Passage I For Conversation Press # 1,Unit 3 Communication by Phone,Related Information,A cell phone is a small telephone you can carry with you that operates through networks of radio antennas or space satellites. Other expressions of a cell phone: a. a cellular phone/telephone b. a mobile phone /telephone c. a handset,A Cell Phone 手机,Related Information,ATM is the abbreviation for automated teller machine. ATMs are found in business districts and shopping malls. People use them to get cash from their bank accounts and in many places, to pay for gas, groceries, and other things.,ATM 自动取款机,Related Information,A Voice Mail 有声邮件,A voice mail is a telephone answering system on which spoken messages are left by one person for another.,(Para. 1) Ive got a cell phone, email and voice mail. But why am I so lonely? (Para. 2) A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. (Para. 3) I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation.,Passage I,For Conversation Press # 1,1,2,3,(Para. 4) The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.,Passage I,(Para. 5) The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.,Passage I,4,(Para. 6) Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice-mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.,Passage I,5,(Para. 7) As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated. (Para. 8) Pumping gas at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?,Passage I,6,7,8,(Para. 9) Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM? (Para. 10) Pretty soon you wont have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing.,Passage I,9,(Para. 11) I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, an email account. Giving them up isnt an option- they are great for what they are intended to do. Its their unintended consequences that make me cringe.,Passage I,10,11,12,means “with the purpose of”,1. (Title) For Conversation Press # 1,通话按1号键。,Difficult Sentences,# stands for No., therefore #1 is read as No.1.,2. (Para. 3) I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.,最近我和一位朋友正在公园里散步，突然他的手机响起来，打断了我们的谈话。,现在分词短语作结果状语,Difficult Sentences,3. (Para. 3) There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation.,在一个阳光明媚的日子，他们在那儿谈啊谈，而我却被冷落，成了谈话的局外人。,现在分词短语作伴随状语,Difficult Sentences,现在分词短语作伴随状语,4. (Para. 5) There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.,我们四位朋友坐在车里，飞驰在高速公路上，却因为有了那个被设计来方便通信的小玩艺儿而不能互相交谈。,过去分词作定语,Difficult Sentences,5. (Para. 6) Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?,为什么我们联系得越多我却越感到失去了联系呢？,“it” stands for the subject that-clause, where the comparative structure is used. Similar structure can be found in “What is it that .?”,Difficult Sentences,6. (Para. 7) As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up.,随着人们之间几乎每一种联系都变得自动化起来，疏远的指数就上升。,conj. meaning “at the same time that”,Difficult Sentences,7. (Para. 8) Pumping gas at the station?,你在加油站加油吗？,省略句 The complete sentence should be: Are you pumping gas at the station?,Difficult Sentences,8. (Para. 8) Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bothe