最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit14-Part6

 

[00:00.00]Transportation

[00:02.17]Will we float over highways 

[00:05.13]or drive on the road surface 

[00:06.99]as we do now? 

[00:08.74]Will the cost of a gallon 

[00:10.82]of fuel still be our concern? 

[00:13.33]What will our vehicles 

[00:15.52]look like? Will the profile

[00:17.60]of our automobiles¹ look like  

[00:19.57]the shape of a space age aircraft? 

[00:22.30]Will the notion of using 

[00:24.50]paint to protect the car’s exterior 

[00:26.58]be obsolete²? Perhaps the coating 

[00:30.18]on the car will give 

[00:31.82]a durable³ shine and we 

[00:33.47]will never need to 

[00:35.00]wax or polish it. 

[00:36.42]What kind of battery will 

[00:38.72]we use to power our car? 

[00:40.90]Will we still have a mechanic 

[00:43.21]repair our car at 

[00:44.73]a service garage or will 

[00:47.14]robots that are computerized do it? 

[00:49.66]Will the motor be powered 

[00:52.17]by a new kind of petroleum 

[00:54.25]product or by hydrogen?

[00:56.11]Will the cars still be 

[00:58.30]equipped with horns as 

[00:59.94]a warning signal or will 

[01:01.36]a new device be available?

[01:03.22]Will there be a gauge 

[01:05.63]to warn us if our speed 

[01:07.60]is too fast or will 

[01:09.57]radar be used to guide 

[01:11.10]the car so that driver error 

[01:13.29]is no longer a concern?

[01:15.26]Electronics

[01:18.21]Will we be able to 

[01:20.95]play any musical instrument 

[01:22.48]such as a guitar easily 

[01:24.34]with a process the machine 

[01:26.30]teach us? Will other media, 

[01:29.37]such as movies, be interactive⁴? 

[01:31.45]Will we have access 

[01:33.75]to opticaldiscs that can 

[01:36.04]be played by laser? 

[01:37.57]Digital images will more 

[01:39.66]closely imitate reality. 

[01:41.74]They will be so realistic 

[01:44.69]that it will be virtually 

[01:46.33]impossible to tell them 

[01:47.75]from the real thing. 

[01:48.85]Our enjoyment⁵ of watching 

[01:51.03]a video will be enhanced 

[01:52.89]by the quality of the images. 

[01:54.42]Will we have equipment 

[01:57.38]capable of manipulating ideas, 

[01:59.89]eliminating the need for journalists 

[02:02.30]to write and edit  

[02:03.62]the news?Will computer software 

[02:06.13]be available to modify 

[02:07.77]what we type so that our errors 

[02:10.29]are corrected automatically?

[02:12.15]Will computer hardware include 

[02:15.65]massive a mounts of memory 

[02:17.83]that will allow us to 

[02:19.69]file an enormous amount of material?

[02:22.21]Will we be in the habit 

[02:25.27]of carrying a small device 

[02:26.81]with us that can be 

[02:28.45]used as a cell phone, 

[02:29.65]a fax, a microphone and 

[02:31.95]an internet connection?

[02:34.45]Summary

[02:36.86]Look at the world around you 

[02:39.05]and consider some of 

[02:40.58]the concepts discussed in 

[02:42.22]this document. Careful observation 

[02:45.50]will lead you to the conclusion 

[02:48.12]that many of these things have 

[02:50.97]already happened. I urge you 

[02:53.92]to reread each paragraph 

[02:56.33]of this article to see 

[02:58.52]if perhaps they are all 

[03:00.60]things that are available somewhere 

[03:02.57]in the world currently. 

[03:04.21]If that is the case, 

[03:06.50]then you will agree that 

[03:07.71]the future is now!

1 automobiles   

n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

3 durable   

adj.持久的，耐久的

参考例句：

• This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
• They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。

4 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

5 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。