【正文】 ures, posts, activities, events, interests with people in their ，可整合各種新的信息及通訊工具，并允許用戶跟網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的其他人分享觀點(diǎn)、圖片、帖子、活動(dòng)、事件以及興趣愛(ài)好等。 SNS have affected the social life and activity of people in various 。 With its availability on many mobile devices, a social networking service allows the users to continuously stay in touch with friends, relatives and other acquaintances wherever they are in the world, as long as there is access to the ，只要能連接上互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，用戶在世界上的任何地方都能一直與朋友、親戚及其他認(rèn)識(shí)的人保持聯(lián)絡(luò)。 A social networking service can also unite people with mon interests and beliefs through groups and other pages, and has been known to reunite lost family members and friends because of the widespread reach of its network. SNS還可讓擁有相同興趣和信念的人通過(guò)群組或其他頁(yè)面建立聯(lián)系，同時(shí)，由于其網(wǎng)絡(luò)分布廣闊，還能讓失散的家庭成員或朋友重新團(tuán)聚，這點(diǎn)早已為人所知。 UNIT 4Baroque architecture is a building style that flourished in Europe between the late 16th and mid18th ，興盛于16世紀(jì)晚期至18世紀(jì)中期的歐洲。 It evolved out of Renaissance architecture in Italy, when the Renaissance architects began to get bored of the symmetry (對(duì)稱) and same old forms they had been using for the past 200 years, and started to make bold, curving and not at all symmetrical buildings called the Baroque ，當(dāng)時(shí)文藝復(fù)興建筑師開(kāi)始對(duì)過(guò)去200多年來(lái)一直沿用的對(duì)稱的、一成不變的舊建筑形式感到厭倦，開(kāi)始建造醒目的、具有曲線性而非對(duì)稱的巴洛克建筑。 Baroquestyle buildings share some mon 。 Marble, gilt (鍍金) and bronze were the materials the Baroque architects used in 、鍍金、青銅是巴洛克建筑師大量使用的材料。 Oval was the most distinct and a very mon shape incorporated into Baroque 。 Dramatic use of light is important, and is achieved either through strong lightandshade contrasts or uniform lighting by means of ，主要是通過(guò)強(qiáng)烈的光影對(duì)比或由窗戶進(jìn)入的均勻光線來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)。 Opulent use of color and ornaments is prevalent, as can be seen in the largescale frescoes (濕壁畫(huà)) painted on the ，這從天花板上的大幅壁畫(huà)中可以看出。 There is usually a central projection that is quite large and juts outward, and domes erected in a pear shape are often ，梨形的拱頂也十分常見(jiàn)。 The most wellknown Baroque buildings include the St. Paul39。s Cathedral in the UK and the Palace of Versailles in 。 Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini were the two main architects of the Baroque era. 杰安?勞倫佐?貝尼尼和弗朗西斯科?博羅米尼是巴洛克時(shí)期兩位主要的建筑師。 UNIT 5The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation at the dawn of modern European 。它在現(xiàn)代歐洲史的開(kāi)端時(shí)期開(kāi)創(chuàng)了一個(gè)科學(xué)革命和藝術(shù)變革時(shí)代。 It began in Italy and later spread to the rest of Europe, immediately following the Middle Ages and spanning roughly from the 14th to the 17th ，之后蔓延到歐洲其他國(guó)家。它緊接在中世紀(jì)之后，貫穿14至17世紀(jì)。 The Renaissance was characterized by a revival of interest in classical learning, wisdom and values from the Ancient Greek and Roman ，人們對(duì)古希臘和古羅馬時(shí)期的古典知識(shí)、智慧和價(jià)值觀重新煥發(fā)了興趣。 Renaissance scholars employed the humanist method in study and searched for realism and human emotion in ，在藝術(shù)上追尋現(xiàn)實(shí)主義和人類情感。 Scientists no longer accepted the teachings of the Church at face 。 Instead, they studied the natural world through their own observation and ，他們通過(guò)觀察和實(shí)驗(yàn)來(lái)研究自然世界。 Likewise, artists developed new techniques and achieved more advanced effects by applying mathematics and optics (光學(xué)) to paintings, sculpture and other art ，藝術(shù)家們將數(shù)學(xué)和光學(xué)運(yùn)用到繪畫(huà)、雕塑及其他藝術(shù)形式中，從而發(fā)展出新技術(shù)，并取得了更高水平的藝術(shù)效果。 The Renaissance profoundly changed the European intellectual life in the early modern 。 Through the rediscovery of ancient texts, it triggered both a rebirth of classical learning and a rebirth of European culture in ，觸發(fā)了古典知識(shí)和整個(gè)歐洲文化的重生。Its influence was felt in literature, philosophy, art, politics, science, and many other 、哲學(xué)、藝術(shù)、政治、科學(xué)及其他許多領(lǐng)域都能感受到它的影響。 smart(decisions)error(problem)affected by(confirmation bias)occurs(carefully)people to(strong)is that(wasted)because(by...biases)text is(making)surgery(life)not true(her)screen（image）happiness(beauty)soul(events)barren(thoughts)text(grow)idea(spirit)Starbucks(beans)succeed(merce and munity)year(background) business(1983) PepsiCo(beverage) employees(workforce)America(of service)father(Guilty)article(nature) debris(author) cords(experiments) members(other) that(at home) life(Critical) to(nature) article(mocking)success(countries) Emirates(deal)UAE(pany)trip(UAE) Singapore(Asia) text(others) better(public settings) the text(examples)