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Unit 1 Back to school(2)
1．To reduce the risk(不定式作目的状语)，roboticists have developed numerous(adj.众多的)
techniques that monitor an environment，predict the future actions of humans，identify safe
trajectories(轨道) for a robot and control its movements accordingly(adv.相应地)．
2．Determining(熟词生义：v.查明，准确算出) the future movements of a robot，on the other
hand，could be far easier(far修饰比较级，可以修饰比较级的还有 much，a lot，a little，a
great deal等)．
3．These simulations are presented(v.呈现) to human users via(prep.通过，凭借) Virtual
Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality(AR) headsets.
4．Combining(动名词作主语) these two system components allowed the researchers to forecast
changes in a given environment and synthesize(合成) images of events that are likely to occur(v.
发生；出现 occur-occurred-occurred) in the near future，from the viewpoint of(从……的角度)
a specific human.
occur to sb某人突然想到
A good idea occurred to me.
It occurs/occurred to sb that...某人突然想到……
It occurred to me that I could ask my father to help me step out of the dilemma.
5．The end result will be a yellow powder called Solein that is made of(由……制成的) bacterial
cells and is up to(多达；高达) 70 per cent protein.
6．“We are aiming(v.旨在，力求做到) at replacing animal-sourced proteins，which we
think(插入语，不影响句子结构) have the highest environmental impact，” says Vainikka.
①aim to do sth目的是；旨在做某事
be aimed at doing sth目的是
②with the aim of目的是，怀着……的目的
7．Compared with(与……相比) plant crops，Solein will use 100 times less water per kilogram
of protein produced,20 times less land—including the land used for energy production—and
produce a fifth as much CO ，according to Solar Foods.
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倍数的表达法：
①A is＋倍数＋比较级＋than＋B
②A is＋倍数＋as＋原级＋as＋B③A is＋倍数＋the＋名词size，length，height等＋of＋B
8．In the future，it is of great significance(be of ＋抽象名词＝be＋该名词的形容词形式) not
to rely on animals’ waste for feeding plants.
9．During that time，she found she had a passion for(对……充满热情) criminal law and
decided to work for that.
10．Our justice system certainly is not perfect，but I’m passionate about(对……充满激情)
doing my little part(尽我的绵薄之力) to make it better.I believe in action and moving the ball
forward.
11．Researchers are using AI to train robots about appropriate laughter，and to distinguish
between chuckles and screams.(区分/辨别……和……)
distinguish...from...使……有别于……；把……与……区分开
distinguished adj.著名的；卓越的；高贵的
12．It may well take more than 10 to 20 years before we can finally have a casual chat with a
robot like we would with a friend.(it＋takes＋时间段＋before...需要多长时间才会……)
