to the things he has to be connected to – the reality of pain in others. 注意本句的倒裝形式。并且注意“connect … to ”表示“把… 與…連接起來”。
3、在計算機化時代，這些問題之所以重要是因為人們可能傾向于把數據誤認為智慧。P3
The reason these matters are important in a computerized age is that there may be a tendency to mistake data for wisdom. 本句中注意“tendency”后面要接動詞不定式作定語。另外“mistake … for ”表示“把…錯認為…”。
4、因為人類被計算機控制的危險固然存在，但人類若模仿計算機改造人類自身則更可怕。P9
For the danger is not so much that man will be controlled by the computer as that he may imitate it.
3、習題
一、詞匯英譯漢：
1. solely 2. content 3. sensible 4. persist 5. vital
6. logic 7. evaluate 8. raw 9. ultimate 10.functional
11. extension 12. undue 13. concrete 14. conquer 15. error
16. prolong 17. technician 18. proof 19. possess
to pull down . to mistake…for . to distinguish between . to come to terms with
.to end in . to reflect on . to come about . to speculate on
二、句子英譯漢：
1.~4. 與常考句型相同。
5.6.7.8.補充語法知識中的四個并列結構的句子
三、漢譯英
1.計算機將人類帶入了一個新時代
Computers have taken human beings into a new era.
The computer has brought man into a new age.
2.電腦能幫助解決生命研究中的許多問題。
Electronic brains can help to solve many problems involved in vital researches.
3.亞里士多德說過，詩人擅長描繪共性而專家只長于某一特性。
Aristotle said a poet has the advantage of describing the universal while a specialist is good at expressing only the particular.
4.現在有一種傾向，將計算機里的數據錯當成智慧。
Now there is a tendency to mistake data in a computer for wisdom.
5.計算機在工業領域的應用使生產效率發生了驚人的變化。
The use of computers in industry has brought about remarkable changes in productivity.
The application of computer in the industrial fields has resulted in surprising changes in productivity.
Unit 15 課后單元自測
I.Word Spelling
1.跳躍，飛躍 n. l _ _ _
2.生命的，極其重要的 a. v _ _ _ _
3.堅持 v. p _ _ _ _ _ _
4.征服，戰勝 v. c _ _ _ _ _ _
5.普遍的 a. u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6.延長 v. p _ _ _ _ _ _
7.保護，捍衛 v. s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8.擁有 v. p _ _ _ _ _ _
9.技術員 n. t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10.模糊的，難解的 a. o _ _ _ _ _ _
11.真正的，真實的 a. g _ _ _ _ _ _
12.確定性 n. c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
13.分析 n. a _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14.生的，未加工的 a. r _ _
15.信心 n. c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
16.次要的 a. s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
17.使結合 v. i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
18.路線，航線 n. r _ _ _ _
19.經濟學 n. e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
20.學生，瞳孔 n. p _ _ _ _
Ⅱ.Word Form
1.Computer may____(regard) as a substitute for intelligence instead of an extension of it.
2.Electronic brains can reduce the profusion of dead ends____(involve) in vital research.
3.Facts are terrible things if left____(spread).
4.The number may be an irrelevant number until judgment____(pronounce).
5."Give me a good fruitful error, full of seeds,____(burst) with its own corrections,"Ferris Greenslet wrote,"You can keep your sterile truth for yourself."
6.The poet can help supply the subconscious with material____(enhance) its sensitivity.
7.They are actually the____(raw) of raw materials crying to be processed into the texture of logic.
8.Man may fail____(distinguish) between the intermediate operations of electronic intelligence and the ultimate responsibilities of human decision.
9.The fastest____(grow) industry in America today may be the continuing professional education of highly schooled adults.
10.For 30 years, employers____(hire) graduates for their degrees rather than their abilities.
Ⅲ.Vocabulary and Structure
1.But the question persists ____the computer will make it easier or harder for human beings to know who they really are.
[A] when [B] how
[C] why [D] whether
2.There may be a tendency to mistake data ____wisdom, just as there has always been a tendency to confuse logic ____values.
[A] with with [B] for for
[C] with for [D] for with
3.It may be regarded as a substitute for intelligence ____an extension of it.
[A] instead of [B] except for
[C] as well as [D] such as
4.It may foster the illusion that man is asking fundamental questions when actually he is asking only functional____.
[A] one [B] ones
[C] that [D] those
5.Men were challenged by error and would not stop thinking and exploring ____they found better approaches for dealing with it.
[A] though [B] while
[C] until [D] otherwise
6.The danger is not ____that man will be controlled by the computer as that he may imitate it.
[A] so many [B] so much
[C] too many [D] too much
7.The ____of poets may enable the men to see a wider range of possibilities than technology alone may inspire.
[A] companion [B] companions
[C] company [D] companies
8.Easy and convenient ____to facts can produce unlimited good.
[A] access [B] advance
[C] advice [D] acceptance
9.It requires a very unusual mind to ____the analysis of a fact.
[A] undergo [B] underlie
[C] undertake [D] undermine
10.The poet can help to keep man from making himself ____in the image of the computer.
[A] out [B] over
[C] up [D] for
Ⅳ.C-E Translation
1.計算機可能使人們對具體問題的答案過分自信。
2.人們傾向于把智力和洞察力混為一談。
3.人們可能意識不到自我接受的必要性。
4.詩人提醒人類注意自身的獨特性。
5.對這個問題進行思索就是一個收獲。
Unit 15
單元自測答案
I.Word Spelling
1.leap 2.vital 3.persist
4.conquer 5.universal 6.prolong
7.safeguard 8.possess 9.technician
10.obscure 11.genuine 12.certainty
13.analysis 14.raw 15.confidence
16.secondary 17.integrate 18.route
19.economics 20.PupilⅡ.Word Form
1.be regarded 2.involved 3.spreading
4.is pronounced 5.bursting 6.to enhance
7.rawest 8.to distinguish 9.growing
10.have been hiring
Ⅲ.Vocabulary and Structure
1.D 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.C
6.B 7.C 8.A 9.C 10.B
Ⅳ.C-E Translation
1.The computer may promote undue confidence in concrete answers.
2.There is a tendency to confuse intelligence with insight. / Men tend to confuse intelligence with insight.
3.Men may not realize the need to come to terms with themselves.
4.The poet reminds men of their uniqueness.
5.To speculate on this question is a gain.
4、歷年試題
1. In education , there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that contribute_____effective thinking and wise judgement. （ 00.10 ）
A. at B. in C. for D. to
答案： D 。 考點：本題主要考查詞組 contribute to “有助于 … ”
2. All the characteristics that distinguish birds____other animals can be traced to prehistoric times. (02.4)
A.. to B. between C. for D. from
答案： D 。 本題主要考查詞組 distinguish … from “從 … 區別出”。
3. It is becoming increasingly clear to policy-makers______schools cannot solve all the problems of the larger community. （ 02.10 ）
A. that B. what C. when D. who 答案
答案： A 。 考點： 本句是一個主語從句，因此要填 that 。
Translation
1. 人們傾向于把智力和洞察力混為一談。
答： There is a tendency to confuse intelligence with insight. / Men tend to confuse intelligence with insight.
2. 我們對計算機技術的最大需要是提高速度和減少體積。
答： Our biggest need in computer technology is not for increased speed and reduced size.
3. 詩人提醒人類注意自身的獨特性。
答： The poet reminds men of their uniqueness.
4. 很遺憾他不能區別知識與智慧的不同。
答： It is regrettable that he fails to distinguish between knowledge and intelligence.
5. 計算機可能使人們對具體問題的答案過分自信。
答： The computer may promote undue confidence in concrete answers.
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