【正文】 o pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact. Language Points: 1. Important Words1) .evidently: as it appears, seemingly, (syn.) apparently 明顯，顯然. Evidently your sister was sensitive on the topic of operations.很明顯，你姐姐對手術(shù)這個話題比較敏感。2）preferable adj. better or more suitable, to be preferred 更可取的； 更好的 . She found life in the city preferable to her quiet life in the country. 她發(fā)現(xiàn)城市生活比她在鄉(xiāng)村安靜的生活更好。Milk is fine, but cream would be preferable. 牛奶很不錯，但是奶酪也是可取的。 The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people The The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make munication easier. Language Points: of Difficult Sentences 1) There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make munication easier.Analysis: four friends zooming down the highway現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語(2) designed to make munication easier過去分詞作定語Translation: 我們四位朋友坐在車?yán)?，飛馳在高速公路上，卻因為有了那個被設(shè)計來方便通信的小玩藝兒而不能互相交談。 Example: Trucks and buses were drivers on gas carried in large bags on the roof.2. Important Words1) connect v. to attach, join together。 to reach sb. by telephone 連接，接通 . The telephone operator connected me with the human resources department. 接線員幫我接通了人力資源部。I connected the antenna to the TV set. 我把天線連接到了電視機(jī)。A new road connects the two small cities. 一條新馬路接通了這兩個小城市。2）unable adj: not able, incapable 不能的， 不會的 . I am unable to cycle to school because my bicycle is broken. 我不能騎車去學(xué)校因為我自行車壞了。He is unable to do the job for lack of experience. 因為缺乏經(jīng)驗他不能做這個工作。 Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in munications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now municate without seeing or talking to one another. With voic, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine. Language Points: 1. Explanation of Difficult Sentences 1）Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?Analysis: Why is it that, “it” stands for the subject thatclause, where the parative structure is used. Similar structure can be found in “What is it that?Translation:為什么我們聯(lián)系得越多我卻越感到失去了聯(lián)系呢？ Example: Why is it that you know so much?為什么你知道的這么多呢？2. Important Words1）advance n. an improvement, (syn.) a breakthrough 前進(jìn)， 進(jìn)展 . There have been great advances in medicine in the last 50 years. 過去50年醫(yī)學(xué)有了重大的進(jìn)展。This model is a great advance on previous ones.這個模型比前面前一個有了很大的進(jìn)步。 ets As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up.You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated. Analysis: As is a conj. meaning at the same time that…Translation: 隨著人們之間幾乎每一種聯(lián)系都變得自動化起來，疏遠(yuǎn)的指數(shù)就上升。 Example: As he entered, the hill burst into thunderous applause. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM? Language Points: 1. Important Words 1) deposit v. to place sth. valuable, such as money, in a bank or brokerage account。 to place valuables for safekeeping 存放， 存儲 n. a partial payment to hold goods or property until the buyer makes plete payment 定錢， 押金 . Sam deposited ten dollars in his savings account. 山姆在他的儲蓄帳戶里存了10美圓。Mrs. Smith deposited her jewelry in a safe. 史密斯太太把珠寶存放在一個保險箱里。 2) insert v. to put sth. into, between, or among 插入， 嵌入 . The old lady inserted the letter into an envelope carefully. 老太太仔細(xì)地把信放入信封。The professor inserted a ment in the margin.教授在空白處插入了評語。 Para. 10Pretty soon you won’t have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some supermarket chains are using a selfscanner so