8. account for解释，说明，引起 Many countries are trying to find out what accounts for the disappearance of MH370 airplane. 很多国家都在尽力弄清楚MH370失踪的原因。 9. bank balance: n.[C] the amount of money sb. has in their bank account 账户余额；银行存款余额 I check my bank balance about once a month. 我大约每个月查一下我的账户余额。 10. inferior差的，次的 It is stupid to think that women are inferior in intelligence to men. 认为女性的智力低于男性的想法是愚蠢的。 11. focus on（把…… ）集中（于） Millions of people focus their attention on commodities which are good in quality and low in price. 优质价廉的商品令万众瞩目。 12. wired: a. connected to, and able to use the Internet（指
计算机系统)联网的，连线的 Many colleges now have high-tech libraries and wired dormitories. 许多大学现在都有高科技图书馆和联网的宿舍。 13. keep up with.①跟上；保持同步；②和（朋友）保持联系 Young people now have more and more means to keep up with their friends. 现在的年轻人可以通过更多的方式和朋友们保持联系。 14. stand out ①出色；②显眼；突出 Her long, blonde hair and bright pink dress made her stand out in the crowd. 她那长长的金发和鲜亮的粉色裙子使她在人群中显得很突出。 15. replace with用……替换, 以……接替 Many people believe that it will be a matter of time before they completely replace cash with credit cards. 很多人相信信用卡替代现金只是个时间问题。 16. in large part: mostly, or in most places 多半；在很大程
度上；大多数地方 The state is becoming stronger, thanks in large part to the emergency measures taken to guard against economic collapse. 这个国家正在变得日益强大，这主要归功于采取了预防经济崩溃的紧急措施。 Step 4: While-reading Activities periods) Language Points: 1. In her dorm, she instant-messages her roommate sitting just a few feet away. (Para. 2) Meaning: In her dorm room, she even sends instant messages to her roommate, who is sitting only a few feet away from her. 2. “ I always feel like I have a means of communication- in class and out of class,” says engineering major. (Para. 4) Meaning: “I always have the feeling that I have a way to communicate with others, whether in class or out of class,” says a student majoring in engineering. 3. “It’s adding to students’ sense of excitement about the
subject.” ( Para. 5) Meaning: “It makes students feel more excited about the subject.” 4. Professors have been encouraged to tape their lectures and post them online. Meaning: Professors have been encouraged to record their lectures and put them online. 5. More than just toys, thes instruments are powerful tools for the storage and management of virtually every kind of information. (Para. 6) Meaning: These instruments are not just toys. They are powerful tools to store and deal with almost any kind of information. 6. In the past few years, schools have taken the lead by turning their campuses into bubbles of Wi-Fi networks. (Para. 7) Meaning: In the past few years, school have been the first to transform their campuses into places connected with Wi-Fi networks. 7. Other colleges are straining to stand out from their peers
(Para. 10) Meaning: Other colleges are trying very hard to do better than their fellow colleges. 8. For those who prefer to travel laptop-free, colleges supply several computer labs. (Para. 11) Meaning: For those students who do not like to take a laptop with them, colleges provide several computer labs for them. 9. The anywhere-anytime access has already yielded amazing benefits in education. (Para. 12) Meaning: The fact that the Internet is available anywhere and anytime on campus has produced surprising benefits in education. Step 5: Typical patterns period): Purpose: Further understand the text （Train further reading ability） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text. Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response
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