大连外语学院：《基础英语》（英文版） Unit line Reading i Machines with brains

Unit nine Reading i Machines with brains

Unit Nine Reading I Machines with Brains

Questions on the text Did people have to attend on machines hundreds of years ago? What happened to industry about a hundred years ago? What is the operation of automatic machines based on?

Questions on the text • Did people have to attend on machines hundreds of years ago? • What happened to industry about a hundred years ago? • What is the operation of automatic machines based on?

By what is a central- heating oil-burner controlled? What happens when the bar in the mechanism of a thermostat gets warm?

• By what is a central- heating oil-burner controlled? • What happens when the bar in the mechanism of a thermostat gets warm?

attend. look after The prisoners were attended by the guards The doctors tried to attend to the worst injured soldiers first

attend: look after • The prisoners were attended by the guards. • The doctors tried to attend to the worst injured soldiers first

thermo(a combining form) connected with heat or temperature thermo-electric thermo- tolerant耐 热电的 热的 thermo- nuclear热 thermos保温瓶 核的 thermogram温度纪 thermo-current热录图 电流的 thermometer温度 thermotank恒温箱计

thermo-(a combining form) connected with heat or temperature • thermo-electric 热电的 • thermo-nuclear 热 核的 • thermo-current 热 电流的 • thermotank 恒温箱 • thermo-tolerant 耐 热的 • thermos保温瓶 • thermogram温度纪 录图 • thermometer温度 计

straighten out 1)make(become) straight Their house is just where the lane straightens out He tried to straighten out the bent wire

straighten out • 1)make (become) straight • Their house is just where the lane straightens out. • He tried to straighten out the bent wire

2 )to remove(the confusions or difficulties in)清理,整顿 谁能把黑板上的这个别扭的句子改正过 来? Who can straighten out this awkward sentence on the blackboard? We must straighten out our accounts and see how much we owe each other

2)to remove (the confusions or difficulties in) 清理，整顿 • 谁能把黑板上的这个别扭的句子改正过 来？ • Who can straighten out this awkward sentence on the blackboard? • We must straighten out our accounts and see how much we owe each other

pull away D(esp of a vehicle)start to move off He jumped onto the bus just as it was pulling away 2)to free oneself, to escape She tried to pull away from the man who was holding her

pull away • 1)(esp. of a vehicle)start to move off • He jumped onto the bus just as it was pulling away. • 2)to free oneself, to escape • She tried to pull away from the man who was holding her

adjust vt change slightly for a particular purpose 我得调整我的表,它走慢了。 I must adjust my watch, for it's slow adjust a seat to the height of a person adjust the economy to a new pattern

adjust • vt. change slightly for a particular purpose • 我得调整我的表，它走慢了。 • I must adjust my watch, for it’s slow. • adjust a seat to the height of a person • adjust the economy to a new pattern

Vi be used to The eyes need several minutes to adjust to the darkness 他很快便适应了这个国家酷热的天气 He adjusted quickly to the heat of the counti

vi.be used to • The eyes need several minutes to adjust to the darkness. • 他很快便适应了这个国家酷热的天气。 • He adjusted quickly to the heat of the country