新编实用英语综合教程2第四版第三单元

新编实用英语综合教程

2

第四版第三单元

目录

Section 1

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Section 2

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Section 3

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Unit 3 Communication by Phone Unit Goals

What you should learn to do

a phone call

the phone

and take a passage

the message to the person being called

a phone call

/fill in a message

What you should know about

service in the USA

t or trouble of cell phones

ss telephone etiquette for success

subjective mood

Section I Talking Face to Face

ing Mini-Talks

out the Tasks

ng Email Information on the Internet

ing Sample Dialogues

g Language to Use

- 1 -

Section II Being All Ears

ng Sentences for Workplace Communication

ng a Dialogue

tanding a Short Speech/Talk

Section III Trying your Hand

cing Applied Writing

g Sentences and Reviewing Grammar

Section IV Maintaining a Sharp Eye

Passage 1:

Information Related to the Reading Passage

phone

手机

,

移动电话

A cell phone is a small telephone you can carry with you that operates through

networks of radio antennas or space expressions of a cell phone:

1 a cellular phone/telephone

2 a mobile phone/telephone

3 a handset

自动取款机

ATM

is

the

abbreviation

for

automated

teller

are

found

in

business

districts

and

shopping

use

them

to

get

cash

from

their

bank

accounts and in many places,to pay for gas,groceries,and other things.

mail

有声邮件

A voice mail is a telephone answering system on which spoken

messages are left by one person for another.

Text For Conversation Press#1

I’ve got a cell phone,e

-mail and voice why am I so lonely?

A

funny

thing

happened

on

the

way

to

the

communications

revolution:we

stopped talking to one another.

- 2 -

I

was

walking

in

the

park

with

a

friend

recently,and

his

cell

phone

rang,interrupting

our

they

were,talking

and

talking

on

a

beautifully sunny day and I became invisible,absent from the conversation.

The park was filled with people talking on their cell were passing

other people without looking at them,saying hello,noticing their babies or stopping to

pet

their

tly,the

cordless

electronic

voice

is

preferable

to

human

contact.

The telephone used to connect you to the it makes people sitting

next

to

you

feel

ly

I

was

in

a

car

with

three

driver

hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell

we were,four friends zooming down the highway,unable to talk to

one

another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.

Why

is

it

that

the

more

connected

we

get,the

more

disconnected

I

feel?Every

advance

in

communications

technology

is

a

setback

to

the

intimacy

of

human

e-mail

and

instant

messaging

over

the

Internet,we

can

now

communicate

without

seeing

or

talking

to

one

voice

mail,you

can

conduct

entire

conversations

without

ever

reaching

my

mom

has

a

question,I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated,the

alienation

index

goes

can’t

even

call

a

person

to

get

the

phone

number

of

another person any ory assistance is almost always fully automated.

Pumping

gas

at

the

station?Why

say

good

morning

to

the

attendant

when

you

can

swipe

your

credit

card

at

the

pump

and

save

yourself

the

bother

of

human

contact?

Making

a

deposit

at

the

bank?Why

talk

to

a

clerk

who

might

live

in

the

neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM?

I am no Luddite.I own a cell phone,an ATM card,a voice mail system,an email

them up isn’t an option—

they are great for what they are intended to

’s their unintended consequences that make me cringe.

Language Points

1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences

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1.(Title For Conversation Press#1

Analysis:In this sentence,for means with the purpose #1 is in imperative

mood.#stands for No.,therefore#1 is read as No.1.

Translation:

通话 按

1

号键。

Example:For redialing,press the#key.

2.(Para.3

I

was

walking

in

the

park

with

a

friend

recently,and

his

cell

phone

rang,interrupting our conversation.

Analysis:Interrupting

our

conversation

in

the

sentence

is

a

present

participle

phrase used as an adverbial of result.

Translation:

最近我和一位朋友正在公园里散步

,

突然他的手机响 起来

,

打断了

我们的谈话。