Group 5,Active Reading 1 paragraph 1415,课文翻译,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,看一看下面的地图。如果你的目的地在地图上标出的那个阴影区域里，你就遇到麻烦了。这个阴影区域离地图四周的边缘处只有一厘米的距离，这似乎微不足道。但是这些阴影区域的面积加起来有56平方厘米。差不多占了整页地图面积的28%，这意味着任何一个你要找的地方都有28%（差不多是三分之一）的机率出现在离页边不到一厘米的尴尬的地方。假如你设定离页边两厘米为阅读不便的话，那你遇上坏运气的机率就攀升到了52%。换句话说，差不多每隔一次你就会碰到这样的倒霉事。,课文翻译,在大多数有关倒霉事的故事中，你会忘掉路线好找的次数，只记得路线不好找的次数，在这种情况下，你倒霉的机率肯定会很高，以致于过不了多久你就又会诅咒自己的运气，诅咒地图的出版商，或者两个一起诅咒。顺便说一下，这正是现在许多地图允许相邻的两页有很大重合部分的原因。一份制作精良的地图册，每页至少有30%的部分会在其他页上重复出现。,文本,文本,文本,insignificant,adj. not large or important enough to be worth considering 不重要的；无意义的；无足轻重的 同近义词：indifferent,例.现在来看这工作量不是无关紧要的。 All this to say the workload is not insignificant.,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,文本,短语 insignificant leak 小的泄漏 Believe Insignificant 相信微不足道 insignificant strength 无意义优势 insignificant details 琐碎的细节 So insignificant 如此无用 ; 多么微不足道 ; 太过无关紧要了 ; 如此无力,文本,文本,文本,文本,awkwardly,adv. 1 with difficulty or in a way that is not graceful 笨拙地；不雅观地 2 in a way that shows you are not comfortable, relaxed,or confident 别扭地；拘谨地；尴尬地,例.它拿出他的手机，笨拙地在屏幕上轻轻敲击。 It took out his cell phone and tapped awkwardly on the screen.,短语 walk awkwardly 跛行 ; 蹒跚 imitate awkwardly 邯郸学步 stand awkwardly 局促不安的站着 I know you awkwardly 我知道你的为难,printer,n. 1 a person or business that prints documents or pictures etc for private customers or other business 印刷工；印刷业 2 a piece of equipment used for printing documents or pictures etc 打印机,例1.把这份稿子送到印刷厂去。 Get the copy to the printer. 例2.他们取走了打印机。 They took the printer away.,incidentally,adv. 1 used for adding related but less important information to what has just been said,or for suddenly introducing a new subject 伴随地；附带地 2 in a way that is not planned or does not seem important 偶然地；不经意地,同近义词 adv. 顺便；偶然地；附带地 passingly , accidentally,例. 这些电影听上去很棒，顺便说一句，如果有人感兴趣，我准备好了把它们任何一个写成剧本。 Those movies all sound great to me, and, incidentally, I am prepared to write any of them, if there is interest.,短语 quite incidentally 凑巧得很 incidentally mention 顺便提及 Shopping incidentally 顺便逛逛 Not Incidentally 并非偶然,n. a situation in which things overlap 互搭；重叠；部分的相同 v. if two objects overlap,or one overlaps the other, the edge of one fits over the edge of the other （与）互搭；（与）重叠,overlap,例1.但它们并不总是重叠的。 But they do not always overlap. 例2.这个女孩和男孩的测试结果中有大量的重叠 There is considerable overlap between the girls and boys test results.,a. next or near something else 毗邻的；邻近的,adjacent,短语 adjacent to 与临近; 邻近的 adjacent structure 毗连建筑物 adjacent sea 近海；边缘海；邻海 adjacent side 邻边,例. 这个新大楼与公园邻近 The new building is adjacent to the park.,duplicate,v. 1 to create a situation that is exactly like another one 重复 2 to make an exact copy of something such as a document 复制；刻印,例1.不要重复你已经在做的工作。 Dont duplicate what you already do. 例2.我们必须为每个版本复制所有的程序，一个 版本中有数百个程序。 We had to duplicate all applications for each release, with hundreds applications in each release.,短语 in duplicate 一式二份 duplicate key 复制键 duplicate copy 副本；复制本,Thanks,