Unit 2 Section 4 Reading for Writing and Other Parts of the Unit 微讲小本-【赢在微点】轻松课堂2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册（人教版2019）

Section 4　Reading for Writing and Other Parts of the Unit 原|文|诵|读 SHOULD WE FIGHT NEW TECHNOLOGY? This morning，I saw the shocking headline: “Passenger Dies When Car Crashes in Driverless Mode”. In the article, various people said that the public should ① the idea of developing driverless cars. They said that some advances in technology were unnecessary and could even be dangerous. ②， we should ③ accepting technology just because it is new. The newspaper reported that the car company had already ④ the accident, but the families of the ⑤ said it was not enough. Nevertheless, the company still claimed that most people would be travelling in driverless cars one day soon. On the one hand, there are many different groups of people around the world who live happily ⑥ new technology. Probably the most well known are ⑦， a group of ⑧ living in rural America⑨. They do not own or drive cars, watch TV, or use the Internet. They have lived mainly as farmers since the 18th century, and they will probably be living the same way in the distant future. They ⑩ a simple life with an ⑪ on hard work, family, and community. They think that is better than caring about ⑫ or following the lives of the rich and famous. It could even be argued that the Amish's quality of life is better since they live in and appreciate the natural environment ⑬ living in large, polluted cities. 微|点|清|障 ①oppose /əˈpəʊz/ vt. 反对；抵制；阻挠 ②hence /hens/ adv. 因此；由此 ③cease /siːs/ vi.&vt. (使)停止；终止 cease doing sth 使停止做某事 ④ apologise for因……道歉 ⑤deceased /dɪˈsiːst/ adj. 已死的；亡故的 ⑥absence /ˈæbsəns/ n. 不存在；缺乏；缺席 in the absence of 缺乏；无……时 ⑦the Amish /ˈɑːmɪʃ/ n. 阿曼门诺派 ⑧Christian /ˈkrɪstʃən/ n. 基督教徒　adj. 基督 ⑨ living in rural America为现在分词短语作定语 ⑩advocate /ˈædvəkeɪt/ vt. 提倡；支持；拥护　n. 提倡者；支持者；拥护者 ⑪emphasis /ˈemfəsɪs/ n. 强调；重视；重要性 ⑫luxury /ˈlʌkʃəri/ n. 奢华 ⑬rather than而不是 我们应该反对新技术吗？ 今天早上，我看到了一个令人震惊的标题：“无人驾驶模式下的车祸导致乘客死亡”。在这篇文章中，很多人说公众应该反对开发无人驾驶汽车的想法。他们说，一些技术进步是不必要的，甚至可能是危险的。因此，我们应该停止仅仅因为技术是新的就接受它。该报报道称，该汽车公司已经就事故道歉，但死者家属表示这还不够。尽管如此，该公