2011自考英語(yǔ)(二)復(fù)習(xí)資料:UNIT15-1

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一、word study
    persist,ultimate,conquer,possess,distinguish betw een
    ① persist vi.1、堅(jiān)持,固執(zhí)(in );2、持續(xù),存留
    If you persist in ignoring my instructions, I shall have to punish you.
    如果你堅(jiān)持不聽(tīng)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(jié)果。
    Whether the universe has ultimate limits is still a question.
    宇宙有無(wú)極限仍然是個(gè)有爭(zhēng)議的問(wèn)題。
    His ultimate goal is too distant and shadowy to obtain.
    他的最終目標(biāo)太遙遠(yuǎn),又太模糊,難以實(shí)現(xiàn)。
    ③ conquer vt.征服,戰(zhàn)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 w ill conquer.
    盡管他們之間有種種分歧,他們的戀愛(ài)必會(huì)成功。
    ④ possess vt.具有,擁有
    Television possesses a unique magic.
    電視具有獨(dú)特的魔力。
    He dreamed of possessing a fancy car.
    他夢(mèng)想擁有一輛很別致的汽車(chē)。
    She possesses a little French.
    她懂一點(diǎn)法語(yǔ)。
    ⑤ distinguish betw een
    分辨,區(qū)分
    It’s really a tough job to distinguish between these subtle differences of meaning.
    把這些詞義的細(xì)微差別區(qū)分開(kāi)來(lái)確實(shí)是件很難辦的事。 How do you distinguish between various species of deer? 你怎樣區(qū)分不同種類(lèi)的鹿?
    二、??季湫?BR>    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(yīng)該與人有關(guān)系的事情聯(lián)系起來(lái),例如別人痛苦的現(xiàn)實(shí)。
    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(lái)”。
    3、在計(jì)算機(jī)化時(shí)代,這些問(wèn)題之所以重要是因?yàn)槿藗兛赡軆A向于把數(shù)據(jù)誤認(rèn)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 w isdom. 本 句 中注 意 “ tendency ” 后 面 要接 動(dòng) 詞 不 定式 作 定 語(yǔ) 。另 外 “mistake … for ”表示“把…錯(cuò)認(rèn)為…”。
    4、因?yàn)槿祟?lèi)被計(jì)算機(jī)控制的危險(xiǎn)固然存在,但人類(lèi)若模仿計(jì)算機(jī)改造人類(lèi)自身則更可怕。P9
    For the danger is not so much that man w ill be controlled by the computer as that he may imitate it.