2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 3 Tomorrow’s World Section Ⅰ

Noonecanknowitfromnow,butscientistsstudyingtheevolution①ofthesociety,humanlifeandtheworldingeneralmakesuchkindofpredictions②basedonscientificdata.Accordingtotheirpublicationsinscientificjournals,let'sseehowtheworldmightlooklikeina100yearsfromnow.EmbeddedcomputersAccordingtopredictionsbyIanPearsonandPatrickTucker,by2050thehumanbodywillbeembedded③withcomputers,atleastinabigpartofthepopulation,andby2075mostofthecitizensofthedevelopedworldwillhavesomekindofchips④builtintheirbrainstomakethemworkfasterandsharethoughtsintheformofcomputerdata.GlobalcurrencyAccordingtofuturists,itisverylikelythataglobalelectroniccurrencywillbecreated.Theysaythatthelocalcurrencieswillbefewuntilmid­centuryandwillgraduallydisappear.ThreeworldlanguagesTherewillbeonlythreeworldlanguages：English,SpanishandChinese.Otherlanguageswillhavenochancetosurvivethroughtime.Futuristssaythatmanyminoritylanguagesarealreadyextinct⑤andthefactthatalleducatedpeopleintheworldspeakatleastoneoftheselanguageswillhelpinthisway.OceansasafoodsourceItisoneofthemost“confident”futuredevelopments,accordingtoscientists,becauseiftheworldpopulationcontinuesgrowingatthesamerate,itwillreachtenbillion.Sothefoodwillnotbeenough.Thustheoceanswillbeusedtoraisefishandtoprovidepopulationswithfreshwatertakenfromtheseaplants.JourneysintospaceMostfuturistsagreeonthisandbelievethatsomekindoftouristattractionswillbecreatedinspace,althoughtheywillbeaffordable⑥onlyforwealthypeople.[多积词汇]①evolutionn．演化②predictionn.预言，预测③embedv.把……嵌入④chipn.晶片⑤extinctadj.灭绝的；消逝的⑥affordableadj.付得起的[读文清障][原文呈现]SectionⅠWelcometotheunit&Reading—Pre­readingNotjustwatchingafilm...RealCine—virtual①reality②foreveryoneThispresentation③willgiveyousomeinformationaboutRealCine:howitworks,whyitisbetterthanafilm,andhowitcanbeusedinotherways.TheRealCine①virtual/'vɜːtʃʊəl/adj.(通过计算机软件)虚拟的，模拟的；很接近的，实际上的②reality/rI'ælətI/n.现实，事实③presentation/ˌprezn'teIʃn/n.展示，介绍；颁发；提交，出示[读文清障][原文呈现]experiencewillamaze④you,andyouwillagreethatthisisanextraordinarytechnologythatdeservestobedevelopedfurther⑤.ThetechnologybehindRealCineisvirtualreality(VR).Unlikeafilm,whereapassiveaudiencewatchesandhearswhatishappeningonascreen⑥，④amaze/ə'meIz/vt.使惊奇，使惊诧⑤第一个that引导宾语从句，作agree的宾语；第二个that引导定语从句，修饰technology。⑥passive/'pæsIv/adj.被动的activeadj.主动的where引导非限制性定语从句，修饰afilm。[读文清障][原文呈现]RealCineputsyouintotheactionandconnectswithyoursensesofsight,hearing,smellandtouchinanactiveway.ImaginethataVRuser⑦‘goes’sightseeing⑧intheHimalayas.NotonlywillheorshefeeleverystepofclimbingMountQomolangma,buttheuserwillalsoexperience⑨⑦user/'juːzə(r)/n.使用者⑧sightseeing/'saItsiːIŋ/n.观光，游览⑨notonly...but(also)...连接两个分句，若notonly位于句首表示强调时，其后的分句常用倒装语序，but(also)分句不倒装。[读文清障][原文呈现]smells,sightsandsoundsofthesurroundingenvironment;heorshewillenjoyafeelingofhappiness⑩andasenseofachievement⑪uponreachingthetop⑫.⑩happiness/'hæpInəs/n.幸福，快乐⑪asenseofachievement成就感⑫upon/ondoingsth.表示“一……就……”。不只是看电影……[第1～2段译文]RealCine——人人都能享受的虚拟现实电影本介绍将给你陈述关于RealCine的一些信息：它的工作原理，它比普通电影优越的原因所在，以及它的其他用途。RealCine的经历会使你惊讶，你将会认同这是一项非凡的技术，值得进一步开发。支持RealCine的技术是虚拟现实(VR)。电影仅仅让观众被动地看和听屏幕上发生的事，而RealCine与电影不同，它让你参与到剧情活动中，以一种主动的方式与你的视觉、听觉、嗅觉和触觉联系起来。想象一下，一位VR使用者在喜马拉雅山“观光”。他或她不仅能感受到攀登珠穆朗玛峰的每一步的艰辛，还能体验到周围环境的寒冷、气味、景观和声音；到达顶峰时，他或她将会享受到一种愉悦感和成就感。[读文清障][原文呈现]RealCineworksbymakingtheusersfeelthattheyarereallyinanewworld—aworldthatdoesnotexistexceptinacomputerprogram.Toachievethis,specialVRheadsets⑬aredesignedtoallowtheuserstoseein3­D⑭andhearthesoundallaroundthem.Themovementsoftheheadsetindicatethedirectioninwhichtheuserwantstogo.Theuseralsowearsspecialglovessoheorshecan‘touch’thepeopleandobjectsthatheorshesees.Toaddto⑮thevirtualworldofRealCine,⑬headset/'hedset/n.头戴式耳机⑭3­D/ˌθriː'diː/n.三维，立体⑮addto使增强，使增加，使扩大addupto总共是，总计为[读文清障][原文呈现]theheadsetsevenhavesmallopeningsthatgiveoutsmells⑯tomatchtheenvironment.Boththeheadsetsandtheglovesareconnectedto⑰acomputernetwork⑱intheVRstudio⑲.⑯thatgiveoutsmells是that引导的定语从句，修饰smallopenings。⑰beconnectedto与……相连接beconnectedwith与……有关⑱network/'netwɜːk/n.(互联)网络⑲studio/'stjuːdIəʊ/n.(广播、电视)演播室，制作室；工作室atelevisionstudio电视演播室[第3段译文]RealCine的工作原理是让使用者觉得自己身处真实的新世界中——一个只在电脑程序中存在的世界。为了达到这种效果，需要设计专门的VR耳机，这种耳机可以让使用者欣赏到三维世界，听到环绕在他们身边的声响。VR耳机的移动方向就表明使用者想移动的方向。使用者还要戴上专门的手套，这样，他或她就可以“触摸”看到的人和物体了。给RealCine虚拟世界锦上添花的是，耳机上甚至还有一些小孔，可以释放出与环境相匹配的气味。VR耳机和手套均与演播室里的RealCine电脑系统相连接。[读文清障][原文呈现]InscientificstudiesithasbeenshownthatVRcanbeagoodtreatmentforpeoplewhohavesocial⑳problems.Inonecase○21，ateenagerwhowasafraidoftalkingandplayingwithhisschoolmateswastreatedwithVR.IntheworldcreatedbyRealCine○22，hebecamethecaptainoftheBrazilian○23⑳social/səʊʃl/adj.社交的，交际的；社会的○21inonecase在一个案例中○22过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰world。○23Brazilian/brə'zIlIən/adj.巴西的n．巴西人[读文清障][原文呈现]footballteamandscoredthewinning○24goalinaWorldCupfinal.Thisencouragedhimtobecomemoreconfident○25aroundothers.Anargumenthasbeenputforward○26thatsomeuserswillbedisappointedbyRealCinebecauseVRisnotreal○27.○24winning/'wInIŋ/adj.制胜的，获胜的○25confident/'kɒnfIdənt/adj.自信的；肯定的，有把握的beconfidentabout对……感到自信○26putforward提出，提议○27disappointed/ˌdIsə'pɔIntId/adj.失望的，沮丧的disappointingadj.令人失望的thatsomeusersw