2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 24 Society Section Ⅰ Warm-up

英国一位鞋设计师推出一双不锈钢高跟鞋，保质期1000年，并声称：尽管所用的材料与制造刀叉的材料是一样的，但有可能是全世界最舒服的高跟鞋。It'sasaddayforanywomanwhenshefinallyhastoadmitherfavouriteheelsaresimplywornout①.However,havingtothrowhertrustyshoescouldbecomepastifthelatestfootwearinventiontakesoff②.Recently,ashoedesignerhaslaunchedapairofstainlesssteelhighheelswhichcomewithaone­thousand­yearguarantee③.Thedesigner,ChrisShellisfromBirmingham,claimstheeverlastingstilettos④mightbetheworld'smostcomfortableheels,despitebeingmadeof⑤thesamemetalasknivesandforks.Theshoeshavebeenmadeoutoftoughstainlesssteelandsolidsilverwithpermanentsiliconlinersinside,whichmakeitflexibletoaccommodatethefeet.Chrisexplains:“Iwanttomakesomethingiconic⑥thatcanadapttotheordinarywomen.Theshoessimplycannotbedestroyedbecauseofageoranyotherway,andthey'reagoodinvestmentaswomencanevenhandthemdown⑦totheirgranddaughters.AlsoIknowwhatwomengothrough⑧whilewearingheels:theytakethemoffandhavebunionseverywhere.Buttheseshoesarecomfortablewithoutdamagingthefeet.I'vehadamodelwearingthemfor10hoursaday,andthereisnorealpressurepointleft.”Christakestwoyearstofinishthedesignfortheeverlastingshoes,andheispleasedwith⑨thefinalresult.Hesays：“ItisreallyatoughprocessbecauseIhavetoconsidertheorthopedic⑩qualitiesaswellasthefashionstatement.Iwantthemtobeaniconicartthatcanbewornandenjoyed.Withtheremovableheels,theseshoesreallywilllastforalongtime.”Chrisdoesadvisetreatingtheshoeswithalittlemorelovingcarethanyourordinarypairs.Theonlyessentialmaintenanceistohaveashowerorbathforthem.[多积词汇]①wornout磨损的，废旧的②takeoff成功③guaranteen．保证④stiletton．细高跟鞋⑤bemadeof由……制成⑥iconicadj形象的，标志性的⑦handdown传递给⑧gothrough经受(痛苦)⑨bepleasedwith对……高兴⑩orthopedicadj.矫形的SectionⅠWarm­up&Lesson1—Pre­reading[读文清障][原文呈现]①betrappedin被困在……中，陷入……的困境②earnmoney挣钱(＝makemoney)③deposit/dI'pɒzIt/vt.&vi.存储，储蓄Spend,Spend,SpendManyofusindevelopedsocietiesaretrappedin①aspendingcircle.Weworkhardsothatwecanearnmoremoney②.Whenwehavemoremoney,wespendmoreandbecausewespendmore,wehavetoworkevenharder.Sometimeswetrytodeposit③alittleor[读文清障][原文呈现]④change...into...把……换成……⑤currency/'kʌrənsi/n.货币⑥inthehopethat怀着……的希望⑦signature/'sIɡnətʃə/n.签名⑧govern/'gʌvən/vt.统治，管理⑨complicatedadj.复杂的changeourmoneyinto④differentcountries'currencies⑤inthehopethat⑥wecanmakeevenmoremoney.Butstrangelyenough,themoremoneyweearn,thelessoftenweseeit.Instead,westartputtingoursignatures⑦oncreditcardsandspendingmoneywedon'tevenhave.Besides,we'realltaxpayerssothemoreweearnthemoretaxwehavetopaytothosewhogovern⑧us.Thus,thecirclegoesroundandroundandgetsmoreandmorecomplicated⑨.[读文清障][原文呈现]⑩ontheonehand...ontheotherhand...一方面……另一方面……⑪accumulate/ə'kjuːmjʊleIt/v.积累⑫possessionn．占有物，财产(常用复数)inpossessionof拥有；占有inthepossessionof被占有⑬ownership/'əʊnəʃIp/n.所有权Inthisspendingcircle,ontheonehand⑩，weaccumulate⑪possessions⑫butneverfeellikewehaveenough.Ontheotherhand,weworktowardstheownership⑬ofbiggerandbetterhousesandcarsandneverhavetimetoenjoythem.[读文清障][原文呈现]⑭burden/'bɜːdn/n.重担，负担⑮because引导原因状语从句。在该从句中，weearn为定语从句，修饰themoney。handover移交(某物、权力、责任等)Instead,theyfeellikeaburden⑭becauseeverymonthwehavetohandovermostofthemoneyweearntopayforthem⑮.Andtheresultofallthis?Notincreasedhappiness,butstressandlessfreetimetobeourselvesandenjoybeingwithourfriendsandfamilies.花钱，花钱，花钱[第1～2段译文]在发达社会，我们中的很多人陷入了一种消费怪圈中。我们努力工作挣更多的钱，我们钱挣得越多，花得就越多。由于花钱更多，我们又要加倍努力工作。有时，我们试着储蓄一些钱或者将钱兑换成不同国家的货币，希望能够赚取更多的钱。但是很奇怪，我们挣的钱越多，见到钱的次数就越少。相反，我们开始在信用卡上签名，花我们甚至还不曾拥有的钱。除此之外，我们都是纳税人，因此我们挣的钱越多，就要向政府交更多的税。就这样，这个怪圈不断地循环着，变得越来越复杂。在这个消费怪圈里，我们一方面积累财产但是永远感觉不到满足。另一方面，我们努力工作想拥有更大更好的房子、汽车，却没有时间去享用它们。相反，感觉它们就像一种负担，因为我们每月都要将挣的大部分钱支付它们。而这一切的结果呢？我们不是更幸福了，而是压力增加了，留给自己和与朋友、家人相处的时间更少了。[读文清障][原文呈现]⑯bebetteroff比较宽裕beworseoff比以前更穷bewelloff富裕bebadlyoff贫穷⑰vacant/'veIkənt/adj.未住人的，空置的⑱resistance/rI'zIstns/n.反抗，抵制⑲affectvt.影响(＝haveaneffecton)Surelywe'restillbetteroff⑯thanthosewhowearragsandsleeponthestreetsorinvacant⑰buildings,butthereisagrowingresistance⑱tothisconsumersocietywhichisespeciallyaffecting⑲theyouthoftodaywiththeircomputers,i­pods,designerclothesandmobilephones.[读文清障][原文呈现]⑳protestn．抗议，反对○21insist表示“坚持主张，坚决要求”时，其后的宾语从句用虚拟语气，谓语动词由“should＋动词原形”构成，should可以省略。后文中的demand和suggest用法与此相同。○22shortenvt.缩短Protest⑳groupsareinsistingthatsomeofourmoneybegiventothethirdworld○21.Tradeunionsdemandthatthegovernmentshorten○22theworkingweek.Theyarealsosuggestingthatpeopleshouldshareworkandthusreduceunemployment.[读文清障][原文呈现]○23comeintobeing形成，存在○24adjustment/ə'dʒʌstmənt/n.调整，调节makeanadjustment做出调整○25diverse/daI'vɜːs/adj.各种各样的diversityn．多样性Iflawssuchasthesecameintobeing○23，ahugeadjustment○24wouldberequiredandtherewouldcertainlybediverse○25reactions.Butmanyfeelitwouldbeworthit.[读文清障][原文呈现]○26It's(high/about)timethatsb.didsth.“正是某人做某事的时间了”，可视为固定句式。that从句中的谓语动词用过去式或用“should＋动词原形”，这里表示虚拟语气。○27takesth.seriously认真对待某事○28aimat旨在，针对；向……瞄准○29aimedatchildren是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰advertising，相当于that/whichisaimedatchildren。Asasociety,it'shightimethatwetook○26theseissuesmoreseriously○27.Weshouldinsistthatadvertisingismorecontrolled,especiallyadvertisingaimedat○28children○29.[读文清障][原文呈现]○30apartfrom除了，此处可用besides或inadditionto替换。○31aboveall首