高中英语人教版高二下课文08

[06:57.52]除了我们使用的这些用段，有哪些事情真的发生了变化？
[07:00.44]When we describe or talk about new inventions,
[07:02.97]在描述或谈论新发现时，
[07:05.51]we use words and ideas that we already know.
[07:08.24]我们使用了已经知道的文字和观点。
[07:10.97]For example,when we want to explain how a computer works,
[07:14.14]例如，当我们要解释电脑是怎样工作的，
[07:17.32]we use words like"memory","store"and"cut and paste".
[07:20.56]我们使用“存储器”，“储存”和“剪切和粘贴”。
[07:23.79]The words are useful,but they are not quite true.
[07:26.58]这些词实用，但是它们也并不是很准确。
[07:29.36]A computer's "memory"is similar to human memory in some ways,
[07:32.69]电脑的“存储器”在某些方面和人的记忆相似，
[07:36.02]but it is also very different.
[07:38.06]但那也不同。
[07:40.09]A computer does keep information in its memory,
[07:42.67]电脑确实在存储器中储存信息，
[07:45.24]but that is clearly different from other kinds of storage.
[07:48.02]但那和其他种类的储存有明显的区别。
[07:50.80]We do cut and paste,but we don't use scissors or glue.
[07:54.08]我们确实剪切和粘贴，但不用剪刀和胶水。
[07:57.36]Using familiar words makes it easier for us to understand and use a new tool,
[08:01.24]使用熟悉的词使我们更容易理解和使用一种新工具，
[08:05.12]but it may also make it more difficult for us to use the new invention in the best way.
[08:08.95]但同时也有可能使我们觉得以最好的方式动用一种新发明更困难。
[08:12.77]After all,what makes a new invention such a wonderful thing
[08:15.95]毕竟，使一个新的发明变得如些神奇的是
[08:19.12]is that it allows us to do something we could not do before.
[08:22.01]它能让我们做我们以前不能做的事情。
[08:24.89]Science is not just about electronics and plastic;
[08:27.68]科学并不是仅关于电子和塑料，
[08:30.46]it is also about how we think about the world.
[08:33.03]也包括我们怎样的思考世界。
[08:35.60]Now that we are developing new technology at such a high pace,
[08:38.74]既然我们在高速开发新技术，新方法。
[08:41.87]the true challenge is to find new ways of using it.
[08:44.75]真正的挑战是要找到运用它的新方法。
[08:47.62]How will we use computers in the future?
[08:49.80]未来我们怎样使用电脑？
[08:51.98]How will we use the Internet?
[08:53.76]怎样使用因特网？
[08:55.54]The real function will only be known
[08:58.02]只有当我们找到一些新的办法来思考科技时，
[09:00.50]once we discover new ways of thinking about the technology.
[09:03.44]它的真正功能才能知道。
[09:06.38]Integrating skills
[09:19.44]Reading   Inventions
[09:23.20]Computers taht use light instead of electricity,
[09:28.06]"smart" clothes taht can make phone calls and play music,
[09:33.81]house paints that change colour with the seasons,
[09:38.53]e-paper and ads that speak to you
[09:43.29]-the list of amazing new inventions that seem to be just around the corner
[09:49.24]is long and inspiring.
[09:53.32]How many of these new technologies will actually become reality remains to be seen,
[10:00.45]but it is clear that the next fifty years will be exciting.
[10:05.60]Here is a look at some of the new ideas that may shape our future.
[10:11.55]Now you see it,Now you don't
[10:15.50]Researchers in Japan
[10:18.76]have invented a kind of paint that makes things invisible.
[10:23.80]It may sound incredible,
[10:27.36]but the new paint reflects light in such a way that the human eye is fooled.
[10:33.60]The technology behind the paint is fairly simple:
[10:38.17]instead of letting the light rays bounce back in the normal way,
[10:43.74]the paint sends the light back to the source.
[10:48.18]It is as if a basketball backboard was made
[10:52.93]so that a ball thrown at an angle
[10:56.77]would bounce right back at teh person throwing it.
[11:01.45]The paint does not really make things disappear,
[11:06.20]but by changing the way the light bounces
[11:10.35]it does make it possible to "see through" objects.
[11:16.10]The technology has many potential uses.
[11:20.86]The paint could be used to make interesting clothes
[11:25.01]and to help doctors see throught the skin of a patient
[11:30.05]and thus be able to work better.