Smart Cars
Smart Cars
智能汽车：
Unmanned vehicle = Self-driving/smart cars can drive itself 无人驾驶的车辆
Smart cars can be driven by drivers or can be driven by themselves.
Smart cars are cars using artificial intelligence to take automatic control of their all operations.
Smart cars must have the components of computers, radars and sensors./must have artificial intelligence and all kinds of systems./must be high-tech cars.
The shape of smart cars is usually very conceptualized, so some of them look very strange and some are very cute.
Smart cars use new energy resources and thus they are good for environment /can make our driving more comfortable and safer.
1.be set for sth./to do sth. = be ready /prepared for sth./to do sth. 准备做某事
e.g. We were all set to go when the telephone rang.我们都准备好要走时电话铃响了。
2.turn sth. Into a reality (使)成为现实
e.g. She has turned her dream (of going to college) into a reality.
3.rank（vi.）----as/among/with
e.g. The recession(经济衰退)ranks as one of the worst in recent times.这次经济衰退是近年来最严重的之一。
rank as + one of +名词复数
e.g. I think Ba Jin ranks among the greatest writers.
我认为巴金可以被列入作为大作家的行列。
rank among + 名词复数
e.g. Does he rank among/with the failures?
他可以算作失败的那一类人吗？
4.alert sb. = warn sb (danger trouble )使…警觉
alert sb. to sth.
e.g. Why weren’t the police alerted? 为什么没有报警？
e.g. The teacher alerted the students to the danger of swimming in the river.老师警告学生们在河里游泳有危险。
5.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. 倒装句 + 虚拟语气
If 引导的从句中含有were ，had，should，could要倒装
6.be trained on/train … on…/train…at… 将…对准…
7.They make it possible… :V+it+adj.+to do 使做…成为可能
Most people find it hard to understand how living with one’s own children could be lonely.
8.to within about a hundred feet to 将位置确定到某个程度 within 某个范围内 about 做副词 大约
9.correlate (vt.) 使(与—)相互关联
A correlate with / to B A与B相互关联（不及物）
Correlate A with / to B 使A与B相互关联（及物）
10.orbiting satellites 环绕轨道运行的卫星（现在分词作定语修饰名词） = satellite that is orbiting the Earth
11.computerized highway 计算机化的公路（过去分词作定语修饰名词）= highway that has been computerized
现在分词作定语修饰名词，表主动、动作正在进行，表示所修饰名词的性质、特征或动作
过去分词作定语修饰名词，表被动、动作已完成，表示所修饰名词的状态
V+ing形式 包括现在分词和动名词两种情况
动名词作定语修饰名词 表示所修饰名词的用途
A drinking horse = a horse that is drinking
Drinking water = water for drinking
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The automobile industry 汽车产业
The computer revolution 计算机革命
manufacturing industry 制造业
General Motors Corporation 通用汽车公司
The key to …的关键
ITS = intelligent transportation systems 智能交通运输系统
Traffic accidents 交通事故
Car accidents 汽车事故
drunk drivers 醉驾司机
electronic sensors 电子传感器
start up the engine 启动引擎
get rid of 消除；消灭；排除
Change lanes 变道
The center divider 中间分道线
A life-threatening hazard 威胁生命的重大隐患
make a serious mistake 犯了一个严重的错误
blind spot 盲区；盲点
sound an immediate warning 立即发出警报
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology 麻省理工学院
long-distance truck drivers 长途汽车司机
get stuck in traffic 陷入交通堵塞
have a positive impact on … 对某事有/产生积极的影响（可接宾语）
cure the problem = solve the problem 解决问题
Traffic jam 交通堵塞
The global positioning system 全球定位系统
Tune to 将…调到… Please tune your radio to FM73.1.
At any given time 在任何一个特定时间
atomic clocks 原子钟
the laws of the quantum theory 量子理论法则
send out a radio signal发出无线电信号
The speed of light 光速
the steering wheel 方向盘
Navigational systems 导航系统
Be poised to 准备就绪
potential uses潜在的应用
The information explosion 信息爆炸
Walking sticks 手杖；拐杖
Blind individual 盲人
Remote control 遥控器
Smart highways/roads 智能公路
Radio transmitters 无线电发报机
Mount on 将…固定在…上
Magnetic spikes 磁钉
Take complete control of 完全控制
Be bunched into groups 将…分组
In unison 一起、一齐
Call for 需要，需求
Have great hopes for… 对…抱有很大的希望
Decrease air pollution 减少空气污染
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Memory
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capacity = ability n. 能力
retrieve vt. 检索
Photographic adj. 摄影的；精确的
Sieve n. 筛子，漏勺
Sharpen vt. = improve 提高，改善
Visualize vt. = imagine 想象
mind’s eye = imagination (心眼) 想象力
be defined as… 被定义为…
A photographic memory = a great memory 精确的记忆力
Have a memory like a sieve = have a very bad memory 记性差
（sth.） escape one’s mind =(sth.) be forgotten （某事）被忘记
（sth.） be on the tip of one’s tongue = one knows (sth.) but cannot remember it 话在嘴边但记不起来
Can’t place sth. = can’t remember sth.
from memory 凭记忆
be a must 是必不可少的
Working memory = short-term memory 短期记忆
general term 通称，总称
be born with… 与生俱来的…
build sth. up = increase sth gradually over a period of time 随时间推移逐渐加强
Past events 往事
Keep a diary 记日记
To the most 最大限度，极限，极度
Keep information available for later use 保存信息以供以后使用的能力 [store 储存]
If I remember correctly, I think we’ve met before.
如果我记得没错，我们曾经见过
The palest ink is better than the best memory .
好记性不如烂笔头