1、全新版大學英語綜合教程第四冊Unit6IntegratedCourseBook4Unit6Listentotherecdingtwothreetimesthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions:1.DoyoukeepadiaryWhatstofthingsdoyouwriteabout2.HowdoesthesingertreathisdiaryWhy3.Whatdoesthesingerthinkabout

2、howotherpeoplespendtheirtime4.CanweinferwhatattitudethesingertakestowardsthepaceoflifetodayInthesongyouareabouttolistentowehearwhatthesingeristhinkingashewriteshisdiary.Likemanypeoplewhokeepadiaryhetreatsitlikeafriendtow

3、homhecanpourouthisinmostfeelings.Fromtheconfidencesheentruststohisdiarywelearnofwhathethinksofthewaymostpeoplelive.Hethinkstheyspendtheirdaysinarushsomuchsothattheyhavenotimefhim.Ashesays:Somanypeoplebythesce.Rushingarou

4、ndsosenselessly.Theydontnoticetherespeoplelikeme.Perhapshesrightperhapspeoplearetoomuchinarushtospareenoughtimefoneanother.Thoughonesuspectstheymayhaveotherreasonsfnotsparingthesingertime.Hesoundsaltogetherselfcentredloo

5、kingatthewldonlyfromhisownnarrowpointofview.WehearthisattheendofthesongwhenhepasseslightlyoveranHbombexplosionassomethingofnoconcerntohimasnobodyheknewwasinvolved.Givenhisoutlookitisprobablyjustaswellhehashisdiaryasafrie

6、ndasothersmightfinditabithardtoputupwithhim.DearDiaryTheMoodyBluesDeardiarywhatadayitsbeenDeardiaryitsbeenjustlikeadreamWokeuptoolate.WasntwhereIshouldhavebeenFgoodnesssakewhatshappeningtomeWritelightlyyourstrulydeardiar

7、yItwascoldoutsidemydoSomanypeoplebythesceRushingaroundsosenselesslyTheydontnoticetherespeoplelikemeWritelightlyyourstrulydeardiaryTheydontknowwhattheyreplayingTheyvenowayofknowingwhatthegameisStilltheycarryondoingwhatthe

8、ycanOutsidemeyourspolitelydeardiary全新版大學英語綜合教程第四冊Unit63Themotcarfexamplepromisedunimaginablelevelsofpersonalmobility.Butnowtrafficincitiesmovesmeslowlythanitdidinthedaysofthehsedrawncarriagewewasteourlivesstuckintrafficj

9、ams.比如，汽車曾使我們希望個人出行會方便得讓人難以想象?？扇缃?，城市車輛運行得比馬車時代還要慢，我們因交通堵塞而困在車內，徒然浪費生命。4Theaircraftpromisednewhizonstoo.Thetroubleisitdeliveredthem.Itsveryexistencecreatedademftimeconsumingjourneysthatwewouldneverpreviouslyhavedreamedofu

10、ndertakingthetransatlanticshoppingexpeditionfexamplethetriptoaconventionontheothersideofthewld.飛機也曾有可能為我們拓展新天地。問題是，飛機提供了新的天地。其存在本身產生了對耗時的長途旅行的需求，這種旅行，如越洋購物，或遠道前往地球的另一半參加會議，以前我們是根本無法想象的。5Inmostcasestechnologyhasnotsavedti

11、mebutenabledustodomethings.Inthehomewashingmachinespromisedtofreewomenfromhavingtotoiloverthelaundry.Inrealitytheyencouragedustochangeourclothesdailyinsteadofweeklycreatingseventimesasmuchwashingironing.Similarlytheweekl

12、ybathhasbeenreplacedbythedailyshowermultiplyingthehoursspentonpersonalgrooming.在大多數情況下，技術發(fā)展并未節(jié)省時間，而是使我們得以做更多的事。在家里，洗衣機可望使婦女擺脫繁重的洗衣勞作。但事實上，它們促使我們每天，而不是每星期換一次衣服，這就使熨洗衣物的工作量變成原來的7倍。同樣地，每周一次的沐浴為每日一次的淋浴所代替，使得用于個人穿著打扮的時間大大增加。6

13、Meanwhiletechnologyhasnotonlyallowedwktospreadintoourleisuretimethelaptoponthebeachsyndromebutaddedthenewburdenofdealingwithfaxesemailsvoicemails.Ithasalsoprovideduswiththeopptunitytospendhoursfixingsoftwareglitchesonour