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02 科學(xué)技術(shù)

發(fā)明創(chuàng)造

dialogue

carl feels pitiful that steve jobs died of disease.

史蒂夫·喬布斯因病去世，卡爾為此覺得很遺憾。

carl: it's really a great pity about the death of steve jobs. he is such an outstanding man.

卡爾：史蒂夫·喬布斯的離世真是一個(gè)很大的遺憾，他是一位如此杰出的人！

henry: as the ceo and one of the cofounders of apple, he had made great contributions to the world.

亨利：作為蘋果公司的首席執(zhí)行官和創(chuàng)始人之一，他對世界做出了很大的貢獻(xiàn)。

carl: have you got the apple's products?

卡爾：你用過蘋果的產(chǎn)品嗎？

henry: yes, i bought an ipod last year. it is very good. the tone quality is excellent.

亨利：是的，我去年買了一個(gè)ipod。它很好，音質(zhì)非常出色。

carl: the iphone 4s is on the market now. the functions of this mobile phone are rather powerful. there's no need of a pc any more if you have this. i'm eager to get one. but i just got a cell phone several months ago.

卡爾：iphone 4s現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)上市了，這部手機(jī)的功能相當(dāng)強(qiáng)大。如果有了它，就用不著電腦了。我很想要一個(gè)，但是我?guī)讉€(gè)月前剛買了一個(gè)手機(jī)。

henry: the ipad is good as well, very portable and easy to operate.

亨利：ipad也很不錯(cuò)，便于攜帶，操作也很簡單。

carl: i'm waiting for the unveiling of the ipad 3.

卡爾：我在等ipad 3的問世呢。

henry: yes, it is worth expecting. but jobs's death may have some influences to this new product.

亨利：嗯，很值得期待。但是喬布斯的去世可能會對這個(gè)新產(chǎn)品造成一些影響。

carl: maybe, hoping the ipad 3 also can be designed following jobs' theory.

卡爾：也許會，希望ipad 3也能按照喬布斯的理念來設(shè)計(jì)。

notes

1. outstanding [aut?st?ndi?] adj. 杰出的，顯著的

2. cofounder [k?u'faund?] n. 共同開辦人，共同創(chuàng)立人

3. function [?f??k??n] n. 功能；v. 運(yùn)行，起作用

4. portable [?p?:t?b?l] adj. 便于攜帶的，手提式的，輕便的

5. operate [??p?reit] v. 操作，運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)；動手術(shù)；經(jīng)營

6. unveil [??n?veil] v. 揭露

小貼士

i believe apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. and i look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

——steven jobs

我相信，蘋果的未來將更加光明，更具創(chuàng)造力。我期待未來蘋果的成功，也將為此盡自己的綿薄之力。

——史蒂夫·喬布斯

基因問題

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dan meets across kent in a street.

丹在街上遇到了肯特。

kent: what did you do at your weekend?

肯特：你周末干什么了？

dan: i watched a movie last night, really exciting. the title is the sixth day.

丹：我昨晚看了一部電影，非常令人興奮，片名叫《第六日》。

kent: the sixth day? who's the starring? what's the plot?

肯特：《第六日》？是由誰主演的？什么情節(jié)？

dan: the hero is acted by schwarzenegger. it is mainly about the problems caused by clone technology.

丹：男主角是由施瓦辛格扮演的。主要是關(guān)于克隆技術(shù)引發(fā)的問題。

kent: it must be very cool and fantastic. i really love this muscle man. was schwarzenegger be cloned?

肯特：那一定酷斃了，我非常喜歡這個(gè)肌肉男。施瓦辛格被克隆了嗎？

dan: you are right. he found a man in his house who was the same with him one evening. then he was confused and tried to dig this out.

丹：你說對了。一天晚上他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一個(gè)和他一模一樣的人在他家里，他很困惑，決心把一切搞明白。

kent: did he kill the clone man in the end?

肯特：他最后把那個(gè)克隆人殺死了嗎？

dan: no, they became friends at last and they punished the wicked scientist together.

丹：沒有，他們最后成為了朋友，一起懲罰了那個(gè)缺德的科學(xué)家。

kent: clone is really a complicated thing. i think i will be threatened to death if another myself stand in front of me.

肯特：克隆確實(shí)是一個(gè)很復(fù)雜的問題。如果另一個(gè)自己出現(xiàn)在我面前的話，我想我會被嚇?biāo)赖摹?

dan: then the world will be totally in a mass. we can't distinguish who is the original one. it is really absurd.

丹：那這個(gè)世界就會完全混亂了。我們分不清楚哪個(gè)才是真人，那真是太荒唐了。

kent: i also think so. it is against the law of natural reproduction.

肯特：我也這么想。這是違背自然繁衍規(guī)律的。

dan: hope this is just a science fiction and would never happen in real world.

丹：希望這只是一部科幻小說，永遠(yuǎn)不要在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界發(fā)生。

notes

1. title [?taitl] n. 題目；稱號；片名

2. plot [pl?t] n. 故事情節(jié)；密謀

3. clone [kl?un] n. 無性繁殖，克隆；復(fù)制品；v. 克隆

4. confused [k?n'fjuzd] adj. 困惑的，惶惑的；混亂的，亂七八糟的，雜亂的

5. fantastic [f?n?t?stik] adj. 奇異的；極好的；不現(xiàn)實(shí)的

6. wicked [?wikid] adj. 邪惡的，惡劣的，缺德的；淘氣的

7. absurd [?b?s?:d] adj. 荒謬的，荒唐的

8. reproduction [?ri:pr??d?k??n] n. 繁育，生殖；復(fù)制

小貼士

the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified food:

轉(zhuǎn)基因食品的利弊：

advantages: it can increase crop output per unit of area to reduce producing cost.the transgenic technology can increase the pest-resistant and antiviral ability of the crop. it can also improve the storability of the agricultural products, and extend the refreshing time.

優(yōu)點(diǎn)：可增加作物單位面積產(chǎn)量；可以降低生產(chǎn)成本；通過轉(zhuǎn)基因技術(shù)可增強(qiáng)作物抗蟲害、抗病毒等的能力；提高農(nóng)產(chǎn)品的耐貯性，延長保鮮期。

disadvantages: a number of studies show that genetically modified foods will damage the immune function of mammals.

弊端：多項(xiàng)研究表明，轉(zhuǎn)基因食品對哺乳動物的免疫功能造成傷害。

航天技術(shù)

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it's time for lunch. kim and matt are talking while walking to the dining hall.

該吃午飯了。金和馬特在去餐廳的路上邊走邊聊。

kim: it is said that the shenzhou-8 manned spaceship launched in november.

金：據(jù)說神州八號在11月份發(fā)射升空了。

matt: yeah, i've heard of it. the aeronautical technology of our country is developing at a very fast speed now. the tiangong-1 have just launched successfully in september.

馬特：是啊，我聽說過了。我們國家的航天技術(shù)現(xiàn)在發(fā)展得非常快，天宮一號9月份剛剛發(fā)射成功。

kim: tiangong-1 is the first unmanned space module in china. it is really a breakthrough.

金：天宮1號是中國第一艘無人太空艙。這真是一個(gè)突破。

matt: yes, it is worth memorizing. and the shenzhou-8 and the tiangong-1 completed the first space docking.

馬特：對，很值得紀(jì)念。神州八號和天宮一號完成了第一次太空對接。

kim: i think it is very amazing and fantastic. how can two objects which are far away from earth can complete different actions as precisely as we wish?

金：我覺得這真是太巧妙太不可思議了，兩個(gè)離地球如此遙遠(yuǎn)的物體怎么能夠如此精確地按照人類的意愿完成各種動作。

matt: this is the power of knowledge. people are awesome.

馬特：這就是知識的力量。人類是了不起的。

kim: maybe one day we would reach out of the solar system and search the outer space.

金：也許有一天我們能夠走出太陽系，探索外太空。

matt: yes, and then we can cross the universe and visit different planets easily.

馬特：嗯。那我們就能很容易地穿越宇宙，去拜訪其他星球。