全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程b4u6(文本)

1、全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程第四冊(cè)Unit6IntegratedCourseBook4Unit6Listentotherecdingtwothreetimesthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions:1.DoyoukeepadiaryWhatstofthingsdoyouwriteabout2.HowdoesthesingertreathisdiaryWhy3.Whatdoesthesingerthinkabout

2、howotherpeoplespendtheirtime4.CanweinferwhatattitudethesingertakestowardsthepaceoflifetodayInthesongyouareabouttolistentowehearwhatthesingeristhinkingashewriteshisdiary.Likemanypeoplewhokeepadiaryhetreatsitlikeafriendtow

3、homhecanpourouthisinmostfeelings.Fromtheconfidencesheentruststohisdiarywelearnofwhathethinksofthewaymostpeoplelive.Hethinkstheyspendtheirdaysinarushsomuchsothattheyhavenotimefhim.Ashesays:Somanypeoplebythesce.Rushingarou

4、ndsosenselessly.Theydontnoticetherespeoplelikeme.Perhapshesrightperhapspeoplearetoomuchinarushtospareenoughtimefoneanother.Thoughonesuspectstheymayhaveotherreasonsfnotsparingthesingertime.Hesoundsaltogetherselfcentredloo

5、kingatthewldonlyfromhisownnarrowpointofview.WehearthisattheendofthesongwhenhepasseslightlyoveranHbombexplosionassomethingofnoconcerntohimasnobodyheknewwasinvolved.Givenhisoutlookitisprobablyjustaswellhehashisdiaryasafrie

6、ndasothersmightfinditabithardtoputupwithhim.DearDiaryTheMoodyBluesDeardiarywhatadayitsbeenDeardiaryitsbeenjustlikeadreamWokeuptoolate.WasntwhereIshouldhavebeenFgoodnesssakewhatshappeningtomeWritelightlyyourstrulydeardiar

7、yItwascoldoutsidemydoSomanypeoplebythesceRushingaroundsosenselesslyTheydontnoticetherespeoplelikemeWritelightlyyourstrulydeardiaryTheydontknowwhattheyreplayingTheyvenowayofknowingwhatthegameisStilltheycarryondoingwhatthe

8、ycanOutsidemeyourspolitelydeardiary全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程第四冊(cè)Unit63Themotcarfexamplepromisedunimaginablelevelsofpersonalmobility.Butnowtrafficincitiesmovesmeslowlythanitdidinthedaysofthehsedrawncarriagewewasteourlivesstuckintrafficj

9、ams.比如，汽車曾使我們希望個(gè)人出行會(huì)方便得讓人難以想象?？扇缃?，城市車輛運(yùn)行得比馬車時(shí)代還要慢，我們因交通堵塞而困在車內(nèi)，徒然浪費(fèi)生命。4Theaircraftpromisednewhizonstoo.Thetroubleisitdeliveredthem.Itsveryexistencecreatedademftimeconsumingjourneysthatwewouldneverpreviouslyhavedreamedofu

10、ndertakingthetransatlanticshoppingexpeditionfexamplethetriptoaconventionontheothersideofthewld.飛機(jī)也曾有可能為我們拓展新天地。問(wèn)題是，飛機(jī)提供了新的天地。其存在本身產(chǎn)生了對(duì)耗時(shí)的長(zhǎng)途旅行的需求，這種旅行，如越洋購(gòu)物，或遠(yuǎn)道前往地球的另一半?yún)⒓訒?huì)議，以前我們是根本無(wú)法想象的。5Inmostcasestechnologyhasnotsavedti

11、mebutenabledustodomethings.Inthehomewashingmachinespromisedtofreewomenfromhavingtotoiloverthelaundry.Inrealitytheyencouragedustochangeourclothesdailyinsteadofweeklycreatingseventimesasmuchwashingironing.Similarlytheweekl

12、ybathhasbeenreplacedbythedailyshowermultiplyingthehoursspentonpersonalgrooming.在大多數(shù)情況下，技術(shù)發(fā)展并未節(jié)省時(shí)間，而是使我們得以做更多的事。在家里，洗衣機(jī)可望使婦女?dāng)[脫繁重的洗衣勞作。但事實(shí)上，它們促使我們每天，而不是每星期換一次衣服，這就使熨洗衣物的工作量變成原來(lái)的7倍。同樣地，每周一次的沐浴為每日一次的淋浴所代替，使得用于個(gè)人穿著打扮的時(shí)間大大增加。6

13、Meanwhiletechnologyhasnotonlyallowedwktospreadintoourleisuretimethelaptoponthebeachsyndromebutaddedthenewburdenofdealingwithfaxesemailsvoicemails.Ithasalsoprovideduswiththeopptunitytospendhoursfixingsoftwareglitchesonour