高考英语《流行话题 语境识词4500》Unit 63 Ecommerce, the Small Business Road to Profits素材

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高考英语《流行话题 语境识词4500》Unit 60 What Do You Know

about Google素材

Unit 60

What Do You Know about Google?

Just a few years back, the word Google existed as the name of a cartoon character

(Barney Google) and possibly among the random phonemes mumbled by toddlers. Today,

one would be hard-pressed to find a person who hasn't heard of the search engine

that bears this name. The word Google is a variant on the Google (10^100), a term

coined by the 9-year-old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, who asked

him to think of a name for a very large number. The word Googolplex is the numeral

that represents 10^googol. And perhaps not oddly, the word Googleplex is also now

in play.

Within a few short years Google has become the top search engine in the world

and has earned the most esteemed privilege in contemporary pop culture -- it has

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The Culture Content of Vocabulary

One of the earliest word sets that a student will learn is colors. Later on the

intermediate student learns that in English "yellow" signifies cowardice and

"green" signifies "inexperience" and "jealousy". It is important to note that word

connotations may not translate from country to country. Let's consider a few examples

of the cultural content of vocabulary.

The attitudes toward dogs vary from country to country. In some countries they

are wild and dangerous; in other countries they are farmed and eaten. In many Western

countries they are much-loved members of family. They are given names, and are

referred to as "she" or "he", not "it". If students are reading a story about dogs,

the significance of dogs in that culture should be understood.

People of different nationalities respond to the phrase "hot day" differently.

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高考英语《流行话题 语境识词4500》Unit 86 Turning Thoughts into

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Unit 86

Turning Thoughts into Actions

The World Cup final is about to begin. You want to turn on the TV and get to

the right channel. So a small area of your brain calls the motor cortex processes

and sends intricate electrical signals to your arm and hand, which allow you to pick

up the remote control and operate it in time to see the game. But if you don't have

the use of your arms, like people who are paralyzed or have nerve or muscular damage,

you have to wait for a caregiver to do it. That is, until this past year.

In June, 2004, a pletely paralyzed man underwent surgery to implant a small

sensor in his brain that allows him to write , play video games, change TV channels

and open curtains -- using only his thoughts. Although regulatory approval is still

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高考英语《流行话题 语境识词4500》Unit 59 Four Rules for a

Successful Marriage素材

Unit 59

Four Rules for a Successful Marriage

Couples usually ask for advice when they are just about ready to throw in the

towel. Their Love Banks have been losing love units so long that they are now deeply

in the red. And their negative Love Bank accounts makes them feel very unfortable

just being in the same room with each other. To be in love again means they must

re-deposit all of the love units that were withdrawn. In order to deposit enough

love units to fall in love, they must follow rules that they don't feel like

following.

The Rule of Care: Meet Your Spouse's Most Important Emotional Needs

Even when the feeling of love begins to fade, or when it's gone entirely, it

can be recovered when ever you both go back to being an expert at knowing each other's