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 exterior²
[00:26.58]be obsolete³? Perhaps the coating
[00:30.18]on the car will give
[00:31.82]a durable⁴ 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 petroleum⁵
[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 gauge⁶
[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 interactive⁷?
[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 enjoyment⁸ 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 exterior   

adj.外部的，外在的；表面的

参考例句：

• The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
• We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。

3 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。

4 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。

5 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

6 gauge   

v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器

参考例句：

• Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

7 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。

8 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。