Smart Cars 一
Writing style :expository Characteristic : grimly
scientificalness and clear
写作体裁：说明文特点：严格的科学性，条理清晰。
二、中心思想：The computer revolution is set to turn smart cars that can see ,hear,feel,smell,talk and drive
on their own into a reality.(计算机革命正致力于把智能汽车能 看到，听到，感觉到，闻到，说话，自己开车到一个现实。） Part One Paras 1-3：
New technology will have a dramatic impact on cars and highways in the 21st century.
Part Two Paras 4-9 ：
With the aid of advanced technology, smart cars will be so designed that they can help eliminate traffic accidents, determine their
own precise locations and warn of traffic jams. Part Three Paras 10-13 ：
GPS and \"telematics\" will make it possible to build smart highways, which will benefit us in more than one way.
三、 overview标题以及课文中出现的短语，模块名言警句等 1. in the past 在过去
2、compliment sb on 称赞，恭维 3. so much good 如此好的 4. come to mind 意识到 5、 as we see 正如我们看到的 6、 manage to do 成功的做某事 7. express your opinion 表述你的观点 8. drive on one’s own 自动驾驶
9. turn it into a reality 使…..成为现实 10. the last seventy years 最近7年
11. the most lucrative and powerful industries 最赚钱和 最有冲击力的产业 12. make it 使成为…..
13. in the twenty-first century 在21世纪 14. the key to ……的重点
15. Approximately 40,000 people are killed each year in the United States in traffic accidents.每一年在美国有将近40，000的人死于交通事故。
16. the number of ….的数量 17. fully half of 近一半
18. come from drunk drivers 酒后驾车 19. refuse to start up 拒绝发动
20、get / be stuck in (sth)停留，被阻塞 21、blind spot 盲区
22、locate your car precisely 准确定位你的车 23、at any given time 在任何给定的时间内 24、be poised to do 做好准备做某事 25、attempt to do 试图做某事
26、be poised to 做好准备随时做。。。。
27、manufacture navigational systems 成产导航系统 28、blind individuals 盲人 29、walking sticks 手杖 30、remote control 远程控制
31、alert cars to traffic jams and obstructions 警报汽车交通阻塞
32、take complete control of 完全控制 33、heavily trafficked roads 繁忙的交通 34、the price of …… drop to 价格下降到。。
35、a penny a piece 一张一便士 36、an environmental boon 环境的福音 37、 With the price of microchips dropping 38、drastically , future applications of GPS are virtually limitless.
39、随着芯片价格大幅度下降，未来GPS的应用几乎是无限制 的。
40、 The list of potential uses is endless. 其潜在的应用是无穷无尽的。
41、 Promoters of this computerized highway have great hopes for its future.
这种计算机化的公路的倡导者对其未来抱有很大的希望。 42、 an alternative to highway expansion 公路扩建的替代方法 重点表达
1、计算机革命the computer revolution 2、制造业manufacturing industry 3、长途司机long-distance driver
4、被严重低估be grossly underestimated 5、威胁生命的重大隐患life-threatening hazard 6、解决问题cure the problem 7、积极的影响have a positive impact
8、转换成无线电信号 be tuned to radio signals 9、在任何一个特定时间at any given time
10、量子理论法则the laws of the quantum theory 11、精确的频率precise frequency
12、发出无线电信号send out a radio signal 13、换算出be converted into 14、导航能力 navigational capability 15、几乎无限virtually limitless
16、手杖walking sticks 17. 遥控remote control
18. 潜在的应用potential use / application 19. 要求call for
20. 完全控制take complete control of 21. 被编成组be bunched into groups 22. 一齐行驶travel in unison 23. 对环保有利environmental boon 四、课文中的难重点
1、Even the automobile industry ,which has remained largely unchanged for the last seventy years,is about to feel the effects of the computer revolution.即便是过去70年间基本上没有多少变化的汽车工业，也将感受到计算机革命的影响。
2、Sales of the automobile industry stand at about a trillion dollars,making it the world's biggest manufacturing industry.汽车工业的销售额达一万亿美元左右，从而成为世界上最大的制造业。
3、The key to tomorrow’s “smart cars” will be s ensors.明天的关键的“智能汽车”将使传感器。
4、The member of people that are killed or badly injured in car accidents is so vast that we don't even bother to mention the newspapers anymore.在汽车
事故中死亡或严重受伤的人数太多，我们已经不屑在报纸上提及。 5、Smart cars have already been built which can monitor one's driving conditions nearby.能监控行车过程以及周围行车状况的智能汽车已经建造出来。
6、Should you make a serious driving
mistake(e.g.,change lanes when there is a car in your \"blind spot\") the computer would sound an immediate warning. 如果你发生重大行车失误(如变道时有车辆在你“盲点”内)，计算机立即会发出警报。
7、At the MIT Media Lab,a prototype is already being built which will determine how sleepy you are as you drive,which is especially important for long-distance truck drivers.在麻省理工学院媒介实验室，已制造出能测知你行车时有多少睡意的样车，这对长途卡车司机意义尤其重大。
8、The monotonous, almost hypnotic process of staring at the center divider for long hours is a grossly
underestimated, life-threatening hazard. To eliminate this, a tiny camera hidden in the dashboard can be trained on a driver’s face and eyes.
单调的，长时间的盯着分中心几乎能催眠的过程是被严重低估，危及生命的危险。为消除这一微小的照相机，隐藏在仪表板可以训练一个司机的脸和眼睛。
9、Sensors in your car tuned to radio signals from orbiting satellites can locate your car precisely at any moment and warn of traffic jams.你车上的无线电信号调谐的传感器从轨道卫星可以随时精确地确定你汽车的交通拥堵和警告。
10、T hey make it possible to determine your location on the earth to within about a hundred feet.他们使它能够确定你的位置在地球上在大约100英尺。
11、Since the speed of light is well known, any delay in receiving the satellite’s signal can be converted into a
distance. 由于光的速度是众所周知的，在接收卫星信号时的任何延迟可以被转换成一个距离
12、Some of the m locate a car’s position by correlating the rotations in the steering wheel to its position on a map.。他们中的一些人找到车的位置相关联的旋转方向盘在地图上的位置
13、We already have twenty-four Navstar satellites orbiting the earth ,making up what is called the Global Pointing System.。我们已经有24颗环绕地球运行的导航卫星，组成了人们所说的全球卫
星定位系统。
14、With the price of microchips dropping so drastically,future applications of GPS are virtually limitless.随着微芯片价格的大幅度下降，未来对全球卫星定位系统的应用几乎是无限的。
15、On an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 15 ten miles north of San Diego,在圣迭戈北部15州际公路十英里八英里。
16、GPS is actually but part of a large movement,called \"telematics,\" which will eventually attempt attempt to put smart cars on smart highways.全球卫星定位系统其实只是叫做“远程信息学”的这一更大行动的一部分，这一行动最终将把智能汽车送上智能高速公路。
17、The plan calls for computers,aided by thousands of three-inch magnetic spikes buried in the highway,to take compete control of the driving of cars on heavily trafficked roads.这一计划要求计算机在公路上埋设的数千个3英寸长的磁钉的协助下，在车辆极多的路段完全控制车辆的运行。
18、By 2010, telematics may well be incorporated into one of the major highways in the United States. 2010，远程信息技术很可能被纳入美国的一条主要公路。
5、课后问题
1.How important was the automobile industry in the twentieth century ?
The automobile industry ranks as among the most lucrative and powerful industries of the twentieth century.
2. What will happen to cars and roads in the twenty-first century?
The car, and the roads it travels on, will be revolutionized in the twenty-first century.
3、Why does the author say the key to tomorrow’s“smart
cars”will be sensors?
“We’ll see vehicles and roads that see and hear and feel and smell and talk and act,”
4、How would sensors help reduce traffic fatalities?
It can sense if a driver is drunk via electronic sensors that can pick up alcohol vapor in the air, and refuse to start up the engine.
5 What is the function of the radars hidden in the bumpers? Small radars hidden in the bumpers can scan for nearby cars. 6、How will a smart car alert a driver who feels drowsy? a tiny camera hidden in the dashboard can be trained on a driver’s face an d eyes. If the driver’s eyelids close for a certain length of time and his or her driving becomes erratic, a computer in the dashboard could alert the driver.
7、What makes it impossible for smart cars to determine their approximate location?
the Global Positioning System.
8、What are the prospects for applications of GPS?
Blind individuals could use GPS sensors in walking sticks, airplanes could land by remote control, hikers will be able to locate their position in the woods—the list of potential uses is endless.
9、What is “telematics”expected to achieve in increasing the efficiency and safety of highway transportation?
GPS is actually but part of a larger movement, called “telematics,”
10、What are traffic engineers doing on Interstate 15 close to San Diego?
On an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 15 ten miles north of San Diego, traffic engineers are installing an
MIT-designed system which will introduce the “automated
driver.”
11、What hopes to promoters of the smart highway have for its future?
By 2010, telematics may well be incorporated into one of the major highways in the United States. If successful, by 2020, as the price of microchips drops to below a penny a piece, telematics could be adopted in thousands of miles of highways in the United States.
12、What are the advantages of smart highways?
This could prove to be an environmental boon as well, saving fuel, reducing traffic jams, decreasing air pollution, and serving as an alternative to highway expansion.
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