04.可穿戴设备与健康科技-2024年中考一轮复习英语热点话题梳理题型专练(通用版)

2024年中考一轮复习英语热点话题梳理题型专练(通用版) 04.可穿戴设备与健康科技 一、阅读理解 1 Technologies used for human purposes are now being used to improve pet’s well-being. And the pet humanization trend of recent years is shown in technology, with a great increase in need for different kinds of wearable tech devices (设备) from pet parents around the world. Today, it is not unusual to see dogs or cats with something tied (系) to their body to monitor (监控) their activity or track their location. “People don’t know the answer to questions about how much exercise or the amount of food their dog needs and that’s where wearable monitoring device comes in,” says CEO and co-founder of PitPat, Andrew Nowell. Between 2022 and 2021, this UK developer of a pet tracking device for dogs, shipped 39% more of its products. At the same time, the UK pet population increased by 10% to more than 9 million and a new type of pet owner appeared, the so called Generation Y. They are the majority of customers that buy a wearable tech device, mainly wanting to know how far their pet has gone and what the dog is doing while they are out. The wearable tech field is mainly made up of small start-up companies. But this may change in the near future. “All the big players are very interested. They will jump into the field in one way or another, “said Asaf Dagan, co-founder of the wearable tech device producer PetPace. Market research companies are predicting that the field will be worth between $2.4 billion and $3.5 billion in the coming years, with a yearly increase ranging between 13.5% and 25% by 2025. Despite the potential (潜力) there are still some challenges that companies will soon have to face. Awareness is one of them. “The function of the GPS tracker is supposed to be known by more pet parents, but there is still work to do to help them know about activity monitors. It is a matter of putting the message across. The value is there and the need is there. It’s about providing a connection and creating awareness,” commented Dag