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Section Ⅳ Extended reading & Project & Assessment
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①addict n.对……入迷的人;瘾君子
②be glued to sth.全神贯注看着某物,离某物很近
③reach for伸手去拿
④WiFi无线网络
⑤dead adj. (电池)亏电,没电
⑥battery n.电池
⑦stressed adj.有压力的
⑧take up占据
⑨slide n.幻灯片;降低;滑行;山崩
vi. & vt.滑行;逐渐陷入
⑩quit vt. & vi.停止,戒掉;离开
make a change做出改变
shoot past飞驰而过
knock sb. off one’s feet撞倒某人;使某人双脚离地
make up my mind做出决定
be used to doing习惯于
stretch out延伸,拓展
disconnected adj.分离的;不连贯的
scary adj.恐怖的,吓人的
somehow adv.不知怎么地;以某种方式(或方法)
pick up拿起,捡起
be lost in全神贯注,沉浸于
journal n.日记;报纸,杂志
scene n.场景,现场
reveal vt.展示,显出;揭示,透露
earthy adj.土地的,泥土的
appreciate vt.欣赏,赏识;感谢
wideranging adj.覆盖面广的,内容广泛的
opera n.歌剧;歌剧院
badminton n.羽毛球运动
up to date最新的
turn... back on返回到,重新回到
cut back on减少,削减
take advantage of利用
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Smartphone: a smart choice?
I was a smartphone addict①.My eyes were glued to② the little screen whenever I walked down the street, had dinner with friends or lay in bed at night.【1】The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for③ my phone. I always asked for WiFi④ connections when I went to a new restaurant or coffee shop. A dead⑤battery⑥ in my smartphone would make me feel stressed⑦.Sometimes I had the uncomfortable feeling that this little machine had taken up⑧ too much of my time, and that I could have done something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen all day.【2】Sliding⑨ into the habit was easy, but it was difficult to quit⑩ the habit.【3】
【1】whenever引导状语从句,从句中walked, had,lay为并列谓语动词。
【2】feeling后面跟了两个并列同位语从句,都由that引导。could have done本来能做(而事实未做)某事。
【3】画线部分是由but连接的并列句。第一个分句中sliding into the habit为动词ing形式作主语;第二个分句中it作形式主语,真正主语是动词不定式短语to quit the habit。
Then the day came when I finally realized I had to make a change.Head down, eyes on my smartphone,I stepped into the road and a car shot past,nearly knocking me off my feet!【4】At that very moment,I made up my mind to spend a whole week without my smartphone.
The first day was the hardest. I was used tochecking the news and my friends’ socia