二、Text难句

… what Miller discovered in the end was that the very technology he’d begun to criticize actually had very little, if anything, to do with his life’s problems. (Para. 3)

……最终米勒发现，其实他原先开始批评的技术与他生活中的问题，如果说有关系的话，也是微乎其微。

In fact, Miller realized that without the net he had started becoming even more “out of touch with life.” (Para. 3)

As a matter of fact, Miller realized that without the Internet he had started becoming even more disconnected from life.

… I’ve been plugged in 24-7, living in a world where the line between digital and real gets a bit blurred at times. (Para. 5)

… I’ve been getting online round-the-clock, living in a world in which the difference between virtual and real sometimes becomes unclear.

Still, I’d forgotten one key lesson along the way: moderation. (Para. 6)

Nevertheless, I’d forgotten a very important lesson all these years, a lesson which suggests I should spend only a reasonable amount of time online.

然而，我一路过来却忘记了一条重要的训诫：适度。

What I learned from my short experiment was actually not too unlike what Miller learned. (Para. 8)

实际上，我从这一短暂试验中得到的感悟与米勒大同小异。

I found myself reflecting on how living and breathing tech has let me experience some of the most rewarding moments of my life. (Para. 8)

I was thinking about how immersing myself in (沉浸于) tech has offered me some of the most rewarding moments of my life.

事实上，我发觉正是我的与科技息息相关的生活让我体验到我生命中一些颇有价值的时刻。

I’ve seen world events unfold before my eyes over social networks; I’ve seen people using new technologies to stay in touch with their loved ones … (Para. 8) 

通过社交网络，我看到许多国际事件呈现在我的眼前，看到人们运用新技术与挚爱的人保持联络……

Snacking is fun, but it shouldn’t replace full meals. (Para. 11)

零食好吃，但是不能代替正餐。

With the digital explosion has come an excess of cheap, easy, and addictive pieces of online content for us to readily snack on. (Para. 11) 

随着数码信息的爆炸，人们可以轻易获取过量的廉价、简单、使人上瘾的网上信息。

So instead of funny cat pictures, dive into some of the great “long reads” that show up on your screen. (Para. 12)

So instead of viewing funny cat pictures, spend your time reading some great long articles that show up on your screen.

因此，别去一味浏览那些有趣的猫的图片了，而是要潜心阅读屏幕上那些好的“长篇文章”。

Better yet, pick up a novel or read a book about a topic that can benefit you in some way, whether it’s related to your job or your passions. (Para. 12)

更好的做法是，捧起一本小说或阅读一本在某个方面能使你受益的书，无论其主题关乎你的工作，还是你热衷的事情。

1. Viewing and Listening

A boot camp is a place for training new recruits (新兵) in the United States. Now it can mean any very strict training center such as the one used for curing Internet addiction. Listen to the recording two or three times. Then fill in the blanks based on what you have heard to complete the following sentences. You might come across the new words in the box in the listening passage.(p135)

2. Writing(P137)

Write an opinion paragraph in support of/against a digital-free vacation. When you finish, please exchange your writing with a classmate and evaluate each other’s writing according to the following criteria:

1 You must write a paragraph of no less than 120 words.

2 You must begin with a strong topic sentence which clearly states your point of view.

3 You must support your opinion by giving good, logical reasons for it.

4 You must use:

     ● five key words and expressions from the Text,

     ● two new words from the other two articles,

   Highlight these words and expressions clearly by underlining them or using a different color.

Part III Reading Comprehension

On a more mundane (世俗的) level, third-generation mobile telephones, despite all the delays and the billions squandered on 3G licenses by telecom firms, are still expected to offer consumer high-speed, always-on mobile internet access, complete with video, in the next few years. Rapidly proliferating “wi-fi” （无限局域网）networks already offer wireless access on a local basis. Tiny tracking chips called radio-frequency identification devices are being used as passports. Soon they will be small, powerful and cheap enough to be implanted into everything. Sensors of every kind, including video cameras, should also become much smaller and cheaper. Forrester Research, a technology consultancy, predicts that 14 billion such devices will be connected to the internet by 2005.

How rapidly such new technology is introduced will depend on a number of factors--the state of the economy, the supply of investment capital and the appetite of consumers for new products or services! Fortunes will be made and lost many times over. But whatever happens, the power of computing and communications looks set to continue to grow, and its price to fall, at a steady rate for the next few decades, That will make it possible, at least in rich countries, to record most human interactions, wherever and whenever they take place, and to store and analyze this ocean of data at low cost.

For the sake of argument, this survey will assume that we are heading towards a networked society of ubiquitous (到处存在的）, mobile communication capable of constant monitoring. Whether this arrives in 20, 30 or 40 years does not really matter. The point is that the destination seems not merely possible, but probable, so it is not too soon to ask: What do we want this technology to do?

The internet has already thrown up a host of legal and political problems, but these are only a small foretaste of the dilemmas--about privacy, security, intellectual property and the nature of government itself--that will have to be faced over the coming decades. The debate has already begun. This survey will outline some of main issues, and speculate on the way they are likely to go.

1. At present, a radio-frequency identification device enables people to ______.

A) get small, powerful and cheap passports

B) get wireless access to the “wi-fi” networks

C) get smaller and cheaper sensors of every kind

D) get wireless internet access complete with video

 2. According to Forrester Research ______.

A) 3G mobile phones will be more widely used

B) the tiny tracking chips will be more powerful

C) the wireless networks will provide a wider coverage

D) sensors of every kind will become smaller and cheaper

3. By saying “its price to fall” (Line 4, Para. 2), the author means that______.

A) the cost of computing and communications will fall

B) the cost of new technology will fall

C) the cost of new products will fall

D) the cost of recording human interactions will fall

4. Which of the following best describes the problems derived form the internet?

A) The internet has helped solve many legal and political problems.

B) The internet will produce more than legal and political problems.

C) Problems involved with the internet are too complicated to solve.

D) Problems involved with the internet will be solved within decades.

5.The passage is most probably____ of a research paper.

A) the introductory part

B) the conclusion part

C) the supporting data

D)the new findings