资源描述:
《dictation addiction》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、DictationAddiction---APracticalSolutiontoIntroductoryLevelAcademicSettingsinListeningComprehension(trialedition)TonyZhangNeworientalSchoolinKunming本书使用ScientificAmerican的60秒科技栏目所发布的免费信息以及音频,特别感谢。60-SecondsTechnology1AboutPleaselistentothepodcastfor3timesf
2、irst.Thepodcastinvolves:_____________________________________________(pleasegiveoneortwokeywordstodescribethemainideaortopicofthispodcast)IntotheDetails请逐句听写本文,并且注意:a遇到单词不会的情况按照发音尝试拼写。b遇到模棱两可的单词,通过上下文以及语法结构推测。c听不懂的地方可以反复3-5遍,如还是无法听出,请继续往下写,而不要查阅原文。d坚持完成原文
3、,不管有多少空缺在你的听写稿上。LikelyGuys推荐单词offsetvt.弥补,抵销carbonn.碳footprintn.足迹,脚印feedbackn.反馈,反应debatev/n.争论,辩论measurevt.测量,测度Royaladj.王室的,皇家的navigationn.航海,航空,导航readn.读取hand-heldadj.手持的identifyvt.识别,鉴别PossiblyWrongGuys易混单词组programdeviceconsumersatelliteCompetitionac
4、curatekeychainautomaticallyimmediatelygenerateconvincepatternOriginalScriptGadgetCalculatesCarbonFootprintIt’spopulartodayforpeopleandcompaniestotrytooffsettheircarbonfootprint.Butthere’salotofdebateaboutjusthowtomeasurethatfootprint.NowanewprogramcalledC
5、arbonHeromayhaveonesolution.ThedevicewasinventedbyagraduatestudentattheRoyalCollegeofArtinLondonandrecentlywonthe2007EuropeanSatelliteNavigationCompetition.Theideaistogetanaccuratereadonhowmuchcarbonyouuseasyoutravel.It’sahand-heldunit,aboutthesizeofakeyc
6、hain.Itautomaticallyidentifiestheformoftransportationthecarrieristakingbymeasuringthespeed,location,andpatternofthemovement.Thentheinformationisautomaticallydownloadedtoacellphone,whichimmediatelydisplaysthecarbongeneratedandtheimpactoftheuser’sactions.Of
7、course,thedevicedoesn'tmeasureotheraspectsofacarbonfootprint,suchasthesizeofyourhouse.Andit’snotyetavailabletoconsumers.Buttheinventorhopestodevelopthedevice,andthattheimmediatefeedbackwillconvincepeopletochangetheirtransportation.Maybetowalking.Whichleav
8、esatinyfootprint.—CynthiaGraberDaytoDaysfootprint---温室气体的排放,主要是碳的氧化物。Acarbonfootprintis“thetotalsetofGHG(greenhousegas)emissionscauseddirectlyandindirectlybyanindividual,organization,eventorproduct”(UKCarbonTrust200